For Immediate Release
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Upcoming Activities
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
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Our Mission and Support
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Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
LOOKING AHEAD: Friday December 1, 2017
December 1st is the deadline to purchase tickets for the December 14
“Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2017 Ford Explorer Platinum, Two
First-Class Airline Tickets, and $5,000 Cash” by Tucson’s Jim Click
Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson
charities. See full announcement for this event below.
Thursday-Monday June 1-5, 2017: Redmond, OR
“ARARA 2017 Annual Conference” at the Lodge at the Eagle Crest Resort,
1522 SW Cline Falls Rd., Redmond, Oregon*
The American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) invites all
persons interested in rock art research to attend its 2017 Annual Conference
convening on June 1st. ARARA will offer two days of guided field trips on
June 2 and 5, visiting a variety of intriguing rock art sites in the area,
where attendees will discover the richness of the local rock art heritage.
Presentations on current rock art research will form the centerpiece of the
meeting on June 3 and 4. Other special cultural activities are planned
throughout the conference, including social events and vendor offerings of
rock art-related merchandise. The conference is open to all.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
registration and more information visit arara.org/conference.html
<http://arara.org/conference.html> or email Monica Wadsworth-Seibel at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday June 3, 2017: Chaco Canyon, NM
“Interpretive Hike to Chaco Canyon’s Supernova Pictograph” departing
from Pueblo del Arroyo parking lot in Chaco Culture National Historical
Park, northwestern New Mexico*
9 a.m.-1 p.m. (or later with optional Peñasco Blanco pueblo hike; free
with regular park admission fee
To celebrate National Trails Day you can go on this interpretive hike
to the Supernova Pictograph with a park ranger to learn about the
archaeological sites as well as the natural world of Chaco Canyon. The hike
is relatively flat and easy but is six miles roundtrip. It will end at the
Supernova Pictograph but hikers are invited to complete the full trail by
continuing on to Peñasco Blanco, making the entire hike eight miles
roundtrip. Visitors will see several unique cultural features along the
trail: Kin Kletso and Casa Chiquita are two ancient structures aligning the
path, and soon after a petroglyph trail branches off for a short distance.
Farther along, hikers will cross the wash to the southern side of the canyon
before finally coming to the Supernova Pictograph. Bring plenty of water,
snacks, and sunscreen.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Hilary Grabowska at 505-786-7014 ext. 261 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursdays June 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2017: Tucson
“Four Thursdays in June” children’s summer program at Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
9 to 10:30 a.m. each Thursday; $50 for the four-session class
The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum is offering a new
children’s program this summer called “Four Thursdays in June” to show
children in grades 3-6 what it would have been like to be a child in Arizona
and New Mexico during the 1820s. Drawing from the book Josefina from the
American Girl series, children attending the program will experience
hands-on activities that will demonstrate games, crafts, and chores of the
period. As craft projects will be ongoing, children should plan on attending
all four sessions, detailed below, and parents are welcome as well.
June 8: Period chores and making clay beads
June 15: Planting and painting with cochineal dye
June 22: Spinning wool and making simple marionettes
June 29: Fun and games of the period
The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, located on the northeast
corner of the original Tucson Presidio, is a reconstruction of the original
Tucson Presidio built in 1775.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Children must
register at www.TucsonPresidio.com <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> by June
1st. For more information contact April Bourie at 520-444-3687.
Wednesday-Friday June 14-16, 2017: Oro Valley, AZ
“It's In Our Nature” 2017 Arizona Historic Preservation Conference at
the Hilton El Conquistador Hotel, 10000 N Oracle Rd, Oro Valley, Arizona*
Times TBA. $225 per person to register; discounts available for early
registration, full-time students, and Site Stewards.
For the first time in history, the annual Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference will be conducted in Oro Valley, and folks on the
host committees are rolling out the red carpet and are ecstatic to bring
many historic preservation professionals to town. This year's conference
theme is “It's In Our Nature” to focus on how nature affects preservation,
whether protecting our historic and cultural resources from the damaging
effects of nature, preserving our natural historic and cultural landscapes,
or ensuring that our valuable resources are preserved within their natural
setting. The new Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer, Kathryn
Leonard, and her staff will present their vision for Arizona's historic
preservation mission and vision. There will be pre-conference workshops on
June 14 followed by outstanding social networking events and fascinating
breakout sessions, and informative keynote presenters. Saturday will offer
unique opportunities to tour some familiar and not-so-familiar historic
sites with experts who manage them.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.azpreservation.com <http://www.azpreservation.com> ,
email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ,
or call 602-568-6277.
Monday June 19, 2017: Tucson
“Turquoise and Social Identity in the Late Prehispanic Western Pueblo
Region, A.D. 1275–1400” free presentation by Saul Hedquist, with discussion
by Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa (Hopi Tribe) and Octavius Seowtewa (Pueblo of
Zuni), for Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at
Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.,
Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Turquoise is synonymous with the U.S. Southwest, occurring naturally
in relative abundance and culturally prized for millennia. As color and
material, turquoise is fundamental to the worldviews of numerous indigenous
groups of the region, with notable links to moisture, sky, and personal and
familial vitality. For Pueblo groups in particular, turquoise and other
blue-green minerals hold a prominent place in myth, ritual, aesthetics, and
cosmology. They continue to be used as important offerings, deposited in
shrines and decorating objects like prayer-sticks, fetishes, and adornments.
Archaeological occurrences of turquoise in contexts such as caches,
structural foundations, and burials demonstrate its important, perhaps
ritually oriented role in prehispanic Pueblo practices. This presentation
addresses the myriad uses of turquoise and other blue-green minerals in the
late prehispanic (AD 1275-1400) Western Pueblo region of northeastern
Arizona and western New Mexico, considering evidence from archaeology,
geochemistry, and ethnography.
* 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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Monday-Friday June 19-23, 2017: Tucson
“Museum Summer Camp for Adults: Basket Identification Workshop” with
Diane Dittemore, associate curator of ethnological collections, at the
Arizona State Museum, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
Times TBA. $480 ($440 fo ASM members ($280 or $240 tax deductible)
Through hands-on activities you will learn about basketry culture
history, materials, and technologies. You will learn how to identify major
basketry types and can try your hand at basket weaving guided by Native
weavers. A tour through ASM’s conservation lab will include a presentation
on the care of basketry. Enjoy a lecture by a local long-time basket-trader.
No prior training or experience required! Space limited to 12.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To be added to
the waiting list contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday June 24, 2017:: Vail, AZ
“16th Annual Ha:san Bak Saguaro Festival” hosted by Colossal Cave
Mountain Park and members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, in the Park, 16721
E. Old Spanish Trail, Vail, Arizona*
5 a.m. Sunrise Workshop $65 per person or 2 for $100 by reservation
only (but includes free public portion if desired); 10 a.m.-2 p.m. public
portion free
This festival focuses on the saguaro cactus’s physiology and cultural
significance primarily with the Tohono O'odham Tribal Nation. The Sunrise
Workshop includes manufacturing traditional tools, harvesting the fruits,
and learning about the cultural significance of this ancient tradition.
Depending on the harvest all participants get syrup to take home with them,
and invaluable experiences in this rich tradition. Public portion (also
included in the workshop if participants wish to stay) includes
presentations, archaeological hikes, demonstrations of flintknapping,
hands-on cultural activities, and native frybread.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For reservations
(required for the workshop only) or more information contact Lauren Hohl at
520-647-7275 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Monday July 17, 2017: Tucson
“New Discoveries and Native American Traditional Knowledge at
Montezuma Castle National Monument” free presentation by Matthew Guebard for
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at Banner
University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
This presentation will discuss the use of archaeological information
and Native American oral histories to investigate and interpret the
abandonment of Castle A and the Montezuma Castle pueblo sites near Camp
Verde, Arizona. Archaeological data and traditional knowledge suggest both
sites were abandoned following a large and destructive fire at Castle A, and
archaeological evidence suggests this event occurred in the late 14th
century and included arson and physical violence. Oral histories of the Hopi
Tribe and the Yavapai-Apache Nation recount the same violent event
represented in the archaeological record and suggest that a land dispute
caused ancestral Yavapai and Apache people to attack Montezuma Castle and
Castle A, which was inhabited by the ancestral Hopi. As the oral histories
recount, the attack prompted the Castles’ inhabitants to abandon both sites
and forced them on a migration path that eventually ended in the village of
Songoòpavi, located on the Hopi Mesas. While oral histories are sometimes
dismissed as “inaccurate” records of the past, many archaeologists have come
to increasingly rely on these histories to supplement archaeological data.
* 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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday July 22, 2017: Prescott, AZ
"Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces"free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Phippen Museum, 4701 Highway 89 North,
Prescott, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
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. This
program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information about the program contact Neal McEwen at 928-778-1385 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Monday-Friday July 24-28, 2017: Tucson
“Museum Summer Camp for Adults: Ancestral Pueblo Glaze Painted
Pottery” with Dr. Suzanne Eckert, head of collections, at the Arizona State
Museum, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
Times TBA. $480 ($440 fo ASM members ($280 or $240 tax deductible)
Glaze painted pottery in the American Southwest is the only
pre-European glaze technology in the new world. Ancestral Pueblo peoples
began to make glaze paints in the early 14th C. and continued to make them
until the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. After the revolt, the ingredients for glaze
paint recipes were no longer available and the recipes were eventually
forgotten. Camp participants will learn about the types of Pueblo glaze
painted pottery, and the relationship these types have with religious
practice, trade, and identity. They will then apply this knowledge to case
studies from the Rio Abajo of New Mexico, examining material that spans the
entire glaze-paint chronology. No prior training or experience required!
Lectures and will be offered in the mornings, with hands-on activities in
the afternoons. Space limited to 12.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To be added to
the waiting list contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday September 18, 2017: Tucson
“Zuni Heritage and Cultural Landscape Documentation through Film: Zuni
and the Grand Canyon” free presentation by Kurt Dongoske for Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at 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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday September 21, 2017: Tucson
Guest presentation and speaker at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner at a Tucson-area restaurant to be
announced
****Description coming. [Lewis Borck cancelled on April 3, 2017].
Reservations are required: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO THAT
YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the Fire Code
limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
Friday September 22, 2017: Tucson
“Autumn 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 calendar 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 and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday September 20:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Fridays September 29-December 8, 2017 (except Nov. 24): Tucson
“Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona”
adult-education class (first of 10 weekly class sessions) taught by
archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th
Street, Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Friday evening September 29 through December 8
(skip Thanksgiving weekend, November 24); fee of $95 ($80 for members of Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society, or Pueblo Grande
Museum Auxiliary) does not include the cost of Arizona Archaeological
Society membership or AAS Certification Program registration1 or 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)
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 covers 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.
Students seeking the AAS Certification are 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 26:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
1 Class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS)
Certification Program’s “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. For information on
the AAS and its Certification program visit
(www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm
<http://www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm> ).
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hokam Prehistory” in your email subject line.
Thursday October 19, 2017: Tucson
Guest presentation and speaker at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner at a Tucson-area restaurant to be
announced
Reservations are required: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD
PUEBLO THAT YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer for October 19” in
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Saturday October 28, 2017: Tucson and Marana, AZ
“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional
culture specialist Felipe S. Molina, starting at the Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big
Mesquite) site in the Santa Cruz River Park at 1317 W. Irvington Road,
Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River)
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; $25 ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Felipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language, culture, and
history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and
grandmother, his grandmother's cousin, and several elders from Tucson’s
original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern
Arizona to escape the Mexican government’s war on and deportations of the
Yoeme in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1940 there were about 3,000 Yoeme in
Arizona, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio
Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in
Marana, and others near Eloy, Somerton, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina
will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson
and Marana areas including Bwe'u Hu'upa Village, the San Martin Church and
plaza in the 39th Community (Barrio Libre), Pascua, Ili Hu'upa, Wiilo Kampo,
and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and
plaza.
Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday October 25:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer for October 28 tour”
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Saturday November 11, 2017:
Ironwood Forest National Monument, AZ
“Chukui Kawi/Cerro Prieto: Yoeme Sacred Mountain, Hohokam Trincheras,
and Petroglyphs” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional
culture specialist Felipe S. Molina and archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, meeting at McDonald’s restaurant, 13934 N.
Sandario Rd., Marana, Arizona (accessible from Interstate 10 Exit 236
(Marana)
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $40 donation per participant ($32 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) helps cover
tour expenses and supports education programs on archaeology and Yoeme
traditional culture
Cerro Prieto (Spanish for ‘Dark Hill’), a volcanic peak that rises
about 900 feet above the surrounding plain in the Ironwood Forest National
Monument northwest of Tucson, is a sacred place known to the Yoeme (Yaqui
Indians) as Chukui Kawi (‘Black Mountain’). Situated in close proximity to
the Inscription Hill and Pan Quemado petroglyph sites, Cerro Prieto also is
one of the largest and most complex U.S. archaeological sites featuring
trincheras – massive rock-work terraces built on steep hillsides. The site’s
archaeological features were constructed and used by the Hohokam culture
during the Tanque Verde phase (AD 1150-1300) and include house foundations,
waffle gardens, check dams, trail systems, petroglyphs, rock walls, talus
pits, and a stone source used to produce agave knives, suggesting its use
for a variety of residential functions, ceremonies, and agriculture. During
this trip, Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe Molina will discuss
the significance of Chukui Kawi to the Yoeme, and archaeologist Al Dart will
lead us to some of the Cerro Prieto trincheras and the nearby Pan Quemado
and Inscription Hill petroglyphs.
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 8:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Thursday November 16, 2017: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring “Who Are the Sobaípuri O’odham: The Sobaípuri Legacy at the
San Xavier/Wa:k Community” presentation and video by Deni J. Seymour, Tony
Burrell, and David Tenario at U-Like Asian Buffet Restaurant, 330 S. Wilmot
Rd., Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
Over the last couple of decades much has been learned about the
Sobaípuri O'odham who inhabited southern Arizona’s Santa Cruz and San Pedro
valleys at the dawn of written history. However, their actual history
differs substantially in many ways from commonly held notions. The
archaeological and ethnohistoric research of the presenters provides new
perspectives on where and how the Sobaípuri lived, how long they occupied
the valleys of southern Arizona, their relationship to the ancient Hohokam,
and other topics. Special reference will be made to the Sobaípuri of San
Xavier del Bac (Wa:k), where descendant populations reside. Dr. Deni Seymour
is joined by her associates, Elder Tony Burrell and Cultural Specialist
David Tenario of Wa:k, in presenting their video entitled “Who Are the
Sobaípuri O’odham?” followed by interactive lectures and discussions.
Through these means they strive to promote understanding of the human
experience through the eyes of the Wa:k O’odham and their ancestors. Using
discussions and interviews with Wa:k O’odham community members, the video
and subsequent discussions highlight the issues of how public policy,
politics, and economic interest have influenced our understanding of the
Wa:k O’odham and how their heritage has been shaped and in some cases
erased. This program is sponsored by Arizona Humanities and Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center.
Reservations are required: [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD
PUEBLO THAT YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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. This program was made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer for November 16” in
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December 1st is the deadline to purchase tickets for the Thursday December
14, 2017: Tucson
“Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2017 Ford Explorer Platinum, Two
First-Class Airline Tickets, and $5,000 Cash” by Tucson’s Jim Click
Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson
charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2017 Ford Explorer
Platinum edition SUV in a raffle to raise millions of dollars for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona nonprofit organizations. With
your contribution you could win this 2017 vehicle – or the second prize, two
first-class airline tickets to anywhere in the world; or the third prize of
$5,000 in cash! And 100% of your contribution will support Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our sales of
the tickets for this “Millions for Tucson” raffle.
Tickets for the raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each. 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. To be entered in the raffle
your contribution for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old
Pueblo by Friday December 1st so that we can turn the raffle tickets in to
the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December 8. The drawing will
be held on December 14.
The rules of the 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 from us. 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 <http://www.oldpueblo.org> 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 tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the
raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s Millions for Tucson raffle itself visit
<http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
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Saturday December 9, 2017: Gila Bend area, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Sears Point and Painted Rocks
Petroglyphs, and Gatlin Hohokam Site Tour” guided by archaeologist Dr. Aaron
M. Wright starting at Interstate 8 Exit 78 (Spot Road) approximately 39
miles west of Gila Bend, Arizona
10 a.m. to 3:30 (or later if joining the group for 5 p.m. dinner in
Gila Bend) $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande
Museum Auxiliary members)
Tour leader Aaron Wright, a Preservation Archaeologist with Tucson’s
Archaeology Southwest organization, has research interests in
paleoclimatology, indigenous Southwest ritualism and religion, and rock art.
He will lead us first to see the seemingly countless petroglyphs and
geoglyphs (intaglios; ground sculptures) on Sears Point, the northwestern
escarpment of the Sentinel Plain (a vast basaltic field dotted with low
shield volcanoes) located along the lower Gila River between Gila Bend and
Yuma, Arizona. Sears Point is renowned for its density of petroglyphs as
well as their unique style attributed to the Patayan culture tradition
(which is believed to be ancestral to contemporary Yuman- and
O'odham-speaking communities). The site is adorned with thousands of
petroglyphs, and several geoglyphs, and also is traversed by seemingly
endless ancient trails. We’ll also get to see remnants of the South Gila
Canal (a defunct irrigation venture from the 1880s) at and near Sears Point,
after which we’ll caravan to the Painted Rocks petroglyphs site northwest
of Gila Bend and the Gatlin Platform Mound site on the outskirts of Gila
Bend, touring until around 4:30. Tour participants interested in having
dinner together before returning home can reconvene at Sophia's Mexican
Restaurant in Gila Bend at 5 p.m.
Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday December 6:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
event featuring Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Tour, Dinner, and “Celebrating the
Solstice: Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart in the Dining Hall and Petroglyph Auditorium of
the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center (PRRNC), 7101 W. Picture Rocks
Road, Tucson
Petroglyphs tour at 5:30, dinner at 6, presentation 7:15-8:30 p.m.
Dinner $15 per person, tour and presentation 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.
Before dinner archaeologist Allen Dart will lead a free tour to the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs.
For this one-time event the dinner fee is $15 per person payable to
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center by check or credit/debit card no later than 5
p.m. Tuesday December 19, so that Old Pueblo can tell the PRRNC on December
20 how many people will attend. Donations will be requested during the event
to benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201
no later than 5 p.m. December 19 to make reservations and pay for dinner.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer for December 21” in
your email subject line.
Saturday January 6, 2018: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
“Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave and Petroglyphs” car-caravan educational
tour with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center executive director Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson (or meet
tour in Baboquivari Campground) to sites in and near Topawa on Tohono
O'odham Indian Reservation, Arizona
Starts at 7 a.m. in Tucson at Pima Community College Community
Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave.; or meet tour at 8:30 a.m. in Baboquivari
Campground east of Topawa on the reservation; ends around 4 p.m. at Picture
Rock on the reservation; estimated return time to Tucson 5:30 p.m. Fee $45
($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members; no charge for members or employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
This educational adventure into Native American culture travels to the
Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation to visit the historic Baboquivari
Camp, a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave, and the Picture Rock
petroglyphs archaeological site. We will car-caravan from Tucson to Topawa,
Arizona, then drive 12 miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary
home of the Tohono O'odham Creator deity I’itoi) to Baboquivari Camp, a
historic Civilian Conservation Corps headquarters camp site in the oak
woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. From there, trip participants who are
able can go on a two-mile-roundtrip, 1,100-foot-elevation-difference hike
(classified as very difficult) up a trail leading halfway up the peak to
visit a cave site traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the deity
I’itoi. After returning from the hike 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. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday January 3:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows students
and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in “OPEN3,”
a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a southern
Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of prehistoric
pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for cooking, storage,
and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students participating in the
program get to learn and practice techniques used to excavate real
archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific interpretation of
how ancient people constructed their houses, what they looked like, ate, and
believed in, and how they created beauty in their lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient
Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children an
idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about
people through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect prelude
for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page: http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can
simply follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form
or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can
also donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation
Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your
support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo
Archaeology bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
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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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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.
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