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Time zones are specified in these listings only for online activities. Each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
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Check out this online resource about archaeology, history, and cultures that you can indulge in at any time! (Other upcoming online offerings that are scheduled for specific days and times are listed sequentially by date below under the UPCOMING ACTIVITIES heading.)
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted recordings of many of our Third Thursday Food for Thought and Indigenous Interests webinar presentations on our Youtube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
The following listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. Time zones are specified only for online activities; each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
For activities marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are advised to confirm dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.
Tuesday May 14, 2024: Phoenix
“This Native American Tribe Is Taking Back Its Water” free presentation by archaeologist Kyle Woodson, PhD, sponsored by Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
6:30-8 pm. Free.
Canal irrigation systems were the lifeblood of ancient Hohokam communities in the major river valleys of south-central Arizona. Understanding these systems is pivotal to understanding the social, economic, and political landscapes. A long-term study of irrigation along the middle Gila River has provided much new information on Hohokam canals, including a revised map of the canal systems. Building from early canal maps such as those by Frank Midvale and Emil Haury, this map incorporates the findings of projects from the last 40 years. There is now solid documentation for 13 canal systems, and inferential support for two other systems. Kyle Woodson is Director of the Gila River Indian Community’s Cultural Resource Management Program in Sacaton.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information call the S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901.
Tuesday & Wednesday May 14 & 15, 2024: Albuquerque
“Looting, Vandalism and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act” training sponsored by Jornada Research Institute (JRI, Tularosa, NM) at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Area Office, 555 Broadway Blvd NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico*
9 am-4 pm each day. $190 ($180 JRI members and students).
This two-day workshop will combine classroom instruction and field applications covering major legislation (including the Archaeological Resources Protection Act), legal and criminal frameworks, case studies and damage assessment procedures. Field instruction includes assessing and recording site damage from looting and vandalism. The class counts toward the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division’s continuing education requirements on an hour-to-hour basis.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Jeffery Hanson at 817-658-5544 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 15, 2024: Online
“What Have We Learned about the Mural at Fate Bell” free Lunch & Learn presentation by Diana Radillo Rolón, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
One of the murals Shumla has focused on during the Hearthstone Project is the composition at the south end of Fate Bell Shelter in Seminole Canyon State Park, Texas. It is exceptionally well preserved and highly complex. In today’s Lunch & Learn, Diana will share what researchers are learning about this key five-figure mural through digital microscopy, high-tech illustration, and the knowledge shared by Indigenous elders.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 15, 2024: Online
“Archaeology Behind the Lens” free online presentation with Matt Stirn, sponsored by Utah State Historic Preservation Office, Salt Lake City*
12-1 pm Mountain Daylight Time: Free.
What is it like photographing pyramids in Sudan for Smithsonian Magazine? How about covering an excavation from a Trojan War palace in Greece for The New York Times? In this lecture archaeologist and photojournalist Matt Stirn will talk about his transition from researching precontact villages in the Rocky Mountains to covering archaeology stories around the world for magazines and newspapers.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hMDmqGvUQcSxs_WB6AO4wA#/registration> https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hMDmqGvUQcSxs_WB6AO4wA#/registration. For more information contact Elizabeth Hora at 801-535-2504 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 15, 2024
“Navajo Yeibichai Weavings and Carvings: An Historical Overview” free online presentation by Rebecca Valette, PhD, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM) University of Arizona, Tucson, and Friends of the ASM Collections*
2-3 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Author Rebecca Valette, Professor Emerita, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Boston College, will give a presentation based on her research of Diné (Navajo) weavings and carvings, with imagery inspired by cultural practices. She is the author of two books on the topic, Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form, and Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver. ASM Associate Curator Diane Dittemore will share Yeibichai-themed items from ASM’s collections.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register for the Zoom program here: <https://xo7knfsab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tmjeB9UR8rv4vSa4BL8UdNPPeAQBDqy37RfyBFNCfyNN_hkbhdZjpBtEGUqr9F_BztGsAN8sW-mQBdASJIo_c53uJylPy8HmX-VN3vTMOH00eHEYKhkYcP2uVOuW2ve5oQqozZkRHNBjvEk-LVII1IW7EbPMQ93uHfawtMqkKDvpJ4U3NZj_H6CRexkCMd-uTVeaDfWwFA7zw-zxavTq2Q==&c=3PpNdA-100itSEkZZMY3mopS_Gir7lZaLe1bym3HbVjmqxs2NouWsw==&ch=JD1FqEjHDNb1MnP6_jPu5DMIHn82-Is2qUfzRejNQlcRSBdO74FRFA==> Register now. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 15, 2024: Silver City, NM
“Indigenous Rock Imagery of the Sonoran Desert” free presentation by preservation anthropologist Aaron Wright, PhD, sponsored by Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS) at the Roundup Lodge, 91 Acklin Hill Rd,, Hanover (San Lorenzo), New Mexico*
6 pm potluck dinner (bring your own plates, utensils, and a dish for yourself or to share); 6:30 pm business meeting followed by the presentation. Free.
Petroglyphs and pictographs are integral to the cultural traditions of Indigenous communities the world over, and especially so in the Sonoran Desert where they abound on the countless chocolate- and charcoal-colored rocks. It’s natural to ask what they may mean, but perhaps a more appropriate question is what do they do? These images move us in remarkable ways, and therein lies some of their significance. This presentation will review the diversity of rock imagery across the Sonoran Desert with one eye on common threads and the other on unique regional qualities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact GCAS at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 15, 2024: Online
“Recalibrating the Significance of Prehistoric Sites of the Great Sage Plain in the Mesa Verde Heartland” free online presentation with Jason Chuipka, sponsored by Utah State Historic Preservation Office, Salt Lake City*
6-7 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free.
This free public webinar explores the significance of the Great Sage Plain's archaeological sites. From sacred landscapes for Native American communities to valuable data sources for researchers, these sites captivate with their timeless allure. Discover how they intertwine with political agendas, garnering national and international attention. Stretching from Mesa Verde to the Abajo Mountains, this vast expanse holds stories of the past and challenges of preservation. Delve into the sociocultural dynamics of ancient societies and the modern efforts to safeguard these cultural treasures.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UM5eoLF_RzKwGeGuniaBZg> https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UM5eoLF_RzKwGeGuniaBZg. For more information contact Elizabeth Hora at 801-535-2504 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday May 16, 2024: Online
“What’s Going on at the Edge of the Greater Southwestern World? Current Research on Fremont Farming Communities in Far Northwestern Colorado” free online presentation by archaeologist Jason Labelle, PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
In this presentation, Dr. Jason LaBelle provides an overview of his lab’s ongoing work on Fremont farming communities located along the base of Blue Mountain, situated between the Yampa and White River valleys of southwestern Moffat County, Colorado. He will discuss results from excavation, pedestrian survey, radiocarbon dating, repository collections work, and photogrammetric mapping of over 20 granaries scattered in this rugged canyon country. Rather than being an isolated and ephemeral occupation, he argues that Blue Mountain was (relatively) intensively occupied by small hamlets of farmers approximately 1,000 years ago, and one of a number of contemporaneous Fremont polities in the region. The ultimate goal of his work is to better understand the interaction between these scattered communities and with the larger Fremont villages found further west in the Uinta Basin of Utah and beyond.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/whats-going-on-at-the-edge-of-the-greater-southwestern-world-current-research-on-fremont-farming-communities-in-far-northwestern-colorado/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/whats-going-on-at-the-edge-of-the-greater-southwestern-world-current-research-on-fremont-farming-communities-in-far-northwestern-colorado/.
Thursday May 16, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “’Of Noble Kings Descended’: Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest” by archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
Early Spanish and Mexican records may have much to tell us about the ancient Southwest. Those records, of course, recount events and conditions of their times, but many also contain startling information apparently relevant to older places like Chaco Canyon and Casas Grandes. From Villagrá to von Humboldt, Dr. Lekson will review a number of “possible/potential/probable” insights for deeper history found in early colonial documents, and will contextualize these in light of Native accounts and archaeological data.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Np83er-RGaBcugjFIAuwA> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Np83er-RGaBcugjFIAuwA. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Thursday May 16, 2024: Escondido, CA and online
“Living Room Lecture: A Field Guide to Archaeological Oddities, Frauds, and Mysteries” free in-person and online presentation with archaeologist Ken Feder, PhD, sponsored by San Diego Archaeological Center, 16666 San Pasqual Valley Rd., Escondido, California, and online*
6 pm Pacific Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Is there archaeological evidence that giant human-like creatures once walked the Earth? That a contingent of the Lost Tribes of Israel marked their presence by etching the Ten Commandments in Hebrew into a boulder southwest of Albuquerque? That ancient Druids established a colony and carved a table designed to collect the blood of sacrificial victims in southern New Hampshire? That an earth mound in Ohio was inspired by a precociously sophisticated lost civilization that was utterly destroyed 12,500 years ago? That Native Americans encountered visitors from another planet and recorded that experience by painting images of space-suited aliens on canyon walls in Utah? That archaeologists have discovered the far western outpost of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh not in Egypt or even Africa but in, of all places, California? Central Connecticut State University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Dr. Ken Feder will reveal the hidden truth underlying these ancient mysteries and tell how one can personally visit these places.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact at 760-291-0370. To attend online click here: <https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/TheSanDiegoArchaeologicalCnt/pseudoscience.html> Register for Lecture.
Thursday-Monday May 16 - 20, 2024: Farmington, NM and online
“ARARA 2024 Conference” sponsored by the American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) at the Courtyard Marriott, 560 Scott Ave., Farmington, New Mexico*
Times TBA. $95 per member; discounts for students, children, and Native American attendees. Virtual option $75 per household.
For this 50th anniversary conference ARARA returns to the New Mexico city where its first one was held in 1974: Farmington, near the “four corners” where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona come together. Farmington is surrounded by a culturally significant landscape with abundant rock imagery and other archaeological sites including Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Canyon of the Ancients, and Canyon de Chelly. The Aztec and Salmon ruins are nearby in the San Juan Valley and the Ute Mountain Ute, Southern Ute, Jicarilla Apache, and Navajo Nations surround Farmington. A special preconference trip to the Mesa Prieta petroglyphs site near Velarde, NM, is planned for Thursday May 16. There are many field trip options to choose from on Friday and Monday, and a reception, speakers, and awards on Friday evening. Saturday features presentations and an evening reception at San Juan County’s Salmon Ruins Museum, and a members meeting, presentations, and banquet are on tap for Sunday. And for the first time ARARA will offer a virtual-only registration option so people who choose not to travel to Farmington can watch the Saturday and Sunday daytime presentations and participate in the member meeting.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://arara.wildapricot.org/Conference-Info-2024-Details#Registration> https://arara.wildapricot.org/Conference-Info-2024-Details#Registration. To register for the virtual conference go to <https://arara.wildapricot.org/event-5646592> https://arara.wildapricot.org/event-5646592. The conference is open to ARARA members only – to join, click <https://arara.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=PUhi%2bX03O3zNd0h%2fQY45zB11%2bMgc8hWnHwukbPwtB9kdE2gt6YwewULjuZ6jcTVy%2fHD2%2bogj%2bWtatiY%2bE1TwpI0SOuj943BC7GfCBnrhGxw%3d> here.
Saturday May 18, 2024: Tucson
“San Ysidro Festival” free activities sponsored by Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
8 am-12 pm. Free (donations appreciated).
Since wheat was adopted as a valued crop in the Arizona and Sonora in the 18th century, it has been harvested on El Día de San Ysidro, an opportunity to remember Saint Isidore, – the patron of laborers and farmers. At Mission Garden, a traditional procession honoring San Ysidro will start at the garden’s front gate and arrive at the threshing ground where there will be blessings. Mission Garden personnel will explain why we celebrate the San Ysidro Festival every year. The Garden’s field of White Sonora Wheat – the traditional wheat of our region – will be harvested, threshed, winnowed, and milled into flour by volunteers using sickles, baskets, a tahona (mill), and other traditional tools (and the help of a horse!). Costumed volunteers from the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum will participate in the harvest, and visitors will be offered pozole de trigo, the traditional festival feast soup that contains wheat grains and other hearty ingredients, as well as fresh flour tortillas and bolillo bread rolls.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://www.missiongarden.org/events/san-ysidro-festival-2024> https://www.missiongarden.org/events/san-ysidro-festival-2024 or call 520-955-5200.
Monday May 20, 2024: Tucson and online
POSTPONED: The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s May 20 “Los Barros de Juan Quezada (The Clays of Juan Quezada): Ethnographic and Compositional Analyses of Juan Quezada’s Clay Sources in and near Juan Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico” presentation by Maren Hopkins and Kelsey Hanson has been postponed to a future date. At this time AAHS HAS no lecture scheduled for May 20*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For information contact Susan Bierer at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 22, 2024: Online
“Local History of Northwestern Band of Shoshone Living” free online presentation with Bradley Parry (Shoshone), sponsored by Utah State Historic Preservation Office, Salt Lake City*
12-1 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free.
The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has lived in what is now northern Utah, eastern Idaho, and western Wyoming since time immemorial. Brad Parry, Vice-Chairman of the Northwestern Band, knows these histories well. His presentation will discuss the history of Shoshone migration patterns and interaction with fur trappers and Mormon pioneers. He calls on his background in natural resources to talk about how plants and animals were used to survive in this beautiful, difficult environment that the Shoshone call home.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DrwdmaJKT7igU6aasmvlcg#/registration> https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DrwdmaJKT7igU6aasmvlcg#/registration. For more information contact Elizabeth Hora at 801-535-2504 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday May 23, 2024: Sedona, AZ
“Comings and Goings: 13,000 Years of Migrations In and Around Rock Art Ranch” free presentation by archaeologist Richard Lange for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona*
3:30 pm. Free.
“Comings and Goings” reflects the historical conditions along the middle Little Colorado River near Winslow in northeastern Arizona – the Late Paleoindian/Early Archaic peoples who occupied this area leaving evidence in the form of projectile points and rock art, the early agriculturalists and ancestral Hopi who moved in and out of this area for many centuries, culminating in the large pueblos in Homolovi State Park in the 1300s, and archaeologists’ own movement around the area over 35 years of research and collaboration with local communities. Learning about the past has shown that, even in this relatively small area, there are very different uses of the landscape that were common for centuries at a time.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Linda Krumrie at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday May 23, 2024: Online
“The Haynie Site and the San Juan Basin Cotton Mystery” free online presentation by Susie Smith, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
One of the more fascinating archaeobotanical stories from the central Colorado Plateau and the San Juan Basin is the rare evidence of cotton textiles and spinning tools, but the absence of botanical remains, that could prove people were farming cotton there. Fragments of cotton cloth and worked fiber are especially visible in the well-documented records from Chaco Canyon Great Houses and north of Chaco at the large San Juan River communities of Salmon and Aztec. Yet, no cotton seeds, boll fragments, pollen, or other microfossils have been recovered from the Great Houses and farming communities around Chaco Canyon, or from the extensive Salmon Ruin archaeobotanical studies. In fact, there are only two instances of botanical evidence of cotton across the Four Corners region. Were the farming cultures growing cotton? Recent pollen research on excavations at the Haynie site produced two samples of cotton pollen from early Pueblo period roomblocks, providing one of the oldest dates for cotton botanical remains from the central Colorado Plateau. In this presentation, archaeobotanist Susie Smith discusses this discovery and some of the questions and issues surrounding the absence of cotton from the San Juan Basin.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-haynie-site-and-the-san-juan-basin-cotton-mystery/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-haynie-site-and-the-san-juan-basin-cotton-mystery/.
Friday May 24, 2024: Tucson
“Santa Cruz River History Tour” sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting and ending at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
8-10 am. $35 ($25 for Presidio Museum members) includes admission to Mission Gardens.
This two-mile walking tour led by Mauro Trejo focuses on our relationship with the Santa Cruz River, how it supported Tucson’s early residents, and the 19th and 20th century factors that affected its demise. The tour includes the sites of the former Spanish mission and O’odham village that was the origin of modern Tucson, plus visits to Tucson’s tallest tree and the Garden of Gethsemane, a holy site of statues made by WWI veteran and artist Felix Lucero in the 1940s.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on this date link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=14387&qid=1023209> Friday, May 24, 8-10 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday May 26, 2024: Tucson*
“Barrio Viejo (Old Neighborhood)” walking tour sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting at El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, 418 S. Main Ave., Tucson*
5:30-7 pm $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members); Optional: Add $10 to attend after-tour gathering at El Minuto Restaurant.
Experience the rich history of Tucson on the one-mile Barrio Viejo (“Old Neighborhood”) walking tour, which goes through the largest collection of historic Sonoran row houses in the United States. For over 100 years, Barrio Viejo was the heart of Tucson’s social, economic, and cultural life. On this 90-minute walking tour, your tour guide will discuss the history of the neighborhood, its architecture, and the individuals, businesses, and cultures that have met there. For an additional $10 participants have the option of joining the guide after the tour at the historic El Minuto Café for conversation, a margarita or alternative, and a cheese crisp.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on this date link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=13036&qid=993073> Sunday, May 26, 5:30-7 pm; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sundays-Fridays May 26-31, June 2-7, June 9-14, and June 16-21:
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, CO
““Hornbek Homestead” volunteer-assisted rehabilitation, repair, and stabilization project sponsored by HistoriCorps and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm first day; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
The Hornbek Homestead built in 1878 is significant for its association with the Homestead Act of 1862 as being the first application to the Florissant area west of Colorado Springs. Today the homestead survives under stewardship of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, which acquired the property in 1973. This season’s effort focuses on restoring the traditionally constructed outbuildings: a bunkhouse, carriage shed, and milk barn. Tents, truck campers, and small campervans are welcome. RVs and trailers cannot be accommodated at this project location. HistoriCorps provides all meals, tools, training, equipment, and a campsite. Showers are available. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the campsite, sleeping equipment, work gloves, clothes and boots, and other personal gear.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register go to <https://historicorps.org/hornbek-homestead-co-2024/> https://historicorps.org/hornbek-homestead-co-2024/ or contact HistoriCorps at 720-287-0100 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday May 28, 2024: Bisbee, AZ
“Pedaling a New Concept: The US Army Bicycle Corps, America's Rolling "Black Army” free presentation with Glenn Minuth, sponsored by the Copper Queen Library, the Naco Heritage Alliance, and the Camp Naco Project – at the Copper Queen Library, 6 Main St., Bisbee, Arizona*
5:30-6:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time.
During the late 1800s the widespread popularity of the bicycle attracted the attention of U.S. Army leaders. In 1892 the Army Chief of Staff approved one regiment to be equipped with bicycles, to obtain all information of military importance surrounding local forts. A young officer organized the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps whose mission was to thoroughly “test the practicality” of the bicycle for military purposes. Training trips of increasing lengths prepared the unit for a major 800-mile expedition. How did they complete their longest expedition 1,900 miles away? And why was an even longer trip to San Francisco from Montana not approved and what did that signal for the Corps future? Presenter Glenn Minuth retired as a Department of Defense civil servant at Fort Huachuca and has been an instructor for 30+ years at Cochise College, Arizona.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the library at at 520-432-4232.
Wednesday May 29, 2024: Online
“With Great Power Comes Great Hydroelectricity” free online presentation with Jansen Bennett, sponsored by Utah State Historic Preservation Office, Salt Lake City*
12-1 pm Mountain Daylight Time: Free.
Take a virtual journey through history as architect Jansen Bennett guides you on an exclusive tour of one of the oldest hydroelectric power plants in western North America. Together, we’ll examine the fascinating Olmstead Hydroelectric Plant, nestled at the mouth of Provo Canyon, through an immersive video tour. This webinar provides insights into the plant’s design, construction, and ongoing technological upgrades. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about the architectural history of the plant, making this a truly interactive experience.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DrwdmaJKT7igU6aasmvlcg#/registration> https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DrwdmaJKT7igU6aasmvlcg#/registration. For more information contact Elizabeth Hora at 801-535-2504 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday May 30, 2024: Online
“Listening Seriously for O’odham Heritage” free online presentation by archaeologist J. Brett Hill, PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (CCAC), Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
In this talk, Dr. Hill will discuss his insights into the value of considering Native perspectives on heritage. Archaeologists historically have either ignored Native American perspectives on their own past or granted them alternative status irreconcilable with scientific archaeology. In his research on the ‘mysterious disappearance’ of the Hohokam, Dr. Hill has been struck by how much recent archaeological findings converge with what O’odham people have said for generations. This convergence does not necessarily represent an alternative, ideological view, but includes significant empirical insights that archaeologists have begun to productively incorporate into their own scientific understanding of the past. This advance has come in large part from listening more carefully and taking Native accounts seriously. But, listening carefully offers more than just insight into the past; it offers a view of heritage that includes the present and future. Dr. Hill concludes with observations on Native heritage and environmental justice in southern Arizona.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/listening-seriously-for-oodham-heritage/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/listening-seriously-for-oodham-heritage/.
Monday-Friday June 3-7, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio Summer Camp: Hands-On History” at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 am-2 pm each day. $265 per child ($240 for Presidio Museum members). 10% discount for siblings. Family memberships start at $40. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/presidio-museum-membership/> Click here to become a member.
Join the Presidio Museum for a dive into the history and people of Tucson! Children will engage in hands-on activities and adventure while exploring a Spanish fort, a replica 2,000-year-old pithouse, and a historic home from the 1800s. They will gain a sense of place and time along the way. In this Hands-On History camp, kids will learn how archaeologists and historians use the rings in wood to find out how old something is, how people of the past made so many different colors from Cochineal beetles, how ancient hunters used atlatls to hurl long darts, and more. With a focus on experimental archaeology and science, this camp will use hands-on activities and presentations to answer those questions and more! Other activities may include using an atlatl (ancient spear thrower), flintknapping (stone tool making), and more.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=648> Click here to register. For more information contact Ginger Thompson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday June 4, 2024: Flagstaff, AZ
“By the Time They Came – African American Men of Arizona” free presentation by Akua Duku Anokye, PhD, at Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6-7 pm. Free.
In this presentation Dr. Anokye explores theuntold stories and accomplishments of African American men in Arizona. She focuses on identifying the common threads of the African American community that have enriched and given meaning to their lives – striving for education/schooling, work lives, belonging, turning points, and legacies, established by such prominent folks as Dr. Eugene Grigsby, artist and ASU professor; George Greathouse, ASU football star and local barber; Judge Cecil B. Patterson; and Pastor Warren Stewart. Akua Duku Anokye is Associate Professor of Africana Language, Literature, and Culture, and Director of New College International Initiatives, Office of Interdisciplinary Global Learning and Engagement. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information call 928-213-2330 or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday June 5, 2024: Waddell, AZ
“Connections to Holistic Material: Native Culture Today and Tomorrow” free presentation with Yolanda Hart Stevens sponsored by Maricopa County Library District and Arizona Humanities at the White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, Arizona*
2-3:30 pm. Free.
From birth to death, the mesquite tree is an integral part of life for many who call the desert home. The mesquite tree is just one of many holistic materials, elements of our natural environment, that are vital to sustaining Native culture and practices. But climate change and environmental degradation are changing the landscapes of Arizona. From the lack of water resources to the loss of mesquite trees, the future is uncertain. This presentation is about water, land, and the environmental challenges impacting Native communities. Yolanda Hart Stevens is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, Pee-Posh/Quechan, and currently resides in the village of Komatke, AZ. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the library at 602-652-3000.
Thursday June 6, 2024: Online
“Impacts to Diné Activities with the San Juan River after the Gold King Mine Spill” free online presentation by Karletta Chief, PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
In 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage was accidentally discharged from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas and San Juan Rivers. The government-initiated risk assessment only assessed a recreational scenario (i.e. hiker drinking from the river), failing to recognize the deep connection of the Diné (Navajo) with the San Juan River for spiritual, cultural, and agricultural practices. In an analysis of responses in 12 focus groups in three Navajo communities, Dr. Karletta found that Diné activities with the San Juan River following the mine spill decreased by 56.2%, that adults have had a greater reduction than children, and that this reduction in activities may lead to long-term trauma affecting the ability of the Diné to pass down teachings to their children in coming generations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/impacts-to-dine-activities-with-the-san-juan-river-after-the-gold-king-mine-spill/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/impacts-to-dine-activities.
Saturday June 8- Saturday June 15, 2024: Nacogdoches, TX
“2024 Field School in Nacodoches” sponsored by the Texas Archeological Society at Gallant Farm near Nacogdoches, Texas*
Times TBA. Fees: Adult 1-3 days $120; adult 4+ days $170; nonparticipant 1-3 days $60; nonparticipant 4+ days $80; ages 7-17, 1-3 days $45; ages 7-17, 4+ days $70; meals & T-shirts cost extra. Mail-in registration ends May 24, on-site registration after that.
This year's Texas Archeological Society field school returns to the Gallant Farm near Nacogdoches for a second season at the Ben Gallant, Belle Gallant, and Gallant Falls sites. Last year excavations at all three sites produced Caddo pottery and cultural materials consistent with post-1690 Allen phase sites, and the Belle and Gallant Falls sites also produced a few Woodland period sherds. Flaked stone artifacts encountered in 2023 included more than 80 arrow points, a dozen dart points, and 10 gunflints.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register visit <https://www.txarch.org/2023-Field-School> https://www.txarch.org/2023-Field-School.
Monday-Friday June 10-14, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio Summer Camp: Life on the Frontier” at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 am-2 pm each day. $265 per child ($240 for Presidio Museum members). 10% discount for siblings. Family memberships start at $40. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/presidio-museum-membership/> Click here to become a member.
Join the Presidio Museum for a dive into the history and people of Tucson! Children will engage in hands-on activities and adventure while exploring a Spanish fort, a replica 2,000-year-old pithouse, and a historic home from the 1800s. They will gain a sense of place and time along the way. In this Life on the Frontier camp, kids will learn how to imagine living in the Tucson area before electricity and running water, the excitement people felt when the first train came through Tucson, and maybe even how to use a telegraph and when ice cream first came to Tucson! Find out what life was really like from 1775-1912 and some of the challenges Tucsonans faced.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=649> Click here to register. For more information contact Ginger Thompson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesdays June 11, 18, & 25, 2024: Online
“Overview of Hohokam Pottery Wares and Types” three-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
4-5:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time) each Tuesday. $45 donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Site Stewards, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in three 1½-hour sessions to familiarize participants with the main kinds of pottery found in southern Arizona archaeological sites of the Hohokam culture. The class will include hundreds of pottery photos, definitions of terms commonly used in ceramic analysis, identifying attributes of the most common Hohokam pottery wares and types, reading materials and bibliographic sources on Hohokam pottery, and plenty of discussion opportunities. Minimum enrollment 10 people.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Friday June 7, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Monday June 17, 2024: Springerville, AZ
“Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Little Colorado River Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Springerville Heritage Center, 418 E. Main St., Springerville, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6:30-8 pm. Free.
The deep time perspective that archaeology and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and human adaptation not only is a valuable supplement to historical records, it sometimes contradicts historical data used by modern societies to make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. What can be learned from scientific evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming cultures in Arizona and the Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds of sustainability, leading to collapse or reorganization of their societies? Could the disastrous damages to nuclear power plants damaged by the Japanese tsunami of 2011 have been avoided if the engineers who decided where to build those plants had not ignored evidence of prehistoric tsunamis? This presentation looks at archaeological, geological, and sustainable-agricultural evidence on environmental changes and how human cultures have adapted to those changes, and discusses the value of a “beyond history” perspective for modern society. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact contact Bill Butler at 928-245-9098.
Monday June 17, 2024: Tucson and online
(Rescheduled from April 15)
“What’s in a Symbol? A Look at Hohokam Art and Imagery” free presentation by archaeologist Linda Gregonis sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), optional online or in Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room 107 (ground-floor auditorium), 1064 E. Lowell St., University of Arizona, Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
All cultures use symbols to convey ideas. In archaeological contexts, those symbols have become ways to define and differentiate archaeological cultures. But what did the symbols mean to the artisans who created them? The art that Hohokam craftspeople produced embodied the world (seen and unseen) as they understood it. They were influenced by weather, animals they encountered, plants they grew and used, pilgrimages they made, other people they met, and their ancestors. They translated their experiences into art, creating iconic motifs that were shared across a wide region. Using objects, design elements, and motifs that were made and used during the pre-Classic period (circa 600-1150 CE), Linda Gregonis will discuss how the Hohokam may have used symbols on different media including pottery, shell, stone, and rock surfaces to define group identity and express their view of the world. Ms. Gregonis is an independent researcher who has spent more than 40 years researching various aspects of Hohokam culture while working primarily as a ceramics analyst.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For in-person meeting, no reservations are needed and $1/hr parking is available in U of A 6th St. garage immediately east of ENR. For Zoom attendance preregister at <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TLsp1KpvSD2QnoNrSSvjKQ#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TLsp1KpvSD2QnoNrSSvjKQ#/registration. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan Bierer at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 17-21, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio Summer Camp: From S-cuk sọn to Tucson” at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 am-2 pm each day. $265 per child ($240 for Presidio Museum members). 10% discount for siblings. Family memberships start at $40. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/presidio-museum-membership/> Click here to become a member.
Join the Presidio Museum for a dive into the history and people of Tucson! Children will engage in hands-on activities and adventure while exploring a Spanish fort, a replica 2,000-year-old pithouse, and a historic home from the 1800s. They will gain a sense of place and time along the way. Have you ever wondered about all of the the incredible people that created modern day Tucson? In this camp participants will use hands-on activities and presentations to celebrate the people that have shaped our rich history. Activities may include pottery making, throwing an atlatl, making papel picado, tasting foods such as prickly pear fruit, and more. Guest presenters may come from the Tohono O’odham Nation, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson Jewish Museum, Mexican American Heritage and History Museum, Buffalo Soldiers, and more!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=650> Click here to register. For more information contact Ginger Thompson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
July 13, 2024: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Tour of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at U of A” meets in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson
7:45 am to 12:30 pm. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center summer tour visits two TOO-COOL environmental-science laboratories in Tucson – the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR), both administered by The University of Arizona (UA). The Tumamoc Desert Laboratory began its existence in 1903 as the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory established by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Tree-Ring Lab also has a venerable record of research in archaeology, astronomy, and environmental sciences, created in 1937 by the founder of dendrochronology as a science: UA Professor of Astronomy Andrew Ellicott Douglass. Tour presenters and guides will include archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish, the Tumamoc Lab’s Robert Villa and Lynne Schepartz, and LTRR docent Donna MacEachern. The drive from the Mercado San Agustín meeting place to the Tumamoc Lab is limited to five vehicles so tour is limited to 20 people and carpooling is required. After returning to the Mercado, all participants can take their own vehicles in a caravan to the LTRR.
Donation prepayments are required 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday July 10, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday August 31, 2024: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” tour led by Mary Jo McMullen and Allen Dart at Tucson Museum of Art (TMA), 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson
1 to 3:30 pm. $25 donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Sidestepping Tucson’s August heat, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s comfortable indoor tour this month will be at the Tucson Museum of Art downtown, led by TMA docent and Old Pueblo member Mary Jo McMullen. TMA’s “Popol Vuh and the Maya Art of Storytelling” exhibit focuses on art and lore related to the Popol Vuh, a narrative of the K’iche Maya about the origins of the world and heroic twin brothers who descended to the underworld to conquer Death. Archaeologist Allen Dart will comment on precontact images in the US Southwest that may depict elements of the Hero Twins story, and will assist Mary Jo in answering questions about the Popol Vuh exhibit and two others included in the tour: “Art of the Ancient Americas” and “Stories from Clay: Indigenous Art Pottery.” We encourage participants to visit TMA’s other galleries and gift shop after the tour since the donation to Old Pueblo provides entry fee to all of the Museum’s galleries. Tour is limited to 20 people.
Donation prepayments are required 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday August 29, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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September 4-December 11, 2024 (skipping October 23): Online
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
Each Wednesday 6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time through Oct. 30). $109 donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, AAS, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include costs of recommended text (The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors) or of the optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in 14 two-hour sessions to explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American Southwest. The class covers 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 exchange. Students seeking the AAS Certification are expected to prepare a brief research report to be presented orally or in written or video format. Minimum enrollment 10 people. The class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Training, Certification and Education (TCE) program's “Advanced Southwest Archaeology –Hohokam” class. The AAS basic “Archaeology of the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Friday August 30, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Sunday September 22, 2024: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 am to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2024 autumn equinox occurs on Sunday Sept. 22, 2024 at 5:44 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; 12:44 pm Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people's recognition of equinoxes 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, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday September 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday October 19, 2024: Tucson
“Vista Del Rio Archaeology Celebration” free children's activities sponsored by the Vista del Rio Residents Association and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at the City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9 am to 3 pm. Free.
This outdoor program features hands-on activities, demonstrations, and information to make people aware of an ancient village site in Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Park where people lived between 1000 and 1150 CE. Adults and children, especially ages 6 to 12, can learn about people of the Hohokam archaeological culture who lived at Vista del Rio and elsewhere in southern Arizona through this Saturday’s activities along the park’s trails. There will be demonstrations of traditional Native American pottery-making and arrowhead-making plus opportunities to play traditional Native American games, grind corn using an ancient metate and mano, practice throwing a rabbit stick, and make your own hand-built pottery, stone-and-bead jewelry, split-twig-figurines, cordage, and dance rattles to take home.
No reservations are needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday November 2, 2024: Agua Fria National Monument, AZ
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Badger Springs Pueblo and Petroglyphs Archaeology and Geology Tour” with JJ Golio and Allen Dart in Agua Fria National Monument, starting at Badger Springs Trailhead parking area ca. 1 mile east of Interstate-17 Exit 256 (Badger Springs).
10 am to 5 pm. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Agua Fria National Monument, located approximately 40 miles north of central Phoenix, was established in 2000 by President Bill Clinton to protect its extensive and important cultural and natural resources. Encompassing two mesas, the canyon of the Agua Fria River, and the river’s tributaries including Badger Spring Wash, the monument protects numerous archaeological sites as well as outstanding geological and biological resources. This Old Pueblo tour will visit Badger Springs Pueblo, a 70-plus room precontact settlement perched atop a high bluff, plus ancient boulder metates and bedrock outcrops with figurative petroglyphs. It also will stop at a historical arrastre – an ore-grinding mill in which heavy stones attached to horizontal poles radiating from a central pillar were turned by a draft animal or powered by water to drag the stones on the mill’s floor of stone to pulverize ore. Guides also will point out and interpret geologic processes in which Badger Spring Wash cut through the basalt and granodiorite to create colorful red, pink, yellow, green, brown, white, dark gray, and black formations, some including xenoliths.
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Wednesday December 4, 2024
Wednesday December 4 at 5 pm is the deadline for getting tickets from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the 2024 Jim Click “Millions for Tucson Raffle,” for which the prizes are a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe Plug-in Hybrid SUV valued at $61,180 (MSRP), two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash.
On Thursday December 12, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe Plug-in Hybrid SUV in a raffle to raise $Millions for southern Arizona nonprofit organizations including Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. With your contribution you could win this slick but rugged 2024 vehicle (MSRP starting at $61,180) – or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world (some restrictions apply), or $5,000 in cash! Ticket sales benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona charities, so get your tickets from Old Pueblo before we sell all the ones that have been allotted to us!
Cost: 5 tickets for $100 or $25 per ticket. And 100% of what you contribute to Old Pueblo for tickets will go directly to Old Pueblo’s education programs because Old Pueblo gets to keep all of the proceeds from our ticket sales!
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle Old Pueblo Archaeology Center must receive your request for tickets and your donation for them no later than 5 pm Wednesday December 4th so we can turn in all of our sold tickets to the raffle manager the next day. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets, so advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased through the PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card payment authorization. Once payment is received, Old Pueblo will enter your name and contact information on your ticket(s), enter your ticket(s) into the drawing, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution.
Winners consent to be photographed and for their names and likenesses to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit <http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
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Saturday December 7, 2024: Ironwood Forest National Monument, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Chukui Kawi/Cerro Prieto ֍ Inscription Hill ֎ Pan Quemado: Yoeme Sacred Mountain, Hohokam Trincheras, and Petroglyphs” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina and archaeologist Allen Dart, meeting at McDonald’s restaurant, 13934 N. Sandario Rd., Marana, Arizona (near Interstate 10 Exit 236).
8 am to 4 pm. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Cerro Prieto (Spanish for “Dark Hill”) is a volcanic peak soaring about 900 feet above the surrounding plain in the Ironwood Forest National Monument northwest of Tucson. It is a sacred place known to the Yoeme (Yaqui Indians) as Chukui Kawi (“Black Mountain”) and one of the largest and most complex US archaeological sites featuring trincheras – massive rock-work terraces built on steep hillsides. The archaeological features were constructed and used by the Hohokam culture during the Tanque Verde phase (1150-1300 CE) and include house foundations, waffle gardens, check dams, trail systems, petroglyphs, rock walls, talus pits, and a stone source used to produce agave knives, suggesting its use for a variety of residential functions, ceremonies, and agriculture. Inscription Hill contains one of the densest petroglyph groupings in southern Arizona, encompassing at least 1,225 individual glyphs plus bedrock metates, trincheras, trail segments, and talus pits. During this trip Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe Molina will discuss the significance of Chukui Kawi to the Yoeme and archaeologist Al Dart will lead us to some of the Cerro Prieto trincheras and the nearby Inscription Hill petroglyphs.
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Saturday February 8, 2025: Tucson & Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina starting in the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River)
8 am to 1 pm. $35 donation per person ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Felipe S. Molina was taught the Indigenous language, culture, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother, his grandmother's cousin, and several elders from Tucson's original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government's war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1940 there were about 3,000 Yoeme in Arizona, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana, and others near Eloy, Somerton, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite) Village, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre), Pascua, Ili Hu'upa, Wiilo Kampo, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza.
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OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
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, so donations and membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts specified by law.
Do you like getting our announcements about upcoming activities? Or would you like to help us continue to provide hands-on education programs in archaeology, history, and cultures for children and adults? THEN PLEASE: Visit <http://www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php> www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php to make a contribution, or see below for information on how you can support Old Pueblo as a member!
Payment Options for Donations and Memberships
For payment by mail please make check or money order payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or simply OPAC, and include a printed explanation of what your payment is for. If it’s for or includes a membership fee, you can print the Enrollment/Subscription form from Old Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc <https://www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc> web page and complete the appropriate information on that form. Mail payment and information sheet to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717. (Mail sent to Old Pueblo’s street address gets returned to senders because there is no mailbox at our street address.)
To start or renew an Old Pueblo membership online you can visit our www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/> web page, scroll down to the bottom of that page, and follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
To make a donation using PayPal, please go to the www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org> home page, scroll down to the “Donate” section, click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and follow the prompts.
To make a credit card or debit card payment without going online you can call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201, tell the person who answers you’d like to make a credit card donation or payment, and provide your card authorization. We advise that you do not provide credit card or debit card numbers to us in an email. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express card payments.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s upcoming-activities announcements!
Warmest regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
520-798-1201
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www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org>
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OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center typically sends two emails each month that tell about upcoming activities offered by Old Pueblo and other southwestern U.S. archaeology and history organizations. We also email pdf copies of our Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months.
This communication came to you through a listserve from which Old Pueblo cannot remove your email address. The listserves to which this message was posted and the email addresses to contact for inclusion in or removal from each one include:
Archaeological Society of New Mexico: <[log in to unmask]>
Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams <[log in to unmask]>
Historical Archaeology: <[log in to unmask]>
New Mexico Archaeological Council: David Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
Rock Art-Arizona State University: Gary Hein <[log in to unmask]>
Texas Archeological Society: Robert Lassen <[log in to unmask]>
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