Daniel Bracken
Director
America From The Ground Up (2014)
New France
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.
Released July 30, 2014
Episode 27 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: imdb.science, imdb.archaeology, imdb.american-history, tmdb.history, tmdb.archeology
Production Companies: Stratigraphic Productions, WCMU Public Media
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - America's Lost Civilization
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.
Sept. 15, 2014, midnight
S1E2 - The Fur Trade
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.
July 30, 2014, midnight
S1E3 - World War America
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.
July 31, 2014, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
S1E5 - The Science of Archaeology
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.
Aug. 4, 2014, midnight
S1E6 - War of 1812
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.
Aug. 5, 2014, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 27 min.
Season Runtime: 27 min.
Released: July 30, 2014
Last Air Date: May 22, 2018, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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