Up to 24 lucky students will be digging in Tewksbury, NJ with Archaeological Perspectives October 14 - 17, 2008 and learning about Western African Culture (along the Niger River in Mali). They will "do adult stuff in a kid way" with professional archaeologist turned educator "Big Dog" Purcell starting at 10 a.m. each day. 6 & 7 year olds stop at 1 p.m., but older campers stay until ~4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Everyone should plan to stay for a potluck(?) lunch on Friday when we all see their museum exhibits and go home around 2/2:30?.
Visit his website to read more about Camp Activities. Note: The homeschool camps are Tuesday to Friday, with digging on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and an exhibit and themed pot-luck on Friday. For my comments on a previous experience with him, see Do the Dig: Middle Kingdom China.
Registration is ~$170 for full day and $120 for half day. Non-refundable deposits of $25 deposits per child are being accepted for Tweksbury. For that dig signup form and more details, see the TALENT website (Tewksbury Area League for Encouraging and Nurturing Talent).
Expect a post to appear about Mali food & potluck ideas - closer to the dates.
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