Award Recognizes Crow Canyon Contribution to Colorado History

January 12, 2007

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has received the Colorado Historical Society’s prestigious Caroline Bancroft History Award for its project titled "Making History: Engaging the Public in Reconstructing the Past." Crow Canyon board member Karl Kumli was on hand at the Colorado Historical Society’s annual meeting to receive the award on behalf of the Center.

Named after noted Colorado historian Caroline Bancroft, the award is bestowed annually by the Society’s Board of Directors in recognition of a Colorado individual, museum, or organization that has made a major contribution to the advancement of Colorado history.

The Making History project actively involves students and adults in the Center's ongoing archaeological research at the Goodman Point Unit of Hovenweep National Monument in southwestern Colorado. The project began in 2005 with test excavations at Goodman Point Pueblo, the largest of the 42 Pueblo Indian sites in the Unit.

For more information about Crow Canyon's archaeology programs for the public, see Archaeology Adventures.

	Crow Canyon board member Karl Kumli accepts the Caroline Bancroft History Award from Colorado Historical Society President Georgianna Contiguglia. Photo courtesy Colorado Historical Society, Jay Di Lorenzo, photographer.