CROW CANYON INTERNSHIPS

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

There are no open internships at this time.
Information about future internship opportunities is typically posted in late December or early January.

Internships

Build your resume, expand your transferable skills, and develop professional connections that advance your career pathways.

Crow Canyon typically offers internships in various fields of Research, Education, and American Indian Initiatives:

Field Archaeology: Build experience in survey, excavation, and mapping techniques along with artifact documentation.

Lab Archaeology: Engage in the cataloging and analysis of archaeological collections, particularly pottery and stone artifacts.

American Indian Initiatives: Collaborate with Native American partners and advisor to support cultural continuity initiatives and educational outreach.

Dendrochronology: Gain analytical skills in the application of tree-ring dating techniques, sampling strategies, analytical methodologies, climate research, and educational outreach.

Zooarchaeology: Develop specialized skills in faunal analysis that aid in you development as archaeologists and paleozoologists.

Education: Help students build cultural competencies and learn about the rich cultural heritage of Southwest Colorado through traditional and distance learning programs.

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center maintains high standards of research and scholarship. Students participating in the Center’s programs are closely supervised by staff members, ensuring a positive learning experience, as well as high-quality contributions for the profession. In addition, American Indians—many of them descendants of Ancestral Pueblo people—consult and collaborate on all facets of the Center’s research, and colleagues from many other disciplines lend their expertise to advance mission initiatives. In such an environment, interns have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in working with, and learning from, a wide variety of people.

Crow Canyon’s research focuses on the Ancestral Pueblo occupation of the Mesa Verde region. In 2017, Crow Canyon launched the Northern Chaco Outliers Project, an investigation of an Ancestral Pueblo village with two Pueblo II period (A.D. 950–1150) great houses.

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

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Benefits

- Interns are paid $13.65 per hour (five-day week, Monday through Friday)
- Lodging is available at no cost
- Meals included when the kitchen open, stipend provided when the kitchen is closed
- A travel allowance (up to $350) is available to help defray travel expenses
- Interns will be eligible for sick pay at one hour for every 30 hours worked

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.

Campus Amenities

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

- Lodging provided in rustic hogans on campus. A shared restroom with running water is nearby for convenience.
- Washers and dryers are also available in the Lodge
- Meals provided when the kitchen is staffed; stipend provided and cooking facilities available when the kitchen is not staffed
- Crow Canyon provides Wi-Fi Internet service in campus buildings
- 5,000-volume research library and desk space
- Access to Crow Canyon’s 170-acre campus, which includes a large meadow, pinyon- and juniper-covered hillsides, and short nature trail

The Life of a Crow Canyon Intern

Where are they now?

Crow Canyon’s Internship Program with four past interns