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Pueblo’s web site http://www.oldpueblo.org or contact Old Pueblo at
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faxed or mailed upon request.
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: http://www.oldpueblo.org
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THIS WEEK: WEDNESDAY MARCH 12, 2008
“What Do We Do with Our Ancestors?” free presentation at Scottsdale Civic
Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. (near Indian School Road &
Scottsdale Rd.), Scottsdale, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
discusses how human remains are treated by people of different cultures,
what is done when human remains and grave objects come to light in
archaeological excavations, and laws that specify what must be done when
human remains are discovered. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Sara Schettler at
480-312-6221 or [log in to unmask] in Scottsdale; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
THIS WEEK: THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2008
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
for Friends of Sonoita Creek at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Visitor
Center near Patagonia, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8 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.
THIS WEEK: SUNDAY MARCH 16, 2008 [Saturday March 15, 2008, tour is already
filled!]
“Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Site: Quadrupeds, People, and Other Symbols in
Stone” guided tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, beginning at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 7, Tucson, and carpooling to
the rock art site.
8 to 10 a.m. Free.
Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this tour to view rock art depictions of
dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and ritually important
rock art petroglyphs made by the Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and
1450. Limited to 32 people.
OUR SATURDAY MARCH 15 TOUR TO PICTURE ROCKS (ANNOUNCED IN THE ARIZONA
STATE PARKS LISTING OF ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH EVENTS) IS ALREADY FILLED, SO A
SECOND TOUR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY MARCH 16!
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED for the Sunday March 16 Tour:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 20, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: "Excavations
at a Prehistoric Gateway Community in the Upper San Pedro Valley" by
archaeologists Douglas B. Craig and Maren Hopkins at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro
area).
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
Archaeologists Douglas Craig and Maren Hopkins of Northland Research,
Inc., will discuss recent excavations by Northland at a prehistoric
pithouse settlement in the San Pedro River valley of southeastern
Arizona. The work was carried out for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
prior to the construction of a pedestrian fence along the U.S.-Mexico
border. Despite working in a narrow 60-ft-wide right-of-way, more than
250 prehistoric features were discovered in the excavations including
dozens of pithouses, cooking pits, and outdoor storage pits, as well as
human and animal burials. Preliminary indications are that the site was
occupied from about A.D. 700 to 1200, though an earlier component may
also be present. Dr. Craig and Ms. Hopkins will present a slide show and
discuss the results of the fieldwork, focusing interpretation of the
archaeological site’s role in the cultural landscape of the borderlands
region.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday March 21, 2008
“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]
Friday March 21, 2008
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation at Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road,
Gilbert, Arizona. Sponsored by Southeast Regional Library.
7-8:30 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.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Beth
Woodard at telephone number 602-652-3207 or [log in to unmask] in
Gilbert; for information about the presentation subject matter contact
Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday March 28, 2008
“Male Bonding Around the Campfire: Constructing Myths of Hohokam
Militarism” free presentation by Ann Hibner Koblitz, Ph.D., at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro
area).
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
The Hohokam people of central Arizona and their neighbors have long been
of interest to archaeologists of the Southwest, and the prevailing image
of them has varied significantly over time. Lately there has been a shift
among some scholars toward viewing the Hohokam as constantly embroiled in
warfare. This presentation analyzes this trend in archaeological writing
in terms of modern American cultures of aggressive masculinity. On the
basis of scant evidence, some archaeologists have created a story of war
and militarism that harmonizes well with early 21st-century attitudes
toward conflict. Explore whether this warlike image has much bearing on
the actual lives and pursuits of indigenous populations of the time. Ann
Koblitz is Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State
University, Tempe. She has published books and articles on Russian women
scientists and mathematicians, gender and science theory, historical and
cross-cultural comparisons of women in science, and women in Territorial
Arizona. Currently she is working on "Sex and Herbs and Birth Control"--
a study of women's fertility control possibilities in different
historical periods and cultures.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 29, 2008
"Baby Jesus Ridge Petroglyphs Site" guided tour with archaeologist Sharon
F. Urban, starting at southeast corner of the Oracle Road -Golder Ranch
Road intersection in Catalina.
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free
Archaeological rock art expert Sharon F. Urban will guide this free tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs at the Baby Jesus Ridge
archaeological site (also known as the Rail N Ranch site, Sheep Tank
site, and Lost and Found site) on the boulder-strewn western piedmont of
the Santa Catalina Mountains. The tour will meet at the southeast corner
of the Oracle Road-Golder Ranch Road intersection (0.7 mile north of
Oracle Road Milepost 85). From there we will form carpools to drive to
the rock art vicinity, then take a 3-mile-round-trip hike over mostly
flat, sandy ground to see the petroglyphs. High clearance vehicles
capable of traversing a short rough dirt road are required for
carpooling.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sunday March 30, 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. $25; $20 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]
Sundays April 6-May 17, 2008 (no class on Mother’s Day May 11)
Traditional Pottery Making Level 2 Workshop with John Guerin at Old
Pueblo Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road, Building 8,
Tucson-Marana.
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.
This 6-Sunday workshop builds on the pottery hand-building techniques
taught in Old Pueblo’s Level 1 class (which included initial steps in
forming, shaping and smoothing, and completion of bowls, jars, canteens,
ladles, and rattles of both smooth and corrugated pottery – using methods
often used by modern Native American potters who use traditional
materials, without the modern potter’s wheel). The Level 2 class
instruction focuses on larger pots, applique, carving, sgraffito (shallow
carving through an outer slip layer), Pueblo-type storytellers, Zuni-type
owls, and applying micaceous slips. 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.
Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) certification may be offered to
persons who complete Traditional Pottery Making workshop Levels 1, 2, & 3
(Level 3 is offered when there is enough demand); AAS certification
requirements include 60 hours of instruction and hands-on work. Minimum
enrollment 10, maximum 15.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday April 9, 2008
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
at Arizona Senior Academy, 13701 E. Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, Arizona.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2:30-4:30 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.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kathie Van Brunt at
Tucson telephone 520-647-0980 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]
Thursday April 10, 2008
“What Do We Do with Our Ancestors?” free presentation at La Pilita
Museum, 420 S. Main Avenue, Tucson, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
discusses how human remains are treated by people of different cultures,
what is done when human remains and grave objects come to light in
archaeological excavations, and laws that specify what must be done when
human remains are discovered. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Carol Cribbet-Bell or
Joan Daniels in Tucson at 520-882-7454 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]
Tuesday April 15, 2008
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation at Heard Museum West, 16126 N. Civic Center Plaza, Surprise,
Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
1-2 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 M. Roessel in
Surprise 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]
Thursday April 17, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: “Clovis,
Climate, and Comets in the San Pedro Valley, 13,000 Years Ago” with
archaeologist Jesse Ballenger at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W.
Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
The Clovis culture still represents the first uncontested human
population to enter the interior of the American continent. These
colonists arrived more than 13,000 years ago and disappeared about 12,800
years ago. The San Pedro River Basin preserves at least six
Clovis-mammoth sites between Naco and Sierra Vista. If legitimate
human-mammoth associations in North America number only 15, then this
small stretch of land is indeed a remarkable circumstance. The question
that eludes us is whether this record is an accurate reflection of Clovis
hunting, or a bizarre phenomenon of preservation and discovery.
Advocates of the "Pleistocene overkill" model cite the San Pedro Basin as
proof that Clovis hunters not only specialized in the pursuit of large
game, but also hunted animals to extinction. Others interpret the
paleoenvironmental and archaeological record of the San Pedro as evidence
that both climate and human predation were responsible for the demise of
Pleistocene animals. These theories are complicated by themselves, but
recent studies have introduced the possibility that an extraterrestrial
catastrophe is responsible for the ecological dynamics that led to both
Pleistocene extinction and the end of the Clovis culture. This
presentation will review renewed archaeological research in the San Pedro
Basin in light of these issues.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday April 18, 2008
“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]
Thursday April 24, 2008
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation at Biosphere 2, 32540 S. Biosphere Road, Oracle, Arizona.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
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 Karl Peterson in Casa
Grande at 602-300-6952 or 520-836-3237, 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]
Sunday April 27, 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. $25; $20 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]
Wednesday April 30, 2008
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation at Arizona Senior Academy, 13701 E. Old Spanish Trail,
Tucson, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2:30-4:30 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.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kathie Van Brunt at
Tucson telephone 520-647-0980 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 May 3, 2008
Youth Pottery Workshop at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road
Bldg. 6 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $45
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Pottery Workshop exposes students
ages 12 through 18 to pottery as it has been made by Native Americans in
the Southwest for over 2,000 years. They will learn how clay is
processed and will hand-make their own pots using the coil-and-scrape and
the paddle-and-anvil methods. Gourd scrapers and wooden paddles will be
used to shape the pots and traditional designs will be applied using
mineral paints. The pots will remain at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
until they are dry and then fired. Students may pick up their pots after
firing. Minimum number of participants 8, maximum 15. Each student needs
to bring a lunch.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday May 15, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: ****[Program
title & speaker to be arranged] at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W.
Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday June 7, 2008
Youth Pottery Workshop at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road
Bldg. 6 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $45
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Pottery Workshop exposes students
ages 12 through 18 to pottery as it has been made by Native Americans in
the Southwest for over 2,000 years. They will learn how clay is
processed and will hand-make their own pots using the coil-and-scrape and
the paddle-and-anvil methods. Gourd scrapers and wooden paddles will be
used to shape the pots and traditional designs will be applied using
mineral paints. The pots will remain at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
until they are dry and then fired. Students may pick up their pots after
firing. Minimum number of participants 8, maximum 15. Each student needs
to bring a lunch.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Monday June 9 through Friday June 13, 2008
“Southwest Archaeology Camp: Understanding Hohokam Culture” summer day
camp for grades 7-12 (Class code AYUARCH), at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 6 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. $499 for the one-week session
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center provides a creative, educational
environment to encourage learning about other cultures and promote
understanding and appreciation of the differences among cultures. The
program will focus on Arizona's cultural past as reflected by the ancient
Hohokam Indians' arts and crafts with a special emphasis on the
relationship between culture and the environment. Students will learn
about Hohokam culture through the practice of modern archaeology as they:
* Participate in an orientation session and excavation at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's full-scale replica of a Hohokam Indian village ruin.
* Examine ancient artifacts and learn how and why the Hohokam Indians used
certain materials.
* Learn about the importance of experimental archaeology and the part it
plays in helping us understand ancient problem-solving technologies.
* Actively engage in making pottery (from the ground up), etching shells,
making baskets and making cordage.
* Learn about "flintknapping" (the art of making arrowheads and other
flaked stone tools) from an expert.
* Visit the Picture Rocks petroglyph site to learn about petroglyphs and
pictographs and how they can be used to increase our understanding about
the Hohokam and their environment.
* Take a guided field trip to the Romero Ruin at Catalina State Park and
learn about the relationship between environment and culture.
Advance reservations required: 520-626-5144 (Arizona Youth University,
Tucson).
Thursday June 19, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: ****[Program
title & speaker to be arranged] at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W.
Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area).
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 20-Tuesday June 24, 2008
Reservations required at least 3 days ahead.
“Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico” (ST585)
Pima Community College study tour (CRN 62714 Double Occupancy, CRN 62715
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. $749 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).
Thursday July 17, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: ****[Program
title, speaker, and location to be arranged].
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** If Old Pueblo will move to new location in or after August 2008,
change Old Pueblo’s address inall entries from here on.
Thursday August 21, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: ****[Program
title, speaker, and location to be arranged].
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday August 28, 2008
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation 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 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 Librarian Connie
Weatherford at 520-791-4391 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]
Thursday September 18, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program:
"Archaeological Excavations at Las Capas" with archaeologist Stephanie
Whittlesey, Ph.D. ****[Program location to be arranged].
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sundays October 5 through November 16, 2008
Traditional Pottery Making Level 1 Workshop with John Guerin at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, ****[Address to be announced], Tucson.
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $89; $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 October 5 and ending November
16, 2008, including a clay-gathering field trip on October 12. 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]
Thursday October 16, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: ****[Program
title, speaker, and location to be arranged].
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 20, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: "Voices from
Inside a Black Snake: Religious Monuments along Arizona and Sonora
Highways" with anthropologist Dr. James S. "Big Jim" Griffith, Ph.D.
****[Program location to be arranged].
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
****[Description to be provided later.]
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 11, 2008
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation 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 Connie
Weatherford at 520-791-4391 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]
Friday June 20-Tuesday June 24, 2008
Pima Community College-Old Pueblo Archaeology Center "Mimbres Ruins, Rock
Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" (ST585) study tour with
archaeologist Allen Dart, via passenger van departing from Pima Community
College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson.
Van departs 3 p.m. Friday for check-in at Silver City hotel Friday
evening. Actual tour starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, ends around 5 p.m.
Tuesday. Fee including van transport $749 double accommodations ($799
single accommodations)
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 at least two weeks ahead: 520-206-6468
(Pima Community College, Tucson).
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