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 this is not an Old Pueblo-sponsored program
but that Old Pueblo members can attend Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA)
functions at PGMA‘s member-discount rates, and vice-versa.
**** 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 November 13 “Fundraising
Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang - 50th Anniversary Edition – and Southwestern
Art Works” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team and Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center. See November 13 announcement for this event, below.
Wednesday February 4, 2015: Phoenix
“Arizona’s Historic Trading Posts” free presentation by author
Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, 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
Early traders traveled through Arizona Territory, selling goods
from their wagons, but they soon built stores that evolved into trading and
social centers where wool, sheep, and Native arts were exchanged for sugar
and salt, pots, pans, bridles, and saddles. Navajo trading posts are best
known, but trading posts existed on every reservation in Arizona. Traders
became the intermediaries between Native peoples and the outside world,
providing not only hard goods, but other services including translation,
correspondence, and transportation. Trading posts also became destinations
for artists, authors, movie stars, and tourists. Although trading posts have
mostly disappeared today, they remain a romantic and historic part of our
great Southwest. This event is free and open to the public, made possible by
Arizona Humanities and PGMA. Donations are welcome.
** 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]
Thursday February 5, 2015: Mesa, AZ
“Chichen Itza, City of the Sacred Wall” free presentation by Tom
Wilson for Southwest Archaeological Team membership meeting in the theater
of the Arizona Museum of Natural History (AMNH), 53 N. Macdonald, Mesa,
Arizona (enter from First St.)*
7 p.m. Free
AMNH Director Tom Wilson earned his Ph.D. studying Chichen Itza
in the 1970s. Join him as he revisits the great site of Chichen Itza based
on his recent trip to Yucatan. Chichen Itza, in the center of the Yucatan
peninsula, has fascinated the world ever since the visits of John Lloyd
Stephens and Frederick Catherwood in the 1840s. Archaeological work at
Chichen Itza revealed that many buildings at the site resembled those found
elsewhere in Yucatan, such as Uxmal, Kabah and Labna. Other buildings
represented a stark departure from the more common Maya 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, Yaxchilan and Palenque? Refreshments will be served after the
talk.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Marie Britton in Mesa at 480-827-8070 or [log in to unmask]
or visit www.southwestarchaeologyteam.org
<http://www.southwestarchaeologyteam.org/> .
Thursday February 5, 2015: Tempe, AZ
“Monsters and Vision in the PreClassical Mediterranean” free AIA
Central Arizona Society lecture by Dr. Nassos Papalexandrou in Room 116,
Business Administration Building C-Wing, Arizona State University, Tempe*
The visual apparatus of orientalizing cauldrons introduced
radically new technologies of visual engagement in the preclassical
Mediterranean of the seventh century B.C. Hitherto the orientalizing
innovation has been understood in terms of the wholesale importation or
adaptation of objects, techniques, iconographies from the Near East. Dr.
Papalexandrou’s study proposes instead that change was ushered in by a
radical shift in ways of seeing and interacting with what today we call
“art.” The new technologies of visual engagement (new ways of seeing and
being seen) explored in this study reshaped the cognitive and esthetic
apparatus of viewing subjects. Dr. Papalexandrou argues that the griffin
cauldrons were devised to establish an esthetic of rare and extraordinary
experiences within the experiential realm of early Greek sanctuaries or in
sympotic events of princely elites of orientalizing Italy. This esthetic was
premised on active visual engagement as performance motivated and sustained
by the materiality of these objects.
University of Texas at Austin Professor Papalexandrou received
his Ph.D. from Princeton University focusing on the ritual dimensions of
Early Greek figurative art. Prior to teaching at UT-A he taught at the
University of Michigan and was a research fellow at the Center for Hellenic
Studies in Washington DC. The author of The Visual Poetics of Power:
Warriors, Youths, and Tripods in Early Greece, he currently is working on a
book that explores the role of monsters in the arts and rituals of Early
Greece, and is involved in two projects involving archaeology of ancient
Italy.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact ASU Professor Almira F. Poudrier at
[log in to unmask]
Friday February 6, 2015: Phoenix
“Art and Technology of Hopi Yellow Ware Pottery” free
presentation by Kelley Hays-Gilpin; part of the Arizona SciTech
Festival’s“The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research and Modern
Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix*
Dr. Hays-Gilpin, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Northern
Arizona University and Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Northern
Arizona, will trace the development of Hopi Yellow Ware pottery from about
A.D. 300 to the present.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday February 7, 2015: Las Cruces, NM
“Traditions and Language of the Las Cruces Piro Puebloans: Piro
Puebloan Language and Culture Project” free presentation by archaeologist
Deni Seymour and panel discussion by members of the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Tribe at
the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road,
Las Cruces, NM*
1-3 p.m. Free
Historically, the Piro Puebloans lived along the Rio Grande
between Abeytas and San Marcial. During the 1680 Pueblo Revolt many moved or
were moved south to El Paso while others dispersed. Piros intermarried with
other groups and their identity was shielded within a generalized Hispanic
identity. It has long been said that both the people and the language were
extinct. Despite this many people still recognize their Piro identity.
Revitalization efforts are underway and they are reconstructing the
language. Many think the Piro language was Tanoan, related to Tiwa. For this
project we videotaped and recorded Piro speakers using words recorded
historically as the first stage in historical-comparative linguistics to
reconstruct their language. Governor Henry Torres and the First War Captain
Antonio Jojola of the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Tribe were interviewed to obtain
histories and genealogies. These three Piro will be present to discuss with
the audience their culture, language, and aspirations. There will be a
introductory PowerPoint presentation then a panel-like discussion or
presentation by the Piro themselves, with each of three participants talking
or responding.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 575-522-4100.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015: Tucson
“Encouraging New Directions in Native Art: The University of
Arizona’s Southwestern Indian Art Project, 1959–1962” free presentation by
Diane Dittemore and Andrew Higgins in Chavez Bldg. Room 110, University of
Arizona campus, Tucson*
3-4 p.m. Free
Arizona State Museum curators Dittemore and Higgins will discuss
the history, teachers, and students of the Southwestern Indian Art Project
(SWIAP). Administered by the University of Arizona Museum of Art,
instructors included native artists Lloyd Kiva New, Charles Loloma, Otelie
Loloma, and Joe Herrera. UA art professors Maurice Grossman (ceramics) and
Andy Rush (painting), anthropology professor Clara Lee Tanner, and Tucson
fiber artist Ruth Brown rounded out the faculty. A total of 47 students
participated, notably Fritz Scholder, Michael Kabotie, and Helen Hardin.
Students came from all parts of the country, mostly from Arizona and New
Mexico. SWIAP was one of the main components that led to the Institute of
American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. The talk will be augmented by a display of
objects produced by the artists during the project.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the ASM Collections.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday February 11, 2015: Tubac, AZ
“Guided tour of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Site”
starting at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street in Tubac,
Arizona*
10:30 a.m. to noon; $10 fee includes admission to tour the
Presidio Park.
Special tour by local experts of the Spanish colonial
archaeological site that preserves the remains of the original Tubac town
site, just south of the Park, including residence foundations, plaza area,
refuse area and partial irrigation ditch. Meet at the Park’s Visitor Center.
Tour involves a walk of about 1-1/4 miles. Bring walking shoes, sunscreen
and hat. Tour limited to 15.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
reservations encouraged. For more information contact the Park at
520-398-2252 or [log in to unmask]
Friday February 13, 2015: Phoenix
“Mimbres Black-on-white Pottery, Scarlet Macaws, and the Hero
Twins” free presentation by Patricia A. Gilman; part of the Arizona SciTech
Festival’s“The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research and Modern
Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix*
Though Mimbres pottery designs are thought to represent images
from everyday life, this lecture will suggest that many depict the “Hero
Twins,” mythical beings described in the Mayan Popol Vuh history.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday February 14, 2015: Tucson
“34th annual Fort Lowell Day” at Fort Lowell Park, along
Craycroft Road between Fort Lowell Rd. & Glenn St., Tucson*
1-4 p.m. Free
This year’s event features a special centennial celebration and
dedication ceremony at noon for La Capillita, the Chapel of Saint Peter of
Fort Lowell. Other activities include Plaque Unveiling by City of Tucson
Vice Mayor Paul Cunningham and neighborhood guests; vintage double-hitter
baseball game featuring 19th century rules & uniforms; cavalry drills by
Fort Huachuca B Troop, 4th Regiment (Memorial) plus meet & greet soldiers &
horses; 4th US Cavalry Regimental Band; self-guided walking tour through
historic sites, ruins, & neighborhood; bus tour to Tucson Medical Center
historic site buildings & museum; children’s Passport to History
flower-making workshop and learn how to make adobe bricks; viewing of
current Adkins Property reconstruction of the original Fort Lowell Officers’
Quarters, meet archaeologist & see artifacts; historical lecture at the San
Pedro Chapel with archaeologist Homer Thiel; Los Changuitos Feos mariachi
youth group, Trio Gala & Mariachi Tesoro; cowboy songs by Way Out West; food
along Fort Lowell Road; shuttle between Fort Lowell Park & San Pedro Chapel;
bookstore & souvenirs; and the Arizona Historical Society Fort Lowell
Museum, gift store, & exhibit.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Caren Groesbeck at 520-955-4654 or
[log in to unmask]
Monday February 16, 2015: Tucson
“Women’s Health Demands Protective Cleanliness: Examining Health
and Illness in Early Twentieth Century Tucson” free presentation by Ashley
Morton at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, University
Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
What was it to be ill in the past for women? How did women
historically respond to illness or the risk of an illness? Historical
archaeologists often find an array of objects related to medical treatment,
doctor-prescribed or self administered. Recovered from two late nineteenth
and early twentieth century downtown Tucson neighborhoods/archaeological
sites – the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project and the Plaza
Centro, Historic Block 91 Project – examining such material culture as
douching paraphernalia presents a unique insight into women’s experiences of
health and illness. Drawing upon historical medical scholarship and print
media, women’s choices to douche were shaped by the interaction between
social and medical discourse. While douching is widely understood to have
been a popular contraceptive before the advent of the birth control pill,
underdiscussed is its role in women’s daily lives as a multi-purpose
therapeutic. This presentation delves into this topic.
* 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 19, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “An Intimate Look at a Petroglyph
Site: Can That Really Be a Flower?” by rock art researcher Janine Hernbrode
at Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant, 5252 S. Mission Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Rock art recording, in context with other anthropological
information, has provided a small window to glimpse the Hohokam belief
system; a system that suggests some continuity with present-day Native
American world view. Janine Hernbrode, a rock art researcher, assembled and
led a group of 15 volunteers in a 7-year effort to collect a rich set of
data and record the rock art in the Sutherland Wash Archaeological District,
near Catalina, Arizona. The volunteers recorded the largest concentration of
petroglyphs in southern Arizona, a variety of surface features, artifacts,
trails, solar markers and the results of a rudimentary acoustic experiment.
The details are fascinating and reveal possible answers to the questions
many of us ask when viewing rock art. If you want to know some of the
details about petroglyphs and this rock art site, join us.
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 18.
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Friday February 20, 2015: Phoenix
“The Process of Making Pottery” free presentation by Ron Carlos
and Jacob Butler; part of the Arizona SciTech Festival’s“The Science of
Pottery: Archaeological Research and Modern Examples” lecture series at the
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
This lecture by Pima-Maricopa potter Ron Carlos and Onk Akimel
O’Odham artist Jacob Butler will explore the many facets of a Native
American pottery-making process.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday February 21, 2015: Buckeye-Waddell, AZ:
“White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Allen Dart for Recreation
Centers of Sun City West in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, 20304 W.
White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, Arizona*
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $35 fee includes park entry fee
Saturday February 21, 2015: Buckeye-Waddell, AZ:
“White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Allen Dart for Recreation
Centers of Sun City West in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, 20304 W.
White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, Arizona*
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $35 fee includes park entry fee
Archaeologist Allen Dart guides this tour to see hundreds of
ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank Mountain Regional Park
west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along the 2.5-mile-roundtrip,
fairly flat Waterfall Canyon-Black Rock Loop Trail to see and photograph
dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas with picnic
facilities; then a profusely illustrated afternoon presentation by Mr. Dart
in the White Tank Mountain Regional Park Nature Center will discuss the rock
art of the Southwest including that in the park. Bring your own picnic lunch
and water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
for the tour online at www.rcscw.com (click on the EXPLORE tab in left-hand
column). For more information about registration contact Tamra Stark at
623-544-6194 or [log in to unmask] in Sun City West; for information
about the activity subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday February 25, 2015: Tubac, AZ
“Guided tour of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Site”
starting at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street in Tubac,
Arizona*
10:30 a.m. to noon; $10 fee includes admission to tour the
Presidio Park.
Special tour by local experts of the Spanish colonial
archaeological site that preserves the remains of the original Tubac town
site, just south of the Park, including residence foundations, plaza area,
refuse area and partial irrigation ditch. Meet at the Park’s Visitor Center.
Tour involves a walk of about 1-1/4 miles. Bring walking shoes, sunscreen
and hat. Tour limited to 15.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
reservations encouraged. For more information contact the Park at
520-398-2252 or [log in to unmask]
Friday February 27, 2015: Phoenix
“New Perspectives on the Organization of the Hohokam Economy”
free presentation by David R. Abbott; part of the Arizona SciTech
Festival’s“The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research and Modern
Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix*
Arizona State University associate professor Dr. Abbott and ASU
postdoctoral researcher Joshua Watts explore new perspectives on Hohokam
pottery production and distribution in the Phoenix Basin.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Wednesday March 4, 2015: Coolidge, AZ
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
Noon to 1 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
program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Dave Carney in Coolidge at 520-723-3172 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 March 6, 2015: Phoenix
“Tucson Basin Hohokam Ceramics” free presentation by
archaeologist William L. Deaver, MA, RPA.; part of the Arizona SciTech
Festival’s “The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research and Modern
Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix*
12-1 p.m. Free
The Tucson Basin is one of the few localities outside the middle
Gila River valley where a robust painted pottery tradition developed and
persisted. The painted pottery exhibits strong influences from Hohokam
potters working in the middle Gila River. This pictorial review of the
Tucson Basin pottery tradition reveals the strong influences of middle Gila
River potters, emphasizing characteristics within the Tucson Basin pottery
tradition that project a unique identity, and relationships with Hohokam
peoples and neighbors in adjoining river valleys.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday March 7, 2015: Yuma, AZ
“Arizona Archaeology Expo” at Quartermaster Depot State Historic
Park, 201 N. 4th Avenue, Yuma, AZ*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free
Reflecting the selection of the City of Yuma for this year’s
Arizona Archaeology Expo, the theme for this year's Arizona Archaeology and
Heritage Awareness Month is “Confluence of Travel, Trade, and Culture
Through Time.” The Arizona Archaeology Expo, the month’s featured event, is
held in a different community each year and features archaeology-related
hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, and other fun and educational
events. This year’s event at Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park will
include 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 tours of local rock art and pueblo
archaeological sites 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]
Wednesday March 11, 2015: Queen Creek, AZ
"Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona
Archaeological Society, San Tan Chapter, at Queen Creek Museum, 20435 S. Old
Ellsworth Road (southeast corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek Roads), Queen
Creek Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
7:30 p.m. 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. This program was made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Marie Britton at 480-390-3491 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]
Friday March 13, 2015: Phoenix
“The Role of Consumers in the Stylistic Development of
Red-on-buff Pottery” free presentation by Dr. Andrew Lack; part of the
Arizona SciTech Festival’s “The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research
and Modern Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E.
Washington St., Phoenix*
12-1 p.m. Free
This lecture discusses recent research on the social aspects of
stylistic variation in Hohokam Red-on-buff pottery in the Phoenix Basin
between A.D. 750 and 1300; specifically, whether or not the variation
between buff ware production groups was influenced by buff ware consumers.
These issues are important, first, because of the information they provide
on the role that buff ware potters played in their larger socio-economic
environment. Second, because they shed light on such aspects as the
specialization, interconnection, integration, and social conformity that
characterized Hohokam society to varying degrees over the centuries.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday March 14, 2015: Coolidge, AZ
"Ancestral Indian Life Skills Day” sponsored by Casa Grande
Ruins National Monument in partnership with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
at the Monument, 1100 Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Park general admission fees apply to access ruins
and museum. No fees for participation in event activities held at park
picnic area.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument will provide a fun-filled day of hands-on archeology activities for
children and adults alike including games, crafts, and demonstrations. Come
try your hand creating your own petroglyph, playing traditional games, and
more. Watch a flintknapper show how to make an arrowhead! Play traditional
Native American calendar-stick and other games on the ground, color
artifacts on coloring pages, grind corn using an ancient metate and mano,
practice bopping bunnies with rabbit-throwing-sticks! Learn how to make your
own petroglyphs, hand-built pottery, stone jewelry, cordage and agave rope,
split-twig-figurines, and dance rattles that you can take home! Activities
will take place in the park picnic area near the ballcourt. General park
admission applies for admittance to the museum and access to the ruins.
Admission for adults and children 16 years of age and older is $5.00.
Children 15 and younger are free.
No reservations needed. For more information visit the
<http://www.nps.gov/cagr/index.htm> http://www.nps.gov/cagr/index.htm web
site or contact Casa Grande Ruins National Monument at 520-723-3172 or Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday March 16, 2015: Tucson
“Archaeological Excavations at Ironwood Village: A Hohokam
Ballcourt Site in Marana” free presentation by Todd W. Bostwick at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, 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
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact John
D. Hall at Tucson telephone 520-205-2553 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Tuesday March 17, 2015: Bisbee, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Copper Queen Library, 6
Main St., Bisbee, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
5:30-6:30 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries, and the Akimel O'odham
(Pima) and Tohono O'odham (Papago) occupied this region historically.
Ancient Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide
archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for
interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and
explaining why the Hohokam 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, their time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs,
and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of
life. This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities..
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Librarian Peg White at 520-432-4232 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]; for
information about the activity subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 19, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Arizona State Museum Research
at Rock Art Ranch: Filling in Space and Time” by Richard C. Lange at
Dragon’s View Asian Cuisine, 400 N. Bonita Avenue (just west of the Santa
Cruz River between St. Mary's Rd. & Congress St.)
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
In the mid-1980s a consortium of concerned archaeologists,
agencies, tribal representatives, and citizens met to protect the ancestral
Hopi villages called “Homol’ovi” near Winslow in northeastern Arizona. The
plan focused on protecting the sites from further vandalism, and resulted in
the designation of Homol’ovi State Park and the founding of the Homol’ovi
Research Program (HRP) at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
(ASM). Between 1984 and 2006, HRP surveyed the park area (approximately 20
square miles) and excavated in 6 of the 7 pueblos recognized as part of this
Pueblo IV (AD 1300s) settlement cluster. However, the HRP’s recent research
in the Rock Art Ranch area just 20 miles south of Homol’ovi resulted in a
complete surprise, showing very different histories and settlement patterns
just within this small region. Guest Speaker Rich Lange, Associate Director
the ASM HRP, discusses the findings of this fascinating research project.
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 18.
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Friday March 20, 2015: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los
Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with
archaeologist Allen Dart, departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda
Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
As part of the annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness
Month celebration, 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 AD 650 and 1450.
Reservations required by Wednesday March 18. 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Friday March 20, 2015: Phoenix
“The Development and Evolution of Domestic Pottery in Arizona”
free presentation by Dr. Christopher Garraty; part of the Arizona SciTech
Festival’s “The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research and Modern
Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix*
12-1 p.m. Free
This talk focuses on the development of ceramic container
technology for everyday domestic use in prehistoric southern and central
Arizona. Simple pots were made as early as 2100 B.C. by mobile
hunter-gatherers in the Tucson Basin, but these early vessels appear to have
been used sparingly and for ritual purposes. Analyses of early pottery
indicate a trend of increasing popularity and use for a growing number of
domestic tasks and functions. Garraty discusses and explains several
competing hypotheses for the origins of pottery and highlights the argument
that best fits the available evidence.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday March 21, 2015: Tucson
"Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration" free children's activities at
City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors
St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center program, sponsored by Vista del Rio
Residents' Association, features hands-on activities, demonstrations, and
informational materials along the trails through Tucson's Vista del Rio
Cultural Park, where part of an ancient Hohokam Indian village is preserved,
to educate children, especially ages 6 to 12, about the ancient people who
lived at Vista del Rio and elsewhere in southern Arizona. Activities along
the trails through the park include demonstrations of traditional Native
American pottery-making and arrowhead-making, grinding your own corn using
an ancient metate and mano, learning to play traditional Native American
games, rabbit-throwing-stick target practice, and making hand-built pottery,
cordage and stone-and-bead jewelry, split-twig-figurines, and dance rattles
that you can take home.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday March 27, 2015: Phoenix
“Ceramic Evidence of Prehistoric Long Distance Interactions:
Intrusive Ceramics from Pueblo Grande” free presentation by archaeologists
Laurene Montero, MA, and Todd W. Bostwick, Ph.D., RPA; part of the Arizona
SciTech Festival’s “The Science of Pottery: Archaeological Research and
Modern Examples” lecture series at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E.
Washington St., Phoenix*
12-1 p.m. Free
Collections of nonlocal ceramics indicate the Pueblo Grande
Hohokam maintained widespread spheres of interaction, from southern Utah and
Colorado to northern Mexico. In this presentation we examine ware
distributions of intrusive ceramics collected at Pueblo Grande from
depression-era archaeology in the 1930s up to excavations conducted by
museum staff in the 1980s. We also compare these data to intrusive ceramics
collected from later excavations at Pueblo Grande as well as those from
other Hohokam sites in the vicinity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azscitechfest.org.
Saturday & Sunday March 28 & 29, 2015: Tucson
“Southwest Indian Art Fair” at the Arizona State Museum (ASM),
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; $10 per adult ($7 for
ASM members)
Southern Arizona’s premier Indian art show and market is on Arizona
State Museum’s front lawn, rain or shine. Shop for a wide array of
top-quality, handmade art as you meet 200 Native artists from around the
region all selling directly to the public. Talk with them about their work
and learn about their ancient cultures. Choose from pottery, katsina dolls,
paintings, jewelry, baskets, rugs, blankets, and much more. Bring the whole
family to enjoy artist demonstrations, Native foods, lively music, and
colorful dance performances.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask]
Sunday March 29, 2015: Camp Verde, AZ
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Verde Valley Archaeology
Fair sponsored by Verde Valley Archaeology Center at Camp Verde Community
Center, 395 S. Main Street, Camp Verde, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
1:30 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. This
program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Kenneth Zoll in Sedona at 928-593-0364 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 April 7, 2015: Sierra Vista, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for “Amazing Arizona” speaker
series at Sierra Vista Public Library, 2600 E. Tacoma St., Sierra Vista,
Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
1-2 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries, and the Akimel O'odham
(Pima) and Tohono O'odham (Papago) occupied this region historically.
Ancient Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide
archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for
interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and
explaining why the Hohokam 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, their time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs,
and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of
life. This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities..
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Librarian Susan Abend at 520-439-2263 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, April 7, 2015
“Ópatas, Eudeves, and Jovas, and Sonoran Insurrection
<http://your.website.address.here/> ” illustrated talk by David Yetman in
Center for English as a Second Language room 103, 1100 E James E Rogers Way,
University of Arizona, Tucson*
6-8 p.m. Free
At the time of contact with Spaniards, Ópatas appear to have
constituted the largest indigenous group in what would become the state of
Sonora. Popular history in Sonora suggests that Ópatas formed the basis for
the mestizo population of the state. A careful analysis of seventeenth and
eighteenth century records leads us to question this belief. It also leads
us to ask, who were the Eudeves, also prominent in colonial documents, and
the Jovas, less prominent but clearly present in the same region, and how
were they related to Ópatas? And what relationship did the three groups have
to periods of unrest and rebellion in Sonora? A reception underwritten in
part by Eldon and Jean Smith will follow the program, which is a
presentation of the annual Arnold and Doris Roland Distinguished Speaker
Series.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday and Sunday April 11 & 12, & Sunday April 19, 2015: Tucson
"Ancient Native American Pottery Replication Workshop: Corrugated Ware
of the Mogollon Culture" taught by ceramist 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.
9 a.m. to noon & 1-4 p.m. on first two days; 9 a.m. to noon on
second Sunday. Fee $70 ($56 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members); each participant must provide a small
water bowl, hand towel, & 2 plastic grocery bags; clay & all other class
materials are provided.
In this workshop students will explore and authentically
recreate corrugated pottery as it was made by the prehistoric Mogollon
culture. Mogollon corrugated pottery is sometimes overlooked because it is
not flashy like polished and painted pottery types, but a close examination
reveals an elegance of form and sophisticated techniques used in
construction. Workshop participants will learn the history of these pottery
types and experience the entire process of reproducing them from processing
raw materials, to hand coiling vessels, culminating in an authentic outdoor
pottery firing. This workshop will take place over the course of one weekend
during which the pots are created completely then left to dry, followed
later by a Sunday morning in which we will fire all the pottery produced.
Each participant will leave with a beautiful, authentic, finished
reproduction of a prehistoric corrugated pot. Any participants who are
unable to attend the later firing can arrange to have their pots fired and
shipped to them (student pays for shipping).
Instructor Andy Ward is a diligent student of southwestern
prehistory and archaeology who has worked with archaeologists to locate
resources in field surveys and in excavations. He began working to reproduce
prehistoric pottery while still in high school and has successfully
recreated many of the prehistoric pottery types of southern Arizona.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday April 16, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “The Billingsley Hopi Dancers” by
Kenneth Zoll at ****[restaurant to be announced], Tucson; cosponsored by
Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
In 1921 the Hopi were told that “church people” petitioned
Congress to stop their “pagan” dancing. A platform was erected on the U.S.
Capitol steps where both Houses of Congress assembled with their families to
see the Hopi dancers. Following the performance, Congress passed a
Resolution giving the Hopi permission to carry on their dancing “for all
time.” The dancers continued to perform culminating in performances at
Carnegie Hall in 1955. The Verde Valley Archaeology Center and Hopi Tribe
jointly received a grant to preserve a rare 1957 film of the dancers. This
presentation provides background and shows the film.
Kenneth Zoll is the Executive Director of the Verde Valley
Archaeology Center in Camp Verde. He is also a site steward with the Arizona
State Historic Preservation Office, and a volunteer docent at cultural
heritage sites in the Coconino National Forest. He has conducted extensive
fieldwork in cultural astronomy of the Southwest and is a certified
instructor in cultural astronomy with the Arizona Archaeological Society.
Zoll is the author of several popular books on cultural astronomy and rock
art in Central Arizona, as well as several cultural astronomy articles in
professional publications.
This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
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 15.
Monday April 20, 2015: Tucson
“The Great Battle of 1698 on the San Pedro River” free presentation by
archaeologist Deni J. Seymour at Arizona Archaeological and Historical
Society meeting, 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 thru Wednesday April 29-May 5, 2015:
Northern Arizona
“Trading Posts and Native Arts of the Navajo and Hopi” trip to
the Navajo and Hopi reservations led by Peter Booth, sponsored by the
nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA)**
PGMA & Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members $973 double
occupancy, $1,253 single; nonmembers $1,073 double, $1,353 single; price
includes $100 donation to PGMA, van transportation, admissions, and lodging
The artistic creations of the Navajo and Hopi are world renown.
The evolution of the native arts has been strongly linked to the trading
posts. Trading Posts on the Navajo and Hopi reservations served as a
cultural connection between these Native People and the outside world.
Besides serving as the social and economic centers for many of the Navajo
and Hopi communities, they have been central to the growth of the Native
arts among the Navajo and Hopi. One of the best ways to discover the culture
and art of the Navajo and Hopi reservations is by visiting trading posts.
Along the way, we will also enjoy the unique experience of participating in
a weaving auction.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For details contact [log in to unmask]
or call 602-495-0901.
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,
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
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.
Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
* 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]
Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
(but you don’t have to be there to win)
“Raffles of a 2015 Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition and
Southwestern Arts” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team and Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center.
Tickets are 5 for $100 or $25 each
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.
For Mustang Raffle 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
(but you don’t have to be there to win)
“Old Pueblo - Young People” fundraising raffle at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street to benefit Old Pueblo's children's
archaeology education programs. Raffle tickets are $5 apiece or five for
$20. You don't need to be present to win!
Art prizes to be given away in the Old Pueblo - Young People
raffle SO FAR (more will be added!) include:
1. Gray and smudged pottery seed jar by Kickapoo-Potawatomi
artist Pahponee with sgraffito anthropomorph, deer, spiral, fish, Zia Sun,
snake, Eagle Dancer, moon, comet, bird, bison, and shield designs, incised
with “Pahponee” and with crosshairs-in-circle and © designs on bottom, 6½
inches diameter by 3½ inches tall; valued at $600 by Bahti Indian Arts in
November 2012. (Photo 186)
2. Tohono O’odham (Papago) closed-stitch basket, bowl with
geometric design, 8 inches diameter by 3 inches tall; valued at $200+ by
Bahti Indian Arts in November 2012 (Photo 170)
3. Kachina doll on carved wooden pedestal, 9¼ inches tall,
spiral body emanating from carved pueblo at base, labeled “Qoia Mana
Todazafene” on bottom; probably Todachene (Navajo) according to Mark Bahti;
valued at $90-$110 by Bahti Indian Arts in November 2012. (Photo 157)
4. Carved wooden mask, ca. 12" tall, tag inside says Terascan
(Mexico), 7/98, c.1900?, 107.65 (mask is quite fragile); valued at $125 by
Bahti Indian Arts in August 2010 if age is authentic (which is uncertain).
(Photo 128)
5. Navajo prayer bundle fetish w/ reeds, feathers & piece of 6"
stone or petrified wood w/ face w/ bead eyes & mouth (Photo 19)
MORE PRIZES TO BE ADDED! Contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] for tickets and updated prize information.
(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, 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) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S 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
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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
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Before you contact us with a “stop sending” or “remove” request, however,
please note that if you received our communication through a listserve, Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center cannot remove your email address from that
listserve. The listserves to which Old Pueblo occasionally posts
announcements, and the email addresses to contact for inclusion in or
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