THE JOURNAL — College interns studying archaeology gain real-world experience every spring and summer at Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum.
The three-month internship includes housing and is offered through the National Council of Preservation and Education of the U.S. Department of Interior.
This year, the young professionals are Monica Bugbee, Emily Coate, and Caitlyn Fischman. They all work in the curation department, cataloging collections and learning about museum operations.
Bugbee is working on a master’s degree that combines paleontology and archaeology from St. Cloud State University, Minnesota.
At Canyons of the Ancients Museum, she is helping to catalog the Haystack Cave collection discovered in Gunnison County. The upper layers of the cave floor contain Native American artifacts. Lower layers contain paleontological layers filled with bones of ancient animals, including one from the extinct American cheetah.
Read more: https://the-journal.com/articles/144827-interns-gain-experience-at-canyons-of-ancients
