For Immediate Release
Table of Contents
Some Thank-Yous
Some News Items
Some Online Resources
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Activities in the Coming Month
Other Upcoming Activities
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
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SOME THANK-YOUS
This month we thank the following folks (in somewhat alphabetical order) who have joined or rejoined Old Pueblo Archaeology Center as members or who have made donations to support our general education programs since our previous first-of-the-month email broadcast: Amy Ashley, Marilyn Bauer, Jean Scholl Berg, William S. Bryan, Elizabeth Butler, Judi Cameron, Al Dart, Butch Farabee, Thomas N. Foster, Kimberly Heintzman, Allison Hayward, Clifford Kessler, Robert E. Kryta, Aleta Lawrence, Melissa Loeschen, Nancy Major, Kyle Meredith, National Rifle Association, Fred Novy, David W. Robert, Mark Rosacker, Santa Fe Ranch Foundation, Cheryl Scannell, Timothy K. Schlueter, Richard Stern, Jane Stone, Sharon Strachan, Robert Tulloh, Wendy Thuring, Robert E. Van Groningen, Frank J. Walker, Jr., Esther White, David A. Wickhorst, John W. Williams, and one donor who asked to remain anonymous.
Thank you all so much!
SOME NEWS ITEMS
Work Resumes on Sabino Canyon Ruin Project Documentation and Report:
Donations Requested
From 1995-2001, Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center operated its first public archaeology education and research program at the Sabino Canyon Ruin archaeological site northeast of Tucson, in cooperation with the Fenster School of Southern Arizona, which owned part of that site. Previous digs there had established that it was a large settlement occupied by people of the Hohokam archaeological culture between 1100 and 1350 CE, but not much else was known because none of the previous investigations were ever published.
Old Pueblo’s research at the Sabino Canyon Ruin was conducted as an archaeological field school open to the public. Through the seven years of fieldwork, over 950 adults and youths received hands-on excavation and in-classroom instruction in southwestern archaeology and history. Old Pueblo’s research at the site determined that the Hohokam occupation began around 1000 and ended some time after 1325. During the program Old Pueblo not only conducted testing and data recovery excavations in several areas of the ruin owned by the Fenster School, but also completed an archaeological survey of virtually all of the public and private lands that include portions of the Sabino Canyon Ruin, with permission of the landowners.
Old Pueblo’s Sabino Canyon Ruin project identified pithouses, above-ground adobe-and-rock-walled housing compounds (including one that appears to have been a Hohokam public use area), outdoor roasting pits, two Hohokam canals, two dog burials, dense precontact refuse deposits (mostly in trash-filled pithouses), and several thousand pottery, stone, bone, seashell, and modeled ceramic artifacts.
Old Pueblo ended fieldwork at the site in June 2001 as a conservation measure, because enough excavation and survey had been done to address the questions originally proposed to guide Old Pueblo’s research in 1995. Postfieldwork documentation and reporting on the field data and artifacts began before the fieldwork was completed and continued intermittently after 2001, but came to a halt around 2008 when Old Pueblo had to deal with severe financial difficulties.
In the years since, the organization has recovered to the point that it now endeavors to complete the project data documentation and reporting. Most of this effort is now being conducted by volunteers, but a huge expense for it is to hire professional specialists to conduct highly detailed documentation and reporting on the pottery and other artifacts that were gathered from the excavations. The ceramic study alone is estimated to cost around $33,000.
The newly begun effort to complete the Sabino Canyon Ruin documentation and report is privately funded with no support from government or universities, and as yet no grants. Therefore, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center seeks tax-deductible contributions to offset some of the costs. If you or someone you know would like to support this effort you can donate by check payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and mailed to PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577 (please write “Sabino Canyon Ruin” in the check memo line); by visiting <http://www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php> www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php and entering the dollar amount you want to pay in place of the web page’s $0.00 figure above the “USD” line (please enter “Sabino Canyon Ruin” in the “Any Questions or Comments?” cell); or by calling Old Pueblo’s Executive Director Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 to authorize a charge to your credit or debit card. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and Diners Club cards.
Phoenix’s Pueblo Grande Museum Renamed
On March 23, 2023, the City of Phoenix's Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park was renamed “S’edav Va’aki Museum” acknowledging the physical site's rich O’Odham heritage. The new name S’edav Va’aki (suh-UH-dahf VAH-ah-kee), which is an O’Odham name that means “Central Vahki” in English, refers to the huge platform mound that was built by the ancient Sonoran Desert People at this central location in the Salt River Valley, and that is preserved at the museum. The new name was approved unanimously by the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board, as was the new tagline “Gateway to Phoenix Heritage.” The board viewed the name change as a means of connecting to the local O’Odham (descendants of the Hohokam archaeological culture) and Piipaash communities.
“The name change reflects our commitment to honoring the Indigenous people who helped build our community thousands of years ago,” said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego in a news release. “I look forward to the continued educational impact this museum will have on all Phoenicians.”
The museum, now listed as a National Historic Landmark, opened in 1929 and now features interpretive trails and exhibits. The Pueblo Grande archaeological site in which it is situated includes the va’aki (platform mound), a Hohokam ballcourt, hundreds of precontact dwelling structures, and irrigation canals. Archaeological excavations were done at the site starting in the nineteenth century.
The museum will begin transitioning signage onsite and online throughout the summer and autumn, and a new logo will be revealed at a reopening event in the fall.
[This information was compiled from <https://pueblogrande.org/> https://pueblogrande.org/ and <https://ktar.com/story/5476528/phoenixs-pueblo-grande-museum-changing-name-to-reflect-indigenous-heritage/> https://ktar.com/story/5476528/phoenixs-pueblo-grande-museum-changing-name-to-reflect-indigenous-heritage/.]
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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.)
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted From the Farms of Marana to Life in New Pascua (March 14 Indigenous Interests presentation by Martha Yrigolla, Pascua Yaqui) on Old Pueblo’s Youtube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s recording of cyberSW: A Digital Gateway to Explore Southwestern US & Northwestern Mexico Archaeology (March 16 Third Thursday Food for Thought presentation by archaeologists Jeffery Clark and Joshua Watts) is now posted on Old Pueblo’s Youtube channel along with videos of many of our other Third Thursday Food for Thought and Indigenous Interests webinar presentations: <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Archaeology Southwest: Collaborative Archaeology and the "Becoming Hopi" Project with Stewart Koyiyumptewa (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office) and Wes Bernardini (University of Redlands): <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-Q3a3jIhM> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-Q3a3jIhM.
* San Juan Basin Archaeological Society: Creating Color in the Chaco World: Spatial Histories of Paint Production at Pueblo Bonito by archaeologist Kelsey Hanson: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzCWg4WLAIs.> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzCWg4WLAIs.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING MONTH
Saturday April 15, 2023: West of Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Civilian Conservation Corps Historic Sites Tour in the Tucson Mountains” with archaeologists Ron Beckwith and Bill Gillespie, starting at Saguaro National Park-Tucson Mountain Unit’s Red Hills Visitor Center, 2700 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson
8:30 am to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of S’edav Va’aki Museum members) donation covers all expenses except Saguaro National Park entry fee and helps support Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The US Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary public work relief program established in 1933, during the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt, to provide Depression-era jobs for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18 to 25. The CCC taught job skills to thousands of young men assigned to CCC camps throughout the nation that were run by the US Army. Enrollees constructed hundreds if not thousands of land-conservation features as well as distinctive and beautiful architecture before the program ended in 1942. This tour will visit Camp Pima (the better preserved of the two camps for CCC enrollees in the Tucson Mountains) and CCC-constructed features in the Ez-Kim-In-Zin, Signal Hill, and Sus picnic areas in Saguaro National Park’s Tucson Mountains Unit. If time permits, we also will view the CCC-constructed Speakers Rock, Cheops Amphitheatre, and other structures nearby in Pima County’s Tucson Mountain Park. Participants are responsible for their own transportation.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday April 10, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 CCC Tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Thursday April 20, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Arizona and the Creation of a Transformed Landscape” by archaeologist William B. Gillespie, 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.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is widely recognized as one of the most successful of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs that helped bring the country out of the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Some 3.5 million unemployed young men enrolled to work outdoors to protect forests, alleviate erosion, and develop the infrastructure of thousands of parks. The CCC was particularly active in southeastern Arizona, with nearly 40 camps, each occupied by approximately 100-200 enrollees, in use at various times between 1933 and 1942. Several agencies took advantage of CCC work crews to make improvements: The US Forest Service focused on fire prevention and constructing new roads, the National Park Service and Arizona’s Pima County emphasized developing infrastructure for recreation, the newly established federal Soil Conservation Service performed extensive erosion-control work, and the less well-documented Indian Division of the CCC employed many O’odham workers to develop new water sources for livestock. Throughout the parks, forests, and deserts of the region, the legacy of the CCC is still very much in evidence. Guest speaker Bill Gillespie is a retired Coronado National Forest archaeologist.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_thTCtZ4TTN2Ie7V-HF7spw> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_thTCtZ4TTN2Ie7V-HF7spw. 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 April Third Thursday flyer” in your email subject line.
OTHER UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
Tuesday April 4, 2023: Online
“Archaeologies that Matter: Heart-Centered Practice, Indigenous Knowledge, and Restorative Justice in Canada” Archaeology Café online lecture by Kisha Supernant presented by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
6 to 7 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Kisha Supernant (University of Alberta) will discuss relationships of heart-centered archaeological practice, Indigenous knowledge, and restorative justice in Canada.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information go to https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/archaeologies-that-matter-heart-centered-practice-indigenous-knowledge-and-restorative-justice-in-canada/.
Thursday April 6, 2023: Online
“Story of Water: Heroes of the Water Monster” free online presentation with author Brian Young sponsored by Arizona Humanities, Phoenix*
6:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time
Join author Brian Young for a reading and conversation about his new book Heroes of the Water Monster, companion to Healer of the Water Monster, which won the American Indian Youth Literature Award. Young will discuss water in the Southwest, how water consumption affects Native communities, and how stories can help us understand environmental issues. Mr. Young, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, got his Bachelor’s in Film Studies from Yale University and his Master’s in Creative Writing Fiction from Columbia University.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejocrnh19faecb49&llr=4prallcab> http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejocrnh19faecb49&llr=4prallcab.
Sunday April 9, 2023: Tubac, AZ
“Tubac: Where Art & History Meet Walking Tour” sponsored by Border Community Alliance, starting at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park visitors center, 1 Burruel Street, Tubac, Arizona*
1:30-3:30 pm. $20.
Join Nancy Valentine, daughter of Tubac art colonists Hans and Marion Valentine, for an insider’s “Then and Now” walk about discovery of some early Tubac makers, artists, and celebrities as well as today’s creatives in their studios and historic creative spaces. Nancy will open the doors of her family home, the historic Lowe House, to share the then and now stories of its resident makers and creators over time, starting with stories of the hands that shaped and tended some of its adobe walls since the mid-1700s. She then will move on to other historic adobes within Tubac’s National Regiser Historic District and share stories as well as images of Tubac's early artists, celebrities and legends where they worked, shared their work, and played. There will be stops at studios to visit some of today’s working artists who will share their creativity and stories of Tubac today in their studios. The tour requires walking about a mile on various surfaces.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register visit <https://bca.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/bca/eventList.jsp?anotherEvent=> https://bca.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/bca/eventList.jsp?anotherEvent= or call 520-398-3229.
Tuesday April 11, 2023: Phoenix
“The Great Murals of Baja California: A Glimpse into the Spirit World of Ancient Hunter-Gatherers” free presentation by archaeologist Todd Bostwick, PhD, sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society at S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
6:30-8 pm. Free.
The deep canyons in the rugged mountains of Baja California hold some of the most spectacular petroglyph and pictograph sites in the Americas. The pictographs are especially impressive for their vivid polychrome colors depicting large anthropomorphs, bighorn sheep, rabbits, birds, sea turtles, whales, fish, manta rays, and occasional mountain lions, coyotes and snakes. Many of the figures are up to six feet in height and some of the anthropomorphs and animals have arrows or spears piercing their bodies. These pictographs date as far back as 7,500 years ago and have been named the Great Murals of Baja. Located mostly in wilderness areas where there are no roads, many of the sites can only be reached by mule and burro caravans that carry food and camping equipment. Dr. Bostwick, who has been a professional archaeologist for 43 years, will share his recent experiences visiting these UNESCO designated sites during two mule trips into the canyons, and will discuss current ideas about what these incredible pictograph panels may represent.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Ellie Large at 480-461-0563 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday April 12, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
“Mining in the Cave Creek Area: What Archaeological Evidence Remains” free presentation by Greg Barnhart BSEE, MBA, for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Fellowship Hall, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, Arizona*
7 pm refreshment & socialization, 7:30 presentation. Free.
Greg Barnhart will discuss early miners and mining in the Cave Creek area’s Charles Fleming Camp, Cave Creek, Golden Star, and Phoenix Mines. Greg is the lead docent for the Cave Creek Museum’s “Arizona Gold Mining Experience.” Exhibit. He moved to Cave Creek four years ago, joined the Cave Creek Museum and their “Dream Team,” and has explored the area around the Golden Reef Mine, the Phoenix and Maricopa Mines, including the dump site of the short-lived town of Liscum.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Mary Kearney at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday April 17, 2023: Online
“Drinking Rituals and Politics in Chaco Canyon” free online presentation by archaeologist Patricia L. Crown, PhD, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Drinking rituals are common throughout the world, and they impact exchange, crafts, the economy, and politics in the past. For the last two decades, Patricia Crown has studied the cylinder jars found primarily in Chaco Canyon. In this talk, she discusses how the cylinder jar fits into the history of drinking forms in Chaco, the possible inspiration for the vessel shape, contents, and source, and the etiquette associated with drinking from cylinder jars. She describes the results of 2013 excavations in Pueblo Bonito that show when the form ceased to be used and how Chacoans terminated the jars and the room where they were stored. Dr. Crown, the University of New Mexico’s Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita has conducted field investigations in the Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam areas of the American Southwest, and has worked in Chaco Canyon since 2005. This session will not be recorded or posted on YouTube.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details visit <https://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/event/patricia-crown-drinking-rituals-and-politics-in-chaco-canyon/> https://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/event/patricia-crown-drinking-rituals-and-politics-in-chaco-canyon/.
Wednesday April 19, 2023: Silver City, NM
“Bert and Hattie Cosgrove on Treasure Hill” free presentation by author Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, sponsored by the Grant County Archaeological Society at 2045 Memory Lane, Silver City, New Mexico*
5:30-7 pm. Free.
Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, author of Treasured Earth: Hattie Cosgrove’s Mimbres Archaeology in the American Southwest, will discuss avocational archaeologists Bert and Hattie Cosgrove, who were instrumental in documenting and preserving a number of southwestern New Mexico archaeological sites including Arenas Valley's Treasure Hill. For a safe and comfortable experience the GCAS recommends that attendees follow the CDC and New Mexico Department of Health guidelines for indoor gatherings including masking, distancing, and vaccinations. Light refreshments provided; OK to bring your own light snacks or handy meal and beverage if desired.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday April 20, 2023: Tucson and online
“The Critical Indigenous Exchange” with Will Wilson sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM) in Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) Auditorium 103, 1100 E. James E. Rogers Way, University of Arizona campus, Tucson AND ONLINE*
6:30-7:30 PM ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Artist and educator Will Wilson, who spent his formative years living on the Navajo Nation, will talk about his 35+ years in the photography world. Now Head of Photography at Santa Fe Community College, his photography centers around the continuation and transformation of customary Indigenous cultural practice, countering the ‘archival impulse’ embedded within the historical imageries of Native peoples. Through various methods of photography, Wilson combines digital technology, historic photographic processes, performance, and installation around themes of environmental activism, the impacts of cultural and environmental change on Indigenous peoples, and the possibility of cultural survival and renewal. His work is exhibited and collected internationally. A catered reception will follow the program next-door at the Arizona State Museum.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. If you can’t attend in person, register to join via Zoom at <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jeHEzMCSSTOHWWZf7Kb-9Q> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jeHEzMCSSTOHWWZf7Kb-9Q. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday April 22, 2023: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to VV75 and the Red Linear Type Site” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site Visitors Center, US-90, Comstock, Texas*
8 am. $120.
VV75 contains extremely well preserved archaeological deposits and remnant Pecos River style rock art; it is the location where the very first radiocarbon samples for rock art in the Lower Pecos were collected. The Red Linear type site is a shallow overhang containing some of the best-preserved examples of Red Linear style of rock art. Some figures are seen interacting with various animal-like figures, like canids and deer, and provide us with an interesting contrast to the better-known Pecos River Style rock art. Both sites are located in Seminole Canyon State Park.
* 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 April 23, 2023: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to Fate Bell Annex, Fate Bell Shelter, and Running Horse Shelter” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site Visitors Center, US-90, Comstock, Texas*
8 am. $120.
Fate Bell Annex, Fate Bell Shelter, and Running Horse Shelter are all situated in Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. Fate Bell is one of the most famous and largest Pecos River style rock art sites in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Archeological District – a National Historic Landmark. The archaeological deposits within the shelter are also extremely well preserved. Then you will visit Running Horse Shelter, which offers, in addition to beautiful remnant Pecos River Style rock art, intriguing Historic period art and even a historic stone wall.
* 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 April 27, 2023: Sedona, AZ
“Yavapai Rock Art: Kinyuriki of the Wipukpaia” free presentation by archaeologist Peter J. Pilles, Jr., for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona*
3:30 pm. Free.
The Red Rock Country around Sedona has long been the home of the Wiupukpaia – “the people at the foot of the red rocks.” Their relationship to the land is reflected by the many places and rock formations that are associated with their origin tradition and the exploits of Skataka’amche, a being anthropologists would identify as a “culture hero.” A culture hero typically teaches people the things they need to know in order to survive, kills monsters that threaten humans, creates features on the landscape, and other feats. The rockshelters and canyons of the Red Rock country are filled with pictographs created over the centuries by the people of many different cultures. Among them are recurrent elements and designs that are recognized by the Yavapai. Many of these resemble attributes of Skataka’amche and his interactions with other inhabitants of the region, as recorded in Yavapai traditions. This presentation will illustrate the pictography believed to represent the Yavapai people and their stories about the Red Rock country. Peter Pilles has been the Coconino Forest Archaeologist for over 30 years and is a member of the Museum of Northern Arizona Board of Trustees.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Linda Krumrie at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday April 28, 2023: Sun City West, AZ
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the R. H. Johnson Library in the social hall west of the R. H. Johnson Recreation Center, 19803 N. R. H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
2-3:30 pm. 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 the library at 623-544-6130 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday April 29, 2023: Online
“New Insights into the Old Period in Casas Grandes: 10 years of Viejo Period Research in Northern Mexico” free online presentation by Michael Searcy, PhD, sponsored by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations requested).
The Roots of Casas Grandes project (RCG) began in 2013 with the goal of understanding more about the Viejo period people who lived in the well-watered valleys of the eastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, for over 500 years. This is also a time period that preceded the better known Medio period when the large city of Paquimé was built and the Casas Grandes region underwent significant cultural transformations. The combination of surveys, excavations, archival research, and various analyses of Viejo period materials has brought to light many new discoveries regarding the Casas Grandes people who populated the same river valleys that gave way to a 13-century cultural revolution and the construction of one of the largest city centers ever built in the US Southwest/Northwest Mexico in precolonial times. Michael Searcy is an associate professor of anthropology and archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at Brigham Young University.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X-hM4t8yT1qkPwZBSLjbhg> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X-hM4t8yT1qkPwZBSLjbhg.
Saturday April 29, 2023: El Paso
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at El Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Road, El Paso*
2-3:30 pm. Free.
For description see April 28 listing.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://epmarch.org/> https://epmarch.org/ or contact Itzel Barraza at 915-212-0421 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday May 2, 2023: Online
“Collaborating with Diné Communities” Archaeology Café online lecture by Wade Campbell presented by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
6 to 7 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Wade Campbell (Boston University), a Diné (Navajo) historical archaeologist whose research examines 17th century to present day relationships between Diné communities and other local groups in the US Southwest, will discuss collaborations among archaeologists and Diné communities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information go to https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/collaborating-with-dine-communities/.
Friday-Sunday May 5-7, 2023: Ruidoso, NM
“Archaeological Society of New Mexico Annual Meeting” hosted by Jornada Research Institute at the Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Dr., Ruidoso, New Mexico*
Times and registration fee to be announced.
Archaeologist James Copeland will be officially honored at this meeting with ASNM’s annual volume Documenting the Dinétah: Papers in Honor of James M. Copeland. Presentations will focus on the archaeology of southeastern New Mexico and include the Bandelier Lecture by Myles Miller and JRI President David Greenwald giving a presentation on his ongoing investigation at the Creekside Village and other archaeological sites with great kivas along the Rio Tularosa.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://archaeologicalsocietynm.org/events/asnm-annual-meeting-2023/> https://archaeologicalsocietynm.org/events/asnm-annual-meeting-2023/.
Saturday May 6, 2023: Comstock, TX
“Ultimate Shumla HQ and Lab Tour” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Shumla Center, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
9 am. $120.
Spend the day with Shumla staff at the Comstock headquarters for an in-depth look at Shumla’s digital archive! This Trek will take place in the office, with time spent learning about Shumla’s methods, research, and history. See Shumla’s one-of-a-kind plasma oxidation lab and get a glimpse of what processing samples for radiocarbon dating looks like. You will virtually explore several rock art sites through Shumla’s gigapanorama photos and 3D models. You’ll get an in depth look at the region’s rock art through Shumla’s digital preservation methods in this behind-the-scenes tour of what it’s like to work at Shumla!
* 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 May 7, 2023: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to Running Horse Shelter and Seminole Canyon State Park Visitor Center Museum” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site Visitors Center, US-90, Comstock, Texas*
9:30 am. $60.
Running Horse Shelter is located in Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. This rockshelter offers, in addition to beautiful remnant Pecos River Style rock art, intriguing Historic Period art and even a historic stone wall. Together, the group will see 4000 years of history in this single shelter. Participants will also get to spend time in the museum located within the visitor center at Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. The museum covers the full range of the park’s history, from its earliest painters to the more recent railroad and ranching history of the region.
* 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]
Wednesdays May 10-July 26, 2023: Online
“Archaeology of the Southwest” 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 each Wednesday evening May 10 through July 26, 2023. $99 donation ($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of S’edav Va’aki Museum members), not counting cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.
Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its twelve evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class is a prerequisite for all other courses offered in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Friday May 5, whichever is earlier. To register of for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday May 10, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
“Ancient Water Management in the Arizona Desert” free presentation by geoarchaeologist Gary Huckleberry, PhD, for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Fellowship Hall, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, Arizona*
7 pm refreshment & socialization, 7:30 presentation. Free.
Arizona has a long history of people managing water for agriculture and human consumption. Evidence for ancient water management is found across the state and includes canals, reservoirs, and wells. The earliest irrigation canals and reservoirs thus far identified are in the Tucson area and date to around 1500 and 500 BCE, respectively. Through time, canal systems expanded in size, culminating in the impressive network of channels built by the Hohokam (450-1450 CE) along the lower Salt and middle Gila rivers. Dr. Gary Huckleberry will review the diversity of evidence, focusing on archaeological discoveries made in the Sonoran Desert region of central and southern Arizona, and discuss what lessons we might gain by studying these ancient features with respect to today’s water challenges. Gary Huckleberry is an independent consultant and adjunct researcher at the University of Arizona who specializes in soils, landforms, and archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Mary Kearney at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday-Friday May 14-19, 2023: Walnut Canyon National Monument, AZ
“Cliffs Ranger Station” volunteer-assisted cabin rehabilitation and repair sponsored by HistoriCorps and the National Park Service in Walnut Canyon National Monument, 3 Walnut Canyon Rd., (east of) Flagstaff, Arizona*
Participants arrive between 5 and 7 pm on Sunday, daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
Hidden inside Walnut Canyon National Monument is one of Arizona’s oldest surviving log structures and a rare example of “hog-trough” log framing. Built in 1904, the Ranger Cabin (originally known as the Cliffs Ranger Station) is significant as the first headquarters and museum in what is now Walnut Canyon National Monument, located roughly 20 minutes east of Flagstaff, Arizona. HistoriCorps invites participants in a week of carpentry to repair siding, doors, and trim, and window sashes. Crew will camp a short distance away (tents, truck campers, campervans, trailers, and RVs less than 25 feet long OK) and commute and take a short hike to the ranger cabin each day. No hookups or showers are available and the ground may not be perfectly level. Dogs are not allowed. HistoriCorps provides all meals, tools, training, equipment, and campsite. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the campsite, sleeping equipment, work gloves, clothes, boots, and other personal gear.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://historicorps.org/cliffs-ranger-station-az-2023/> https://historicorps.org/cliffs-ranger-station-az-2023/.
Monday May 15, 2023: Glendale, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Glendale Public Library-Foothills Library, 19055 N 57th Ave, Glendale. Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6:30-8 pm. Free.
Native Americans in the U.S. Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before non-Indian peoples entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the “Great House” at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning, and interprets how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Sarah Herlache at 623-930-3844 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday May 18, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Making and Breaking Waves: Feminist Thought in Anthropology’s History” presentation by anthropologist Ruth Burgett Jolie, 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.
In some circles, “the F-word” is “feminism”- a dirty word not to be discussed in good company. Yet, feminism, the political movement advocating for women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality, is an important concept to discuss as it is influenced by the social context in which we live. Feminism has impacted our day-to-day lives as well as anthropology as a discipline. This presentation provides a brief history of feminism in the United States, considers how feminism has impacted anthropology, and concludes with a discussion of how anthropology has impacted feminism. Dr. Ruth Burgett Jolie is Associate Curator of Education at the Arizona State Museum and affiliated Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O9eeHOzDTFqHrcPrNGiaBw> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O9eeHOzDTFqHrcPrNGiaBw. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Saturday May 20: Dryden, TX
“Guided Tour to Meyers Springs Rock Art Site and Historic Fort” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Meets in Dryden, Texas, Intersection of TX-349 and US-HWY 90 then caravans to Meyers Springs Ranch*
10 am. $120.
Meyers Springs has fragments of Pecos River Style rock art and Historic period images including horses, warriors on horseback, missions, crosses, figures wearing ecclesiastical robes, a horse-drawn wagon, teepees, shields, bows and arrows, and bison. After visiting the rockshelter, participants will see the nearby historic Camp Meyers Springs, a United States Army subpost for Fort Clark in Brackettville from 1880-1884. Most of the structures for the camp were tents and left little to no trace on the landscape, but one stone structure still stands. The day will conclude with a tour of Shumla’s research facility in Comstock, Texas.
* 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]
Saturday & Sunday May 20 & 21, 2023: Prescott & Prescott Valley, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Coyote Ruin, Fitzmaurice Ruin, and Museum of Indigenous People” tour with archaeologist Andrew Christenson, PhD, Prescott, Arizona.
11:30 am Saturday to 12 noon Sunday. $99 donation per person ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or Friends of S’edav Va’aki Museum) covers all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses.
Archaeologist Dr. Andy Christenson leads this tour to two archaeological sites of west-central Arizona’s Prescott culture and to one of Arizona’s oldest anthropology museums. For the Coyote Ruin in Prescott, which was occupied from perhaps the 900s until after 1300 CE, excavations in the 1920s are the earliest in the Prescott area for which we have documentation. In 1998 and later additional excavations were conducted in 11 of Coyote’s 26 masonry rooms and two of its 10 pit structures, and many agricultural and water-control features were recorded. The Fitzmaurice Ruin on and near a prominent hilltop in Prescott Valley includes a 27-room pueblo and outlying structures dating between 1140 and 1300, stone-outlined areas interpreted as terraced and possibly canal-irrigated garden plots, and at least one petroglyph. Prescott’s Museum of Indigenous People, originally the Smoki Museum, is a complex of stone buildings completed in 1935 by a non-Native, community-minded social group, the “Smoki People,” with assistance from Depression-era work program participants. Participants are responsible for their own transportation, lodging, and meals.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday May 15, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Sunday May 21, 2023: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to Black Cave and Vaquero Shelter” with archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Shumla Center, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 am. $120.
Black Cave is a large rockshelter within Upper Presa Canyon in Seminole Canyon State Park that contains striking and vibrant rock art, owing its preservation to its location high above the shelter floor (which probably would have required the construction of scaffolding to create). Vaquero Shelter gets its name for the Historic period rock art depicting two riders mounted on horseback with a longhorn cow and calf adjacent to a structure resembling a Spanish mission and a man in a Spanish uniform. Other rock art styles are present, denoting continued use throughout precontact times.
* 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 May 25, 2023: Tucson and online
“Excavating Tucson's Chinese-American Past: From South China Villages to a Southwest Pueblo” free presentation with anthropologist Laura W. Ng, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM) and the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center (TCCC), at the TCCC, 1288 W. River Rd., Tucson*
10:45 to noon. Free. A separate buffet lunch will follow the presentation.
During the 20th century, the Chinese American community in Tucson was dispersed; the majority of Chinese migrants operated grocery stores and restaurants that served multiethnic neighborhoods in the Old Pueblo. In 1968, the Tucson Urban Renewal project destroyed some of these Chinese-owned businesses, but buried deposits and standing structures related to Chinese migrants were archaeologically investigated. In this presentation Laura W. Ng, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology at Grinnell College, focuses on the archaeology of the so-called Ying On Association compound, which housed Chinese social organizations including a clubhouse as well as Chinese boarders. Census records show that virtually all of the Ying On residents were men, but Dr. Ng's research indicates these men were not “bachelors” or “sojourners” as they have been characterized, and that they had long and sustained interactions with their Indigenous and Mexican neighbors in Tucson.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For reservations email Robin Blackwood at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] If you can’t attend in person, register to join via Zoom at <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xCOVieDoSha45rdsO9mRUw> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xCOVieDoSha45rdsO9mRUw.
Friday June 9, 2023: Salt Lake City
“Utah Historic Preservation Conference” sponsored by the Utah State Historic Preservation Office and Preservation Utah, at the historic Columbus School/Columbus Community Center, 2531 S 400 E, South Salt Lake, Utah*
8 am-5 pm. $15 registration fee.
“Preservation Engaged: Celebrating Utah's Communities” is the theme of the 2023 Utah Historic Preservation Conference. With an expanded program, slightly different look, and all of the old favorites — this year’s conference will include tracks dedicated to Main Street and Cultural Site Stewardship in addition to traditional Preservation topics. This will be an engaging day of information sessions, panel discussions, and hands-on demonstrations and workshops.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register visit <https://ushpo.utah.gov/conference/> https://ushpo.utah.gov/conference/.
Saturday June 10 to Saturday June 17, 2023: Nacogdoches County, TX
“TAS Archeological Field School” directed by archaeologist Dr. Tamra Walter and regional experts, sponsored by the Texas Archeological Society (TAS), based at the Nacogdoches County Exposition and Civic Center, 3805 NW Stallings Dr., Nacogdoches, Texas*
Daily times TBA. Adult 1-3 days $120, 4 or more days $170; nonparticipant 1-3 days $60, 4 or more days $80; ages 7-17, 1-3 days $45, 4 or more days $70.
Each summer, the Texas Archeological Society (TAS) sponsors a week-long archeological field school that provides training in archeological techniques to Society members and contributes important new data to the state's archeological and historical heritage. For the 2023 field school, excavations will be conducted at the Gallant Falls Site (41NA344), an important contact period Mission Concepcion site, and at two nearby and associated Hainai Caddo structures at the Ben Gallant site (41NA338) and the Belle Gallant site (41NA346). No prior archeological experience is necessary. Activities and learning opportunities are offered for all ages, including excavation techniques, survey methods, and special training for newcomers and teachers. The TAS field school spans seven days and is led by professional archeologists and trained avocationals. Participants may register for a minimum of three days or for the full week and choose excavation, survey, or the laboratory. Volunteers may also participate in the afternoon and evening workshops, educational programs, and social activities spread throughout the week. Several Field School Scholarships are available. Field School Director Tamra L. Walter is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit the TAS Field School page at <https://www.txarch.org/Field-School> https://www.txarch.org/Field-School.
Thursday June 15, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “A Photo Essay of the Apache Surrender” presentation by historian Bill Cavaliere, 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.
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Thursday July 20, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “’O’odham Place Names: Meanings, Origins and Histories” presentation by Harry J. Winters, Jr., 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.
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Thursday August 17, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “New Discoveries of Coronado-era Archaeological Sites in Southern Arizona” presentation by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, 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.
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Wednesdays September 6-December 6, 2023 (except October 25 and November 22): 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. 1st) each Wednesday. $99 donation ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of S’edav Va’aki 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 1st, 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 21, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites” presentation by archaeologist Brian W. Kenny, 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.
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Saturday October 7, 2023: Tucson & Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina starting in the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River)
8 am to 1 pm. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of S’edav Va’aki Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Felipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language, culture, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother, his grandmother's cousin, and several elders from Tucson's original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government's war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1940 there were about 3,000 Yoeme in Arizona, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana, and others near Eloy, Somerton, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite) Village, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre), Pascua, Ili Hu'upa, Wiilo Kampo, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 25, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday December 6, 2023: Online or by mail
You could win a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor valued at $76,580, or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, or $5,000 cash in “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle” on December 14! Ticket sales benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona charities so get your tickets from Old Pueblo before 5 pm Wednesday December 6!
Cost: $25 per ticket.
On Thursday December 14, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor Edition SUV in a raffle to raise $2,500,000 for southern Arizona nonprofit organizations including Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. With your contribution you could win this fantastic 2023 vehicle (List Price $76,580) – or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, or $5,000 in cash! And 100% of what you contribute to Old Pueblo for tickets will go directly to Old Pueblo’s education programs because Old Pueblo gets to keep all of the proceeds from our ticket sales!
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle Old Pueblo Archaeology Center must receive your request for tickets and your donation for them no later than 5 pm Wednesday December 6th so we can turn in all of our sold tickets to the raffle manager the next day. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets, so advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased through the PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card payment authorization. Once payment is received, Old Pueblo will enter your name and contact information on your ticket(s), enter your ticket(s) into the drawing, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution.
Winners consent to be photographed and for their names and likenesses to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit <http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
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OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is now taking reservations for this school year’s youth education programs. You can find information about them at the links listed below.
* OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/open3-simulated-excavation-classrooms/.
* OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations “Ancient People of Arizona,” “Lifestyle of the Hohokam,” and “What is an Archaeologist?”: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/.
* Tours for Youth: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/site-tours-classrooms/.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S 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.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which donations or fees are required.
Payment Options for Donations and Memberships
For payment by mail please make check or money order payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or simply OPAC, and include a printed explanation of what your payment is for. If it’s for or includes a membership fee, you can print the Enrollment/Subscription form from Old Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc <https://www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc> web page and complete the appropriate information on that form. Mail payment and information sheet to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717. (Mail sent to Old Pueblo’s street address gets returned to senders because there is no mailbox at our street address.)
To start or renew an Old Pueblo membership online you can visit our www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/> web page, scroll down to the bottom of that page, and follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
To make a donation using PayPal, please go to the www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org> home page, scroll down to the “Donate” section, click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and follow the prompts.
To make a credit card or debit card payment without going online you can call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201, tell the person who answers you’d like to make a credit card donation or payment, and provide your card authorization. We advise that you do not provide credit card or debit card numbers to us in an email. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover 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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