AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS
Already mentioned in this course package is good use of archaeology books, maps, popular periodicals, especially the well illustrated ones, for showing on the document camera in the classroom or making slides or scanning for computer use. Every class should have some AV content. There are also packages of slides for purchase from Pictures of Record, and others (see their websites).
There are many movies on South American archaeology, but our university buys very few. The following are the ones I use.
Search for the First Americans (60 min). Earliest sites in New World, including Brazil and Chile.
Peru, People of the Sun (28 min). The earliest civilizations of South America, leading up to the latest native empire of the Inca.
Ice Mummy (ca. 54 min). High altitude sacrificial Andean burial of frozen Inca girl was discovered in 1995.
Chachapoyas Mummies (ca. 59 min). Recent discovery of mummies and architectural remains of this intriguing north Peruvian culture contemporaneous with the Inca.
Another medium for learning is music. I bring into the classroom about 10 minutes early an old tape player or turn on the computer to play cds of South American music that has elements of indigenous instruments and sound. My own collection is VERY limited but lots more available on world music labels, especially Peruvian music with native flutes, drums, etc. Two that the class liked best are
Alturas de Machu Picchu (based on poem of same name by Pablo Neruda) by Los Jaivas. El Virrey Industrias Musicales S.A., Lima (1985[?] stereo tape).
Ihu: todos os sons by Marlui Miranda (popular Brazilian singer who collected ethnographic examples from different Indian groups, including Yanomami, and used them in this work along with her own voice), 1995, cd, Blue Jackel Entertainment, Pau Brasil Som Imagem e Editora LTDA.