Time Team America (2009)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 9 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of archaeologists and experts race against a 72 hour clock to excavate historic sites across the United States. They work alongside local researchers using specialized resources to answer specific questions about the site.

educationalupbeatfast-pacedinquisitiveteamwork-focusedinformativeengagingscientific

What happens

Time Team America is an American television series that airs on PBS. It premiered on July 8, 2009. It is an Oregon Public Broadcasting adaptation of the British show Time Team, produced in collaboration with Channel 4, which commissioned the original show, in which a team of archeologists and other experts are given 72 hours to excavate an historic site. The U.S. version features "freelance and university-affiliated experts [who] mostly join existing excavations ... [and] arrive with resources that the archaeologists already on the case usually can’t afford and specific questions that, if answered, will advance the understanding of the site." A second season was announced on October 18, 2011, scheduled to shoot during the summer of 2012 and to air in 2013. On December 20, 2011, PBS announced that Justine Shapiro would host the second season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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