For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Request for Volunteers on March 14 and March 21
(2) Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(3) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
(4) Our Mission and Support
(5) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS ON MARCH 14 AND MARCH 21
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is cosponsoring two important archaeological
and cultural education events for children this month (Arizona Archaeology
and Heritage Awareness Month),for which we can use volunteer assistance. The
first will be on Saturday March 14 in partnership with the Casa Grande Ruins
National Monument, at that monument in Coolidge, Arizona. The other will be
the following Saturday, March 21, at Tucson’s Vista del Rio Cultural
Resource Park, in partnership with the local Vista del Rio Residents'
Association. Each of these events is described in section 3 below.
If you like archaeology and being around kids, and are available to
volunteer your help for one or more hours on either of these dates, please
contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201
at your earliest convenience.
(2) 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 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.
March 1-31, 2015: Throughout Arizona*
March is Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month! You
can now find the Arizona State Parks-State Historic Preservation Office 2015
listing of March 2015 events at http://azstateparks.com/archy/. (Once you
get to that web page you have to scroll down a bit to see the individually
listed events.)
* Only some of the listed activities are Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center events. Enjoy Archaeology Month!
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*
Noon to 1 p.m. Park general admission fees apply to access ruins
and museum; no additional fees for the event
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-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]
Thursday March 5, 2015
“In the Shadows of the Monuments of Bahariya Oasis, Egypt” free
presentation by Hussein Bassir for Archaeological Institute of America,
Central Arizona Society, in Kiva Lecture Hall., ASU West Campus, 4701 West
Thunderbird Road, Glendale, Arizona*
6-7 p.m. Free
Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Hussein Bassir (University of Arizona
and Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt) will speak about his excavations at
Bahariya Oasis in Egypt. This lecture is offered in partnership with ARCE
Arizona. Visitor parking (for a fee) is available in Lot 12, to the north of
Kiva along University Way North between 47th and 49th avenues.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Almira Poudrier at [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 in Yuma*
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: Coolidge, AZ
“The Construction of Pithouses in the Hohokam Tradition” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona*
Noon to 1 p.m. Park general admission fees apply to access ruins
and museum; no additional fees for the event
For millennia, ancient residents of different parts of the
Southwest lived in pithouses, structures that were partially dug into the
ground and constructed with wood, reed, and mud coverings. Ancient
technologies expert Allen Denoyer will describe the construction process
that Tucson’s Archaeology Southwest organization used recently to build a
Hohokam-style pithouse. Allen Denoyer has worked in southwesternand Rocky
Mountains archaeology since the early 1990s and is a renowned replicator of
prehistoric artifacts and cultural features.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Dave Carney in Coolidge at 520-723-3172 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 San Tan Historical Society
Museum, 20435 S. Old Ellsworth Road (southeast corner of Ellsworth and Queen
Creek Roads), Queen Creek Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE FROM WHAT WE REPORTED LAST MONTH: 7-8:30
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 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 [log in to unmask]
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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
Recent excavations by PaleoWest Archaeology at the Ironwood
Village site in Marana, Arizona, provide new data on the Hohokam Colonial
period occupation of the Tucson Basin. Ironwood Village is a Pioneer and
Colonial period habitation site where a previously unknown ballcourt, 113
pit structures, and 264 burials were recorded during the excavation of the
entire site (7 acres) in 2014. In the middle of the ballcourt was a
high-status cremation burial that may represent the closing of the ballcourt
related to the abandonment of the village during the late Rillito phase.
Where the Ironwood Village inhabitants moved and other research questions
are being examined with data from the excavations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday 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
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 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, Tucson (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
[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]
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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 (Arizona
State Museum members $7) , youth under 18 & students with valid ID free
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]
Saturday, March 28, 2015: Tucson
“4th Annual Native American Arts Auction” by the Friends of Hubbell
Trading Post National Historic Site during Southwest Indian Art Fair (SWIAF)
in Center for English as a Second Language Auditorium, 1100 E James E Rogers
Way (east of the Arizona State Museum [ASM] on University of Arizona
campus), Tucson*
9-11 a.m. preview of auction items; 12 noon bidding begins; 10% buyers
premium, no sales tax; free admission to auction, admission to SWIAF $10 per
adult (Arizona State Museum members $7) , youth under 18 & students with
valid ID free
Live auction of rugs, pottery, baskets, katsina dolls, jewelry, crafts
and more. Convenient covered parking available in multistoried garages at 1)
Euclid Ave. and Second St. or 2) Tyndall Ave. and Fourth St., both one block
east of ASM (parking is free on weekends)
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.FriendsofHubbell.org or www.StateMuseum.Arizona.edu or
contact Frank Kohler at 602-571-1122.
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.
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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.
Monday May 18, 2015: Tucson
“The Ritual Practice of Hohokam Rock Art in the Phoenix Basin”
free presentation by Aaron Wright 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]
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,
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 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]
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]
Friday-Sunday November 6-8, 2015: Tucson to Sonora, Mexico
“Kino MissionsTour” in northern Sonora, Mexico, sponsored by
Tucson’s Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC) *
$525 per person includes transportation, lodging (double occupancy),
and meals
More than 300 years ago, a tireless Jesuit priest by the name of
Eusebio Francisco Kino made countless forays on horseback throughout much of
what is now the northern Mexican state of Sonora and Arizona. Father Kino
brought with him ideas and material culture – chiefly the Christian faith,
the Spanish language, cattle, and crops – that would change the region
deeply and forever. Join us in retracing the steps of Kino and the
missionaries who followed him. You’ll be guided by scholars and enthusiasts
who know and love the region and volunteer their time to share it with
others.
Along the way you’ll stand in awe before the evocative church ruins of
Cocóspera and Átil, marvel at the mysteries of the spectral paintings on the
church walls at Pitiquito, delight in the exuberance of Magdalena, take in
the simple beauty of Oquitoa, and bask in the rosy glow on the setting sun
as it reflects off the twin towers of Caborca’s mission. You’ll take a side
trip into prehistory with a visit to the archaeological site of Trincheras
and its new museum. You’ll lunch al fresco near the river at Tubutama, and
in the shade of quince trees watered by the centuries-old acequia just
across from San Ignacio’s church. And at day’s end, you’ll savor dinner and
margaritas on the patio of our host hotel.
Best of all, you’ll have many opportunities to meet the open and
friendly people of Sonora—whose traditions, language, and ethnicity combine
the region’s Native and Spanish cultures, representing the best of both
worlds.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For reservations or
more information contact Gail Bornfield at 520-797-8825 or
[log in to unmask] Passport required. Reservation deadline September 30,
2015.
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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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 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.
(4) 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.
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, 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.
(5) 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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(6) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo typically sends two email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS each month that
tell about upcoming activities that we and other southwestern U.S.
archaeology and history organizations offer. We also email pdf copies of our
Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some
other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months.
If you do not wish to receive further email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS from Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center but are willing to receive emails on other topics
please send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message “Please stop
sending activity announcements” in the Subject line. If you do not wish to
receive any more emails from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for any reason,
please feel free to send an email to [log in to unmask] with the word
“Remove” in the subject line.
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
removal from each list, include:
Archaeological Society of New Mexico: <[log in to unmask]>
Arizona Archaeological Council: Walter Duering
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Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams
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Historical Archaeology: <[log in to unmask]>
New Mexico Archaeological Council: David Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
Rock Art-Arizona State University: Gary Hein <[log in to unmask]>
Society for American Archaeology Public Archaeology Interest Group:
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Southwest Archaeology Today: <[log in to unmask]>
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