Object Details
- Creator
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Views
- 1,220
- Video Title
- Archaeological Excavations, Starved Rock, Illinois, ca. 1949, part 1
- Description
- Silent b&w amateur film footage of archaeological excavations and camp life at Starved Rock, an Illinois state park that is the site of former American Indian occupations of the land and La Salle's Fort St. Louis. Excavations were a joint endeavor of the Illinois State Museum and University of Chicago with archaeologist Kenneth Orr. The film was rescued just before it was lost to severe acetate deterioration. This film is part of the collections of the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution: http://www.anthropology.si.edu/naa/index.htm . (HSFA 2001.8.2)
- Video Duration
- 5 min 27 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- archival historical educational film video anthropology archeology parks ethnographic history culture "cultural geography" "heritage sites" 16mm architecture transportation
- Uploaded
- 2014-10-29T14:44:57.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- HSFAFilmClips
- Human Studies Film Archives
- YouTube Channel
- HSFAFilmClips
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Anthropology
- Record ID
- yt_zJtbmCZ-TtY
