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their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. we humans are social animals. our need to communicate is universal. some of our messages can be easily understood. but we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. these symbols take many forms. the flag is a symbol. a gesture says, "we're number one." the uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. the game itself is symbolic -- ritualized combat with clearly defined rules. even sound can be a symbol. [ whistle blows ] the whistl...

to the hearts and minds of ancient people. their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. we humans are social animals. our need to communicate is universal. some of our messages can be easily understood. but we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. these symbols take many forms. the flag is a symbol. a gesture says, "we're number one." the uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. the game itself is symbolic -- ritualized combat with clearly defined rules. even sound ca...

their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. we humans are social animals. our need to communicate is universal. some of our messages can be easily understood. but we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. these symbols take many forms. the flag is a symbol. a gesture says, "we're number one." the uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. the game itself is symbolic -- ritualized combat with clearly defined rules. even sound can be a symbol. [ whistle blows ] the whistl...

>> what year does it take effect? >> 1772, sir. >> it probably worked better when i was only 78. then, i would have taken you. all right. thank you. >> thank you all. join american history tv weekend next weekend when we will be live from wisconsin for a look at the history of alcohol in america. back story with the american history guys is a public radio show and podcast and will simulcast it live from the american historians annual meeting. the history of alcohol in america with historians ed airs, peter ona and brian balo. next saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> this w...

not an empire, nor a country, the classic maya culture flourished from the third to the ninth century in a far flung collection of city-states. at palenque, tonina, bonampak and other cities, dynastic kings ruled absolutely, controlling trade and tribute. they presided over intricate hierarchies of nobles and officials at courts resplendent with works of art. maya culture, shrouded in a mystery as dense as the forests in which it took root, revealed itself fitfully over three centuries. when the ruins in the jungle were first discovered, there was no way of understanding how the civi...