Y-Press Online | Archaeology lesson takes students to Colorado dig center By Cameron Johnson, 15, Y-PRESS

Eighth-grade students in an accelerated-learning program at Hannibal (Mo.)Middle School spend the year learning about the Anasazis – a Pueblo Indian civilization in the Mesa Verde region during the 10th to 13th centuries. Just before graduation, they take all they’ve learned to the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colo., where they spend a week immersing themselves in the Anasazi culture.