Camp Name: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Camp Focus: Archaeology, science, hiking, history, outdoors. Middle School Archaeology (one week); High School Archaeology (one week); High School Field School (three weeks); Family Archaeology Week (one week); school group field trips (one to five day experiential programs).
Owner: Non-Profit Organization
Director: Ricky Lightfoot
Address: 23390 Road K, Cortez , Colorado 81321
Phone Number: 800-422-8975
Fax Number:  970-564-4383
Email: summercamp@crowcanyon.org
Website: www.crowcanyon.org
Sublink: Archaeology Adventures
Camp Type: Overnight
Camp Season: Teen Summer Camps, June-August; field trips (4-12 grades), March-November
Setting: Beautiful Cortez, Colorado, the high desert near Mesa Verde National Park
Gender: Co-ed
Camp Capacity: Each program has a maximum; Crow Canyon serves small groups for summer camps, and divides larger school groups into optimum class sizes to ensure the best camp and learning experiences.
Pricing: $29-$3600 depending on program and length of stay. Scholarship opportunities available.

Archaeology has a unique capacity for capturing the imagination. At the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, we offer experience-based summer camps and learning programs to students in the fourth through twelfth grades.

Two special teaching facilities-the Pithouse Learning Center and the Pueblo Learning Center-allow children to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of the past. Hands-on activities integrate concepts from multiple disciplines, including archaeology, history, geography, science, mathematics, environmental studies, and visual arts.

Whether participating in Pueblo games in our meadow, learning how to weave textiles in our Pueblo Learning Center, excavating a real or simulated archaeological site, or visiting various archaeological sites-from an Archaic (6500-500 B.C.) site to the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park, students in Crow Canyon's education programs learn by doing. What better way to gain a firsthand appreciation for American Indian history and culture? Activities vary by program and length of stay.

Discover one of the most fascinating ancient cultures of the American Southwest and contribute to our long-term research. The ancestral Pueblo Indians (the Anasazi) who lived in the Mesa Verde region for hundreds of years left behind an amazing record of their culture.

Enjoy Crow Canyon Archaeological Center's beautiful 170-acre campus in southwestern Colorado. Work alongside professional archaeologists at our excavation site and in our laboratory; unearth and analyze ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) artifacts that have been unseen and untouched for 800 years.

Teen archaeology summer camps, family archaeology week, and one- to five-day field trips for school groups are available. Activities vary based on program. Free teacher and student resources are available on our Web site.