People first arrived in North America around 10,000 B.C., although “how” and “where from” aren't entirely clear. What is known is handsomely summarized in the History Channel-aired Journey to 10,000 BC, which combines scientific investigation with a dramatic recreation of the life of ancient nomadic Paleo-Indians to tell the exciting story of an age in which the first inhabitants of the New World were as much prey as predators. Part of the program's emphasis is on how scientists glean clues about these hunter-gatherers from fragments of archaeological evidence, and a fair amount of time is focused on weapons, including spears used against mammoths (requiring a complex team effort, dramatized in the recent Hollywood feature film 10,000 BC). One of the most interesting revelations here concerns the fact that spearheads in the Pacific Northwest are quite different from those found on the continental United States' eastern seaboard, with the latter more closely resembling spearheads found in France from the same period, which leads to speculation that while some Paleo-Indians came to North America from a now-vanished land mass across the Bering Straits, others might have crossed the North Atlantic by boat from Europe. Highly recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (T. Keogh)
Journey to 10,000 BC
(2008) 94 min. DVD: $19.95. The History Channel (avail. from most distributors). PPR. Closed captioned. ISBN: 1-4229-1190-X. Volume 23, Issue 5
Journey to 10,000 BC
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