Channel your inner Indiana Jones and unearth ancient secrets right here in Ohio!
This July, you can become an amateur archaeologist at Cincinnati Museum Center's Hahn Site Field School in Anderson Township, the site of a late prehistoric village!
This adventure is geared toward teens and adults (ages 11-16 must be accompanied by an adult) and offers an opportunity to explore the Hahn Site's domestic areas. Those include food storage and cooking pits and the suspected locations of stockades bordering both the middle and late Fort Ancient villages.
You'll learn standard excavation and recording techniques as you discover more about the late prehistory of southwest Ohio, the development of sedentary agricultural villages and the importance of the Hahn Site in our understanding of local Fort Ancient-age societies. Your hard work will be rewarded with the thrill of uncovering layers and artifacts from an important period in American prehistory!
Ready to begin your archaeological adventure? Here's what to do:
Choose your session: July 2-6, July 9-13, July 16-20 or July 23-27 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily).
Call (513) 287-7021 or (877) 733-2077 x7021 by June 25, 2012 to reserve your spot (sessions limited to 10 participants each).
Pay in full when you register. The cost is $180 per session for museum Members and $200 for non-Members (Members never pay full price!), and fees include all instruction and archaeology materials. Click here for more information.
You may follow up your field experience by volunteering in our archaeology laboratory, processing and cleaning the artifacts for eventual study and exhibit. Call Volunteer Services at (513) 287-7072 to learn more.
We'll see you at the Hahn Site!
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