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1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus (series)
- User score: 7.7
- Production country: Canada, Germany
- Production companies: Aarrow Productions, Animiki See Digital Productions, ZDF
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 11/8/2017
- Release date of last episode: 12/18/2017
- Series status: Returning series
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 8
Series description
1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus is based on the book “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, 2005). It brings to life the complexity, diversity and interconnectedness of Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. Presented from an Indigenous-perspective the series is a journey along a timeline that dates from 20,000 years ago to 1491. The origins and history of ancient Indigenous societies in North, Central and South America are interpreted by leading Indigenous scholars and cultural leaders in the fields of archaeology, art history, ethnology, genetics, geology, and linguistics.