America From The Ground Up
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Seasons | 2
Episodes | 12
avg.Runtime | 27 min
First EP | 2014-09-15
Last EP | 2018-05-22
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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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Stratigraphic Productions
WCMU Public Media
Season List
season 1 || New France
Relesed on | 2014-09-15
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America's Lost Civilization
2014-09-15
In 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.
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The Fur Trade
2014-07-30
Join 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.
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World War America
2014-07-31
Join 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.
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Revolution
From 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.
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The Science of Archaeology
2014-08-04
Above the ground with satellites and helicopters and below the surface with geophys and underwater sonar mapping, Monty digs into the science behind archaeological discoveries.
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War of 1812
2014-08-05
Monty 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.
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