Excavation and Lab

Sign up for an excavation and/or lab program, where your discoveries make a real and lasting contribution to our collective understanding of the Pueblo past! A deposit of $300 holds your spot in any Crow Canyon Archaeology Adventure.

View the full 2009 Archaeology Catalog (PDF) online.

Adult Research Week

Working side-by-side with professional archaeologists, you'll excavate at our current site and assist in artifact analyses that are vital to the reconstruction of ancient lifeways.

Read the full 2009 program description (Print PDF)

Weeks Open to Novices and Alumni:
June 14–20, June 21–27,
August 23–29, August 30–September 5

Weeks Open to Alumni:
September 27–October 3

Tuition per Person
Novice: Donor* $1,275; Novice Nondonor: $1,400
Senior Novice (age 55+): Donor* $1,250; Nondonor $1,375
Alumni: Donor* $1,175; Novice Nondonor: $1,300
Super Alumni (10+ programs): $1,150
Senior Alumni (age 55+): $1,150
Super Senior Alumni (age 55+ and 10+ programs): $1,150

Mark your calendar for 2010! May 30–June 5, June 6–12, June 13–19, July 18–24, August 15–21, August 22–28, October 3–9 (Alumni Week)

Fall Lab Week

Want to learn more about artifacts and how laboratory analysis fits into the overall research process? In Fall Lab, adults get a chance to work with some of the 75,000 artifacts that we recover during an average field season.

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September 27–October 3, 2009
Tuition per person: Donor* $1,275; Nondonor $1,400

Mark your calendar for 2010! October 3–9, 2010

High School Field School

Thinking about archaeology as a career? This intensive, but fun, three-week program will give you a feel for what it takes to be an archaeologist. You can also add a prestigious educational experience to your college application!

The 2009 High School Field School is full. Act now to reserve your spot in the 2010 field school!

Read the full 2010 program description (Print PDF)
June 27–July 17, 2010
Tuition per person: Donor* $3,950; Nondonor $4,075

Family Archaeology Week

Make your next family vacation an archaeology adventure! This program focuses on fun, hands-on activities that introduce you and your family to archaeology and the history and culture of the ancestral Pueblo Indians. Two sessions are available.

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Session I: June 28–July 4, 2009
Session II: August 2–8, 2009
Tuition per person: Adult Donor* $1,275;
Nondonor $1,400; Youth (ages 10 to 17): $1,050

Mark your calendar for 2010! July 18–24, August 15–21

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* Minimum $100 donation required to receive donor price.

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center's programs and admission practices are open to applicants of any race, color, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, or sexual orientation.

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