For Immediate Release
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Upcoming Activities
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
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Our Mission and Support
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Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
SAVE THE DATE (BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT!):
Tuesday April 3, 2018, is ARIZONA GIVES DAY when you can help benefit
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other Arizona charities. See full
announcement for this event below.
See full announcement in April 3 listing below.
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday December 1, 2018
December 1st is the deadline to purchase tickets for the December 13
“Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit SUV, Two
First-Class Airline Tickets, and $5,000 Cash” by Tucson’s Jim Click
Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson
charities. See full announcement for this event below.
Saturday March 3, 2018: Truth or Consequences, NM
“Camino de Tropeçones: Piros, Apaches, Spaniards, and the Long Road to
Disaster, c. 1600-1700” presentation by Dr. Michael Bletzer and Sierra
County Historical Society fundraising dinner for Geronimo Springs Museum at
Albert Lyons Event Center, 2953 S. Broadway, Truth or Consequences, New
Mexico*
5:30 p.m. opening, 6 p.m. dinner, 7p.m. presentation; dinner $25 per
person; $45/couple; $15 children 12 and under
In the summer of 1621, Gila Apaches ambushed a Spanish wagon train
with the New Mexico’s incoming new governor on the Camino Real not far from
present-day Engle, NM. Trapped in a canyon, the Spanish party was barely
rescued by Piro warriors from Senecú Pueblo. This episode marks the
beginning of the final stage of a decades-long string of hostilities that
had been triggered by Spanish slave raids on Apache encampments both west
and east of the Rio Grande. Through analysis of period documents from
Mexican and Spanish archives, as well as archaeological research at sites
like the Ancestral/Colonial Piro pueblo of Tzelaqui/Sevilleta, an
intriguingly complex picture emerges of shifting alliances, rebellions, and
population movements that long before the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 changed the
entire settlement landscape from the southern Tiwa and Piro pueblos all the
way to El Paso and beyond.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Geronimo Springs Museum at 575-894-6600.
Sunday March 4, 2018: Tumacácori, AZ
“Tumacácori O’odham Tash” native culture celebration at Tumacácori
National Historical Park, 1891 E. Frontage Rd., Tumacacori, Arizona*
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Admission to the park is $5 per adult, free for federal
pass holders and children under age 16.
Tumacácori National Historical Park protects the ruins of a Spanish
colonial mission to the native O’odham people. It is the O’odham residents
of this community who formed and laid the bricks of the church, tilled the
fields, and wrangled the mission livestock. Their culture and traditions
live on today, focused in the lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation. This
spring Tumacácori will hold its second annual “O’odham Tash,” or, in
English, “O’odham Day,” in celebration of the legacy and heritage of these
Desert People. On March 4 visitors to the mission grounds will be able to
observe cultural demonstrators presenting traditional crafts and pastimes –
basket weaving, painting, carving, pottery making, storytelling, and singing
– and taste favorite traditional foods – fry bread, tepary beans, and cholla
buds. There will be a workshop at 11 a.m. in which participants will be able
to learn a favorite Tohono O'odham ball game, toka. The festivities will
begin and conclude with singing and a blessing.
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Admission to the park is $5 per adult, free for federal
pass holders and children under age 16.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call the park visitor center at 520-377-5060 or visit the park
website: www.nps.gov/tuma <http://www.nps.gov/tuma> .
Monday-Thursday March 5-8, 2018: Ajo, AZ
“5th Tri-National Sonoran Desert Symposium” in Ajo, Arizona, at
Sonoran Desert Inn and Conference Center, 55 South Orilla Avenue and at
historic Curley School, 201 W. Esperanza Ave.*
Times TBA. $125 for entire symposium including meals; or daily rates
Tuesday and Wednesday$50 each, Thursday$30; Monday tours are free
The March 2018 tri-national symposium will address successes and
continuing challenges of conserving the magnificent Sonoran Desert. The
symposium will focus on cultural and natural resource issues, Native
American tribal perspectives, and desert foodways. A variety of special
field trips will be scheduled for Monday March 5 and an opening reception
Monday evening. Plenary sessions, a rich choice of breakout sessions, and
ample networking time are scheduled for Tuesday through midday Thursday
March 6-8.
One presentation of note will be “Pottery of the Western Desert:
Puzzles and Possibilities” by Linda Gregonis and Rick Martynec, who note
that ceramics found in the western part of the Sonoran Desert have perplexed
archaeologists for decades. The typologies developed by Malcolm Rogers,
Julian Hayden, and others have been inadequate to describe what
archaeologists actually see on the ground. The goal of this presentation is
to open a discussion among those who have tried to analyze the pottery of
this region. Do the typologies as they exist work across time and space? Is
it possible to associate ethnic groups with particular pottery types or
shapes? What happens to pottery construction in an area where two distinct
ethnic groups interacted? How do different depositional contexts (potbreaks,
roasting pits, rockshelter caches) relate to human behavior in this driest
part of the Sonoran Desert? These are only a few of the questions the
authors hope to explore at the symposium and in a workshop they hope will
come out of their presentation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.sonoransymposium.com>
www.sonoransymposium.com.
Wednesday March 7, 2018: Sun Lakes, AZ
“Apaches and their Horses” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. Deni
J. Seymour at Ed Robson Branch Library, 9330 E. Riggs Road in Sun Lakes,
Arizona*
10:30 a.m. Free
An abbreviated history and historical anecdotes of horses among the
Apache. For many they do not become the Apache until the adoption of the
horse--which is said to have triggered the raiding adaptation. In this
presentation I address this and many other notions about the Apache and
their horses. No doubt, horses played a central role in the Apachean world
but the horse divide is not as pronounced as thought. I discuss various ways
in which horses changed the ancestral Apache lifeway, how horses survived
and thrived without European horse culture, how horses shaped warfare and
intercultural relations, and how horses were intertwined with family and
inter-band relations through horse trading and gambling. Horses were
integrated into Apachean lives in many ways, including through the use of
horse power and ceremonies, and they played a role in death rituals. While
the horse is maintained in contemporary culture, archaeological traces
document the historical role of the horse in rock art, horse bones,
landscape use, and artifacts.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Patty Dennehy at 602-652-3000.
Wednesday March 7, 2018: Phoenix
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour sponsored by the nonprofit
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) and Arizona Humanities at Pueblo
Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
6:30-8 p.m. Free
How did the Apache impact late prehistoric peoples? Research provides
evidence of ancestral Apaches in the southern Southwest as early as A.D.
1300. Evidence comes from chronometric dates obtained from storage features
(covered with grass or leaves), on Apache pottery, and from roasting pits,
all in direct association with other types of Apache material culture. A
continuous sequence of use from the A.D. 1300s through the late 1700s
provides new insights into a western route into this region and the presence
of the earliest ancestral Apache three centuries earlier than previously
thought, even in areas where Coronado did not see them. Dr. Seymour is an
internationally recognized authority on protohistoric, Native American, and
Spanish colonial archaeology and ethno-history. For 30 years, she has
studied the Apache, Sobaípuri O’odham, and lesser-known mobile groups. She
has excavated Spanish presidios, numerous Kino-period missions, and several
indigenous sites. She works with indigenous groups, tackles the Coronado and
Niza expeditions, and is reworking the history of the pre-Spanish and
colonial period of the Southwest. This program was made possible by Arizona
Humanities.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For details contact Pueblo Grande
Museum at 602-495-0901 or pueblogrande.com <http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Thursday March 8, 2018: Tucson
CANCELLED: The Arizona State Museum regrets to report that the
“Engineering Excellence: Prehistoric Agriculture of the Safford Basin”
presentation by Dr. James Neely that was scheduled for this date has been
cancelled. (This was not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored
activity.)
Friday March 9, 2018: Marana, AZ
“A Taste of the Wild: The Marana Wild Foods Gastronomy Tour” sponsored
by Town of Marana, departing from and returning to the Tucson Premium
Outlets at Marana Center, 6401 W. Marana Center Blvd. (right off the I-10
freeway at Twin Peaks Road in Marana, Arizona)*
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $99 per person includes tour, coach
transportation, and tastings
This tour visits an ancient archaeological site, a foraging walkabout,
and exclusive tastings of ancient Sonoran wild foods and beverages
creatively reimagined in an unforgettable afternoon. You will discover wild
Sonoran Desert flavors that inspire chefs, gourmet foragers, brew masters,
artisanal bakers, and distillers through tastings and guided tours by the
region’s renowned experts. You also will learn about the cultures that
farmed and foraged in this area for thousands of years and built the oldest
agricultural irrigation canal systems found in North America. The
archaeological part of the adventure is guided by University of Arizona
Emerita Professor and Arizona State Museum Curator Dr. Suzanne Fish, one of
the world’s experts on foodways of the region’s ancient Hohokam culture. The
tour also includes exclusive tastings of gourmet wildcrafted foods and
drinks from Bean Tree Farm, Catalina Brewing Company, and Button Brew House.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each tour is
limited to 13 people. To register or for additional tour information visit
http://graylinearizona.com/tours/taste-wild-marana-wild-food-gastronomy-tour
/ or contact Laura Cortelyou at 520-382-1988 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday-Sunday March 10-11, 2018: Tucson
“The Old Pueblo’s Tools through Time at Science City,” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s science and activity station during the Tucson Festival
of Books’ hands-on discovery days at Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
on the University of Arizona Mall, 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson
9:30-5:30 each day; free
Stop by Old Pueblo’s “Tools Through Time” tables at the Tucson
Festival of Books’ Science City events. Old Pueblo’s educators will show
children and adults how tool making and tool usage has changed from
prehistoric times until now. Visitors can enjoy demonstrations of
flintknapping (flaked-stone tool making) by expert flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf and hands on activities that includes making your own petroglyphs
and pottery.
No reservations are needed. For more information about the “Tools
Through Time” event contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]; for information about the
Tucson Festival of Books and Science City visit
<http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/> http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about this
activity please reply with “Send Science City Flyer” in your email subject
line.
Saturday March 10, 2018: Tucson
“Arizona State Museum Open House, Benefit Sale, and Used Book Sale” at
the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E. University
Blvd., Tucson*
10 a.m.-3 p.m. benefit sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. book sale, both on the ASM
front lawn; open house 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free
Come get to know the Arizona State Museum! In celebration of Arizona
Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month and as part of the Tucson Festival
of Books, you'll have the opportunity to go behind the scenes to meet
curators, visit laboratories, and tour collections areas in the largest and
busiest state-run archaeological repository in the nation. You'll also enjoy
sales of Native American art and used books. The Friends of the ASM
Collections present their annual Benefit Sale featuring an array of items
donated by individuals and estates throughout the year specifically to be
sold at this event. Peruse southwestern Native pottery, jewelry, baskets,
and more. The inventory is always different. Proceeds of this sale benefit
ASM's ethnological collections. And an all new selection of used
anthropology, history, biography, and general interest books with emphasis
on the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico, starting at $1 and most under $5,
will be available during the ASM Used Book Sale, sponsored by the Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society
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benefit the ASM library.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 10, 2018: Mesa, AZ*
“Arizona Archaeology Expo” at the Arizona Museum of Natural History,
53 N. MacDonald, and at Mesa Grande Culture Park, 1000 Date Street, Mesa,
Arizona*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Buy One Get One deal for admission to AzMNH on this
date
Come out and see the Mesa Grande Hohokam Platform Mound archaeological
site like you’ve never seen it before! The Arizona Museum of Natural History
is hosting the 2018 Arizona Archaeology Expo to kick off Archaeology
Awareness month statewide. There will be vendors, exhibitors, professional
archaeologists, crafts, and activities for the kids at Mesa Grande and
outside in front of the Arizona Museum of Natural History as well as a
lecture series in the AzMNH Theater from 11 am to 3 pm all for free! This
event is being held simultaneously at Mesa Grande Cultural Park and Arizona
Museum of Natural History.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Kris Powell at 602-542-7141 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 10, 2018: Phoenix
“Ancient Technology Day: Prehistoric & Historic” activities at Pueblo
Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free
Test your technology skills at the 18th Annual Ancient Technology Day
event. Enjoy a hands-on experience, fun for the whole family, where visitors
can try their hand at throwing an atlatl (spear), weaving their own cloth,
and sample roasted agave slow-cooked the traditional way, in an earthen
oven. Artists will be on hand to demonstrate how the Hohokam people used
various technologies such as flintknapping (making of arrowheads), pottery,
shell jewelry, weaving and more! Experts in historic technologies will
demonstrate skills from the Pioneer Days of Arizona such as cotton spinning
and adobe brick making. Also available throughout the day are free tours of
the prehistoric platform mound, and artifact show-and-tell stations. Guests
can also enjoy a guided tour of the Park of Four Waters, an area with the
remains of prehistoric hohokam canals not regularly open to the public. This
program is made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.pueblogrande.com <http://www.pueblogrande.com> or
call (602) 495-0901.
Tuesday March 13, 2018: Tucson
“The Gift of the Morning Star” free presentation by Jerry Freund for
Arizona Pathfinders Pot Luck Dinner at the Arizona Historical Society Museum
Auditorium, 949 E. Second St., Tucson*
6 p.m. Free – Bring a pot luck dish
What is the Morning Star? What Is Its Impact on Plains Indian Culture?
Join Jerry Freund, docent at Tucson’s Medicine Man Gallery, as he shares the
history of his extraordinary Plains Indian beadwork collection! Born and
raised in Dodge City Kansas, Jerry grew interested in Plains Indian culture
at age 11. When he joined the Boy Scouts of America in the 1950s he traveled
many times to dance with native people in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and began
gathering his extensive art collection. Using several gorgeous pieces, he
will introduce different beadwork designs and explain their history and
cultural influence. This is a Pot Luck. Please bring food to share.
Pathfinders board members will provide coffee and dessert! Free Parking in
the Arizona Historical Society parking lot at the corner of Euclid and 2nd
St. (one block west of the History Museum; enter the lot from 2nd Street and
drive straight in).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.azpathfinders.org <http://www.azpathfinders.org> or
email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesday March 13, 2018: Tijeras, NM
"Southern Tularosa Basin of New Mexico - the ‘Pueblo Core Area’ of the
Jornada Mogollon Culture" presentation by by Alexander Kurota and Evan S.
Sternberg at Sandia Ranger Station, 11776 Hwy 337, Tijeras, New Mexico*
6:30 p.m. Friends of Tijeras Pueblo members free; $5 donation
requested of nonmembers
Recent archaeological fieldwork in New Mexico’s southern Tularosa
Basin has resulted in discoveries that have refined a broader understanding
of the prehistoric lifeways of the region. Archaeologists Alexander Kurota
and Evan Sternberg present new details of the transition from the Archaic to
the Mesilla and into the Doña Ana phases of the Jornada Mogollon culture
area. Yet, the most revealing information has been recovered through
documenting massive El Paso phase villages. The variety of artifacts
including turquoise, malachite, limonite, marine shell beads, copper and
other rare paraphernalia show that the lifestyle during the El Paso phase
was marked by explosion of color, ritualism, agriculture and diverse trade
relationships far beyond of what was previously thought.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Sandia Ranger District at 505-281-3304 or visit
www.friendsoftijeraspueblo.org <http://www.friendsoftijeraspueblo.org> .
Thursday March 15, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “El Camino del Diablo, The Devil's
Highway” by retired National Park Service Superintendent Charles R. “Butch”
Farabee at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley,
Arizona
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
On the National Register of Historic Places, El Camino del Diablo, The
Devil's Highway, is a brutal, 200-mile long, prehistoric and historic route
from northern Sonora to Yuma, Arizona, then on to the mission areas of
California. Used for at least a millennium by Native Americans,
conquistadores, Father Kino, miners, undocumented aliens, and modern-day
adventurers, El Camino crosses three large federal areas in the extreme
desert of southern Arizona, which is the focus of this presentation. A
reputed 400 to 2,000 lives have been lost traveling along our very own,
isolated and wild part of the Arizona-Mexico border, most from heat,
exposure, and a desperate lack of water. Join Butch Farabee, who has driven
this remote, four-wheel drive road six times, for a part history, part
travelogue, and part informational overview of this fascinating but humbling
area.
Reservations are required: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO
WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
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Friday-Monday March 16-19, 2018: Tucson to El Paso, TX & Las Cruces-Mesilla,
NM
“Missions of the River Tour” sponsored by Southwestern Mission
Research Center in El Paso, Texas-Las Cruces-Mesilla area of New Mexico,
departing from Tucson*
$695 per person double occupancy, includes transportation, lodging,
and meals
Join the Southwestern Mission Research Center for a tour of the two
Spanish colonial missions of Socorro and Ysleta (in Texas), established by
the Spanish settlers and natives who fled northern New Mexico during the
1680 Pueblo Revolt. We a will also visit a rare presidio chapel and the
village of San Elizario, as well as the old adobe town of Mesilla, New
Mexico. This tour will include visits to museums, the Chile Pepper
Institute, and the charming J. Paul Taylor home. Enjoy sopaipillas, New
Mexico red and green chile, and some Texas BBQ, yum! A little shopping along
the way too. Since we are staying in the U.S. you will not need your
passport.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or reservations contact Monica Young at 520-621-6278 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday March 17, 2018: Phoenix
“Petroglyph Discovery Hike #21284” sponsored by Pueblo Grande Museum
in Box Canyon, South Mountain Park, Phoenix*
9-10 a.m. $5 per person
Bring the whole family for a short one-mile Hohokam petroglyph
discovery hike at South Mountain for an easy but also petroglyph-rich hiking
experience. An experienced Museum guide will lead participants on a quick
one-hour interpretive hike, perfect for all ages and busy schedules. Please
dress for the weather, wear appropriate hiking footwear, and bring water.
Difficulty: Moderate.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is
limited. Advance registration required by March 15. For details contact
Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or pueblogrande.com
<http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Saturday March 17, 2018: Phoenix
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour sponsored by Phoenix
Public Library at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
1 p.m. Free
For description see March 7 Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary listing
above.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org
<http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org> or contact Phoenix Public Library
Adult Services Coordinator at 602-534-5076.
Saturday March 17, 2018: El Paso
“Smeltertown Archaeology and History” free presentation by cultural
resources specialist Mark Howe sponsored by El Paso Archaeological Society
at El Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso*
2 p.m. Free
Mark Howe’s presentation will discuss the recent work along American
Canal and the exposure of some of the structures, artifacts and history of
the Smeltertown area. Discussion will show some structures that were found,
artifacts and work that is being conducted in the area of American Canal and
American Dam. Additionally, we hope to have several guest speakers who will
talk about the history of living in or relatives who lived there during the
time of Smeltertown’s existence. Mark Howe is the Cultural Resources
Specialist for the United States Section of the International Boundary and
Water Commission (USIBWC) in El Paso.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Fernando Arias at 915-449-9075 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Monday March 19, 2018: Tucson
“Sights and Sounds of the Cocoraque Butte Rock Art Site” free
presentation by rock art researchers Peter Boyle and Janine Hernbrode for
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at Banner
University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Presenters Boyle and Hernbrode recently completed a recording project
at the Cocoraque Butte petroglyphs complex spanning five field seasons. With
the help of a large group of volunteers and the sponsorship of AAHS they
recorded rock art, a variety of structures, and grinding features, as well a
large number of boulders that produce a clear, bell-like tone (“bell
rocks”). The complex, located in the Ironwood Forest National Monument and
on adjacent private land, contains more than 10,000 petroglyphs located on
twelve boulder-covered hills of various sizes, with the major concentrations
occurring on two of the largest hills. The rock art evidently was produced
over an extended time from the Early Agricultural through Hohokam periods
and likely into O’odham times. Analysis of the rock art motifs reveals a
large number of petroglyphs Boyle and Hernbrode interpret as relating to two
themes of importance to southwestern peoples: the Flower World and Human
Emergence as reflected in native origin stories. Of additional interest at
this site is the occurrence of over 120 bell rocks that show clear evidence
of prehistoric use. Sounds were elicited from the boulders by striking them
with wooden mallets, not rocks or metal objects, because the latter two
would damage the surfaces of these important features. The presence of such
a large number of bell rocks may be unprecedented in the Southwest and,
along with the rock art, suggests that the Cocoraque Butte complex was
utilized for communal activities, including ceremonies, and that these
events involved the production of music.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> or contact John D. Hall at 520-205-2553
or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesday March 20, 2018: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana,
Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 donation ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the vernal equinox and the annual Arizona Archaeology and
Heritage Awareness Month, 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
calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other
rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between AD 650 and 1450.
Reservations and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Monday March
19. 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Tuesday March 20, 2018: Tucson
"The Fashions of Fancy Footwear in Chaco and Post-Chaco Eras in the
Northern Southwest" free brownbag lecture by Ben Bellorado, University of
Arizona, followed by tour of collections at National Park Service’s Western
Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), 255 N. Commerce Park Loop,
Tucson*
Lecture at noon, followed by 1 to 3 p.m. tour; free
The WACC stores museum objects, specimens and archives from more than
65 national parks and monuments from the Intermountain and Pacific West
regions. An exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of WACC’s collections,
archival storage rooms, and conservation labs will follow the lecture.
Visitors are welcome to bring a lunch to eat while they enjoy the lecture.
Please no children under 12 years old during the tours.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservvations (required) or more information contact Shelby Gardner at
520-791-6416 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
visit https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1260/events.htm.
Wedmesday March 21, 2018: Tucson
"Curating Tree-Ring Specimens: A Partnership Between the NPS and the
LTRR" free brownbag lecture by Pearce Paul Creasman (Laboratory of Tree Ring
Research, University of Arizona) followed by tour of collections at National
Park Service’s Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), 255 N.
Commerce Park Loop, Tucson*
Lecture at noon, followed by 1 to 3 p.m. tour; free
An exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of WACC’s collections, archival
storage rooms, and conservation labs will follow the lecture. Visitors are
welcome to bring a lunch to eat while they enjoy the lecture. Please no
children under 12 years old during the tours.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservvations (required) or more information contact Shelby Gardner at
520-791-6416 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
visit https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1260/events.htm.
Thursday March 22, 2018: Tucson
"Recent Archeology in the Chiricahuas" free brownbag lecture by
Kristina Whitney (Chiricahua National Monument)
followed by tour of collections at National Park Service’s Western
Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), 255 N. Commerce Park Loop,
Tucson*
Lecture at noon, followed by 1 to 3 p.m. tour; free
Within only the last few years, over 50 archeological sites have been
discovered at Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic
Site. This talk will give a broad overview of these discoveries and recent
excavations. An exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of WACC’s collections,
archival storage rooms, and conservation labs will follow the lecture.
Visitors are welcome to bring a lunch to eat while they enjoy the lecture.
Please no children under 12 years old during the tours.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservvations (required) or more information contact Shelby Gardner at
520-791-6416 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
visit https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1260/events.htm.
Friday March 23, 2018: Tucson
“From Cacti to Cars: Recent Investigations at Organ Pipe Cactus
National Monument” free brownbag lecture by Lauren Kingston (Organ Pipe
Cactus National Monument) followed by tour of collections at National Park
Service’s Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), 255 N.
Commerce Park Loop, Tucson*
Lecture at noon, followed by 1 to 3 p.m. tour; free
Kingston’s talk will cover recent archaeological investigations from
Precolumbian to Midcentury Modern at the park. An exclusive,
behind-the-scenes tour of WACC’s collections, archival storage rooms, and
conservation labs will follow the lecture. Visitors are welcome to bring a
lunch to eat while they enjoy the lecture. Please no children under 12 years
old during the tours.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservvations (required) or more information contact Shelby Gardner at
520-791-6416 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
visit https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1260/events.htm.
Saturday March 24, 2018: Tucson
“Demonstration Day and Tours” at National Park Service’s Western
Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC), 255 N. Commerce Park Loop,
Tucson*
Activities start at 12:30 p.m. Reserved tours start at 1:30; free
Demonstrations of spinning, weaving, ceramics, and bow making will be
open-house style. Children and families are encouraged to attend. An
exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of WACC’s collection, archival storage
rooms and, conservation labs will follow the demonstrations. Please no
children under 12 years old during the tours.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservvations (required) or more information contact Shelby Gardner at
520-791-6416 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or
visit https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1260/events.htm.
Saturday March 24, 2018: Springerville, AZ
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour for Little Colorado River
Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Springerville Heritage Center ,
418 E. Main St., Springerville, Arizona*
1-2 p.m. Free
For description see March 7 Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary listing
above.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information about the event contact Susan Seils at 928-333-2656 ext 230 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Friday March 30, 2018: Phoenix
“Park of Four Waters Tour #22446” at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E.
Washington St., Phoenix*
Time TBA. 5 in addition to general admission ($10adults, PGMA & Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center members $5, children 12 & under free when
accompanied by an adult)**
The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a walk through
undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of the ancient Hohokam
canal headworks along the Salt River that were constructed to support their
extensive agricultural system. The Hohokam lived in the Salt River area from
approximately AD 450-1450. They were an agricultural society, growing corn,
beans, squash and cotton. In order to support their extensive agricultural
system, they constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the
Salt River to their fields.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is
limited, register at front desk in Museum lobby. For details contact Pueblo
Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or pueblogrande.com
<http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Friday March 30, 2018: Marana, AZ
Encore “A Taste of the Wild: The Marana Wild Foods Gastronomy Tour”
sponsored by Town of Marana, departing from and returning to the Tucson
Premium Outlets at Marana Center, 6401 W. Marana Center Blvd. (right off the
I-10 freeway at Twin Peaks Road in Marana, Arizona)*
See March 9 listing for tour description.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each tour is
limited to 13 people. To register or for additional tour information visit
http://graylinearizona.com/tours/taste-wild-marana-wild-food-gastronomy-tour
/ or contact Laura Cortelyou at 520-382-1988 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesday April 3, 2018: Arizona
“Arizona Gives Day” provides opportunities to make charitable
donations to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other Arizona
charities at any time at the Arizona Gives Day website!
Arizona Gives and Arizona Gives Day is a collaboration between the
Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits <http://arizonanonprofits.org> and Arizona
Grantmakers Forum <http://arizonagrantmakersforum.org> that began in 2013
to connect people with causes they believe in and to build a lasting,
stronger spirit of philanthropy. This statewide, 24-hour, online giving
campaign, which takes place in early April each year, has helped raise more
than $10.1 million for Arizona's nonprofit sector.
Arizona Gives helps people find, learn about, and contribute to the
causes they believe in while enabling nonprofits to share their stories and
engage the community through a unique online giving platform. Arizona Gives
Day helps raise awareness about Arizona nonprofits and the critical role
they play in our communities and state. It inspires people to give
generously to nonprofits, making our state stronger and creating a thriving
community for all.
To give or to learn more, visit https://www.azgives.org/ and enter
“Old Pueblo Archaeology Center” (without quotation marks) in the “Find
Organizations” cell in the upper right part of the web page. Then in Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center’s area of that page, click on the
<https://www.azgives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation_
org&fwID=3957> GIVE link to donate or on the
<https://www.azgives.org/OldPuebloArchaeologyCenter> Learn more link for
more information.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL 3rdTO GIVE! Arizona Gives
<https://www.azgives.org/> is available for year-round giving. Donors can
create an account to preschedule donations, set-up recurring donations, and
make changes to their giving throughout the year or can checkout as a guest
and give immediately.
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Tuesday-Thursday April 3-5, 2018: Tucson to Sonora, Mexico
“Kino Missions Tour” into Sonora, Mexico, with Fathers Greg Adolf and
John Arnold, ethnohistorian Dr. Dale Brenneman, and historic architect
Robert Vint, sponsored by Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC),
departing from Hotel Tucson City Center InnSuites, 475 N. Granada Ave.,
Tucson*
8 a.m. Tuesday-6 to 7 p.m. Thursday; $525 per person includes
transportation, lodging (double occupancy), and meals
More than 300 years ago, a tireless Jesuit priest by the name of
Eusebio Francisco Kino made countless forays on horseback throughout much of
what is now the northern Mexican state of Sonora and Arizona. Father Kino
brought with him ideas and material culture – chiefly the Christian faith,
the Spanish language, cattle, and crops – that would change the region
deeply and forever. Join us in retracing the steps of Kino and the
missionaries who followed him. You’ll be guided by scholars and enthusiasts
who know and love the region and volunteer their time to share it with
others. Along the way you’ll stand in awe before the evocative church ruins
of Tumacácori and Átil, marvel at the mysteries of the spectral paintings on
the church walls at Pitiquito, delight in the exuberance of Magdalena, take
in the simple beauty of Oquitoa, and bask in the rosy glow on the setting
sun as it reflects off the twin towers of Caborca’s mission. You’ll take a
side trip into prehistory with a visit to the archaeological site of
Trincheras and its new museum. You’ll lunch al fresco near the river at
Tubutama, and in the shade of quince trees watered by the centuries-old
acequia just across from San Ignacio’s church. And at day’s end, you’ll
savor dinner and margaritas on the patio of our host motel. Best of all,
you’ll have many opportunities to meet the open and friendly people of
Sonora—whose traditions, language, and ethnicity combine the region’s Native
and Spanish cultures, representing the best of both worlds.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Reservation
deadline March 9. Passports required. For more information or reservations
contact Monica Young at 520-621-6278 or email [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Friday April 6, 2018: Tucson
“Arizona State Museum 125th Anniversary Celebration” at the Arizona
State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
6:30-9 p.m. Free
ASM will be celebrating 125 years serving the state, serving the
university, and serving YOU. Please save the date because you are invited to
join us for a grand celebration. More information will be forthcoming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday April 19, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “Phoenix Underground: Archaeological
Excavations at the Hohokam Village of La Villa” by archaeologist Dr. Michael
Lindeman at Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant, 5252 S. Mission Road (just south
of Irvington Rd.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
During two archaeological excavation sessions in 2010-2014,
archaeologists from Desert Archaeology, Inc., looked under the streets of
Phoenix to find the remarkably well-preserved remains of the Hohokam village
of La Villa. Just as this location was settled historically to engage in
farming, it was ideal for the prehistoric farmers who founded La Villa –
close to the rich farmland of the floodplain and the water of the Salt
River. Canals extending from the river watered crops that fed the Hohokam
and that in years of abundance produced surplus that could be traded for a
variety of goods. The La Villa excavations revealed nearly 500
archaeological features including 154 pithouses, 92 mortuary features and La
Villa’s eastern plaza, with evidence for occupation spanning nearly 400
years.
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Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
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Saturday April 28, 2018: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf 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 donation ($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 Sam Greenleaf 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 and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday April
26: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday May 5, 2018: Phoenix
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by Phoenix Public Library
at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
1-2 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jeriann Thacker 602-534-5076 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesdays May 9-May 30, 2018: Tucson
“Ancestral Hopi Archaeology” four-session class through the Humanities
Seminars, University of Arizona, in Dorothy Rubel Room, 1508 E. Helen
Street, Tucson*
9-11 a.m. Tuesdays. $95
The Hopi, who have maintained many of their ancient practices while
deftly navigating the dramatic changes of the last 500 years, are among the
world’s most fascinating and most studied peoples. This seminar will
introduce participants to the archaeology, anthropology, and history of the
Hopi people, answer questions, and dispel myths. Migration is the central
theme of Hopi oral tradition and archaeological evidence lends strong
support to the notion that Hopi ancestors migrated through many parts of the
US Southwest and were key players in large-scale social transformations.
This course will focus on three related topics: the Hopi people as an
ethnolinguistic community composed of many different social groups; Hopi
claims of affiliation with many different archaeological cultures (e.g.,
Anasazi, Mogollon, Hohokam); and correlations between archaeological
evidence of ancient events in the US Southwest and Hopi oral accounts of
their past. Dr. Patrick D. Lyons is Director of the Arizona State Museum and
Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact visit hsp.arizona.edu/ <http://hsp.arizona.edu/> or
call 520-626-7845.
Thursday May 12, 2018: Prescott, AZ
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour at the Smoki Museum, 147
N. Arizona St., Prescott, Arizona*
2 p.m. Free
For description see March 7 Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary listing
above.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Cindy Gresser at 928-445-1230 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday May 19, 2018: Green Valley, AZ
“Canoa Speaks O’odham” free lectures and video presentation at La
Posada at Park Center, 350 E. Morningside Road, Green Valley, Arizona;
cosponsored by the Friends of Canoa, Arizona Humanities, and Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center
Time TBA. Free
Historically, the Canoa vicinity of the Santa Cruz River valley south
of San Xavier del Bac was an important stop for travelers, offering a
constant source of water in the dry Sonoran Desert. Historic maps from the
time of Father Kino (1690s) show a "water hole" in this valley segment and
later maps associate it with “canoas,” hollowed-out cottonwood logs used as
troughs to supply fresh drinking water. To date, very little historical
information has been shared about this region, which from early times had
been inhabited by Sobaípuri, Akimel, and Tohono O’odham who trace their
ancestry to the more ancient Hohokam and Middle Santa Cruz archaeological
cultures. In 2013, Pima County acquired the 4,800-acre property that
includes the historic Canoa Ranch and began efforts to restore the ranch
headquarters and open it to the public for tours, fostering a demand by the
public to know more about the region’s history. This year the Friends of
Canoa Heritage Foundation teamed with Arizona Humanities and Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center to help meet this demand by producing a series of four
short “Canoa Speaks O’odham” video segments narrated in both English and the
O’odham native tongue, since language preservation is a key element for this
project. Each video shares rare insights into the traditions of the O’odham,
and combined cuts from each of the short videos have been incorporated into
a longer video that will be shown for the first time at this May 19 public
lecture and movie event. Old Pueblo’s Executive Director Allen Dart will
open the program with a presentation about the archaeology of the Canoa
area, and Adam Andrews, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s San Xavier
District, will follow with a discussion of modern San Xavier and Tohono
O’odham Nation education, government, and cultural affairs. The event
culminates in the “Canoa Speaks O’odham” video to encourage audience
discussion on language preservation and tribal communications. Subsequently
the videos will be published online at <http://www.VisitCanoa.com>
www.VisitCanoa.comto complement information shared in the recently completed
heritage interpretive-signage project at the Interstate-19 Canoa Rest Area.
For more information contact Dawn Morley at 520-289-3940 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday-Monday June 1-4, 2018: Grand Junction, CO
“American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) 2018 Conference” at
the DoubleTree Hotel, 743 Horizon Dr., Grand Junction, Colorado*
Times TBA
In addition to featuring workshops, guest speakers, and a fabulous
vendor room, there will be opportunities to take field trips to Canyon
Pintado, which contains hundreds of archaeological sites and was on the
route used by the Dominguez-Escalante expedition, and to Sego Canyon, Utah,
which includes Ute, Fremont, and Barrier Canyon-style rock art panels. Watch
the ARARA web site for updates on the offered field trips.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit arara.wildapricot.org/Conference-Info
<https://arara.wildapricot.org/Conference-Info> or contact Donna Gillette
at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Monica
Wadsworth-Seibel at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Wednesday-Friday June 6-8, 2018: Scottsdale, AZ
“Arizona Historic Preservation Conference: Design in the Desert” at
Hotel Valley Ho, 6850 E Main St, Scottsdale, Arizona*
Times TBA; registration fees $280 full conference, $180 Thursday full
day including Governor’s Awards presentation & reception, $150 Friday full
day only including luncheon; discounts for active Arizona Site Stewards and
students
For the past fifteen years, this conference has brought together
preservationists from around Arizona to exchange ideas and success stories,
share perspectives and solutions to preservation issues, and foster
cooperation between Arizona's diverse preservation community. The theme of
this year's conference, "Design in the Desert," focuses on adaptations that
enabled prehistoric inhabitants, indigenous tribes, Euro-American settlers,
and all of their descendants to make a living in the Arizona deserts. From
the construction of Hohokam pithouses and canals to contemporary passive
solar residences and water harvesting technology, the desire to live
comfortably and sustainably in the desert has informed and shaped the built
environment of our state. The conference includes presentations of the
annual Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Awards and the Governor's
Awards in Public Archaeology on June 7.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.azpreservation.com> www.azpreservation.com,
call 602-568-6277, or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Friday June 8, 2018: Scottsdale, AZ
“Working with the Public and Volunteers” panel discussion by Carly
Stewart, Allen Dart, and Todd W. Bostwick at the Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference, Hotel Valley Ho, 6850 E Main St, Scottsdale,
Arizona*
1:50-2:40 p.m.; see this issue’s June 6-8 “Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference” announcement
Thursday September 20, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “Frida's Roots: Understanding the Course
of Mexican History through Frida Kahlo's Art” by Dr. Michael M. Brescia at
El Molinito Mexican Restaurant,10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, Arizona
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
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Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
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Saturday October 6, 2018: Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Marana Hohokam Platform Mound
Archaeological Community Tour” guided by archaeologists Paul and Suzanne
Fish departing from Circle K convenience store, 13961 N. Sandario Rd.,
Marana, Arizona
8:30 a.m to noon. $30 donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
University of Arizona archaeologists Dr. Paul R. Fish and Dr. Suzanne
K. Fish lead this tour to selected archaeological sites in one of southern
Arizona’s largest ancient Hohokam communities. Our visit will include the
Marana Platform Mound site (which was surrounded by 40+ residential
compounds), a sampling of agricultural field locations including specialized
ones for agave cultivation, and a secondary compound center on the
upper-basin slope of the Tortolita Mountains. The Marana Mound site is one
of the very few Hohokam Early Classic period (AD 1150-1300) villages that
has wholly escaped the destruction resulting from modern agriculture and
urbanization and where adobe-wall remnants can be clearly identified on the
surface. We also will visit the location where a segment of the nearly
seven-mile-long Marana Mound site canal was identified from surface and
excavated remains before that area was included in a modern housing
development. These site visits will provide a basis for understanding the
social and economic processes during the Early Classic period, when
processes of Hohokam centralization and population aggregation greatly
accelerated.
Tour is limited to 20 people including guides. Reservations and
donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday October 4. 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Sundays October 7, 14, 21, & 28, and November 4 & 11, 2018: Tucson
"Basic Traditional Pottery Making Workshop" with Andy Ward at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday; $95 donation ($80 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 six clay-gathering and pottery-making class sessions will
be offered by artist Andy Ward on six Sunday afternoons October 7 through
November 11, 2018, including a clay-gathering field trip on October 7. 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 bowls, jars, and other forms of hand-built pottery
using traditional hand-building techniques, gourd scrapers, mineral paints,
and yucca brushes instead of modern potters' wheels and paint. 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.
Session 1: Presentation on prehistoric pottery of southeastern Arizona
followed by trip to collect clay. Session 2: Videos showing coil-and-scrape
and paddle-and-anvil techniques, then students decide which they want to use
and begin building pots. Sessions 3-5: Students continue constructing, and
slip and paint their pottery. Session 6: Pottery firing.
Reservations and donation prepayment required by October 3:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Thursday October 18, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “In Search of the First Americans across
the Greater Southwest” by archaeologist Dr. Vance T. Holliday at ****place,
Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
The First Americans – the so-called “Paleoindians” – were the earliest
hunters and gatherers to settle in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern
Mexico. They lived at a time when the climate was substantially different
than today; generally cooler and wetter. Rivers carried more water and there
were more, and larger lakes scattered across the region. Another significant
characteristic of this time was presence of now extinct “megafauna” – large
mammals such as mammoth, mastodon, horse, camel, dire wolf, and several big
cats and bears. The best-known characteristic of the Paleoindian foragers is
their stone tool technology. Archaeological research shows that the earliest
known Paleoindian groups were makers of Clovis projectile points.Clovis
foragers (13,500-13,000 calibrated years Before Present) were not common in
the region, but chance discoveries revealed several Clovis kill sites with
the remains of mammoth and other extinct megafauna. The presence of younger
Paleoindian sites varies considerably across the region. There are few such
sites in southern Arizona and Sonora, but they are relatively common on the
Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico, and are
locally quite dense along the greater Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and
southern Colorado. The artifacts of Folsom foragers (13,000-12,000 cal years
B.P.), who followed the Clovis people, are particularly common in basins of
the Rio Grande. By Folsom time most of the megafauna were extinct. The best
know survivor was bison, and Folsom people apparently became expert bison
hunters. Folsom bison kills are well documented on the Great Plains. None
are known in the Southwest because buried, intact Folsom sites are very rare
and poorly preserved. Younger “Late Paleoindian” sites (12,500-11,000 cal
years B.P.) are also known from the Rio Grande region, but they seem to be
fewer than Folsom. By late Paleoindian times the climate was significantly
warmer and drier than Clovis or Folsom times and human adaptive behavior was
likely shifting toward more sedentary “Archaic” lifestyles with increased
focus on plant gathering and use of local resources.
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WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer for October 18 Third
Thursday” in your email subject line.
December 1st is the deadline to purchase tickets
for the Thursday December 13, 2018: Tucson
“Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit, Two
First-Class Airline Tickets, and $5,000 Cash” by Tucson’s Jim Click
Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson
charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2018 Jeep
Grand Cherokee Summit SUV in a raffle to raise millions of dollars for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona nonprofit
organizations. With your contribution you could win this 2018 vehicle – or
the second prize of two first-class airline tickets to anywhere in the world
or the third prize of $5,000 in cash! And 100% of your contribution will
support Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the
proceeds from our sales of the tickets for this “Millions for Tucson”
raffle! Winner consents to be photographed and for his or her name and
likeness to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the representing
public relations agency (Russell Public Communications) for publicity and
advertising purposes.
Tickets for the raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each. Your donation to
purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center provide more
archaeology and culture education programs for children who would not be
able to afford our programs without your help. To be entered in the raffle
your contribution for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old
Pueblo by Friday December 1st so that we can turn the raffle tickets in to
the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December 7. The drawing will
be held on December 13.
The rules of the raffle require that Old Pueblo account for all
tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets; therefore,
payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets from us. Tickets
may be purchased by check sent to our PO box address listed below, by
calling Allen Dart at 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or
Discover card payment authorization, or through the PayPal portal on Old
Pueblo’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page. Once you
have provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your ticket(s) into the drawing
and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stub(s) with a letter
acknowledging your contribution.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the
raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s Millions for Tucson raffle itself visit
<http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send December Jeep Raffle
flyer” in your email subject line.
(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows students
and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in “OPEN3,”
a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a southern
Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of prehistoric
pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for cooking, storage,
and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students participating in the
program get to learn and practice techniques used to excavate real
archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific interpretation of
how ancient people constructed their houses, what they looked like, ate, and
believed in, and how they created beauty in their lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived. The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children
how the ancient Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children an
idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about
people through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect prelude
for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
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.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees.
You can start or renew your membership by visiting this Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center web page: http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/.
If you then scroll down to the bottom of the page you can simply follow the
instructions for using our secure online membership form or our printable
Enrollment/Subscription form.
To make a donation using PayPal, please go to the www.oldpueblo.org
<http://www.oldpueblo.org> home page, then scroll down to the “Donate”
section, click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and follow the
prompts.
You also can donate using a major credit or debit card by visiting Old
Pueblo’s donations web page: http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your
support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo
Archaeology bulletin!
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
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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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