http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/09/what-purposeful-public-engagement-means-for-archaeology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-purposeful-public-engagement-means-for-archaeology Society for Historical Archaeology Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/09/what-purposeful-public-engagement-means-for-archaeology/#comment-253 Zarena Scott Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-253 I am currently undertaking a voluntary role by bringing experimental archaeology to my daughter's after school club. As the children will be aged from 5 to 11, I felt that they would benefit from 'having a go' at involving themselves with some of the techniques used by archaeologists. I have purchased a microscope, metal detector and fossils and created a timeline for children to see how we locate sites and analyse artefacts.I have included real artefacts from a local site which are all recorded) We will end the 5 week program by creating our own canopic jars and death masks and learn how to locate our own paints from rock, grind to powder and use meaningful script to decorate. This is a basic and rustic approach, but one which I hope will inspire children to think about and hopefully develop later in their lives by making the whole experience fun and functional. I am currently undertaking a voluntary role by bringing experimental archaeology to my daughter’s after school club. As the children will be aged from 5 to 11, I felt that they would benefit from ‘having a go’ at involving themselves with some of the techniques used by archaeologists. I have purchased a microscope, metal detector and fossils and created a timeline for children to see how we locate sites and analyse artefacts.I have included real artefacts from a local site which are all recorded) We will end the 5 week program by creating our own canopic jars and death masks and learn how to locate our own paints from rock, grind to powder and use meaningful script to decorate. This is a basic and rustic approach, but one which I hope will inspire children to think about and hopefully develop later in their lives by making the whole experience fun and functional.

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