The Kentucky-Uruguay Cultural Heritage Education Project is a collaborative educational project that uses archaeology as a vehicle for teaching history, social studies, science, foreign languages, and technology. It links educators and children in the northern and southern hemispheres in the joint exploration of each other's cultural heritage.

Why archaeology? Archaeology's primary concern is to understand humans in their environment in time, and the discipline provides much of the raw data educators use when they teach about different societies and cultures. Because of its uniquely multi-disciplinary character and suitability for active learning, archaeology also is tailor-made to the needs of modern teachers and their students. Archaeological projects can provide opportunities for student involvement in the actual process of research, giving them educational experiences that few traditional methods can emulate.

Visitors to the Kentucky-Uruguay Cultural Heritage Education Project website can travel across the western hemisphere and back in time! Pick a language, either English or Spanish, and then explore the various links to find out about Kentucky's indigenous past, and about the indigenous past of Uruguay, a South American country nestled between Brazil and Argentina. Special areas on this website were developed with teachers and students in mind. The site was developed in 2002 by a team of archaeologists and educators in cooperation with DINACYT, Dirección Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación in Uruguay.