OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER WILL BE MOVING
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR
A reminder, the not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will be
moving – AT THE END OF THIS YEAR – to our new “digs” at the Tucson Unified
School District’s Ajo Service Center (the “ASC”) at 2201 W. 44th Street in
Tucson. We will, however, continue operations at our current location –
5100 W. Ina Road Bldgs. 7 and 8 – through December 2008 courtesy of our
long-time friend and supporter, the Town of Marana, Arizona.
For more information about Old Pueblo’s activities or the upcoming move
Old Pueblo can be contacted at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
OLD PUEBLO’S UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
Tuesday November 18, 2008
“Ventana Cave and Tohono O’odham Nation Archaeology and Culture” (ST146)
Pima Community College study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart via
passenger van departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave.,
Tucson.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. $79
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
this van tour, which focuses on the Ventana Cave National Historic
Landmark archaeological site and rock art, includes visits to nearby
villages and the Tohono O'odham Nation government complex in Sells, and
opportunity to purchase arts and crafts at the Wiwpul Du `ag Arts Trading
Post. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking
shoes.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Wednesday November 19, 2008
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
for Grant County Archaeological Society at the Silver City Women’s Club,
411 Silver Heights Blvd. (at Hwy 180), Silver City, New Mexico.
7 p.m. Free
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen
Dart, director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, shows Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in Arizona prehistory and
history, and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating
archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways. Allen discusses
the importance of context in archaeology, how things people make change
in style over time, and how different styles are useful for identifying
different cultures and for dating pottery. Then he shows illustrations
and examples of the pottery styles that were made in southern Arizona by
the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam cultures, and historically by Piman
(Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham), Yuman (including Mohave and
Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early as 800 B.C. into the early
twentieth century. The program features slides and a display of authentic
prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings for more information about
ancient ceramics.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Marilyn Markel at
505-536-9337 or [log in to unmask] in Mimbres, NM; for information about
the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 20, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursdays” free presentation: “In
the Aftermath of Ancestral Puebloan Migrations to Southern Arizona” with
archaeologist Dr. Anna Neuzil, Ph.D., at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
Popular literature has discussed the relatively sudden depopulation of
the Four Corners area of the Southwest as the “mysterious disappearance”
of the Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloans). However, archaeologists studying
this phenomenon, and the modern descendants of the Ancestral Puebloans,
know that the Puebloan ancestors did not just mysteriously disappear,
instead many of them moved south to several destinations. Archaeologist
Dr. Anna Neuzil’s presentation will examine an instance of this migration
from northeastern Arizona to the Safford and Aravaipa valleys of
southeastern Arizona in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Her
discussion will focus on the scale at which these migrations occurred and
their effect on the expression of social identity of both the migrants
and the indigenous groups after arrival. Previous research in these
valleys indicated that at least one group of migrants from the Kayenta
and Tusayan areas of northeastern Arizona arrived in the Safford Valley
in the last decades of the thirteenth century. Neuzil’s research found
that several other parties of Puebloan migrants arrived during the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, first settling independently of
local populations, and later intermingling with local peoples in
culturally mixed settlements. Initially, as migrant and indigenous
populations remained segregated from each other their premigration
identities were maintained and each group remained distinct. However, as
migrants and locals began to live together in mixed settlements they
renegotiated their identities in order to deal with the day-to-day
realities of living with groups of people with whom they had little to no
previous experience. Through this process both the migrant and
indigenous groups formed a new identity that incorporated elements of the
premigration identities of each group.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday December 2, 2008
“Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Valley Archaeology and History”
(ST147) Pima Community College study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
via passenger van departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita
Ave., Tucson
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. $79
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
van tour to Coolidge-Florence area. Tour includes an extended visit to
archaeological features in the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in
Coolidge plus visits to the Grewe site (early Hohokam village),
Adamsville Ruin (late Hohokam village with platform mound and ballcourt),
historic Adamsville Cemetery and settlements along the Gila River, and
Pinal County Historical Society Museum in Florence. Bring your own picnic
lunch and water.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Saturday December 6, 2008
“Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs” guided fundraising
“flex-tour” with Allen Dart and Shelley Rasmussen, featuring choice of
van transport departing from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina
Road Bldg. 7 (northwestern Tucson metro area), OR provide your own
transportation and meet van tour group at Deer Valley Rock Art Center,
3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix.
8 a.m. departure from Tucson or 10 a.m. departure from Deer Valley Rock
Art Center, van transport group returns to Tucson 5:30 p.m. Fee including
van transport $89 ($71.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members); fee without van transport $25 ($20 for
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
plus $6.50 per person Deer Valley Rock Art Center entrance fee payable in
advance to Old Pueblo + $6 per vehicle Spur Cross Ranch Regional Park
entrance fee payable separately at park
Archaeologist Allen Dart and Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger
Shelly Rasmussen (an archaeological Site Steward) guide this tour to see
hundreds of ancient petroglyphs and the rock art museum at Deer Valley
Rock Art Center north of Phoenix, and more petroglyphs in Spur Cross
Ranch Regional Park near Carefree, Arizona. Deer Valley Rock Art Center
features a museum with video, artifacts, interpretive signs, and a gift
shop. Along its outdoor, quarter-mile-long rock art trail we’ll view
some of the 47-acre preserve’s 1,571 known petroglyphs, which range from
700 to 10,000 years old and represent the Archaic, Hohokam, and Patayan
cultures. The Spur Cross Conservation Area intermediate-level hike is
about 3 miles roundtrip and takes about 3 hours of hillclimbing to a
Hohokam pueblo and two petroglyph sites. Bring your own picnic lunch and
water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday December 9, 2008
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for Friends of Sonoita Creek at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Visitor
Center near Patagonia, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen
Dart, director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, shows Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in Arizona prehistory and
history, and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating
archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Park Ranger Jennifer
Parks at 520-287-2791 or [log in to unmask] at the Sonoita Creek
park; for information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen
Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
DIRECTIONS FROM TUCSON to Sonoita Creek Natural Area Visitor Center:
DIRECTIONS VIA INTERSTATE 19 AND STATE ROUTE 82: Go south on I-19 to Exit
12 (Ruby Rd.), east on Ruby Rd. to Via Frontera, south (right turn) on
Via Frontera for 1/4 mile to S. River Rd., east (left) on S. River Road
approx. 5 miles to State Route 82, northeast seven miles on State Route
82 to Patagonia Lake Road. (See “Finally” additional directions below.)
DIRECTIONS VIA INTERSTATE 10: Go east on I-10 to Exit 281 (State Route 83
turnoff), south (right) on SR 83 ca. 27 miles to the intersection of SR
83 and SR 82 in Sonoita, west (right) on SR 82 and continue west and
southward about 20 miles to the Patagonia Lake turnoff (which is past the
town of Patagonia). FINALLY, GO WEST ON THE PATAGONIA LAKE ROAD 4 miles
into Patagonia Lake State Park; once you’re past the entry fee station,
turn left and follow the signs to the Visitor Center.
Thursday December 11, 2008
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, at Pima County Public Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., Tucson.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
Noon to 1 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved
or pecked on rocks), and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may
be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Coni
Weatherford at 520-594-5570 or [log in to unmask] in Tucson; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sunday December 14, 2008
Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
Noon to 3 p.m. $35; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Flintknapper Sam Greenleaf teaches hands-on workshop on making arrowheads
and spearpoints out of stone to better understand how ancient people made
and used stone artifacts. Class is designed to help modern people
understand how prehistoric Native Americans made and used artifacts, and
is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Class
limited to 8 registrants age 16 and older.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday December 16, 2008
“Ventana Cave and Tohono O’odham Nation Archaeology and Culture” (ST146)
Pima Community College study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart via
passenger van departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave.,
Tucson.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. $79
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
this van tour, which focuses on the Ventana Cave National Historic
Landmark archaeological site and rock art, includes visits to nearby
villages and the Tohono O'odham Nation government complex in Sells, and
opportunity to purchase arts and crafts at the Wiwpul Du `ag Arts Trading
Post. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking
shoes.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Thursday December 18, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursdays” free presentation:
“Hopi Summer” with author/historian Carolyn O’Bagy Davis at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro
area).
7:30 to 9 p.m. Free.
In the summer of 1927, a wealthy Boston socialite, Maud Melville, met
Ethel Muchvo, a Hopi potter from First Mesa, while visiting the Hopi
Indian Reservation. Their instant friendship resulted in years of
correspondence between the two women of vastly different backgrounds.
Author and historian Carolyn O’Bagy Davis tells the true story of their
cross-cultural friendship using diaries, letters, vintage photographs,
and interviews with contemporary Hopi people. The tale of Hopi Summer
provides insight into Hopi life before change came to the traditional,
mesa-top villages through government intrusion, increasing tourism, and
twentieth-century technology. This is the story of a touching friendship
as Maud and Ethel lived through happy and sorrowful times. Epidemics
raged through the villages killing scores of Hopi children and elders.
Ethel’s husband suffered for years from tuberculosis, an unstoppable
disease that claimed ten of the Muchvo’s eleven children, with only their
last child, Vivian, surviving into adulthood. Ethel’s letters tell of
bitter cold winters on the mesas, of poor harvests and the hunger that
her family and neighbors suffered through, and always, of the pressures
from missionaries and the U.S. government to become Christian and give up
the ancient and traditional Hopi way of life. Hopi Summer gives a rare
glimpse of day-to-day life in an ancient, Native American community
before anthropologists, missionaries and legions of tourists descended,
and greatly altered Hopi life, and of one family’s struggle to survive in
a harsh landscape.
Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, a fourth-generation descendant of Utah pioneers,
has written numerous books and articles on the history of archaeology,
quilting, and western history. She has curated museum exhibits on
southwestern archaeology, Hopi quilting, and other topics related to
western history, and she lectures extensively to groups and museums
around the country.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday January 6, 2009
“Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Valley Archaeology and History”
(ST147) Pima Community College study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
via passenger van departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita
Ave., Tucson
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. $79
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
van tour to Coolidge-Florence area. Tour includes an extended visit to
archaeological features in the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in
Coolidge plus visits to the Grewe site (early Hohokam village),
Adamsville Ruin (late Hohokam village with platform mound and ballcourt),
historic Adamsville Cemetery and settlements along the Gila River, and
Pinal County Historical Society Museum in Florence. Bring your own picnic
lunch and water.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Sunday January 11, 2009
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation at Casa Grande
Ruins National Monument, 1100 Ruins Dr., Coolidge, Arizona. Cosponsored
by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2-3 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates and discusses Arizona’s earliest Paleoindians and Archaic
period hunters and foragers, the development of archaeological villages,
the Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan
archaeological cultures, and the connections between those ancient
peoples and Arizona’s historical cultures. Funding for program provided
by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ranger Alan Stanz at
520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask] in Coolidge; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Monday January 12, 2009
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation at Indian Hills Public Library, 66907 Indian Hills Way,
Salome, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
3:30-5:00 p.m. Free.
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Archaeologist Allen 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. Funding for program provided by
the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact librarian Sharon
Hillhouse in Salome at 928-859-4271 or [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sundays January 18 through March 1, 2009
Traditional Pottery Making Level 1 Workshop with John Guerin at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson Unified School
District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north
of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson.
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $79; $63.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; includes all materials
except clay, which participants will collect during class field trip.
A series of 7 pottery-making class sessions will be offered by artist
John Guerin each Sunday afternoon beginning January 18 and ending March
1, 2009, including a clay-gathering field trip on January 25. The class
is designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native
Americans made and used pottery, and is not intended to train students
how to make artwork for sale. The Level 1 class demonstrates pottery
making techniques the instructor has learned from modern Native American
potters, using gourd scrapers, mineral paints, and yucca brushes instead
of modern potters’ wheels and paint. The course introduces some history
of southwestern Ancestral and Modern Puebloan, Mogollon, and Hohokam
pottery-making, includes a field trip in which participants dig their own
clay, and demonstrates initial steps in forming, shaping and smoothing,
and completion of bowls, jars, canteens, ladles, and rattles of both
smooth and corrugated pottery, by scraping, sanding, polishing, slipping
and painting. The paddle-and-anvil handbuilding method is also
demonstrated. Arizona Archaeological Society certification may be offered
to persons who complete Traditional Pottery Making workshop Levels 1, 2,
& 3 (Levels 2 and 3 offered when there is enough demand); certification
requirements include 60 hours of instruction and hands-on work.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday January 20, 2009
“Ventana Cave and Tohono O’odham Nation Archaeology and Culture” (ST146)
Pima Community College study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart via
passenger van departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave.,
Tucson.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. $79
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
this van tour, which focuses on the Ventana Cave National Historic
Landmark archaeological site and rock art, includes visits to nearby
villages and the Tohono O'odham Nation government complex in Sells, and
opportunity to purchase arts and crafts at the Wiwpul Du `ag Arts Trading
Post. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking
shoes.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Sunday February 8, 2009
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 Ruins Dr.,
Coolidge, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2-3 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of the
ancient Hohokam Indians, and discusses archaeological interpretations of
how these people tamed southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert for centuries
before their culture mysteriously disappeared. Funding for program
provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ranger Alan Stanz at
520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask] in Coolidge; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday February 10, 2009
“Ventana Cave and Tohono O’odham Nation Archaeology and Culture” (ST146)
Pima Community College study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart via
passenger van departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave.,
Tucson.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. $79
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
this van tour, which focuses on the Ventana Cave National Historic
Landmark archaeological site and rock art, includes visits to nearby
villages and the Tohono O'odham Nation government complex in Sells, and
opportunity to purchase arts and crafts at the Wiwpul Du `ag Arts Trading
Post. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking
shoes.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Thursday February 12, 2009
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for Friends of Sonoita Creek at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Visitor
Center near Patagonia, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen
Dart, director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, shows Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in Arizona prehistory and
history, and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating
archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Park Ranger Jennifer
Parks at 520-287-2791 or [log in to unmask] at the Sonoita Creek
park; for information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen
Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
DIRECTIONS FROM TUCSON to Sonoita Creek Natural Area Visitor Center:
DIRECTIONS VIA INTERSTATE 19 AND STATE ROUTE 82: Go south on I-19 to Exit
12 (Ruby Rd.), east on Ruby Rd. to Via Frontera, south (right turn) on
Via Frontera for 1/4 mile to S. River Rd., east (left) on S. River Road
approx. 5 miles to State Route 82, northeast seven miles on State Route
82 to Patagonia Lake Road. (See “Finally” additional directions below.)
DIRECTIONS VIA INTERSTATE 10: Go east on I-10 to Exit 281 (State Route 83
turnoff), south (right) on SR 83 ca. 27 miles to the intersection of SR
83 and SR 82 in Sonoita, west (right) on SR 82 and continue west and
southward about 20 miles to the Patagonia Lake turnoff (which is past the
town of Patagonia). FINALLY, GO WEST ON THE PATAGONIA LAKE ROAD 4 miles
into Patagonia Lake State Park; once you’re past the entry fee station,
turn left and follow the signs to the Visitor Center.
Tuesday February 17, 2009
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Arizona Archaeological Society’s Northern Arizona Chapter
at The Peaks Assisted Living Facility meeting room, 3150 N. Winding
Brook Road, Flagstaff. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved
or pecked on rocks), and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may
be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Evelyn Billo at
Flagstaff telephone 928-526-3625 or [log in to unmask] in Flagstaff for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
February 21, 2009
“Ventana Cave and Tohono O’odham Nation Villages” fundraising tour with
archaeologist Allen Dart via carpools departing from southeast corner of
Pima Community College parking lot, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Fee $25 per person ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Ventana Cave, a National Historic Landmark archaeological site on the
Tohono O'odham Reservation, is a rockshelter with rock art and other
archaeological features used by Native Americans for 10,000 years. This
carpool tour will also visit the Tohono O'odham government complex in
Sells, Tohono O'odham villages in the Santa Rosa, Kaka, and Quijotoa
valleys, and a reservation trading post. Tour fees will benefit Old
Pueblo's education programs and the Tohono O'odham Hickiwan District's
efforts to develop a caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave. BRING
YOUR OWN PICNIC LUNCH AND WATER, WEAR COMFORTABLE HIKING SHOES.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday March 3, 2009
“Tucson-Marana Rock Art and Archaeology” (ST149) Pima Community College
study tour with archaeologist Allen Dart via passenger van departing from
Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $69
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
van tour to the Picture Rocks petroglyphs site, Hohokam Classic period
housing compound and agricultural sites in the Tortolita Mountains, and
Los Morteros, one of the Tucson Basin’s largest archaeological sites,
which includes a Hohokam ballcourt, bedrock mortars, and large trash
mounds in the ancient living areas. Bring a lunch and water.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College, Tucson)
Wednesday March 4, 2009
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, at the Heard Museum North Scottsdale, in The Summit at
Scottsdale, 32633 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale (on Scottsdale Road north
of Loop 101, just south of Carefree Highway).
7-8 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of the
ancient Hohokam Indians, and discusses archaeological interpretations of
how these people tamed southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert for centuries
before their culture mysteriously disappeared. Funding for program
provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Jaclyn Roessel in
Surprise, AZ, at 623-344-2203 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 7, 2009
“Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration” at City of Tucson’s Vista del Rio
Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road),
Tucson, Arizona.
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center program, sponsored by Vista del Rio
Residents' Association, is designed to educate children, especially ages
6 to 12, about the ancient Hohokam Indians who lived at Tucson's Vista
del Rio archaeological site and elsewhere in southern Arizona. Includes
hands-on activities including making pottery artifacts to take home,
grinding corn using an ancient metate and mano, and learning to play
traditional Native American games, plus demonstrations of traditional
Native American pottery-making and arrowhead-making crafts. The hands-on
activities, demonstrations, and informational materials will be along the
trails through the Vista del Rio Cultural Park where part of an ancient
Hohokam Indian village is preserved.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Cris Wagner at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sunday March 15, 2009
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 Ruins Dr., Coolidge,
Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2-3 p.m. Free.
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen
Dart, director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, shows Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in Arizona prehistory and
history, and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating
archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ranger Alan Stanz at
520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask] in Coolidge; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 21, 2009
“OPEN3” hands-on, two-hour excavation program for children ages 6-12 at
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in Tucson
Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park).
Two sessions: 10 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 3 p.m. Free.
This free program allows children to learn about different cultures by
participating in the excavation of “OPEN3,” a full-size replica of a
southern Arizona Hohokam Indian archaeological site. Old Pueblo’s
instructors provide instruction and hands-on experience in the methods
archaeologists use to excavate real archaeological sites and to make
scientific interpretations about how ancient people looked, what they
ate, how they constructed their houses, what language they may have
spoken, what they may have believed in, and how they created beauty in
their lives. The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (“OPEN”) program has
been recognized as a superior children’s archaeology education program in
independent evaluations by both archaeologists and professional
educators, and it has received substantial funding from the Arizona
Humanities Council, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the
Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation, the Long Realty Cares Foundation,
the Stocker Foundation, Wells Fargo, and other granting organizations.
Children do not get to keep archaeological artifacts.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Maximum of 28 children per session.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday March 24, 2009
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Friends of Sonoita Creek at Sonoita Creek State Natural
Area Visitor Center near Patagonia, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved
or pecked on rocks), and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may
be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Park Ranger Jennifer
Parks at 520-287-2791 or [log in to unmask] at the Sonoita Creek
park; for information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen
Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
DIRECTIONS FROM TUCSON to Sonoita Creek Natural Area Visitor Center:
DIRECTIONS VIA INTERSTATE 19 AND STATE ROUTE 82: Go south on I-19 to Exit
12 (Ruby Rd.), east on Ruby Rd. to Via Frontera, south (right turn) on
Via Frontera for 1/4 mile to S. River Rd., east (left) on S. River Road
approx. 5 miles to State Route 82, northeast seven miles on State Route
82 to Patagonia Lake Road. (See “Finally” additional directions below.)
DIRECTIONS VIA INTERSTATE 10: Go east on I-10 to Exit 281 (State Route 83
turnoff), south (right) on SR 83 ca. 27 miles to the intersection of SR
83 and SR 82 in Sonoita, west (right) on SR 82 and continue west and
southward about 20 miles to the Patagonia Lake turnoff (which is past the
town of Patagonia). FINALLY, GO WEST ON THE PATAGONIA LAKE ROAD 4 miles
into Patagonia Lake State Park; once you’re past the entry fee station,
turn left and follow the signs to the Visitor Center.
Sunday April 5, 2009
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Pima County Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation at Agua
Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road in Tucson. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
1-2:30 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of the
ancient Hohokam Indians, and discusses archaeological interpretations of
how these people tamed southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert for centuries
before their culture mysteriously disappeared. Funding for program
provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Joanne Triplett at
520-749-3718 or [log in to unmask] in Tucson; for information about
the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
DIRECTIONS: Tanque Verde Road to Soldiers' Trail, north to Roger Rd.,
right (east) into Park, go to Rose Cottage (pink building by pond on
left-hand side).
Sunday April 19, 2009
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 Ruins Dr.,
Coolidge, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2-3 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved
or pecked on rocks), and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may
be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ranger Alan Stanz at
520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask] in Coolidge; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 19-Tuesday June 23, 2009
Reservations required at least 3 days ahead.
“Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico” (ST585)
Pima Community College study tour (CRN 72084 Double Occupancy, CRN 72085
Single Occupancy) with archaeologist Allen Dart via passenger van
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
3 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. $759 Double Occupancy, $799 Single
Occupancy
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this comprehensive
tour to southwestern New Mexico’s Silver City area to visit Classic
Mimbres pueblo ruins, Early Mogollon village archaeological sites, the
Gila Cliff Dwellings, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum with one
of the world’s finest collections of Mimbres Puebloan pottery (the kind
with those spectacular human and animal figures). Tour includes
transportation, lodging and entry fees. Offered by Pima Community College
in affiliation with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
Advance reservations required: 520-206-6468 (Pima Community College,
Tucson).
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s mission is to educate children and adults
to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to foster
the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to develop a
lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures. Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code so donations and Old
Pueblo membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts allowed by the
Internal Revenue Service.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT! If you are not an Old Pueblo member we would be grateful if you
would become one so you can provide more support for our education and
research programs and receive membership benefits. You can become a
member by going to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
http://www.oldpueblo.org/member.html web page, scrolling to the bottom of
that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can
also donate using your Visa or Mastercard, either by calling Old Pueblo
at 520-798-1201 or by clicking on “Donation Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure
www.oldpueblo.org/donate.html web page.
Please help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center if you can!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
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