For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities (June 27-28
“Homolovi State Park, Rock Art Ranch, and the Multi-Kiva Site Cultural
Heritage Tour” reservation deadline is June 18)
(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.
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday October 31, 2015
Deadline to purchase tickets for the “Raffle of a 2015 Ford
Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to
benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson charities and for the
"Old Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle, both to be held on November
13. See announcements for both events below.
Wednesday, June 3, 2014: Phoenix
“Harvest of the Desert” free presentation by David Morris,
sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo
Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
7:30 to 9 p.m. Free
Native American naturalist David Morris will discuss and
illustrate the many uses of the Sonoran Desert’s plants and the biology that
makes them useful. Some plants have provided for the people of the desert
since prehistoric times. See how plants were used for food, building,
medicine and magic by examining the ethnobotany of the Sonoran Desert. Mr.
Morris, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, has been a central
Arizona resident for over 40 years. Originally from the Kansas-Oklahoma
area, he received a degree in plant science from Northern Arizona University
and currently is a museum aide for the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix. He
also participates in many area Indian art markets with his modern
recreations of rock art and hand painted gourds.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For more information contact the Pueblo Grande
Museum at 602-495-0901 or Don Appel at [log in to unmask]
Monday June 15, 2015: Tucson
“Cochise Culture Re-revisited: 2014–2015 Excavations at
Desperation Ranch” free presentation by Jesse A. M. Ballenger, Jonathan
Mabry, and others at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting,
Banner University Medical Center Room 5403 (not in usual DuVal Auditorium
venue), 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Recently completed excavations at southeastern Arizona’s Cave
Creek Midden site discovered a thick layer of cobblestones, bones, and
flaked and ground stone tools buried in and below a dark, organic cienega
soil. This talk reviews why Cave Creek Midden is important, what
archaeologists expected to find there before the recent excavations, how
they went about finding it, what they actually found, and what the finds may
or may not mean. They will discuss the importance of the Chiricahua stage
and early maize cultivation in the Southwest, the significance of the site
in Arizona and archaeological history, subsistence of desert
hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists, prehistory of big-game hunting in the
Southwest, basic principles of bison hunting, stratigraphy and radiocarbon
dates at the site, attempts to prove that animals discovered there include a
newly recognized Chihuahuan Desert subspecies, community archaeology, fire
safety, serendipity, and the long-term preservation of the site.
* 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-Friday June 15-19, 2015: Phoenix
Center for Archaeology and Society's “Archaeology and Desert
Ecology Summer Camp” at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve (DVPP), 3711 W. Deer
Valley Rd., Phoenix*
8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. daily; $140 DVPP members; $180 nonmembers
The Center for Archaeology and Society and The Julie Ann Wrigley
Global Institute of Sustainability present a summer camp for children ages
8-12 at the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve; a 47-acre archaeological site
and desert nature preserve. Topics include archaeology and anthropology,
desert ecology, and environmental sustainability in the desert. Includes
hands-on educational activities, archaeological fieldwork and
demonstrations, art and science projects, nature hikes, and cultural
experiences. Each session limited to 20 students. Limited scholarships are
available.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Registration required by June 10. Register online at
<http://asu.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6aa88fded04e28c1ea2895ca0&id=d
9598f837a&e=c58228f88e> shesc.asu.edu/dvpp. For more information contact
Libby Gerold at 623-582-8007 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 19, 2015: Tucson
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public Library at
the Woods Memorial Branch, 3455 N. First Ave., Tucson*
3-4 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills
in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses 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 Kelly Urman in Tucson at 520-594-5445 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday & Sunday June 27 & 28, 2015: Near Winslow, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Homolovi State Park, Rock Art
Ranch, and the Multi-Kiva Site Cultural Heritage Tour” with archaeologist
Rich Lange starting at Homolovi State Park Visitor Center (northeast of
Winslow – take I-40 Exit 257 and drive 1.5 miles north on Hwy. 87)
1 p.m. Saturday-1 p.m. or later Sunday; $60 per person ($50 for
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
includes all site entry fees but no transportation, lodging, or meals
Archaeologist Rich Lange will lead this tour to sites where
archaeologist Chuck Adams and Rich are currently excavating and have
excavated nearly every summer during the Arizona State Museum’s Homol’ovi
Research Program since the mid 1980s. This will be an opportunity to visit
two of the large ancestral Hopi villages just outside of Winslow that date
to the AD 1300s. We also will visit the spectacular rock art panels at Rock
Art Ranch in Chevelon Canyon, and the Multi-Kiva site, where excavations
being done this summer will just about be wrapping up. If traveling from
Tucson, plan on a minimum of 5½ hrs driving, depending on general traffic
conditions and how many pit stops you make.
Reservations and payment required by 5 p.m. Thursday June 18:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
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Thursday July 2, 2015: Prescott, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Humanities Lecture
Series at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin Street, Prescott, Arizona
*
5-6 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.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Normalene Zeeman in Prescott at 928-777-1509 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Monday July 20, 2015: Tucson
“Irrigation, Social Changes, and Ecological Knowledge in Early
Farming Societies in the Sonoran Desert” free presentation by Dr. Jonathan
Mabry 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-Sunday August 6-9, 2015: Colorado
“Pecos Archaeological Conference” at the Lost Canyon Ranch
approximately 9 miles north of Mancos Colorado.*
The Pecos Conference is an annual conference that has been held
nearly every year since 1927 under open skies in the southwestern United
States or northwestern Mexico, for people interested in the latest
southwestern U.S. archaeological research (including archaeologists). Under
a large, open tent, they spend three or more days together discussing recent
research, the problems of the field, and challenges of the archaeological
profession. In recent years, Native Americans, avocational archaeologists,
the general public and media organizations have participated. and come to
speak with the archaeologists. These individuals and groups play an
increasingly important role, as participants and as audience, helping
professional archaeologists celebrate archaeological research and to mark
cultural continuity. Open to all, the Pecos Conference remains an important
and superlative opportunity to meet with professional archaeologists on a
one-on-one informal basis to learn about the profession, gain access to
resources and new research opportunities, and to test new methods and
theories related to archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pecos-Conference/203021673045677 or email
[log in to unmask]
Monday September 21, 2015: Tucson
“The Archaeology of the Human Experience” free presentation by
archaeologist Michelle Hegmon 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 September 23, 2015: Tucson-Marana
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart, departing 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 celebrate the autumnal equinox, 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 5 p.m. Tuesday
September 22: 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.
Fridays October 2-December 11, 2015 (except Friday Nov. 27): Tucson
“Prehistory of the Southwest Class: The Hohokam Culture of
Southern Arizona” with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, 2201 W. 44th Street (at Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service
Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park),
Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Friday evening October 2 through December
11 (skip Thanksgiving weekend, November 27); fee of $95 ($80 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) does not
include cost of recommended text: The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and
Suzanne K. Fish, editors; available from Old Pueblo for $24.95 Old Pueblo &
PGMA members $19.96) or the cost of AAS membership or AAS Certification
Program registration1
Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in ten 2-hour
sessions to explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the
American Southwest. The class cover Hohokam origins, subsistence and
settlement systems, social and organizational systems, material culture
including ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within
and beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion
and trade. Each student is expected to prepare a BRIEF research report to be
presented orally or in written form. Minimum enrollment 10, maximum 20.
Reservations and payment required by 5 p.m. Tuesday September
29: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
1 Class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS)
Certification Program’s (www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm) “Advanced
Prehistory of the Southwest: Hohokam” class. The AAS basic “Prehistory of
the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable
with the instructor.
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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Saturday October 3, 2015: 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: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday, October 7, 2015: Waddell-Buckeye, AZ
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart featuring bonus photos of
petroglyphs in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, at the Maricopa County
White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, AZ
1-2:30 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses 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.
For event details contact Patty Dennehy at 602-651-2210 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]
Friday October 9, 2015: Green Valley, AZ
“Hohokam and Mimbres Archaeology, Art, and Ideology” adult education
class with archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at
****[place TBA], Green Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
members; OLLI-UA Green Valley membership fee of $95 for Fall session or $130
for entire year allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses
Comparison of New Mexico’s Classic Mimbres culture (AD 1000-1130)
pottery and rock art with the ceramics and rock images of the
contemporaneous Hohokam culture of southern Arizona helps define the spheres
of those cultures’ art and ideology. Certain icons are common to both
Hohokam and Mimbres art, whereas each culture also exhibits repeated motifs
that apparently were rarely or never produced by the other. Comparison and
contrast of the shared and unshared art images, and of other aspects of
Hohokam and Mimbres cultures, suggest similarities as well as differences in
their respective religious beliefs and practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
join Green Valley OLLI visit https://ce.arizona.edu/olli to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask],
or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday & Saturday October 9 & 10, 2015: El Paso
“19th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference” at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso*
****Times; fees
Archaeologists working in the Jornada Branch of the Mogollon culture
area of the American Southwest present their recent research during this
conference. Geographically the Jornada Mogollon extends from Carrizozo, New
Mexico on the north to just south of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico on the
south, and from east of Deming, New Mexico, eastward to the Pecos River.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact George Maloof at 915-755-4332 or
[log in to unmask]
Friday-Wednesday October 9-14, 2015: Tucson to California
“Central California Missions Tour” sponsored by Tucson’s
Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC) departing Tucson to central
California*
$1,425 per person includes transportation, lodging (double
occupancy), and meals
Join SMRC for a tour of five Spanish Colonial mission churches
established in central California by the Franciscan missionaries during the
late 1700s and early 1800s. Tour starts from Tucson and first visits the
beautiful Mission Santa Barbara and its attached museum, with lunch at the
Presidio in Santa Barbara. The following day we visit Mission La Purisima
and Mission Santa Inés, and during early evening the gardens of Mission San
Luis Obispo. The next morning we will depart for Mission San Miguel. From
San Miguel, we will visit and spend the night at the friary in the very
special Mission San Antonio. This is an extremely rare treat to be able to
have dinner and spend the night at this mission in individual rooms. There
are no double rooms at the friary. We will be treated to breakfast there as
well. We will be taking a large passenger bus to California spending our
first night in Palm Springs. Our last night will be spent in Riverside at
the Mission Inn Hotel, a National Historic Landmark.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Gail Bornfield at 520-797-8825 or [log in to unmask]
Monday October 19, 2015: Tucson
“Ancient Woodworking, Animal Use, and Hunting Practices in
Southeastern Utah: New Insights from the Study of Early Perishable
Collections” free presentation by Chuck LaRue and Laurie Webster 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]
Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
“Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition” by
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
& other Tucson charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team is presenting a new 2015 Ford
Mustang, 50th Anniversary Edition, to be used as the featured prize in a
raffle to raise millions of dollars for Tucson-area nonprofit organizations.
And, to sweeten the raffle, for every Mustang ticket we sell, Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center will enter a “Piggyback” ticket for the purchaser into
Old Pueblo’s separate November 13 “Old Pueblo - Young People” fundraising
raffle drawing for southwestern works of art, described below! With your $25
contribution (or 5 raffle tickets for $100) you could win this
collector’s-item 2015 Mustang or one of the Old Pueblo art prizes (or
both!). The best part is that 100% of your contribution will support Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our
sales of the Mustang raffle tickets.
Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs
for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help.
A maximum of 100,000 tickets will be distributed for the Mustang
raffle. To be entered in both the Mustang and Old Pueblo Piggyback raffles
your contributions for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old
Pueblo by October 31 so that we can turn them in to the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s raffle coordinator by November 6. The drawing will be held on
November 13.
The rules of the Mustang raffle require that Old Pueblo account
for all tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets;
therefore, payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets. The
ticket price is $25 apiece or five tickets for $100. Tickets may be
purchased by check sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling Allen
Dart at 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card
payment authorization, or through the PayPal portal on Old Pueblo’s
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you have
provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawings for
you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
Tickets for the Mustang raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each.
Deadline to purchase tickets from Old Pueblo is Saturday October 31. For
tickets or more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s 2015 Mustang raffle visit www.millionsfortucson.org
<http://www.millionsfortucson.org/> .
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
Win a Navajo Rug or One of Many Other Prizes in the “Old Pueblo
- Young People” Fundraising Raffle to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center's archaeology education programs for children!
The GRAND PRIZE is a red, black, and white, 66" x 37" Navajo
rug-saddle blanket appraised at up to $800 by two of Tucson’s best-known
Indian arts shops.
Proceeds from our raffle make it possible for Old Pueblo to
continue offering our children’s archaeology education programs, which
include the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation learning program, our
OPENOUT in-classroom education programs, and our guided archaeological site
tours for kids.
Other prizes to be given away in the raffle include:
- Hand-made pottery seed jar by Kickapoo-Potawatomi artist
Pahponee valued at $600
- Tohono O’odham (Papago) closed-stitch basket valued at $200+
- “Qoia Mana Todazafene” kachina doll valued at $90-$110
- Tarascan Wooden mask, ca.1900, valued at $125
- “Navajo prayer bundle” fetish
- 4 reproductions of ancient Mexican painted clay faces
- 10 Southwestern prehistoric pottery reproductions
- 17 vintage archaeology-theme T-shirts & 1 sweatshirt
- Two places on an archaeologist-guided tour to Los Morteros
Hohokam village & Picture Rocks petroglyphs archaeological sites
Contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for tickets and
updated prize information.
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and details of the "Old Pueblo - Young People" raffle please reply with
“Send November 13 OPYP flyer” in your email subject line.
Monday November 16, 2015: Tucson
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Deni Seymour at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal
Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Recent research provides evidence of ancestral Apaches in the
southern Southwest at least as early as the A.D. 1300s. Some of this
evidence comes from chronometric dates obtained from a feature type that
comparative ethnographic information (including rarely used land claims
documents) indicates were used for storage. These features, called platform
caches, provide rare and ideal material for accurate dating because they are
often covered with grass or leaves. Dates from these features, on Apache
pottery, and from roasting pits, all in direct association with Apache
material culture of other types (including rock art), provide a continuous
sequence of use from at least as early as the A.D. 1300s through the late
1700s. New information about a western route south to this region is
combined with other evidence regarding the presence of the earliest
ancestral Apache three centuries earlier than many have argued, even in
areas where Coronado did not see them.
* 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]
Saturday December 5, 2015: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
TOUR IS FULL; WAITING LIST STARTED. "Baboquivari Peak Sacred
Cave, Petroglyphs, and Himdag Ki Cultural Center" 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.-5 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)
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 Tohono O'odham Cultural Center &
Museum, the Picture Rock petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic
Baboquivari Camp, and a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave site. We will
visit the Cultural Center in Topawa, Arizona, from 10 a.m. to 11:30, then
drive 12 miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary home of the
Tohono O'odham Creator diety I’itoi), stopping for bring-your-own picnic
lunch at Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps camp site
in the oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. After lunch 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 diety I’itoi. Finally,
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 Cultural Center Saturday morning. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday December 2: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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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
“Petroglyphs of the Charlie Bell Well Area” archaeological site tour
with Rick and Sandi Martynec in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west
of Ajo, Arizona, departing from Tucson
**** Time and fee TBA
The Charlie Bell Well locality in the Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge near Ajo, Arizona, includes more than 3,000 petroglyphs,
many of which date to the Archaic period (ca. 8000 BC-AD 500). There are
also ancient Native American trails, archaeological features, and artifacts
in the canyon near the historic well site. The hike for this tour is
approximately 1 mile with an elevation change of 400 feet, considered a
moderate hike. We will need to carpool after we rendezvous for the tour
because we can take no more than six vehicles into the wildlife refuge. Rick
is obtaining permission with Cabeza Prieta Refuge for us to access the site.
It will be a long day, 7-8 hours, so bring water and lunch. You may want to
plan to spend the night in Ajo.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 14: 520-798-1201 or
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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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
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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 Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6 a.m. 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 January 29: 520-798-1201 or
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
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(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.
This announcement was distributed by the following listserves. Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center cannot remove your email address from the listserves, so
if you wish to be excluded from the listserve announcements please contact
them at the following email addresses:
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]>
Southwest Archaeology Today: <[log in to unmask]>
Utah Professional Archaeological Council:
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