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Archeology in Arkansas for Teens (Completed Grades 5–12) *

with the Arkansas Archeological Survey

Join the Arkansas Archeological Survey to learn how archeologists classify materials by working with actual artifacts from an archeological site in Arkansas.

Join us to work with an archeological assemblage from Arkansas. We will learn to think like archeologists to figure out what people were doing at this archeological site, what kinds of resources they were utilizing, and what kinds of technology they may have had at the time the site was inhabited. Students will learn how archeologists classify materials found in the archeological record and how they use them to draw conclusions about how people lived, made, and did things in the past. We will be working with actual artifacts from an archeological site in Arkansas and helping to create and maintain the scientific record of the materials.

Michelle Rathgaber is an archeologist and the Educational Outreach Coordinator with the Arkansas Archeological Survey. She earned her PhD at the University of Arkansas in Environmental Dynamics where she studied Mississippian people's responses to large earthquakes in northeast Arkansas around 1500 CE. Currently she runs programs and educational events across the state bringing archeology to the public.

This program is open to registrants who have completed grades 5-12. Registration is required and opens on June 26th at 9 am. 

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