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This communication provides information on Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s upcoming activities. Please check Old Pueblo’s web site www.oldpueblo.org for details. A copy of this information can be faxed or mailed to you upon request if you contact Old Pueblo at [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is located at 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 7 in the Town of Marana, Arizona (northwestern Tucson metropolitan area). Please address all U.S. Postal Service correspondence to us at PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577.
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]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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ARROWHEAD-MAKING AND FLINTKNAPPING WORKSHOP
at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8
Sunday April 15, 2007
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. Workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m. and costs $25 per person ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). Advance reservations required.
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TRADITIONAL POTTERY MAKING LEVEL 1 WORKSHOP
at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8
Sundays October 7-November 18, 2007
A series of 7 pottery-making class sessions will be offered by artist John Guerin each Sunday afternoon beginning October 7 and ending November 18, 2007, including a clay-gathering field trip on Oct. 14. 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. The 7-session workshop runs from 2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday and costs $69 ($55.20 for Old Pueblo and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). Ages 16 and older. Advance reservations required.
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THIRD THURSDAYS PRESENTATIONS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s monthly “Third Thursdays” lecture programs are held at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, free, no advance reservations required. All of the following programs will be at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8, in the Marana Town Limits, Arizona. Contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for more information.
Thursday April 19, 2007, “Native American Flutes and Music” with Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Ranger Alan Stanz
Thursday May 17, 2007, “Kokopelli: Mystery of a Flute Player” by Jay Craváth
Thursday June 21, 2007, “The Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum” with the Museum’s Director of Education Dr. Eric J. Kaldahl
Thursday July 19, 2007, “Archaeological Signatures from the Eighteenth Century Pimería Alta” with archaeologist Dr. Rebecca Waugh
OTHER OLD PUEBLO-ARRANGED PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday April 17, 2007, “Ancient Native American Potters of Southern Arizona” free slide-illustrated presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month at Morris K. Udall Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council. 7:30-9 p.m. Free.
Wednesday May 2, 2007, “What Do We Do with Our Ancestors?” free multimedia presentation at Petrified Forest National Park’s Painted Desert Visitor Center east of Holbrook, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council. 10-11 a.m. Free.
Tuesday May 15, 2007, “History and Myth about the Hohokam” free presentation by Professor Donald M. Bahr for Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month at Morris K. Udall Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson. 7:30-9 p.m. Free.
Thursday August 23, 2007, “What Do We Do with Our Ancestors?” free multimedia presentation at Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St., Glendale, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council. 7-8 p.m. Free.
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OLD PUEBLO EDUCATIONAL TOURS
Wednesday May 9-Sunday May 13, 2007, “All Aboard for Durango!” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $795*
Thursday May 24-Monday May 28, 2007, “Southeast Utah Ruins, Rock Art, and Rivers” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $695*
Thursday May 31-Sunday June 3, 2007, “Canyon De Chelly, Puerco Ruins-Petrified Forest, and Hubbell Trading Post” fundraising tour with archaeologist Marc Severson. $695*
Saturday June 9-Sunday June 10, 2007, “Springerville Area Archaeological Sites” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $229*
Wednesday June 13-Saturday June 16, 2007, “Zuñi Pueblo, Rock Art, and Ruins” fundraising tour with archaeologist Marc Severson. $795*
Friday June 22-Tuesday June 26, 2007, "Old Pueblo Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums" fundraising “flex-tour” with archaeologist Allen Dart. Fee including van transport & hotel $750 per person; without van transport or hotel $200 per person*
Saturday June 30-Sunday July 1, 2007, “Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $275*
Saturday July 28-Sunday July 29, 2007 , “Jerome History Tour with Overnight at the Jerome Grand Hotel” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $300*
Saturday August 4-Sunday August 5, 2007, “Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $275*
Friday August 31-Monday September 3, 2007 (Labor Day Weekend), “New Mexico Ghost Town & History Adventure Based at Historic Black Range Lodge B&B” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $399*
Wednesday September 26-Sunday September 30, 2007, “Southeast Utah Ruins, Rock Art, and Rafting” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $825*
Saturday October 13, 2007, “Kentucky Camp Open House, Empire Ranch, Callaghan Vineyards, and Dinner at Rex Ranch” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $125*
Friday October 26-Sunday October 28, 2007, “History and the Grape Outdoors Tour – Colibri Vineyards, Portal/Cave Creek, and the Douglas Area” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $399*
Saturday November 10, 2007, “The Hohokam Culture: Romero Ruins and Baby Jesus Ridge Petroglyphs” fundraising carpool tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $75*
Monday November 19-Saturday November 24, 2007 (Thanksgiving Week), “Death Valley History and Archaeology Adventure” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $925*
Friday January 18-Monday January 21, 2008, “Native People of the Southwest – A Winter Weekend Program at Bear Mountain Lodge in Silver City” fundraising tour with Dr. Stephen H. Buck. $750*
* Discounts are available for some fee programs.
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Contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for more information!
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