For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(2) Details on Upcoming Activities
(1) 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.
October 11-14, 2012 “Canyon de Chelly Archaeology and Cultures”
educational tour with archaeologist Ronald H. Towner, sponsored by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center
October 11, 2012 “Recent Archaeological Research and Historic
Preservation Projects at Tumacacori” with archaeologist Jeremy Moss at
Santa Cruz County’s North County Facility, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac.*
October 18, 2012 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & presentation, Tucson: Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant
to be announced
October 19 and 20, 2012 “Patterns, Problems, and Possibilities” Verde
Valley - Arizona Archaeological Council Conference cosponsored by Arizona
Archaeological Council and the Verde Valley Archaeology Center, Camp
Verde, Arizona*
October 19-21, 2012 “Missions of the River” tour of Spanish Missions of
the Rio Grande, sponsored by the Southwestern Mission Research Center, in
El Paso, Texas-Las Cruces, New Mexico area*
October 20, 2012 Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with
flintknapper Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th
Street, Tucson
October 20, 2012 “Open House in Honor of National Archaeology Day” at the
Arizona State Museum, just inside University of Arizona old Main Gate at
Park Avenue and University Blvd., Tucson*
October 24-28, 2012 “The Hohokam World Learning Expedition” sponsored by
the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson*
October 26 and 27, 2012 “Woodbury Estate Sale and Silent Auction” at the
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (on campus just inside the old
Main Gate)*
November 3 and 4, 2012 “Sinagua Archaeology of the Flagstaff and Verde
Valley Areas” with archaeologist Peter J. Pilles, Jr., starting at Elden
Pueblo near Flagstaff, Arizona
November 7, 2012 Library Presenters “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public
Library Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch, Tucson
November 10, 2012 “Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo
Ruins” archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart in
Phoenix and Carefree, Arizona
November 15, 2012 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Digging Keet Seel: Julian Hayden's 1934 Diary,” with Steve Hayden at La
Parrilla Suiza Mexican Restaurant, 2720 N. Oracle Road, Tucson
December 1, 2012 “White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon &
Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen
and Allen Dart in Waddell, Arizona
December 5, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary at Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix*
December 15, 2012 “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave" carpooling
educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from Pima
Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
December 20, 2012 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation:
“From Kill Sites to Hunting Grounds” with archaeologist Jesse Ballenger at
La Parrilla Suiza Mexican Restaurant (Oracle Rd.), Tucson
December 21, 2012 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart in
northwestern Tucson metro area
January 10, 2013 "Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian
Rock Art" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Superstition
Mountain Museum, Apache Junction, Arizona
January 17, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Tree-rings, Documents, and Oral History along Cebolla Creek, New Mexico”
with archaeologist Ronald H. Towner at Mimi's Café (Wilmot), Tucson
January 19, 2013 “Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and
Social Sustainability” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for
Rim Country Chapter, AZ Archaeological Society, Payson*
February 21, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner &
presentation, “¿Que Pasa Paquimé? Recent Archaeological Research in the
Casas Grandes Region” with archaeologist Paul Minnis at Dragon's View
Restaurant, Tucson
March 1- 6, 2013 “A Dozen Southern New Mexico and West Texas Rock Art
Sites” archaeology tour with Marc Thompson, Glenn Omundson, Bob White, and
Allen Dart in El Paso-Three Rivers-Tularosa Lordsburg areas
March 21, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“The Zuni Region across the Lost Century: AD 1450-1540” with
archaeologist Matt Peeples, Ph.D., at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
April 18, 2013 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“The Fiftieth Anniversary of Research at Grasshopper Pueblo, 1963-2013”
with Professor J. Jefferson Reid, at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
(2) 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 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
Classroom Outreach - "Ancient People of Arizona":
http://www.oldpueblo.org/azplp.html
Classroom Outreach "What is an Archaeologist?"
http://www.oldpueblo.org/whatarch.html
Classroom Outreach “Lifesyle of the Hohokam” Classroom outreach presentation
http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html
Site Tours for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html
Thursday October 11-Sunday October 14, 2012
“Canyon de Chelly Archaeology and Cultures” educational tour with
archaeologist Ronald H. Towner, 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 revised as of July 28, 2012] Fee for the full two days of
touring is $225 ($210 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members); single-day fee for just the first
day canyon rims and visitor center tour $70 ($60 for Old Pueblo and
PGMA members); single-day fee for just the second day
six-wheel-drive touring-vehicle all-day canyon-bottom tour $165
($155 for Old Pueblo and PGMA 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 intensive
four-day tour will take you inside the Canyon’s geology, environment,
prehistory, and history with archaeologist Ronald H. Towner, Ph.D., the
Agnese N. Haury Endowed Chair of Archaeological Dendrochronology at the
University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. A native
southwesterner, Dr. Towner has 30+ years experience in the archaeology
and history of the Southwest and in guiding tours to archaeological
sites. TRIP ITINERARY: THURSDAY DAY 1: Travel; meet at Best Western
Canyon de Chelly Inn in Chinle, AZ (canyondechelly.com). FRIDAY DAY 2:
8:30 AM. Short drive to Canyon de Chelly Visitor Center; morning tour of
South Rim of Canyon; afternoon tour of North Rim of Canyon. SATURDAY DAY
3: 8:30 AM, short drive to Thunderbird Lodge; all day Thunderbird Lodge
4-wheel-drive vehicle tour inside Canyon de Chelly (www.tbirdlodge.com).
SUNDAY DAY 4: Return travel from Chinle to home. Other hotels, camping,
and other accommodations may be available in or near Chinle for those who
wish to arrange their own lodging.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday October 11, 2012
“Recent Archaeological Research and Historic Preservation Projects at
Tumacacori” with archaeologist Jeremy Moss, sponsored by Santa Cruz
Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Santa Cruz County’s
North County Facility, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac.*
7-8 p.m. Free
In the last three years Tumacacori National Historical Park has been
involved in numerous research and preservation projects aimed at better
understanding and preserving its cultural resources. Some of these
projects, like the archaeological testing for the new visitor walkway and
conservation of the sanctuary dome plaster, reached a scale rarely seen
at the park and offer opportunities to better understand and protect the
park’s fragile resources. Archaeologist Jeremy Moss, Chief of Resource
Management at the Park, will discuss the recent work and summarize recent
archaeological research, museum renovations, and historic preservation
projects at all three units of Tumacacori NHP. Come learn more about the
exciting new research going on at the park.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations are needed. For meeting details contact Alan Sorkowitz at
520-207-7151 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 18, 2012
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: "What is the Meaning of Mimbres Art?" with University of
Oklahoma Professor of Anthropology Patricia Gilman, Ph.D., at Amber
Restaurant, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Rd. (at Sabino Canyon Rd.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
The paintings of people and animals on Classic Mimbres pottery are very
popular, appearing in and on everything from museum exhibits to
refrigerator magnets. Archaeologists and the public have both often
assumed that these images were simple representations of an animal or
activity. Several investigators, however, have noted parallels between
some of the images and characters and narratives in the creation story
explicated in the Popul Vuh and other Mesoamerican sources. In this
program one of the experts of Mimbres archaeology, Professor Patricia
Gilman, will extend this interpretation of the narrative bowls by linking
Mesoamerican images and creation story to a wider historical context -
the Classic Mimbres period (AD 1000-1130) in southwestern New Mexico. She
will present evidence for her view that the introduction of this
iconography is related to other dramatic changes that include the
introduction of scarlet macaws from lowland Mesoamerica and the end of
the Great Kiva religion as suggested by the burning and lack of
replacement of these structures in the early to middle AD 900s.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program, Pat Gilman,
is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of
Oklahoma who has been doing southwestern and specifically Mimbres
archaeology for decades. Her current research focuses on two topics – the
relationship between people in the Mimbres region and Mesoamerica and
Mimbres beyond the Mimbres Valley heartland.
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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday October 17. 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Friday and Saturday October 19 and 20, 2012
“Patterns, Problems, and Possibilities” First Biennial Verde Valley
Archaeology Conference-Fall 2012 Arizona Archaeological Council
Conference cosponsored by the Arizona Archaeological Council and the
Verde Valley Archaeology Center, at Cliff Castle Casino Hotel Conference
Center, Camp Verde, Arizona*
Following a conference-opening reception on October 18, this conference
will examine the archaeology of central Arizona’s Verde Valley region.
Topics will include whether or not the “Southern Sinagua” is still a
valid cultural construct, and the Yavapai-Apache cultures of central
Arizona. Hikes to archaeological sites in the Verde Valley will be
included. Abstract submission deadline is August 10, 2012.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information contact Todd Bostwick at [log in to unmask]
or Steward Deats at [log in to unmask]; or visit
arizonaarchaeologicalcouncil.org.
Friday-Sunday October 19-21, 2012
“Missions of the River” tour of Spanish Missions of the Rio Grande,
sponsored by the Southwestern Mission Research Center, in El Paso,
Texas-Las Cruces, New Mexico area*
Times TBA. $450 per person double occupancy
Join Tucson’s renowned Southwestern Mission Research Center for a tour of
the Spanish Missions of the Rio Grande: Ysleta, Socorro, and San
Elizario, Texas (El Paso area) and Old Town, Mesilla, New Mexico (just
south of Las Cruces) The Socorro and Ysleta mission churches were
established by the settlers and Indians who fled Northern New Mexico in
1680 during the Pueblo revolt. The tour also will visit a rare presidio
chapel and village (San Elizario), the old adobe town of Mesilla, New
Mexico, wineries, pecan groves, and old towns along the river from Las
Cruces to El Paso.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
reservations or more information contact Gail Bornfield at 520-797-8825
or [log in to unmask] or Susan Smith at 520-299-4021 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday October 20, 2012
Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with flintknapper Allen
Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in
Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La
Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and
equipment.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Allen Denoyer provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and
other tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed
to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made
traditional crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make
artwork for sale. Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
“Open House in Honor of National Archaeology Day” at the Arizona State
Museum, just inside University of Arizona old Main Gate at northeast
corner of Park Avenue and University Blvd., Tucson*
10 a.m.–2 p.m., Free
The Arizona State Museum partners with the Tucson Society of the
Archaeological Institute of America to celebrate National Archaeology
Day. Visit behind the scenes in the museum’s archaeological and
conservation laboratories, enjoy special exhibit tours, and chat with
curators about their work. Learn more about the mission of the AIA Tucson
Society and enjoy highlights of the organization’s educational and
outreach programs.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at Tucson telephone 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday through Sunday October 24-28, 2012
“The Hohokam World Learning Expedition” sponsored by the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson*
6:30-8 p.m. Day 1, daytime times for Days 2-5 to be announced. $700 ASM
members, $775 nonmembers
Arizona State Museum archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish take you on an
in-depth and expertly guided tour of Hohokam sites in southern Arizona.
Highlights include behind the scenes with ASM collections and in
archaeological laboratories, an ethnobotany walk at the Arizona-Sonora
Desert Museum, archaeological site visits, and a traditional Tohono
O’odham lunch. Paul and Suzy are co-editors of “The Hohokam Millennium,”
a popular book published by the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at Tucson telephone 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask] or visit
www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/hohokamworld/index.shtml
Friday and Saturday, October 26 and 27, 2012
“Woodbury Estate Sale and Silent Auction” at the Arizona State Museum,
University Blvd. at Park Avenue on the University of Arizona campus just
inside the old Main Gate.*
Friday: Sale, Silent auction, reception 6:30–8:30 p.m. Saturday: all day
sale 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
The Arizona State Museum (ASM) and the Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society co-present this two-day sale of a substantial bequest
from the estate of the eminent anthropologists Richard B. and Nathalie
Woodbury, including more than150 pieces of Native American pottery,
jewelry, paintings, rugs, and baskets, and an estimated 5,000 books.. On
Friday night, rare and high-end objects and books will be up for bid in a
silent auction, and ASM director emeritus Dr. Raymond H. Thompson will
present a tribute to the Woodburys, his lifelong friends. Proceeds
benefit the ASM library acquisitions and collections storage upgrades.
The items for sale are those that were not taken into the ASM collections
either because they were duplicative or not relevant to the ASM’s mission
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at Tucson telephone 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday and Sunday November 3 and 4, 2012
“Sinagua Archaeology of the Flagstaff and Verde Valley Areas” with
archaeologist Peter J. Pilles, Jr., sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour at Elden Pueblo near
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Fee $95 for both tour days ($76 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), or $50 to attend for just one
day ($40/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA members). Participants are
responsible for their own transportation, meals, and lodging. Hotels,
camping, and other accommodations are available in and near Flagstaff and
Camp Verde.
Visit some of the most famous but rarely visited sites of Arizona’s
prehistoric Sinagua archaeological culture with one of the leading
researchers who has studied and written about the Sinagua: Coconino
National Forest Archaeologist Peter J. Pilles, Jr. Starting at 10 a.m.
Saturday, we will meet at and tour Elden Pueblo, where Peter and company
have excavated and surveyed for years. Then we will spend the rest of the
day visiting the Turkey Hill Pueblo, Winona Village, Ridge Ruin, and Two
Kivas sites. If time allows we may also be able to squeeze in visits to
Medicine Fort and the Jack Smith Alcove House in the Cohonina area. On
Sunday we will go to the V-V (V Bar V) Petroglyphs site, Sacred Mountain
and ballcourt, the Beaver Creek prehistoric agricultural fields, the Red
Tank Draw petroglyphs, and a Sinagua field house. Time permitting on
Sunday, we might also be able to include a visit to the Fewkes Petroglyph
boulder on Salt Mine Road, and to the Salt Mine itself.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday November 7, 2012
Library Presenters “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima County Public Library
Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd. (at Bear Canyon Rd.),
Tucson
6:30-7:30 p.m. Free
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Rona Rosenberg at
Tucson telephone 520-594-5274 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 10, 2012
"Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo Ruins” guided
archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart, starting
at Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelley Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs and the rock art museum at Deer
Valley Rock Art Center north of Phoenix, and more petroglyphs in Spur
Cross Ranch Regional Park near Carefree, Arizona. Deer Valley Rock Art
Center features a museum with video, artifacts, interpretive signs, and a
gift shop. Along its outdoor, quarter-mile-long rock art trail we’ll view
some of the 47-acre preserve’s 1,571 known petroglyphs, which range from
700 to 10,000 years old and represent the Archaic, Hohokam, and Patayan
cultures. The Spur Cross Conservation Area intermediate-level hike is
about 3 miles roundtrip and takes about 3 hours of hill-climbing to a
Hohokam pueblo and two petroglyph sites. Bring your own picnic lunch and
water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday November 15, 2012
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: Digging Keet Seel: Julian Hayden's 1934 Diary” with Steve
Hayden at La Parrilla Suiza Mexican Restaurant, 2720 N. Oracle Road,
Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
In the winter of 1934 the Civil Works Administration (CWA) hired Irwin
Hayden, a Harvard-trained archaeologist, and his son, Julian Hayden, to
lead the excavation of the largest and best-preserved Anasazi cliff
village in Arizona. The four-month project, under the general direction
of John Wetherill, was never written up, and almost nothing is known
about the camp, the crew, or the work. Julian Hayden, 23 years old at the
time, kept a detailed diary that only surfaced seven years after his
death in 1998. It is a passionate account of stories told around the
camp fire, character sketches of the crew, visitors, and mules, and the
work, personalities, and dramas that shaped the outcome of “Project #6.”
This month’s Old Pueblo Archaeology Center presentation by Julian
Hayden’s son Steve is illustrated with original photos from the 1934
expedition, mostly from the Hayden family archives. Old Pueblo’s guest
speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Steve Hayden, Julian’s son.
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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 14. 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
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Saturday December 1, 2012
“White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, starting at White Tank Mountain Regional Park Visitor Center, 13025
N. White Tank Mountain Road in Waddell.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank
Mountain Regional Park west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along
the 2.5-mile-roundtrip, fairly flat Black Rock Loop Trail to see and
photograph dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas
with picnic facilities; then afternoon visits to three petroglyph sites
with Archaic and Hohokam rock art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike
along the Mesquite Canyon trail, which includes some bush-whacking and
boulder-hopping. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable
hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
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Wednesday December 5, 2012
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” 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
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. Funding for program provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact the Pueblo Grande
Museum in Phoenix at 602-495-0901 or Don Appel at [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday December 15, 2012
"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: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 20, 2012
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “From Kill Sites to Hunting Grounds: The Late Prehistoric
Stone Architecture of the Two Medicine River Valley, Montana” with
archaeologist Jesse Ballenger, Ph.D., at La Parrilla Suiza Mexican
Restaurant, 2720 N. Oracle Road, Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
This presentation summarizes the results of five years of intensive
survey and excavation by the University of Arizona’s Bureau of Applied
Research in Anthropology (BARA) and the Blackfeet Tribe in the Two
Medicine River Valley, Montana. In 2012 alone more than 6,500 individual
rock cairns were point-located to reveal a glimpse of what may be the
most complete bison drive-line systems yet documented in the northwestern
Plains. Our guest speaker will discuss the subtle monumentality and
complexity of these ephemeral hunting features in relation to intensified
bison harvesting during the Old Woman’s phase, ca. AD 1000-1700.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Dr. Jesse
Ballenger, a Senior Project Director at the Tucson consulting firm
Statistical Research, Inc., and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the
School of Anthropology, University of 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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 19. 520-798-1201 or
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Friday December 21, 2012
“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
northwestern Tucson metro area
8 a.m. to noon. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To explore ancient people’s recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient
village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars, and
to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and
equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other
rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450. LIMITED
TO 32 PEOPLE.
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Thursday January 10, 2013
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art" free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, at the Superstition Mountain Museum, 4087 North Apache Trail,
Apache Junction, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
2-3 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Barbara Atkinson in
Apache Junction at 480-983-4888 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday January 17, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Tree-rings, Documents, and Oral History along Cebolla
Creek, New Mexico” with archaeologist Ronald H. Towner, Ph.D. at Mimi's
Café, 120 S. Wilmot Rd. (at Broadway Blvd.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
The Cebolla Creek area of west-central New Mexico is an isolated area of
lava flows, pinyon-juniper forests, and flat valley bottoms that is part
of the El Malpais National Conservation Area. Completely depopulated
today, in the early 20th century the area was home to Navajo, Hispanic,
and Anglo populations who hunted, gathered, and farmed the canyon’s
resources. Research over the past five years has illuminated aspects of
interaction and land use by these groups during a critical time in
southwestern history. In this month’s Third Thursday presentation our
speaker will discuss heretofore unknown, early 20th century Navajo sites
and the Sue Savage Homestead (LA 74544), a complex of more than 25
archaeological structures and features occupied by a widow and her
children during the Great Depression. The presentation will show how
tree-ring data, historical documents, and oral histories illuminate the
hardscrabble life of Depression-era occupants of the Southwest, place the
occupations in their proper environmental and social contexts, and
suggest how archaeologists can use the Cebolla Creek project’s
information and interpretations for estimating length of occupations and
for comparing different data types.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program, Ron Towner,
is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona and an expert in
dendroarchaeology and Early Navajo period archaeology.
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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 16. 520-798-1201 or
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Saturday January 19, 2013
“Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Rim
Country Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Church of the Holy
Nativity, 1414 Easy Street in Payson, Arizona
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free
The deep time perspective that archaeology provides on natural hazards,
environmental change, and human adaptation not only is a valuable
supplement to historical records, it sometimes contradicts historical
data that modern societies use to make decisions affecting social
sustainability and human safety. What can be learned from archaeological
evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming cultures in Arizona and
the Southwest eventually reach a threshold of unsustainability, which
probably was a factor in the ultimate collapse or reorganization of their
societies? Could the disastrous damages to nuclear power plants damaged
by the Japanese tsunami of 2011 have been avoided if the engineers who
decided where to build those plants had not ignored prehistoric
archaeological evidence of tsunamis? This presentation looks at some of
the archaeological evidence on environmental changes and how human
cultures have adapted to those changes, and discusses the value of a
“beyond history” perspective for modern society. Funding for program
provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Evelyn Christian in
Payson at 928-476-3092 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday February 21, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “¿Que Pasa Paquimé? Recent Archaeological Research in the
Casas Grandes Region” with archaeologist Paul Minnis, Ph.D., at Dragon's
View Asian Cuisine Restaurant, 400 N. Bonita Avenue (just west of the
Santa Cruz River between St. Mary's Rd. & Congress St.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Paquimé or Casas Grandes is one of the premier archaeological sites in
the U.S. Southwest/northwestern Mexico. Yet, research has lagged since
the monumental Joint Casas Grandes Project during the middle of the
twentieth century. Fortunately, there has been a renaissance in research
during the past two decades. Our February guest speaker will discuss the
results of archaeological survey and excavation that he and Michael
Whalen have directed in the Casa Grandes region since 1989. He will
discuss the size and character of Paquimé, its regional organization, and
its relationships with other ancient communities in the U.S. Southwest
and northwestern Mexico.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Paul
Minnis, a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma whose
archaeological research has focused on the New Mexico Mimbres and
northwestern Chihuahua-Casas Grandes regions.
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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 20. 520-798-1201 or
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Friday March 1-Wednesday March 6, 2013
“A Dozen Southern New Mexico and West Texas Rock Art Sites” archaeology
education tour guided by Marc Thompson, Glenn Omundson, Bob White, and
Allen Dart, starting at Three Rivers Petroglyph site 17 miles north of
Tularosa, NM, and 28 miles south of Carrizozo, NM on US 54; and ending at
a site northwest of Lordsburg, NM.
1 p.m. MST Friday to 4 p.m. MDT Wednesday (Daylight Saving Time goes into
effect Sunday morning at 2 a.m.) Fee $395 for the full six days of
touring ($375 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary members), or $70 per day to attend tour on individual days
($65/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA members); cost includes all park entry
fees. Participants are responsible for their own transportation, meals,
and lodging.
El Paso-area rock-art site guides Glenn Omundson and Bob White team up
with archaeologists Marc Thompson, Ph.D. (Director Emeritus, El Paso
Museum of Archaeology) and Allen Dart, RPA (tour coordinator; Executive
Director, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson) to lead this six-day
tour to twelve of the most spectacular prehistoric and historical
petroglyph and pictograph sites in southern New Mexico and West Texas.
ALL sites to be visited have multiple hundreds of rock art elements.
Tentative schedule is as follows:
• Friday March 1, Marc will guide us to the famous Three Rivers site near
Tularosa, NM, where more than 25,000 petroglyphs have been recorded.
• Saturday March 2, Centipede Cave petroglyphs and pictographs, Little
Cunningham Tank petroglyphs (and maybe the site’s four pictographs), and
the Mullen site petroglyphs with Glenn.
• Sunday March 3, 6-hour tour to Hueco Tanks State Park (90+% pictographs,
less than 10% petroglyphs) with Bob.
• Monday March 4, Alamo Mountain petroglyphs with Glenn.
• Tuesday March 5, Jaguar Cave petroglyphs and pictographs, Story Teller
Panel petroglyphs, and a great Archaic period petroglyphs site with Glenn.
• Wednesday March 6 (last day), Glenn leads us to the Archaic and Jornada
culture petroglyphs and trincheras features on Canador Peak, and to the
petroglyphs and pictographs in Cottonwood Canyon and the Lower Gila Box
petroglyphs northwest of Lordsburg, NM.
The tour will be based in El Paso Friday (Day 1) through Tuesday (Day 5)
nights and will depart from a hotel there each morning on Days 2-6. On
the evening of Day 6 you can return home or stay in Lordsburg overnight.
Hotels, camping, and other accommodations (to be arranged individually by
the tour registrants) are available in and near El Paso and Lordsburg.
Although some sites on Days 1 and 3-5 are accessible in regular cars,
high-clearance vehicles (HCVs) and 4-wheel-drive are highly recommended.
HCVs are essential (4WD highly recommended) for Days 2 and 6, so anyone
without HCVs can tour on those days only if the registrants who do have
the HCVs can take extra riders.
Most of the rock art is accessible via foot trails, but there will be
some bush-whacking and boulder-hopping. Bring your own picnic lunch and
water each day, and wear comfortable hiking shoes.
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Thursday March 21, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “The Zuni Region across the Lost Century: AD 1450-1540”
with archaeologist Matt Peeples, Ph.D., at ****[ restaurant to be
announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
The period between A.D. 1450 and the arrival of Coronado in 1540 has
often been depicted as a “lost century” in the Southwest. During this
period, most of the region saw a substantial decline in population, large
scale population movements, and rapid changes in the organization of the
communities that remained. The Zuni region of west-central New Mexico is
one of only a few places in the northern Southwest where large
agricultural villages that were first constructed during the late
prehistoric period continued to be occupied through the “lost century”
and into the historic period. The construction of the latest prehistoric
Zuni towns in the late 14th and early 15th centuries was accompanied by
major changes in architecture, cooking technology, ceramic design, and
burial practices. These changes suggest the Zuni region was a destination
for migrants from some of the areas to the south that were emptying out
at this time. In this month’s presentation our guest speaker will
summarize several lines of archaeological and biological evidence to
explore the origins, timing, and consequences of immigration into the
Zuni region, and the establishment of the communities encountered by the
Spanish explorers de Niza and Coronado at contact.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Matt
Peeples, an archaeologist specializing in the Zuni-Cibola and Mimbres
regions of the U.S. Southwest.
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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday March 20. 520-798-1201 or
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Thursday April 18, 2013
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “The Fiftieth Anniversary of Research at Grasshopper
Pueblo, 1963-2013” with Professor J. Jefferson Reid at ****[ restaurant
to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
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. The restaurant needs advance notice to
schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire code, so
reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday April 17. 520-798-1201 or
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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
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]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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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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