During this three-day adventure students continue their study of North American culture through the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology with the help of professional archaeologists and anthropologists throughout the state.  They learned how scientists uncover artifacts that provide clues to the cultures developed by earlier inhabitants of our continent is the focus of the trip. From the clans of prehistoric man to tribes of Native Americans to colonial civilization, North American culture has been shaped by man’s interaction with his immediate environment. Cultures develop as individuals interact with one another in their quest to find life’s most basic necessities -- food and shelter. Once a group’s most immediate needs are met, interactions with other groups foster trade and exchange of ideas. In this manner, cultural ideals are established, spread, modified, and enhanced over time. The seeds of our culture today can be found buried deep in the ground, covered by an accumulation of sediment thousands of years in the making.  Students visited an archeological dig site, and stay in cabins at the Gravatt Adventure and Discovery Center. Camp Gravatt, a member of the Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers, Inc., is located near Aiken, SC.  While at Gravatt, students participated in initiative activities and on low and high ropes course elements designed to foster an understanding of how human dependence on one another leads to cultural development.