
Odyssey (1980)
Date de parution : 1 janvier 1980
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | The Ancient Mariners The Ancient Mariners follows nautical archaeologists as they excavate three shipwrecks in the depths of the Eastern Mediterranean and as they... |
Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Ben's Mill Ben Thresher's mill is one of the few water-powered, wood-working mills left in this country. Operating in rural Vermont since 1848, the mill is a... | |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | The Chaco Legacy In 1849, a U.S. Army expedition in New Mexico came upon the first monumental stone ruins ever discovered in North America. By the 1920s, excavations... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Dadi's Family Dadi is the grandmother, or, as she explains, the "manager" of an extended family living in the Haryana region of Northern India. Women here leave... |
Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Franz Boas (1858-1942) A portrait of "the father of American anthropology," this film intercuts archival photographs and motion pictures, including work by photographer... | |
Saison 1 - épisode 6 | The Incas In just 100 years the Incas created an empire that stretched over some of the world's highest mountains. This remarkable 16th century South American... | |
Saison 1 - épisode 7 | Little Injustices: Laura Nader Looks at the Law How does justice really work in the United States? Who has knowledge of the law, access to the legal system, and the will and power to use it?... | |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Maasai Women The Maasai, a prosperous society of animal herders whose sustenence and wealth is their cattle, live primarily in the Rift Valley between Kenya and... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Margaret Mead: Taking Note When Margaret Mead died in 1978 she was probably one of American anthropology's most popular and public figures. This filmed portrait interweaves... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 10 | Maya Lords of the Jungle The great Maya civilization of Central America has long intrigued archaeologists, who have investigated its economic, social, and political bases,... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 11 | Myths and the Moundbuilders Throughout most of the nineteenth century, it was believed that the tens of thousands of earthen mounds that dotted the central United States were... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 12 | N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman This film provides a broad overview of Ju/'hoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a Ju/'hoan woman who in 1978 was in... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | Ongka's Big Moka Ongka is a "bigman," a leader of a Kwelka tribe in New Guinea where a man's authority and prestige are are derived in large part by his ability to... |
Saison 1 - épisode 14 | On the Cowboy Trail The heyday of the American cowboy was in the last half of the nineteenth century. As the economics of ranching changed in the twentieth century, the... | |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 15 | Other People's Garbage Although written documents record more than 350 years of events in North America, they reveal little about what everyday life was like. The three... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 16 | Seeking the First Americans The earliest inhabitants of the New World came across the Bering Sea land bridge that opened as a result of glaciation, which lowered the level of... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 17 | The Three Worlds of Bali On the Indonesian island of Bali, the arts permeate almost every aspect of daily life. Gamelan music, wayang (shadow puppet) theater, dance, and... |