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Research institute invites Taylor County students to join dig at Native American mound site
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The Aussel Research Institute told the Taylor County School Board it is offering students hands-on archaeology experience at a Native American mound site tied to early Spanish exploration and said transportation funding and classroom materials are available; the board approved a separate procedural agenda addition by voice vote.
Dr. Willett Boyer, a historical archaeologist with the Aussel Research Institute, told the Taylor County School Board that the institute is offering Taylor County students and educators the opportunity to participate in an archaeological field project at a Native American mound site in the county.
Boyer described the site as likely connected to towns recorded by Spanish explorers in 1539 and said the program combines fieldwork, classroom materials and outreach displays. “We are currently beginning a dig that is in the Southwestern portion of Madison,” Boyer said, and the institute brought a sample of its outreach materials, including…
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