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Archaeology Links!

How to become an archaeologist: http://www.digonsite.com/drdig/archaeologists/31.html

Did you know that there's an archaeology magazine just for kids? "Dig" also has a website with plenty of archaeology facts, games, links, etc.! http://www.digonsite.com/index.html

Read this incredibly well-written report on Archaeology by a 4th grade student! http://homepage.mac.com/ender97/kid/areport.html

More about our Incan mummy--scientists think they've her relative! http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/mummy991210.html

The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana hosts dig, Discover and Create,
founded by the Kershaw Family Trust and the Archaeological Institute of America. Set
up in honor of dig magazine, the program teaches children and their adult
companions how people lived in ancient Egypt. Young archaeologists dig up and
identify ancient artifacts and learn how to classify and store them. Also included are
creative Egyptian art projects and stories. Reservations are required. Sessions run on
Saturdays, for ages 7 and up, the first Sunday of the month for kids ages 4-6, and the
second Sunday of the month for 7-year-olds and older. For more information on this
and other events, call (714) 480-1522, or visit www.bowers.org/index8.html

The Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, offers
exhibits, after-school classes, summer camps, and programs with an emphasis on
dinosaurs. In the Tracking Down Dinosaurs workshop, 3rd-5th-graders can investigate
the links between birds, dinosaurs, mammals, and modern reptiles in the biology lab. In
the Dark explores life in the dark--in the soil, in caves and deep in the ocean. The
exhibit will include hands-on activities for children. Call (510) 642-5132, or visit
www.lhs.berkeley.edu.

The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles organizes monthly archaeology
workshops. An hour-and-a-half simulated dig is offered for children 7 and up who must
be accompanied by an adult. The sessions are limited to 30 participants. Fees are $5
for members and $7 for nonmembers. Participants must wear appropriate digging
clothes and shoes. 
Call (310) 440-4636, or visit www.skirball.org. The center also offers an archaeology
camp, both over winter break and during summer vacation. For details, contact Erin
Clancey at (310) 440-4615.

The Annual Excavation of Pit 91 at the La Brea Tar Pits, the only active urban
fossil excavation in the world, takes place from July through first week of September.
Hundreds of fossils that have not seen the sun in more than 28,000 years are
unearthed from oozing black "tar." Kids can watch science in action as paleontologists
and volunteers venture 14 feet deep into the pit to uncover 15 to 25 fossils each day
that are between 27,000 and 30,000 years old. Buried in the sticky asphalt deposit of
Pit 91 are thousands of fossils of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, numerous birds and
other wildlife that roamed the Los Angeles Basin when it was truly wild. 
Kids can check out the Daily dig, a large board that lists the fossil finds of the
previous day, and an educator is available to answer questions about the excavation
along with a "bone bin" filled with casts of fossils and educational materials for visitors
to touch. For further information, call (323) 934-PAGE, or visit www.tarpits.org