Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

Not to be confused with Anasazi Indian State Park.

Area of Archeological center in Anasazi territory in Colorado ,the point 1 near the Rio Grande river . Area is coloured in green

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is an archeological center of training programs for students and teachers, located in Southwestern Colorado, USA

A Center for the archeological studies , researches and preserving the rich great history of the ancient Indians or Pueblo Indians, called the Anasazi ,who lived in the vast prairies and land forms of the area of Mesa Verde for more than 7 centuries ago . Established at the end 900 of private cultural initiatives that continue the work of American benefactors, the center provides archaeological through education programs, to truly live the excavation site of an Indian site.

Brief History

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center was founded in 1960 by Edward Berger , a history teacher in Denver who brought her students in Colorado for an outdoor trip . Berger and his wife Johanne had purchased 70 acres of pines and juniper forest just outside the town of Cortez and the Crow Canyon School Established as an outdoor education center . It was 1974 . Berger Was developed in the first training programs with students and Archaeology and professionals.

The Crow Canyon Crow Canyon School and the center was founded in 1983 by the Center for American Archeology, which bought the campus Crow. New housing , were built , a team of professional Archaeologists and the Center Was hired Began Conducting ITS own archaeological research program

The initiative of the Crow Canyon is to protect and defend the origins of the ancient Indian people of the Pueblo ( or Anasazi ) of the American South-West . Since its foundation in the center is a no-profit organization and a search field.^[1] Archaeological research was conducted in the region of Mesa Verde in Colorado, USA , and his organization created the Center . But it based on the teaching of archeology with direct experience , to students and to teachers who are often invited to participate in research in the archeological camp .

Crow Canyon based experience with a few key points, those 

• Programs excavation
• Educational resources for teachers, students and tutors teaching
• Programs traveling to the U.S. and south-east

Key initiatives are considered of common interest , including education programs, research and cultural programs (language and condervazione the language ) , all the initiatives promoted by its President and CEO, Deborah Gangloff which defines it as : " A mission for Crow Canyon , an experience that brings at the real archeology and anthropology ".^[2]

Not to be confused with Anasazi.

Department

Mesa Verde National Park, canyon of ancient monuments of the Anasazi

Crow Canyon has an education department where the main programs are conducted with students of all ages. Teaching is done on the ancient cultures of the South-West of educational methods and theories . The programs are in collaboration with the American Indians and are based on :

• Archaeology
• Education
• Learning

The programs involve the audience with their performance and can gain an understanding of the Indian people, culture, American history, archaeological research the relationship between man and environment and conservation of cultural resources.

Centers of learning and recreating the ancient customs of the Pueblo people and in reality you can experience a full-immersion students.

Initiatives for Social, Outreach, allow students and teachers to extend the research on a national level with travel programs on campus.

Cultural field

Trips to the attraction at Pueblo Indian cave dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colorado,USA

Many experience of important cultural field of the center is based on

• Excavations and laboratory findings by booking at the ca. 2000 excavations

• Summer camps with hands-on activities, discussions and guided tours for school field, high school and high school camp archeology.

• School groups, with the simulated excavation and groups two, three or four days

• One day tour , with trips to the attractions.^[3]

Excavation sites

There are several excavation sites at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. They may be used as part of the centers programs for further excavation and study.

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Sites^[4]

Site name	Location	Type	Description	Photo
Albert Porter pueblo (also called Hedrick Ruin)	Yellow Jacket, Montezuma, Colorado	Great house	Northern San Juan pueblo ruins from AD 1000 to 1300. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 (#99000266).
Castle Rock pueblo		Great house	Ruins in southwestern Colorado. Includes the remains of at least 16 kivas, 40 surface rooms, nine possible towers, and a D-shaped enclosure.
Shields pueblo			Ruins in southwestern Colorado.
Woods Canyon pueblo	Yellow Jacket, Montezuma, Colorado	Great house	Northern San Juan pueblo ruins from AD 1000 to 1300 consisting of as many as 200 rooms, 50 kivas, and 16 towers, and possibly a plaza. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 (#99000652).
Yellow Jacket pueblo	Yellow Jacket, Montezuma, Colorado	Great house	Mesa Verde culture ruins from AD 1000 to 1300. Covering 100 acres, the pueblo contains at least 195 kivas (including a probable great kiva), 19 towers, a possible Chaco-era great house, and as many as 1,200 surface rooms. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 (#85002701). Site ID 5MT5.

See also

• Anasazi
• Anasazi Indian State Park

Other neighboring Ancient Pueblo sites in Colorado

• Anasazi Heritage Center
• Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
• Hovenweep National Monument
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Ute Mountain Tribal Park in Mesa Verde
• Yucca House National Monument administered by the Mesa Verde National Park

Other cultures in the Four Corners region

• List of prehistoric sites in Colorado
• Trail of the Ancients
• List of ancient dwellings of Pueblo peoples

References

1. ^ License no-profit N°. 46-438 State of Colorado , USA
2. ^ quoted by Miss Deborah Gangloff , 2010
3. ^ The attraction including Mesa Verde National Park , the Anasazi Heritage Center , Canyons of the Ancients National Monument , Hovenweep National Monument, and Aztec Ruins National Monument
4. ^ National Register of Historic Places in Montezuma, Colorado American Dreams. Retrieved 10-6-2011.

External links

• Crow Canyon Archeological Center's - Official Site - consulted on 1st of October 2010
• Articles which relate to Crow Canyon - consulted on 11th of January 2010.