Biography: Edmund James Ladd (1926-1999) was a Zuni Native American archaeologist and author.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 04, 1926
Deathday: November 15, 1999
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Surviving Columbus
1992-11-16
Surviving Columbus
Overview: This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.
Overview: Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?