For Immediate Release
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.
New issue of “Old Pueblo Archaeology” bulletin features Tortolita phase
sites in the Tucson Basin.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has a limited number of the new "Arizona
through Time: Stories of Stone" posters available, free
On-going: Reservations being taken for school classes and other children’s
groups to experience the OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig education
program, have archaeologists come to your classrooms to provide OPENOUT
archaeology outreach presentations, and take tours guided tours of local
archaeological sites.
February 12, 2011 “Casa Grande Ruins, Native American Music, & Florence
Historic Homes” tour to historic Coolidge and Florence with guides Terri
Contapay & Allen Dart
February 17, 2011 "Native American Leadership in the Pimería Alta: A Case
Study of Jesuit Distribution of 'Staffs of Office,' 1687-1767” with José
Álvarez - Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner, Tucson
March 5, 2011 “Southern Arizona’s Spanish Colonial Legacy: The Historic
San Xavier and Tumacácori Missions and the Tubac Presidio” guided tour
with Bernard L.“Bunny” Fontana, Robert Vint, & David Yubeta*
March 10, 2011 "Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Santa Cruz County’s North
County Facility, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, Arizona*
March 12, 2011 “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
March 15, 2011 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart at Lake Havasu Museum of History, Lake Havasu
City, Arizona*
March 17, 2011 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart - Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner, Tucson
March 19, 2011 "Ancient People of Arizona" free children’s presentation
for Friends of the San Pedro River History Day Celebration at the
Fairbank Historic Townsite, Arizona*
March 19, 2011 "Lifestyle of the Hohokam" free children’s presentation for
Friends of the San Pedro River History Day Celebration at the Fairbank
Historic Townsite, Arizona*
March 20, 2011 “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart in
northwestern Tucson metro area
March 23, 2011 “The Historic San Agustín del Tucson Mission and Its Impact
on Local Native Americans” free presentation by Monica Z. Young at Pima
County Public Library - Mission Branch, Tucson
March 26 & 27, 2011 Arizona Archaeology Expo at the Deer Valley Rock Art
Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix*
March 30, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: "Set in Stone but Not
in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art" by archaeologist Allen Dart for
Pima County Public Library - Flowing Wells Branch, Tucson*
April 2, 2011 Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist Allen
Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
April 21, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation [Program title, speaker, and restaurant
to be announced], Tucson
May 14, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native
American Pottery of Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima
County Public Library - Caviglia-Arivaca Branch, Arivaca, Arizona*
May 18, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native
American Pottery of Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima
County Public Library - Mission Branch, Tucson*
June 7, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not
in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart
for Pima County Public Library’s Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Tucson
June 16, 2011 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona
Archaeological Society Yavapai Chapter, Prescott, Arizona*
June 16-18, 2011 Biennial Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American
Southwest at Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque*
June 22, 2011 "Lifestyle of the Hohokam" free children’s presentation
for Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Summer Reading Program, Pima County Public
Library, at Arivaca Community Center, Arivaca, Arizona*
June 22-24, 2011 Ninth Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference at
the University Park Marriott Hotel in Tucson*
June 24-28, 2011 "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New
Mexico" educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center
July 2, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: "Southwestern Rock
Calendars & Ancient Time Pieces" with archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima
County Public Library, Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch, Marana, Arizona*
July 5-September 6, 2011 Tuesdays "Prehistory of the Southwest" class with
archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
July 15, 2011 Library Presenters free children’s presentation "What is an
Archaeologist?" at Pima County Public Library, Joyner-Green Valley Branch,
Green Valley, Arizona*
July 20, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not
in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart for
Pima County Public Library - Mission Branch, Tucson*
August 11-14, 2011 Pecos Archaeological Conference at "Mile-And-A-Half
Lake" Large Group Campsite in the Kaibab National Forest near Jacob Lake,
Arizona*
September 15, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food
for Thought” dinner & presentation (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to
be announced)
September 23, 2011 “Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall
Equinox Archaeological Sites” guided tour with archaeologist Allen Dart,
northwest Tucson metro area
October 4-December 6, 2011 Tuesdays "Prehistory of the Southwest: The
Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona" class with archaeologist Allen Dart
at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
October 11, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to be
announced)
November 12, 2011 "Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo
Ruins” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, Phoenix area
November 17, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to be
announced)
December 3, 2011 “White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon
& Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen
and Allen Dart, Waddell-Buckeye-Goodyear area, Arizona
December 15, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to be
announced)
December 22, 2011 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, northwest
Tucson metro area
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE
New issue of “Old Pueblo Archaeology” bulletin features Tortolita phase
sites in the Tucson Basin
The latest issue of Old Pueblo Archaeology, an electronic quarterly
bulletin produced by the not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
has just been published.! This issue's feature article, “Every Time We
Put a Shovel in the Ground We Hit the Tortolita Phase!” by archaeologist
Eric Eugene Klucas, Ph.D., discusses and illustrates three Tucson Basin
early Formative period sites recently investigated because of the
serendipity of cultural resource management (CRM) requirements. The CRM
projects at these sites have provided important new information about
early Hohokam settlements along the margin of the Santa Cruz River
floodplain and on an alluvial fan above the floodplain. All three
projects encountered considerable deposits dating to the Tortolita phase
(ca. A.D. 500-700), a period that witnessed a transformation of the
region’s the cultural landscape, including the first appearance of fully
sedentary villages. The project results have added important new data on
agricultural technology and social organization during this transitional
period, and give a good indication of the resourcefulness of Arizona’s
earliest farmers and how they were able to successfully adapt to a harsh
desert environment.
Like every issue, this latest one is written in a nontechnical format,
includes ample illustrations, and is published electronically in pdf
format for on-line access. Each issue of "Old Pueblo Archaeology"
includes one or more feature articles about southwestern archaeology,
history, or cultures and provides news about Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center's activities and program offerings.
A previous issue of "Old Pueblo Archaeology" is posted on our web site at
http://www.oldpueblo.org/pubs.html
Check it out to get an idea of what we include in each issue.
If you would like to subscribe please visit our Membership web page at
http://www.oldpueblo.org/member.html
or call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 to start your membership or
subscription using your Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or Diners Club card.
ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE AWARENESS MONTH POSTERS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has a limited number of this year’s Arizona
Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month posters to give away in the
Tucson area. This year’s poster, titled "Arizona through Time: Stories of
Stone," has been designed by Reese Cook and published by the Arizona
State Historic Preservation Office (Arizona State Parks) to promote
Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, which is held in March
of each year. To preview the new poster visit
http://azstateparks.com/find/arch_poster.html
You can also download a copy of this year’s brochure listing AAHAM events
statewide from the internet at
http://azstateparks.com/find/images/arch_2011/AAHAM_calendar_2011.pdf
Our office is not open full-time, so if you wish to pick up one of the
free posters that we have available please call Old Pueblo at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 to schedule an appointment for pick-up. If you
would like us to mail you a poster we must ask that you make a donation
to Old Pueblo to cover the postage and packaging costs.
On-going through the School Year
Reservations are now being taken for school classes and other children’s
groups to experience the OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig education
program, have archaeologists come to your classrooms to provide OPENOUT
archaeology outreach presentations, and take tours guided tours of local
archaeological sites. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers a hands-on
simulated archaeological excavation program field trip in which students
apply social studies, science, and math skills in a practical, real-life
situation, as well as in-classroom archaeology outreach presentations.
For more information visit the following Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
web pages:
OPEN3 Simulated Excavation for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/open3.html
Classroom Outreach - "Ancient People of Arizona":
http://www.oldpueblo.org/azplp.html
Classroom Outreach "What is an Archaeologist?"
http://www.oldpueblo.org/whatarch.html
Classroom Outreach “Lifesyle of the Hohokam”Classroom outreach presentation
http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html
Site Tours for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html
Saturday February 12, 2011
“Casa Grande Ruins, Native American Music, & Florence Historic Homes”
tour with Terri Contapay and Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, departing from Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in
Coolidge or Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
7:30 a.m. (if traveling from Tucson; tour starts at 9 a.m. at Casa Grande
Ruins in Coolidge) to 5:30 p.m. $99 per person includes van
transportation; or $39 if you provide your own transportation ($10
discount for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary members) includes Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and
Florence Homes Tour entry fees
In an unusual coincidence, the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument’s
Third Annual American Indian Music Fest is scheduled on the same weekend
as the 26th annual Florence Historic Homes tour! To take advantage of
this unexpected opportunity, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s February 12
outing includes a guided tour of the Casa Grande Ruins archaeological
site and performances by Native American musicians in Coolidge, followed
by picnic lunch and visits to the Pinal County Historical Society Museum
and many of the historic homes and buildings in Florence. Registrants who
provide their own transportation have the option of staying late to
attend the American Indian Music Fest’s evening performances. BRING A
PICNIC LUNCH OR BUY YOUR LUNCH AT A MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN FLORENCE. WEAR
COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES AND SUN PROTECTION, AND BRING WATER.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday February 17, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Native American Leadership in the Pimería Alta: A Case
Study of Jesuit Distribution of 'Staffs of Office,' 1687-1767” with
archaeologist José M. Álvarez at La Parrilla Suiza Mexican Restaurant,
2720 N. Oracle Road, Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
José M. Álvarez, a 2011 graduate of the University of Arizona Master’s
program in anthropology, will present preliminary results of his Master’s
thesis research on the Jesuit and Spanish practice of dispensing “varas
de justicia” (‘staffs of office’) to legitimize Native American leaders,
exploiting a native custom that appears to have roots deep in the
prehistoric period.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 16.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the event's
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Saturday March 5, 2011
“Southern Arizona’s Spanish Colonial Legacy: The Historic San Xavier and
Tumacácori Missions and the Tubac Presidio” guided tour with Bernard L.
Fontana, Bob Vint, David Yubeta, and Shaw Kinsley, starting at San Xavier
Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., Tucson (coach transportation from San
Xavier to Tumacácori and Tubac)
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.. $150 ($125 for Southwestern Mission Research Center
members)
In a special one-day tour to three of the most outstanding historic
Spanish Colonial period sites in Arizona, ethnohistorian Dr. Bernard
L.“Bunny” Fontana and historic architect Bob Vint will show and interpret
the recently restored and renovated San Xavier Mission (the so-called
“White Dove of the Desert”), which is featured in Dr. Fontana’s and
photographer Edward McCain’s new book “A Gift of Angels: The Art of
Mission San Xavier del Bac,” then Vint and retired National Park Service
historian David Yubeta will take the tour group into the beautiful upper
Santa Cruz Valley to visit San José de Tumacácori Mission and to the
historic Tubac Presidio. Coach transportation and box lunch will be
provided.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Reservations and payment are due no later than February 26. For more
information and registration contact Susan Smith in Tucson at
520-299-4021 or [log in to unmask] – or visit
http://southwestmissions.org.
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Thursday March 10, 2011
"Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart for Santa Cruz Valley Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at Santa Cruz County’s North County Facility, 50
Bridge Road, Tubac, Arizona
7-8:30 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. Funding for program provided
by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Alan Sorkowitz in
Tucson at 520-207-7151 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 12, 2011
“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.
9 a.m-3 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 Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Tuesday March 15, 2011
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, at Lake Havasu
Museum of History, 328 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
(located just off of US 95). Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8:30 p.m. Free.
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ruth Brydon in Lake
Havasu City at 928-854-4938 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 March 17, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian
Rock Art” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director,
archaeologist Allen Dart, at Dragon’s View Asian Cuisine Restaurant, 400
N. Bonita Avenue (just west of the Santa Cruz River between St. Mary's
Rd. & Congress St.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 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.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday March 16. 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.
Saturday March 19, 2011
"Ancient People of Arizona" free children’s presentation for Friends of
the San Pedro River’s History Day Celebration at the Fairbank Historic
Townsite, Arizona, located on the east side of the San Pedro River along
Arizona State Route 82, 7.5 miles east of State Route 90 (the highway
from Benson to Sierra Vista); turn into the parking lot on the north side
of Route 82
10 to 11 a.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 Sherry Eisler, children’s archaeology
instructor for Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Chris Long in Sierra Vista at 520-455-5397 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject
matter contact Sherry Eisler at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday March 19, 2011
"Lifestyle of the Hohokam" free children’s presentation for Friends of
the San Pedro River’s History Day Celebration at the Fairbank Historic
Townsite, Arizona, located on the east side of the San Pedro River along
Arizona State Route 82, 7.5 miles east of State Route 90 (the highway
from Benson to Sierra Vista); turn into the parking lot on the north side
of Route 82
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. Presented by
Sherry Eisler, children’s archaeology instructor for Tucson’s
not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Chris Long in Sierra Vista at 520-455-5397 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject
matter contact Sherry Eisler at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Sunday March 20, 2011
“Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road &
Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. Free
As part of the annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month
celebration, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
executive director) leads this 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.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 520-798-1201 or
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Wednesday March 23, 2011
“The Historic San Agustín del Tucson Mission and Its Impact on Local
Native Americans” free presentation by Monica Z. Young at Pima County
Public Library - Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Rd. (at Ajo Way), Tucson
6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.
In the 1690s, Father Kino described Tucson as a highly suitable place to
establish a mission community. Once it was founded in the latter half of
the 18th century, the Tucson’s San Agustín Mission became a “visita” of
the area’s “cabecera” (head mission), San Xavier Agustín del Bac. After
Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, San Agustín Mission
was slowly abandoned and fell into ruin as the church property was
homesteaded, given away, sold off, and eventually reused for a brick
manufacturing plant and a public landfill. Among the challenges in recent
plans to reconstruct the San Agustín Mission complex are deciding what
the reconstruction should look like and the degree to which it will
interpreted from Native American as well as more traditional European
viewpoints. This presentation will utilize a historical archaeological
approach to examine the impact of the San Agustín Mission on Tucson's
indigenous population.
No reservations needed. Contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for more information.
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Saturday & Sunday March 26 & 27, 2011
Arizona Archaeology Expo at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W.
Deer Valley Road, Phoenix.
10 a.m.-4 p.m. each day. Free. Admission to the Museum also will be free
during the Expo.
The annual Arizona Archaeology Expo provides a special opportunity for
visitors to learn about Arizona prehistory and history, what
archaeologists, historians, and tribal members do in their jobs related
to archaeology and historic preservation, and why it is important to
preserve archaeological sites and historic places. Both days at the Expo
will feature hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, and other fun and
educational events. Special displays and booths by archaeological and
historical organizations, museums, Native American tribes, state and
federal agencies, and others will allow you to participate as an
archaeologist might in their research today, or make crafts and tools
that teach how prehistoric Native Americans and other early inhabitants
survived in the Southwest. Living history re-enactors, storytellers,
Native American demonstrators and entertainers, and interactive
activities will help make the past come alive! In addition, tours of
archaeological sites, museums and historical period parks in and around
the local area will be highlighted. Free prize raffles will occur
throughout both days, and ethnic foods will be available for purchase.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information contact Ann Howard in Phoenix at 602-542-7138 or
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday March 30, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: "Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art" by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's
director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Pima County Public Library at
Flowing Wells Branch Library, 1730 W. Wetmore Road, Tucson
- 2:30 to 4 p.m. Free
- Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona's
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 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.
Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
- For event details contact Librarian Debbie Boyle in Tucson at
520-594-5228 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the activity
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Saturday April 2, 2011
Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer 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).
9 a.m. to noon. $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
In this workshop archaeologist Allen Denoyer teaches you how to fashion
traditional atlatls and wooden spears like those utilized by ancient
peoples worldwide, using natural materials. Spear shafts are straightened
by heat-curing over an open fire. Bring your own pocketknife to carve the
wood, all other equipment is provided. Minimum attendance 6, maximum 10.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday April 21, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Program title & speaker to be arranged; restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Description to be provided later.
Saturday May 14, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public
Library - Caviglia-Arivaca Branch at the Arivaca Community Center, 16012
W. Universal Ranch Rd. (at Mesquite Rd.), Arivaca, Arizona
2 to 3:30 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. Funding for program provided
by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Mary
Kasulaitis in Arivaca at 520-594-5239 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]
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Wednesday May 18, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public
Library - Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road, Tucson
1:30 to 3 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. Funding for program provided
by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Lupita
Guerrero in Tucson at 520-594-5325 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]
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Thursday May 19, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Program title & speaker to be arranged; restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Description to be provided later.
Tuesday June 7, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's
director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Pima County Public Library at
Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library, 530 N. Wilmot Rd. (Wilmot and Fifth St.),
Tucson
1:30 to 3 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 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. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
For event details contact Librarian Karen Barber in Tucson at
520-594-5420 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the activity
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Thursday June 16, 2011
“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 Yavapai Chapter in
Prescott, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
Time TBA. Free.
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 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 Paul Long in Prescott
at 928-445-1843 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]
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Thursday-Saturday June 16-18, 2011
Biennial Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest (CAASW)
at the Hibben Center, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque
The CAASW’s purpose is to advance the study and practice of
archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest by recognizing significant
contributions to knowledge and the importance of research, professional
standards and excellence in the study of archaeoastronomy, effective
dissemination and presentation of archaeoastronomical knowledge, and
innovation and originality of approach. Besides including presentation of
papers on various aspects of archaeoastronomy, CAASW 2011 will include an
outreach lecture by Dr. Edward C. Krupp, director of the Griffith
Observatory in Los Angeles, on the evening of June 16. Most of the papers
are expected to address the following themes:
> Mesoamerican and South American connections to the Southwest: Did
cosmologies transport?
> Intervisibility:Do shrine-to-shrine or structure-to-structure
visibility constraints extend (or relate) to archaeoastronomy? Is
astronomy used to define azimuth?
> Is there anything we can learn about cosmologies from languages and
cultures of the American Southwest?
> Insights into ceremonial practice from rock art and archaeoastronomy
> What percentage of a society’s effort was applied to astronomical
building or astronomical practices?
> Has astronomy influenced where people settled and features of that
settlement?
> Is there an astronomy of navigation in the historic and prehistoric
Southwest?
> Theory of archaeoastronomy:What criteria are available to evaluate if
results are meaningful?
> How should a researcher construct a research design?
> How should academics and public institutions evaluate research?
> Resources, tools and methods: What is available for southwestern
archaeoastronomy?
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information visit www.caasw.org/2011Conference.html or contact the
conference administrator at [log in to unmask] or Conference on
Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest, PO Box 20578, Sedona, AZ
86341
Wednesday June 22, 2011
Library Presenters free children’s presentation: "Lifestyle of the
Hohokam" for the Pima County Public Library, Caviglia-Arivaca Branch at
the Arivaca Community Center, 16012 W. Universal Ranch Rd. (at Mesquite
Rd.), Arivaca, 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.
Directions from Tucson: Go south on I-19 towards Nogales. Take Exit 48 at
Arivaca Road/Amado. Turn right off the freeway, and right again at the
frontage road stop sign. Go one block. Turn left between the Cow Palace
Restaurant and the Amado Minimarket. You should now be on Arivaca Road.
Travel west on Arivaca Road about 22 miles. Turn left (east) on Universal
Ranch Rd. The Arivaca Community Center is about a half mile, just past
the Fire Department. Address is 16012 W. Universal Ranch Rd., on the
south side of the road at Mesquite Rd. Community Center phone is
520-398-3010.
For event details contact Librarian Mary Kasulaitis in Arivaca at
520-594-5239 or [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday-Friday June 22-24, 2011
Ninth Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference at the University
Park Marriott Hotel in Tucson.
Fees to be announced. Early registration Jan. 10-March 1; regular
registration March 2-June 10; late & on-site registration June 11-22
This year’s conference, on the theme of “Valuing Historic Perspectives”
is to bring together preservationists from around the state to exchange
ideas and success stories, to share perspectives and solutions to
preservation issues and to foster cooperation between the diverse Arizona
preservation communities. Keynote presentations include “Folk Baroque:
The Art & Architecture of San Xavier del Bac” by historic architect Bob
Vint and“Historic Preservation: An English Perspective” by Ian George,
Inspector of Ancient Monuments, English Heritage, UK.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information visit www.azpreservation.com or contact Dave Ryder at Veer
Consulting in Scottsdale at 602-568-6277 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 24-Tuesday June 28, 2011
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" archaeology
education tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Silver City,
NM. Actual touring begins Saturday and continues through Tuesday.
Fee $195 for the full four-day tour ($175 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), or $50 per day to
attend tour on individual days ($45/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA members).
Participants are responsible for their own transportation, meals, and
lodging
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this tour to
Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon village archaeological sites,
spectacular petroglyph and pictograph 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;
sites in the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and vicinity;
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 and near Silver City. Reservations
required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturday July 2, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: "Southwestern Rock Calendars and
Ancient Time Pieces" with archaeologist Allen Dart, at Pima County Public
Library, Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch, 7800 N. Schisler Drive in
Marana, Arizona (just south of Cortaro Road & west of I-10)
2 to 3 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. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
For event details contact Librarian April Gering in Marana at
520-594-5203 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the activity
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Tuesdays July 5 through September 6, 2011
"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 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday July 5 through Sept. 6, 2011 Fee $50 ($40
for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members), not counting cost of the recommended text. Minimum enrollment
8, maximum 32.
A series of 10 "Prehistory of the Southwest" class sessions will be
offered by archaeologist Allen Dart in this Tuesday series of "Prehistory
of the Southwest" is 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 the Southwest, the class can be
used as prerequisite for all other courses offered to members of the
Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) enrolled in or interested in
enrolling in the AAS Certification Program.
Reservations required, registration deadline June 28: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Friday July 15, 2011
Library Presenters free children’s presentation by Sherry Eisler, Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center: "What is an Archaeologist?" at the Pima County
Public Library, Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La Canada
Drive, Green Valley, Arizona
2-3 p.m. 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 Children's Librarian Michelle Creston in Green
Valley at 520-594-5295 or [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday July 20, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County
Public Library - Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road, Tucson
1:30 to 3 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 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. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Lupita
Guerrero in Tucson at 520-594-5325 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]
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and the event's
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Thursday-Sunday August 11-14, 2011
2011 Pecos Archaeological Conference is being held on August 11-14 at
"Mile-And-A-Half Lake" Large Group Campsite in the Kaibab National
Forest near Jacob Lake, Arizona.
Thursday evening conference registration and reception; Friday and
Saturday field reports and symposium on recent archaeological research;
Sunday archaeological site tours
Registration fee $40 before July 1, 2011, thereafter $45 ($32 per student
any time); camping at the conference site $5/night; Saturday evening
dinner & dance $20 per person
This annual conference, begun in 1927, brings southwestern professional
and avocational archaeologists, the general public, and media
organizations together under open skies at a different place in the
Southwest every year, to share findings of recent archaeological research
and to discuss problems of the field and challenges of the profession.
Open to all, the Pecos Conference is an important opportunity for
students and others interested in archaeology and prehistory to meet with
professional archaeologists one-on-one to learn about the profession,
gain access to resources and to new research opportunities, and test new
methods and theories related to archaeology. This year’s conference site
is 8 miles south of Jacob Lake and 2.5 miles west of Arizona State Route
67 on Forest Road 212. Jacob Lake is at the intersection of US89A and
SR67; FR 212 is a gravel, all-weather road. For more information visit
www.swanet.org/2010_pecos_conference/index.html or contact 2011
Conference Chair David Purcell at [log in to unmask]
Thursday September 15, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Program title & speaker to be arranged; restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Description to be provided later.
Friday September 23, 2011
“Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall Equinox Archaeological
Sites” guided tour departing 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)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this 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.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Tuesdays October 4 through December 6, 2011
"Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona"
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 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday evening October 4 through December 6,
2011. 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 32.
A series of ten 2-hour 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 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 BRIEF research report to be
presented orally or in written form.
Reservations required, registration deadline Oct. 1: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Thursday October 20, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Program title & speaker to be arranged; restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Description to be provided later.
Saturday November 12, 2011
"Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo Ruins” guided
archaeological site 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 Shelley 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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Thursday November 17, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Program title & speaker to be arranged; restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Description to be provided later.
Saturday December 3, 2011
“White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site 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]
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Thursday December 15, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Program title & speaker to be arranged; restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Description to be provided later.
Thursday December 22, 2011
“Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” 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)
To explore ancient people’s recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s executive director) leads this 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. LIMITED
TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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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
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that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
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All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support!
Regards,
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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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