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Crow Canyon offers paid summer internships to undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology, anthropology, education, and related fields.

Deadline application for 2019 internships: March 1, 2019

For internship details, select the appropriate "Description," below:

Internship application form

Internship recomendation form

Archaeology Internships   

  • Field 1 & 2: May 12–July 19, 2019
  • Field 3 & 4: July 14–Sept. 20, 2019
  • Laboratory 1 & 2: May 12–July 19, 2019
  • Laboratory 3 & 4: July 14–Sept. 20, 2019

Education Internships   

  • April 7 to June 14

American Indian Initiatives Internships   

  • May 12–Aug. 16, 2019

Benefits

Interns are paid $11.10 per hour (five-day week, Monday through Friday).

Meals and lodging are available at no cost.

A travel allowance (up to $350) is available to help defray travel expenses.

Note: Interns are not eligible for the Crow Canyon benefits package. Also, Crow Canyon does not provide vehicles for personal use.

Course Credit

Crow Canyon does not offer course credit for internships, but will gladly certify work/study performed and provide evaluations if students wish to arrange for credit through another institution.

About Us

Our Campus

View of the Crow Canyon campus and Ute Mountain

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is located on a beautiful 170-acre campus in southwest Colorado, close to Mesa Verde National Park and the town of Cortez. Read more.

Intern Accommodations

Photo of intern cabin at Crow Canyon.

The following on-campus facilities are available to interns at no cost:

  • kitchen and dining room
  • shared housing in primitive cabins (see photo above) with no electricity, water, heat, or air-conditioning; a composting toilet is available adjacent to the cabins, and a modern shower and restroom building is located a short distance away; accommodations may be shared with one other intern
  • a 15,000-square-foot building that contains research labs, specimen-processing area, temporary curation space, archives, a 5,000-volume research library focused on Southwestern archaeology and anthropology, teaching labs, gift shop, offices, seminar room, and reception area
  • networked PCs, integrated research database, and Internet connection

Crow Canyon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.