"Andean Archeology" (1952)
Category: Expedition & Excavation Footage
Length: 24:26
| Film ID | F16-4018 |
| Film Description | Completed Film Silent Narrative titles ShotlistA survey of all of the best known ancient sites of the AndesTitle: Andean Archaeology, J. Alden Mason, Excavation funded by the Wenner Gren Foundation 1952 Title: Columbia excavations at Mosquera, near Bogota Men standing around a site Title: North Coast Peru Title: Sugar Central, Hacienda Patopo, Chiclayo Street scene, a cane sugar factory Title: Lambayeque Valley ruins from the air Airplane, then extensive site seen from above Title: Lima environs Title: Pachacamac Site photos, sandy soil, newer structures Long vistas with sites Title: Cajamarquilla Pan of landscape and site Title: A flash flood on he highway Looking at the flooded road and trucks and buses attempt to cross Title: South Coast, Peru Title: Ingenia, Nazca region Pan of a green valley Title: Ancient stone lines on the "pampa", Nazca region Pan of site Title: Tambo Colorado, Pisco valley WS Panorama of site MWS Panorama of site Title: Graves at Paracas Scattered bones all over the ground, not in separate burials Title: Highlands of Peru Title: Sierra Blanca and Huaraz Mountainscape and town views Quechua people in town Title: Chulpa and Dr. Soriano Infante Several scenes of a priest and some small children Title: Cornell Social Research Center [cut off] and Dr. Alan Holmberg, Vicos Compound and animals in foreground Title: Cacaipampa. Huaraz region Pan of site with stone walls Title: Stone statues, Huaraz Museum Interior is overexposed Title: Cuzco and environs A birds eye view Street scenes. cathedral, cars Title: The market Quechua people Title: Inca masonry Striking scenes of ancient walls with people of the day walking between [ca 14:00] Title: Colcompata The site Title: Sacsahuaman The site Title: Pucara and Tambo Machay The site. A funny shot in the middle of someone sliding down the smooth slide rocks Title: Kenko The site Title: Pikillacta The site Title: Travel scenes Quechua people and other Peruvians outside of a train, loading Title: Pisac, and Misa de los Alcaldes Town center scenes, Quechua people. Gathering water at a fountain at the base of a giant tree Title: Agriculture Hoeing potatoes Title: Ollantaytambo The site Title: Urubamba River and Machu Pichu River and the site Title: From Cuzco to La Paz Bolivia via Lake Titicaca Various street and market scenes. |
| Video Category | Expedition & Excavation Footage |
| Topics | Mason, J. Alden, Mosquera, Columbia, University Museum expeditions, Quechua people, Archaeological sites |
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