An exploration into the past

From the Coastal Plain to the High Desert

July 21-25, 2014

CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER
Cortez, Colorado

Archaeological methods, tools and practice

Fig. 1 - The Gates Building, academic and research facilities

Fig. 2 - The Lodge, a colloquial cafeteria

Fig. 3 - Dr. Dan Simplicio explains the classification
process of all lithic artifacts

Fig. 4 - Studying and classifying potsherds

Fig. 5 - Studying bones

Fig. 6 - High School students learning to "dig" and locate the position of finds

Fig. 7 - Washing artifacts from the field

Fig. 8 - Walking through the high desert to the
Dillard dig site. Mesa Verde in the background

Fig. 9 - The field office and rest area

Fig. 10 - Head archaeologist explains the Kiva site
and gives directions

Fig. 11 - Excavating the final floor level of the Kiva

Fig. 12 - Preparing a soil sample at floor level

Fig. 13 - Cleaning potsherds for on-site documentation
and eventual bagging

Fig. 14 - Passing the bucket debris
through different sieves to find
smaller fragments, bones, seeds

Fig. 15 - Cleaning the finds
back in the lab

Fig. 16 - Clean potsherds and stone fragments

Fig.17 - Exhibit of curated artifacts.  Crow Canyon collection.

Fig. 18 - The NEH-II 2014 Summer Scholars and Staff
CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER
Cortez, Colorado

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CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER

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Key words: Texas 4th-7th grade Social Studies, Native American tribes, habitat and lifezones, cultural adaptation, Anazasi, Ancestral Pueblo, Rio Grande cultures, New Mexico and Colorado tribes, Paleo-Indians, Archaic and Classic Indians of the Southwest, Geography of the Rio Grande, Mesa Verde, Chaco, Taos, Acoma, Indian ruins, archaeological artifacts, teacher resources, Fund for Teachers, Texas.