Visitor Center at Canyon View

Visitor Center Activities

Join the rangers at the visitor center to learn more about people who lived here long ago. Family friendly activities take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. including:

Allyson Mathis

Afternoon Program

The park's Science and Education Outreach Coordinator Allyson Mathis, will talk about current archeological excavations along the Colorado River at 1:30 p.m.
at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center at Canyon View Plaza.

Park Archeologist, Ian Hough

Evening Program

Park Archeologist Ian Hough will present an illustrated program Grand Canyon – The Human Story. The free evening program takes place in the Shrine of the Ages auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Shrine of the Ages is located at Parking Lot A near Park Headquarters.

For more information, read the news release:
http://www.nps.gov/grca/parknews/upload/2009-03-17_arch_day.pdf

Or listen the the:
Archeology Day Podcast, March 12, 2009 (Audiocast) Duration 2:42 - PLAY NOW
By Park Rangers, Patrick Gamman and Libby Schaaf
Celebrate Archeology Day on Saturday, March 28, 2009
Download the Transcript (72kb PDF File)
Download link (2.5MB MP3 File) cut and paste this link into your media player: http://www.nps.gov/grca/photosmultimedia/upload/archeology_month_12mar09.mp3

Archeological Excavations at 9 Sites along the Colorado River Corridor
Between 2007 and 2009, the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Museum of Northern Arizona, is undertaking the first major archeological excavations along the river in Grand Canyon National Park in 40 years.

Archeologists Make Exciting Discoveries Along the Colorado River
In October, 2007, archeologists excavated a habitation site along the Colorado River. The fascinating artifacts they found provide insight into the lives of people who once made the Grand Canyon their home.

Canyon Sketches Vol 03 - May 2008
Archeologists Excavate Kiva by the Colorado River
Archeologists are excavating nine archeological sites along the Colorado River because they are being impacted by severe erosion. In April and May 2008, crews discovered a complete kiva during the excavation of one of these sites.

Canyon Sketches Vol 09 - March 2009
Archeologists Excavate Two Sites Along the Colorado River.
In fall 2008, archeologists excavated two archeological sites during a three-year project along the Colorado River corridor in Grand Canyon. One of the excavated sites has evidence of as many as six different human occupations over a time span of 3,500 years.

The Vanishing Treasures Program
Grand Canyon National Park is one of 45 National Park Service areas that participate in the Vanishing Treasures Program. The goal of the Vanishing Treasures program is the conservation of architectural remains through research, documentation, and preservation treatment.

Canyon Sketches Vol 04 – June 2008
Vanishing Treasures Archeologists Stabilize Transept Ruin (North Rim)
In late June 2008, archeologists from Grand Canyon National Park’s Division of Science and Resource Management cleaned and stabilized Transept Ruin, a two-room ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) ruin on the North Rim.