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How Wisconsin researchers are digging deep in Aztalan

If your only exposure to archaeology is watching the Indiana Jones movies, than let us quickly disabuse you of the notion that archaeologists spend their days dodging bullets and nabbing ancient idols.Archaeology is dirty work. The researchers that dedicate themselves to the discipline are a dusty sort, armed with an array of trowels, brushes and other tools for unearthing long-lost artifacts.It’s that kind of gritty, grimy, sweaty archaeology that’s a hallmark of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Archaeology Field School at Aztalan State Park.