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Ancient peoples of the Colorado Plateau

Season 10 Episode 1002 | 26m 46s

More than a thousand years before the arrival of Europeans in the southwestern U.S. native peoples were establishing their occupation of the Colorado Plateau, learning how to live in a climate where winters were bitter and summers torrid. And they left behind proof of their scientific and technological accomplishments in plain sight—with a little assistance from contemporary archaeologists.

Aired: 03/31/23 | Expires: 03/31/26
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
The natural monuments that define the territories of native peoples in New Mexico.
Conservation groups work for the ideal habitat for jaguars, mountain lions and ocelots
Protecting whales and cultivating the friendship between people and the gentle giants.
Exploring a once booming tourist mecca that is now a nearly dead body of water.
Explore the Four Corners portion of the Colorado Plateau.
The falling water levels of Lake Powell reveal fragments of ancient peoples.
Exploring Huelva, its surroundings and its wealth of cultural and historical influences.
Understanding Columbus and the influence and destruction heaped on the Americas.
Exploring the resistance and reception of Europeans to the Americas.
Discover two of Alaska’s vast national parks, Lake Clark and Katmai.
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