Jungle Quest for the Great Stone Heads
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 2017.10.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Collection Creator
content: Stewart, Richard H. (Richard Hewett), 1901-2004
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content: Matthew Stirling collection
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content: 1 Videocassette (26 minutes, color sound, 1/2 inch)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Videocassettes
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content: Edited film focuses on the National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution Expedition to Veracruz, Mexico lead by Matthew W. Stirlng, Smithsonian Institution archeologist. Shown is excavating Cerros de Las Mesas site near Piedras Negras. This film documents the expedition's second season in Veracruz excavating the colossal basalt stone heads and altars at La Venta. Other film footage of archeological interest is digging the trenches and removing the clay soil; earth mounds; uncovering and cleaning stone head and stelae. Film also includes travel to Tres Zapotes and the camp. Scenes of local village life include fishing; local foods (iguana, tortillas and green coconut); the arroyo, the source of water for the village; rag dolls made for the village children; pottery making; and huapango dancing.