WPA Archaeology: Legacy of an Era  To view a video, click on your connection speed (56k or 300k)
Location: Kentucky    Length: 27 min        56k    300k               56k    300k
American history and archaeology converge in this film, which examines the economic, scientific and cultural impacts of a massive work relief program conducted across Kentucky during the Great Depression. The WPA archaeology program was much more than the jobs it created: it laid the foundation for today's understanding of Kentucky's diverse prehistoric American Indian cultures. Some of America's best and brightest young archaeologists supervised the WPA's projects, which gave badly needed employment to an army of workers.