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Some Online Resources
Upcoming Activities
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
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SOME ONLINE RESOURCES
Check out some of these online resources 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.)
* The video of Drs. Kari Schleher and Kellam Throgmorton’s March 26
Discover Archaeology: Updates from the Northern Chaco Outliers Project
presentation is available on the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Youtube
channel: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDg-EOrjQCM>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDg-EOrjQCM.
* The School for Advanced Research’s final 2022 Creative Thought Forum
Seeking Justice Series event – the Rethinking Monuments and Memorials panel
discussion with Estevan Rael-Gálvez, Regina Chen, and Kaitlin M. Murphy is
now on video at the SAR Youtube channel:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmMWubzECgA&bblinkid=261428966&bbemailid=40
708829&bbejrid=-1919479932>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmMWubzECgA&bblinkid=261428966&bbemailid=407
08829&bbejrid=-1919479932.
You can view these in the comfort of your home or office!
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
These listings include announcements about activities offered by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology,
history and cultures. 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Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are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.
Time zones are specified in these listings only for online activities.
Each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
Tuesday June 14, 2022: Tucson
“From ‘Chief to Code Talker: Four Profiles of the Navajo Code Talkers”
free presentation with Laura Tohe at Pima County Public Library-Woods
Memorial Library, 3455 N 1st Avenue, Tucson*
2-3:30 p.m. Free.
During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines
without knowing that they would be called on to develop a secret code
against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a
Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many
American lives. This talk profiles four Code Talkers who reflect on their
lives growing up on the Navajo Nation homeland before and after the war,
including my father. They returned home without fanfare to continued poverty
and lack of economic opportunity, yet persevered and overcame obstacles that
helped change the Navajo Nation and their communities. They tell their
stories with poignancy that reflect their resiliency and self-determination.
Laura Tohe, the current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, is the daughter of a
Navajo Code Talker and Professor Emerita with Distinction from ASU who has
authored an oral history on the Code Talkers. This program is made possible
by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Woods Library at 520-594-5445.
Tuesday June 14, 2022: Las Cruces, NM
“Apache Iconography of Southern New Mexico” free presentation by rock
imagery researcher LeRoy Unglaub for Doña Ana Archaeological Society in the
Good Samaritan Auditorium, 3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las Cruces, New Mexico*
7 p.m. Free.
A little-known but very interesting rock imagery style in southern New
Mexico, from the Arizona boundary eastward to the Guadalupe Mountains, is
that of the Ancestral Apache. LeRoy Unglaub will focus on how Apache rock
imagery can be identified, and will show examples of various Apache rock
panel motifs and the basis for identifying some of them. As an example,
Unglaub identifies a petroglyphs panel at Alamo Mountain in southern New
Mexico as the “Wind God” panel based on information in US Army Captain John
G. Bourke’s “The Medicine-Men of the Apache” entry in J. W. Powell’s Ninth
Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, 1887-88 (published in 1893).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact William M. Little at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesdays-Fridays June 14-July 1, 2022: Phoenix
“Summer Camp for American Indian Middle School Youth” hosted by
Phoenix Indian Center at Urban Living on 2nd Avenue, 650 N. 2nd Ave.,
Phoenix*
8:45 a.m.-4 p.m. each day. Free.
Phoenix Indian Center is hosting a free Living in 2 Worlds Summer
Camp. All American Indian middle school youth are invited to join for
fun-filled days with learning valuable prevention skills, cultural
activities, and spend time with other Indigenous youth. Early and after care
is available as needed.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Seating is
limited. For more information go to
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-in-2-worlds-summer-camp-tickets-3332934
58707>
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/living-in-2-worlds-summer-camp-tickets-33329345
8707.
Thursday June 16, 2022: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring
“Diné History’s Impact on Jewelry” presentation by Nanibaa Beck, cosponsored
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717, and Arizona
Humanities, Phoenix
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free.
Nanibaa Beck, a second-generation Diné (Navajo) jeweler, provides a
history of Diné jewelry over the century, focusing on changes in each
decade. She will relate the shifting techniques, styles, and meanings of the
art over the years to important events in Diné history including the impact
of boarding schools, training schools, and access to new styles and
materials on Navajo jewelry over this extended period of time. Being
intricately connected to the creation process motivated Ms. Beck to become
more knowledgeable about the multifaceted areas surrounding Native American
art. In November 2013 she founded NotAbove Jewelry after an “aha moment” in
which a small thank-you card project sparked the idea for the original
language necklaces that connect to her Diné culture. Today, NotAbove
reflects vibrant Native creative expressions and the growth of an Diné
‘Asdzáá (woman) as a metalsmith. This program is made possible by Arizona
Humanities. It will not be recorded.
Go to
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8QpCuw1XQ6O09j5IeJVwDQ>
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8QpCuw1XQ6O09j5IeJVwDQ to
register. For more information contact Old Pueblo at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] with “Send June Third Thursday flyer” in your email
subject line.
Thursday June 16, 2022: Online
“Through the Lens of a Navajo Photographer” free online presentation
by Priscilla Tacheney sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center,
Cortez, Colorado*
4 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
This session will dive into understanding the ideals and techniques of
Priscilla Tacheney - a Diné (Navajo) photographer who has delved into the
creative work of landscape, portrait, and conceptual art photography
throughout her career. This session will delve deep into some concepts of
each piece of work over her career, breaking down her inspirations for
layout of landscape, portraits and conceptual retelling of Navajo legends
with a complex showcase.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register
visit
<https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Through-the-Lens-of-a-Navajo-Pho
tographer-with-Priscilla-Tacheney>
https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Through-the-Lens-of-a-Navajo-Phot
ographer-with-Priscilla-Tacheney.
Friday-Sunday June 17-19, 2022: Online
“ARARA 2022 Online Conference” sponsored by American Rock Art Research
Association (ARARA)*
Times TBA. $55 ($50 for ARARA members).
This virtual, live-streamed conference is a venue to present new
developments in the realm of rock imagery research. Friday features
workshops focused on teaching rock art to elementary school children and on
developing management plans for rock art sites. The speaker program on
Saturday and Sunday will include 15-minute PowerPoint papers and 5-minute
“virtual” video field trips.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <https://arara.wildapricot.org/page-18393>
https://arara.wildapricot.org/page-18393.
Saturday June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, or October 15, 2022:
Tucson
“Barrio Viejo Walking Tour” starting at El Tiradito Shrine, 420 S.
Main Ave., Tucson*
5:30-7 p.m. $25 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
Experience the rich history of Tucson’s Barrio Viejo (the “old
neighborhood”) by taking this one-mile walking tour with Presidio Museum
docent and board member Mauro Trejo. For over 100 years, Barrio Viejo was
the heart of Tucson’s social, economic, and cultural life. This 90-minute
tour winds through the largest collection of Sonoran row houses in the US,
in Tucson’s oldest neighborhood. Your guide will discuss the history of the
neighborhood, its architecture, and the individuals, businesses, and
cultures that met there. For an additional $10 and 30 minutes participants
can join the tour 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 visit <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or
contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday-Friday June 19-24, 2022: McNary, AZ area
“Los Burros Barn” HistoriCorps and the Apache-Sitgreaves National
Forest offer volunteer-assisted restoration project near McNary, Arizona*
Arrive Sunday evening; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
National Register-listed Los Burros Barn is located at the edge of a
breathtaking conifer-ringed meadow. The barn was part of the US Forest
Service’s Los Burros Ranger Station, constructed in 1910 to house the fire
guard for the Lake Mountain lookout station and serve as a temporary base
camp for fire-fighting crews. After the lookout tower was constructed, Los
Burros Ranger Station was repurposed to house Forest Service timber sale
administrators and rangers. As the timber industry slowed, many miles of
timber-railroad grades throughout the area were repurposed to provide
outings to Los Burros vicinity for locals and tourists. Today, there is a
campground near the barn along with wonderful hiking opportunities including
the 13.8-mile Los Burros Trail. On this project, volunteers guided by
HistoriCorps staff will assist with removing and installing a new cedar
shingle roof, repairing and replacing some of the roof decking, and
completing the unfinished side staining. Camping area is accessible for
tents, campervans, truck campers and trailers up to 22 feet in length.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <https://historicorps.org/los-burros-barn-az-2022/>
https://historicorps.org/los-burros-barn-az-2022/ or contact HistoriCorps at
720-287-0100 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sundays-Fridays June 19-24, or June 26-July 1, 2022: Southwest of Denver
“Devils Head Fire Lookout Tower” HistoriCorps and partner Pike-San
Isabel National Forest offer volunteer-assisted wooden stairs rehabilitation
and repair project 50 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado*
Arrive Sunday evening; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
The Devils Head Fire Lookout was established in 1912 and its original
tower was built in 1919. Located at the top of the Rampart Range, it is
unique in still being staffed and cared for by the Forest and partner
organizations like HistoriCorps. In this project, volunteers will help
replace and stain all of the treads on the signature stairs that carry the
weight of hundreds of visitors every year, do minor carpentry repairs and
scrape/paint failed sections of paint on the lookout tower, and do minor
carpentry repairs and apply wood preservative to the lookout's cabin below
the tower. All meals, tools, and training are provided. Volunteers will need
to camp onsite in tents or truck/van campers (no RV spaces available) and
are responsible for their own transit to the site as well as personal
camping equipment, work clothes, and sturdy boots.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register go to
<https://historicorps.org/devils-head-lo-co-2022/>
https://historicorps.org/devils-head-lo-co-2022/.
Sundays-Fridays June 19-24 or June 26-July 1, 2022: North of Ft. Collins,
CO*
“Red Mountain Open Space Barn” HistoriCorps and partner Larimer
County, Colorado, offer volunteer-assisted repair and replacement
conservation project 45 minutes north of Ft. Collins*
Arrive Sunday evening; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
The Roberts Goodwin buildings 45 minutes north of Fort Collins serve
as physical remnants of the area’s pioneer farming and ranching heritage. In
this project, volunteers are needed to help repair and replace deteriorated
wood siding, trims, and selected metal roof panels, and scrape and paint all
siding on a rustic barn that shares the history of those who settled here
between the 1870s and 1920s. If time allows, the work will include
rehabilitating windows and doors. All meals, tools, and training are
provided. Volunteers will need to camp onsite in tents or truck/van campers
(no RV spaces available) and are responsible for their own transit to the
site as well as personal camping equipment, work clothes, and sturdy boots.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register go to
<https://historicorps.org/red-mountain-open-space-barn-co-2022/>
https://historicorps.org/red-mountain-open-space-barn-co-2022/.
Saturdays June 19, July 17, August 21, September 18, or October 16, 2022:
Tucson
“Turquoise Trail Guided Walking Tour” starting at the Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8-10 a.m. $25 (Presidio Museum members $20).
The Presidio Museum’s knowledgeable docents lead this walking tour of
the 2½-mile Turquoise Trail painted with a turquoise line through the heart
of downtown Tucson, the “Old Pueblo.” Learn about Tucson’s fascinating
history and see some architectural gems. The trail passes many of the Old
Pueblo’s historic buildings, parks, sculptures and shrines, and tour guides
share stories that make Tucson’s history special.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Spaces are
limited. Click on the date link for more information or to register:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3411&qid=528311> June 19
or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3411&qid=528311> July
17 or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3412&qid=528311>
August 21 or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3413&qid=528311>
September 18 or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3414&qid=528311> October
16.
CORRECTION: The Monday June 20, 2022, program In Vail, AZ,
Is IN-PERSON, NOT ONLINE as reported earlier:
Monday June 20, 2022: Vail, AZ
“Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by
Arizona Senior Academy in Academy Village Auditorium, 13701 E. Old Spanish
Trail, Vail, Arizona*
2:30-3:30 p.m. 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 pre-Spanish farming cultures in the
US Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds of sustainability,
leading to collapse or reorganization of their societies? Could the
disastrous damages to nuclear power plants caused by the Japanese tsunami of
2011 have been avoided if the engineers who decided where to build those
plants had not ignored evidence of ancient 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 is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Maria Dobozy at 520-647-0980 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday June 20, 2022: Online
“Strong Foundations and Promising Futures: Collaborative Efforts
between the Professional and Avocational Archaeological Community” free
presentation by Steve A. Tomka, PhD, 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 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
This presentation will provide a brief history of the collaborative
endeavors forged between professional and avocational archaeologists over
the last few decades of archaeological research. It will highlight some
successes that stand out as positive examples and will outline some future
directions that could be pursued to strengthen cooperative relationships
between professional and citizen archaeologists for the benefit of the
field. Steve A. Tomka received his PhD from the University of Texas at
Austin, and after years doing archaeology in many places now is Cultural
Resources Program Director at Raba Kistner Inc., San Antonio. (For in-person
meeting, $1/hr parking is available in U of A 6th St. garage immediately
east of ENR.)
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
register go to <https://bit.ly/2022JuneTomkaREG>
https://bit.ly/2022JuneTomkaREG.
Monday-Friday June 20-24, 2022: Tucson
“Live Tucson’s History” summer camp for ages 8-12 at Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day. $290 (Presidio Museum members $265).
Lunch and snacks are NOT provided.
Children ages 8-12 become early inhabitants of Tucson and experience
history hands-on. Camp participants will experience how people in the
Presidio lived through a series of hands-on activities that may include
blacksmithing/tinsmithing, training to be a Spanish soldier, experiencing
foods that are native to the Sonoran Desert, or even candle making.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or
contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 20-24, 2022: Tucson
“The Cultures of Tucson” summer camp for ages 11-14 at Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day. $290 (Presidio Museum members $265).
Lunch and snacks are NOT provided.
Participants will learn about the history and culture of the Tucson
area through a series of hands-on activities that may include making adobe
bricks by hand, learning traditional stories, and making soap from native
plants.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or
contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday June 23, 2022: Online
“An Idiot's Guide to the American Upper Paleolithic” free online
presentation with archaeologist D. Clark Wernecke, PhD,
sponsored by The Archaeological Conservancy, Albuquerque*
5 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free.
Over the years, a number of researchers have publicly doubted the
former mainstream idea that the Clovis culture represented the first peoples
in the Americas. Excavations at Monte Verde, Chile, in the 1970s changed
the nature and tenor of these arguments. For the first time, a large number
of archaeologists agreed that a site showed definitive evidence of human
occupation in the Western Hemisphere prior to Clovis. As more evidence
surfaced and older sites were re-examined, scholars were forced to revise
the story of the peopling of the Americas. Paradigm shifts are messy and
there are still just as many questions as answers, but it’s clear that
scholars need to test new hypotheses. In this talk, Dr. Clark Wernecke,
Executive Director of The Gault School of Archaeological Research in Austin,
Texas, will review the history of Paleoindian archaeology and the evidence
that debunks the “Clovis First” theory. Additionally, he will examine how
this evidence is shifting the paradigm on how scholars perceive the early
migrations into the Americas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016547161298/WN_1XsyO44gQfy_iTc1n
a24PA>
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016547161298/WN_1XsyO44gQfy_iTc1na
24PA.
Sunday June 26, 2022: Aztec, NM
“Special Tour of Aztec East Great House” beginning at Aztec Ruins
National Monument Visitor Center, 725 Ruins Rd, Aztec, New Mexico*
9-10:30 a.m. Free with regular monument admission.
Aztec Ruins National Monument offers a Ranger-led tour of the Aztec
East Great House, an unexcavated pueblo in an area that is normally closed
to the public to protect the fragile archaeological resources. The Great
Kiva in Aztec East’s central plaza is larger than the kiva in the West Ruin.
The tour is limited to the first 15 registrants. Participants will be
walking about ½ mile on uneven surfaces during the tour. Sturdy walking
shoes, plenty of water, and sun protection are recommended. Food is not
allowed on this trail.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Call the Aztec
Ruins visitor center at 505-334-6174 to reserve a space.
Saturdays/Sundays June 26, July 23, August 28, September 24, or October 23:
Tucson
“Mansions of Main Avenue Walking Tour” starting at the Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8-10 a.m. (9-11 a.m. on Oct. 23). $25 (Presidio Museum members $20).
Take a stroll down historic downtown Tucson’s Main Avenue to view
homes and hear stories of the early “Old Pueblo” including Hiram Stevens
(who tried to kill his wife and then turned the gun on himself), Sam Hughes
(called by some the “Father of Tucson” but was involved in the Camp Grant
Massacre of Aravaipa Apaches), Annie Cheyney (whose newly restored 1905 home
was the talk of the town), Albert Steinfeld (department store magnate whose
son Harold was a top scorcher), Frank Hereford (attorney who represented
defendants in the Wham Robbery), and William Herring (at one time Wyatt
Earp’s lawyer).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Spaces are
limited. Click on the date link for more information or to register:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3247&qid=523253> Sunday,
June 26;
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3248&qid=523253>
Saturday, July 23;
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3249&qid=523253> Sunday,
August 28;
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3250&qid=523253>
Saturday, September 24;
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3251&qid=523253> Sunday,
October 23.
Monday-Friday June 27-July 1, 2022: Tucson
“Archaeology Summer Camp” for ages 10-14 at Presidio San Agustín del
Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day. $290 (Presidio Museum members $265).
Lunch and snacks are NOT provided.
Campers will learn how archaeologists really work through a series of
hands-on activities that include using pre-Hispanic tools, excavating a
simulated archaeological site, and analyzing the artifacts they have found.
This camp teaches the science of archaeological and artifact analysis. There
is some digging but most time is spent on what happens before and after the
dig.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or
contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday June 29, 2022: Prescott, AZ
“Artist Talk” free presentation by Dale O’Dell for exhibit at Yavapai
College Art Gallery, 1100 E. Sheldon St., Building 16 (next to theater),
Prescott, Arizona*
5 p.m. Free.
In conjunction with Yavapai College Art Gallery’s new “Rock Art of the
American Southwest: Photographic Documentation, Restoration &
Reinterpretation” exhibit (showing through August 5), Dale O’Dell will
discuss the process he used to document rock art and to repair damaged sites
to bring petroglyphs and pictographs back to how they were left by ancient
artists, and his reinterpretation and modernization of the rock art moving
it into the gallery and into the 21st century. He will describe the
destruction of some sites by vandals and the potential endangerment of sites
due to deregulation, and how to photograph and behave at such sites. His
PowerPoint presentation will include photographs of individual petroglyphs
and pictographs, documentation of whole panels and rock art in the
landscape, and will conclude with a series of modernized,
digital-impressionist images using the ancient art as source material.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Yavapai College Art Gallery at 928-776-2031 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask], or Dale O’Dell at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
June 29 & 30, 2022: Online
“Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee virtual meeting”
online, hosted by Bureau of Land Management Monticello Field Office and U.S.
Department of Agriculture Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah*
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free.
During this virtual public meeting the Bears Ears National Monument
Advisory Committee, a citizen-based committee of up to 15 members
representing local community interests and monument values, will discuss and
provide input on Bears Ears National Monument management. Planned agenda
items include an overview of upcoming planning efforts, specifically
resource conditions and trends, uses, activities and preliminary alternative
management strategies in the national monument. Bears Ears National Monument
is co-managed by the BLM and USDA Forest Service with traditional and
historical guidance of Tribal Nations through the Bears Ears Commission. The
agenda and meeting access information including how to log in and
participate will be announced on the Advisory Committee webpage at
<https://go.usa.gov/xu3Uf> https://go.usa.gov/xu3Uf prior to the meeting.
Public comments will be accepted at 1:30 p.m. each day. Depending on the
number of people wishing to comment, the amount of time for individual
comments may be limited.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register for
the virtual meeting go to
<https://blm.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Pz55MgG2QGKIVO9EddljxQ>
https://blm.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Pz55MgG2QGKIVO9EddljxQ. Written
statements or questions related to the online meeting also may be directed
to the BLM Monticello Field Office, Attn Rachel Wootton, PO Box 7,
Monticello UT 84535; by phone at 435-587-1500; or via email with the subject
line “Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee” at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday July 7, 2022: Phoenix
“When Rez Dogs Howl Opening Exhibit Reception” at Pueblo Grande Museum
and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
6-8 p.m. Free.
“When Rez Dogs Howl” is a new body of work by Thomas “Breeze” Marcus.
The exhibit explores the layers, complications, and duality of juxtaposing
contemporary O’odham with traditional narratives and ancestral ties to the
Phoenix Basin and throughout the Sonoran Desert. Marcus has been
spray-painting large-scale murals throughout the City of Phoenix for nearly
three decades. He also is a studio painter who has done work for various
museum collections and exhibits throughout the country. Marcus’ art is
directly inspired by graffiti, public art, contemporary Native issues, and
his Akimel and Tohono O’odham heritage. By finding and creating parallels in
his artwork, he carries on a long lineage of creative and innovative history
in the Phoenix area.The “When Rez Dogs Howl” exhibit was funded by the
Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum and will be on display at Pueblo Grande
Museum from July 7, 2022 to May 14, 2023.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
more information contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
<http://www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande>
www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande.
Friday July 8, 2022: Tucson
“More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into
Visibility” free presentation with Laura Tohe at Richard Elías-Mission
Library, 3770 S. Mission Rd., Tucson*
3 p.m. Free.
This visual presentation shows how Indigenous American women have
contributed service to Arizona and the US, yet were stereotyped in films and
remain invisible in the media. Nevertheless, they have been honored in all
areas of public service—law, medicine, literature, military and activism
with awards such as, the Presidential Freedom, the McArthur (genius award),
the Secretary of Interior, and others. Among some traditional tribal
cultures, women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who
exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Rites of passage celebrate
female creativity and the transformative nature of women, hence there was
not a need for the concept of feminism. This talk presents cultural aspects
of Indigenous culture and how women have contributed in significant ways,
not only to their tribal nations, but to contemporary American life. This
program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the library at 520-594-5325.
Daily July 11-25, 2022: Alto, TX
“Rebuilding Koo Hoot Kiwat (Caddo Grass House)” volunteer opportunity
sponsored by Friends of Caddo Mounds, members of the Caddo Nation, and local
community volunteers at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, 1649 State Highway
21 West, Alto, Texas*
This project’s sponsors have been busy gathering building materials
including switch grass, pine poles, and willow branches,to construct a new
grass house at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site. Early in July, four Caddo
trainees will travel to the site to learn a wide range of traditional
building techniques. They, in turn, will pass this traditional knowledge on
to Caddo volunteers traveling from Oklahoma, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas, to
help kick off the rebuild. Other volunteers are encouraged to join this
effort from July 11-25 to thatch the house with grass, build interior
furnishings, supports and benches, work in the adjoining Snake Woman’s
Garden, and keep volunteers fed and (importantly) watered. Grass house
“crew” T-shirts will be available for sale, along with water bottles. (Get a
free sticker for your water bottle for every phase of the build you
participate in!). Even if you can’t join the July build, donations and
sponsors are welcome. This important project has been supported by the Nau
Foundation, the Summerlee Foundation, TC Energy, the Texas Historical
Commission, and many generous individuals.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Friends group at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Tuesday July 12, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online presentation guest speaker and
topic to be announced, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box
40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free.
Description coming.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom
webinar series provides Native American presenters with a forum for
discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today. The series is
hosted by Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné), Anabel Galindo (Yaqui), and Maegan
Lopez (Tohono O’odham), all of whom are members of Old Pueblo’s board of
directors.
To register for the program go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wn7PTGxBQSaQ1PLWfoOLnA>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wn7PTGxBQSaQ1PLWfoOLnA. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Sundays-Fridays July 17-22 or July 24-29, 2022: Northwest of Colorado
Springs, CO
“Manitou Lake Pavilion, CO 2022” HistoriCorps and Pike-San Isabel
National Forest offer volunteer-assisted rehabilitation and repair project
about 40 minutes northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday; daylight hours daily thereafter.
No fees.
Manitou Lake and its surroundings in the Pike-San Isabel National
Forest are popular locations for picnics, hiking, cycling, and photo-taking.
The Manitou Lake Pavilion, constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian
Conservation Corps and/or the Works Progress Administration, needs loving
care from volunteers willing to help repair and replace sill and wall logs,
log railings, and chinking and daubing between the log courses, install a
composite shingle roof, repair mortar in the foundation, chimneys, and
flagstone patio and stairs, and remove graffiti. Volunteers can camp onsite
in tents, campervans, truck campers, or RVs up to 25 feet long. (There are
no hookups.) Historicorps provides all meals, tools, and training;
volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the site,
personal camping equipment, work gloves, work clothes, and sturdy boots.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register go to
<https://historicorps.org/manitou-lake-pavilion-co-2022/>
https://historicorps.org/manitou-lake-pavilion-co-2022/.
Monday July 18, 2022: Online
“Lived Lives: Individuals in Mimbres Pithouse and Pueblo Communities”
free online presentation by archaeologist Barbara J. Roth, PhD, sponsored by
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
We often view the occupants of archaeological villages as households
or groups, seeing them as a collective rather than as individuals who lived,
worked, played, and interacted within a community. Archaeologists’ recent
work at several pithouse and pueblo sites in the Mimbres Mogollon region of
southwestern New Mexico has documented the presence of individuals who
enhance our understanding of daily life in these communities. In this
presentation, Dr. Barbara Roth will use data from excavations at two
pithouse sites, La Gila Encantada and Harris, and the pueblo site of Elk
Ridge to highlight individuals who lived at these sites. She will discuss
the information she and her colleagues used to determine their presence and
how thinking about individuals in the past can help us further explore the
dynamics of communities in the past. Dr. Roth is a Professor in the
Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
register go to
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Eve-KCJ6SE6oENbtNXVRTQ>
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Eve-KCJ6SE6oENbtNXVRTQ.
Thursday July 21, 2022: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring
“Ecological Knowledge and Practices of Traditional Indigenous and Spanish
Agriculturists” presentation by Gary P. Nabhan, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free
For decades, we have been told that southwestern agriculture evolved from a
blending of precontact Indigenous crops and technologies diffused from
Mesoamerica, blended in historic times with Spanish-derived crops and
practices brought in by Jesuit missionaries like Kino or Franciscans like
Garces. The truth is much more complex, interesting and fun! There were many
food crops domesticated by Indigenous cultures in the region we now call
Arid America in addition to those diffused from Mesoamerica. While corn,
some beans, and squash did come north into what’s now the US from
Mesoamerica beginning over 4,000 years ago, quite a few others underwent
much of their domestication in Arid America. And historically, most of the
crop varieties and livestock breeds brought into Mexico came from the
Canaries, and ultimately from North Africa and the Middle East, not Europe.
Padre Kino was not the founder of Spanish agriculture in southern Arizona
and northern Sonora, for crops like Sonoran bread wheat and watermelons had
arrived prior to his entry, as did Churro sheep and Criollo cattle. Water
harvesting and other desert-adapted agricultural techniques still used today
are a blend of Indigenous, Canarian, and Arab/Phoenician influences.
Ethnobotanist and agricultural ecologist Dr. Gary Nabhan, a MacArthur
Fellow, will share some of his insights about many of the Arid American
domesticated species during this month’s Third Thursday Food for Thought
presentation.
To register go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ruxu_i6vRo2lZMKfykrlUA>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ruxu_i6vRo2lZMKfykrlUA. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation,
we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be
recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made
for this program.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Monday-Sunday July 25-31, 2022: Southern California
“Missions and Presidios of Southern California Tour” sponsored by
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, Tucson*
8 a.m. Monday-5 p.m. Sunday. $2,200 ($2,000 Presidio Museum members)
double occupancy (add $200 for single)
Get to know the missions and presidios of southern California up close
and in person. Following El Camino Real, this trip visits the distinct
missions of the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego areas plus two of
the four California presidios. This geographic panorama of history will
consider the perspectives of the Indigenous, religious, and military peoples
as well as provide the opportunity to compare and contrast the Spanish
colonial and Mexican eras of Arizona to California. On the return from San
Diego, the trip also will visit one of the often forgotten California
mission sites along the Colorado River where this land route strategy of
incorporating Alta California into New Spain came to a bloody end in the
Massacre at the Yuma Crossing in 1781.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/calendar/travel-new-mexicos-el-camino-real-de-la
-tierra-adentro-tour/>
https://tucsonpresidio.com/calendar/travel-new-mexicos-el-camino-real-de-la-
tierra-adentro-tour/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594
or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday August 9, 2022: Sierra Vista, AZ
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by the Henry F. Hauser
Museum at the Sierra Vista Public Library, 2600 E. Tacoma St., Sierra Vista,
Arizona*
1-2 p.m. Free.
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Elizabeth Wrozek at 520-439-2304 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Thursday-Sunday August 11-14, 2022: Rowe Mesa, NM
“2022 Pecos Archaeological Conference” on Rowe Mesa near Pecos, New
Mexico*
Times TBA. Registration $55 standard, $40 student; dinner, & other
amenities extra.
Since 1927, when archaeologist Alfred Vincent Kidder first inspired
and organized the original Pecos Conference, professional and avocational
archaeologists have gathered under open skies somewhere in the southwestern
United States or northwestern Mexico during August for the nearly yearly
Pecos Conference. They set up a large tent for shade and spend three or more
days together discussing recent research, problems of the field, and the
challenges of the profession, and present and critique each others’ ideas
before committing them to publication. In recent years, Native Americans,
avocational archaeologists, the general public, and media organizations have
come to play an increasingly important role, serving as participants and as
audience, to celebrate archaeological research and to mark cultural
continuity. Attendees may camp or lodge in nearby communities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.pecosconference.org/>
www.pecosconference.org/.
Thursday August 18, 2022: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring
“The Full Story of Pueblo Grande (or at Least a Few Chapters)” presentation
by City of Phoenix Archaeologist Laurene Montero, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free
Pueblo Grande is one of the last remaining precontact Hohokam villages
with an intact platform mound – or va’aki – in Arizona’s lower Salt River
valley. Its importance to descendant Tribal communities is recognized today,
and Pueblo Grande continues to yield a wealth of information regarding the
past and its connection to the present. Excavation projects in almost 80
percent of this village have unearthed many archaeological features,
providing information for compiling a new research database. The continued
challenge to preserve, research, and interpret pieces of this important
place in the face of a changing urban landscape has required creativity,
collaboration, and devotion on the part of a diverse group of volunteers and
professionals. This Third Thursday presentation will combine a brief history
of the archaeology of Pueblo Grande, its role in the surrounding irrigation
community archaeologists call Canal System 2, and its value as a resource
for continued preservation archaeology.
To register go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ynVTuQ14QLSOnrcrosWEYw>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ynVTuQ14QLSOnrcrosWEYw. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation,
we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be
recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made
for this program.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Saturday & Sunday September 10 & 11, 2022:
Near Winslow & Holbrook, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos
and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologist Rich Lange starting at Homolovi
State Park Visitor Center northeast of Winslow (from I-40 Exit 257 it’s 1.5
miles north on AZ-87)
1 p.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. or later Sunday; $99 donation per person
($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum
members) includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no
transportation, lodging, or meals.
Archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart lead this car-caravan educational
tour to sites where archaeologists conducted excavations during the Arizona
State Museum’s 1983-2016 Homol’ovi Research Program, and to the Rock Art
Ranch petroglyphs in Chevelon Canyon. The tour will visit three of the
largest Ancestral Hopi pueblos and an Early Agricultural-to-Great Pueblo
period site in Homolovi State Park just outside Winslow, plus spectacular
petroglyph panels near Winslow and at Rock Art Ranch south of Holbrook,
Arizona. Sites to be visited on Saturday include the Homolovi I (1280-1400
CE), Homolovi II (1360-1400), and Homolovi IV (1260-1280) pueblos, a
Basketmaker II (Early Agricultural period, 500-850) to Pueblo II/III
(1150-1225) village site, and a petroglyphs site north of Winslow. On Sunday
we’ll head to the Rock Art Ranch south of Holbrook to visit Brandy’s Pueblo
(1225-1254) and a replica Navajo farmstead site before hiking down into
Chevelon Canyon to see petroglyphs dating between 8000 BCE and the
mid-1200s. Participants provide their own lodging, meals, and
transportation.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m.
Friday September 2nd, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Mondays September 12-November 28, 2022
(except skip October 24): Online
“An Overview of Mississippian Archaeology of the Eastern US”
12-session online adult education class with archaeologist Jay Franklin,
PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ
85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time through October) each Monday. $99 donation ($80 for members of
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum); donation
does not include costs of recommended text (Mound Sites of the Ancient
South: A Guide to the Mississippian Chiefdoms by Eric E. Bowne [2013]).
This course provides a broad overview of the Mississippian Period that
developed and flourished along the Lower and Central Mississippi Valley and
elsewhere in what is now the eastern US from about 900 to 1600 CE. We will
discuss environmental conditions within which Mississippian cultures
developed and basic characteristics of these cultures. We will survey
important sites used to characterize the Mississippian. The Mississippian
art and ceremonial complex will be highlighted, including discussion of cave
art. We will discuss the transition from Mississippian lifeways to those of
the early historic period. Finally, we will draw some comparisons between
Mississippian and Hohokam/Salado archaeology. Jay Franklin retired as a
Professor of Anthropology from East Tennessee State University in 2019 and
now is Director of Cultural Resources and a Principal Investigator for
EcoPlan Associates, Inc. in Tucson.
Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request
or by 5 p.m. Friday September 2nd, 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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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Wednesday September 14, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Revolts in Colonial New Spain, 1616-1712” one-session
online adult education class with ethnohistorian Michael M. Brescia, PhD,
sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ
85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). $35 donation ($28 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum)
This two-hour minicourse provides a sweeping conceptual framework for
understanding Indigenous resistance under Spanish colonialism. Arizona State
Museum ethnohistorian Dr. Michael Brescia focuses on three revolts against
the Spanish: the Tepehuan Revolt of 1616-1620 in northwestern
Mexico(Durango), the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 in northern New Mexico and
Arizona, and the Tzeltal Revolt of 1712 in southern Mexico (Chiapas).
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m.
Wednesday September 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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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Thursday September 15, 2022: Online
(An Encore from March 17)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free
Zoom online program featuring “The Sinagua: Fact or Fiction?” presentation
by archaeologist Peter J. Pilles, Jr.
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free.
“Sinagua” is the name first coined in 1939 to refer to the
pre-European people who inhabited the Flagstaff region of north-central
Arizona. But what, exactly, does this mean? Does Sinagua refer to a
geographic area, a specific kind of pottery, an actual grouping of people,
or is it something else? These are difficult questions this presentation
will attempt to explore. The Sinagua archaeological area of Arizona has been
considered a cultural “frontier,” characterized as a blend of other
cultures, yet unique enough to warrant its own cultural designation.
However, over the years, this uniqueness dissolved as old interpretations
were no longer satisfactorily explaining what archaeologists were finding.
By the 1960s, new areas of study and new explanatory models were developed.
However, these paradigm shifts have failed to satisfactorily answer the
questions posed by past interpretations. These shifts beg the major
questions: Who were the Sinagua, how do they fit into the “Big Picture” of
Southwest prehistory, and what happened to the culture? In order to bring
closure to these questions, archaeologists need to explain how past
questions have been . . . not exactly the wrong questions, but they need to
be re-fitted and examined under a different lens, focused by degrees of
scale. This presentation will attempt to illustrate these different
approaches, as well as to demonstrate that the concept of “Sinagua” is both
fact AND fiction.
Archaeologist Peter Pilles has studied the Southwest’s Sinagua
archaeological culture for decades. In this presentation (rescheduled from
March 17 when he was unable to share his PowerPoint file) he will give an
overview of Sinagua and how it related to the surrounding, contemporary
Hohokam, Mogollon, Ancestral Pueblo, and Patayan cultures.
To register go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hLUS_B7-R_exp0XxQAKrBw>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hLUS_B7-R_exp0XxQAKrBw. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation,
we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be
recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made
for this program.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Wednesdays September 21-December 14, 2022 (except skip October 26): Online
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-session online adult
education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time through Nov. 5th) each Wednesday. $99 donation ($80 for
members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society
[AAS], and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum); 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
12 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
– The Hohokam of Southern Arizona” 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 p.m. Friday September 16, 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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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Thursday September 22, 2022: 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 a.m. to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour
expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and
traditional cultures.
The 2022 autumn equinox occurs on September 22 at 6:04 p.m.
Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; Sept. 23,
1:04 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox 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 p.m.
Monday September 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Tuesdays October 4 and 18, 2022: Online
“Understanding Indigenous Mexico through the Maya and Aztec Codices”
two-session online adult education class with ethnohistorian Michael M.
Brescia, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577,
Tucson AZ 85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time) each Tuesday. $50 donation ($40 for members of Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum)
Mesoamerican codices are documents created by Maya, Aztec, and other
Indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central America before and after the
Spanish conquest. The codex tradition provided Indigenous peoples with a
voice amid the dramatic changes that were taking place all around them. In
this Old Pueblo course, Arizona State Museum ethnohistorian Dr. Michael
Brescia examines the manuscript culture of ancient Mexico and what the
codices reveal about the political, economic, social, and cultural rhythms
of daily life for the Maya and Aztec societies of Mesoamerica. He will tease
out multiple dimensions of pre-Columbian Maya society as manifested in
codices such as the Dresden Codex and the Grolier Codex, the latter having
only been authenticated by scholars in 2018. He will discuss links between
the Maya codices and scholarly efforts to crack the so-called Maya code (a
hieroglyphic writing system), and the changes and continuities in Aztec
(Mexica) society that are revealed in several codices and writings produced
just before and right after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec confederation
in 1521.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m.
Tuesday September 27, whichever is earlier. To register or for more
information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
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Saturday October 8, 2022: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson
9 a.m. to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members; 50% off for persons who have
taken this class previously)
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points
and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and
equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people
understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended
to train students how to make artwork for sale. Limited to six registrants.
All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical
distancing during the workshop to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m.
Thursday October 6, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Friday & Saturday November 18 & 19, 2022: Central Arizona
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Salado, Whatever that Means” tour
with archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart starting in northwest corner of
Walmart parking lot at 1695 N. Arizona Blvd., Coolidge, Arizona
9 a.m. Friday to 1 p.m. or later Saturday. $99 donation per person
($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum
members) includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no
transportation, lodging, or meals.
Archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart lead this car-caravan
educational tour to central Arizona archaeological sites representing the
“Salado phenomenon.” What does “Salado” mean? Was Salado a distinct
precontact-era culture like the Ancestral Pueblo, Hohokam, Mogollon, and
Patayan cultures (all of which were at least partly contemporary with
Salado)? If not, then what was Salado exactly? During this tour, Rich and Al
will discuss these ideas during visits to the Casa Grande Ruins in Coolidge
and Besh Ba Gowah Pueblo and Gila Pueblo on Friday, and Tonto National
Monument’s Lower Cliff Dwelling and the Schoolhouse Point Platform Mound
archaeological site near Roosevelt Lake on Saturday. On the drive from
Coolidge to Globe, participants will see spectacular central Arizona
mountains and scenery including Queen Creek Canyon, Devil's Canyon, and the
fabled Apache Leap. There are several restaurant options in Globe for Friday
lunch and dinner and Saturday breakfast. Participants provide their own
lodging, meals, and transportation.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m.
Friday November 11, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Monday December 5, 2022: Online or by mail
Monday December 5 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to get your tickets from
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle”
of a 2022 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid Pickup Truck, two first-class
round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash. Ticket
sales will benefit Old Pueblo and other southern Arizona charities!
Cost: Five tickets for $100 or $25 for each single ticket.
On Thursday December 15 Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give
away a 2022 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid Pickup Truck in a raffle to raise
millions of dollars for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern
Arizona nonprofit organizations. With your contribution you could win this
fantastic 2022 vehicle – or the second prize of two first-class round-trip
airline tickets to anywhere in the world or the third prize of $5,000 in
cash! And 100% of your contribution will support Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our sales of the tickets
for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle”!
Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs
for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help.
The drawing will be held on December 15. Winner consents to be photographed
and for his or her name and likeness to be used by the Jim Click Automotive
Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and
advertising purposes.
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle your request
for tickets and your donation for them must be received by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center no later than 5 p.m. Monday December 5th so we can turn
in all of our sold tickets to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator
later that week. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and
must return all unsold tickets; therefore, 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 for your
tickets, 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.
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. To see a
33-second video that the Jim Click Automotive Team has put together about
the Ford 2022 Maverick Pickup you can visit
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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
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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