Sixth graders from Fort Atkinson Middle School observe a method for accurately measuring square grids at an educational station temporarily set up at Aztalan State Park, a prehistoric Native American site located near Lake Mills, Wis. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)
Middle school students visited an archaeological site at Aztalan State Park in southeast Wisconsin to learn how people lived 1,000 years ago. Children’s interest in archaeology was piqued at various stations, where they saw artifacts and discussed the process of excavation and radiocarbon dating.
Funded by a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Project Grant, the public outreach program is led by UW-Madison Anthropology Professor Sissel Schroeder, who has previously conducted several undergraduate archaeological field schools and research projects at the site. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison) More