{"id":4622,"date":"2018-10-17T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T15:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/for-wisconsin\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=4622"},"modified":"2019-03-29T13:43:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T18:43:25","slug":"uw-madison-offers-todays-middle-school-students-chance-to-study-yesterdays-people-of-aztalan","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-madison-offers-todays-middle-school-students-chance-to-study-yesterdays-people-of-aztalan\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Madison offers today\u2019s middle school students chance to study yesterday\u2019s people of Aztalan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4624\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/for-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2018\/09\/MAD_Aztalan_outreach18_5746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/for-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2018\/09\/MAD_Aztalan_outreach18_5746-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of recent UW-Madison alumna Sarah Taylor, squatting at center, and Aleesha Kozar, standing at center, demonstrating a method for accurately measuring square grids of land as groups of sixth graders visiting from Fort Atkinson Middle School tour one of four educational stations temporarily set up at Aztalan State Park, a prehistoric Native American site located near Lake Mills, Wis., during spring on May 24, 2018. 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 archeological fields schools and research projects at the site. (Photo by Jeff Miller \/ UW-Madison)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">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)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Middle school students visited\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.wisc.edu\/todays-middle-school-students-study-yesterdays-people-of-aztalan\/\">archaeological site<\/a>\u00a0at Aztalan State Park in southeast Wisconsin to learn\u00a0how people\u00a0lived 1,000 years ago. Children\u2019s interest in archaeology was piqued at various stations, where they saw artifacts and discussed the process of excavation and radiocarbon dating.<\/p>\n<p>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)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.wisc.edu\/todays-middle-school-students-study-yesterdays-people-of-aztalan\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle school students visited\u00a0an\u00a0archaeological site\u00a0at Aztalan State Park in southeast Wisconsin to learn\u00a0how people\u00a0lived 1,000 years ago. Children\u2019s interest in archaeology was piqued at various stations, where they saw artifacts and discussed the process of excavation and radiocarbon dating. 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