Part extreme adventure, part hard science and part reality show, Time Team America takes viewers deep into the trenches of America's most intriguing archaeological sites. The new series premieres Wednesday, July 8 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET2 and KET HD and Monday, July 13 at 10/9 p.m. CT on KET1.
In each episode, the show's team of top scientists has just three days to uncover the buried secrets of their assigned dig. Every hour counts as they piece together the past using the latest technology, decades of combined experience and their own sharp wits. Far from the comfort of a science lab, Time Team America faces searing heat, driving rain, alligator-infested swamps, frayed nerves and the inevitable technical setbacks. Through it all, the audience peers over the shoulders of diggers at work, eavesdrops on intense conversations between experts and shares the rush of discovery as artifacts emerge from the ground.
The first installment untangles the mystery of the first English settlement in America, where 116 settlers vanished from Roanoke Island more than 400 years ago. Then it's off to wade into the alligator swamps of South Carolina to search for evidence of North America's first human inhabitants. Future episodes walk the time-buried streets of the first American town founded by former slaves and venture into remote red-rock canyons where the Fremont Indians lived 1,000 years ago in a rugged, unforgiving landscape.
Time Team America is presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
