For Immediate Release
Hello!
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In this Issue:
Some Thank-Yous
Some Online Resources
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 blast: Libby Beck, Robert Berzok &
Linda Murray Berzok, Elizabeth Butler, Marc Callis, Judi Cameron, Al Dart,
Butch Farabee, the Jim Click Automotive Team, John Kay, Frank Knoop, Marilyn
& Robert Knutson, Paul & Ruth Ann Kurtin, Christine Lange, Aleta Lawrence,
Melissa Loeschen, Arabelle Luckhardt, Jill McCleary, Sharon Ann McPeak, Kyle
Meredith, Zina Mirsky, Beach Pitzer, Jane Stone, Sharon Strachan, Laraine
Turk, Kathleen Yarbrough, Michael Young & Nancie Kent, and one donor who
requested anonymity.
Thank you all so much!
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 the recording of “In Search of a
Borderland: Archaeological Patterns of Northwest Mexico and Neighbors” by
archaeologist Matthew C. Pailes, PhD (March 21 Third Thursday Food for
Thought presentation) on Old Pueblo’s Youtube channel:
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos>
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Feathered Serpents and Pole Climbing
Clowns featuring archaeologist Randall McGuire:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1n4tSppCFI>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1n4tSppCFI.
* Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center: The Cultural and
Environmental Context of Pecos River Style Art featuring archaeobotanist Dr.
Phil Dering, March 21: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JapQq4_-Ogg>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JapQq4_-Ogg.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
The following listings include announcements about activities
offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested
in archaeology, history and cultures. Time zones are specified only for
online activities; each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its
location.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's activities are listed in green
boldface font. 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.
Saturdays & Sundays through April 28, 2024: Tularosa, NM
Southern New Mexico excavation and touring opportunities sponsored by
Jornada Research Institute east of Tularosa, New Mexico*
Continuing into April, volunteers can help Jornada Research Institute
excavate a portion of the great kiva at the Creekside Village archaeological
site along Tularosa Creek. Excavations so far have exposed the hearth and
entryway, showing that various celestial points and associated landscape
markers on the eastern horizon are visible from the kiva’s hearth through
the entryway including the equinox, summer solstice and northeastern lunar
standstill positions. JRI is completing a section in the northeast quadrant
of the kiva and has uncovered some well-preserved, prepared clay floor
covered in fine gray ash and what appears to be a posthole, perhaps the 4th
main roof support posthole of the patterned layout that forms a
square/rectangle and helped support the roof in conjunction with the
surrounding adobe wall of the great kiva. JRI also will offer tours of the
site throughout April to small groups and civic organizations who wish to
visit the first great kiva observatory identified in the Tularosa Basin.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center activity. For more
information on volunteering and tours contact Dave Greenwald at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday April 3, 2024: Bullhead City, AZ
“Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars” free presentation with
Gregory McNamee at Mohave Community College-Bullhead City-Hargrove Library,
3400 Hwy 95 - 700 Building, Bullhead City, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
2-3:30 pm. Free.
Their names resound in Arizona history and pepper the state map, but
few people know well the tangled history that surrounds the so-called
“Apache Wars” when fully half of the active U.S. Army descended on the
territory to combat a relative handful of Indigenous warriors. Ironically,
the Apache peoples of the Southwest had once welcomed the arrival of the
Americans as a buffer against Mexico, which regularly attached Apache
settlements – but then American miners and loggers began to encroach, and a
defensive war turned into a terrible guerrilla campaign that lasted a
quarter-century. In this talk, Gregory McNamee, who has written about the
Apache Wars for Encyclopaedia Britannica and other publications, unravels
the complex story of the conflict and the decades of uneasy peace that
followed. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the library at 928-758-2420 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday April 3, 2024: Vail, AZ
Part 2 of “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation at Academy Village Auditorium, 13715 E. Langtry Lane,
Tucson*
2:30-3:30 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? In a previous Part 1 of this two-part
presentation, archaeologist Allen Dart discussed the U.S. Southwest as a
“culture area,” Native American cultures that have inhabited the region for
several thousand years, basic rock art styles, and the rock imagery of the
pre-150 CE Archaic and Early Agricultural periods and of post-150 Mogollon
and Ancestral Pueblo cultures. In this Part 2 of his presentation he will
show and discuss rock art of the post-150 Hohokam and Patayan cultures, and
provide an overall interpretation of what can and maybe cannot be learned
about ancient peoples from their rock art. He observes that many rock art
symbols may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern
Native American perspectives; considers whether precontact southwestern rock
art is an early form of writing; and discusses how much meaning can
accurately be derived from ancient people’s petroglyphs and pictographs.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. The
presentations are in Vail, Arizona, but GPS shows the location as a Tucson
address. For more information call 520-647-0980 or email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday April 4, 2024: Online
“Leaving Traces: Fairy Houses, Kindness Stones, and Constructed
Heritage” free online presentation by archaeologist Michelle Turner, PhD,
and Professor of Philosophy Derek Turner, PhD, sponsored by Four Corners
Lecture Series and Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Anyone who spends a lot of time on public lands in the U.S. is likely
to encounter traces intentionally left by modern visitors, such as rock
cairns, painted “kindness stones,” or even fairy houses. For some people,
including most park managers, these traces are a violation of the Leave No
Trace ethic. But, others find them charming and question what real harm they
cause. This talk offers an anthropological analysis of what the practice of
leaving traces is all about and why people have such different views,
drawing on philosophical understandings of wilderness, cultural heritage
studies, and archaeology of the contemporary. The presenters focus in
particular on two parks known for their Indigenous stories, Mesa Verde
National Park in Colorado and Machimoodus State Park in Connecticut.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more
and register visit
<https://crowcanyon.org/programs/leaving-traces-fairy-houses-kindness-stones
-and-constructed-heritage/>
https://crowcanyon.org/programs/leaving-traces-fairy-houses-kindness-stones-
and-constructed-heritage/.
Thursday April 4, 2024: Online
“Regional Roundtable” panel discussion sponsored by The
Archaeological Conservancy, Albuquerque*
5 pm Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Free.
This panel discussion will be led by The Archaeological Conservancy’s
five Regional Directors, who will share updates on preservation projects in
their respective regions and answer questions posed by participants.
Panelists include:
• Kelley Berliner, Eastern Regional Director
• April M. Brown, Southwestern Regional Director
• Jessica Crawford, Southeastern Regional Director
• Philip Millhouse, Midwestern Regional Director
• Cory Wilkins, Western Regional Director
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register for
the Zoom Webinar go to <https://bit.ly/RegionalRoundtable24>
https://bit.ly/RegionalRoundtable24.
Saturday April 6, 2024: Fort Huachuca/Sierra Vista & Naco, AZ
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Garden
Canyon, Fort Huachuca, and Camp Naco Pictographs, Archaeology, and History”
tour with archaeologist Allen Dart and historic architect R. Brooks Jeffery,
starting at the Van Deman Gate Visitor Control Center, Hatfield St., Fort
Huachuca, Arizona
8:30 am to 3:30 pm. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old
Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Located on the historic Fort Huachuca Army Post, the Garden Canyon
site is a precontact American Indian settlement near where the Mogollon,
Hohokam, and Trincheras archaeological cultures came together. Limited
excavations at this site revealed remnants of pithouses and above-ground
dwellings, funerary features, and pottery and other artifacts. Farther up
Garden Canyon, a few hundred feet above its floor, are rockshelters that
contain pictographs that may have been painted in the 1700s by Apaches. In
part 1 of this tour archaeologist Allen Dart, Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s Executive Director, will guide our visit to these sites and the
Fort Huachuca Museum, which focuses on the region’s military history. After
visiting Fort Huachuca, the tour group will take a lunch break then caravan
from Sierra Vista to Naco, Arizona to visit historic Camp Naco. This early
twentieth-century Buffalo Soldiers installation is now the target of a City
of Bisbee rehabilitation effort to explore a wide range of future uses that
commemorate history, expand cultural opportunities, and serve as a resource
for the communities of Naco and southern Cochise County. Tour participants
need to bring picnic lunch and water, wear sturdy hiking shoes, and be able
to hike along a short, narrow mountain trail. To be added to the waiting
list contact Old Pueblo at 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]>
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line.
Saturday April 6, 2024: 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
S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members; 50% off for persons who have taken
this class previously) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about
archaeology and traditional cultures.
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.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm
Thursday April 4, 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]>
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line.
April 6, 2024: Near Sierra Vista, AZ
“History Walk to Grand Central Mill” sponsored by Friends of the San
Pedro River, Sierra Vista, AZ starting at the Fairbank Townsite along
Arizona Highway 82, 10.0 miles east of the AZ-82/AZ-90 intersection in
Whetstone, Arizona. Parking area entrance is on north side of AZ-82 0.5 mile
east of the San Pedro River bridge; tour meets near the Schoolhouse Museum
just inside the Townsite. “Fairbank AZ” is searchable in Google Maps.*
9-11 am. Free.
Take a walk to the ruins of the historic Grand Central Mill. During
the Tombstone silver boom this stamp mill operated 24 hours a day,
processing the ore brought in from Tombstone by wagons. Learn about the
mining history of the area and take a three-mile round trip walk to the mill
site. This walk follows an uneven dirt and gravel trail. There is limited
shade, and it will be hot on sunny days so realistically assess your ability
to do this walk. Wear a hat, sun protection, appropriate clothing, and
sturdy shoes. Bring water and snacks. Park in the outer lot and use the
fenced trail to walk to the schoolhouse.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Friends of the San Pedro River at 520-508-4445 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday April 6, 2024: Tucson
“History in the Park: Entertainment and Leisure in the 1800s” at the
Fort Lowell Museum in Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd., Tucson*
10 am-1 pm. Included in admission: $3/person.
The Tucson Presidio Trust manages the historic Fort Lowell Museum and
sponsors this event. Learn how people in 1800s Tucson entertained
themselves, from gambling and drinking to the more wholesome activity that
the whole family could enjoy of going to city parks. Activities will include
a 4th Cavalry Regimental Band performance at 11 am; blacksmith
demonstrations; re-enactors portraying Lola Smith (an officer’s wife who
organized fort dances), Martha Summerhayes (another officer’s wife, who will
show how officer’s wives entertained themselves), and others. In addition,
re-enactors will set up various displays along Cottonwood Lane on the
history of Fort Lowell, which may include telegraph, 1800s frontier Army and
baseball, residents of Fort Lowell, and a faro dealer.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday April 6, 2024: Queen Creek, AZ
“Archaeology Mini Expo: Learning about the Past through Archaeology”
celebration sponsored by San Tan Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at
the San Tan Historical Society Museum, 20425 S. Old Ellsworth Rd. (at
intersection of Queen Creek Rd. and Ellsworth Loop Rd.), Queen Creek,
Arizona*
10 am to 2 pm. Free.
Free and open to the public, family friendly hands-on activities
including fire starting, shell etching, site stewardship, safe hiking,
ancient weaponry, pottery making and much more!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Marie Britton at 480-390-3491 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Saturday April 6, 2024: Online
“Capturing Water in Chaco Canyon and the Legacy of R. Gwinn Vivian”
free online presentation by archaeologist Samantha Fladd, PhD, sponsored by
the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
While Chaco Canyon is renowned for massive great houses and
concentrations of nonlocal materials, the ability of residents to farm the
arid landscape productively has remained contentious within archaeology.
These debates have ranged from questions over soil quality to the existence
and use of water management features. Throughout his career, archaeologist
Dr. R. Gwinn Vivian worked tirelessly to locate and document evidence of
water management, particularly canal systems, from within and around the
Canyon. In this talk, Samantha Fladd, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
and Director of the Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University,
will provide an overview of this evidence and discuss the importance of
Gwinn Vivian’s legacy on the field of Southwest archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to <https://bit.ly/Amerindonline04062024Fladd>
https://bit.ly/Amerindonline04062024Fladd.
Saturday April 6, 2024: El Mirage, AZ
“Rivers of Dreams: Songs and Stories of Arizona’s Waterways” free
presentation with Dr. Jay Craváth at Maricopa County Library – El Mirage
Branch, 13513 N. El Mirage Rd., El Mirage, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
11 am-12 pm. Free.
The Colorado, the Gila, the Salt, the Verde, the Hassayampa, the
Santa Cruz: Arizona’s rivers were lush green ribbons of life flowing through
a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths for indigenous traders and
immigrants leaving wagon tracks and settlements. The Hohokam built vast
canals from the Salt to direct irrigation water for crops. European farmers
used these same trenches. The Mohave spread line villages along the
Colorado—our great western Nile that is now in peril. The Gila provided
sustenance for the Akimel O'odham and passage for such adventurers as Father
Garces and Olive Oatman. As Arizona’s only “National Wild and Scenic River,”
the Verde is home to over 50 endangered species. Dr. Cravath weaves
narrative, history, music, and images to share the stories of these vital
resources. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the library at 602-652-3381.
Sunday April 7, 2024: Tucson
“Armory Park Walking Tour” with Alan Kruse, sponsored by the Presidio
San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting across the street from the Blenman
Inn, 204 S. Scott Ave., Tucson*
9-11 am. $30 ($20 Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum members)
In the Armory Park neighborhood south of Broadway Blvd. and east of
Stone Ave. buildings started to go up with the arrival of the railroad in
1880. This tour covers a half-mile in two hours and includes the outsides
(not insides) of public buildings on the west side of the neighborhood.
These include the Blenman Inn, Carnegie Free Library, Scottish Rite
Cathedral, Safford School, Willard Hotel, and the Temple of Music and Art.
Personalities discussed include Charles Rivers Drake, Charles Blenman,
Isabella Greenway, Mattie Dreyfus Heineman, and renowned architects Henry C.
Trost and A. G. Rockfellow. This is a good tour for people who want more
information and less walking. Free on-street parking is available.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To preregister
(required) click on the date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=10434&qid=891558> Sunday,
April 7, 9-11 am. For more information contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at
520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Mondays April 8 and 22, 2024: Tucson
“Fort Lowell Neighborhood Walking Tour” with historian Ken Scoville
sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum starting at Fort
Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd., Tucson*
9:30-11:30 am. $30 ($20 for Presidio Museum members).
Historian and preservationist Ken Scoville explains how physical
features, cultural layers, and political decisions have shaped not just the
story of the district but the development of Arizona as well, from Apache
wars to development wars. Discover why the Fort Lowell area and the State
of Arizona are the places they are today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on your preferred date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=571> Monday,
April 8, 9:30 am-11:30 am or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=572> Monday,
April 22, 9:30 am-11:30 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at
520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday April 9, 2024: Phoenix
“Southern Phoenix Basin Rock Art” free presentation by archaeologist
Chris Loendorf, PhD, sponsored by Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological
Society, at S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
7-8 pm (doors open at 6:30 for refreshments and setup). Free.
The Akimel O’Odham have lived along the middle Gila River, in the
southern portion of the Phoenix Basin, since Euroamericans first visited the
region in the late 1600s. The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) was
established to encompass their villages by an act of the US Congress in
1859. Because this large portion of the basin was never settled by
non-Indigenous populations, its archaeological manifestations, including
petroglyphs, are comparatively unknown. Importantly, the Akimel O’Odham
still continue to produce rock imagery and to perform traditional religious
practices associated with petroglyph sites. Thus, the GRIC has an unbroken
record of petroglyphs, pictographs, and geoglyphs that spans at least the
last several thousand years. This presentation explores some of the
stylistic motifs that typify the region and relates them to their associated
culture traditions. Chris Loendorf is the Senior Project Manager for the
GRIC Cultural Resource Management Program.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call the S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901.
Wednesday April 10, 2024: Online
“Making This World a Better Place” free online presentation featuring
Native photographer Shannon Stevens, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum
(ASM), Tucson*
6:30-7:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Shannon Stevens’s zeal for photography began when she was in seventh
grade and her parents gave her a Canon 35mm camera. Photography is her
passion, bringing her joy. She especially loves bringing out the beauty in
the people she photographs. In this program through her images and a
discussion about her background, Shannon (Pueblo of Laguna) will share why
photography is the tool she uses to express her Native experience. She will
discuss why she is inspired to capture happiness and bring that forth in
those who view her photographs. This talk is presented in conjunction with
the Arizona State Museum’s exhibit Light Handlers: Indigenous Photographers
in the Southwest, on display through July 20, 2024.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register for
the Zoom program go to
<https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MlY_tkLsRruPxnGQXdXf9w#/registr
ation>
https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MlY_tkLsRruPxnGQXdXf9w#/registra
tion.
Friday April 12, 2024: Florence, AZ
“Growing in the Desert: The History & Culture of the Tohono O’odham”
free presentation by Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, PhD, sponsored by Pinal County
Historical Museum at Florence Library and Community Center, 778 N. Main St.,
Florence, Arizona*
10 am. Free.
Many Arizonans call the Sonoran Desert and its striking landscapes
home. Long before our urban centers and city lights lit up the dark desert
skies, the Tohono O’odham were cultivating and shaping the land with
abundant agriculture – from squash and beans to corn and cotton. For
generations they passed down their rich knowledge and culture grown from
their connection to the desert. In this program Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan
(Tohono O’odham, San Xavier District), instructor in the Tohono O’odham
Studies Program at Tohono O’odham Community College, shares her knowledge
about the history and culture of her people, the Tohono O’odham. This
program is made possible by the Friends of the Viney Jones Library and
Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
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Saturday April 13, 2024: Langtry, TX
“Guided Tour to Eagle Cave, Skiles Shelter, and Kelley Cave” with
archaeologist Katie Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research &
Education Center, meets at Judge Roy Bean Museum and Langtry Travel
Information Center, 526 State Loop 25, Langtry, Texas*
8 am-5 pm. $120.
Eagle Cave, Skiles Shelter, and Kelley Cave are large rockshelters
located within Eagle Nest Canyon in Langtry, Texas. Combined, all three
sites contain evidence of human occupation spanning over 10,000 years into
Paleoindian times. The rock art is predominantly Pecos River style with that
in Eagle Cave having recently returned radiocarbon dates between 3350 and
3210 years ago. Following the Eagle Nest Canyon tour is a chance to visit
the Judge Roy Bean Visitor’s Center to learn more about Langtry’s history as
well as a tour of Shumla’s research facility and laboratory 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 April 13, 2024: Tucson
“Turquoise Trail Guided Walking Tour” starting at the Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
9-11:30 am. $30 (Presidio Museum members $20).
Sponsored by the Presidio Museum, this tour guided by Mauro Trejo
takes attendees on a walk along the 2.5-mile Turquoise Trail through
downtown Tucson to see historic buildings and hear stories that make
Tucson’s history special. The trail passes many of Tucson’s historic
buildings, parks, sculptures and shrines.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To preregister
(required) click here:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=10445&qid=891558>
Saturday, April 13, 9-11:30 am. For more information contact the Tucson
Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
April 13, 2024: Near Sierra Vista, AZ
“History Walk at Fairbank Historic Townsite” sponsored by Friends of
the San Pedro River (FSPR), Sierra Vista, AZ starting at the Fairbank
Townsite along Arizona Highway 82, 10.0 miles east of the AZ-82/AZ-90
intersection in Whetstone, Arizona. Parking area entrance is on north side
of AZ-82 0.5 mile east of the San Pedro River bridge; tour meets near the
Schoolhouse Museum just inside the Townsite. “Fairbank AZ” is searchable in
Google Maps.*
9 am-12 pm. Free.
Take a walk around historic Fairbank with FSPR docent Ron Stewart. It's a
good way to learn a little history of the area and enjoy some time outdoors.
Fairbank dates to 1882 when it grew up around a train depot – the closest to
Tombstone. The optional walk to the cemetery is about a one-mile round trip
on a trail that includes a short uphill section with poor footing and loose
rock. Participants are welcome to skip the cemetery walk. Wear a hat, sun
protection, appropriate clothing, and sturdy shoes. Bring water and snacks.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Friends of the San Pedro River at 520-508-4445 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday April 14, 2024: 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-3 pm. $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]
Sunday April 14, 2024: Tucson
“Court Street Cemetery Walking Tour” led by archaeologist Homer Thiel
sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting at the
Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
10-11:30 am and 1-2:30 pm. $30 (Presidio Museum members $20).
Historical archaeologist Homer Thiel leads this walk through the
Court Street Cemetery, where about 8,000 people were buried between 1875 and
1909. When it was closed, about half were reinterred elsewhere but the
others were left in place. The tour will lead you through the cemetery, show
you where bodies have been found, and reveal the history of this forgotten
place.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on your preferred date/time link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=12844&qid=986375> Sunday,
April 14, 10-11:30 am or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=12845&qid=986375> Sunday,
April 14, 1-2:30 pm or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday April 14, 2024: Online
“Why Do Arrowheads Point Up? Thunderstorms, Spear Points, and Divine
Iconography in Barrier Canyon Rock Art” free online presentation with art
historian James Farmer, PhD, sponsored by San Diego Rock Art Association
(SDRAA)*
4 pm Pacific Daylight Time. Free.
The Barrier Canyon Anthropomorphic Style (BCS) of south-central Utah
rock imagery has long been regarded as one of the premier ancient painted
rock art styles in the Americas, if not the world. The most dominant and
commonly recognized features of the BCS are deep red anthropomorphic figures
ranging in size from a few inches to over eight feet tall, often interpreted
as gods, spirits, ancestors, or even “mummies.” The BCS has most recently
been directly linked to powerful natural phenomena such as thunderstorms,
flash floods, and waterfalls, all of which incorporate dramatic visual and
sonic properties. This presentation expands on previous research by
suggesting that, instead of abstracted human figures, many of the most
prominent BCS figures represent varieties of ancient spear points,
frequently adorned and “anthropomorphized,” thus investing such points with
a complex divine symbolism and iconography beyond their typical utilitarian
value. James Farmer holds a PhD in art history from the University of Texas
at Austin.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to <https://www.sandiegorockart.org/meeting_registration.html>
https://www.sandiegorockart.org/meeting_registration.html.
Monday April 15, 2024, awards nomination deadline
“Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission Historic Preservation
Awards” 2024 call for nominations*
Each year the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission recognizes
individuals, businesses, groups, and/or organizations that have demonstrated
their interest in, or contributed to the preservation, conservation, or
interpretation of local history, architecture, or historic preservation in
Tucson or Pima County. TPCHC’s 2024 awards ceremony will be held on Sunday
May 19 from 2 to 4 pm at the historic San Pedro Chapel, 5230 E. Fort Lowell
Rd., Tucson. Nominations must be received no later than 5 pm Monday April
15. To submit nominations use the fillable form at
<https://assets.tucsonaz.gov/share/bcc/37216.pdf>
https://assets.tucsonaz.gov/share/bcc/37216.pdf.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center endeavor. For more
information on the program or the nomination form contact Terry Majewski at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday April 15, 2024: Springerville, AZ
“Hiking into the Past: The Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings” free
presentation by historian John Mack, PhD, for Little Colorado River Chapter,
Arizona Archaeological Society, in the Udall Room, Springerville Heritage
Center, 418 E. Main St., Springerville, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
6:30-8 pm. Free.
This presentation examines the remarkable living structures built by
the people who first lived in the canyons of the Sierra Ancha wilderness
during the early Middle Ages. The architectural dwellings reflect the
culture and history of these people and help us understand their
contributions to life in the Arizona desert. The presentation includes
numerous photos from Mack’s expeditions. John Mack received his PhD in
American history from the University of Kansas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Bill Butler at 928-245-9098.
Monday April 15, 2024: Tucson and online
“What’s in a Symbol? A Look at Hohokam Art and Imagery” free
presentation by archaeologist Linda Gregonis sponsored by Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), optional online or in
Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room 107 (ground-floor
auditorium), 1064 E. Lowell St., University of Arizona, Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
All cultures use symbols to convey ideas. In archaeological contexts,
those symbols have become ways to define and differentiate archaeological
cultures. But what did the symbols mean to the artisans who created them?
The art that Hohokam craftspeople produced embodied the world (seen and
unseen) as they understood it. They were influenced by weather, animals they
encountered, plants they grew and used, pilgrimages they made, other people
they met, and their ancestors. They translated their experiences into art,
creating iconic motifs that were shared across a wide region. Using objects,
design elements, and motifs that were made and used during the pre-Classic
period (circa 600-1150 CE), Linda Gregonis will discuss how the Hohokam may
have used symbols on different media including pottery, shell, stone, and
rock surfaces to define group identity and express their view of the world.
Ms. Gregonis is an independent researcher who has spent more than 40 years
researching various aspects of Hohokam culture while working primarily as a
ceramics analyst.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
in-person meeting, no reservations are needed and $1/hr parking is available
in U of A 6th St. garage immediately east of ENR. For Zoom attendance
preregister at <https://bit.ly/2024AprGregonis_REG>
https://bit.ly/2024AprGregonis_REG. For details visit
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan
Bierer at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday April 17, 2024: New Orleans
“Ten Steps for Recording a Rock Art Site” workshop with
archaeologists and rock art researchers Larry Loendorf, Amanda Castaneda,
Laurie White, and Mark Willis sponsored by Sacred Sites Research
(Albuquerque) and the Society for American Archaeology Rock Art Interest
Group at the SAA Annual Meetings at the New Orleans Marriott and the
Sheraton New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana*
10 am-5 pm. $20 per person.
Material covered in this workshop includes up-to-date methods and
techniques for recording pictograph and petroglyph sites, like use of
DStretch image enhancement software, constructing 3D models with Structure
from Motion, portable XRF, dating procedures, and drone mapping. Important
parts of the workshop will include the use of software like Photoshop on
drawing tablets to obtain finished panel drawings, and use of a total site
approach to search for tools used to make the rock imagery and look for
associated psychotropic plants like tobacco, datura, and others.
Participants will be taught to look for sun/solar interactions, acoustics,
and viewshed, much of the knowledge of which comes from working with Native
Americans on-site during the recording process. The instructors have
recorded rock image sites for dozens of years, including the Crow Tribal
Historic Preservation Officer Aaron Brien, who will offer his thoughts
through the workshop.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register visit
<https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-annualmeeting/p
reliminary-program/pdx2023_event-guide_final.pdf?sfvrsn=f4b1e4d0_9&_gl=1*1o9
6nxt*_ga*Nzg5MDY3NzYxLjE2OTkyOTQ2MDY.*_ga_6SSR7BY1NJ*MTcwNjMyMzcyMC40LjEuMTc
wNjMyMzc5Mi4wLjAuMA>
https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-annualmeeting/pr
eliminary-program/pdx2023_event.
Wednesday April 17, 2024: Online
“How We Reveal the Paint Sequence of Pecos River Style Murals” free
Lunch & Learn presentation by David Keim, MA, sponsored by Shumla
Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12 pm Central Standard Time. Free.
You’ve heard us say over and over that nothing in Pecos River Style
art is random. But how do we know? How do we know the artists, whether 5,000
years ago or 2,000 years ago, followed the same rules about how the murals
should be painted? In this Lunch & Learn, David will tell how a portable
microscope and a sophisticated diagram software have led to some of Shumla’s
most exciting discoveries.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/.
For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday April 17, 2024: Online
“Investigating Plant and Animal Resources at the Harris Site: An
Exercise in Ecosystem Engineering” free online presentation by archaeologist
Kristin Corl, sponsored by the Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS),
Silver City, New Mexico*
6 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free.
The Harris site (LA 1867) is a Late Pithouse period (550-1000 CE)
agricultural village located in New Mexico’s upper Mimbres River valley.
This period is seen as a time of great demographic and social change and is
typified by the transition to a sedentary agricultural subsistence strategy.
While committed agriculturalists, the plant and animal remains recovered
from the Harris site tell us that they continued to depend on a wide variety
of wild resources even as they grew more dependent on agricultural
practices. Their agricultural practices not only transformed the physical
landscape but had cascading effects on other species in the environment. To
better understand the ways in which people living at the Harris site
interacted with their environment, Kristin Corl considers a variety of
archaeological, environmental, and ethnographic data. In this talk she will
focus on the faunal materials encountered at the Harris site help paint a
more complete picture of the ways in which the surrounding environment of
the village was constructed, maintained, and changed through the occupation
of the site.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Contact the
GCAS at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] for the Zoom
link.
Thursday April 18, 2024: Online
“Climate History & Indigenous Futures: Climate Adaptation for
Contested Landscapes” free online presentation by archaeologist Lindsey
Schneider, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4-5 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
This presentation considers how narratives of ecological damage –
particularly those associated with climate change – have been used to
constrain, contest, and erase Indigenous land relationships and tribal
sovereignty. Yet, in the last few decades there has been a surge of interest
in Indigenous environmental knowledges, particularly for its relevance in
developing climate adaptation strategies. Tribal nations now find themselves
being asked to share their traditional knowledge with the same colonial
institutions that occupy and manage their homelands. What would it look like
to rethink environmental land management through the lens of Indigenous
futurisms? Using this framework, Dr. Schneider will discuss examples of the
process of building institutional partnerships with tribal communities that
center the needs, visions, and agency of tribal nations as a starting point
for climate adaptation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register
visit
<https://crowcanyon.org/programs/climate-history-indigenous-futures-climate-
adaptation-for-contested-landscapes/>
https://crowcanyon.org/programs/climate-history-indigenous-futures-climate-a
daptation-for-contested-landscapes/.
Thursday April 18, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring
the presentation “Interaction on the Northern Mogollon Frontier:
Perspectives from the Cañada Alamosa” by archaeologist Karl W. Laumbach,
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 Cañada Alamosa is a spring-fed canyon located on the northeastern
edge of the Mimbres Mogollon world. The Ojo Caliente or Warm Spring supplies
2,000 gallons per minute, ensuring a perennial flow to the Rio Alamosa as it
flows to the Rio Grande. Separated by 50 miles and the imposing Black Range
from the Mimbres Mogollon cultural center, the canyon’s well-watered
position on a “zone of interaction” between the Mogollon and Ancestral
Pueblo peoples resulted in a unique cultural sequence from the pithouse
period up to the abandonment of the canyon in the 14th century, reflecting a
variety of local interactions as well as changes in their respective
centers. Karl Laumbach’s archaeological career in southern New Mexico since
1974 included direction of the Human Systems Research nonprofit
organization’s Cañada Alamosa project.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1BZ0X4DRN-qDvxO4h60Tg>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1BZ0X4DRN-qDvxO4h60Tg. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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April 19, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio District Tour – Why is Tucson the City It is Today” walking
tour with historian Ken Scoville, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del
Tucson Museum, beginning at the 1928 Pima County Courthouse, 115 N Church
Ave, Tucson*
10 am-12 pm. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
Beginning at Tucson’s 1928 Pima County Courthouse, guide Ken Scoville
will discuss the archaeological efforts to find the Spanish presidio (fort),
two earlier courthouses built at this same location, and the beginning of
the burg now known as “the Old Pueblo.” El Presidio Historic District
provides many of the answers to why Tucson is the city it is today. Homes
constructed there responded to and later denied the desert environment. The
constant pressure for change and real estate speculation in a growing city
is also a part of the story as the infancy of historic districts established
the desire to preserve the buildings and landscape environment of an area
that connects to important past events and people in the community and
nation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information and to register click on this date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=9591&qid=854610> Friday,
April 19, 10 am-12 pm, or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594
or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
April 20, 2024: Near Sierra Vista, AZ
“History Walk to Murray Springs Clovis Site” sponsored by Friends of
the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, AZ starting east of Moson Rd., 1.28 miles
north of E Highway 90 (AZ-90), Sierra Vista. From AZ-90 in Sierra Vista,
drive north on Moson Rd. for 1.28 miles and turn east. Meet the docent at
the gate to the site. The entrance to the site is searchable as “Murray
Springs Clovis Site” in Google Maps.*
9-11 am. Free.
Join docents from the Friends of the San Pedro River for a tour of
the Murray Springs mammoth kill site. Archaeologist Vance Haynes led an
expedition here in the 1970s that found bones of megafauna that had been
hunted, killed, butchered, and consumed by the Clovis Paleoindians 13,000
years ago. This is an easy walk of less than a half mile, though it does
include dirt steps into and out of a dry wash. There is no shade, and it
will be hot on sunny days. Please realistically assess your ability to do
this walk. Wear a hat, sun protection, appropriate clothing, and sturdy
shoes. Bring water and a snack.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Friends of the San Pedro River at 520-508-4445 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
April 20, 2024: Payson, AZ
“Canyon del Muerto Rock Art Documentation Project” free presentation
by Evelyn Billo for Rim Country Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society
meeting at Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson, Arizona*
10-11:30 am. Free.
Evelyn Billo and Dr. Robert Mark are retired US Geological Survey
physical scientists who use modern technology to document petroglyph and
pictograph sites. On April 20 Evelyn will present highlights from the
1999-2002 study in the Canyon del Muerto portion of Canyon de Chelly
National Monument. This includes panoramic and enhanced photography, hidden
pictograph gems, flash floods, and more.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry>
https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry.
Sunday April 21, 2024: Tucson
“Mansions of Main Avenue Walking Tour” with Alan Kruse sponsored by
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, meeting at Café a la C’art, 150 N.
Main Ave., Tucson*
9-11 am. $30 (Presidio Museum members $20).
Presidio Museum tour guide Alan Kruse leads a 1/4-mile-long stroll
down Main Avenue to view the homes and hear the stories of the movers and
shakers of early Tucson who lived in them, including Hiram and Petra Stevens
(a prominent merchant couple whose domestic life was less than perfect), Sam
Hughes (called by some the “father of Tucson” but involved in the Camp Grant
Massacre along Aravaipa Creek), Annie Cheyney (whose newly restored 1905
home was the talk of the town), Albert Steinfeld (famous department store
proprietor), Frank Hereford (attorney who represented the defendants in the
Wham Robbery), and William Herring (Wyatt Earp’s lawyer once upon a time).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on this date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=9599&qid=854610> Sunday,
April 21, 9-11 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday April 25, 2024: Sedona, AZ
“The Yavapai Journey” free presentation by Clissene Lewis for Verde
Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at the Sedona Public
Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona*
3:30 pm. Free.
Clissene Lewis, Cultural Coordinator for and member of the Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation, will focus on the history and culture of her
Yavapai People with an emphasis on the Fort McDowell Indian Community. The
Yavapai have had a long, arduous journey and have overcome many obstacles
over the years. This presentation is an opportunity to promote dialogue with
other communities, to bring an awareness of a broken past, and to share the
unique government-to-government relationship between Indian tribes and the
U.S Government. Her presentation is illustrated with many historical
photographs and is drawn from a mix of family, tribal, and nontribal sources
and includes some surprising stories and facts.
* 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 26, 2024: Tucson
“Santa Cruz River History Tour” sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del
Tucson Museum, starting and ending at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane,
Tucson*
9-11 am. $35 ($25 for Presidio Museum members) includes admission to
Mission Gardens.
This two-mile walking tour led by Mauro Trejo focuses on our
relationship with the Santa Cruz River, how it supported Tucson’s early
residents, and the 19th and 20th century factors that affected its demise.
The tour includes the sites of the former Spanish mission and O’odham
village that was the origin of modern Tucson, plus visits to Tucson’s
tallest tree and the Garden of Gethsemane, a holy site of statues made by
WWI veteran and artist Felix Lucero in the 1940s.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on this date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=9960&qid=870055> Friday,
April 26, 9-11 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday April 27, 2024: Del Rio, TX
“Guided Tour to Crab and Sunburst Shelters” with archaeologist Katie
Wilson sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets
at Devils River State Natural Area – Dan Hughes (South) Unit, Miers Ranch
Road, Del Rio, Texas*
8 am-4 pm. $120.
Crab and Sunburst shelters are located within the Devils River State
Natural Area, 45 miles north of Del Rio. Hiking to these sites you will not
only see Pecos River style rock art but also stunning views of the Devils
River, one of the last pristine, wild rivers in Texas and a haven for
adventurers from all walks of life. Access to this spring-fed river is
extremely limited and is one of the reasons why it has remained one of
Texas’s most protected treasures. These state-protected lands are home to a
diverse range of plants and animals and also designated as an International
Dark Sky Sanctuary.
* 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]
April 27, 2024: Near Sierra Vista, AZ
“History Walk to Millville and Petroglyphs” sponsored by Friends of
the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, AZ starting at the Millville and
Petroglyph Discovery Trail parking area. This trailhead is located 7.5 miles
east of Sierra Vista on Charleston Road. Turn into the Millville parking
area near the “Fire Danger Level” sign on the north side of Charleston Rd.
and meet by the vault toilet. This location is searchable as “Millville and
Petroglyph Discovery Trail” in Google Maps.*
9-11 am. Free.
Take a tour with an FSPR docent to of Millville, the location of
several historic silver mills and a once-thriving town as well as an
adjacent Indian rock art site. The tour will focus on the history of mining
and the mills. which were active during the Tombstone silver boom. This is
about a two-mile walk on an uneven dirt and gravel trail that crosses
through a deep wash. There is no shade, and it will be hot on sunny days.
Please realistically assess your ability to do this walk. Wear a hat, sun
protection, appropriate clothing, and sturdy shoes. Bring water and a
snack.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Friends of the San Pedro River at 520-508-4445 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday April 28, 2024: Comstock, TX
“Guided Tour to Painted Shelter” with archaeologist Katie Wilson
sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at
Shumla Center, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 am-2 pm. $60.
Painted Shelter is in an unnamed tributary canyon of the Rio Grande
on private property. A spring-fed stream runs in front of the pictographs
panel, creating several long pools. Painted Shelter is home to the
best-preserved example of the Red Monochrome style of rock imagery 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]
Friday-Sunday May 3-5, 2024: Las Vegas, NM
“Archaeological Society of New Mexico (ASNM) Annual Meeting” hosted
by the Site Steward Foundation (SSF) at the Plaza Hotel, 230 Plaza St., Las
Vegas, New Mexico*
Times TBA. Registration $50 until April 1, thereafter $60 ($30
students with ID); Saturday buffet dinner extra (purchase by April 1).
“Archaeology of Northeastern New Mexico and Pueblo-Plains
Interactions” is the theme of this year’s ASNM Conference. Friday,
registration and tour signup, meet and greet reception, appetizers, cash
bar, silent auction, affiliates tables. Saturday, registration and tour
signup, coffee, pastries and fruit, affiliates tables, session
presentations, ASNM members meeting, silent auction, cash bar, buffet
dinner, awards and Bandelier Lecture “Interesting Times: A Career
Perspective on Archaeology, History, and Identity in New Mexico” by
archaeologist Dr. Eric Blinman. Sunday tour options: Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
Tour (Santa Fe), La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs (Santa Fe), Forked Lightning
Pueblo (Pecos National Historic Park), El Pueblo (LA 1697 south of San Jose
along I-25), Mills Canyon Comanche Pictographs (Mills, NM). Discounted hotel
room rates available for conference registrants at the Plaza Hotel and
Castaneda Hotel, Las Vegas; reservations for discounted room rate due by
April 1.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information go to <https://archaeologicalsocietynm.org/>
https://archaeologicalsocietynm.org/.
Saturday May 4, 2024: Gallup, NM
“Friends of Hubbell Native Arts Auction” sponsored by Friends of
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, at Gallup Community Center, 410
Bataan Veterans St., Gallup, New Mexico*
Preview 9-11:30 am, auction 12-4 pm. Free to attend and free parking.
Approximately 350 items will be auctioned in this Friends of Hubbell
Trading Post semiannual event that generates funds for Native American
college scholarships. The Friends of Hubbell organization contributes to the
management objectives of the National Park Service at Hubbell Trading Post
National Historic Site, supports revitalization of Native American arts and
crafts, and provides college scholarships to Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Acoma,
Laguna, and Southern Ute Nation students. The Gallup Community Center is
most easily accessed from I-40 Exit 22. A special room rate is available at
La Quinta Inn in Gallup when you mention FoH.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.friendsorhubbell.org>
www.friendsorhubbell.org or email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Wednesdays May 8-August 7, 2024: Online
“The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-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 8-August 7, 2024. $109
donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki
Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about
archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of
optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class
in 14 two-hour sessions on Wednesday evenings May 8-August 7, 2024, to
explore the archaeology of the ancient Mogollon culture of the American
Southwest. The class covers the history of Mogollon archaeology, Mogollon
origins, the complex subregional Mogollon “branches,” chronology of
habitation, subsistence and settlement patterns through time, artifacts,
rock art, religious and social organization, depopulation and movement, and
descendant peoples. 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 – Mogollon” course. Students seeking AAS
Certification are expected to prepare a brief research report to be
presented orally or in written or video format. 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 the TCE 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 May 3, whichever is earlier. To register or for more
information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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line.
Wednesday-Monday May 8-13, 2024: New Mexico communities
“SMRC Spring 2024 New Mexico Tour” sponsored by Southwestern Mission
Research Center, Tucson*
7:30 am Wednesday-4:30 pm Monday. $1,495 per person, double occupancy
($1,895 single) includes motor coach transportation, all accommodations,
venue fees, honorariums, most meals, snacks and beverages.
This tour with SMRC’s knowledgeable scholars as guides departs via
motor coach from Tucson and focuses on historic sites important in central
New Mexico’s Spanish colonial period. It will visit Las Cruces, Old Mesilla,
Socorro, the Salinas missions (Abó, Gran Quivira, and Quarai), Albuquerque’s
Old Town, El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, the Santa Fe Plaza and surroundings,
Pecos National Historical Park, San Miguel del Vado, and Our Lady of
Guadalupe Church in Villanueva. It also includes stops at New Mexico State
University’s Chile Pepper Institute and, in Mesilla, the Farmer’s Market,
the Rio Grande Winery (including wine tasting), a margarita party at La
Posta.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Registration
and final payment due April 1st. For more information contact Monica Young
at 520-621-6278 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday & Wednesday May 14 & 15, 2024: Albuquerque
“Looting, Vandalism and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act”
training sponsored by Jornada Research Institute (JRI, Tularosa, NM) at U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation Area Office, 555 Broadway Blvd NE, Albuquerque, New
Mexico*
9 am-4 pm each day. $190 ($180 JRI members and students).
This two-day workshop will combine classroom instruction and field
applications covering major legislation (including the Archaeological
Resources Protection Act), legal and criminal frameworks, case studies and
damage assessment procedures. Field instruction includes assessing and
recording site damage from looting and vandalism. The class counts toward
the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division’s continuing education
requirements on an hour-to-hour basis.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jeffery Hanson at 817-658-5544 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 15, 2024: Online
“What Have We Learned about the Mural at Fate Bell” free Lunch &
Learn presentation by Diana Radillo Rolón, PhD, sponsored by Shumla
Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
One of the murals Shumla has focused on during the Hearthstone
Project is the composition at the south end of Fate Bell Shelter in Seminole
Canyon State Park, Texas. It is exceptionally well preserved and highly
complex. In today’s Lunch & Learn, Diana will share what researchers are
learning about this key five-figure mural through digital microscopy,
high-tech illustration, and the knowledge shared by Indigenous elders.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/.
For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Thursday May 16, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring
the presentation “’Of Noble Kings Descended’: Colonial Documents and the
Ancient Southwest” by archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, 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.
Early Spanish and Mexican records may have much to tell us about the
ancient Southwest. Those records, of course, recount events and conditions
of their times, but many also contain startling information apparently
relevant to older places like Chaco Canyon and Casas Grandes. From Villagra
to von Humboldt, Dr. Lekson will review a number of
“possible/potential/probable” insights for deeper history found in early
colonial documents, and will contextualize these in light of Native accounts
and archaeological data.
For more information contact Old Pueblo at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
Thursday-Monday May 16 - 20, 2024: Farmington, NM and online
“ARARA 2024 Conference” sponsored by the American Rock Art Research
Association (ARARA) at the Courtyard Marriott, 560 Scott Ave., Farmington,
New Mexico*
Times TBA. $95 per member; discounts for students, children, and
Native American attendees. Virtual option $75 per household.
For this 50th anniversary conference ARARA returns to the New Mexico
city where its first one was held in 1974: Farmington, near the “four
corners” where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona come together.
Farmington is surrounded by a culturally significant landscape with abundant
rock imagery and other archaeological sites including Chaco Canyon, Mesa
Verde, Canyon of the Ancients, and Canyon de Chelly. The Aztec and Salmon
ruins are nearby in the San Juan Valley and the Ute Mountain Ute, Southern
Ute, Jicarilla Apache, and Navajo Nations surround Farmington. A special
preconference trip to the Mesa Prieta petroglyphs site near Velarde, NM, is
planned for Thursday May 16. There are many field trip options to choose
from on Friday and Monday, and a reception, speakers, and awards on Friday
evening. Saturday features presentations and an evening reception at San
Juan County’s Salmon Ruins Museum, and a members meeting, presentations, and
banquet are on tap for Sunday. And for the first time ARARA will offer a
virtual-only registration option so people who choose not to travel to
Farmington can watch the Saturday and Sunday daytime presentations and
participate in the member meeting.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
<https://arara.wildapricot.org/Conference-Info-2024-Details#Registration>
https://arara.wildapricot.org/Conference-Info-2024-Details#Registration. To
register for the virtual conference go to
<https://arara.wildapricot.org/event-5646592>
https://arara.wildapricot.org/event-5646592. The conference is open to ARARA
members only – to join, click
<https://arara.wildapricot.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipien
tCode=PUhi%2bX03O3zNd0h%2fQY45zB11%2bMgc8hWnHwukbPwtB9kdE2gt6YwewULjuZ6jcTVy
%2fHD2%2bogj%2bWtatiY%2bE1TwpI0SOuj943BC7GfCBnrhGxw%3d> here.
Monday May 20, 2024: Tucson and online
“Los Barros de Juan Quezada (The Clays of Juan Quezada): Ethnographic
and Compositional Analyses of Juan Quezada’s Clay Sources in and near Juan
Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico” free presentation by archaeologists Maren
Hopkins and Kelsey Hanson, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society (AAHS), optional online or in Environmental & Natural
Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room 107 (ground-floor auditorium), 1064 E. Lowell
St., University of Arizona, Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
in-person meeting, no reservations are needed and $1/hr parking is available
in U of A 6th St. garage immediately east of ENR. For more information or to
register for online presentation visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org>
www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan Bierer at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sundays-Fridays May 26-31, June 2-7, June 9-14, and June 16-21: Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument, CO
““Hornbek Homestead” volunteer-assisted rehabilitation, repair, and
stabilization project sponsored by HistoriCorps and Florissant Fossil Beds
National Monument, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm first day; daylight hours daily thereafter.
No fees.
The Hornbek Homestead built in 1878 is significant for its
association with the Homestead Act of 1862 as being the first application to
the Florissant area west of Colorado Springs. Today the homestead survives
under stewardship of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, which
acquired the property in 1973. This season’s effort focuses on restoring the
traditionally constructed outbuildings: a bunkhouse, carriage shed, and milk
barn. Tents, truck campers, and small campervans are welcome. RVs and
trailers cannot be accommodated at this project location. HistoriCorps
provides all meals, tools, training, equipment, and a campsite. Showers are
available. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the
campsite, sleeping equipment, work gloves, clothes and boots, and other
personal gear.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information and to register go to
<https://historicorps.org/hornbek-homestead-co-2024/>
https://historicorps.org/hornbek-homestead-co-2024/ or contact HistoriCorps
at 720-287-0100 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Saturday July 13, 2024: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Tour of the Desert Laboratory on
Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at U of A” meets in
the courtyard at Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson
7:45 am to 12:30 pm. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s
education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center summer tour visits two TOO-COOL
environmental-science laboratories in Tucson – the Desert Laboratory on
Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR), both
administered by The University of Arizona (UA). The Tumamoc Desert
Laboratory began its existence in 1903 as the Carnegie Desert Botanical
Laboratory established by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and is now
listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Tree-Ring Lab also
has a venerable record of research in archaeology, astronomy, and
environmental sciences, created in 1937 by the founder of dendrochronology
as a science: UA Professor of Astronomy Andrew Ellicott Douglass. Tour
presenters and guides will include archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish, the
Tumamoc Lab’s Robert Villa and Lynne Schepartz, and LTRR docent Donna
MacEachern. The drive from the Mercado San Agustín meeting place to the
Tumamoc Lab is limited to five vehicles so tour is limited to 20 people and
carpooling is required. After returning to the Mercado, all participants can
take their own vehicles in a caravan to the LTRR.
Donation prepayments are required 10 days after reservation request
or by 5 pm Wednesday July 10, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 July Labs Tour flyer” in your email subject
line.
Friday August 2, 2024: Sierra Vista, AZ
“The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival in
Andrea Cracchiolo Library’s Horace Steele Room, Cochise College, 901 N.
Colombo Ave., Sierra Vista, Arizona.
12:00-1:15 pm. Free.
Before 1500 CE, Native American cultures took advantage of southern
Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited
precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works
in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than
4,000 years before present, and irrigation systems were developed there at
least 3,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was
established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen
Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern
Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social
complexity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.swwings.org> http://www.swwings.org or
contact Glenn Minuth at 520-263-4507 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Saturday August 31, 2024: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in
Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” tour led by Mary Jo McMullen and Allen
Dart at Tucson Museum of Art (TMA), 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson
1 to 3:30 pm. $25 donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education
programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Sidestepping Tucson’s August heat, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
comfortable indoor tour this month will be at the Tucson Museum of Art
downtown, led by TMA docent and Old Pueblo member Mary Jo McMullen. TMA’s
“Popol Vuh and the Maya Art of Storytelling” exhibit focuses on art and lore
related to the Popol Vuh, a narrative of the K’iche Maya about the origins
of the world and heroic twin brothers who descended to the underworld to
conquer Death. Archaeologist Allen Dart will comment on precontact images in
the US Southwest that may depict elements of the Hero Twins story, and will
assist Mary Jo in answering questions about the Popol Vuh exhibit and two
others included in the tour: “Art of the Ancient Americas” and “Stories from
Clay: Indigenous Art Pottery.” We encourage participants to visit TMA’s
other galleries and gift shop after the tour since the donation to Old
Pueblo provides entry fee to all of the Museum’s galleries. Tour is limited
to 20 people.
Donation prepayments are required 10 days after reservation request
or by 5 pm Thursday August 29, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 August 20 tour flyer” in your email subject
line.
September 4-December 11, 2024 (skipping October 23): Online
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session online adult
education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
Each Wednesday 6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same
as Pacific Daylight Time through Oct. 30). $109 donation per person ($90 for
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, AAS, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation
members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and
traditional cultures. Donation does not include costs of recommended text
(The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors) or of
the optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class
in 14 two-hour sessions to explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam
culture of the American Southwest. The class covers Hohokam origins,
subsistence and settlement systems, social and organizational systems,
material culture including ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture,
interaction within and beyond the Hohokam culture's regional boundaries, and
ideas on religion and exchange. Students seeking the AAS Certification are
expected to prepare a brief research report to be presented orally or in
written or video format. Minimum enrollment 10 people. The class meets the
requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Training,
Certification and Education (TCE) program's “Advanced Southwest Archaeology
–Hohokam” class. The AAS basic “Archaeology of the Southwest” class is
recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor.
For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit
<http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request
or by 5 pm Friday August 30, whichever is earlier. To register or for more
information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 Hohokam class flyer” in your email subject
line.
Sunday September 22, 2024: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing
from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 am to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education
programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2024 autumn equinox occurs on Sunday Sept. 22, 2024 at 5:44 am
Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; 12:44 pm
Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!)
and explore ancient people's recognition of equinoxes and other calendrical
events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive
director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that
includes a Hohokam ballcourt, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological
features; and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice
and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals,
and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An
equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a specific interaction
with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour
and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so participants in this tour
will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds
block the sunlight.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm
Thursday September 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 Autumn Equinox tour flyer” in your email
subject line.
Saturday November 2, 2024: Agua Fria National Monument, AZ
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Badger
Springs Pueblo and Petroglyphs Archaeology and Geology Tour” with JJ Golio
and Allen Dart in Agua Fria National Monument, starting at Badger Springs
Trailhead parking area ca. 1 mile east of Interstate-17 Exit 256 (Badger
Springs).
8:30 am to 3:30 pm. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old
Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Agua Fria National Monument, located approximately 40 miles north of
central Phoenix, was established in 2000 by President Bill Clinton to
protect its extensive and important cultural and natural resources.
Encompassing two mesas, the canyon of the Agua Fria River, and the river’s
tributaries including Badger Spring Wash, the monument protects numerous
archaeological sites as well as outstanding geological and biological
resources. This Old Pueblo tour will visit Badger Springs Pueblo, a 70-plus
room precontact settlement perched atop a high bluff, plus ancient boulder
metates and bedrock outcrops with figurative petroglyphs. It also will stop
at a historical arrastre – an ore-grinding mill in which heavy stones
attached to horizontal poles radiating from a central pillar were turned by
a draft animal or powered by water to drag the stones on the mill’s floor of
stone to pulverize ore. Guides also will point out and interpret geologic
processes in which Badger Spring Wash cut through the basalt and
granodiorite to create colorful red, pink, yellow, green, brown, white,
dark gray, and black formations, some including xenoliths.
To be added to the waiting list contact Old Pueblo at 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]>
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OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is now taking reservations for the
2023-2024 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/o
pen3-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/s
ite-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-Subscript
ion-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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