Date Added: 10-06-2008

"Digging the Past" day camp at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center is for science-minded kids from Georgia.  Read the excerpt below.

Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA

By REBECCA McCARTHY

06/09/08

Here's advice from aspiring archaeologists Jessica Layton and Viola White. Ignore the ants. Focus on the artifacts.

The two 11-year-olds — White from Norcross and Layton from Knoxville — spent part of Thursday morning digging with spades in a small wooded plot where a house once stood. They were among 20 or so children at the "Digging the Past" day camp at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. The camp is one of several for science-minded kids.

"They're finding bricks and nails, glass and ceramics," said Catherine Long, who was running the camp. "I like to tell them we're looking for the trash of people's lives, the things they left behind. It's a way to make history come alive."

All last week, the would-be archaeologists were cleaning, washing and cataloging their finds, noting where on the Heritage Center property each item was discovered. These items will become part of the record of the center itself.

Read the entire article:

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/06/09/digging_0609.html