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 and Support
(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.
Wednesday December 2, 2015: Phoenix
“Native Roads: A Virtual Guide to the Hopi and Navajo Nations”
free presentation by historian Jim Turner, sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological
Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
7:30-9 p.m. Free
As editor of the third edition of Fran Kosik's classic travel book A
Complete Motoring Guide to the Navajo and Hopi Nations, Jim Turner retraced
her routes in January 2013, updating information on dozens of intriguing
Native American trading posts, prehistoric ruins, museums, and natural
wonders. Using the pictures taken on that trip, this presentation creates a
visual travelogue of this vast beautiful and culturally unique domain.
Before retiring from the Arizona Historical Society, Jim worked with more
than 70 museums in every corner of the state. He wrote the pictorial history
book Arizona: Celebration of theGrand Canyon State, is a part -time editor
for Rio Nuevo Publishers, and writes articles for magazines and newspapers.
** 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 more
information contact the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix at 602-495-0901 or
Don Appel at [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 3, 2015: Mesa, AZ
“Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World”
free presentation by Kenneth Lapatin sponsored by the Archaeological
Institute of America Central Arizona Society in the Main Campus Building
Community Room, Benedictine University, 225. E. Main Street, Mesa, AZ*
6 p.m. Free
Kenneth Lapatin, Associate Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul
Getty Museum and principal organizer of its current exhibition that has
united 50 significant bronzes of the Hellenistic age. During the Hellenistic
period from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. until the
establishment of the Roman Empire in 31 B.C., the medium of bronze drove
artistic innovation. Sculptors moved beyond Classical norms, supplementing
traditional subjects and idealized forms with realistic renderings of
physical and emotional states. Bronze—surpassing marble with its tensile
strength, reflective effects, and ability to hold fine detail—was employed
for dynamic compositions, dazzling displays of the nude body, and graphic
expressions of age and character. Cast from alloys of copper, tin, lead, and
other elements, bronze statues were produced in the thousands: honorific
portraits of rulers and citizens populated city squares, and images of gods,
heroes, and mortals crowded sanctuaries. Few, however, survive. New
discoveries appeared with works known for centuries, and several closely
related statues were presented side by side for the first time in this Getty
Museum exhibition, which was organized by the Getty, the Fondazione Palazzo
Strozzi in Florence, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington with the
participation of the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Almira Poudrier at [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 3, 2015: Tucson
"Turning Over a New Leaf" free presentation by Becky Caroli
sponsored by American Research Center in Egypt, in Harvill Building Rm 318,
University of Arizona, 1103 E. 2nd St., Tucson*
5:30 p.m. Free
"Turning Over a New Leaf" examines use of trees in Ancient
Egypt. 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]
Saturday December 5, 2015: Tucson
“Tucson: A History of the Old Pueblo from the 1854 Gadsden
Purchase” presentation by David Devine at the Tucson Presidio Trust -
Presidio San Agustin’s Saturday Salon and Saloon, Dusty Monk Pub at La
Cocina Restaurant, 201 N. Court Street, Tucson*
2-3 p.m. $5 at the door - no reservation needed
Call for description; no-host drinks and food available. Mr.
Devine's book can be purchased.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jean at 520-742-4305.
Thursday December 10, 2015: Tucson
“The Norton Allen Collection” informal presentation and discussion
with Arizona State Museum (ASM) Director Dr. Patrick D. Lyons at the ASM,
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
<http://your.website.address.here/> 7 p.m. Free
Dr. Patrick Lyons will discuss the legacy of avocational
archaeologist Norton Allen, his work in partnership with Emil Haury, and his
immensely important collection housed at the Arizona State Museum. Reception
follows presentation. This is the inaugural 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 world-class
collections and highlights contributions of professional experts to the
anthropology and history of the US Southwest and northern Mexico.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday December 10, 2015: Tucson
“Massacre at Point of Rocks - Death on the Santa Fe Trail”
presentation by Doug Hocking for the Arizona Pathfinders’ Pot Luck in the
Arizona History Museum Auditorium, 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson*
6 p.m. Free;a(nd free parking one block west of the museum in
the Arizona Historical Society garage at the northeast corner of E. 2nd St.
and N. Euclid Ave. – Use the E. 2nd St. entrance).
In 1849 a band of Jicarilla Apache allegedly kidnapped a woman
and her child after killing her husband and traveling companions. Kidnapping
Mexican and Pueblo women was a commonplace, but Mrs. White was an Anglo and
a lady, almost the only one in New Mexico. Pursuit came from all directions
but it took Kit Carson to find and follow a trail already a month old. This
is the historic background to the historical novel, Massacre at Point of
Rocks, the real story. Speaker Doug Hocking is an independent scholar who
has completed advanced studies in American history, ethnology and historical
archaeology. He grew up on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation and attended
school among the Indios and paisanos of the Rio Arriba in northern New
Mexico. His historical novels, which include Massacre at Point of Rocks and
Mystery of Chaco Canyon, immerse the reader in the times, terrain and
cultures of 19th century New Mexico.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. It is a
potluck so bring a dish to share. Pathfinders Board members will provide
coffee and dessert, and an exciting raffle will be held. For more
information visit contact visit Arizona Pathfinders Facebook page or email
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Friday December 11, 2015: Phoenix
"Chichén Itzá, City of the Sacred Well" free presentation by Dr.
Thomas H. Wilson sponsored by Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological
Society, at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
7 p.m. Free
The great site of Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán Peninsula
of Mexico has fascinated the world ever since the visits of John Lloyd
Stephens and Frederick Catherwood in the 1840s. Archaeological work at
Chichén Itzá revealed that many buildings there resemble those found
elsewhere in Yucatán, such as Uxmal, Kabah, and Labna, whereas others are a
stark departure from the more common Mayan architecture of the peninsula.
Who were the peoples who created one of the great sites of the ancient
world? What do the different architectural styles mean? What is the
relationship of the Yucatecan sites and the great Maya cities to the south,
such as Tikal, Yaxhilán and Palenque? Dr. Wilson, Director of the Arizona
Museum of Natural History in Mesa, earned his Ph.D. studying Chichén Itzá in
the 1970s. Join him as he revisits Chichén Itzá based on a recent trip to
Yucatán.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact visit http://www.azarchsoc.org/Phoenix/.
Monday December 14, 2015: Tucson
“2nd Annual Holiday Party and Research Slam” sponsored by the
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society at Petroglyphs Gallery in the
“Lost Barrio,” 228 S. Park Avenue , Tucson*
6 p.m. Free
Join AAHS in celebrating Research and the Holidays. The party is
potluck, so bring a dish to share. AAHS will provide the libations. The
highlight of the party will AAHS’s second Annual Research Slam. Winners are
determined by voting with your dollars for your favorite contestant. All
funds go to the Scholarship and Research Program. Additionally, we will be
raffling off a personal guided tour of the Cocoraque Petroglyph site for two
(donated by last year’s slam winner, Janine Hernbrode), as well as a
complete set of in-print Kivas (or any subset you want) at the party. Raffle
tickets are $5 each, or 5 tickets for $20.
DIRECTIONS: Petroglyphs is located in The Lost Barrio. If you
are coming from the east on Broadway Blvd., turn south on Park Ave. There is
an overhead pedestrian crossing light at the intersection. If you get to
Euclid Ave., you have gone too far. If you are coming from the west on
Broadway Blvd., turn south at the light on Euclid Ave. and go west on 12th
Street.
* 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]
Tuesday December 15, 2015: Scottsdale, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation for Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Salt River
Community Building, 1880 N. Longmore Road, Scottsdale (just north of the
intersection of McDowell Road and Longmore)*
6-8 p.m. Free
"Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces": 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.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Shane Anton at 480-362-6331 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday December 17, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “From Hohokam to Salado: The
Kayenta Diaspora in the Southwest” with archaeologist Dr. Jeffery J. Clark
at CHANGED LOCATION: U-Like Oriental Buffet Asian Cuisine, 5101 N. Oracle
Rd. (at River Rd.), Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Dr. Clark will discuss and illustrate how an estimated 5,000 to
7,500 Kayenta people from northeastern Arizona immigrated to and through the
Colorado Plateau and Mogollon region during the late 13th century, some of
them ultimately reaching southeastern Arizona where they encountered highly
sedentary irrigation communities with variable ties to the Hohokam World.
Although the Kayenta were a dispersed minority, they resisted assimilation
and retained some aspects of their homeland identity, causing some tense
initial relations with the populations already living in lands where the
immigrants had resettled. After a generation or two, however, tensions
abated as indicated by widespread exchange of Salado polychrome pottery and
obsidian from southwestern New Mexico. Archaeological evidence indicates
that Kayenta groups and their descendants maintained a community in diaspora
that produced much of the Salado polychrome that dominated decorated ceramic
assemblages throughout much of southern Southwest for more than a century.
This “foreign” pottery apparently was part of an inclusive ideology that
drew upon powerful Mesoamerican symbols and concepts to integrate culturally
diverse populations during a time of crisis.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday December 16.
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Saturday December 19, 2015: Phoenix
“Reverse Engineering Salado Polychrome Pottery” presentation and
pottery firing demonstration by Andy Ward at Deer Valley Petroglyph
Preserve, 3711 W Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix*
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free Museum Day
In the late thirteenth century a new type of pottery called
Salado polychrome appeared across a broad swath of the American Southwest. A
better understanding of the technology used to create this ware will help
answer some of the questions related to Salado as a cultural phenomenon.
Potter and independent researcher Andy Ward will discuss how he has used the
process of “reverse engineering” to successfully reproduce Salado polychrome
and the lessons he has learned along the way.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. No
reservations required. For more information contact Deer Valley Petroglyph
Preserve at 623-582-8007.
Monday December 21, 2015: Tucson-Marana
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in
Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To explore ancient people's recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient
village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars, and to
Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox
marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock
symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450. LIMITED TO 32
PEOPLE.
Reservations required by Friday December 18: 520-798-1201 or
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Thursday January 14, 2016: Tucson
“Making Archaeology Public” panel discussion at Southwest
Symposium opening session for the public at the Scottish Rite Temple, 160 S.
Scott Ave., Tucson*
7-9 p.m. Free
2016 marks 50 years since grassroots preservationists successfully
worked with Congress to pass the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA),
a United States law that acknowledges the importance of our national
heritage and that instructs federal agencies to be good stewards of that
heritage. One effect of this law has been a massive expansion of publicly
funded archaeological work carried out in advance of construction projects.
This work, in turn, has resulted in tremendous new understandings of Native
American and immigrant histories in the United States and its territories.
The Making Archaeology Public Project (MAPP) is a nationwide effort to
highlight just a few of the many significant insights that have come to
light since the passage of NHPA. Archaeologists in each state are working
within their communities to select one of the many engaging stories that
have come to light and to share them with the public to celebrate the last
50 years of archaeological investigations. The ultimate goal is a website,
which will include links to videos that exemplify the ways that NHPA has
changed our understanding of the past. In this Southwest Symposium opening
session Lynne Sebastian, an archaeologist and historic preservation
enthusiast, will host a panel discussion with MAPP leaders from the western
states who will share the national and state projects, ranging from finding
the first farming settlements in North America in the Tucson Basin to the
way thousands of tiny projects in New Mexico tell big stories about the
ancient past.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1655911.
Thursday-Saturday January 14-16, 2016: Tucson
“5th Biennial Southwest Symposium” on the theme of “Engaged
Archaeology” at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center,
1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
5 p.m. Thursday-5 p.m. Saturday; fees before Dec. 1, 2015: $80
regular attendees, $40 students; after Dec. 1: $100 regular, $50 students
The Southwest Symposium promotes new ideas and directions in the
archaeology of the United States Southwest and the Mexican Northwest. The
2016 symposium focuses on Engaged Archaeology, showcasing collaborative and
participatory work with descendant groups and local communities, public
archaeology, and interdisciplinary work, in spoken and poster sessions.
Presentations demonstrate how engaged archaeology results in new
understandings of the past and broadens the relevance of archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at
regonline.com/southwestsymposium; for more information contact Sarah Herr at
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Saturday January 16, 2016: Ajo, AZ
TOUR IS FULL; WAITING LIST STARTED. “Charlie Bell Canyon Petroglyphs
and Archaeology Tour” with Rick and Sandi Martynec in Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge west of Ajo, Arizona; depart in car caravan from Pima
Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson; or Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS) headquarters, 611 N. 2nd Ave., Ajo
6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. if joining car caravan from Tucson or 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. if meeting tour in Ajo (end times are estimates only); $45 ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The Charlie Bell Well locality in the Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS) near Ajo, Arizona, includes more than 3,000
petroglyphs, most of them attributed to the Archaic (ca. 8000 BC-AD 500) and
Patayan (ca. AD 500-1500) archaeological cultures. There are also ancient
Native American trails, archaeological features, and artifacts in the canyon
near the historic well site. Upon arrival at CPNWS headquarters at 9 a.m. we
will drive approximately 1½ hours to the Charlie Bell Well trailhead, then
hike about ¾-mile (another hour) to reach the petroglyphs. There is a
750-foot elevation drop from the parking area to the well, so participants
can expect to be chugging back up the hill on the return hike to the
vehicles.
Cautions: Participants must each bring water and lunch, are
advised to wear hats and sunscreen. At the CPNWS check-in point in Ajo one
must show a government-issued ID, describe your vehicle, obtain an entry
permit, and sign a Hold Harmless agreement for the Department of Defense
before entering the refuge. High-clearance vehicles are required for the
roads in the CPNWS and 4-wheel drive is recommended. Carpooling is required
once we rendezvous in Ajo because CPNWS limits the number of vehicles that
can be taken into the wildlife refuge. You may want to plan to spend the
night in Ajo.
Reservations required by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 13:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Monday January 18, 2016: Tucson
“Can Pueblo Corn Save African Farms? Employing 1,400 Years of
Agricultural Knowledge in Service of the Future” free presentation by R.
Kyle Bocinsky 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]
Wednesday January 20, 2016: Phoenix
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Heard Museum Guild's "history of pottery"
series at the Heard Museum’s Steele Auditorium, 2301 N. Central Ave.,
Phoenix*
10-11 a.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart shows Native American ceramic styles
that characterized specific eras in the U.S. Southwest prior to about 1300,
and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating archaeological sites
and interpreting ancient lifeways. He discusses the importance of context in
archaeology, how the things people make change in style over time, and how
different styles are useful for identifying different cultures and for
dating archaeological sites. His many illustrations include examples of
ancient pottery types made throughout the American Southwest from about 2000
to 700 years ago, as a prelude to the Heard’s January 28 and February 4
presentations about post-1300 Acoma, Hopi, and other Southwestern pottery
types.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact David Rothberg at 602-750-3248 (C), 602-224-9674 (H), or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday January 21, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Apaches and Their Horses” by
archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Some scholars and others think the people now known as Apache
did not become Apache until the adoption of the horse--which is said to have
triggered the raiding adaptation. In this presentation Dr. Seymour, an
internationally recognized authority on protohistoric and historic Native
American and Spanish colonial archaeology and ethnohistory, addresses this
and many other notions about the Apache and their horses. No doubt, horses
played a central role in the Apachean world but the horse divide is not as
pronounced as thought. She will discuss various ways in which horses changed
the ancestral Apache lifeway, how horses survived and thrived without
European horse culture, how horses shaped warfare and intercultural
relations, and how horses were intertwined with family and inter-band
relations through horse trading and gambling. While the horse is maintained
in contemporary culture, archaeological traces document the animal’s
historical role in rock art, horse bones, landscape use, and artifacts.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday January 20.
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
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Saturdays January 23 & 30, February 6 & 13, 2016: Tucson
“Basic Traditional Pottery Making 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 Saturday; Fee $79 ($63.20 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all
materials except clay, which participants will collect during class field
trip
A series of four clay-gathering and pottery-making class
sessions will be offered by artist Andy Ward on four Saturday afternoons
January 23 through February 13, 2016, including a clay-gathering field trip
on January 23. The class is designed to help modern people understand how
prehistoric Native Americans made and used pottery, and is not intended to
train students how to make artwork for sale. The course introduces some
history of southwestern Ancestral and Modern Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam
pottery-making, includes a field trip in which participants dig their own
clay, and demonstrates initial steps in forming, shaping and smoothing
bowls, jars, and other forms of hand-built pottery using traditional
hand-building techniques, gourd scrapers, mineral paints, and yucca brushes
instead of modern potters' wheels and paint.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
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Saturday January 23, 2016: Tucson
"Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima
County Public Library at the Joel Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
11 a.m. to noon. Free
The deep time perspective that archaeology and related
disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and human
adaptation not only is a valuable supplement to historical records, it
sometimes contradicts historical data used by modern societies to make
decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. What can be
learned from scientific evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming
cultures in Arizona and the Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds
of sustainability, leading to 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 evidence of prehistoric tsunamis? This
presentation looks at archaeological, geological, and
sustainable-agricultural 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. The program is made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact librarian Matt Landon at 520-594-5565 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation topic contact
Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Monday February 15, 2016: Tucson
“It’s All About Scale: Polity and Alliance in Prehistoric
Central Arizona” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. David Abbott 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 February 18, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring presentation on Mimbres archaeology by UNLV
Professor Barbara J. Roth at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
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 February 17.
**** 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.
Saturday February 20, 2016: Tohono O'odham Nation, AZ
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen
Dart departing from Tucson at the Park & Ride parking lot at I-10 and
Ruthrauff Rd. (northeast corner of the I-10 westbound Frontage Road at Exit
252) or at 7 a.m. on the east (front) side of the McDonalds Restaurant at
3160 N. Toltec Rd. in Eloy (accessible from I-10 Exit 203)
6 a.m. (Tucson departure) or 7 a.m. (Eloy departure) to 3 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)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning
car-caravan 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 a.m. to ensure the pictographs can be seen in the
best morning light. Fees will benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s
efforts to develop a caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday February 17: 520-798-1201 or
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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, 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 will include a special tour of
archaeological sites along the Gila River let by archaeologist Allen Dart.
The Expo also 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 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 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]
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 durfing 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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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
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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
****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]
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.
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
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $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)
EASTER WEEKEND: In an 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
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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]
(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows
students and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in
“OPEN3,” a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a
southern Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of
prehistoric pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for
cooking, storage, and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students
participating in the program get to learn and practice techniques used to
excavate real archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific
interpretation of how ancient people constructed their houses, what they
looked like, ate, and believed in, and how they created beauty in their
lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient
Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about
people through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect
prelude for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can simply
follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our
printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can also
donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation Form” at
Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I
hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo Archaeology
bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
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.
You received this communication through one of the following listserves,
from which Old Pueblo Archaeology Center cannot remove your email address.
The listserves to which Old Pueblo posted this announcement, and the email
addresses to contact for inclusion in or removal from each list, include:
Archaeological Society of New Mexico: <[log in to unmask]>
Arizona Archaeological Council: Walter Duering
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Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams
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Historical Archaeology: <[log in to unmask]>
New Mexico Archaeological Council: David Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
Rock Art-Arizona State University: Gary Hein <[log in to unmask]>
Utah Professional Archaeological Council:
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