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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.)
* From North Texas Archeological Society: Clovis Fluted Points in Texas: A Further Update to the TCFPS, 4th Edition with Alan M. Slade (August 11; TCFPS is Texas Clovis Fluted Point Survey): <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmkCZho6_0> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmkCZho6_0.
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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 For activities marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are advised to confirm dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.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.
Ongoing through July 2, 2024: Santa Fe, NM
“Here, Now and Always” exhibition
at the New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe*
Hours 10 am-5 pm daily. Admission $9 ($5 for NM residents), 16 and younger free.
Originally shown in 1937, the “Here, Now and Always” exhibition that reopened in the MIAC’s Amy Rose Bloch Wing features more than 600 objects from the museum’s collection. More importantly, it continues to express a fundamental truth about the quintessence of Native communities in the Southwest. This new iteration of the exhibition also includes contemporary narratives from the next generation of Indigenous people in the Southwest as well as updated technology and state-of-the-art exhibition design. Like the 1937 iteration, it is organized around core themes of Emergence, Cycles, Ancestors, Community and Home, Trade and Exchange, Language and Song, Arts and Survival and Resilience.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://www.indianartsandculture.org/> https://www.indianartsandculture.org/ or contact MIAC at 505-476-1269 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturdays August 13, September 10, or October 15, 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=4159&qid=546324> August 13 or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=4160&qid=546324> September 10 or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=4161&qid=546324> October 15.
Wednesday August 17, 2022: Online
“Felines in Pecos River Style Rock Art” free presentation by Shumla Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholar Diana Radillo Rolón, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12-1 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Free.
Big cats (felines) in Pecos River Style rock art stand out for their great size and artistic magnificence but also for their variety of features. In this month's presentation, Shumla’s postdoctoral visiting scholar Dr. Diana Radillo Rolón will talk about general and specific categories used to document felines and how the data obtained could help to find patterns and repetitive elements associated with cultural meanings. The presentation will be in English this time, and Diana will present it in Spanish later this year.
* 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]
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 pm 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.
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Saturday August 20, 2022: Tucson
“Traditional O'odham Agriculture” free demonstrations by Maegan Lopez and Sterling Johnson sponsored by Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace and Ajo Community Supported Agriculture at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
8 a.m.-noon. $5 per person suggested donation.
Tohono O'odham Nation members Maegan Lopez and Sterling Johnson will be in the garden talking about, and demonstrating, O'odham agricultural techniques and crops. This is a learning experience for volunteers and the public alike. Questions are encouraged!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <http://www.tucsonsbirthplace.org> www.tucsonsbirthplace.org or call 520-955-5200.
Saturday August 20, 2022: Dragoon, AZ
“Architecture Tour at Amerind” led by preservation architect Bob Vint at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
10-11:30 am. $20.
Preservation architect Bob Vint of Tucson will lead a tour of the Amerind's beautiful historic campus. This marvelous set of buildings was designed for the Amerind's founder, William Shirley Fulton, by the renowned Tucson architect Merritt Howard Starkweather, and built in stages between 1936 and 1959. The style is Mediterranean revival with Moorish influences. Starkweather also designed the Arizona Inn, among many other important buildings in and around Tucson. The tour will begin at the top of the hill in the courtyard of the Fulton Seminar House - the first structure built at the Amerind - and will conclude at the Fulton-Hayden Memorial Library & Art Gallery. In between, we will view the archaeology galleries, and have a behind-the-scenes look at the Amerind repository, where artifacts in the collection not on display are preserved. We will experience a cross-section of the Amerind's buildings and its natural hillside setting. Bob Vint has practiced architecture in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California, and Massachusetts since 1986. Among his many projects are the preservation of the Mission San Xavier del Bac; the design of the San Xavier Franciscan Friary and San Xavier Mission School; the preservation master plan for the Amerind Museum; Linda Ronstadt's Tucson residence; and the main entrance of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/architecture-tour-at-amerind-with-bob-vint-tickets-389670604267> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/architecture-tour-at-amerind-with-bob-vint-tickets-389670604267.
Saturday August 20, 2022: Chandler, AZ
“Miners, Cowboys and Washerwomen: The Worksongs of Arizona” free presentation with Jay Craváth at Chandler Downtown Library, 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler, AZ, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
10:30 am-12 pm. Free.
(Also see August 31 and September 10 announcements.)
In a narrative and musical portrait of working-class music, Dr. Jay Craváth explores its roots and rhythms in Arizona. From Hopi basket songs, the Yavapai acorn gathering songs, to the cotton fields of Chandler and the crooked streets of Jerome, songs were companions to the immigrants who explored and built our state. Through performance and discussion, these tales, which reveal so much of the nature and character of a people, are explored. Jay Craváth is a composer, writer and scholar in the field of music, humanities and Indigenous studies. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/miners-cowboys-and-washerwomen-the-worksongs-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-5/> https://azhumanities.org/event/miners-cowboys-and-washerwomen-the-worksongs-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-5/ or call 480-782-2800.
Saturday August 20, 2022: Tucson
“Celebrate All Things S-cuk Sọn/Tucson 247+ Years” free celebration at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
Gates open at 6 pm, program starts at 6:30. Free.
Presented by the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and the Presidio Museum, “Celebrate All Things S-cuk sọn/Tucson” is an annual tradition held on the day that is the official founding of modern-day Tucson. This free fiesta held at the Presidio Museum will include mariachis, dancing with Ballet Folklorico Los MexTucaz, Waila music with Gertie and the T.O. Boyz, Chinese Lion Dance and yoyo presentation with the Chinese Cultural Center, family activities, cash taco bar, cash bar, desserts, and fun, with opening remarks by elected officials including Mayor Regina Romero. Visitors also will have the opportunity to discover the region’s rich history through family crafts and demonstrations from community partners including Archaeology Southwest, Arizona Historical Society, Buffalo Soldiers Southern Arizona Chapters, Empire Ranch Foundation, Fort Lowell Cavalry, Fort Lowell Museum, Himdag Ki: Cultural Center and Museum, Ignite Sign Museum, Jewish History Museum and Holocaust Center, Mexican American Heritage and History Museum, Mission Garden, Mormon Battalion, Presidio Garrison, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Alliance, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center, Tucson Museum of Art, Vail Preservation Society, and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center!
* 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]
Saturday 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 pm. $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. Click on the date link for more information or to register: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=4155&qid=546324> August 20, or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=4156&qid=546324> September 17, or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=4157&qid=546324> October 15.
August 20, September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, 2022: Florence, TX
“Guided Tours of the Gault Site” offered by the Gault School of Archaeological Research through the Bell County Museum (Belton, Texas) or the Williamson Museum (Georgetown, Texas) at the Gault archaeological site, 3433 FM 2843, Florence, Texas*
9 am-noon. $10 (ages 10 and under free). Bell County Museum dates August 20, October 8, and December 10. Williamson Museum dates September 10 and November 12.
The Gault School of Archaeological Research (Austin, Texas) offers guided tours of the Gault archaeological site in partnership with the Bell County Museum and the Williamson Museum. Gault, about 40 miles north of Austin, Texas, has produced evidence of almost continuous human occupation starting at least 16,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest reliably dated sites in North and South America. For decades most archaeologists believed that the Clovis Paleoindian people, who made distinctive projectile points and other stone artifacts, were the first to arrive in the Americas about 13,500 years ago and that they quickly spread throughout the Americas. Gault and other earlier sites have refuted the “Clovis First” idea. The Gault site contains pre-Clovis strata with evidence of human occupation and has produced evidence that Clovis people were full-range hunter-gatherers rather than just hunters of mammoths and other big-game animals. Gault’s upper geological layers have Archaic (9,000 to 1200 years before present) and late precontact (1200 to 500 BP) archaeological material. Gault also was a source of high-quality Edwards Plateau chert, which was used for making flaked stone tools that have been found as far away as northern Colorado.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and reservations contact the Bell County Museum at 254-933-5243 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or the Williamson Museum 512-943-1670 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For information about the Gault site visit <https://www.gaultschool.org/> https://www.gaultschool.org/.
Tuesday & Wednesday August 23 & 24, 2022: Albuquerque
“The National Historic Preservation Act” training offered by Jornada Research Institute (JRI, Tularosa, NM) at US Bureau of Reclamation Albuquerque Area Office, 555 Broadway Blvd NE, Albuquerque*
9 am each day. $175 ($160 for JRI members, $150 students)
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires federal agencies to assess potential effects of their undertakings on properties that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), write agreement documents, and consult with American Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations as well as other stakeholders such as irrigation and conservation districts. JRI’s two-day training course on the NHPA is designed to provide a foundation to learn about, understand, and assist with implementing requirements of the NHPA. The course is designed for anyone who at some time may be part of the compliance and review process for undertakings covered under the NHPA and for understanding how it relates to other laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This training will be useful not only to federal employees and cultural resource management (CRM) professionals but also to individuals and organizations engaged in economic development projects that involve federal funding, permits, or leases, all of which initiate the NRHP historic properties evaluation process).
* 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 August 24, 2022: Online
“Fieldwork While Female” free online presentation with archaeologist Bonnie Pitblado, PhD, sponsored by Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, Norman*
6-7 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
In this first event in the Sam Noble Museum’s free “Fieldwork While Female” speaker series, Dr. Bonnie Pitblado tells about her research and experiences as a woman in science. Dr. Pitblado is an archaeologist with interests in the initial peopling of the Western Hemisphere more than 13,000 years ago, and particularly in the earliest human use of the Rocky Mountains. She has spent 25 years exploring when, why, and how Indigenous people began using the high-altitude environments of the Rockies, and is both passionate about, and committed to community-engaged archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvceurrjkrE9z8rIIj4mvBFhmusbdVkBaX> https://oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvceurrjkrE9z8rIIj4mvBFhmusbdVkBaX.
Thursday August 25, 2022: Online
“Past Meets Present: A Conversation Between Two Mesa Verde Superintendents” free online presentation with Kayci Cook-Collins and Joe Sindelar playing Jesse Nusbaum, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
What if Jesse Nusbaum, one of Mesa Verde's early superintendents, could see the park today? Nusbaum served as superintendent several times in the early years of the park. He planned and supervised the development of the Chapin Mesa Historic District, including the Headquarters Building, Chief Rangers Office, and Chapin Mesa Museum. He also worked to enforce and to educate the public about the 1906 Antiquities Act, which created federal protection for archaeological resources such as those in Mesa Verde. Kayci Cook-Collins, the current superintendent of Mesa Verde, has a long and distinguished career as a third generation National Park Service manager. She faces continuing and new challenges in managing park resources, personnel, and infrastructure. The Chapin Historic District buildings approach 100 years in age, roads require ongoing maintenance and repair, and archaeological sites require ongoing monitoring and stabilization. Climate change, a concept unknown to Nusbaum, creates a variety of impacts to the natural and cultural resources of Mesa Verde. What if Jesse and Kayci could have a chat? Join Kayci as she ponders the challenges and rewards of managing a world class archaeological park with “Jesse” – character-played by Joe Sindelar, a lifelong educator with a career in elementary/middle school teaching that spanned four decades. Joe also was a seasonal interpretive ranger at Mesa Verde who became hooked on the place and the story of the ancient people who lived there.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Past-Meets-Present-A-Conversation-Between-Two-Mesa-Verde-Superintendents-w-Cook-Collins--Sindelar> https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Past-Meets-Present-A-Conversation-Between-Two-Mesa-Verde-Superintendents-w-Cook-Collins--Sindelar.
Saturday August 27, 2022: Mesa, AZ
“Arizona Goes to the Movies: A Filmmaking History” free presentation with historian Jim Turner at Mesa Public Library-Red Mountain Branch, 635 N. Power Rd., Mesa, AZ; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
11 am-12 pm. Free.
From Douglas Fairbanks filming in Nogales in 1917 to “How the West Was Won” statewide in 1963, the state of Arizona has always been a photogenic favorite for movie producers. This program looks from “Real to Reel” to see how Hollywood has affected popular views of Western settlement and continues to impact social interactions. The show runs the gamut from Tom Mix to Val Kilmer with information about the plots, players, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about Tom Mix, Jean Harlow, John Wayne, and Elvis in this history of Arizona-filmed movies from silents to Cinemascope. Before retiring from the Arizona Historical Society, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He is author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-goes-to-the-movies-a-filmmaking-history-with-jim-turner-5/> https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-goes-to-the-movies-a-filmmaking-history-with-jim-turner-5/ or call 480-644-3100.
Saturdays/Sundays August 28, September 24, or October 23, 2022: Tucson
“Mansions of Main Avenue Walking Tour” starting at the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8-10 am (9-11 am 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=3249&qid=523253> Sunday, August 28 or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3250&qid=523253> Saturday, September 24 or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=3251&qid=523253> Sunday, October 23.
Monday August 29, 2022: Online
“Mesoamerican Influences on Southwest Rock Art” free online presentation with archaeologist Michael Ruggeri sponsored by The Aztlander online magazine*
7 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
Mesoamerican influence began to filter into the American Southwest as early as 300 CE and continued to play a role in the cultures of that area right up to the Conquest. Mesoamerican architectural concepts, religious concepts, iconography, and world views found their way into the Southwest by way of long distance trade in scarlet macaws, cacao, copper bells, pyrite, shell trumpets, and ornaments from Mesoamerica. These trade items were accompanied by major religious themes and beliefs that included major Mesoamerican deities such as Tlaloc the rain god, the plumed serpent Quetzalcoatl, the Venus symbolism connected to warfare and duality, the Hero twins. These major religious themes found their expression in the Southwest in pottery, in religious ritual, and in rock art. Mike Ruggeri will provide an illustrated tour showing the influence of these Mesoamerican deities and religious concepts in the rock art of the Southwest, which stretches across a vast area through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Four Corners region of the Southwest.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84881706136> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84881706136 on the event date to join the session.
Saturday August 31, 2022: Chandler, AZ
“Miners, Cowboys and Washerwomen: The Worksongs of Arizona” free presentation with Jay Craváth at Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library, 1595 Johnson Dr., Lakeside, AZ, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
3-4:30 pm. Free.
For a description of this talk see the August 20 announcement.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/miners-cowboys-and-washerwomen-the-worksongs-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-4/> https://azhumanities.org/event/miners-cowboys-and-washerwomen-the-worksongs-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-4/ or call 928-368-6688.
Saturday September 3, 2022: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to Halo Shelter and the Devils River” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center (Shumla) starting at Shumla, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 am-6 pm. $160.
Halo Shelter sits within a small tributary of Dead Man’s Creek on a private ranch in Val Verde County. Halo boasts one of the best-preserved Pecos River Style pictograph panels in the region. The site gets its name from a unique motif of rayed lines extending from an arch over the top of several figures’ heads. The Devils River is one of the last wild rivers in Texas and a haven for adventurers. Access to this spring-fed river is extremely limited and is one of the reasons why this river has remained one of Texas’ most protected treasures.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday September 4, 2022: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to Painted Shelter and Shumla HQ” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center (Shumla), starting at Shumla, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 am-1 pm. $80.
Painted Shelter is located in an unnamed tributary canyon of the Rio Grande on private property. Shumla will access this site with permission from the landowner. A spring-fed stream runs in front of the rock art panel and creates several long pools through the site. Major flash flood events have washed out most of the archaeological deposits, but there is a remnant burned rock midden and lithic scatter on the bedrock benches in front of the shelter. Painted Shelter is home to the best-preserved examples of the Red Monochrome style rock art, as well as remnant Pecos River Style murals.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday September 8, 2022: Saddlebrooke, AZ
“Paper Sons: Tales of Chain Migration in Tucson” free presentation with Li Yang sponsored by Friends of the SaddleBrooke Libraries and Arizona Humanities at Desertview Theater, 39900 Clubhouse Dr., Saddlebrooke, AZ*
4-5 pm. Free.
A “paper son” is a term used for young Chinese immigrants coming to the United States prior to 1943 who claimed to be a son of a citizen but were, in fact, sons on paper only. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed to curb Chinese immigration to the U.S. The passage of this federal law and many other legislations subsequently ushered in a long period in the U.S. history when the Chinese were systematically and severely restricted from entering the country and excluded from becoming naturalized citizens. To counter these unjust, discriminatory legislations, the Chinese created ingenious ways of bringing in their close kin, clan relatives or even fellow villagers. Using false identities and claiming to be sons of American citizens of Chinese ancestry was one of the most widely adopted immigration strategies. But such processes were long, complex and painful and had enduring negative effects on the lives and psyches of the immigrants involved, as revealed by the stories of the paper sons among the Gin clan in Tucson’s Chinese community.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/paper-sons-tales-of-chain-migration-in-tucson-with-li-yang/> https://azhumanities.org/event/paper-sons-tales-of-chain-migration-in-tucson-with-li-yang/, call 520-818-1000, or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday September 9, 2022: Flagstaff
“AAC Fall Conference” sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological Council at Northern Arizona University’s du Bois South Union, 306 E. Pine Knoll Dr., Flagstaff*
9 am-4 pm. Registration fee TBA.
The theme of this year’s AAC fall conference is “Best Practices and Ethical Approaches to Arizona’s Archaeology.” Archaeologists have long focused on developing better approaches to the methodology and interpretive frameworks of their discipline, and Arizona archaeologists have strived to be at the forefront of such advances. This year’s conference will focus on ethical approaches to archaeology and the protection and preservation of cultural resources in a multiperspective and inclusive space, including addressing issues of sexual harassment, racial and social injustice, and gender equality as well as confronting archaeology’s colonial legacy as a discipline. The conference will conclude with a panel discussion “Managing the Future: Training, Opportunities, and Directions in Arizona Archaeology.”
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Jim Watson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 pm Saturday to 1 pm 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 pm Friday September 2nd, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday September 10, 2022: Chandler, AZ
“Miners, Cowboys and Washerwomen: The Worksongs of Arizona” free presentation with Jay Craváth at the Phippen Museum, 4701 U.S. Hwy 89N, Prescott, AZ, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
1-2:30 pm. Free.
For a description of this talk see the August 20 announcement.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/miners-cowboys-and-washerwomen-the-worksongs-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-3/> https://azhumanities.org/event/miners-cowboys-and-washerwomen-the-worksongs-of-arizona-with-jay-cravath-3/ or call 928-778-1385.
Sunday -Friday September 11-16, 2022: Fish Lake, UT
“AHP: Fishlake NF Recreation Residence Survey” HistoriCorps and Fishlake National Forest offer volunteer-assisted historic buildings survey in the Fish Lake vicinity of the Fishlake National Forest, Utah*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm Sunday; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
HistoriCorps’ Architectural History Program (AHP) has partnered with the Fishlake National Forest to survey recreational residence tracts for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places, which will provide the Forest with critical data that will determine how aging residence properties will be managed for future generations. The AHP engages volunteers who will travel to different sites to collect the necessary data to help our national forests determine how they manage their lands for future generations. Activities include traveling from site to site photographing, measuring, and investigating numerous structures on each tract. Requires camping, walking and standing for the majority of the 8- to 9-hour days in varying terrain and weather, and knowledge of digital camera and tablet (e.g., iPad) use. Volunteers provide their own transportation and camping equipment. HistoriCorps provides campsite, training, all tools and equipment, and project management. No dogs.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://historicorps.org/ahp-fishlake-nf-recreation-residence-survey-id-2022/> https://historicorps.org/ahp-fishlake-nf-recreation-residence-survey-id-2022/.
Sunday-Friday September 11-16, 2022: Near Nederland, CO
“Hessie Cabin, CO 2022” HistoriCorps and Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest offer volunteer-assisted rehabilitation and repair project near Nederland, Colorado*
Arrive Sunday evening; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
The small gold-mining camp town of Hessie grew up between 1895 and 1905, supported about 80 residents, and had several stores, a schoolhouse, a boarding house, a sawmill, and residences at its peak. Kennewick Cabin is one of the few standing residential structures left there from Boulder County’s mining history. It is an excellent example of the type of cabin that Front Range miners lived and worked in during the 19th century. Volunteers will help rebuild the cabin’s interior floor system, perform interior and exterior wood chinking and lime mortar daubing, interior painting, rehabilitate windows and door, install wood burning stove and stovepipe through metal roof, and perform miscellaneous carpentry repairs. Tents, truck campers, campervans, and RVs/trailers can access this campsite but there are no hookups and RV spacing may be tight. Potable water and restrooms will be available. High clearance vehicles are recommended. No dogs. Historicorps provides all meals, tools, and training; volunteers are responsible for their own transit to the site as well as personal camping equipment, work gloves, work clothes, and sturdy boots (no sneakers/light hikers).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://historicorps.org/hessie-co-2022/> https://historicorps.org/hessie-co-2022/.
Sundays-Fridays September 11-16, September 18-23, September 25-30, or October 2-7, 2022: Near Aspen, CO
“Hunter Creek Shop, CO 2022” HistoriCorps and Hunter Creek Historical Foundation offer volunteer-assisted rehabilitation and repair project just outside Aspen, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm Sunday; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
Lack of public funding has allowed structures on this 60-acre site at 8,000 ft elevation to deteriorate to a state of near oblivion. HistoriCorps volunteers will excavate sill timbers, pour concrete footers and infill with local field stones, perform a frame repair and replacement to sill timbers, wall studs, and roof system, replace the corrugated metal roof, execute wooden siding repair and replacement, apply exterior weathering solutions to siding and metal roofing, and more. Historicorps provides all meals, tools, and training. Volunteers are responsible for their own transit to the site as well as personal camping equipment, work gloves, work clothes, and sturdy boots (no sneakers/light hikers). Tent camping is recommended. There is limited road access to the project site for truck campers and campervans. No dogs.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://historicorps.org/hunter-creek-shop-co-2022/> https://historicorps.org/hunter-creek-shop-co-2022/.
Mondays September 12-November 28, 2022
(except skip October 24): Online
“An Overview of Mississippian Archaeology of the Eastern US” 11-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 pm 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 pm 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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Monday-Friday September 12–16, 2022: Near Cortez, CO
“Archaeology Research Program: Hawkins Preserve Archaeological Survey” research participation program sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 County Road K, Cortez, Colorado*
Times TBA. $400.
Members of the public are invited to join Crow Canyon Archaeological Center’s archaeological survey of the Hawkins Preserve along the banks of McElmo Creek. As “citizen scientists,” participants will conduct research and in-field artifact analyses alongside archaeologists to help build new, relevant understandings of the past. Highlights include studying the effects of human impacts on the natural environment through time, and how humans have responded to environmental change; learning about technological innovations and sustainability of cultures past and present; variables that shape the development of human societies, providing an appreciation for cultural diversity and social frameworks; seeing how human history unfolded across the landscape of the Mesa Verde region; and gaining transferable skills in cultural and scientific literacy. Ages 18 and up, participants provide their own accommodations, meals, and transportation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://www.crowcanyon.org/archaeology-research-program/> https://www.crowcanyon.org/archaeology-research-program/.
Tuesday September 13, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online program featuring a presentation by a Native American guest speaker, 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.
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_I6V1sk2PTEukauXCO3Dv4Q> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I6V1sk2PTEukauXCO3Dv4Q. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
Wednesday September 14, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Forms of Resistance and Revolt in Colonial Mexico” 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 pm 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 taught by Arizona State Museum historian Dr. Michael Brescia provides a sweeping conceptual framework for understanding Indigenous resistance under Spanish colonialism. Invoking an all-powerful deity to effect radical changes in the social and political order has deep roots in the Indigenous experience under Spanish rule. Efforts to restore or revitalize cultural identity and promote economic security cut across Mexico’s geography and reveal the extent to which religious understandings of material well-being intersected and conflicted with established political power, economic systems, and accepted social norms. Arizona State Museum historian Michael Brescia identifies case studies from Mexico’s colonial period (1521-1810) to illustrate how Indigenous communities filtered their lived experiences through a religious and material framework in an effort to make sense of the challenges and burdens of Spanish colonialism, and how some of them revolted against colonial rule.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm 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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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 pm 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.
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Fridays September 16-October 14, 2022: Online
“Archaeology, Cultures, and Ancient Arts of Southern Arizona” five-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart via Zoom for University of Arizona’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)*
3-4:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). OLLI Greater Tucson (NW, SE) and Green Valley membership fee of $150 for Monsoon/Fall Semester (7/1/2021 to 12/31/2021) classes or $200 for full year (July-June) allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.
This online class will cover four main topics:
1) “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” will summarize and interpret the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest Paleoindians through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the transition to true village life, and the Formative period Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan archaeological cultures and their relationships to Arizona’s historical Native American peoples, to provide context for the archaeological cultures of southern Arizona.
2) “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” will focus on artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of southern Arizona’s Hohokam culture. Items the Hohokam left behind provide archaeologists with clues for interpreting their relationships to the natural world, time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of life.
3) “Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” will provide details about Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in southern Arizona precontact and postcontact eras. The instructor will discuss how archaeologists use pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways of the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam cultures, and of the historical Piman (Tohono O’odham and Akimel O’odham), Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples.
4) “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” features illustrations of southwestern US pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and discussion of how specific rock art symbols are interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives.
Instructor Allen Dart, a Registered Professional Archaeologist, is the executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To join OLLI, download a registration and payment form, or pay and register online visit <http://olli.arizona.edu/> http://olli.arizona.edu/. For more information about OLLI call 520-626-9039.
Saturday September 17, 2022: Sedona, AZ
“Celebration of Life in In Remembrance of Dr. David R. Wilcox” free gathering sponsored by Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society (VVCAAS), at Sedona Elks Lodge, 110 Airport Rd., Sedona, Arizona*
3:30 pm. Free.
The Verde Valley Chapter AAS will host a special memorial for its longtime chapter advisor archaeologist Dr. David R. Wilcox. This event is open to everyone and anyone who would like to honor our good friend and colleague of many years. The VVCAAS will provide a sit-down dinner for all attendees. A cash bar opens at 3 pm. There will be time for those who wish to share your times, thoughts, working and relationship with and for Dr. Dave. Masks are encouraged except when eating or speaking, but not mandatory.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To be on the list for dinner one must RSVP by September 10 to VVCAAS President Linda Krumrie at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Dr. David Wilcox’s recent death is a great loss to the entire archaeological community. Among his achievements, too numerous to list in total:
* Ph.D., University of Arizona
* Numerous American Southwest and northwestern Mexico field studies
* Greatly advanced the knowledge of the Hohokam culture
* 20+ years on staff at Museum of Northern Arizona
* Associated and supported many activities of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
* Byron Cummings Award for Outstanding Contributions in Archaeology, Anthropology, or Ethnology, Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), 2007
* Professional Archaeologist of the year, Arizona Archaeological Society, 2008
* Arizona Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Archaeology, 2009
* -100+ peer-reviewed publications including books and journal articles
(Information courtesy of Linda Krumrie and AAHS.)
September 19, 2022: Online
“Re-viewing the Dishes: Considering the Place of Salado Polychrome Ceramics in the Phoenix Basin” free online presentation by Caitlin Wichlacz, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
How were Salado Polychrome (Roosevelt Red Ware) ceramics incorporated into Phoenix basin Hohokam ceramic assemblages during the late Classic period? Understanding the roles and relations of Salado pottery within local assemblages is important to building a better understanding of the social and material meanings of engagement with Salado ideas, objects, and practices. As simple as the idea may seem, situating Salado pottery in assemblage contexts proves to be quite challenging, and for a variety of surprising and illuminating reasons. This presentation explores a portion of Caitlin Wichlacz’s current research on vessel form analysis and explores what can be learned about archaeological research and the archaeological record by carefully examining both the data and challenges along the way.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details or to register visit <https://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/event/caitlin-wichlacz-tba/> https://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/event/caitlin-wichlacz-tba/ or contact Fran Maiuri at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 pm 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 pm 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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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 am 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 pm Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; Sept. 23, 1:04 am 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 pm Monday September 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [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 pm 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 pm Tuesday September 27, 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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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 am 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 pm Thursday October 6, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Sunday October 16, 2022: Payson, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Central Arizona Tradition Archaeological Sites Tour” guided by archaeologist J. Scott Wood starting at Goat Camp Ruin in Payson, Arizona
12-4 pm. $40 donation ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) includes Old Pueblo’s expenses and access to sites but no transportation, lodging, or meals.
Scott Wood leads Old Pueblo’s car-caravan tour to archaeological sites of the Central Arizona Tradition (CAT). What is that? It’s a name that archaeologists Peter Pilles and Scott Wood gave to a cultural lifeway that developed around 300 CE in central Arizona just north of the Salt River valley. The CAT was characterized by small wickiup-like pithouses, some larger bean-shaped houses, and plain brown paddle-and-anvil-made pottery, without any locally made decorated ceramics. The CAT lasted until about 500 CE when people in most parts of the area began to be assimilated into the Hohokam, Mogollon-Pueblo, and Sinagua cultures that developed all around central Arizona. Scott will show us two CAT archaeological sites: Goat Camp Ruin, where he has been leading excavations since 2008, and Shoofly Village, where Arizona State University conducted excavations in the mid-1980s. Payson offers numerous restaurant and lodging options. Participants provide their own lodging, meals, and transportation. Directions to the meeting place will be provided to persons who have made reservations.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday October 13, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Thursday October 20, 2022: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “A Conversation about Indigenous Archaeology” presentation by Kerry F. Thompson, PhD, 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
Stumbling on archaeology as a career at the age of 19, Dr. Kerry F. Thompson’s negotiation of her Diné identity with a career in archaeology has taken her from Archaeological Technician at the Navajo Nation to Department Chair at Northern Arizona University. Join her in this conversation from her home on the Navajo Nation in Leupp, Arizona. She invites your questions about archaeology, academia, Diné culture and identities, Indigenous archaeology, rez dogs, and any other related topic. We may not get all the answers we seek but the conversation is bound to be interesting!
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.
Thursday November 17, 2022: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Navajo Pueblitos of Dinetah” presentation by archaeologist Ronald H. Towner, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson
7 to 8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free
Description coming.
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.
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 am Friday to 1 pm 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 pm Friday November 11, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Monday December 5, 2022: Online or by mail
Monday December 5 at 5 pm 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 pm 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 <https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/2ZW58mE78o/dXMtYWRhODlhMzAtN2Q0My00YjliLTlmYzgtNzk5YzhiNTE0NTRi> https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/2ZW58mE78o/dXMtYWRhODlhMzAtN2Q0My00YjliLTlmYzgtNzk5YzhiNTE0NTRi.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about this fundraiser send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Millions for Tucson flyer” in your email subject line.
Thursday December 15, 2022: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Tracking the First Americans across the White Sands” presentation by archaeologist Vance Holliday, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free
The question of when people first arrived in the Americas, based on scientific evidence, has been argued for decades and even centuries. For many years the conventional answer was about 13,000 years ago with the appearance of people who made distinctive artifacts called Clovis points (named for a famous archaeological site near Clovis, New Mexico). Other sites have been proposed as being older than Clovis. A few early occupations ca. 14,000 to ca. 16,000 years old were about the oldest well-documented sites accepted by most (but not all) archaeologists. The White Sands locality changed that for many archaeologists. The site provides convincing evidence that humans were in what is now southern New Mexico between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago. That is the oldest obvious case we have. Human activity in the form of footprints is quite clear and numerous and the dating is solid. At other sites considered older than Clovis, often there are debates over the age or presence of humans, which is usually based on interpretations of broken rocks or bones as tools. The time range for the tracks at White Sands is significant because it puts people in the Americas during the last Ice Age, which means they were likely here sooner, before the last Ice Age covered essentially all of Canada from coast to coast maybe 25,000+ years ago.
To register go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WaNXdpOkRqarLzJO17MXgQ> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WaNXdpOkRqarLzJO17MXgQ. 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.
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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 <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/> 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 <http://www.oldpueblo.org> 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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