For Immediate Release
“OLD PUEBLO - YOUNG PEOPLE” FUNDRAISING RAFFLE WINNERS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center thanks all of you who purchased tickets for
our Eleventh “Old Pueblo - Young People” fundraising raffle that was held
on March 31. Proceeds form our raffle help Old Pueblo provide classroom
scholarships to pay archaeology education program fees for children whose
parents and schools are too poor to afford what we normally charge for our
OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig field trip, our OPENOUT in-classroom
education programs for kids, and our guided archaeological site tours for
schools. Some of the raffle funds are also used to support Old Pueblo’s
day-to-day operations including program scheduling, bookkeeping, and
indirect costs.
Here is a list of this year’s raffle prize donors, the prizes they donated
and the winners of the prizes:
Arizona Inn, Tucson: Brunch for Two at the historic Arizona Inn in Tucson,
valued at $70.00
Ticket no. 00252: Cheryl Burk
Beyond Bread, Tucson: Gift card to Beyond Bread Bakery/Café in Tucson,
valued at $10.00
Ticket no. 12838: Jan Feutz
Wayne Brian, Primitive Process Pottery, Mesa, AZ: Antelope design replica
Mimbres-style pottery bowl, with display stand and archaeology poem,
valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 14540: Dave Abbott
The Jim Click Automotive Team, Tucson: Friday thru Sunday stay in The
Jim Click Automotive Team’s company condominium in Arizona’s White
Mountains, valued at $500.00
Ticket no. 15399: Skip Johnson
Jim Farley, Tucson: Paperback copy of “Emil W. Haury's Prehistory of the
American Southwest” book edited by J. Jefferson Reid and David E. Doyel,
valued at $20.00
Ticket no. 12807: Maria Aguirre
Flor de Liz Dance Studio, Tucson: Gift certificat for eight-class dance
card, valued at $73.00
Ticket no. 10823: Gary Forbes
Gadsden Hotel, Douglas, Arizona, Robin Brekhus, Proprietor: One-night
stay in a Jacuzzi Suite at The Historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona,
valued at $150.00
Ticket no. 11830: Nelson Jones
Gray Line Tours, Tucson: Old Pueblo City Tour for 2, valued at $150.00
Ticket no. 00455: Israel
John Guerin, Tucson: Southwestern-style handbuilt pottery vessel #1 ,
valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 13479: Karen Russo
John Guerin, Tucson: Southwestern-style handbuilt pottery vessel #2 ,
valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 16844: Nielsen
John Guerin, Tucson: Southwestern-style handbuilt pottery vessel #3 ,
valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 13247: Karen Russo
John Guerin, Tucson: Southwestern-style handbuilt pottery vessel #4 ,
valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 06231: Sheila Govern
John Guerin, Tucson: Southwestern-style handbuilt pottery vessel #5 ,
valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 07376: Janet Parkhurst
Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise, Glendale, AZ: One-night stay for
two people at the Quality Inn Tuba City AZ, plus 2 adult admissions to
Navajo Interactive Museum, valued at $104.00
Ticket no. 06125: James Ayres
Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise, Glendale, AZ: One-night stay for
two people at the Quality Inn Window Rock in Window Rock AZ, valued at
$87.00
Ticket no. 05882: E J Cockcroft
Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise, Glendale, AZ: One-night stay for
two people at the Quality Inn Lake Powell in Page, AZ, valued at $87.00
Ticket no. 13106: Trudy Mertens
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson: Mimbres-design miniature pottery
bowl by an Acoma Pueblo artist, valued at $15.00
Ticket no. 13369: Peter Steere
Bud & Darla Pettit, Tucson: Framed poster depicting southwestern style
painted gourds by artist Robert Rivera, valued at $60.00
Ticket no. 19150: George Barnett
Karen Russo, Tucson: Four guest passes to Tohono Chul Park, valued at $28.00
Ticket no. 19889: John Davis
Mardith Schuetz-Miller, Red Bluff, CA: Hardback copy of "Architectural
Practice in Mexico City: A Manual for Journeyman Architects of the
Eighteenth Century" book by anthropologist and architectural historian Dr.
Mardith Schuetz-Miller, valued at $28.95
Ticket no. 18412: Glenn Studevant
Southwestern Mission Research Center, Tucson: Hardback copy of "The Sweet
Smell of Home: The Life and Art of Leonard F. Chana" book by Leonard F.
Chana, Susan Lobo, and Barbara Chana, valued at $40.00
Ticket no. 19072: William Henry
Southwestern Mission Research Center, Tucson: “Kino Missions” 3 day/2
night Spanish colonial missions tour in Sonora, Mexico, for 2 people
including transportation, lodging, 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners,
margarita party each evening & beer & soft drinks, valued at $900.00
Ticket no. 11043: Scott Drane
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #1 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 19408: Stephanie Cady
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #2 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 13666: David & Willa Sorensen
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #3 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 06878: Jackie Kinman
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #4 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 19970: Cheeto
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #5 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 10598: Barbara Harper
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #6 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 00003: Sheryl Plett
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #7 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 18000: G. Rittenhouse
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #8 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 11511: Lilo Punzmann
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #9 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 13408: Robin Brekhus
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #10 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 11208: Judy Torok
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #11 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 11256: Pat Lawrence
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #12 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 11029: Kelley Hays-Gilpin
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #13 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 04878: Donna Pugh
Steve Stacey, Kanab, UT: Matted and framed 8 X 10-inch natural history
photograph #14 by naturalist J. Steven Stacey, valued at $100.00
Ticket no. 11053: Jean Giliberto
Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson: Gift Certificate to Thunder Canyon
Brewery, valued at $25.00
Ticket no. 15761: E J Cockcroft
Tucson Automotive, Tucson: Gift certificate #1 for free oil change &
filter at Tucson Automotive, valued at $29.95
Ticket no. 06819: Ann Yablonski
Tucson Automotive, Tucson: Gift certificate #2 for free oil change &
filter at Tucson Automotive, valued at $29.95
Ticket no. 10290: Darla Pettit
Jim Walker, The Archaeological Conservancy, Albuquerque: Personalized
tour for four to northern New Mexico’s Wells Petroglyph Gallery
archaeological rock art site (which contains over 6,000 petroglyphs!) plus
lunch at the Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa in Ojo Caliente,
New Mexico, valued at $300.00
Ticket no. 06681: Pam Patton
Xanterra South Rim LLC, Grand Canyon, AZ: 3-days/2-night accommodations
for 2 people in the Grand Canyon’s Maswik Lodge plus 2-hour Hermit’s Rest
West Rim coach tour and 3-hour Desert View East Rim coach tour, valued at
$438.00
Ticket no. 19100: Brantley Jackson
NO “THIRD THURSDAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT” PROGRAM THIS MONTH
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation that was originally scheduled for Thursday April 15, has
been cancelled. Our next Third Thursday program will be on May 20 (see
description below)
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THESE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:
Here’s a SUMMARY – For details on each activity see the DETAILS OF
ACTIVITIES descriptions below.
April 12, 2010 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart at Arizona Western College, Yuma*
May 1, 2010 “Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public Library
Valencia Branch, Tucson
May 20, 2010 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for
Thought dinner & presentation: “The Las Capas Site - Farms in the Desert”
with geoarchaeologist Fred Nials
Tuesdays June 8-July 27, 2010 “Prehistory of the Southwest” class with
archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
June 11-15, 2010 “Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New
Mexico” study tour with Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College,
Tucson
June 17, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be announced] Tucson
July 15, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
July 16, 2010 “What is an Archaeologist?” free presentation for children
at the Pima County Public Library, Salazar - Ajo Branch, Ajo, Arizona
July 16, 2010 “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” free presentation for children at
the Pima County Public Library, Salazar - Ajo Branch, Ajo, Arizona
August 19, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be announced] Tucson
September 16, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
September 22, 2010 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation at Pima County Public Library, Geasa-Marana Branch,
Marana, Arizona
Tuesdays October 5-November 23, & Saturday October 16, 2010 “Advanced
Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona”
class & field trip with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center
October 16, 2010 “Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” guided tour
with archaeologist Allen Dart in Marana, Arizona
October 21, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
October 30, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Archaeology”
educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from Pima
Community College, Tucson
November 13, 2010 “Deer Valley Rock Art Center & Spur Cross Ranch
Petroglyphs” tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart starting at Deer
Valley Rock Art Center, Phoenix
November 13, 2010 “Ancient People of Arizona” free children’s presentation
at Pima County Public Library, Southwest Branch, Tucson
November 18, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
December 4, 2010 “White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon &
Mesquite Canyon” guided tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart
starting at White Tank Mountain Regional Park in Waddell
December 16, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
February 12, 2011 “Florence Historic Homes and the Casa Grande Ruins” tour
to historic Coolidge and Florence, Arizona with guides Terri Contapay &
Allen Dart
DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE
Monday April 12, 2010
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for Arizona Western College, 2020 S. Avenue 8E, Business Administration
room 111 (BA 111), Yuma, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
6-7:30 p.m. Free.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the
"Great House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological
evidence of ancient astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Maria E. Aguirre in
Yuma at 928-344-7791 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 1, 2010
Library Presenters free presentation: "Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona" by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public
Library, Valencia Branch, 202 W. Valencia Road, Tucson
1 to 2:30 p.m. Free.
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
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. Sponsored by the Pima County
Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kelly Urman in Tucson
at 520-594-5390 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 May 20, 2010
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “The Las Capas Site - Farms in the Desert” with
geoarchaeologist Fred Nials, at ****[restaurant to be announced].
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free
In this presentation geoarchaeologist Fred Nials will describe recent
excavations by Desert Archaeology, Inc., at Las Capas, which revealed
remarkable detail about the practice of agriculture in the southern
Southwest more than 3,000 years ago. Findings include more than 750
individual field plots and 160 canals that watered the fields. Some
fields were so well preserved that individual planting holes could be
recognized. The site was chosen by Archaeology Magazine as one of the ten
most important discoveries in the world for 2009. Conditions that led to
the selection of the site area for farming, the exceptional state of
preservation of agricultural features, and eventual abandonment of the
site will be discussed.
Fred Nials is a geoarchaeologist who worked on the Las Capas project for
Desert Archaeology. Since he attended graduate school in Idaho, Fred has
accumulated more than 40 years experience teaching at the university
level and in field investigations of archaeological sites. He has
examined the geology of more than 5,000 sites in the western US, Mexico
and South America, and his accomplishments include developing a technique
for identifying and mapping Chacoan roads, and helping create a
1,400-year record of annual water flow in the Salt and Gila rivers. In
addition to his work at Las Capas, he most recently mapped and measured
the physical attributes of more than 2,400 linear km of floodplains in
southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, and developed a
quantifiable explanation for locations of most riverine agricultural site
locations in that area.
Reservations are due by 3 p.m.Wednesday May 19. 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Friday June Tuesdays June 8 through July 27, 2010
"Prehistory of the Southwest" class with archaeologist Allen Dart 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.
6:30 to 9:00 p.m. each Tuesday June 8 through July 27, 2010. Fee $50 ($40
for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members), not counting cost of text recommended for the course. Minimum
enrollment 8, maximum 24.
A series of eight"Prehistory of the Southwest" class sessions will be
offered by archaeologist Allen Dart in this Tuesday series of "Prehistory
of the Southwest," an introductory course in the study of the American
Southwest, developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society to provide a
basic overview of this region’s archaeology and cultures. The class
includes discussions of cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence
strategies, development of urbanization, abandonments of different areas
at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural
groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years.
Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern prehistory for
anyone interested in the archaeology of this region, the class can be
used as prerequisite for all other courses offered to members of the
Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) who wish to enroll in the AAS
Certification Program.
Reservations required, registration deadline June 4, 2010: 520-798-1201
or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
Friday June 11-Tuesday June 15, 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.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU 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.
Friday July 16, 2010
Library Presenters free children’s presentation: "What is an
Archaeologist?" at the Pima County Public Library, Salazar - Ajo Branch,
33 Plaza, Ajo, Arizona.
11 a.m. to noon. Free.
“What Is an Archaeologist?” is a presentation designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn
about people through their work. The presentation includes examples of
the tools archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and
activities to help children experience how archaeologists interpret the
past. Presented by Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Library Associate Clarissa Sandoval in Ajo at
520-387-6075 or [log in to unmask]
Friday July 16, 2010
Library Presenters free children’s presentation: "Lifestyle of the
Hohokam" at the Pima County Public Library, Salazar - Ajo Branch, 33
Plaza, Ajo, Arizona.
1 to 2 p.m. Free.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” presentation is designed to give children
an idea of how the ancient Hohokam lived and how some aspects of everyday
life have changed and others have stayed the same. The program includes
real and replica artifacts, and numerous color illustrations to help
children experience how the prehistoric Native Americans of southern
Arizona lived and to appreciate the arts they created. Presented by
Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Library Associate Clarissa Sandoval in Ajo at
520-387-6075 or [log in to unmask]
August 19, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be announced] Tucson
September 16, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
Wednesday September 22, 2010
Library Presenters free presentation, “Southwestern Rock Calendars and
Ancient Time Pieces” at the Pima County Public Library, Geasa-Marana
Branch, 13370 N. Lon Adams Rd., Marana, Arizona
5:30-7 p.m.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses historically known sky-watching practices of various
southwestern peoples, and how their ancestors’ observations of the
heavens may have been commemorated in ancient architecture and rock
symbols. The program illustrates cardinal, solstice, and equinox
alignments and possible calendrical reckoning features at such places as
Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins and Picture Rocks petroglyph sites, New
Mexico’s Chaco Canyon archaeological district, the Hovenweep area of
Utah, and the Mesa Verde and Chimney Rock regions of Colorado. Mr. Dart
also offers interpretation of how these discoveries may relate to ancient
Native American ritual.
No reservations needed. For event details contact Librarian Nancy
Lindeman in Marana at 520-594-5259 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]
Tuesdays October 5 through November 23,
& Saturday October 16, 2010
"Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona"
class & field trip with archaeologist Allen Dart 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.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday evening October 5 through November 23,
2010, plus 4-hour lecturing field trip to Tucson-area Hohokam sites from
8 a.m. to noon on Saturday October 16. Fee $50 ($40 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), not
counting cost of text recommended for the course. Minimum enrollment 8,
maximum 24.
A series of eight 2-hour and one 4-hour field trip class sessions will be
offered by archaeologist Allen Dart in this "Advanced Prehistory of the
Southwest" class, which explores the archaeology of the Hohokam culture
of the American Southwest. Developed by the Arizona Archaeological
Society (AAS) for its Certification Program (see
http://www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm), the class includes
discussions of Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement systems,
social and organizational systems, material culture including ceramics,
other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and beyond the
Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion and trade.
The AAS’s basic “Prehistory of the Southwest” class is recommended as a
prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. Each student is
expected to prepare a research report to be presented orally or in
written form.
Reservations required, registration deadline Sept. 30, 2010: 520-798-1201
or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
Saturday October 16, 2010
"Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites" guided
tour departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.
in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this carpooling tour to Los Morteros, an
ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock
mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical
animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650
and 1450. Free. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
October 21, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
Saturday October 30, 2010
“Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Valley Archaeology and History” Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist
Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave.,
Tucson
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads
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), Poston
Butte Ruin (Preclassic village with Hohokam ballcourt), historic
Adamsville Cemetery and settlements along the Gila River, and Pinal
County Historical Society Museum in Florence. REGISTRANTS PROVIDE THEIR
OWN TRANSPORTATION – carpools are encouraged. Bring your own picnic lunch
and water.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 13, 2010
“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]
Saturday November 13, 2010
Library Presenters free children’s presentation: "Ancient People of
Arizona" at the Pima County Public Library, Southwest Branch, 6855 South
Mark Rd., Tucson
2 to 3 p.m. Free.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation is designed to give children
an idea of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived and how some aspects of everyday life have changed while
others have stayed the same. The presentation includes real and replica
artifacts, and abundant color illustrations to help children experience
how prehistoric Native Americans of our area lived and to appreciate the
arts they created. Presented by Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Librarian Marissa Alcorta in Tucson at
520-594-5270 or [log in to unmask]
November 18, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
Saturday December 4, 2010
“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 [log in to unmask]
December 16, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
Saturday February 12, 2011
“Florence Historic Homes and the Casa Grande Ruins” tour with Terri
Contapay, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, departing from Pima
Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m. to 4 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)
Experience the depth of history in the Gila River Valley with a visit to
the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument followed by the annual Florence
Historic Homes tour. Our first stop will be in Coolidge, Arizona, at the
Casa Grande Ruins, a pivotal site of the Hohokam Indians, where you can
see remnants of their homes and the “Casa Grande” (the “Great House” for
which the monument is named) that were inhabited between about A.D. 1300
to 1450. Following the Casa Grande visit we will drive the few miles
eastward to Florence, the Pinal County Seat, to visit the Pinal County
Historical Society Museum and then go on the Florence Historic Homes
Tour. Although Florence is a relatively small city it probably has more
buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places than any
other Arizona community, including Sonoran style rooted in the mid-1800s
through Sonoran-American Transitional and American-Victorian
architecture. Lunch options are either bring your own picnic to eat at
the city park across from the Museum, or buy your own lunch at the L & B
Mexican Restaurant next door to the museum. Pick and choose how long your
want to be at each stop, as we’ll be spending 3 hours in Florence,
headquartering at the museum. Guide Terri Contapay, a native of Arizona,
has a Master's degree in education and has led this and other 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 [log in to unmask] Wear comfortable walking
shoes and sun protection, and bring your own lunch and water or enough
money to buy your lunch.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
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