Series
America From The Ground Up
Documentary
America from the Ground Up was filmed on location at archaeological and historical sites throughout the U.S. and Canada. Join us in the search for clues to America's hidden history: from exploring the ruins of America's lost civilizations, to the settlement of the North American continent in the 19th Century.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1America's Lost Civilization15 Sept 2014 · 27mIn 1100AD Cahokia was three times the size of Paris or London and the spiritual and political home of an urban civilization that stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Join Monty as he digs into the archaeology to the secret history of a civilization that de Soto discovered while exploring America in the 1500's.
- 2The Fur Trade30 Jul 2014Join Monty on an expedition to discover the archaeology of the Fur Trade. From Quebec to the Great Lakes the archaeology of the forts and settlements of the frontier record the story.
- 3World War America31 Jul 2014Join Monty as he digs into the archaeology of the forts along the contended border zone between Colonial America and New France that tell the story of the French and Indian War from the ground up.
- 4RevolutionFrom the siege of Quebec to exploring shipwrecks from Benedict Arnold’s defeat on Lake Champlain to the forts of the Great Lakes: Monty digs into the archaeology of America’s War for Independence.
- 5The Science of Archaeology4 Aug 2014Above the ground with satellites and helicopters and below the surface with geophys and underwater sonar mapping, Monty digs into the science behind archaeological discoveries.
- 6War of 18125 Aug 2014Monty digs into the archaeology of the shipwrecks and forts that tell the secret history of America's second war for independence: the War of 1812.
Details
- Created by
- Monty Dobson
- First aired
- 15 Sept 2014
- Last aired
- 22 May 2018
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- PBS
- Episodes
- 12
Cast
- MMonty DobsonSelf - Host
