Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and rock art specialist John Palacio give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and rock art specialist John Palacio give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and rock art specialist John Palacio give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and rock art specialist John Palacio give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, folks from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, and rock art specialist John Palacio give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, folks from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, and rock art specialist John Palacio give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, and folks from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, and folks from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, and folks from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, give people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, gives people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, gives people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, gives people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, gives people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Archaeologists come to Mission Garden with hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Archaeology Southwest's Hands-on Archaeology program, hosted by Allen Denoyer, gives people opportunities to explore many ancient technologies and techniques. (Click photo for event details)

Historical archaeologist Homer Thiel (Desert Archaeology) and experimental archaeologist Allen Denoyer (Archaeology Southwest) are both intimately familiar with Mission Garden and the larger Clearwater Archaeological Site, of which the garden is a part. They will both speak and take questions about the deep history of this area and what specifically was learned in excavations here in 2007-8. (Click photo for event details)