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IN SEARCH OF HISTORY: THE FIRST AMERICANS 

 -   1999; A & E Television Networks 
 - DVD; 50 Min.; Color & B/W 
<br/><br/> There are some who challenge the assertion that mankind arrived in the Americas approximately 12,000 years ago by way of what is now the Bering Strait. This film talks with the world's foremost experts and visits significant archeological sites for a comprehensive look at this still-controversial subject. It takes an authoritative look at both the new and old theories surrounding the population of the New World that have been proposed since Columbus' day. Learn of the fantastic imaginings of 15th century Europeans; that the Native Americans were survivors from Atlantis. Others theorized that they were descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. More recently, surprising discoveries have some archeologists pushing the date of human arrival further back into the past. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History<br/>Archeology<br/>Native Americans