Corn and the Origins of Settled Life in Meso-America, parts 1-2. (1964)
1964 · Short film · 20 min
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Director, Jack Churchill; photographer, Abraham Morochnik, Adam Gifford A presentation of one fragment of evidence used by the archaeologist in his search for the earliest settled life in Meso-America. Dr. Paul C. Mangelsdorf describes his efforts to discover the nature of the wild corn plant from which the modern strains of corn have been cultivated. Dr. Richard MacNeish explains his search for the earliest traces of the domestication of corn in digs in Meso-America. Discusses how these two…
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