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MONDAY OCTOBER 12 IS
LAST CHANCE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS
FOR OCTOBER 15 THIRD THURSDAY DINNER
PROGRAM
Monday October 12 at 3:00
p.m.is the deadline for reservations and dinner payments for the October
15 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner presentation,
"Anarchy in Ancient Arizona: Breakdown in Society at the End of the
Hohokam Colonial Period,” by archaeologist William L. Deaver at El
Parador Mexican Restaurant in Tucson. The dinner fee of $18 per person
covers a Mexican food buffet with coffee, tea or soft drink, tax and
gratuity, plus the presentation. El Parador is located at 2744 E. Broadway
Blvd. in Tucson. Our restaurant room reservation is for 6 p.m., with
dinner to be served starting at 6:20. Mr. Deaver’s presentation will
begin at 7 p.m.
The buffet allows one time
through the serving line per person (not all you can eat), and offers a
carne seca or sautéed veggie chimichanga, 2 chicken taquitos,
southwestern quesadilla, green corn tamale, refried beans, tostada chips
and salsa, and coffee, tea, or a soft drink.
If you wish to make a reservation OR IF YOU WANT THE
VEGGIE CHIMI please call Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201
BEFORE 3 P.M. MONDAY so that we can make give El Parador our final
reservations count and menu preferences. The $18 dinner fee is due when
making your reservations. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover,
and Diners Club credit cards.
Regarding the
presentation: Southern Arizona’s ancient Hohokam culture is perhaps
best known for its extensive irrigation systems; an iconography including
depictions of plants, animals, and people expressed in shell, stone, and
clay; cremation death ritual; and a regionalized ceremonial system focused
on public architectural features interpreted as ballcourts. The Hohokam
heartland lay north of Tucson along the Gila and Salt rivers. In the
eighth century A.D., Hohokam culture spread across central and southern
Arizona including the Tucson Basin. Conventionally, the Hohokam culture
tenure across this region is thought to have persisted until the end of
prehistory in the middle fifteenth century. In his presentation,
archaeologist William A. Deaver will present a different view, contending
that Hohokam cultural influence and tenure in the Tucson Basin ended in
the mid tenth century at the conclusion of the Hohokam Colonial period. At
that time, he suggests, ballcourts cease to be used, ballcourt settlements
ceased to be centralized focal points of communities, many established
settlements were abandoned, population was redistributed across the
landscape, and the intensive importation of pottery, stone, and shell
objects from the Gila Basin into the Tucson area was greatly diminished.
Mr. Deaver will argue that the collapse of the Hohokam way of life in the
Tucson Basin led to a period of anarchy, in which authority was
decentralized and became vested in the heads of individual households.
Guest speaker William L. Deaver holds Bachelor
of Arts (1979) and Master of Arts (1990) degrees in anthropology from the
University of Arizona and has worked as an archaeologist in the American
Southwest for more than 30 years. Mr. Deaver has specialized in the study
of prehistoric pottery and how ceramics reflect people’s identity,
and also in chronology and chronometry. One of his particular interests is
the application of the archaeomagnetic dating technique to develop the
high-precision chronologies necessary to detect the archaeological
signatures of distinct social groups. He has worked as an archaeologist
with the Arizona State Museum’s Cultural Resource Management
Division, as a Research Associate in the University of Arizona Department
of Geosciences, and as a Project Director for the cultural resources
consulting firm Statistical Research, Inc. Currently he is a Project
Manager and Principal Investigator with WestLand Resources, Inc., a Tucson
environmental and cultural resources consulting company.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THESE
ADDITIONAL UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:
October 18, 2009
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Petroglyph
National Monument, Albuquerque, NM*
October 20, 2009
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by Allen Dart for Colorado Archaeological Society, Pikes Peak
Chapter at Falcon Police Station, Colorado Springs, Colorado*
October 21, 2009 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free presentation
by Allen Dart
for Colorado Archaeology Society, Chipeta Chapter at First Methodist
Church, Montrose, Colorado*
October 22, 2009
"Archaeology and You: Preserving the Past for the Future" free
presentation by Allen Dart at Edge of the Cedars Museum State Park, 660
West 400 North, Blanding, Utah*
Sundays October 25
through December 13, 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 on
seven Sunday afternoons October 25 through December 13, 2009 (except Nov.
29 Thanksgiving weekend), including a clay-gathering field trip on
November 1. 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.
Reservations required:
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above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the
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Sunday November
1, 2009
Archaeological field school session on
cultural resources survey techniques led by archaeologist Allen Dart,
RPA, starting at the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center, 7101
W. Picture Rocks Road, Tucson.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
$20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members
Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center is offering training in archaeological survey
methods as part of a research project to identify and record
archaeological sites that may be present near the Picture Rocks
petroglyphs site northwest of Tucson. Training will be provided in
archaeological site identification, recording, and interpretation; use of
degree-reading compass and global positioning systems equipment;
interpretation of aerial photographs and topographic maps; photography;
and other archaeological methods.
Reservations and
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center membership at Individual or higher level
required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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color photos about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send
flyer” and the event's date in your email subject line.
November 4, 2009 “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern
Arizona Hohokam Indians” free presentation at Arizona Western
College, Yuma*
November 6, 2009 “Picture Rocks, Los
Morteros & Tortolita Mtns Hohokam site tour” with Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, Tucson
November
10, 2009 “Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Copper Queen Library,
Bisbee, Arizona*
Saturday November 14, 2009
“Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch
Petroglyphs” guided fundraising tour with Shelley Rasmussen and
Allen Dart, starting at Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley
Road, Phoenix.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28
for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa
County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an archaeological Site
Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart 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 hill-climbing to a Hohokam pueblo and
two petroglyph sites. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear
comfortable hiking shoes.
Reservations required:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the
event's date in your email subject line.
November 19, 2009
“Third Thursdays” free presentation at Old Pueblo: Topic and
speaker to be announced
November 20, 2009 “Ventana
Cave and Tohono O’odham Nation Archaeology and Culture” study
tour with Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, Tucson*
Sunday November 22, 2009
"Amerind Foundation and Singing Wind Bookstore Thanksgiving
Festival" tour departing from 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
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. $99 per person
includes van transportation; or $39 if you provide your own transportation
and drive in caravan with the Old Pueblo tour van ($10 discount for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Start your holiday season right with this wonderful
Sunday drive to Texas Canyon and a visit to the Amerind Foundation. This
anthropological and archaeological museum is located in the remote and
beautiful Little Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The museum
collections are dedicated to the preservation of Native American cultures
and histories. Bring a sack lunch and we'll enjoy it under the arms of the
spreading oak trees. As we head back to Tucson, we will stop at the
popular Singing Wind bookstore for their Thanksgiving Festival. Winn
Bundy, Singing Wind's owner, always has a variety of authors on hand to
sign copies of books. Besides local authors, this year Elizabeth Lewis and
Caleb Bach are featured. We will be entertained with music and offered an
array of munchies. Guide Terri Contapay, a native of Arizona, has a
Master's degree in education and has led study tours for years with Pima
Community College. Her passion is exploring and learning about Arizona,
and she is always excited to share her experiences and knowledge with
others. For tour details contact Terri in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or
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Reservations required:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the
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Saturday
December 5, 2009
“White Tank Mountains
Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite Canyon” guided
fundraising tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart, starting at White
Tank Mountain Regional Park Visitor Center, 13025 N. White Tank Mountain
Road in Waddell.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $30 ($24
for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa
County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an archaeological Site
Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour to see hundreds of
ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank Mountain Regional Park
west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along the 2.5-mile-roundtrip,
fairly flat Black Rock Loop Trail to see and photograph dozens of Archaic
and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas with picnic facilities; then
afternoon visits to three petroglyph sites with Archaic and Hohokam rock
art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike along the Mesquite Canyon trail,
which includes some bush-whacking and boulder-hopping. Bring your own
picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or
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US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity
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December 9, 2009 “Set in Stone
but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart for San Tan Chapter, Arizona Archaeological
Society, at Queen Creek Museum , Queen Creek, Arizona*
December 11, 2009 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Valley
Archaeology and History”
study tour with Allen Dart departing
from Pima Community College, Tucson
December 12, 2009 Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Cultural Resources Survey Techniques
Archaeological Field School Session (Old Pueblo members only)
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WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the
event's date in your email subject line.
December 17,
2009 “Third Thursdays” free presentation at Old Pueblo: Topic
and speaker to be announced
January 8, 2010
“Picture Rocks, Los Morteros & Tortolita Mtns Hohokam site
tour” with Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College,
Tucson
January 10, 2010 Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s Cultural Resources Survey Techniques Archaeological Field
School Session (Old Pueblo members only)
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YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity please reply
with “Send flyer” and the event's date in your email subject
line.
January 29, 2010 “Ventana Cave and Tohono
O’odham Nation Archaeology and Culture”study tour with Allen
Dart departing from Pima Community College, Tucson.
February 6, 2010 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Cultural
Resources Survey Techniques
Archaeological Field School Session (Old
Pueblo members only)
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ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION; IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color
photos about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send
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February 19, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila
Archaeology” study tour with Allen Dart departing from Pima
Community College, Tucson [or possibly different tour – call
for update]
March 13, 2010 “Vista del Rio
Archaeology Celebration” featuring children’s activities and
guided archaeological site tours at the City of Tucson’s Vista del
Rio Cultural Resource Park*
Friday June 11-Tuesday June
15, 2010
(Reservation deadline Friday June 4,
2010)
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums
of Southern New Mexico" archaeology education “flex-tour”
tour with Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, van departing from Pima Community College,
401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, or drive your own vehicle and meet tour in
Silver City, NM
3 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Tuesday.
$799 per person includes van transport and lodging (double accommodations;
single $839); or $200 if you provide your own transport and lodging; $25
discount for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary members
Registered Professional
Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this “flex-tour” –
featuring your choice of whether the tour sponsor or you will provide the
transportation and lodging – to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon
village archaeological sites, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum
with probably the finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collection in the world,
all in southwestern New Mexico’s Silver City, Mimbres, and Deming
areas. Places tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon
Village and Harris sites excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; the
Gila Cliff Dwellings; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town, and
Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and the
Western New Mexico University Museum. The tour will be based in Silver
City and depart from a hotel there each morning. Hotels, camping, and
other accommodations for those who wish to arrange their own lodging and
transport are available in Silver City. Registrants are responsible for
their own meals. Van tour includes transportation and lodging.
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* Asterisked programs may be
sponsored by organizations other than Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
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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
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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,
MasterCard, or Discover credit card 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.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate
your support!
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
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Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
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