For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Fundraising Raffle of a 2012 Nissan LEAF All-Electric Automobile
(2) Silent Auction of Archaeology and History Books & Journals
(3) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(4) Details on Upcoming Activities
(1) FUNDRAISING RAFFLE OF A 2012 NISSAN LEAF ALL-ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE
100% ELECTRIC / 100% FOR LOCAL CHARITIES
To celebrate 40 incredible years in Tucson, the Jim Click Automotive Team
is presenting a new 2012 Nissan LEAF SL automobile to the entire city . .
. to be used as the featured prize in a raffle to raise hundreds of
thousands of dollars for nonprofit Tucson organizations.
With your $25 Contribution (or 5 tickets for $100) you could win a 2012
Nissan LEAF SL. And the best part is that 100% of your contribution will
support Tucson charities - which keep all the proceeds from the maximum
40,000 tickets that will be sold. The drawing will be held April 27,
2012. Entries must be received by April 20, 2012.
GRAND PRIZE INCLUDES A 2012 NISSAN LEAF SL ($37,000 value MSRP) +
CHARGING STATION ($3,500 value MSRP) + STANDARD INSTALLATION ($1,200
VALUE MSRP).
Nissan LEAF Community Fundraiser Guidelines:
<> To celebrate 40 incredible years in Tucson, the Jim Click Automotive
Team is presenting a new 2012 Nissan LEAF model SL to the entire
community. All 501(c)(3) organizations in the greater Tucson region are
invited to raffle off this donated vehicle this Fall, Winter and Spring.
<> Charitable organizations may request and sell raffle tickets to
community supporters, donors and anyone else who wants to win a new
Nissan LEAF! Purchase of tickets is NOT limited to Arizona residents and
businesses.
<> Proceeds from the sale of tickets will be retained by each selling
non-profit organization in the community.
<> A maximum of 40,000 tickets will be distributed for fundraising
purposes. Tickets will be sold at $25.00 or $100.00 for five tickets.
<> All organizations taking part in this community fundraiser will be
responsible for accurately reporting the number of tickets sold and total
funds raised to the Nissan LEAF raffle management team.
<> Entry Deadline: All raffle ticket entries must be received by April
20, 2012. The raffle ticket drawing will be held on April 27, 2012 at a
location to be announced.
<> Each interested organization will initially receive 200 raffle tickets
to sell. More raffle tickets may be requested as needed.
<> The Nissan LEAF raffle is a community-wide fundraising campaign to
benefit the charitable 501(c)(3) organizations whose base of operations
are located in greater Tucson, Arizona. Organizations must be prepared to
provide a copy of a “letter of determination” from the IRS as
confirmation of their 501(c)(3) status to the raffle management
organization for verification of raffle participation eligibility.
<> Persons must be 21 years of age or older to win. The winner will be
responsible for all taxes, registration and travel to claim the vehicle.
<> Employees of the Jim Click Automotive Team, Arrowhead Advertising and
Russell Public Communications are not eligible to participate.
<> Winner consents to be photographed and for their name and likeness to
be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the representing public
relations agency (Russell Public Communications) and advertising agency
(Arrowhead Advertising) for publicity and advertising purposes.
<> Color and options on the new Nissan LEAF are subject to Jim Click
Automotive Team’s discretion.
<> This raffle is being sponsored by Linkages, an Arizona non-profit
corporation.
<> Grand prize includes a complimentary charging station (approx. $3,500
retail value) and standard installation (up to $1,200 retail value). Load
calculation on the grand prize winner’s residence’s electrical service
must have enough available amperage capacity for the unit. While
unlikely, if modifications of the electrical system becomes necessary,
those costs would be the winner’s responsibility.
Sponsored by :
The Jim Click Automotive Team
Bank of Tucson
Holmes Tuttle
Eaton Corporation
Interstates
TO OBTAIN RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE NISSAN LEAF SL FROM OLD PUEBLO
ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER: Call Old Pueblo at Tucson telephone no. 520-798-1201,
or email Old Pueblo at [log in to unmask] or write to us at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. If you email or
write with a request for tickets, be sure to indicate how many tickets
you want, and include your complete postal mailing address, an email
address, and a daytime telephone number where Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center can contact you. Tickets may be purchased using cash, checks
payable to Pueblo Archaeology Center, or Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or
Diners Club credit card. Tickets also will be available at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s upcoming outreach events listed in this media
release.
(2) SILENT AUCTION OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY BOOKS & JOURNALS
A number of sought-after archaeology and history books and journals have
been donated to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center from the estate of former
Old Pueblo member Ron Schuette and by our good friend Dr. Margaret “Peggy”
Bommersbach for fundraising purposes. To fulfill the donors’ wishes, Old
Pueblo is holding a silent auction of these volumes, in the following
three lots:
Auction Lot #1:
“The Hohokam, Desert Farmers and Craftsmen” by Emil W. Haury (1976)
“The Stratigraphy and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” by Emil W. Haury
(1975 2d printing)
“The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona” by Jefferson Reid and Stephanie
Whittlesey (1997)
“The Anasazi: Prehistoric People of the Four Corners Region” by J.
Richard Ambler and Marc Gaede (1977)
All of the above books are in very good condition except the Ambler and
Gaede volume, in which some of the pages have become unbound.
Auction Lot #2:
Kiva, the Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History:
Vol. 57 nos. 3 & 4 (1992)
Vol. 58 nos. 1 & 2 (1992)
Vol. 58 nos. 3 & 4 (1993)
Vol. 59 nos. 1 & 2 (1993)
Vol. 59 no. 3 (1994)
Vol. 62 nos. 1 & 2 (1996)
Vol. 62 no. 4 (1997)
Vol. 63 nos. 1 & 2 (1997)
Vol. 63 no. 4 (1998)
Vol. 64 nos. 1 & 2 (1998)
Vol. 64 nos. 3 & 4 (1999)
Vol. 65 nos. 1 & 2 (1999)
Vol. 65 no. 4 (2000)
Vol. 66 nos. 1 & 2 (2000)
Vol. 66 nos. 3 & 4 (2001)
Vol. 67 nos. 1 & 2 (2001)
Vol. 67 nos. 3 & 4 (2002)
Vol. 68 nos. 1 & 2 (2002)
Vol. 68 nos. 3 & 4 (2003)
Vol. 69 nos. 1 & 2 (2003)
Vol. 69 nos. 3 & 4 (2004)
Vol. 70 nos. 1 & 2 (2004)
Vol. 70 no. 4 (2005)
Vol. 71 no. 1 (2005)
Vol. 72 no. 4 (2007)
Index: Volumes 51-60
Index: Volumes 41-50
The Journal of Arizona History:
Vol. 29 nos. 2 & 4 ()
Vol. 30 no. 1 ()
Vol. 31 nos. 1, 2 & 4 ()
Vol. 32 nos. 1-4 ()
Vol. 33 nos. 1-4 ()
Vol. 34 nos. 2-4 ()
Vol. 35 no. 1 ()
Arizona Highways magazine:
October 1981
May 1986
September 1987
April 1988
August 1989
March 1992
June 1992
November 1992
Silent auction rules:
Bids must be submitted to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center either by regular
mail addressed to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ
85717-0577, or by email addressed to Old Pueblo at [log in to unmask]
Bids must be received by Old Pueblo no later than 6:00 p.m. Mountain
Standard Time Friday October 16, 2011.
Bids will only be accepted on entire lots, not on individual items within
a lot (the lots will not be split).
If the highest bidder cannot arrange to pick up the auctioned lot from
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson, Arizona within two weeks after
the bid is accepted, the bidder agrees to pay Old Pueblo’s actual cost
for shipping in addition to the amount bid for the lot itself.
Old Pueblo will provide each winning bidder with an invoice for the
lot-bid amount plus the shipping amount (if any), and must receive
payment on the invoice within seven days of its issue, otherwise the lot
may be offered to another bidder.
Each bid must include the bidder’s full name, postal mailing address,
daytime telephone number, email address, the relevant Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center auction lot number, the amount offered for the lot,
and the statement “If any of the bids in this offer are accepted by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, I agree to pay the full bid price plus any
necessary shipping costs.”
(3) SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
(For details on each activity see the DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES below.)
On-going: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology
presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s
groups.
October 4-December 6, 2011 Tuesdays "Prehistory of the Southwest: The
Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona" class with archaeologist Allen Dart
at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
October 13, 2011 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Archaeological
Society Phoenix Chapter at Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix*
October 20, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “Debating Hohokam Collapse”
with archaeologist Douglas B. Craig, Ph.D.
October 27, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center “Center of The Mall” Free
Outreach Talks & Silent Auction at Park Place Mall, Tucson
October 28, 2011 “From Without and Within: Long-Distance Interactions,
Culture Change, and Culture Contact in Arizona,” Arizona Archaeological
Council Fall Conference, Arizona Historical Society Museum, Tucson*
October 29, 2011 “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” carpooling
educational tour
onto the Tohono O’odham Nation with archaeologist Allen Dart
November 3, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center “Center of The Mall” Free
Outreach Talks & Silent Auction at Foothills Mall, Tucson
November 12, 2011 "Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo
Ruins” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, Phoenix area
November 17, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “Soil Changes in Ancient
Agricultural Systems of the American Southwest” with archaeologist Jeffrey
Homburg
November 19, 2011 Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist
Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
December 3, 2011 “White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon
& Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen
and Allen Dart, Waddell-Buckeye-Goodyear area, Arizona
December 15, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food
for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson
restaurant to be announced)
December 22, 2011 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, northwest
Tucson metro area
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
(4) DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
ON-GOING: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology
presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s
groups
Reservations are being taken for school classes and other children’s
groups to experience the OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig education
program, to have archaeologists come to your classrooms to provide
OPENOUT archaeology outreach presentations, and to take guided tours to
local archaeological sites. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers a
hands-on simulated archaeological excavation program field trip in which
students apply social studies, science, and math skills in a practical,
real-life situation, as well as in-classroom archaeology outreach
presentations.
For more information on the OPEN3 and OPENOUT programs please visit the
following Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web pages:
OPEN3 Simulated Excavation for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/open3.html
Classroom Outreach - "Ancient People of Arizona":
http://www.oldpueblo.org/azplp.html
Classroom Outreach "What is an Archaeologist?"
http://www.oldpueblo.org/whatarch.html
Classroom Outreach “Lifesyle of the Hohokam”Classroom outreach presentation
http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html
Site Tours for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html
Tuesdays October 4 through December 6, 2011
"Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona"
class with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service
Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy
Park, Tucson.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday evening October 4 through December 6,
2011. Fee $50 ($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande
Museum Auxiliary members), not counting cost of text recommended for the
course. Minimum enrollment 8, maximum 32.
A series of ten 2-hour class sessions will be offered by archaeologist
Allen Dart in this "Advanced Prehistory of the Southwest" class, which
explores the archaeology of the Hohokam culture of the American
Southwest. Developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) for its
Certification Program (see www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm), the
class includes discussions of Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement
systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including
ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and
beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion
and trade. The AAS’s basic “Prehistory of the Southwest” class is
recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor.
Each student is expected to prepare a BRIEF research report to be
presented orally or in written form.
Reservations required, registration deadline Oct. 1: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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Thursday October 13, 2011
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for the Arizona Archaeological Society Phoenix Chapter at Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
7:30-9 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 Ellie Large in
Phoenix at 480-461-0563 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]
Thursday October 20, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Debating Hohokam Collapse” with archaeologist Douglas B.
Craig, Ph.D., at Amber Restaurant, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Rd. (at Sabino
Canyon Rd.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
The collapse of Hohokam society in late prehistory is one of the enduring
mysteries of southwestern archaeology. Many explanations have been put
forward to account for this collapse, ranging from environmental
hardships and declining health and disease to warfare and Puebloan
invasion. Dr. Craig will discuss these ideas in light of recent
excavations along the Santa Cruz River in Tucson and the uplands of the
middle Gila River valley near Florence, Arizona.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday October 19.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Thursday October 27, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center “Center of The Mall” Free Outreach Talks &
Silent Auction at Park Place Mall, 5870 E Broadway Blvd., Tucson.
6 to 9 p.m. Free
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Board of Directors members and other
volunteers will be present in the Park Place Mall to inform mall visitors
about the archaeological cultures of Arizona and the Southwest, to let
folks know that Old Pueblo provides educational programs on our region's
archaeology, history, and cultures, and to ask them to support Old Pueblo
by taking our educational tours, becoming members, and making donations.
Visual materials will include PowerPoint images of archaeology as well as
authentic and replica archaeological artifacts. During the session there
will be a silent auction of one or more ethnographic art and craft items
that have been donated to Old Pueblo for fundraising purposes. Volunteers
and visitors are welcome.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday October 28, 2011
"From Without and Within: Long-Distance Interactions, Culture Change, and
Culture Contact in Arizona," the 2011 Arizona Archaeological Council Fall
Conference, at Arizona Historical Society Museum, 949 E. Second St.,
Tucson
Time TBA. Registration fee TBA
In conjunction with the 69th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference
(which will be held across the street at the Marriott University Park
Hotel in Tucson, October 26-29), this year's AAC Conference emphasizes
archaeological research within Arizona that has an explicit focus on
exploring regional or inter-regional interactions and relationships in
the past.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
information visit www.arizonaarchaeologicalcouncil.org or contact AAC
President William Graves at [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 29, 2011
"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.
6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fee $30 ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for Tohono O’odham
Nation members)
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. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations in the
cave, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden, evidence was
found for human occupation going back from historic times to around
10,000 years ago. The cave, which actually is a very large rockshelter,
also contains pictographs, petroglyphs, and other archaeological features
used by Native Americans for thousands of years. Tour leaves Tucson at
6:30 a.m. to ensure the pictographs can be seen in the best morning
light. 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]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Thursday November 3, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center “Center of The Mall” Free Outreach Talks &
Silent Auction at Foothills Mall, 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd, Tucson
6 to 9 p.m. Free
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Board of Directors members and other
volunteers will be present in the Foothills Mall to inform mall visitors
about the archaeological cultures of Arizona and the Southwest, to let
folks know that Old Pueblo provides educational programs on our region's
archaeology, history, and cultures, and to ask them to support Old Pueblo
by taking our educational tours, becoming members, and making donations.
Visual materials will include PowerPoint images of archaeology as well as
authentic and replica archaeological artifacts. During the session there
will be a silent auction of one or more ethnographic art and craft items
that have been donated to Old Pueblo for fundraising purposes. Volunteers
and visitors are welcome.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 12, 2011
"Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo Ruins” guided
archaeological site 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 Shelley 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]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Thursday November 17, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Soil Changes in Ancient Agricultural Systems of the
American Southwest” with archaeologist Jeffrey Homburg, at [restaurant to
be announced], Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Although numerous southwestern archaeological studies have focused on
irrigation canals, the soils that were irrigated with those canals have
received far less attention. Soil studies of irrigation systems along the
Gila and Santa Cruz rivers of Arizona now underway will help fill this
research gap. In this presentation our guest speaker will discuss
archaeological traces of ancient agricultural field systems that persist
and remain intact, allowing archaeologists to recognize that soil changes
are highly variable, ranging from degradation to minimal net change to
enhanced soil quality.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Jeffrey A.
Homburg, Ph.D., Director of Geosciences for the Tucson-based Statistical
Research cultural resource management company.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 16.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday November 19, 2011
Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist 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).
9 a.m. to noon. $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
In this workshop archaeologist Allen Denoyer teaches you how to fashion
traditional atlatls and wooden spears like those utilized by ancient
peoples worldwide, using natural materials. Spear shafts are straightened
by heat-curing over an open fire. Bring your own pocketknife to carve the
wood, all other equipment is provided. Minimum attendance 6, maximum 10.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday December 3, 2011
“White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site 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]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Thursday December 15, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at ****[
restaurant to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 14.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 22, 2011
“Winter Solstice 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. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To explore ancient people’s recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s executive director) leads this 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. LIMITED
TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s mission is to educate children and adults
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
traditional cultures. Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code, therefore donations
and Old Pueblo membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts allowed
by the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT! If you are not an Old Pueblo member we would be grateful if you
would become a member so you can provide more support for our education
and research programs and receive membership benefits. You can become a
member by going to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
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that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Membership fees, and donations, also can be made using cash or check.
Checks may be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old Pueblo Archaeology
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
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