For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options.
(2) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities.
(3) Details on Upcoming Activities.
(1) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
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(2) SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
(For details on each activity see DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES below.)
On-going: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology
presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s
groups.
NEW MEXICO: Continuing through September 7, 2014 “Haakumé Dyuuni the Painted
Pottery of Acoma Pueblo“ exhibit at Haaku Museum, Sky City Cultural Center,
Acoma Sky City, NM*
October 2, 2013 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary meeting at
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
Fridays October 4, 11, 18 & 25, & November 1, 2013 “Archaeology, Cultures,
and Ancient Arts of Southern Arizona" 5-session class with archaeologist
Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members, Green Valley, Arizona*
October 5, 2013 “Autumn Fest: Celebrating Tohono O’odham Culture” at the
Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
October 9, 2013 “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Friends of
SaddleBrooke Libraries in SaddleBrooke, Arizona*
October 12, 2013 “Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Annual Used
Book Sale” in the Arizona State Museum Lobby, 1013 E. University Blvd.,
Tucson*
Sundays October 13-November 24, 2013 Traditional Pottery Making Level 1
Workshop with Andy Ward at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th
Street, Tucson
October 14, 2013 Secrets of the Hohokam Economy” free lecture by
archaeologist Sophia Kelly offered by the Agua Fria Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society at West Valley Unitarian Universalist Church,
Glendale, Arizona*
Tuesdays October 15-November 5, 2013 “Hohokam 101 Course” offered by the
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society at the Arizona State Museum,
northeast corner of Park Avenue & University Blvd., Tucson*
NEW MEXICO: October 16-19, 2013 “The Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference” at
the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, Santa Fe*
October 17, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought”dinner & presentation,
“Does Deep History Matter” with archaeologist Dr. John Ware at Karichimaka
Mexican Restaurant, Tucson
October 18-21, 2013 “Canyon de Chelly Archaeology and Cultures” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center educational tour
with archaeologist Marc Severson
October 19, 2013 “Safford Hanging Canals and Pottery of the Mills
Collection” Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society tour guided by Don
Lancaster to the Safford area*
October 21, 2013 “New Research with the Earliest Perishable Collections from
Southeastern Utah” free presentation by Laurie Webster for Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society monthly meeting, Tucson*
October 24, 2013 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, Sedona*
October 24, 2013 “Closer than We Know: Comparing the Rock Art of Australia
and North America” with rock art researcher David Lee at Deer Valley Rock
Art Center, Phoenix*
November 7, 2013 “Space Archaeology and Remote Sensing” presentation by
Sarah Parcak sponsored by American Research Center for Egyptology, Arizona
Chapter, at the University of Arizona Bryant Bannister Building, 1215 E.
Lowell Street, Tucson*
November 9, 2013 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public
Library's Southwest Branch, Tucson
November 13, 2013 Library Presenters “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern
Arizona Hohokam Indians” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at
Pima County Public Library's Valencia Branch, Tucson
November 16, 2013 “Pueblo Grande and Mesa Grande Platform Mound Sites”
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society tour guided by archaeologists
Laurene Montero and Jerry Howard in Phoenix*
November 18, 2013 “Prehistory, Personality, and Place: Emil W. Haury and the
Mogollon Controversy” free presentation by J. Jefferson Reid for Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society monthly meeting, Tucson*
November 21, 2013 Library Presenters “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public
Library’s Salazar-Ajo Branch, 33 Plaza, Ajo, Arizona
November 21, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Archaeological Resource Crime” with Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional
Archaeologist Garry J. Cantley at Guillermo’s Double LL Mexican Restaurant,
South Tucson
November 30, 2013 “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from Tucson
December 7, 2013 Library Presenters “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public
Library’s Joyner-Green Valley Branch, Green Valley, Arizona
December 7, 2013 “Murray Springs and Other Mammoth Kill Sites” Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society tour guided by archaeologist Dr. Jesse
Ballenger starting at the Murray Springs site outside of Sierra Vista,
Arizona*
December 16, 2013 “Mimbres: Its Causes and Consequence” free presentation by
Stephen H. Lekson for Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society monthly
meeting. Tucson*
December 19, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“An Archaeological Record of the Sears Point Petroglyph Complex” with Evelyn
F. Billo at Dragon's View Asian Cuisine Restaurant, Tucson
December 21, 2013 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing
from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
December 21, 2013 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Museum of Natural
History at Mesa Grande Cultural Park, 1000 North Date St, Mesa, Arizona*
NEVADA: January 10-11, 2014 “Social Networks in the American Southwest” 14th
Southwest Symposium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas*
January 16, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Hohokam and Mimbres Art and Ideology” with archaeologist Allen Dart at a
Tucson restaurant to be announced
January 19, 2014 "Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Natural Resources,
Parks and Recreation at Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road, Tucson*
February 20, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Carbon 14 Dating, from the Earliest Dog to the World's Most Mysterious
Manuscript” with Professor Greg Hodgins at Amber Restaurant & Gallery,
Tucson
February 22-23, 2014 “21st Annual Southwest Indian Art Fair at the Arizona
State Museum,” Tucson*
March 20, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation, “How
Many Archaeological Sites are There in Arizona?” with the Arizona State
Museum’s Rick Karl at Tucson restaurant TBA
March 29, 2014 “Arizona Archaeology Expo” at Catalina State Park, 11570 N
Oracle Rd, Catalina, Arizona*
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
(3) DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
ON-GOING: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology
presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s
groups
Reservations are being taken for school classes and other children’s
groups to experience the OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig education
program, to have archaeologists come to your classrooms or children’s group
activities to provide OPENOUT archaeology outreach presentations, and to
take guided tours to 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 on the OPEN3 and OPENOUT programs please visit
the following Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web pages:
OPEN3 Simulated Excavation for Classrooms
<http://www.oldpueblo.org/open3.html> 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>
http://www.oldpueblo.org/whatarch.html
Classroom Outreach “Lifesyle of the Hohokam” Classroom outreach presentation
<http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html>
http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html
Site Tours for Classrooms
<http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html>
http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html
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NEW MEXICO: Continuing through September 7, 2014
“Haakumé Dyuuni the Painted Pottery of Acoma Pueblo“ exhibit at Haaku
Museum, Acoma Sky City, NM*
Open daily; times and dates subject to change.*
Experience the Pueblo Indian living tradition through a visual feast
of Acoma pottery brought together for the first time, featuring fine
examples of historic pottery as well as unique “dyuuni”(large, globular,
highly burnished pot with small opening, short neck, and shallow shoulders)
created during the last century. The Haak’u Museum showcases the southwest
Native American culture of the Acoma Pueblo Indians. Its exhibits chronicle
the history, highlight <http://sccc.acomaskycity.org/gaitsi-gallery> Native
American artwork, and explore traditional customs in modern Acoma life.
Located within the 40,000-square-foot <http://sccc.acomaskycity.org> Sky
City Cultural Center, the Haak’u Museum also serves as an education and
research institute focusing on the preservation of
<http://museum.acomaskycity.org/acoma-history> Acoma history, the
revitalization of lost art forms, and the retention of traditional language.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
more information and to check for closures or early closures visit
www.acomaskycity.org or call 800-747-0181.
Wednesday October 2, 2013
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for the
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary meeting at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E.
Washington St., Phoenix; cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council*
7:30-9 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.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For event details contact the Pueblo Grande Museum
in Phoenix at 602-495-0901 or Don Appel at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Fridays October 4, 11, 18 and 25, and November 1, 2013
“Archaeology, Cultures, and Ancient Arts of Southern Arizona"
5-session adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, for
OLLI-UA Green Valley members at Casa Community Services, 780 South Park
Centre Ave., Green Valley, Arizona
3:30 to 5 p.m. each Friday. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI) members who reside in Green Valley: OLLI-UA Green Valley
$130 annual membership fee covers this course and other fall, spring, and
summer OLLI sessions; Fall-sessions only fee is $95
In this five-session class on Friday evenings, Mr. Allen Dart, a
Registered Professional Archaeologist and volunteer director of the Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson, will provide information about the
archaeology and cultures of Arizona and the Southwest, focusing on the arts
and material culture of southern Arizona’s prehistoric peoples. The course
begins with an overview of the archaeology and cultures of Arizona from the
earliest Paleoindians through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to agriculture and village life, and the later prehistoric
archaeological cultures (Pueblo, Mogollon, Hohokam, etc.). It will focus on
the Hohokam, illustrating and discussing the artifacts and other material
culture from which archaeologists interpret Hohokam relationships to the
natural world and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of
life. Later sessions will include detailed illustrations and discussions of
the ancient Native American pottery and Indian rock art (petroglyphs and
pictographs).
Classes will be available for viewing online September 3 and
registration will begin on September 9. To join Green Valley OLLI visit
www.olli.arizona.edu/olli to download a registration and payment form or pay
and register online; for information about this course contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Saturday October 5, 2013
“Autumn Fest: Celebrating Tohono O’odham Culture” at the Amerind
Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5 per car
Amerind Museum's annual Autumn Fest celebrates the culture of
the Tohono O'odham native people with food, family games, singing and
dancing, and artists. All activities will be led by O'odham presenters. The
Tohono O'odham Nation is one of Arizona's largest Native American tribes.
Rich in tradition, history and culture, O'odham teachers, artists, singers
and dancers will hold a day-long cultural celebration at the Amerind Museum
in Dragoon, a 1-hour drive east of Tucson in scenic Texas Canyon.
Traditional singing and dance groups will share their art with the public. A
“waila” band will perform some toe-tapping dance tunes. O'odham elders will
make presentations about their people's culture and history. O'odham men and
women will demonstrate and teach traditional games, such as the women's
intensely competitive field hockey game called "Toka." O'odham artists are
known for their basketry, wood carvings, and paintings. Many O'odham artists
will demonstrate their work and sell directly to the public, and traditional
O'odham foods will be served alongside everyone's favorite festival
food--frybread!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For more information go to <http://www.amerind.org/> www.amerind.org or
call 520-586-3666.
Wednesday October 9, 2013
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians”
free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries at SaddleBrooke Clubhouse
Vermilion Room, 64500 E. SaddleBrooke Blvd., SaddleBrooke, Arizona;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council*
4-5 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts,
architecture, and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues
for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for interpreting how they adapted
to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and explaining why the Hohokam culture
mysteriously disappeared. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
illustrates the material culture of the Hohokam and presents possible
interpretations about their relationships to the natural world, their time
reckoning, religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons
for the eventual demise of their way of life. The program features slides of
Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and other cultural features, a display of
authentic prehistoric artifacts, and recommended readings for more
information about the Hohokam. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Laura Benson in SaddleBrooke at 520-825-1323 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 12, 2013
“Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Annual Used Book
Sale” in the Arizona State Museum Lobby, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free
This annual sale features hard-to-find titles on the
anthropology, archaeology, and ethnohistory of the Greater Southwest and
more. Most books are $2 or less. Proceeds benefit the Arizona State Museum
Library.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For more information contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone 520-444-6385 or
visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
Sundays October 13-November 24, 2013
Traditional Pottery Making Level 1 Workshop with Andy Ward at
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $79; $63.20 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; includes all
materials except clay, which participants will collect during class field
trip
A series of seven pottery-making class sessions will be offered
by artist Andy Ward on seven Sunday afternoons October 13 through November
24, 2013, including a clay-gathering field trip on October 20. The class is
designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans
made and used pottery, and is not intended to train students how to make
artwork for sale. The Level 1 class demonstrates traditional hand-building
pottery techniques using gourd scrapers, mineral paints, and yucca brushes
instead of modern potters’ wheels and paint. The course introduces some
history of southwestern Ancestral and Modern Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam
pottery-making, includes a field trip in which participants dig their own
clay, and demonstrates initial steps in forming, shaping and smoothing, and
completion of bowls, jars, canteens, ladles, and rattles of both smooth and
corrugated pottery, by scraping, polishing, sanding, slipping and painting.
The paddle-and-anvil hand-building method is also demonstrated.
Reservations required by October 9, 2013: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Monday October 14, 2013
“Secrets of the Hohokam Economy” free lecture by archaeologist
Sophia Kelly offered by the Agua Fria Chapter, Arizona Archaeological
Society, at West Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 5904 W. Cholla
St.,Glendale, Arizona*
7-8 p.m. Free
Sophia Kelly has worked as a professional archaeologist in
Arizona since 2003. She received her MA and PhD from Arizona State
University and currently works as the Cultural Resource Manager and Site
Stewardship Coordinator for Arizona State Parks.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For more information contact Tim Cullison at 602-863-9744 or
[log in to unmask], or visit
<http://archaeologysouthwest.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=325da4675407e
cc40a85a9db0&id=aa9d89290a&e=2c419e3f9a> www.azarchsoc.org.
Tuesdays October 15-November 5, 2013
“Hohokam 101” course offered by the Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society (AAHS) at the Arizona State Museum, northeast corner of
Park Avenue & University Blvd., Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday. $45 ($30 for AAHS members; nonmembers
joining AAHS before the end of the course receive$15 refund)
This four-part course is designed for those with little familiarity
with the Hohokam, the ancient inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert. Lectures
will include “Overview of the Hohokam Sequence” by Patrick Lyons; “The Early
Agricultural Period and the pre-Classic, with Special Focus on Hohokam
Subsistence and Tumamoc Hill” by Paul Fish; “The Hohokam Classic Period,
with a Focus on Marana and University Indian Ruins” by Suzanne Fish; “The
Protohistoric Period, with Comparative Data from the San Pedro and Other
Nearby Areas” by Patrick Lyons; “The Tucson Basin and Beyond: Hohokam
Population Trends through Time: A
Synthesis of Settlement Patterns” by Matthew Peeples; and a panel discussion
and question/answer session. Each session includes ample time for questions
and viewing of artifacts.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Reservations required; 25-person limit. To register or for more information
email Katherine Cerino at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
NEW MEXICO: Wednesday-Saturday October 16-19, 2013
“The Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference” at the Santa Fe Community
Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, Santa Fe*
Wednesday evening (registration) through 5 p.m. Saturday. $225
adult, $125 student, $75 banquet
Explore the mystery and saga of the first people to colonize the
Americas during the last Ice Age, during this historic conference for
everyone interested in archaeology – professional and avocational
archaeologists, Quaternary scientists, students, and the general public.
Leading experts in the field of “First Americans archaeology” will present
and discuss the evidence for the Ice Age colonization of the Americas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Registration is required. For more information visit
paleoamericanodyssey.com or contact the Center for the Study of the First
Americans at 979-845-4046 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 17, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation: “Does Deep History Matter” with
archaeologist Dr. John A. Ware at Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant, 5252 S.
Mission Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
For ninety-nine percent of the time humans have been wandering
the globe – and we are inveterate roamers – there was no written history.
Literate peoples tend to think that nothing remarkable happened during
humanity's long shuffling ‘prehistory,’ and that whatever happened in our
remote past has little bearing on contemporary issues, problems, and
prospects. Archaeologist John Ware, the director of the Amerind Foundation
in southeastern Arizona, will try to convince you in this presentation that
the ‘scribbling classes’ may have gotten it all wrong.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is
anthropologist and archaeologist Dr. John Ware, the executive director of
the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Arizona.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday October 16.
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Friday October 18-Monday October 21, 2013
“Canyon de Chelly Archaeology and Cultures” educational tour
with archaeologist Marc Severson, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Chinle, Arizona; actual
touring begins Friday and continues through Saturday, with Sunday reserved
for return trip home
Fee $225 ($210 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members). Participants are responsible for their own
transportation, meals, and lodging.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona is
one of the most beautiful and unique places on the planet. Towering
sandstone cliffs, abundant streamside vegetation, ancient cliff dwellings,
and Navajo families who have lived n the canyon for generations make Canyon
de Chelly a must-see destination in the Southwest. Old Pueblo’s tour will
take you inside the Canyon to experience its geology, environment,
prehistory, history, and cultures with Marc Severson, an archaeologist since
1972 and a 20-year-veteran leader of southwestern tours for Pima Community
College and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
FRIDAY: Travel; meet tour guide at 6 PM at the Sacred Canyon
Lodge Restaurant in Chinle, AZ
SATURDAY: Canyon de Chelly Visitor Center, tour South Rim of the
Canyon in morning, tour North Rim in afternoon
SUNDAY: Four-wheel-drive-vehicle in-canyon tour
(Lunch is provided on this day only)
MONDAY: Check out and return travel home or to other
destinations.
Other hotels, camping, and other accommodations may be available
in or near Chinle for those who wish to arrange their own lodging.
Reservations deadline Friday October 11. Reservations required:
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
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Saturday October 19, 2013
“Safford Hanging Canals and Pottery of the Mills Collection”
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) tour guided by Don
Lancaster to the Safford area, starting at place to be arranged in Tucson*
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; one must be an AAHS member to attend
This tour will visit a few of the Safford, Arizona, area’s 27
prehistoric canals that have been rediscovered recently. The canals exhibit
spectacular engineering and a stunningly efficient water-carrying system,
different from most of the Tucson and Phoenix areas’ Hohokam canals in that
their water is obtained from mountain drainages fed by runoff springs and
artesian sources rather than from rivers, and they traverse vertically
undulating and severely erratic uplands.High-clearance vehicles are
recommended but walking distances at each site are each less than one mile.
The tour also will visit the Discovery Center, where a portion of the Mills
Collection of prehistoric pottery is housed.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Reservations required; 20-person limit. To register or for more information
email Katherine Cerino at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday October 21, 2013
“New Research with the Earliest Perishable Collections from
Southeastern Utah” free presentation by Laurie Webster for Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society monthly meeting at University of
Arizona Medical Center's Duval Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
In this presentation, Dr. Webster will discuss her current work
with the Green Collection compiled by Charles McLoyd and Charles Gray Graham
in Grand Gulch in 1891, and the Ryerson-Lang Collection made by Charley Lang
and colleagues in Grand Gulch and the surrounding area in 1894-1895. She
will highlight some of the more remarkable 1,000 to 2,000-year-old
perishable artifacts, such as textiles, baskets, sandals, hides, wooden
implements, and other perishable artifacts from the Basketmaker and Pueblo
periods recovered from the region.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/>
www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
Thursday October 24, 2013
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road,
Sedona, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council*
7-8:30 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 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 petroglyphs 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.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Scott Newth in Sedona at
928-274-7773 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 24, 2013
“Closer than We Know: Comparing the Rock Art of Australia and
North America” with rock art researcher David Lee, sponsored by Central
Arizona Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, ASU School of
International Letters and Cultures, Deer Valley Rock Art Center, and Project
Humanities at Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road,
Phoenix*
6-7 p.m. Free
Both Australia and the New World were originally colonized by
people who brought with them rich spiritual and symbolic systems. These
people successfully adapted to major environmental changes, and these
adaptations may be reflected in the paintings and engravings they left on
cliff faces and on shelter walls. Despite being a world apart, there are a
surprising number of parallels in the production, evolution, and context of
rock art on the two continents. Viewing rock art with a global perspective
highlights both the similarities and the differences of people surviving
under similar circumstances. This lecture will investigate the rock art of
both continents, focusing on environmental and cultural context,
ethnography, and current research trends.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. Contact Almira Poudrier at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 602-738-5784 for
more information.
Thursday November 7, 2013
“Space Archaeology and Remote Sensing” presentation by Sarah
Parcak, sponsored by American Research Center for Egyptology, Arizona
Chapter, at the University of Arizona Bryant Bannister Building, 1215 E.
Lowell Street, Tucson*
5:30-6:30 p.m. Free
Sarah Parcak will discuss how she has used infra-red satellite
imaging to discover 17 lost pyramids as well as more than 1,000 tombs and
3,100 ancient settlements throughout Egypt.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Dr. Creasman at
520-621-2414 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Saturday November 9, 2013
Library Presenters “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time
Pieces” free presentation at Pima County Public Library's Southwest Branch,
6855 S. Mark Road, Tucson
11 a.m. to noon. 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 Jackie Macias at Tucson
telephone no. 520-594-5272 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday November 13, 2013
Library Presenters “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona
Hohokam Indians” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima
County Public Library's Valencia Branch, 202 W. Valencia Rd., Tucson*
6-7:30 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts,
architecture, and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues
for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for interpreting how they adapted
to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and explaining why the Hohokam culture
mysteriously disappeared. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
illustrates the material culture of the Hohokam and presents possible
interpretations about their relationships to the natural world, their time
reckoning, religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons
for the eventual demise of their way of life.
* Sponsored by Pima County Public Library; presented by Tucson’s
not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. No reservations are needed.
For meeting details contact Librarian Kelly Urman at Tucson telephone
520-594-5390 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation
subject matter contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 16, 2013
“Pueblo Grande and Mesa Grande Platform Mound Sites” Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) tour guided by Phoenix City
Archaeologist Laurene Montero and Mesa Grande Archaeological Project
Director Jerry Howard in Phoenix, departing from near Ruthrauff & I-10 in
Tucson*
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; one must be an AAHS member to attend
The Pueblo Grande Hohokam archaeological site features a large
platform mound surounded by retaining walls and that was once surmounted by
walled structures. There were also many houses and at least three
ballcourts, probably constructed starting around AD 750. The tour also will
visit irrigation canals at the Park of Four Waters then, after a picnic
lunch, go to Mesa Grande Cultural Park in Mesa, a site that showcases a
platform mound built between AD 1100 and 1450. That mound was the public and
ceremonial center for one of the largest Hohokam villages in the Salt River
Valley, a residential area that extended for more than a mile along the
terrace overlooking the river.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Reservations required. To sign up contact Lynn Ratener at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday November 18, 2013
“Prehistory, Personality, and Place: Emil W. Haury and the
Mogollon Controversy” free presentation by J. Jefferson Reid for Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society monthly meeting at University of
Arizona Medical Center's Duval Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****[Description to be provided later.]
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/>
www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
Thursday November 21, 2013
Library Presenters “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public Library’s
Salazar-Ajo Branch, 33 Plaza, Ajo, Arizona
10-11:30 a.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.
* Sponsored by Pima County Public Library; presented by Tucson’s
not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. No reservations are needed.
For meeting details contact Librarian Lee Irwin in Ajo at 520-387-6075 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject matter
contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 21, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation: “Archaeological Resource Crime” with Bureau
of Indian Affairs Regional Archaeologist Garry J. Cantley, at Guillermo’s
Double LL Mexican Restaurant, 1830 S. 4th Ave., South Tucson, Arizona
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
As co-leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Archaeological
Resource Protection Act (ARPA) Training Team, archaeologist Garry Cantley
has taught classes for 119 tribal groups, numerous land managers,
archaeological site stewards, and other preservationists in how to process
an ARPA crime scene using simulated crime-scene exercises. In this month’s
presentation Garry will show photographs of looted archaeological sites and
discuss current strategies for preventing theft and vandalism of
archaeological and historical treasures on public and Indian lands.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday November 20.
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Saturday November 30, 2013
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or
employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning carpool
tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National
Historic Landmark site. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations
in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden, evidence
was found for human occupation going back from historic times to around
10,000 years ago. The cave, which actually is a very large rockshelter, also
contains pictographs, petroglyphs, and other archaeological features used by
Native Americans for thousands of years. Tour leaves Tucson at 6:30 a.m. to
ensure the pictographs can be seen in the best morning light. Fees will
benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s efforts to develop a
caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday November 27: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
THE EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Friday December 7, 2013
Library Presenters “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public Library’s
Joyner-Green Valley Branch, 601 N. La Canada Dr., Green Valley, Arizona
2-3 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.
* Sponsored by Pima County Public Library; presented by Tucson’s
not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. No reservations are needed.
For meeting details contact Robin Green in Green Valley at 520-594-5295 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject matter
contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday December 7, 2013
“Murray Springs and Other Mammoth Kill Sites” Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) tour guided by archaeologist
Dr. Jesse Ballenger starting at the Murray Springs site outside of Sierra
Vista, Arizona*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. starting at Houghton Road and I-10 in Tucson.
Free; one must be an AAHS member to attend
Dr. Ballenger will guide us through the Murray Springs site, a
recently designated National Historic Landmark. He will cover the history of
investigations from 1966 to the present and describe the challenges faced by
land managers to preserve the site. After Murray Springs, we will continue
to the Lehner Clovis site, which witnessed the demise of approximately 13
mammoths, perhaps in a single event. The tour will end at the Turquoise
Valley Golf and RV Park in Naco, Arizona, not far from where Emil Haury
excavated a single mammoth kill in 1952. We may also make a quick visit to
Camp Naco, a 1917 Army post erected as part of the Mexican Border Project.
Participants who do not want to do the full-day tour may opt to just visit
the Murray Springs site,where the interpretive trail is ¾-mile long and
includes one deep arroyo crossing with footsteps. The Lehner, Palominas, and
Naco area stops are each about ¼--mile walks with minimal rough terrain. We
plan to picnic at the San Pedro House (which sells cold drinks).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Reservations required; 20-person limit. To register or for more information
email Katherine Cerino at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday December 16, 2013
“Mimbres: Its Causes and Consequence” free presentation by
Stephen H. Lekson for Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society monthly
meeting at University of Arizona Medical Center's Duval Auditorium, 1501 N.
Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****[Description to be provided later.]
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/>
www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
Thursday December 19, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation: “An Archaeological Record of the Sears Point
Petroglyph Complex” with stone-symbol researcher Evelyn F. Billo at Dragon's
View Asian Cuisine, 400 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
The Sears Point Archaeological District (SPAD) is a large and
complex cultural resource strewn along the terraces on the south side of the
Gila River. Steep volcanic cliffs and boulders contain over 2,000 panels of
petroglyphs, one of the largest concentrations in North America. Evelyn F.
Billo and Robert K. Mark of Rupestrian CyberServices, and archaeologist
Donald E. Weaver, Jr., of Plateau Mountain Desert Research mapped all
petroglyph panels, and photographed and recorded at least 9,746 individual
rock symbols and an additional 87 archaeological features. Geoglyphs
(intaglios), rock piles, rings, and alignments, cleared areas, extensive
trails, historical features from the 1800s, and traces of temporary
habitation features all were documented. A variety of archaeological
cultures including the Desert Archaic, Patayan, and Hohokam used the site,
and it is possible there was Paleoindian presence.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday December 18.
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Saturday December 21, 2013
“Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departs from
northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 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 by Friday December 20. 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
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Saturday December 21, 2013
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Museum of Natural
History at Mesa Grande Cultural Park, 1000 North Date St, Mesa, Arizona;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council*
3-4 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 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 petroglyphs 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.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Alison Stoltman in Mesa
at 480-644-5833 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
NEVADA: Friday & Saturday January 10-11, 2014
“Social Networks in the American Southwest” 14th Southwest
Symposium in the Philip J. Cohen Theatre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas*
**** Times and fees to be announced
How ideas spread across the landscape, how individuals
integrated themselves with others, and how they interacted with people
within and outside of their social groups in the distant past will be
explored in three of this biannual anthropology symposium’s four sessions. A
fourth session focuses on new methodological approaches being used in
southwestern archaeology to address research questions using the
archaeological record. Also there will be a poster session with open
content. The event begins with a reception at the Barrick Museum from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Poster abstracts are due October 15, 2012.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For details visit <http://anthro.unlv.edu/> http://anthro.unlv.edu.
Thursday January 16, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation: “Hohokam and Mimbres Art and Ideology” with
archaeologist Allen Dart at ****[restaurant to be announced], Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Comparison of New Mexico’s Classic Mimbres (AD 1000-1130) rock
art and that of the contemporaneous Hohokam culture of southern Arizona
helps define the spheres of those cultures’ art and ideology. Certain icons
are common to both Hohokam and Mimbres rock art, whereas each culture also
exhibits repeated motifs that apparently were not produced by the other.
Comparison and contrast of the shared and unshared rock art images, and of
other aspects of Hohokam and Mimbres cultures, suggest similarities as well
as differences in their respective religious beliefs and practices.
The presenter for this “dinner-format” program is Allen Dart, a
registered professional archaeologist who works full time as State Cultural
Resources Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and
volunteers his time as Executive Director of Tucson’s Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday January 15.
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Sunday January 19, 2014
"Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Natural Resources,
Parks and Recreation in the Rose Cottage at Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E.
Roger Road, Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council*
1-2 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. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Sandy Reith at
520-749-3718 (Agua Caliente Park Ranch House) or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]; for information about
the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday February 20, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation: “Carbon 14 Dating, from the Earliest Dog to
the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript” with Professor Greg Hodgins, at
Amber Restaurant & Gallery, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road (near Sabino Canyon
Rd.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
The time-depth of written history is about 5,000 years, while
that of artifacts about 2.5 million. Needless to say, a lot of human history
happened before the invention of the written word, and a lot afterwards that
nobody had the time or inclination to write about. Luckily, artifacts tell
tales. It is the job of archaeologists to find ways to allow them to speak;
to tell the stories of human existence that were not written down. A
fundamental tool in this endeavor is carbon dating. Radiocarbon dating
covers the last 50,000 years, which is only the most recent 2% of artifact
time-depth. Nevertheless, that span covers the most recent one-third of Homo
sapiens existence, from the end of Neanderthals, the end of the last Ice
Age, the peopling of the New World, the origins of animal domestication and
agriculture, and the rise of complex societies. Carbon dating helps order
artifacts within the vast and confusing jumble of past human and natural
events. This talk will describe how carbon dating works, and provide some
examples of how it contributes to our understanding of past human existence.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday February 19.
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Saturday & Sunday February 22-23, 2014
21st Annual Southwest Indian Art Fair at the Arizona State
Museum (ASM), northeast corner of Park Ave. & University Blvd., Tucson*
Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Adults $10, ASM
members $7, under 18 years & students with valid student ID free
A wonderful weekend of culture, art, performance, and food on
ASM’s front lawn, rain or shine. Meet 200+ Native artists, many of them
award-winning. Talk with them about their work and learn about the cultural
significance that informs, inspires, and imbues their work. Top-quality,
handmade art includes pottery, Hopi katsina dolls, paintings, jewelry,
baskets, rugs, blankets, and much more. Artist demonstrations, Native food,
music, and dance performances round out the two-day celebration.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For details visit
<http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/swiaf/index.shtml>
www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/swiaf/index.shtml.
Thursday March 20, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation: “How Many Archaeological Sites are There in
Arizona?”with the Arizona State Museum’s Rick Karl at ****[Restaurant to be
announced], Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Have you ever wondered how many archaeological sites there are
in Arizona? No one knows, at least not yet. However, almost all of the
archaeological sites that have been identified and recorded by
archaeologists are now included in AZSITE, an internet-access cultural
resources database jointly managed by the Arizona State Museum (ASM),
Arizona State University, and the State Historic Preservation Office. In
this month’s Third Thursday program, the manager of the AZSITE will describe
that database and provide the latest count of archaeological sites that have
been recorded in Arizona.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is
Ricky J. Karl, the Archaeological Geographic Information Administrator and
AZSITE GIS Manager at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (ASM),
Tucson.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday March 19.
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Saturday March 29, 2014
“Arizona Archaeology Expo” at Catalina State Park, 11570 N
Oracle Rd, Tucson*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free
The Arizona Archaeology Expo is the featured event for Arizona
Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month. Held in a different community each
year, the Expo features archaeology-related hands-on activities, craft
demonstrations, and other fun and educational events. Catalina State Park is
the venue for this year’s Expo, located in the foothills of the rugged Santa
Catalina Mountains on the northeast edge of Tucson. This park offers a rich
history evidenced by the Romero Ruin, a large multicomponent archaeological
site (open to the public) that includes the historic Romero Homestead
situated atop the remnants of a large, prehistoric Hohokam village. Expo
displays by archaeological and historical organizations, museums, Native
American tribes, state and federal agencies, and others will allow you to
participate as archaeologists might in their research today, or make crafts
and tools that teach how prehistoric Native Americans and other early
inhabitants survived in the Southwest. Cultural and historical
demonstrators, talks by archaeologists, and interactive activities will help
make the past come alive, and tours of local rock art and pueblo
archaeological sites will be offered. Free-prize raffles will occur
throughout the day.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For more detailed information, contact Kris Dobschuetz in Phoenix at
602-542-7141 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[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, therefore 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 a member 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
http://www.oldpueblo.org/member.html web page, scrolling to the bottom of
that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Membership fees, and donations, also can be made using cash or
check. Checks may be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. (Please do not send
cash through the mail.) You can also donate using your Visa, MasterCard, or
Discover credit card, either by calling Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or by
clicking on “Donation Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure
www.oldpueblo.org/donate.html web page.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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KINDS OF REGULAR EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS WE SEND
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center typically sends two email ACTIVITY
ANNOUNCEMENTS each month that tell about upcoming activities offered by Old
Pueblo and other southwestern U.S. archaeology and history organizations. We
also email pdf copies of our Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our
members, subscribers, and some other recipients, usually no more often than
once every three months.
OPT-OUT OPTIONS
If you do not wish to receive further email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center but are willing to receive emails on
other topics please send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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announcements” in the Subject line. If you do not wish to receive any more
emails from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for any reason, please feel free
to send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with the
word “Remove” in the subject line.
Before you contact us with a “stop sending” or “remove” request,
however, please note that if you received our communication through a
listserve, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center cannot remove your email address
from that listserve. The listserves to which Old Pueblo occasionally posts
announcements include:
Archaeological Society of New Mexico <[log in to unmask]>
Arizona Archaeological Council <[log in to unmask]>
Arizona State University Rock Art <[log in to unmask]>
Arizona State University Historical Archaeology <[log in to unmask]>
New Mexico Archaeological Council <[log in to unmask]>
Rock Art News <[log in to unmask]>
Society for American Archaeology Public Archaeology Interest Group
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Southwest Archaeology Today <[log in to unmask]>
University of Arizona Anthropology Department
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Utah Professional Archaeological Council
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