For Immediate Release
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THESE UPCOMING
ACTIVITIES:
Here’s a summary – For details on activities offered THROUGH JUNE see the
fuller descriptions below.
February 6, 2010 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Cultural Resources Survey
Techniques Archaeological Field School Session (Old Pueblo members only)
February 9, 2010 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart
at the Heard Museum North, Scottsdale*
February 12, 2010 (Rescheduled from January 23) “Deer Valley & Spur Cross
Ranch Petroglyphs” guided tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart
starting at Deer Valley Rock Art Center, Phoenix
February 13, 2010 “Florence Historic Homes and the Casa Grande Ruins”
tour to histoirc Coolidge and Florence, Arizona
with guides Terri Contapay & Allen Dart
February 18, 2010 Old Pueblo’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner &
presentation: “Greening Mission Garden: Archaeology, History, and the
Future of Tucson's Heartplace”
February 19, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Archaeology”
educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from Pima
Community College, Tucson
February 27, 2010 “White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon &
Mesquite Canyon” guided tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart
starting at White Tank Mountain Regional Park in Waddell
MARCH IS ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE AWARENESS MONTH!
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center celebrates with a number of special
presentations – Read on!
March 5, 2010 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Tohono O’odham
Nation Cultural Center & Museum in Topawa, Arizona*
March 6, 2010 "Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave" Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center educational tour departing from Pima Community College,
Tucson
March 6, 2010 “OPEN3” hands-on, two-hour simulated archaeological dig
excavation program for children ages 6-12 at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
March 6, 2010 Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with
flintknapper Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
March 6, 2010 Arrowhead-Making/Flintknapping and Traditional
Pottery-Making Demonstrations with flintknapper Allen Denoyer and potter
John Guerin at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
March 11, 2010 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Santa Cruz County’s
North County Facility, Tubac*
March 12, 2010 "Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Salazar-Ajo Branch
Library, Ajo, Arizona*
March 13, 2010 “Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration” featuring
children’s activities and guided archaeological site tours at the City of
Tucson’s Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park*
March 18, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
March 20, 2010 “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart in Marana,
Arizona
March 30, 2010 “Change and Continuity: 1500 years of Hopi Farming and Land
Stewardship” free presentation by Hopi anthropologist Micah Loma’omvaya at
Pima County Public Library Himmel Park Branch, Tucson
March 31, 2010 "Old Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle to benefit
Old Pueblo's children's archaeology education programs (520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] for tickets and info)
April 12, 2010 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart
at Arizona Western College, Yuma*
April 15, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
May 1, 2010 "Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public Library
Valencia Branch, Tucson
May 20, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
June 11-15, 2010 "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New
Mexico" tour with Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, Tucson
July 16, 2010 "What is an Archaeologist?" and "Lifestyle of the Hohokam"
free presentations for children at the Pima County Public Library, Salazar
- Ajo Branch, Ajo, Arizona
September 22, 2010 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation at Pima County Public Library, Geasa-Marana Branch,
Marana, Arizona
October 30, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Archaeology”
educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from Pima
Community College, Tucson
November 13, 2010 "Ancient People of Arizona" free children’s presentation
at Pima County Public Library, Southwest (Mark Road) Branch, Tucson
November 20, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Archaeology”
educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, Tucson
DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE
Saturday February 6, 2010
Archaeological field school session on cultural resources survey
techniques led by archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, starting at the Picture
Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center, 7101 W. Picture Rocks Road, Tucson.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. $20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is offering training in archaeological
survey methods as part of a research project to identify and record
archaeological sites that may be present near the Picture Rocks
petroglyphs site northwest of Tucson. Training will be provided in
archaeological site identification, recording, and interpretation; use of
degree-reading compass and global positioning systems equipment;
interpretation of aerial photographs and topographic maps; photography;
and other archaeological methods.
Reservations and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center membership at Individual
or higher level required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Tuesday February 9, 2010
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Heard Museum North, located in The
Summit at Scottsdale at 32633 N. Scottsdale Rd. (on Scottsdale Road north
of Loop 101, just south of Carefree Highway). Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses historically known sky-watching practices of various
southwestern peoples, and how their ancestors’ observations of the
heavens may have been commemorated in ancient architecture and rock
symbols. The program illustrates cardinal, solstice, and equinox
alignments and possible calendrical reckoning features at such places as
Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins and Picture Rocks petroglyph sites, New
Mexico’s Chaco Canyon archaeological district, the Hovenweep area of
Utah, and the Mesa Verde and Chimney Rock regions of Colorado. Mr. Dart
also offers interpretation of how these discoveries may relate to ancient
Native American ritual.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Jaclyn Roessel at
602-252-8840 ext. 5513 or [log in to unmask] in Scottsdale; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday February 12, 2010
“Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs” guided fundraising tour with
Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart, starting at Deer Valley Rock Art
Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs and the rock art museum at Deer
Valley Rock Art Center north of Phoenix, and more petroglyphs in Spur
Cross Ranch Regional Park near Carefree, Arizona. Deer Valley Rock Art
Center features a museum with video, artifacts, interpretive signs, and a
gift shop. Along its outdoor, quarter-mile-long rock art trail we’ll view
some of the 47-acre preserve’s 1,571 known petroglyphs, which range from
700 to 10,000 years old and represent the Archaic, Hohokam, and Patayan
cultures. The Spur Cross Conservation Area intermediate-level hike is
about 3 miles roundtrip and takes about 3 hours of hill-climbing to a
Hohokam pueblo and two petroglyph sites. Bring your own picnic lunch and
water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturday February 13, 2010
“Florence Historic Homes and the Casa Grande Ruins” tour with Terri
Contapay, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, departing from Pima
Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. $99 per person includes van transportation; or $39 if
you provide your own transportation and drive in caravan with the Old
Pueblo tour van ($10 discount for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Experience the depth of history in the Gila River Valley with a visit to
the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument followed by the annual Florence
Historic Homes tour. WEAR COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES AND SUN PROTECTION,
AND BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH AND WATER OR ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY YOUR LUNCH.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday February 18, 2010
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: "Greening Mission Garden: Archaeology, History, and the
Future of Tucson's Heartplace" with Friends of Tucson's Birthplace Homer
Thiel and Diana Hadley, at Dragon’s View Asian Cuisine Restaurant, 400 N.
Bonita Avenue (just west of the Santa Cruz River between St. Mary's Rd. &
Congress St.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free although each guest is asked to select and purchase a
meal from the restaurant’s dinner menu.
In this special presentation archaeologist Homer Thiel and historian
Diana Hadley will review the archaeological excavations at the San
Agustin Mission and Mission Gardens (which have documented about 4,000
years of occupation), will describe how the historic San Agustin mission
garden was used during the Spanish Colonial, Mexican, and Territorial
periods of its long history, and will discuss current efforts to protect,
restore, rehabilitate, and reconstruct the historic resources at the site
known as Tucson's Birthplace.
Reservations are due by 3 p.m. Wednesday February 17: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Friday February 19, 2010
“Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Valley Archaeology and History” Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist
Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave.,
Tucson
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
tour to Coolidge-Florence area. Tour includes an extended visit to
archaeological features in the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in
Coolidge plus visits to the Grewe site (early Hohokam village),
Adamsville Ruin (late Hohokam village with platform mound and ballcourt),
historic Adamsville Cemetery and settlements along the Gila River, and
Pinal County Historical Society Museum in Florence. REGISTRANTS PROVIDE
THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION – carpools are encouraged. Bring your own picnic
lunch and water.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the event's
date in your email subject line.
Saturday February 27, 2010
“White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite Canyon”
guided fundraising tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart, starting
at White Tank Mountain Regional Park Visitor Center, 13025 N. White Tank
Mountain Road in Waddell.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $30 ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank
Mountain Regional Park west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along
the 2.5-mile-roundtrip, fairly flat Black Rock Loop Trail to see and
photograph dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas
with picnic facilities; then afternoon visits to three petroglyph sites
with Archaic and Hohokam rock art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike
along the Mesquite Canyon trail, which includes some bush-whacking and
boulder-hopping. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable
hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the event's
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Friday March 5, 2010
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum in Topawa,
Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
Directions to Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum from
Interstate 19 and Ajo Way (State Route 86) in Tucson: Go west on Ajo Way
(State Route 86) about 60 miles to Sells. Once you arrive in Sells go
past Baboquivari Intermediate School to midtown Sells, then turn south
onto the business district loop road, which is about at milepost 114.
After you turn left there, go past the Tohono O’odham Police Department
to the end of the street. Turn right and go past the Indian Oasis
Elementary School (on your left) and government offices (on your right),
and keep going till the loop road begins to curve to the right. Turn
south onto the paved highway to Topawa/San Miguel. (This highway is
Federal Route 19 but it’s probably not marked as such.) Continue 7 or 8
miles. At almost one mile beyond milepost 18 you may see a wooden sign
that says “Baboquivari Park” and points at a graded dirt road going off
to the left. Turn left onto the Baboquivari Park road and go about 1/4
mile to the Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Allison Francisco in
Topawa at 520-383-0201 ext. 115 or [log in to unmask];
for information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart
at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 6, 2010
"Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave" Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from
Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson.
7 a.m. to 3 p.m. $25 ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for Tohono O’odham Nation
members)
In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning carpool tour onto the
Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National Historic
Landmark site, which is a rockshelter that contains pictographs,
petroglyphs, and other archaeological features used by Native Americans
for 10,000 years. Fees will benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan
District’s efforts to develop a caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana
Cave, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s education
programs.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturday March 6, 2010
“OPEN3” hands-on, two-hour simulated archaeological dig excavation
program for children ages 6-12 at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W.
44th Street, Tucson (in Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service
Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy
Park).
One session at 10 a.m. and one at 1 p.m. Free
This free program allows children to learn about different cultures by
participating in the excavation of “OPEN3,” a full-size replica of a
southern Arizona Hohokam Indian archaeological site. Old Pueblo’s
instructors provide instruction and hands-on experience in the methods
archaeologists use to excavate real archaeological sites and to make
scientific interpretations about how ancient people looked, what they
ate, how they constructed their houses, what language they may have
spoken, what they may have believed in, and how they created beauty in
their lives. The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (“OPEN”) program has
been recognized as a superior children’s archaeology education program in
independent evaluations by both archaeologists and professional
educators, and it has received substantial funding from the Arizona
Humanities Council, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the
Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation, the Long Realty Cares Foundation,
the Stocker Foundation, Wells Fargo, and other granting organizations.
Children do not get to keep archaeological artifacts. Each session
limited to 28 children.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 6, 2010
Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with flintknapper Allen
Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in
Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La
Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
Choice of two sessions: 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. $35; $28 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Flintknapper Allen Denoyer teaches hands-on workshop on making arrowheads
and spearpoints out of stone to better understand how ancient people made
and used stone artifacts. Class is designed to help modern people
understand how prehistoric Native Americans made and used artifacts, and
is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Workshop
limited to 10 registrants but nonregistrants may watch for free.
Reservations required for workshop participation: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Saturday March 6, 2010
Arrowhead-Making/Flintknapping and Traditional Pottery-Making
Demonstrations at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street,
Tucson (in Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west
of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Free
Flintknapper Allen Denoyer and pottery maker John Guerin demonstrate how
flaked stone arrowheads and pottery vessels were made by ancient peoples
of the American Southwest.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for more
information.
Thursday March 11, 2010
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Santa Cruz Valley Chapter,
Arizona Archaeological Society, at Santa Cruz County’s North County
Facility, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, Arizona
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Alan Sorkowitz in
Tucson at 520-207-7151 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday March 12, 2010
"Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public Library, Salazar-Ajo
Branch, 33 Plaza, Ajo, Arizona
2 to 3:30 p.m. Free.
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in
Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient
lifeways. Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how
things people make change in style over time, and how different styles
are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating pottery.
Then he shows illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were
made in southern Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam
cultures, and historically by Piman (Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham),
Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early
as 800 B.C. into the early twentieth century. The program features slides
and a display of authentic prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings
for more information about ancient ceramics. Funding for program provided
by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ms. Lee Irwin in Ajo
at 520-387-6075 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 13, 2010
“Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration” at City of Tucson’s Vista del Rio
Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road),
Tucson, Arizona.
9 a.m-3 p.m. Free.
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center program, sponsored by Vista del Rio
Residents' Association, is designed to educate children, especially ages
6 to 12, about the ancient Hohokam Indians who lived at Tucson's Vista
del Rio archaeological site and elsewhere in southern Arizona. Includes
hands-on activities including making pottery artifacts to take home,
grinding corn using an ancient metate and mano, and learning to play
traditional Native American games, plus demonstrations of traditional
Native American pottery-making and arrowhead-making crafts. The hands-on
activities, demonstrations, and informational materials will be along the
trails through the Vista del Rio Cultural Park where part of an ancient
Hohokam Indian village is preserved.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Cris Wagner at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturday March 20, 2010
“Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road &
Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this carpooling tour to Los Morteros, an
ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock
mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical
animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650
and 1450. Free. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Tuesday March 30, 2010
“Change and Continuity: 1500 years of Hopi Farming and Land Stewardship”
free presentation by Hopi anthropologist Micah Loma’omvaya at Pima County
Public Library Himmel Park Branch, 1035 N. Treat Ave., Tucson
6:30-8 p.m. Free.
The ancient Hopi practice of dry land farming and a host of other
sustainable techniques have been adapted to the high desert environment
of the Colorado Plateau for centuries. This valuable environmental
knowledge and the use of drought-tolerant domestic Hopi crop varieties
lend themselves to supporting the enduring Hopi culture and value system
in the area known as Hopi Tutskwa, the indigenous Hopi lands. From their
ancient ancestors the Hisat.sinom throughout the American Southwest,
today’s Hopi have inherited a legacy of rich traditions including the
Hopi values and practices of land stewardship. This presentation
highlights the fascinating array of practices of Hopi land stewardship,
and explores the enduring connection and respect for the land with its
many natural and cultural resources that run deep and remain embedded in
Hopi culture today. Speaker Micah Loma’omvaya, a Hopi tribal member of
the Bear Clan from Songoopavi Village on Second Mesa, Arizona,holds a
B.A. degree in anthropology and has worked in this discipline since he
was 17. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject matter
contact Micah Loma’omvaya in Second Mesa, Arizona, at 928-206-7433 or
[log in to unmask]
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Wednesday March 31, 2010
"Old Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson, to benefit Old Pueblo's children's
archaeology education programs. Raffle tickets are 6 for $10, or $2
singly. You don't need to be present to win! Contact Old Pueblo at
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for tickets and prize information.
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Monday April 12, 2010
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for Arizona Western College, 2020 S. Avenue 8E, Business Administration
room 111 (BA 111), Yuma, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
6-7:30 p.m. Free.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the
"Great House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological
evidence of ancient astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Maria E. Aguirre in
Yuma at 928-344-7791 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday May 1, 2010
Library Presenters free presentation: "Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona" by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public
Library, Valencia Branch, 202 W. Valencia Road, Tucson
1 to 2:30 p.m. Free.
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in
Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient
lifeways. Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how
things people make change in style over time, and how different styles
are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating pottery.
Then he shows illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were
made in southern Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam
cultures, and historically by Piman (Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham),
Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early
as 800 B.C. into the early twentieth century. The program features slides
and a display of authentic prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings
for more information about ancient ceramics. Sponsored by the Pima County
Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kelly Urman in Tucson
at 520-594-5390 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 11-Tuesday June 15, 2010
(Reservation deadline Friday June 4, 2010)
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" archaeology
education “flex-tour” tour with Registered Professional Archaeologist
Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, van departing
from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, or drive your
own vehicle and meet tour in Silver City, NM
3 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. $799 per person includes van transport
and lodging (double accommodations; single $839); or $200 if you provide
your own transport and lodging; $25 discount for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this “flex-tour” –
featuring your choice of whether the tour sponsor or you will provide the
transportation and lodging – to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon
village archaeological sites, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum
with probably the finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collection in the
world, all in southwestern New Mexico’s Silver City, Mimbres, and Deming
areas. Places tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon
Village and Harris sites excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; the
Gila Cliff Dwellings; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town, and
Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and the
Western New Mexico University Museum. The tour will be based in Silver
City and depart from a hotel there each morning. Hotels, camping, and
other accommodations for those who wish to arrange their own lodging and
transport are available in Silver City. Registrants are responsible for
their own meals. Van tour includes transportation and lodging.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to foster
the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to develop a
lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
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Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
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