Heart of a Pueblo

Host David Yetman takes viewers on unforgettable, bold explorations of desert landscapes. Through intriguing storytelling and stunning photography, viewers find out about the people, plants, animals and archaeology of arid regions throughout the New World. "The Desert Speaks" was produced for 19 seasons, and continues to air today.

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Heart of a Pueblo

Season 15 Episode 1503 | 26m 20s | CC

Renowned architect Bob Vint travels with host David Yetman to explore pre-Hispanic to modern plazas and examine their unifying characteristics. Travel from Chichen Itza to one of the world’s largest plazas in Mexico City. Then discover how courtyards are to the home as plazas are to the town and uncover how plazas were used by people in the New World thousands of years before Spanish contact.

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