1987, 56 minutes, color, Nova
Antiquarianism and archaeology combined to define the Lost Red Paint people, an apparent complex of red ochre burials and ritual areas on the northeast coast of the USA and Canada. Following the speculations of Warren Moorehead regarding the transoceanic nature of the complex, the video looks at similar manifestations on both sides of the Atlantic. Now defined by James Tuck and others as the Maritime Archaic, there is evidence of ocean-going commerce as early as 7,000 years ago. Many of the sites are stone covered burial mounds on sweeping vistas overlooking the ocean. Footage from the NW Coast is used as an ethnographic example of what the complex might have been like.
1. How did the antiquarian speculations actually give clues to what the Red Paint people were related to other northern Atlantic cultures?
2. What common artifacts and site types are shared across the northern Atlantic?
3. How is ethnographic analogy used in the video? Is it a valid use?
4. What are the dates of the Maritime Archaic?
5. How might the Maritime Archaic be related to the later moundbuilding cultures in North America?
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