Excursions provide an opportunity, especially for registrants coming from a distance, to experience the host city under the guidance of the local archaeological community. The Local Advisory Committee organizes excursions to highlight archaeological sites, museums, and locations of interest in Denver. Excursions are first come, first served. Attendees can sign up for excursions online or with the advance registration form. All excursions are in person only.
If a guest is accompanying a registered attendee on an excursion, the guest must be registered (as a guest) and must also purchase an excursion ticket. Only adult guests may accompany attendees on the excursions.
In order for an excursion to go forward, the minimum number of participants must be fulfilled during the advance registration process. Space in all excursions is limited; sign up as early as possible but before March 1.
All participants in SAA excursions will be required to sign a release of claims prior to joining the excursion. No participant will be able to join without a completed release of claims form. The forms will be emailed to you in advance.
Wednesday, April 23
Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Context of Deeply Stratified Early Paleoindian Sites at the Kanorado Locality, Northwestern Kansas
Sponsored by the SAA Geoarchaeology Interest Group
7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; 30 minimum, 36 maximum; $30 per person
This field trip will involve traveling to the Kanorado Locality on the High Plains along the Kansas-Colorado border. Three stratified Early Paleoindian sites at Kanorado have yielded the remains of Pleistocene fauna, including mammoth and camel, as well as Clovis-age and Folsom lithic artifacts. Also, a potential pre-Clovis cultural component has been recorded at one of the sites. The stop at Kanorado will focus on the soil-stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental context of the three sites. Also, deeply buried late Pleistocene and early Holocene landscapes that may harbor the early archaeological record will be examined in outcrops along streams near Kanorado. Attendees will stop for lunch, included in the registration fee, but are encouraged to bring snacks and water.
Friday, April 25
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Sponsored by the SAA Fiber Perishables Interest Group
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.; 15 minimum, 20 maximum; $84 per person
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has recently expanded their textile and fibers perishable conservation endeavors. The excursion will include a tour of their Avenir Conservation Center, providing attendees with background in the techniques used in conservation and storage, ethics in treatment, and current projects in textile and fibers perishable preservation.
I agree and acknowledge that I am participating in the [name of tour] (“Tour”) on my own accord. I give this acknowledgement freely and knowingly and I represent and warrant to you that I am physically and mentally fit and that, as a result, able to participate, and I do hereby assume responsibility for my own well-being.
I am fully aware that possible physical injury might occur to me as a result of my participation, and I agree to assume the full risk, including risk which is not specifically foreseeable, of any injuries, including death, damages, or loss regardless of severity, which I may sustain as a result of participating in any and all activities connected with or associated with the Tour.
In consideration of the right to participate in the Tour, I hereby waive any and all rights or claims I may have as a result of participation in the Tour against the Society for American Archaeology and their respective directors, officers, employees, members, staff, and all individuals assisting in instructing and conducting these activities, and I hereby fully release and discharge them from any and all claims resulting from injuries, including death, damages, or loss, which may accrue to me or my heirs arising out of or in any way connected with my participation in the Tour.
I further agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Society for American Archaeology, and their respective directors, officers, employees, members, staff, and all individuals assisting in instructing and conducting these activities, from any and all claims resulting from injuries, including death, damages, or loss, which may accrue to me or my heirs arising out of or in any way connected with my participation in the Tour.
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