I knew an archaeologist who did this for a family day at the Houston
Museum of Natural Science:
Find several little (pint sized) terra cotta flower pots. Paint
designs on the outside of the pots - each one with a different
design. After they're all painted, wrap in a towel and give a good
hit with a hammer, just enough to break them in to largish pieces.
Bury the pieces in several small sand boxes.
The visitors dig out their pots and then can piece them together to
take home!
Cecelia Ottenweller
--- Annmarie Zan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm doing a family program on archaeology for Sept. (Archaeology
> month) We
> will have about 35 people mostly age 5-12. I'll do a sandbox dig
> but I'm looking
> for some type of craft/project that they could take home too. Also
> material
> on archaeology for this young a crowd any ideas? I do have some
> money I can
> spend on this event so hands on manipulative ideas would be good.
> Thank you
> Annmarie Zan
> Interpretive Specialist
> Isle a la Cache Museum
> Romeoville, IL
>
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