Summer Opportunities Guide

Crow Canyon Archaelogical Center

Name of Institution: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

Program Title: Middle School Archaeology Camp (MSAP); High School Field School (HSFS); High School Archaeology Camp (HSAP)

Program Type: Summer Academic Residential

Program Date Information: MSAP- June 19-25; HSFS- June 26-July 16; HSAP- July 17-23

Grades/Age Levels: Middle and High School

Description:

Explore the field of archaeology in the middle of the richest archaeological region in the United States while contributing to our research into Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture.  Our camps offer teens the chance to explore the full realm of archaeology from developing a research design, to excavating in the field with archaeologists, analyzing artifacts, and recording data in the laboratory.

At our pithouse and pueblo learning centers, girls and boys can try their hand at spear-throwing with an atlatl, making fire without matches, making pottery, and playing traditional American Indian games.  Friendships made at this camp can last a lifetime!

Middle School Archaeology Camp, June 19-25; High School Archaeology Camp, July 17-23; High School Field School (credits available), June 26-July 16. Scholarships are available.  Extended deadlines.

Admissions Criteria:

Applications available on-line or by request. Students must be between the ages of 12-14 for MSAP; 14-18 for HSAP; and 15-18 for HSFS. Students should exhibit an interest in Archaeology and or Anthropology.

Cost:

  • $1375 for 1 wk programs
  • $4275 for 3 wk field school

Application Deadline: Extended Deadlines

Financial Aid: Two full scholarships available for each camp. One for students residing in Colorado, Arizona, Utah or New Mexico, the other for American Indian students anywhere in the US.

Locations: Cortez, CO

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