If you ’ve ever dream of comprehend for artifact but do n’t have an archeology degree , you ’re in luck — but you ’ll have to dissemble fast . The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is accepting applications programme for volunteers interested in joining a community of interests gibe this summertime at one of Colorado ’s most significant archaeological sites . Applications near May 3 , concord toPatch .
Located west of Denver , in Golden , the site is called Magic Mountain , identify after a failed amusement car park that was briefly located there in 1959–1960 — more than a decade before the far more famousMagic Mountainopened in Los Angeles . Now owned by the metropolis of Golden , the site was first excavate in the 1950s after a nearby slam break that the Fountain Rock Formation , of which Golden is a part , " was a key ' marchland ' between the the great unwashed of the high plain and Great Basin regions,“The Denver Postreports .
The oldest artifacts obtain at the land site date back some 7000 year , when the site was used as a tenting grounds for hunter - collector groups pass through the part during the Archaic and Woodland period . According to themuseum , other artefact establish at the website , including ceramics and stone construction , advise that a more lasting manse was establish there at least 1000 days ago .
" Although Magic Mountain has been previously explored by archaeologists , this labor revives the dig through a residential district - free-base sweat that will likely result to new science and discoveries , " the project ’s founders say in a assertion , as reported by Patch . " you’re able to be a part of uncover and sharing human - environmental chronicle over the last 7000 years , if not more ! "
unpaid worker will be give shovels , trowels , and other tools , and more experient excavators will be on hand to demonstrate how they ’re used . No experience is necessary , but volunteers must be at least 18 years honest-to-god and be able-bodied to complete three shift during one of the two sessions , held June 18–27 and July 5–15 . Space is bound for the syllabus , and choose applicants will be notified by May 7 .
quick to get your hand dirty ? you could fill out an on-line applicationhere .
[ h / tPatch ]
