For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(2) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
(3) Our Mission and Support
(4) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Note that some activities listed here are sponsored by organizations other
than Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, and that some have deadlines for
preregistration.
* One asterisk indicates that this is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center-sponsored program and that another organization must be contacted to
register or to obtain more information.
** Two asterisks indicates that the activity is sponsored by the Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) but that Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
members can attend at the PGMA‘s member-discount rates.
**** Four asterisks is a prompt for more information or to indicate that Old
Pueblo is missing some information.
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday October 31, 2015
Deadline to purchase tickets for the “Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang
50th Anniversary Edition” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson charities and for the "Old
Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle, both to be held on November 13.
See announcements for both events below.
Tuesday August 4, 2015: Dragoon, AZ
“Revisiting the Archaeology of Durango, México: Old Problems,
New Perspectives” during brown bag lunch with Amerind’s Summer Resident
Scholar José Luis Punzo Diaz at Amerind Foundation, 2100 N. Amerind Rd.,
Dragoon, Arizona*
12-1 p.m. Free
The archaeology of Durango starts with the pioneering works of
Alden Mason and Donald Brand in the first half of the twentieth century,
thus establishing the ideas about the most northern Mesoamerican settlements
of the Chalchihuites culture. J. Charles Kelley then conducted an enormous
amount of work in the 1950s and 1960s that established all the major
research about the Chalchihuites culture as well as expanding archaeological
knowledge to other time periods. Unfortunately, the following two decades
were void of professional archaeological research in Durango. Since the
1990s, however, new archaeological projects were started. During the past
decade different projects, students, and researchers were trying to solve
some of the old problems pointed out by Kelley and his team by using new
techniques to offer a completely different perspective about the archaeology
of Durango. José Luis Diaz, an archaeologist and researcher at
INAH-Michoacán and external counselor for the Consejo de Arqueología in
Mexico, will talk about these new techniques and perspectives in his brown
bag presentation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call the Amerind Foundation at 520-586-3666 or visit
www.amerind.org <http://www.amerind.org/> .
Thursday-Sunday August 6-9, 2015: Colorado
“Pecos Archaeological Conference” at the Lost Canyon Ranch
approximately 9 miles north of Mancos Colorado.*
The Pecos Conference is an annual conference that has been held
nearly every year since 1927 under open skies in the southwestern United
States or northwestern Mexico, for people interested in the latest
southwestern U.S. archaeological research (including archaeologists). Under
a large, open tent, they spend three or more days together discussing recent
research, the problems of the field, and challenges of the archaeological
profession. In recent years, Native Americans, avocational archaeologists,
the general public and media organizations have participated and come to
speak with the archaeologists. These individuals and groups play an
increasingly important role, as participants and as audience, helping
professional archaeologists celebrate archaeological research and to mark
cultural continuity. Open to all, the Pecos Conference remains an important
and superlative opportunity to meet with professional archaeologists on a
one-on-one informal basis to learn about the profession, gain access to
resources and new research opportunities, and to test new methods and
theories related to archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pecos-Conference/203021673045677 or email
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Friday August 7, 2015: Phoenix
“Sunset Tour” at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, 3711 W. Deer
Valley Rd., Phoenix*
6:30-7:30 p.m. $7 adults, $3 children, $4 seniors; general
admission included
for same day only
Experience the wonder of one of Arizona's finest natural features in a
spectacular setting! Watch desert wildlife, including reptiles, squirrels,
birds, and the rare bobcat or javelina, awake at night on a special guided
tour looking at the historic Hedgpeth Hills site. View the over 1,500
prehistoric petroglyphs in a different light that can only be described as
magical.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Limited space
available. Reservations required. For more information contact Elizabeth
Gerold at 623-582-8007 or
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Thursday September 17, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner presentation: Title, guest speaker, & Tucson restaurant to
be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
Wednesday September 16.
Monday September 21, 2015: Tucson
“The Archaeology of the Human Experience” free presentation by
archaeologist Michelle Hegmon at Arizona Archaeological and Historical
Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N.
Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday September 23, 2015: Tucson-Marana
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart, departing from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.
in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los
Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and
bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals,
and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by 5 p.m. Tuesday
September 22: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday September 26, 2015: Tucson
“ASM Library Benefit Book Sale” at the Arizona State Museum,
1013 E. University Blvd. (just east of the U of A’s Main Gate at Park Ave. &
University Blvd.), Tucson*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission
This very popular USED book sale is hosted by the Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society. Books start at $2, journals as low as
50¢, huge selections in anthropology with emphasis on U.S. Southwest and
northern Mexico; non-academic materials, too! Proceeds benefit the ASM
Library. AAHS, ASM, and Arizona Archaeological Council members admitted one
hour early (at 9 a.m.) for exclusive shopping.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
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Fridays October 2-December 11, 2015 (except Friday Nov. 27): Tucson
“Prehistory of the Southwest Class: The Hohokam Culture of Southern
Arizona” with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
2201 W. 44th Street (at Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center,
just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park), Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Friday evening October 2 through December 11
(skip Thanksgiving weekend, November 27); fee of $95 ($80 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) does not
include cost of recommended text: The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and
Suzanne K. Fish, editors; available from Old Pueblo for $24.95 Old Pueblo &
PGMA members $19.96) or the cost of AAS membership or AAS Certification
Program registration1
Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in ten 2-hour sessions to
explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American
Southwest. The class cover Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement
systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including
ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and beyond
the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion and trade.
Each student is expected to prepare a BRIEF research report to be presented
orally or in written form. Minimum enrollment 10, maximum 20.
Reservations and payment required by 5 p.m. Tuesday September 29:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
1 Class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS)
Certification Program’s (www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm) “Advanced
Prehistory of the Southwest: Hohokam” class. The AAS basic “Prehistory of
the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable
with the instructor.
Saturday October 3, 2015: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in
Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and equipment.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and other
tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed to help
modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made traditional
crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale.
Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday, October 7, 2015: Waddell-Buckeye, AZ
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart featuring bonus photos of
petroglyphs in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, at the Maricopa County
White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, AZ
1-2:30 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
For event details contact Patty Dennehy at 602-651-2210 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday October 9, 2015: Green Valley, AZ
“Hohokam and Mimbres Archaeology, Art, and Ideology” adult education
class with archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at Pima
Community College Green Valley Campus Room 203, 1250 W. Continental Rd.,
Green Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
members; OLLI-UA Green Valley membership fee of $95 for Fall session or $130
for entire year allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses
Comparison of New Mexico’s Classic Mimbres culture (AD 1000-1130)
pottery and rock art with the ceramics and rock images of the
contemporaneous Hohokam culture of southern Arizona helps define the spheres
of those cultures’ art and ideology. Certain icons are common to both
Hohokam and Mimbres art, whereas each culture also exhibits repeated motifs
that apparently were rarely or never produced by the other. Comparison and
contrast of the shared and unshared art images, and of other aspects of
Hohokam and Mimbres cultures, suggest similarities as well as differences in
their respective religious beliefs and practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
join Green Valley OLLI visit https://ce.arizona.edu/olli to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask],
or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday & Saturday October 9 & 10, 2015: El Paso
“19th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference” at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso*
****Times; fees
Archaeologists working in the Jornada Branch of the Mogollon culture
area of the American Southwest present their recent research during this
conference. Geographically the Jornada Mogollon extends from Carrizozo, New
Mexico on the north to just south of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico on the
south, and from east of Deming, New Mexico, eastward to the Pecos River.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact George Maloof at 915-755-4332 or
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Thursday October 15, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner presentation: Title, guest speaker, & Tucson restaurant
location to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday October 14.
Thursday-Sunday October 15-18, 2015: Safford, AZ
“Southwest Kiln Conference” at Eastern Arizona College’s
Discovery Park Campus, 1651 Discovery Park Blvd., Safford, Arizona*
Thursday afternoon-Sunday afternoon; conference is free to
participants and observers but there are costs for optional conference
T-shirt, Saturday barbecue, lunch delivery and beginners pottery workshop
An informal gathering of archaeologists, potters and other folks
with an interest in ancient and modern southwestern ceramic technology, this
event has been held nearly every year since 2003 at various sites in the
American Southwest. The SWKC provides opportunities for people with a range
of interests and skill levels; a beginners’ pottery workshop, archaeological
panel discussions, presentations and demonstrations of prehistoric pottery
technology, pottery firings, and a field trip to dig clay. The deadline for
registration is October 1, 2015.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information see the conference schedule page
<http://www.swkiln.com/schedule/> , then use the conference registration
<http://www.swkiln.com/conference-registration/> form to reserve your
place.
Monday October 19, 2015: Tucson
“Ancient Woodworking, Animal Use, and Hunting Practices in
Southeastern Utah: New Insights from the Study of Early Perishable
Collections” free presentation by Chuck LaRue and Laurie Webster at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical
Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday October 26-30, 2015: AZ & NM
Arizona Pathfinders’ “The Rustic Border Region of Arizona and
New Mexico” coach tour departing from Arizona Historical Society Museum, 949
E. Second St., Tucson*
7:30 a.m. Monday-ca. 4:15 p.m. Friday; $999 double occupancy
(Pathfinders members $984); single supplement add $185
Join Arizona Pathfinders for a memorable tour to remote parts of
the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert that have changed little since
early settlement days. Includes Safford, AZ (Samaniego Freight Train
Massacre and Wham Robbery sites, Mormon farming towns, the Pima Museum. the
Mills Pottery Collection at Eastern Arizona College, and historic downtown);
Salt River Canyon, AZ; Springerville, AZ (guided tours of four museums,
movie on the history of Round Valley, Dinosaur Museum that features recently
discovered Zuniceratops dinosaur, famous Western Drug and General Store,
Madonna of the Trail statue, and Rattlesnake Ruin at Lyman Lake); Plains of
San Augustin, NM (National Optical Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array
radiotelescope and history of this area); Reserve, NM (history of ranchers,
timber industry, U.S. Forest Service, and historic lawman Elfego Baca);
Silver City, NM (supper at the renowned Buckhorn Saloon and Restaurant in
Piños Altos, guided tour of Ft. Bayard with costumed docents, Chino Mine
overlook, Silver City Museum, shopping in the historic district, and dinner
at the remote Bear Mountain Lodge); City of Rocks State Park, NM; Columbus,
NM (Pancho Villa State Park and the Depot); and Deming, NM (Deming-Luna
Historical Museum). Arizona Pathfinders, Inc. is an organization of
dedicated volunteers whose purpose is to support the Arizona Historical
Society, Southern Division.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Registration due
by October 9. For more information email Pathfinders at
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Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
“Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition” by Tucson’s
Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other
Tucson charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team is presenting a new 2015 Ford
Mustang, 50th Anniversary Edition, to be used as the featured prize in a
raffle to raise millions of dollars for Tucson-area nonprofit organizations.
And, to sweeten the raffle, for every Mustang ticket we sell, Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center will enter a “Piggyback” ticket for the purchaser into
Old Pueblo’s separate November 13 “Old Pueblo - Young People” fundraising
raffle drawing for southwestern works of art, described below! With your $25
contribution (or 5 raffle tickets for $100) you could win this
collector’s-item 2015 Mustang or one of the Old Pueblo art prizes (or
both!). The best part is that 100% of your contribution will support Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our
sales of the Mustang raffle tickets.
Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs
for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help.
A maximum of 100,000 tickets will be distributed for the Mustang
raffle. To be entered in both the Mustang and Old Pueblo Piggyback raffles
your contributions for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old
Pueblo by October 31 so that we can turn them in to the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s raffle coordinator by November 6. The drawing will be held on
November 13.
The rules of the Mustang raffle require that Old Pueblo account for
all tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets; therefore,
payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets. The ticket price
is $25 apiece or five tickets for $100. Tickets may be purchased by check
sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling Allen Dart at
520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card payment
authorization, or through the PayPal portal on Old Pueblo’s
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you have
provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawings for
you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
Tickets for the Mustang raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each. Deadline to
purchase tickets from Old Pueblo is Saturday October 31. For tickets or more
information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] For
more information about the Jim Click Automotive Team’s 2015 Mustang raffle
visit www.millionsfortucson.org <http://www.millionsfortucson.org/> .
Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
"Old Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle to benefit Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center’s children’s education programs, at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson
8 p.m. Tickets are 5 for $20 or $5 each.
The GRAND PRIZE in Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s 2016 "Old
Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle is a 66 by 37 inch, red, black,
and white Navajo rug-saddle blanket appraised at up to $800 by two of
Tucson’s best-known Indian arts shops.
Other prizes to be given away in the raffle include a hand-made
pottery seed jar by Kickapoo-Potawatomi artist Pahponee valued at $600; a
Tohono O’odham (Papago) closed-stitch basket valued at $200+; a “Qoia Mana
Todazafene” kachina doll valued at $90-$110; a ca.1900 Tarascan Wooden mask
valued at $125; a petrified-wood-and-feathers “Navajo prayer bundle” fetish;
4 reproductions of ancient Mexican painted clay faces; 10 Southwestern
prehistoric pottery reproductions; 17 vintage archaeology-theme T-shirts and
1 sweatshirt; and 2 places on an archaeologist-guided tour to the Tucson
area’s Los Morteros Hohokam village & Picture Rocks petroglyphs
archaeological sites. Proceeds from ticket sales will help make it possible
for Old Pueblo to continue offering our children’s archaeology education
programs, which include the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation
learning program, our OPENOUT in-classroom education programs, and our
guided archaeological site tours for kids.
Deadline to purchase tickets is Saturday October 31. For tickets
or more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
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Monday November 16, 2015: Tucson
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Deni Seymour at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal
Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Recent research provides evidence of ancestral Apaches in the southern
Southwest at least as early as the A.D. 1300s. Some of this evidence comes
from chronometric dates obtained from a feature type that comparative
ethnographic information (including rarely used land claims documents)
indicates were used for storage. These features, called platform caches,
provide rare and ideal material for accurate dating because they are often
covered with grass or leaves. Dates from these features, on Apache pottery,
and from roasting pits, all in direct association with Apache material
culture of other types (including rock art), provide a continuous sequence
of use from at least as early as the A.D. 1300s through the late 1700s. New
information about a western route south to this region is combined with
other evidence regarding the presence of the earliest ancestral Apache three
centuries earlier than many have argued, even in areas where Coronado did
not see them.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 19, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner presentation: Title, guest speaker, & Tucson restaurant
location to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
Wednesday November 18. Saturday December 5, 2015: Tohono O'odham
Reservation, AZ
"Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave, Petroglyphs, and Himdag Ki Cultural Center"
car-caravan educational tour to sites in and near Topawa, Arizona, with Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center executive director Allen Dart, departing from Pima
Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m.-5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees of the
Tohono O’odham Nation)
In an educational adventure into Native American culture, this tour
meets in Tucson at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian
Reservation for visits to the Tohono O'odham Cultural Center & Museum, the
Picture Rock petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic Baboquivari Camp,
and a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave site. We will visit the
Cultural Center in Topawa, Arizona, from 10 a.m. to 11:30, then drive 12
miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary home of the Tohono O'odham
Creator deity I’itoi), stopping for bring-your-own picnic lunch at
Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps camp site in the
oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. After lunch we will take a
moderate-difficulty, two-mile-roundtrip, 1,000-foot-elevation-difference
hike up a trail that leads halfway up the peak, to visit a cave site
traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the deity I’itoi. Finally,
we will visit Picture Rock, a small butte that contains petroglyphs and
pictographs, bedrock mortars, and ancient artifacts. Modern Tohono O’odham
offerings may be present in some of the visited locations. Artifact
collecting is not permitted, and photos are not allowed in the cave but are
OK outside of it. Registrants may either meet the tour group at 8 a.m.
Saturday in Tucson and car-caravan onto the reservation, or may camp in
Baboquivari Camp on their own the night before the field trip and meet the
tour group at the Cultural Center Saturday morning. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday December 2: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday December 17, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “From Hohokam to Salado: The
Kayenta Diaspora in the Southwest” with archaeologist Dr. Jeffery J. Clark
at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
Wednesday December 16.
January 14-16, 2016: Tucson
“5th Biennial Southwest Symposium” on the theme of “Engaged
Archaeology” at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center,
1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
5 p.m. Thursday-5 p.m. Saturday; fees before Dec. 1, 2015: $80 regular
attendees, $40 students; after Dec. 1: $100 regular, $50 students
The Southwest Symposium promotes new ideas and directions in the
archaeology of the United States Southwest and the Mexican Northwest. The
2016 symposium focuses on Engaged Archaeology, showcasing collaborative and
participatory work with descendant groups and local communities, public
archaeology, and interdisciplinary work, in spoken and poster sessions.
Presentations demonstrate how engaged archaeology results in new
understandings of the past and broadens the relevance of archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at
regonline.com/southwestsymposium; for more information contact Sarah Herr at
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Saturday January 16, 2016: Ajo, AZ
“Charlie Bell Canyon Petroglyphs and Archaeology Tour” with Rick and
Sandi Martynec in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west of Ajo,
Arizona; depart in car caravan from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita
Ave., Tucson; or Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS)
headquarters, 611 N. 2nd Ave., Ajo
6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. if joining car caravan from Tucson or 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. if meeting tour in Ajo (end times are estimates only); $45 ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The Charlie Bell Well locality in the Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS) near Ajo, Arizona, includes more than 3,000
petroglyphs, most of them attributed to the Archaic (ca. 8000 BC-AD 500) and
Patayan (ca. AD 500-1500) archaeological cultures. There are also ancient
Native American trails, archaeological features, and artifacts in the canyon
near the historic well site. Upon arrival at CPNWS headquarters at 9 a.m. we
will drive approximately 1½ hours to the Charlie Bell Well trailhead, then
hike about ¾-mile (another hour) to reach the petroglyphs. There is a
750-foot elevation drop from the parking area to the well, so participants
can expect to be chugging back up the hill on the return hike to the
vehicles.
Cautions: Participants must each bring water and lunch, are
advised to wear hats and sunscreen. At the CPNWS check-in point in Ajo one
must show a government-issued ID, describe your vehicle, obtain an entry
permit, and sign a Hold Harmless agreement for the Department of Defense
before entering the refuge. High-clearance vehicles are required for the
roads in the CPNWS and 4-wheel drive is recommended. Carpooling is required
once we rendezvous in Ajo because CPNWS limits the number of vehicles that
can be taken into the wildlife refuge. You may want to plan to spend the
night in Ajo.
Reservations required by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 13:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday January 20, 2016: Phoenix
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Heard Museum Guild's "history of pottery"
series at the Heard Museum’s Steele Auditorium, 2301 N. Central Ave.,
Phoenix*
10-11 a.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart shows Native American ceramic styles that
characterized specific eras in the U.S. Southwest prior to about 1300, and
discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating archaeological sites and
interpreting ancient lifeways. He discusses the importance of context in
archaeology, how the things people make change in style over time, and how
different styles are useful for identifying different cultures and for
dating archaeological sites. His many illustrations include examples of
ancient pottery types made throughout the American Southwest from about 2000
to 700 years ago, as a prelude to the Heard’s January 28 and February 4
presentations about post-1300 Acoma, Hopi, and other Southwestern pottery
types.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact David Rothberg at 602-750-3248 (C), 602-224-9674 (H), or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday February 20, 2016: Tohono O'odham Nation, AZ
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing
from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fee $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees
of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning car-caravan
tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National
Historic Landmark site. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations
in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden, evidence
was found for human occupation going back from historic times to around
10,000 years ago. The cave, which actually is a very large rockshelter, also
contains pictographs, petroglyphs, and other archaeological features used by
Native Americans for thousands of years. Tour leaves Tucson at 6 a.m. to
ensure the pictographs can be seen in the best morning light. Fees will
benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s efforts to develop a
caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 29: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday March 5, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
“Arizona Archaeology Expo” at Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with regular park admission
The Arizona Archaeology Expo is the main event of the annual
Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month in March. Held in a
different community each year, the Expo features archaeology-related
hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, and other fun and educational
events. The Expo also features displays by archaeological and historical
organizations, museums, Native American tribes, state and federal agencies,
and others, allowing visitors to participate as archaeologists might in
their research today, or make crafts and tools that teach how prehistoric
Native Americans and other early inhabitants survived in the Southwest.
Cultural and historical demonstrations, talks by archaeologists, and
interactive activities will help make the past come alive, and special
archaeology tours in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument will be offered.
Free-prize raffles will occur throughout the day.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
more detailed information, contact Kris Dobschuetz, SHPO Compliance
Specialist, at 602-542-7141 or [log in to unmask] or Dave Carney in
Coolidge at 520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask]
(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows
students and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in
“OPEN3,” a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a
southern Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of
prehistoric pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for
cooking, storage, and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students
participating in the program get to learn and practice techniques used to
excavate real archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific
interpretation of how ancient people constructed their houses, what they
looked like, ate, and believed in, and how they created beauty in their
lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient
Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about
people through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect
prelude for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can simply
follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our
printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can also
donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation Form” at
Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I
hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo Archaeology
bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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(4) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo typically sends two email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS each month that
tell about upcoming activities that we and other southwestern U.S.
archaeology and history organizations offer. We also email pdf copies of our
Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some
other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months.
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]>
Southwest Archaeology Today: <[log in to unmask]>
Utah Professional Archaeological Council:
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