Strata: Portraits of Humanity is a monthly half-hour newsmagazine-style show. Each episode of the human story is a portrait building on the many layers of the human experience. This is a record we are just beginning to uncover. From that perspective, Strata delivers in-depth coverage of a wide variety of archaeological and cultural heritage topics all around the world.

Indigenous Taiwan banana fiber weaving
The Kavalan people have endured a long history of displacement...

Forgotten Greek grape variety; traditional Mohawk ceremony
The humble “Cinderella of the Vineyard” was forgotten until...

Quebec Indigenous narrative; the Pony Express
Charlotte is a young Abenaki artist who makes black ash baskets...

Young Abenaki basket-maker; Christianity preserves Ancient Greek culture
Charlotte is a young Abenaki artist who makes black ash baskets...

Upland Greenland archaeology; animated personal story of Canada’s colonial history
Archaeologists search for traces of Inuit caribou hunting in a remote mountain region of South Greenland...

Indigenous Quebec man critiques dominant culture; moss-covered dugout canoe in Alaska
A powerful cinematographic slam by an Innu man from Quebec, with a mastery of words in the language...

