Pecos Day Camp
March 18, 2005

Location
The Pecos Day Camp activities were held on the SHUMLA campus and on the Shumla Ranch, 50 miles west of Del Rio, Texas.

Instructors
SHUMLA instructors included artist/archeologist
Dr. Carolyn Boyd, outdoor education specialist Neal Stilley, archeologist/botanist Dr. Phil Dering, artist and renowned flintknapper Steve Norman, rancher Jack Harrington, and naturalist and author Patty Leslie Pasztor.

Activities
On March 18, 2005, approximately seventy 4^th grade students and their teachers from Lamar Elementary, San Felipe-Del Rio CISD in Del Rio, Texas attended a full-day Shumla Foragers program at SHUMLA. Using archeology as a foundation for teaching math and science skills, SHUMLA provided hands-on opportunities for enhancing classroom lessons.  Students were divided into five groups, the Bear Clan, the Deer Clan, the Hawk Clan, the Wolf Clan and the Panther Clan. Upon their arrival at the SHUMLA campus each clan was directed to its first station to begin a rotation of lessons and demonstrations. These stations included:

• Paint Making Experiment: Dr. Carolyn Boyd led students in a hands-on experiment replicating prehistoric paint making and discussed how art was used in prehistory to communicate information necessary for survival.
• Stone Tools: Steve Norman demonstrated for students flint knapping techniques used by early hunters.
• May the Force be with You, The Atlatl Advantage:  Jack and Missy Harrington directed students in the use of the atlatl for spear throwing and students calculated their distances.
• Forager's Food and Pharmacy: Patty Leslie Pasztor led students on a nature walk to identify plants collected by foragers of the Lower Pecos and studied their uses.
• Friction Fire Starting: Neal Stilley used primitive fire starting techniques to teach about energy forms and transfer of energy.

Volunteers
Programs at SHUMLA are made possible through the help of our volunteers. This program's volunteer leaders were Jo Ann Harris, Brenda Norman, Al and Nancy Morgan, Sally Finkelstein, Myrna Massey, Eric Finkelstein (NPS), Jodi Wiese, Missy Harrington, and Jack Skiles.

Cost
This program was underwritten by a gift to SHUMLA from the Westex Corporation, Del Rio Bank and Trust, Del Rio, Texas.

Information
For more information contact the education division at education@shumla.org or call the office at
432-292-4848.