 | Valley of Fire Archeology
Canyon walls covered with petroglyphs and remains of ancient pit houses are reminders that people once thrived deep in the Nevada desert.
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| Fort Morgan, Alabama - Archeology
Professional and amateur archeologists join forces to uncover the past of Fort Morgan, Alabama.
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| Upper Iowa Archeology
Explorations of ancient rock shelters and archeological excavations tell the story of Iowa's ancient peoples.
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| San Juan River and Anasazi Ruins - Part 1
Some of the best evidence of the Anasazi culture, including cliff dwellings, pictographs and petroglyphs, can be found along the San Juan River in Utah.
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| San Juan River and Anasazi Ruins - Part 2
Guided trips down the San Juan River in Utah give visitors special access to ruins and pictographs left behind by people of the Anasazi culture.
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| San Juan River and Anasazi Ruins - Part 3
Besides embodying a fascinating geological history, the San Juan River in Utah also contains evidence of ancient cultures.
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| Outdoor Jobs: Archeologist
The job of archeologist combines the thrill of discovery, the challenge of detective work and the enjoyment of working outdoors.
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| Thieves of Time - Part 1
Looters in search of valuable ancient relics cause irreversible damage to archeological sites.
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| Thieves of Time - Part 2
Although laws prohibiting the removal of artifacts from public lands have grown tougher, the looting of archeological sites continues.
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| Thieves of Time - Part 3
Looters have developed craftier methods for stealing archeological artifacts, a practice which greatly offends many Native Americans.
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| Woodburn Archeological Discovery
Bones from a giant extinct bird, a tooth from an ancient sloth and hairs from a prehistoric human are among the archeological finds at a site in Oregon.
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| Tlingit Archeological Dig - Part 1
Students from Mount Edgecumbe High School participate in an archeological dig to study an 800-year-old Tlingit food gathering site.
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| Tlingit Archeological Dig - Part 2
Students participating in a Tlingit archelogical dig return to their classroom to prepare their findings for publication.
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| Tlingit Indian Fishtraps
Ancient fishtraps on the tidal flats of Alaska's Sandy Beach provide evidence of the Tlingit Indian culture.
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| Ancient Architecture of Chaco Canyon - Part 1
The great houses and kivas of Chaco Canyon reveal the inhabitant's technologically advanced and urban culture.
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| Ancient Architecture of Chaco Canyon - Part 2
To understand what might have happened to the ancient inhabitants of Chaco Canyon, archeologists must try to experience what these people's lives were like.
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| Ancient Architecture of Chaco Canyon - Part 3
The ancient inhabitants of Chaco Canyon used roads and kivas to link together outlying communities.
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| Christmas Valley, Oregon - Part 1
Geological wonders abound in Christmas Valley, Oregon, such as Hole-in-the-Ground, Fort Rock, Fremont, Fort Rock Cave, the Devil's Garden and Derrick Cave.
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| Unearthing the Past
One Indiana archeological site has yielded an incredible number of artifacts which have helped provide new information about how prehistoric tribes lived.
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| Kentucky's Ancient Stone Mounds
Mounds of stones and earth in the fields and forests of Kentucky have presented archeologists with puzzles as to who built them and why.
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| Kentucky Archeological Dig
Archeologists are finding that a rock shelter in Daniel Boone National Forest was home to prehistoric people as many as 13,000 years ago.
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| Pictograph Canyon
The owners of a Montana canyon hope to preserve an unknown number of pictographs and petroglyphs that decorate its walls.
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| Iowa's Natural History
Find out how the four major prehistoric eras shaped the land that is now Iowa.
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| The Des Moines River - Geography and Utilization
Learn about the glacial origins of Iowa's landscape, and how early and modern humans utilized the land where the Des Moines River is today.
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| Nishnabotna Excavation - Part 1
Archeologists excavate the site of a Glenwood earth lodge in Iowa's Nishnabotna River Valley.
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| Nishnabotna Excavation - Part 2
Archeologists analyze and compare artifacts with those typical of the Glenwood culture.
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| Nishnabotna Excavation - Part 3
Archeologists discuss the artifacts found at the Glenwood excavation and their significance in the lives of those who used them.
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| Mill Creek Culture
Archeological clues indicate that the people of the ancient Mill Creek culture of Iowa made many advances in tool use and technology.
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| Oneota Culture
The Oneota people of the Upper Iowa River left behind stone tools and ceramic artifacts that offer clues to their lives a thousand years ago.
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| Ruby Reservoir Archeological Site
Ancient prehistoric tribes passed through what is now Montana, leaving evidence of their existence to be discovered thousands of years later.
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| Newberry Crater Submerged Campsite
Thousands of years ago a volcanic event disrupted the lives of native people living in eastern Oregon, burying their homes.
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| Sunken Canoe
An ancient dugout canoe, discovered at the bottom of a mountain lake, was probably sunk there on purpose by ancient root-gatherers.
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| Owyhee Petroglyphs
Ancient people who lived in Owyhee country left behind many pieces of evidence about their lives - evidence that is now disappearing.
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