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
(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.
Friday February 5, 2016: Phoenix
“Archaeology and Climate Change: Reconstructing El Niño on the North
Coast of Peru” 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival free presentation by Dr.
Gary Huckleberry at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
1 p.m. Free
As scientists watch the development of possibly the strongest El Niño
in almost 20 years, the question arises as to how often such weather events
happened in the past and what effects they had on ancient societies. Gary
Huckleberry will present on-going research from coastal Peru where
scientists are studying geological and archaeological evidence for past El
Niños and trying to understand their role in the rise and fall of ancient
Prehispanic states. Studies that integrate climate change and archaeology
provide context to current challenges related to global warming. Gary
Huckleberry has conducted 30 years of geoarchaeological consulting and
research in western North America and coastal Peru.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 602-534-1573 or visit pueblogrande.com
<http://pueblogrande.com/> or azscitechfest.org
<http://www.azscitechfest.org/> .
Monday February 8, 2016: Ajo, AZ
"Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public Library at
Salazar-Ajo Branch, 15 W. Plaza St. #179, Ajo, Arizona; cosponsored by
Arizona Humanities*
1:30-2:30 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. The
program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Lee Irwin at 520-387-6075 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]
Wednesday February 10, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
12 noon-1 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona
from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying
where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert
for centuries, and explaining why their 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, time reckoning, religious practices,
beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their
way of life, using rich illustrations of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and
other cultural features. The program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Dave Carney in Coolidge at 520-723-3172 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday February 10, 2016: Cave Creek, AZ
"Tales from the Dark Side: Cave Archaeology in Western Belize
and its Implications for the Decline of Maya Civilization” free
presentation by Dr. Jaime Awe for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at Foothills Community Foundation (Holland Community
Center), 34250 N. 60th St. Building B, Scottsdale, Arizona*
7 p.m. Free
In Maya cosmology, few locations were (and are) considered more
sacred or ritually charged than caves. Representing portals to the
netherworld and places of origin, these dark subterranean sites also served
as the abode for important, powerful, and often capricious deities. The
Maya further believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors descended to
the watery underworld where they could eventually be reborn. Caves were
thus places of death and creation because of their sacredness both the
ancient Maya and their descendants visited and visit these sites to conduct
rituals. Until recently, intensive scientific investigations of cave sites
are rare. In an effort to address the latter bias, the Western Belize
Regional Cave Project embarked on a multi-year research program designed to
ascertain the nature of Maya cave utilization. By combining ethnographic
and ethnohistoric information with data from archaeological investigations,
this presentation provides evidence which suggests that the Maya visited
caves in an effort to communicate with particular gods or ancestral spirits
and the primary focus of their ritual activities were directed toward
sustenance and agricultural fertility, and that intensified cave ritual in
the ninth century A.D. was intrinsically related to factors that led to the
decline of Maya civilization.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.azarchsoc.org/event-2095691.
Friday February 12, 2016: Phoenix
“A Culinary Tale of Two Cities: Subsistence Strategies and
Environmental Change at Pueblo Grande and La Plaza” 5th Annual Arizona
Scitech Festival free presentation by Andrea Gregory and John Jones at
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
1 p.m. Free
Archaeological data recovered from excavations at the Hohokam
village sites of Pueblo Grande and La Plaza during the Valley Metro Light
Rail Corridor project is used to inform about subsistence practices and
environmental changes through time. Analytical results from both faunal and
botanical resources are used to compare resource procurement strategies
between the two sites. Inferences are made about environmental shifts
occurring at both sites based on perceived resource availability. Andrea
Gregory, M.A., RPA, is Director of Cultural Resources and Senior Faunal
Analyst, and John Jones, Ph.D., is Senior Paleoethnobotanist, for
Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd., Tempe.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 602-534-1573 or visit pueblogrande.com
<http://pueblogrande.com/> or azscitechfest.org
<http://www.azscitechfest.org/> .
Saturday February 13, 2016: Tucson
“35th annual Fort Lowell Day” at Fort Lowell Park, along
Craycroft Road between Fort Lowell Rd. & Glenn St., & westward along Fort
Lowell Rd., Tucson*
1-4 p.m. Free
The public is invited to visit the historic Fort Lowell
neighborhood and relive Tucson's bygone days at the 35th annual Fort Lowell
Day celebration. Events in Fort Lowell Park include high-speed cavalry
drills, a regimental band concert, and hands-on activities such as
adobe-brick making and games children would have played while living at the
fort in the 1880s. The historic sites walking tour travels from Fort Lowell
Park westward along Fort Lowell Road to the San Pedro Chapel through the
historic neighborhood known as El Fuerte (The Fort). Site hosts will explain
the historic significance of each site, and a descendant of the Bingham
family will staff a Mormon History Exhibit in the old Commissary Building.
At the San Pedro Chapel, you’ll find Mexican-flower making, a bookstore with
local publications, and at 2:30 pm, a lecture by two medical historians who
will present a demonstration of field surgical techniques. The afternoon is
filled with music, food trucks and fun.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.OldFortLowellNeighborhood.org or
Facebook.com/fortlowellday.
Saturday February 13, 2016: Florence, AZ
“Annual Florence Historic Home Tour” beginning at Jacques
Square, 291 N. Main St., Florence, AZ*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. $10 in advance for adults or $12 the day of the
event (visitors under 18 free); ; through Friday February 12,you can buy
tickets online or in person at the Florence Parks and Recreation Department,
the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce, or the Pinal County Historical
Society and Museum. On the day of the tour, tickets are available at Jacques
Square, 291 N. Main Street.
Unique homes and buildings are featured on this historic home
tour. The planned route provides for a leisurely stroll through Main Street
or you can hop a ride to some of the outlying buildings. In addition to the
tour, the Pinal County Historical Society Museum at 715 S. Main St. will
present a special “150 Years of Fashion” exhibit commemorating Florence’s
Sesquicentennial.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 520-868-7699 or visit
https://apm.activecommunities.com/florenceparkandrec/Activity_Search/1460.
For more information on the Museum exhibit call 520-868-4382 or visit
www.pinalcoutyhistoricalmuseum.org
<http://www.pinalcoutyhistoricalmuseum.org/> .
Monday February 15, 2016: Tucson
“It’s All About Scale: Polity and Alliance in Prehistoric
Central Arizona” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. David Abbott at
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University
Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
The Pueblo IV period (ca. A.D. 1275-1400) in the American
Southwest was characterized by political upheaval and population
distributions for defense. One hypothesis proposes that a large-scale
confederation, the “Verde Confederacy,” formed prior to 1275 and eventually
stretched along the middle and lower reaches of the Verde River and over to
Perry Mesa in central Arizona, ultimately incorporating large populations
and an expansive territory for purposes of warfare against Hohokam enemies
to the south. Cited as evidence for the Confederacy is the settlement
arrangement atop Perry Mesa, where large pueblos were supposedly
strategically built as components of an integrated defense in which the
people of each pueblo protected the others while blocking access to all
routes up the steep canyon walls from the foothills below. The hypothesized
scale of the Verde Confederacy – up to 12,000 members living at about 135
settlements in a swath of land 125 km long – would have made it the largest
alliance of its time. But, did it truly exist? In this presentation
archaeologist Dave Abbott evaluates multiple lines of evidence that have
been brought to bear to address this question including climate data,
agricultural production, architectural building sequences, ceramic
manufacture and exchange, and the spatial distribution of race tracks.
* 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 February 16, 2016: Camp Verde, AZ
"Recent Findings at Rock Art Ranch” free presentation by
archaeologist Dr. Charles Adams for Verde Valley Archaeology Center at Cliff
Castle Casino Hotel, Camp Verde, Arizona*
6:30 p.m. Free
Dr. Charles Adams is the Curator of Archaeology for the Arizona
State Museum. He is also Director of the Homolovi Research Program and a
professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona. During summers he
directs an archaeological field school at Rock Art Ranch on the analysis of
material culture from surveys and excavations of sites and landscapes
occupied from 6000 BC to AD 1250. Rock Art Ranch, which encompasses 5,000
acres between Winslow and Holbrook, is a cattle ranch and home to one of the
best preserved and most extensive collections of ancient petroglyphs in the
world. Images pecked into rocks adorn cliff faces, alcoves and overhangs in
scenic Chevelon Canyon. Rock Art Ranch has immense archaeological
significance, with researchers from the Smithsonian Institution, Heard
Museum and other museums and universities visiting regularly.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org/event-1998480.
Thursday February 18, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Kiva Rituals, Powerful People,
and Community Development in the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico” with
archaeologist Barbara J. Roth at ULike Asian Buffet Restaurant, 330 S.
Wilmot Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
In this presentation, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Anthropology Professor Barbara J. Roth explores the role of ritual in the
development of communities in the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico
from A.D. 500-1100. Dr. Roth’s recent archaeological excavations at the
Harris site pithouse village in the valley have shown the importance of kiva
rituals in keeping the community working together. As populations grew,
certain individuals within these communities gained power, possibly due to
their sponsorship of and participation in these rituals and associated
feasts. In some communities like the Harris site these powerful individuals
were not able to maintain their status, while in others they used their
status to become “core households” as pueblos developed. At the Harris site,
Barbara and her research crews have excavated many pithouses, two kivas, and
an associated plaza examining the relationships among powerful people,
rituals, and community development. She will discuss what happened at Harris
when this all fell apart and explore the reasons why we don’t see this same
thing happening at other sites in the Mimbres Valley, but instead see the
later construction of large Classic period Mimbres pueblos.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday February 17.
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Thursday February 18, 2016: Tucson
“New Interpretation of a Devastated Foreign Landscape Depicted
at Luxor Temple” free presentation by Danielle Phelps sponsored by American
Research Center for Egyptology at University of Arizona’s McClelland Hall
Room 127, 1130 E. Helen St., Tucson*
5:30-6:30 p.m. Free
On an exterior western wall of Luxor Temple is a carved battle
scene amongst the scenes that are depictions from Syria and dates to the
time of Ramesses II (ca. 1291 to 1213 BCE). The scene portrays only a
collapsing migdol (tower) and its associated vineyards and gardens that
appear to be broken and uprooted. This presentation will examine the
art-historical significance of the devastated landscape, proposing that the
scene depicts the devastation of an earthquake that the ancient Egyptians
encountered during their military campaigns in the Syrian region. Parking is
available in the University of Arizona’s Park Avenue garage.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Mary Ownby at 520-289-6009 or
[log in to unmask]
Friday February 19, 2016: Phoenix
“Documenting Ancient Hohokam Irrigation Systems along the Middle Gila
River and the Social Organization of Irrigation” 5th Annual Arizona Scitech
Festival free presentation by Wesley Miles and Kyle Woodson at Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
1 p.m. Free
The Gila River Indian Community’s Cultural Resource Management
Program (CRMP) has conducted a long-term study of canal irrigation along the
middle Gila River in south-central Arizona. This work has produced a wealth
of information on prehistoric Hohokam canal systems used between A.D. 450
and 1450. This presentation gives an overview of the major highlights of
these studies on canal irrigation. Wesley Miles is a CRMP archaeological
field supervisor and Kyle Woodson is Director of the CRMP.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 602-534-1573 or visit pueblogrande.com
<http://pueblogrande.com/> or azscitechfest.org
<http://www.azscitechfest.org/> .
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 Tucson at the Park & Ride parking lot at I-10 and
Ruthrauff Rd. (northeast corner of the I-10 westbound Frontage Road at Exit
252) or at 7 a.m. on the east (front) side of the McDonalds Restaurant at
3160 N. Toltec Rd. in Eloy (accessible from I-10 Exit 203)
6 a.m. (Tucson departure) or 7 a.m. (Eloy departure) 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 February 17: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Thursday February 25, 2016: Tucson
“Oasis, Coast, and Mountain: Land/Waterscapes of Culture and
History in the Arabian Gulf” 24th annual Sabbagh Lecture, by Professor
Steven C. Caton at Tucson Marriott University Park, 880 E. 2nd St., Tucson*
7 p.m. Free
Our idea of the Arabian Peninsula might be that of an
uninhabited (and inhospitable) desert but this obscures a more complex
reality encompassing desert oasis, coastal port settlement, and
terraced-mountain village (to name only the most prominent zones, each of
which has not only had its own environmental and cultural history but has
also been intricately connected to the other complementary zones in
fascinating ways). This lecture will look at these zones as "land-water
nexuses" where water (ground water, sea, and rain) has been made to come
into contact with land (desert sand, beach, and mountain) by humans to
create distinctive land/waterscapes. How has land and water been managed in
them historically? How is land and water being managed in them today? And
what might we expect of their futures? The lecture will try to answer these
questions by combining archaeology, history, and ethnography. Steven C.
Caton is the Khaled bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of
Contemporary Arab Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard
University. The University of Arizona School of Anthropology presents the
annual Sabbagh Lectures on the Arab cultures of the Middle East from an
anthropological perspective, through the generosity of Drs. Entisar and Adib
Sabbagh
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the U of A School of Anthropology at 520-621-2585 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday February 25, 2016: Phoenix
“To Shake or Not to Shake: A New Interpretation of a Devastated
Foreign Landscape Depicted at Luxor Temple” free presentation by Danielle
Phelps, sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America’s Central Arizona
Society and the Arizona Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt at
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
On the exterior western wall of Luxor Temple is a carved battle scene
amongst the scenes that are depictions from Syria, dating to the time of
Ramesses II (ca. 1291 to 1213 BCE). The scene portrays only a collapsing
migdol (a type of Syrian settlement structure) and its associated vineyards
and gardens, which appear broken and uprooted. There are no human or animal
figures nor any hieroglyphs which would provide more information about why
the ancient Egyptians would depict this type of scene. This presentation
will examine the art historical significance of the devastated landscape and
propose that the scene depicts the remains of a natural disaster, an
earthquake, which the ancient Egyptians came upon during their military
campaigns, whereupon they declared an Egyptian victory over the already
ruined landscape. Danielle Phelps is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of
Anthropology at the University of Arizona.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Almira Poudrier at [log in to unmask]
Friday February 26, 2016: Phoenix
“Vesicular Basalt Provisioning Practices among the Prehistoric Hohokam
of the Salt-Gila Basin, Southern Arizona” 5th Annual Arizona Scitech
Festival free presentation by Craig M. Fertelmes at Pueblo Grande Museum,
4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
1 p.m. Free
Discover the process of how prehistoric peoples of the Salt-Gila Basin
in Arizona acquired vesicular basalt for the manufacture of grinding tools,
such as manos and metates, and the newly developed archaeological techniques
used to find the source of these tools. Craig M. Fertelmes is a project
director for the Gila River Indian Community’s Cultural Resources Management
Program.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 602-534-1573 or visit pueblogrande.com
<http://pueblogrande.com/> or azscitechfest.org
<http://www.azscitechfest.org/> .
Sunday February 28, 2016: Sedona, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Red Rock State Park, 4050
Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Arizona, cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities*
2-3 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona
from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying
where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert
for centuries, and explaining why their 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, time reckoning, religious practices,
beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their
way of life, using rich illustrations of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and
other cultural features. The program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Eric Buzonas in Sedona at 928-282-6907 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]
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
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, free presentations and Back
Country tours, and other fun and educational events. The National Park
Service is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016 and is the host for
this year’s Expo, for which the theme is “Heritage Matters: The Past Begins
Today.” The Expo 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 year’s free
presentations for the Expo include:
9:00 a.m.: “Sivan Vahki O’odham Perspective" outdoor
presentation and tour by Gila River Indian Community elder Barnaby Lewis
(meet at the ramada facing the Casa Grande Ruins Great House)
10:00 a.m.: “The Evolution of Ruins Conservation at Tumacácori
National Historic Park: The Case Study of the Convento Compound” by Alex
Lim.
11:30 a.m.: “The Casa Grande Community in the Hohokam World” by
archaeologist Doug Craig.
1:00 p.m.: “Repairing Portions of Casa Grande Ruins” by historic
architect Brooks Jeffery (starting in the Monument theatre followed by a
walking tour of the restoration of Great House and Compound A)
2:30-3:15 p.m. “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time
Pieces" by archaeologist Allen Dart (see separate listing below)
* 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]
Saturday March 5, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Archaeology Expo
hosted by Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive,
Coolidge, Arizona; sponsored by Arizona State Historic Preservation Office*
2:30-3:15 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. The
program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Kris Dobschuetz at 602-542-7141 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]
Monday-Thursday March 7-10, 2016:
“Converging Trails: Past, Present, and Future of the Sonoran
Desert” is the theme of the 4th Sonoran Desert Tri-National Symposium at the
historic Curley School in Ajo, Arizona*
Times TBA. Tuesday-Thursday registration fees $50/day or $125
for the Symposium, most meals included. Monday field trips are free but
registration is required.
Organized by representatives from the Tohono O’odham Nation,
Mexico, and the United States, the 2016 Tri-National Symposium will focus on
cultural and natural resource issues, and Native American tribal
perspectives in the Sonoran Desert. These will be addressed in plenary
sessions, panel discussions, presentations, poster sessions, and field
trips. Monday: Field Trips in the Sonoran Desert and Opening Reception.
Tuesday: Plenary Session: Welcome, Posting of Colors; Keynote Speaker Dr.
Nuria Sanz, Director of UNESCO in Mexico; Arizona Native Plant Society 2016
Botany Meeting; Simultaneous Sessions; Traditional Mexican Dinner,
Entertainment, Readings. Wednesday: Plenary Session, Celebrating the 75th
Anniversary of the Barry M. Goldwater Range; Simultaneous Sessions; Cowboy
Dinner at Crater Range, Barry M. Goldwater Range. Thursday: Simultaneous
Sessions; Closing Plenary Session, Reflecting on the Future of the Sonoran
Desert; Retiring of Colors; Traditional Tohono O’odham Dinner,
Entertainment.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored
activity. For more information and to register for visit
www.sonoransymposium.com <http://www.sonoransymposium.com/> .
Friday March 11, 2016: Tucson
“Our America” free presentation by Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto
sponsored by the Arizona State Museum in Room 103, Center for English as a
Second Language, on the University of Arizona campus at 1100 James E. Rogers
Way, Tucson*
7 p.m. Free
One of our greatest historians, Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto
discusses our Hispanic past with insight and wit. The United States is still
typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding
east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This
view overlooks the significance of America's Hispanic past. In his book Our
America: A Hispanic History of the United States Dr. Fernández-Armesto, a
British historian of Spanish heritage and history professor at the
University of Notre Dame, recasts the pilgrimage of Hispanics in the United
States as a rich and moving chronicle. With the profile of the United States
increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension
to our national story has never been greater. Reception follows
presentation. This is a presentation of the Arnold and Doris Roland
Distinguished Speaker Series made possible by the generosity of Arnold and
Doris Roland.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 12, 2016: Tucson
“Open House at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,” 1013
E University Blvd, Tucson*
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free
Come get to know your State Museum! In celebration of Arizona
Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, you'll have the opportunity to
meet curators, visit laboratories, and tour collections areas in the largest
and busiest state-run archaeological repository in the nation. Also, browse
the Friends of the ASM Collections group’s annual benefit sale on the
Museum’s front lawn, featuring an array of ethnographic items donated
throughout the year specifically to be sold at this event. Items include
southwestern Native American pottery, jewelry, and baskets, and objects from
North, Central, and South America and beyond. Proceeds benefit ASM's
Collections Division.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 12, 2016: Casa Grande, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for “History Speaks” series at
The Museum of Casa Grande, 110 W. Florence Blvd., Casa Grande, Arizona;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
2-3 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona
from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying
where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert
for centuries, and explaining why their 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, time reckoning, religious practices,
beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their
way of life, using rich illustrations of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and
other cultural features. The program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Ashley Moser at 520-836-2223 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]
Sunday-Thursday March 13-17, 2016: Globe, AZ
“Recreating Ancient Salado Pottery Workshop” presented by Andy
Ward at Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park, 150 Jesse Hayes Road, Globe,
Arizona*
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Thursday; $350 includes lunch Sunday through Wednesday
This intensive five-day workshop will focus on recreating the
beautiful pottery of the Salado culture that developed in Arizona between AD
1275 to 1450. Participants will view prehistoric Salado pottery, examine the
ruins the Salado left behind, dig native clay from the desert, then
carefully recreate Salado pottery using authentic tools and materials and
finally fire that pottery in an outdoor mesquite fire. Class is limited to
12 participants.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register visit www.palatkwapi.com/workshop.
Wednesday-Saturday March 16-19, 2016: Tucson
“39th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology” (SOE) at
various places on the University of Arizona campus, Tucson*
9 a.m. Wed.-5:45 p.m. Sat. SOE Professional Members $100, SOE
Student Members $50
The annual Society of Ethnobiology (SOE) Conference brings
together people from an extraordinarily rich variety of backgrounds,
disciplines, and geographic locations, all seeking to understand the myriad
interactions of human cultures with plants and animals, past and present,
worldwide. It attracts academics, students, museum staff, government and
non-governmental agency personnel, interested laypeople, and
Native/indigenous community members. Fields represented by SOE members
include animal husbandry, agriculture, archaeology, botany, chemistry,
cuisine, ecology, education, ethnology, evolution, forestry, linguistics,
mycology, nutrition, pharmacology, taxonomy, and many more. The conference
begins with an evening reception and registration followed by two days of
invited and contributed papers, poster presentations, and many opportunities
for discussion during and between sessions. In addition to the formal
papers, demonstrations of traditional cultural arts with an ethnobiological
flavor have included basketmaking, acorn cooking, agave roasting, fiberwork,
wood carving, making musical instruments, spinning wild silk, and more. The
conference culminates with a Friday evening banquet featuring local
indigenous foods, a keynote speaker, and native music and dance traditions
of the region. On Saturday there are optional field trips to sites of
cultural and biological interest.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.ethnobiology.org <http://www.ethnobiology.org/> or
contact Paul Minnis at 405-323-1815 or [log in to unmask],.
Thursday March 17, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Hohokam Rock Art, Mountain
Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley” by
archaeologist Dr. Aaron Wright at ULike Asian Buffet Restaurant, 330 S.
Wilmot Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
The South Mountains in Phoenix encompass the largest
concentration of rock art in the Hohokam core area. This month’s Third
Thursday presentation focuses on this mountain landscape to contextualize
and date its rock art, and to relate it to ritual structure and practice to
show how the production and use of Hohokam rock art were ritualized.
Presenter Aaron Wright, who recently authored the award-winning book
Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art, Ritual Practice, and Social
Transformation, argues that the Hohokam rock art was not produced
exclusively by religious specialists (shamans) but that there was a more
equitable distribution of religious knowledge and ritual power within
Hohokam communities. He also presents evidence that most or all of the
petroglyphs were created during the Hohokam Preclassic era between A.D. 450
and 1050, and that production and use of the rock art ebbed or even ended at
the beginning of the Hohokam Classic period.
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 16.
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Saturday March 19, 2016: Tucson-Marana
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)
The 2016 vernal equinox occurs on Sunday March 20 at 4:30
Universal Time (London), which translates to Saturday March 19 at 9:30 p.m.
MST in Tucson. To celebrate the equinox and the annual Arizona Archaeology
and Heritage Awareness Month, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros,
and 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 Friday March 18. 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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Monday March 21, 2016: Tucson
“Hard Times in Dry Lands: Apocalypse in the Ancient Southwest or
Business as Usual?” free presentation by Debra Martin at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical
Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
The bioarchaeological record has an abundance of scientific
evidence using skeletal indicators of trauma to argue for a long history of
internal and external group conflict in the ancient Southwest. However, the
findings suggest variability, nuance and unevenness in the type, use and
meaning of violence and therefore defy simple generalizations. Documenting
human behavior during particularly challenging changes in the ancient
Southwest has revealed both unique and patterned responses with respect to
the use of warfare and violence, migration, and social reorganization. By
using fine-grained biocultural analyses that interrogate trauma data in
particular places at particular times in reconstructed archaeological
contexts, a more comprehensive and nuanced view into the histories and
experiences of Southwestern people emerges. This has applicability to
thinking about the effects of climate change in arid environments today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 26, 2016: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
“Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave and Petroglyphs” 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 or meet tour in Baboquivari
Campground on Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation
Starts at 7 a.m. in Tucson at Pima Community College Community
Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave. [Note that tour originally was planned to start
at 8 a.m. but we need to start earlier to beat the heat]; or meet tour at
8:30 a.m. in Baboquivari Campground east of Topawa on Tohono O'odham Indian
Reservation; ends 2 p.m. at Picture Rock on the reservation; estimated
return time to Tucson 3:30 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)
In an Easter weekend 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 Picture Rock
petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic Baboquivari Camp, and a Tohono
O'odham traditional sacred cave 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). From our
assembly point in Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps
camp site in the oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak, 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. After
returning from the hike to the campground we will have a bring-your-own
picnic lunch there, after which 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 campground Saturday morning.
Campers must bring their own food and water, as there are no convenience
stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday March 23: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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Monday March 28, 2016: Waddell-Buckeye, AZ
"Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Maricopa County Library
District’s White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd.,
Waddell, AZ; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
10-11:30 a.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. The
program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Hanna Bozhko at 602-651-2211 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-Sunday April 8-10, 2016: Sonora, Mexico
“Kino Missions Tour” into Sonora, Mexico, sponsored by
Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC), departing from Hotel Tucson
City Center InnSuites, 475 N. Granada Ave., Tucson*
8 a.m. Friday-6 p.m. Sunday; $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 SMRC volunteers 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. And for this
tour only, we’ll be joined by Tucson’s Troubadour, Teodoro “Ted” Ramírez,
whose roots in this region go deep to the founding of Tucson’s Presidio San
Agustín in 1776.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Passport is
required. Reservation deadline March 1. For more information contact Monica
Young at 520-621-6278 or [log in to unmask]
Monday April 18, 2016: Tucson
“Celebration of 100 Years of AAHS” free presentation by
Professor Emeritus Raymond H. Thompson at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal
Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday April 21, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring a guest speaker (to be announced) at Dragon's View
Asian Cuisine, 400 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson 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 April 20.
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about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
THE EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Monday May 16, 2016: Tucson
“The Luke Solar Project: Middle and Late Archaic Period
Subsistence and Settlement in the Western Phoenix Basin” free presentation
by John Hall 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 May 16-Friday June 3, 2016: Tucson and western New Mexico
“Dendroarchaeology Class” (Geos/Anth/WS 497J/597J
Dendroarchaeology) with Dr. Ronald H. Towner, offered by Laboratory of
Tree-ring Research, University of Arizona, in Tucson, Arizona, and western
New Mexico*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; 3 credits or noncredit option; contact
Laboratory of Tree-ring Research for tuition information
The Laboratory of Tree-ring Research at the University of
Arizona is pleased to offer its 14th pre-session course devoted entirely to
the collection, analysis, and interpretation of archaeological tree-rings.
Participants (undergrads, grads, professionals) will learn the most accurate
and precise dating method used by archaeologists via lectures, laboratory
exercises, and field work. The centerpiece of this intensive 3-week course
is a field trip to various archaeological sites in western New Mexico area
led by Dr. Ronald H. Towner. The first week in Tucson will provide
participants with a basic background in dendroarchaeology. The required
field trip to western New Mexico will constitute most of the second week.
During the third week back in Tucson, participants will prepare, crossdate,
and interpret the dendroarchaeological samples collected during the field
trip.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Ron Towner at [log in to unmask] or 520-621-6465.
Wednesday-Friday June 8-10, 2016
“Preservation Next: Arizona Historic Preservation Conference” at
Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport Hotel, 4300 E Washington St, Phoenix*
The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the
Arizona Preservation Foundation (APF), and the City of Phoenix invite you to
join them at "Preservation Next," the 14th Annual Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference. Its goal is to bring together preservationists from
around Arizona to exchange ideas and success stories, share perspectives and
solutions to preservation issues, and foster cooperation between the diverse
Arizona preservation communities. Preservation Next is the concept that all
preservation efforts must contain a component of planning for the future.
The focal event of the conference will be presentations of the 35th Annual
Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Awards by the SHPO and APF, and the
29th Annual Governor's Awards in Public Archaeology to honorees selected by
the Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.azpreservation.com <http://www.azpreservation.com/>
or contact Dave Ryder at 602-568-6277 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday-Monday June 9-13, 2016: New Mexico
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico"
archaeology education tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Silver
City, NM. Actual touring begins Friday and continues through Monday.
Fee $279 for the full four-day tour ($249 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), or $75 per
day to attend tour on individual days ($69/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA
members). Participants are responsible for their own transportation, meals,
and lodging.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this tour
to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon village archaeological sites,
spectacular petroglyph and pictograph sites, and museums with probably the
finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collections in the world, all in
southwestern New Mexico's Silver City, Mimbres, Glenwood, and Deming areas.
Places tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon Village site
excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; sites in the Gila Cliff Dwellings
National Monument and vicinity; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Elk Ridge, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town,
TJ, and Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and
the Western New Mexico University Museum and Deming-Luna Mimbres Museum. The
tour will be based in Silver City and depart from a hotel there each
morning. Hotels, camping, and other accommodations for those who wish to
arrange their own lodging and transport are available in and near Silver
City.
Minimum enrollment 10, maximum 32. Reservations required by
Friday June 3: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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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
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.
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.
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listserves to which Old Pueblo occasionally posts announcements, and the
email addresses to contact for inclusion in or removal from each list,
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Arizona Archaeological Council: Walter Duering
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Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams
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