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Join us on an amazing archaeological adventure. Who knows? You just may have an Indiana Jones sitting right in your classroom. The Southern California "Archaeology Adventure" field school program helps you teach history, critical thinking, scientific method, cooperative learning, ethics and cultural awareness. Cost: $310 for one class of 34 students or fewer; includes classroom preparation and field trip. A discounted price of $240 applies if the teacher has attended an approved course in teaching with archaeology. Choose any of our three Archaeology Adventure sites listed below for more information...
Riverside
- CA Riv 003eh - California Site Step into our excavation pit and discover California’s Past. This site has two occupation levels. One represents the First Californians with real and reproduction stone artifacts. The other has real artifacts from historic California from 100 years ago.
Riverside
- CA Riv 0004e -The Iron Age Site This unique site is based on 3.000 year old iron making sites in the Middle East. The site contains reproduction artifacts and real 3.000 year old artifacts excavated by La Sierra University archaeologists and courtesy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Yucaipa
- CA SBr 004e - Yucaip'at Site The village of Yukaip’at was on the trade routes from the desert to the Pacific coast. What goods did its people gather and trade with others?
Yucaipa
- CA SBr 005e - Gold Mountain Site In the nineteenth century, California was known as "Gold Mountain" to the Chinese who came to earn money for their families. What will your class discover about the chapter in American history?
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for the 2007-08 School Year... Pocahontas, John Smith, Powhatan, John Ralf... Four hundred yeas ago the first permeate English colony clung to the edge of the James River, in Virginia. The colony’s struggling colony establishment the House of Burgess, the first representative government in the “New World.” One hundred and seventy years later the House of Burgess rang with the voices of Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. At our JAMESTOWN 400 PROJECT, Students will excavate a site based on the Glassworks (1608) and Governor’s house (1611) at Jamestown. They will lean how archaeologist use scientific method and skills of histories to discover the past. We appreciate the help of the archaeologists and bookstore staff of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (www.apva.org), in creating this project.
Redlands
- CA SBr 002e - The Grove Site We have excavated an Saxon or Viking iron making operation from a thousand years ago. Now students are discovering the remains of an earlier Romao-British occupation. Students have excavated coins from the time of Nero and Queen Boudicca. A Roman gladius and shoe have been discovered. What discoveries will your students make that will help tell about the past?
Riverside - CA
Riv 001e - Sherman Site Note: This Site is Now Closed for the Season. Riverside is the border area between four California Native American tribes; Cahuilla to the east, Serrano to the north, Luiseño to the south and the Tongva (Gabrielino) to the west. In the early 19th century several Indian rancherias were located in area. Our site investigates the long heritage of the first Californians. Come explore our Native American heritage and early western expansion.
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