For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(2) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
(3) Our Mission
(4) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Note that some activities listed here are sponsored by organizations other
than Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, and that some have deadlines for
preregistration.
* One asterisk indicates that this is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center-sponsored program and that another organization must be contacted to
register or to obtain more information.
** Two asterisks indicates that the activity is sponsored by the Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) but that Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
members can attend at the PGMA‘s member-discount rates.
**** Four asterisks is a prompt for more information or to indicate that Old
Pueblo is missing some information.
Saturday March 5, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
“Arizona Archaeology Expo” at Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free
The Arizona Archaeology Expo is the main event of the annual
Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month in March. Held in a
different community each year, the Expo features archaeology-related
hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, free presentations and Back
Country tours, and other fun and educational events. The National Park
Service is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016 and is the host for
this year’s Expo, for which the theme is “Heritage Matters: The Past Begins
Today.” The Expo features displays by archaeological and historical
organizations, museums, Native American tribes, state and federal agencies,
and others, allowing visitors to participate as archaeologists might in
their research today, or make crafts and tools that teach how prehistoric
Native Americans and other early inhabitants survived in the Southwest.
Cultural and historical demonstrations, talks by archaeologists, and
interactive activities will help make the past come alive, and special
archaeology tours in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument will be offered.
Free-prize raffles will occur throughout the day. This year’s free
presentations for the Expo include:
9:00 a.m.: “Sivan Vahki O’odham Perspective" outdoor
presentation and tour by Gila River Indian Community elder Barnaby Lewis
(meet at the ramada facing the Casa Grande Ruins Great House)
10:00 a.m.: “The Evolution of Ruins Conservation at Tumacácori
National Historic Park: The Case Study of the Convento Compound” by Alex
Lim.
11:30 a.m.: “The Casa Grande Community in the Hohokam World” by
archaeologist Doug Craig.
1:00 p.m.: “Repairing Portions of Casa Grande Ruins” by historic
architect Brooks Jeffery (starting in the Monument theatre followed by a
walking tour of the restoration of Great House and Compound A)
2:30-3:15 p.m. “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time
Pieces" by archaeologist Allen Dart (see separate listing below)
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
more detailed information, contact Kris Dobschuetz, SHPO Compliance
Specialist, at 602-542-7141 or [log in to unmask] or Dave Carney in
Coolidge at 520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 5, 2016: Phoenix
“Archaeology for Kids #8896” for kids sponsored by the nonprofit
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $15
Children ages 7 to 12 can become Junior Archaeologists and explore the
science of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam
pithouse. Learn how to identify artifacts in the field and discover how
archaeologists use these artifacts to learn more about past cultures.
Portion of class will be outdoors. Participants must dress appropriately for
weather. Bring hat, bottled water, and sun screen.
** 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. Reservations required. For details
contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday March 5, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Archaeology Expo
hosted by Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive,
Coolidge, Arizona; sponsored by Arizona State Historic Preservation Office*
2:30-3:15 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals. The
program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Kris Dobschuetz at 602-542-7141 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Monday-Thursday March 7-10, 2016:
“Converging Trails: Past, Present, and Future of the Sonoran
Desert” is the theme of the 4th Sonoran Desert Tri-National Symposium at the
historic Curley School in Ajo, Arizona*
Times TBA. Tuesday-Thursday registration fees $50/day or $125
for the Symposium, most meals included. Monday field trips are free but
registration is required.
Organized by representatives from the Tohono O’odham Nation,
Mexico, and the United States, the 2016 Tri-National Symposium will focus on
cultural and natural resource issues, and Native American tribal
perspectives in the Sonoran Desert. These will be addressed in plenary
sessions, panel discussions, presentations, poster sessions, and field
trips. Monday: Field Trips in the Sonoran Desert and Opening Reception.
Tuesday: Plenary Session: Welcome, Posting of Colors; Keynote Speaker Dr.
Nuria Sanz, Director of UNESCO in Mexico; Arizona Native Plant Society 2016
Botany Meeting; Simultaneous Sessions; Traditional Mexican Dinner,
Entertainment, Readings. Wednesday: Plenary Session, Celebrating the 75th
Anniversary of the Barry M. Goldwater Range; Simultaneous Sessions; Cowboy
Dinner at Crater Range, Barry M. Goldwater Range. Thursday: Simultaneous
Sessions; Closing Plenary Session, Reflecting on the Future of the Sonoran
Desert; Retiring of Colors; Traditional Tohono O’odham Dinner,
Entertainment.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored
activity. For more information and to register for visit
www.sonoransymposium.com <http://www.sonoransymposium.com/> .
Tuesday March 8, 2016: Scottsdale, AZ
“The Great Battle of 1698: A Historical Turning Point for the
O’odham and Apache” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour,
sponsored by Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Cultural Preservation
Program at Salt River Community Building, 1880 N. Longmore Rd. (McDowell &
Longmore roads), Scottsdale, Arizona*
6:30-8:30 p.m. Free
One of the most consequential and colorful events in the history
of Arizona occurred on the San Pedro River on Easter day in 1698 when the
Sobaípuri O’odham village of Santa Cruz de Gaybanipitea was attacked by
Apache, Jocome, Jano, Manso, and Suma Indians. While there are some
historical Spanish chronicles of this event, now there is also
archaeological evidence to augment the story, filling in gaps and providing
tangible enhancements about what happened during and immediately after the
attack. The archaeological record also provides insights not only into who
the attackers and the attacked Sobaípuri O’odham were and how they lived,
but also about what happened to the attacking Jocome, Jano, Manso, and Suma
Indians, who did not survive as distinct groups into the modern age.
Perspectives of modern descendants of the Sobaípuri O’odham clarify the
active role of history. Dr. Seymour is an internationally recognized
authority on protohistoric and historic Native American and Spanish colonial
archaeology and ethnohistory. A light dinner will be served.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact SRPMIC Cultural Preservation Program at 480-362-3625.
Friday March 11, 2016: Tucson
“Our America” free presentation by Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto
sponsored by the Arizona State Museum in Room 103, Center for English as a
Second Language, on the University of Arizona campus at 1100 James E. Rogers
Way, Tucson*
7 p.m. Free
One of our greatest historians, Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto
discusses our Hispanic past with insight and wit. The United States is still
typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding
east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This
view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. In his book Our
America: A Hispanic History of the United States Dr. Fernández-Armesto, a
British historian of Spanish heritage and history professor at the
University of Notre Dame, recasts the pilgrimage of Hispanics in the United
States as a rich and moving chronicle. With the profile of the United States
increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension
to our national story has never been greater. Reception follows
presentation. This is a presentation of the Arnold and Doris Roland
Distinguished Speaker Series made possible by the generosity of Arnold and
Doris Roland.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 12, 2016: Phoenix
“16th Annual Ancient Technology Day: Prehistoric & Historic” free
activities sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA)
at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St.,
Phoenix**
9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Free
Join Pueblo Grande Museum or a day of fun! Try your hand at tossing an
atlatl (spear), watch artists as they demonstrate pottery making, basket
weaving, loom spinning, flint knapping, and more! Taste roasted agave,
cooked in the traditional way in an underground oven, and purchase some
frybread for lunch. Free arts and crafts activities are available for the
kids! Enjoy various cultural, historic, and technology performances
throughout the day as well. Tours of the archaeological site, the Park of
Four Waters, and artifact show–and-tell will also be available throughout
the day. Admission to this event and the museum is free!
** 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. No reservations are needed. For
details contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday March 12, 2016: Tucson
“Open House at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,” 1013
E University Blvd, Tucson*
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free
Come get to know your State Museum! In celebration of Arizona
Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, you'll have the opportunity to
meet curators, visit laboratories, and tour collections areas in the largest
and busiest state-run archaeological repository in the nation. Also, browse
the Friends of the ASM Collections group’s annual benefit sale on the
Museum’s front lawn, featuring an array of ethnographic items donated
throughout the year specifically to be sold at this event. Items include
southwestern Native American pottery, jewelry, and baskets, and objects from
North, Central, and South America and beyond. Proceeds benefit ASM's
Collections Division.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 12, 2016: Casa Grande, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for “History Speaks” series at
The Museum of Casa Grande, 110 W. Florence Blvd., Casa Grande, Arizona;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
2-3 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona
from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying
where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert
for centuries, and explaining why their culture mysteriously disappeared. In
this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates the material culture
of the Hohokam and presents possible interpretations about their
relationships to the natural world, time reckoning, religious practices,
beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their
way of life, using rich illustrations of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and
other cultural features. The program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Ashley Moser at 520-836-2223 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sunday-Thursday March 13-17, 2016: Globe, AZ
“Recreating Ancient Salado Pottery Workshop” presented by Andy
Ward at Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park, 150 Jesse Hayes Road, Globe,
Arizona*
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Thursday; $350 includes lunch Sunday through Wednesday
This intensive five-day workshop will focus on recreating the
beautiful pottery of the Salado culture that developed in Arizona between AD
1275 to 1450. Participants will view prehistoric Salado pottery, examine the
ruins the Salado left behind, dig native clay from the desert, then
carefully recreate Salado pottery using authentic tools and materials and
finally fire that pottery in an outdoor mesquite fire. Class is limited to
12 participants.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register visit www.palatkwapi.com/workshop.
Wednesday-Saturday March 16-19, 2016: Tucson
“39th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology” (SOE) at
various places on the University of Arizona campus, Tucson*
9 a.m. Wed.-5:45 p.m. Sat. SOE Professional Members $100, SOE
Student Members $50
The annual Society of Ethnobiology (SOE) Conference brings
together people from an extraordinarily rich variety of backgrounds,
disciplines, and geographic locations, all seeking to understand the myriad
interactions of human cultures with plants and animals, past and present,
worldwide. It attracts academics, students, museum staff, government and
non-governmental agency personnel, interested laypeople, and
Native/indigenous community members. Fields represented by SOE members
include animal husbandry, agriculture, archaeology, botany, chemistry,
cuisine, ecology, education, ethnology, evolution, forestry, linguistics,
mycology, nutrition, pharmacology, taxonomy, and many more. The conference
begins with an evening reception and registration followed by two days of
invited and contributed papers, poster presentations, and many opportunities
for discussion during and between sessions. In addition to the formal
papers, demonstrations of traditional cultural arts with an ethnobiological
flavor have included basketmaking, acorn cooking, agave roasting, fiberwork,
wood carving, making musical instruments, spinning wild silk, and more. The
conference culminates with a Friday evening banquet featuring local
indigenous foods, a keynote speaker, and native music and dance traditions
of the region. On Saturday there are optional field trips to sites of
cultural and biological interest.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.ethnobiology.org <http://www.ethnobiology.org/> or
contact Paul Minnis at 405-323-1815 or [log in to unmask],.
Thursday, March 17, 2016: Tucson,
“From Amazon to Pharaoh – Is Cleopatra VII’s Mother the Descendant of
an Amazon?” free presentation by Misty Gruber, sponsored by the American
Research Center in Egypt, in Modern Languages Room 410, 1423 E University
Blvd., University of Arizona, Tucson*
5:30 p.m. Free
This presentation starts with the fact that Cleopatra VII’s father was
Ptolemy XII, a descendant of Alexander the Great’s ‘Diadokhoi.’ However, her
mother and her maternal heritage is uncertain. In forming our conclusion, we
follow a trail that leads us from her relative, Mithridates VI of Pontus and
his ‘Amazonian’ wife/concubine, Hypsicratea, to Cleopatra VII's father,
Ptolemy XII and ends with Cleopatra VII. There is a parking garage at Euclid
and 2nd St.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Mary Ownby at [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 17, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Hohokam Rock Art, Mountain
Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley” by
archaeologist Dr. Aaron Wright at ULike Asian Buffet Restaurant, 330 S.
Wilmot Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
The South Mountains in Phoenix encompass the largest
concentration of rock art in the Hohokam core area. This month’s Third
Thursday presentation focuses on this mountain landscape to contextualize
and date its rock art, and to relate it to ritual structure and practice to
show how the production and use of Hohokam rock art were ritualized.
Presenter Aaron Wright, who recently authored the award-winning book
Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art, Ritual Practice, and Social
Transformation, argues that the Hohokam rock art was not produced
exclusively by religious specialists (shamans) but that there was a more
equitable distribution of religious knowledge and ritual power within
Hohokam communities. He also presents evidence that most or all of the
petroglyphs were created during the Hohokam Preclassic era between A.D. 450
and 1050, and that production and use of the rock art ebbed or even ended at
the beginning of the Hohokam Classic period.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday March 16.
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Saturday March 19, 2016: Tucson-Marana
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 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The 2016 vernal equinox occurs on Sunday March 20 at 4:30
Universal Time (London), which translates to Saturday March 19 at 9:30 p.m.
MST in Tucson. To celebrate the 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,
and 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 AD 650 and 1450.
Reservations required by Friday March 18. 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Monday March 21, 2016: Tucson
“Hard Times in Dry Lands: Apocalypse in the Ancient Southwest or
Business as Usual?” free presentation by Debra Martin at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical
Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
The bioarchaeological record has an abundance of scientific
evidence using skeletal indicators of trauma to argue for a long history of
internal and external group conflict in the ancient Southwest. However, the
findings suggest variability, nuance and unevenness in the type, use and
meaning of violence and therefore defy simple generalizations. Documenting
human behavior during particularly challenging changes in the ancient
Southwest has revealed both unique and patterned responses with respect to
the use of warfare and violence, migration, and social reorganization. By
using fine-grained biocultural analyses that interrogate trauma data in
particular places at particular times in reconstructed archaeological
contexts, a more comprehensive and nuanced view into the histories and
experiences of Southwestern people emerges. This has applicability to
thinking about the effects of climate change in arid environments today.
* 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 Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Friday March 25, 2016: Phoenix:
“Park of Four Waters Tour” departing from Pueblo Grande Museum &
Archaeological Park, 4619 E Washington St, Phoenix**
10-11 a.m. Free with paid museum admission
The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately
450AD to 1450AD. They were an agricultural society, growing corn, beans,
squash and cotton. In order to support their extensive agricultural system,
the Hohokam people constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from
the Salt River to their fields. The Park of Four Waters tour will take you
on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these
canal systems.
sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at ****
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St.,
Phoenix**
** 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. This is a first come, first serve
tour. Space is limited; sign up at the front desk to reserve a spot. For
more information contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday March 26, 2016: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
“Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave and Petroglyphs” car-caravan
educational tour to sites in and near Topawa, Arizona, with Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center executive director Allen Dart, departing from Pima
Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson or meet tour in Baboquivari
Campground on Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation
Starts at 7 a.m. in Tucson at Pima Community College Community
Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave. [Note that tour originally was planned to start
at 8 a.m. but we need to start earlier to beat the heat]; or meet tour at
8:30 a.m. in Baboquivari Campground east of Topawa on Tohono O'odham Indian
Reservation; ends 2 p.m. at Picture Rock on the reservation; estimated
return time to Tucson 3:30 p.m. Fee $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or
employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
In an Easter weekend educational adventure into Native American
culture, this tour meets in Tucson at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono
O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation for visits to the Picture Rock
petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic Baboquivari Camp, and a Tohono
O'odham traditional sacred cave site. We will car-caravan from Tucson to
Topawa, Arizona, then drive 12 miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the
legendary home of the Tohono O'odham Creator deity I’itoi). From our
assembly point in Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps
camp site in the oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak, we will take a
moderate-difficulty, two-mile-roundtrip, 1,000-foot-elevation-difference
hike up a trail that leads halfway up the peak, to visit a cave site
traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the deity I’itoi. After
returning from the hike to the campground we will have a bring-your-own
picnic lunch there, after which we will visit Picture Rock, a small butte
that contains petroglyphs and pictographs, bedrock mortars, and ancient
artifacts. Modern Tohono O’odham offerings may be present in some of the
visited locations. Artifact collecting is not permitted, and photos are not
allowed in the cave but are OK outside of it. Registrants may either meet
the tour group at 8 a.m. Saturday in Tucson and car-caravan onto the
reservation, or may camp in Baboquivari Camp on their own the night before
the field trip and meet the tour group at the campground Saturday morning.
Campers must bring their own food and water, as there are no convenience
stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday March 23: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Monday March 28, 2016: Waddell-Buckeye, AZ
"Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Maricopa County Library
District’s White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd.,
Waddell, AZ; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
10-11:30 a.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals. The
program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Hanna Bozhko at 602-651-2211 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday March 29, 2016: Tucson
“Ancient Beauty: Ancestral Southwest Textiles, an Informal and
Interactive Program” with Laurie Webster and Louie Garcia, sponsored by the
Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, in Room 103 of the Center
for English as a Second Language, 1100 E James E Rogers Way, Tucson*
7 p.m. Free
Join visiting scholars Laurie Webster (textile expert, Mancos, CO) and
Louie Garcia (Tiwa/Piro Pueblo weaver, Albuquerque, NM) for a conversation
about choice specimens from ASM's archaeological textile collection. Use,
technology, raw materials, and cultural significance will be addressed.
Reception follows program. The Center for English as a Second Language
(CESL) is the building directly east of ASM. This program is an installment
of the Norton Allen Encounters with ASM Collections series, made possible by
support from the Smith Living Trust. This series focuses attention on ASM's
archaeological collections and highlights the contributions of professional
experts to the anthropology and history of the U.S. Southwest and northern
Mexico.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at [log in to unmask]
Friday April 1, 2016: By mail or online
April 1 is the deadline for “Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission
Historic Preservation Awards” nominations
The Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission is recognizing
individuals, firms, groups, and/or organizations that have demonstrated
their interest or contribution to the preservation, conservation, or
interpretation of local history, architecture, or historic preservation in
Tucson or Pima County.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center endeavor. For more
information refer to the
<https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/clerks/uploads/bccfiles/21005.pdf> 2016
Awards Program Description and Nomination Form
<https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/clerks/uploads/bccfiles/17769.pdf> .
Nominations must be received by noon on Friday, April 1, 2016.
Saturday April 2, 2016: 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 ($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 required by 5 p.m. March 31: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Friday-Sunday April 8-10, 2016: Sonora, Mexico
“Kino Missions Tour” into Sonora, Mexico, sponsored by
Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC), departing from Hotel Tucson
City Center InnSuites, 475 N. Granada Ave., Tucson*
8 a.m. Friday-6 p.m. Sunday; $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 SMRC volunteers 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 Cocóspera 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 hotel. 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. And for this
tour only, we’ll be joined by Tucson’s Troubadour, Teodoro “Ted” Ramírez,
whose roots in this region go deep to the founding of Tucson’s Presidio San
Agustín in 1776.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Passport is
required. Reservation deadline March 1. For more information contact Monica
Young at 520-621-6278 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday April 12, 2016: Tucson
“Retablos and Ex-votos: Personal and Public Religiosity” free
presentation by Gloria Fraser Giffords at the Arizona State Museum (ASM),
1013 E University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson*
3 p.m. Free with museum admission
Conservator and art historian Gloria Fraser Giffords, guest curator of
ASM’s “Intimacy of Faith” exhibit, will discuss the history, use, and
artistry of retablos and ex-votos in Mexico. Beginning in the nineteenth
century, testimonies of faith and private devotion in Mexico took the form
of oil paintings on small pieces of tin plate that became public displays of
efficacy of a particular saint's protection. In many ways, the freshness and
honesty of these retablos and ex-votos convey an intimate vitality that
distinguishes itself from the otherwise formal academic style imported from
Europe that permeated nineteenth-century Mexican art. The majority of
retablos featured in the exhibit are from the Giffords family collection.
Refreshments served. This program is presented in conjunction with the
“Intimacy of Faith” exhibit that runs through the end of May 2016.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at [log in to unmask]
Friday April 15, 2016: By mail or online
April 15 is the deadline for “Governor’s Archaeology Advisory
Commission’s Awards in Public Archaeology” nominations”
The Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission, a statutory board that
advises the State Historic Preservation Officer on issues of relevance to
Arizona archaeology, is sponsoring its 29th annual "Awards in Public
Archaeology." The Awards are presented to individuals, organizations,
and/or programs that have significantly contributed to the protection and
preservation of, and education about, Arizona's non-renewable archaeological
resources. The awards can include the following categories of individuals or
organizations that are worthy of recognition for their public
service/education endeavors: 1) professional archaeologists, 2) avocational
archaeologists, 3) Site Stewards, 4) Tribes, 5) private, non-profit
entities, 6) government agencies, 7) private or industrial development
entities, and 8) an individual for special or lifetime achievement.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center endeavor. Nomination
forms and instructions can be found at
https://azpreservation.com/awards.html. For questions about nominating
contact Kris Dobschuetz at 602-542-7141 or [log in to unmask]
Monday April 18, 2016: Tucson
“Celebration of 100 Years of AAHS” free presentation by
Professor Emeritus Raymond H. Thompson at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal
Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* 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 Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday April 21, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation ****[Title, guest speaker, at
Dragon's View Asian Cuisine, 400 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday April 20.
Monday May 16, 2016: Tucson
“The Luke Solar Project: Middle and Late Archaic Period
Subsistence and Settlement in the Western Phoenix Basin” free presentation
by John Hall at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting,
Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.,
Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* 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 Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Monday May 16-Friday June 3, 2016: Tucson and western New Mexico
“Dendroarchaeology Class” (Geos/Anth/WS 497J/597J
Dendroarchaeology) with Dr. Ronald H. Towner, offered by Laboratory of
Tree-ring Research, University of Arizona, in Tucson, Arizona, and western
New Mexico*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; 3 credits or noncredit option; contact
Laboratory of Tree-ring Research for tuition information
The Laboratory of Tree-ring Research at the University of
Arizona is pleased to offer its 14th presession course devoted entirely to
the collection, analysis, and interpretation of archaeological tree-rings.
Participants (undergrads, grads, professionals) will learn the most accurate
and precise dating method used by archaeologists via lectures, laboratory
exercises, and field work. The centerpiece of this intensive 3-week course
is a field trip to various archaeological sites in western New Mexico area
led by Dr. Ronald H. Towner. The first week in Tucson will provide
participants with a basic background in dendroarchaeology. The required
field trip to western New Mexico will constitute most of the second week.
During the third week back in Tucson, participants will prepare, crossdate,
and interpret the dendroarchaeological samples collected during the field
trip.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Ron Towner at [log in to unmask] or 520-621-6465.
Wednesday-Friday June 8-10, 2016
“Preservation Next: Arizona Historic Preservation Conference” at
Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport Hotel, 4300 E Washington St, Phoenix*
The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the
Arizona Preservation Foundation (APF), and the City of Phoenix invite you to
join them at "Preservation Next," the 14th Annual Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference. Its goal is to bring together preservationists from
around Arizona to exchange ideas and success stories, share perspectives and
solutions to preservation issues, and foster cooperation between the diverse
Arizona preservation communities. Preservation Next is the concept that all
preservation efforts must contain a component of planning for the future.
The focal event of the conference will be presentations of the 35th Annual
Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Awards by the SHPO and APF, and the
29th Annual Governor's Awards in Public Archaeology to honorees selected by
the Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.azpreservation.com <http://www.azpreservation.com/>
or contact Dave Ryder at 602-568-6277 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday-Monday June 9-13, 2016: New Mexico
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico"
archaeology education tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Silver
City, NM. Actual touring begins Friday and continues through Monday.
Fee $279 for the full four-day tour ($249 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), or $75 per
day to attend tour on individual days ($69/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA
members). Participants are responsible for their own transportation, meals,
and lodging.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this tour
to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon village archaeological sites,
spectacular petroglyph and pictograph sites, and museums with probably the
finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collections in the world, all in
southwestern New Mexico's Silver City, Mimbres, Glenwood, and Deming areas.
Places tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon Village site
excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; sites in the Gila Cliff Dwellings
National Monument and vicinity; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Elk Ridge, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town,
TJ, and Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and
the Western New Mexico University Museum and Deming-Luna Mimbres Museum. The
tour will be based in Silver City and depart from a hotel there each
morning. Hotels, camping, and other accommodations for those who wish to
arrange their own lodging and transport are available in and near Silver
City.
Minimum enrollment 10, maximum 20. Reservations required by
Friday June 3: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
THE EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Sundays October 16, 23, & 30, and November 6, 2016: Tucson
“Recreating Prehistoric Maverick Mountain Series
Polychrome Pottery Workshop” with Andy Ward at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of
John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday October 16, 23, & 30, and November 6, 2016;
Fee $79 ($63.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary members) includes all materials
Maverick Mountain polychrome pottery can be traced to Ancestral Pueblo
people who began migrating south into southern Arizona in the thirteenth
century bringing their pottery traditions with them. The Maverick Mountain
series pottery found in southern Arizona closely resembles Tsegi Orange Ware
pottery of northern Arizona in technology and decorations. In the course of
this workshop students will process raw materials, form pottery using the
coil-and-scrape method, slip, polish and paint pottery using authentic
materials, tools and techniques, then we will fire our pottery outdoors in a
mesquite bonfire. Students will leave with a better understanding of the
methods used to create prehistoric polychrome pottery and authentic pottery
reproductions that they made themselves. Schedule: Day 1, construct pottery;
day 2, scrape, slip and polish; day 3, paint decorations; day 4, firing.
Minimum class size 7, maximum 12. Reservations deadline 5 p.m. Wednesday
October 12.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE 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
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.
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
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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(4) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo typically sends two email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS each month that
tell about upcoming activities that we and other southwestern U.S.
archaeology and history organizations offer. We also email pdf copies of our
Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some
other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months.
If you do not wish to receive further email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS from Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center but are willing to receive emails on other topics
please send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message “Please stop
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Before you contact us with a “stop sending” or “remove” request, please note
that if you received our communication through a listserve, Old Pueblo
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