New York summer camp kids dig up ancient artifact
GENESEO, N.Y. -- Some young Indiana Joneses in the making have dug up an ancient artifact dating back thousands of years while attending a summer camp at a New York college.
Officials at the State University of New York at Geneseo say fifth through 11th graders from Rochester public schools were excavating an area on campus when they found the base of a projectile point, or dart, that's believed to be 3,000 to 6,000 years old.
The students are part of the Rochester Young Scholars Academy at Geneseo summer camp.
"We have had this archaeology theme twice at previous camps and we found it is very successful," said Susan Norman, camp director and director of Geneseo's Xerox Center for Multicultural Teacher Education. "Like today, the students in the past have found artifacts believed to be thousands of years old from a prehistoric camp. Experiences like that make science real for these students and peaks their interest in the STEM fields."
Students in a previous camp also unearthed prehistoric projectile points used by Native Americans in the area thousands of years ago.
Students will continue to do archaeological digs on the Geneseo campus through Friday.