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Forty-eight students from the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning (RMSEL) in Denver came to Boulder for a Maya Archaeology Learning Experience.Ìý Students learned how archaeologists collect data in the field, analyze the data, and interpret it to learn about ancient Maya peoples.Ìý Activities included four "archaeology stations".Ìý At the archaeology table station, students learned to excavate and screen for artifacts such as ceramic sherds and plant foods like corn and beans.Ìý At the artifact analysis station, students learned how to analyze artifacts once they're excavated by photographing artifacts, weighing them with a scale, and measuring artifacts with calipers.Ìý Students then learned how archaeologists interpret artifacts by drawing and describing figurines and other artifacts at the interpretation station.Ìý Lastly, students at the everyday Maya life station learned how ancient Maya peoples used grinding stones to process food, and played games to learn the Yucatec Mayan names of local animals in the Maya area.Ìý Huge thanks to graduate students Sasha Buckser, Cristian Figueroa, Gabi Perry, and Nicholas Puente for helping!Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý