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.
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.
October 14, 2010 “The Hohokam Southern Frontier Revisited: Recent
Excavations at the Continental Site in Green Valley” presentation at
Arizona Archaeological Society’s Santa Cruz Valley Chapter meeting in
Tubac*
October 16, 2010 “Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” guided tour
with archaeologist Allen Dart in northwestern Tucson metro area
October 16, 2010 “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians” presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Anza Day celebration,
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac*
October 21, 2010 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation:
“The Hohokam Southern Frontier Revisited: Recent Excavations at the
Continental Site in Green Valley” at La Parrilla Suiza Restaurant, 2720 N.
Oracle Rd., Tucson
October 23, 2010 Arrowhead-Making and Flintknapping Workshop with
flintknapper Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
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 “Ancient People of Arizona” free children’s
presentation at Pima County Public Library, Southwest Branch, 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 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, Arizona
December 16, 2010 [Topic & speaker to be announced] Old Pueblo’s “Third
Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation at [restaurant to be
announced] Tucson
December 21, 2010 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture
Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart in
northwestern Tucson metro area
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE
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
Thursday October 14, 2010
“The Hohokam Southern Frontier Revisited: Recent Excavations at the
Continental Site in Green Valley” with archaeologist Allen Dart, for the
Arizona Archaeological Society Santa Cruz Valley Chapter at Santa Cruz
County’s North County Facility, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, Arizona
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Between AD 650 and 1450 a prehistoric agricultural people that
archaeologists call the Hohokam were living in southern Arizona,
constructing earth-covered wood-and-brush houses built in shallow pits,
and producing distinctive pottery and other crafts from stone, bone, and
seashells. It has been suggested that the Hohokam culture extended
southward up the Santa Cruz River valley well beyond the modern community
of Green Valley. Recent research at the Continental archaeological site
and other sites in and near Green Valley suggests, however, that after
A.D. 950 the area from Sahuarita southward was the territory of another
ancient culture contemporary with, but different from the Hohokam. In
this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart will illustrate and discuss a
recent archaeological data recovery project funded by the Pima County
Department of Transportation, and other archaeological studies that have
led to re-evaluation of this question of prehistoric cultural identity.
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 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. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 16, 2010
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Juan Bautista de Anza Day
celebration, Otero Hall, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Presidio
Drive in Tubac, Arizona
3 to 4:30 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of the
ancient Hohokam Indians, and discusses archaeological interpretations of
how these people tamed southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert for centuries
before their culture mysteriously disappeared.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Shaw Kinsley at
520-401-0420 or [log in to unmask] in Tubac; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 21, 2010
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “The Hohokam Southern Frontier Revisited: Recent
Excavations at the Continental Site in Green Valley” with archaeologist
Allen Dart, at La Parrilla Suiza Mexican Restaurant, 2720 N. Oracle Road,
Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (guests purchase their own dinners off the regular
menu; donations will be requested to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s educational efforts)
Between AD 650 and 1450 a prehistoric agricultural people that
archaeologists call the Hohokam were living in southern Arizona,
constructing earth-covered wood-and-brush houses built in shallow pits,
and producing distinctive pottery and other crafts from stone, bone, and
seashells. It has been suggested that the Hohokam culture extended
southward up the Santa Cruz River valley well beyond the modern community
of Green Valley. Recent research at the Continental archaeological site
and other sites in and near Green Valley suggests, however, that after
A.D. 950 the area from Sahuarita southward was the territory of another
ancient culture contemporary with, but different from the Hohokam. In
this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart will illustrate and discuss a
recent archaeological data recovery project funded by the Pima County
Department of Transportation, and other archaeological studies that have
led to re-evaluation of this question of prehistoric cultural identity.
Reservations are due by 3 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 20: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday October 23, 2010
Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with flintknapper 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. $35; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members
9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and
equipment.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Allen Denoyer provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and
other tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed
to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made
traditional crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make
artwork for sale. Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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 nthey 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]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Sherry Eisler at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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]
Tuesday December 21, 2010
“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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Old Pueblo Archaeology 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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that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
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Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can
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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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