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  • Digging for the Truth Mystery of the Anasazi (Season 1, Episode 13)
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    TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

Digging for the Truth

Mystery of the Anasazi (Season 1, Episode 13)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
In the American Southwest, there is no more puzzling mystery than the magnificent stone cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde. Why did the Anasazi Indians suddenly move their villages to these perilous cliffs in the 13th century--and then abandon ...See moreIn the American Southwest, there is no more puzzling mystery than the magnificent stone cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde. Why did the Anasazi Indians suddenly move their villages to these perilous cliffs in the 13th century--and then abandon them just decades later--and seemingly disappear from history? Was it drought? Invading tribes? Or an insidious "cancer" from within that may have caused them to turn to fierce warfare and even cannibalism? In search of answers, our host, the intrepid explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein, travels from Mesa Verde, Colorado to remote canyons in Utah where the Anasazi took refuge. Piecing together the story from both archaeologists and Native Americans, he finally ends up, in his search for the truth, in the eerie and desolate ruins of the Anasazi's greatest cultural center--Chaco Canyon. Written by THC See less
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Director
Graham Townsley
Writer
Ann Carroll (written by)
Producer
Ann Carroll
Cinematographer
Rich Confalone (as Richard Confalone)
Editor
Jennifer Beman (as Jennifer Beman-White)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 9, 2005
Release date
May 9, 2005 (United States)

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Josh Bernstein
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Digging for the Truth (2005)
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Lorisa Qumawunn
Self - Mesa Verde National Park Ranger Self - Mesa Verde National Park Ranger   See fewer
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Vaughn Hadenfeldt
Self - Far Out Expeditions Self - Far Out Expeditions   See fewer
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Archie Hanson
Self - Indian Camp Ranch Self - Indian Camp Ranch   See fewer
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Jeffrey S. Dean
Self - Acting Director, Tree-Ring Research Lab University of Arizona (as Dr. Jeff Dean) Self - Acting Director, Tree-Ring Research Lab University of Arizona (as Dr. Jeff Dean)   See fewer
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John Kantner
Self - Professor of Archaeology, Georgia State University (as Dr. John Kantner) Self - Professor of Archaeology, Georgia State University (as Dr. John Kantner)   See fewer
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Dawa Taylor
Self - Outreach Coordinator, Hopilavayi Program Self - Outreach Coordinator, Hopilavayi Program   See fewer
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Wilton Kooyahoema
Self - Hopi Elder Self - Hopi Elder   See fewer
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Richard Blake
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Skip Lange
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Bob Peters
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Angelica Pino
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Leonard Pino
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Marlen Pino
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Morris Pino
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Peter Pino
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