
America From The Ground Up
2014•27m
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.
Production
Stratigraphic Productions, WCMU Public Media
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 15, 2014
Last Aired
May 22, 2018
Networks
PBS
Created By
Monty Dobson
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
America's Lost Civilization
Air date: 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.
E2
The Fur Trade
Air date: 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.
E3
World War America
Air date: 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.
E4
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.
E5
The Science of Archaeology
Air date: 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.
E6
War of 1812
Air date: 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.






















