(CORTEZ, Colo.)—March 20, 2014 —The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colo., offers an extraordinary opportunity for teens seeking an exciting summer adventure that also will look great on a college application. Some participants will be able to attend on scholarships that will help cover the costs of tuition, room and board.
Students participating in Crow Canyon’s Middle School Archaeology Camp, High School Archaeology Camp, and High School Field School excavate alongside archaeologists in the field, analyze artifacts in the lab, visit archaeological sites, and discover the rich cultural history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest. The camps offer a rare opportunity for students at the pre-college level to perform on-site archaeological work.
Archaeology camp students will work at the Dillard site, Crow Canyon’s current excavation site and the focus of the Center’s Basketmaker Communities Project. The site is an ancestral Pueblo community center dating from the Basketmaker III period (A.D. 500–750), a time of rapid population growth and social and technological change. Crow Canyon and the Dillard site will be featured on a PBS Time Team America episode on Aug. 26.
In accordance with Crow Canyon’s human remains policy and current research design, the Center does not seek out human remains as objects of study.
Scholarships are available, including several for local and American Indian students. Scholarship application deadlines are approaching. (Deadlines vary by program). For more information about Crow Canyon’s teen camps and scholarships, including application forms and application deadlines, log on to www.crowcanyon.org/summercamps, contact Greg Harpel at 970-564-4346 (direct) or 800-422-8975, ext. 146, or e-mail him at [email protected].
Visit Crow Canyon on the Web at www.crowcanyon.org.
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About the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to understanding and teaching the rich history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Mesa Verde region more than 700 years ago. The Center is located just outside Cortez, Colo., in an area with one of the densest concentrations of well-preserved archaeological sites in the world.
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About the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to understanding and teaching the
rich history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Mesa Verde region more than
700 years ago. The Center is located just outside Cortez, Colo., in an area with one of the densest concentrations of
well-preserved archaeological sites in the world.
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Source:
Suzy Meyer
Media Relations
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
23390 Road K
Cortez, CO 81321
Cover Photo: Crow Canyon Campus, Courtesy Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
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