For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options.
(2) After a Meal, a Good Desert
(3) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities.
(4) Details on Upcoming Activities [Following the Summary]
(1) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
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(2) AFTER A MEAL, A GOOD DESERT
That’s “A GOOD DESERT,” not DESSERT, although I suppose you can have your
cake and eat it too. A great new hardcover book now available is Natural
History of the Ironwood Forest National Monument: A Sonoran Desert Primer by
Royce E. Ballinger and Young D. Cage (2014, Rusty Lizard Press, Oro Valley,
Arizona). “A Sonoran Desert Primer” is an apt subtitle, because even though
its focus is the Ironwood Forest National Monument (IFNM) northwest of
Tucson and south of Casa Grande, Arizona, the book includes a great
introduction to the Sonoran Desert’s Arizona Upland and Lower Colorado River
Valley subdivisions that are represented in the monument.
In “The Environment” chapter the book defines each of these two desert
subdivisions, describes the climatic and geological settings, discusses the
IFNM’s desert soils (including their desert pavement and microphytic desert
crusts), and summarizes how the southern Arizona environment has changed
from a juniper-and-pinyon pine-interspersed savannah-grassland of the late
Pleistocene epoch to the cactus-and-thorn-scrub desert beginning perhaps
12,000 to 10,000 years ago (10,000-8000 BCE). The book then proceeds to
describe the IFNM’s keystone and iconic species, general plant and animal
life, and the changes and threats faced by this relatively fragile desert
preserve.
The last chapter’s title, “Postscript: Anthropomorphs” – named after the
human-appearing figures among the ancient Hohokam-culture petroglyphs of the
Sonoran Desert – suggests it was added as an afterthought. It neatly
summarizes the human groups who have made southern Arizona their home from
as early as the Paleoindians of 10,000-15,000 years ago through the Archaic,
Early Agricultural, Hohokam, Tohono O'odham, Spanish, Mexican, and U.S.
cultures. However, I see this chapter as rather pivotal to the book’s entire
topic, in that IFNM would not have been conserved in one piece were it not
for people like Royce Ballinger, Young Cage, and others who helped get it
designated a National Monument. Author Royce Ballinger retired as a
professor of herpetology from the University of Nebraska to move to Marana,
Arizona, and has served on the Friends of Ironwood Forest Board of
Directors. Beautiful photographs mostly by the late Young D. Cage are an
admirable and pleasing aspect of the book.
This book is available from Rusty Lizard Press, PO Box 68058, Oro Valley AZ
85753 for $35 plus shipping and handling. For more information email
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(3) SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
(JUST A SUMMARY OF EACH ACTIVITY IS LISTED IN THIS SECTION! For details on
each activity see DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES below.)
LOOKING AHEAD: October 24, 2014 is deadline to purchase tickets for the
November 13, 2014 Jeep Cherokee Fundraising Raffle that benefits Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and other charities. See November 13 announcement for
this event, below.
Thursday-Sunday August 7-10, 2014, Annual Pecos Archaeological Conference at
Blue Mountain Scout Camp on the Manti-LaSal National Forest north of
Blanding, Utah*
Mondays & Fridays August 11-25, 2014 “Recreating Prehistoric Pottery of
Southeast Arizona” workshop with ceramic artist Andy Ward at Oscar Yrun
Community Center, Sierra Vista, Arizona*
August 16, 2014 “In Pursuit of a Dream” fundraiser to help save the Arizona
Pupfish sponsored by the Arizona Historical Society at the Arizona History
Museum, 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson*
August 21, 2014 “San Rafael State Natural Area” tour offered by Friends of
the Tubac Presidio to the natural area near Lochiel, Arizona*
NEW MEXICO: August 29-31, 2014 “Southwest Kiln Conference” at Tijeras
Ranger Station, 11776 New Mexico 337, Tijeras, New Mexico*
September 3, 2014 “Coffee with the Curators” at the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
Mondays September 8-November 17, 2014 "Prehistory of the Southwest" class
with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson;
available for Arizona Archaeological Society Certification
September 13, 2014 “Pottery Types of the Tonto National Forest”
identification class with archaeologist J. Scott Wood sponsored by Desert
Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at location to be
determined in the Cave Creek area*
September 15, 2014 “What! No Chiles in the Ancient Southwest?” free
presentation by Professor Paul E. Minnis at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium,
Tucson*
September 18, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Chiricahua Apaches
in Myth and History” with Cochise College’s Rebecca Orozco at restaurant to
be announced, Tucson
September 22, 2014 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of
Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with
archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista
Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
Thursday-Monday September 25-29, 2014 “Chaco Canyon, Aztec, and Salmon Great
Pueblos and Other Archaeological Sites” Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
educational tour with archaeologist Marc Severson
September 27, 2014 “ASM Library Benefit Book Sale” sponsored by the Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society at the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
October 2, 2014 "Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Buckeye Valley Museum,
Buckeye, Arizona*
October 3, 2014 “Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” adult education
class with archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at
First American Title, 101 S. La Canada Dr. #24, Green Valley, Arizona*
NEW MEXICO: Thursday-Saturday October 9-11, 2014 “18th Biennial Mogollon
Archaeology Conference” at Corbett Center Auditorium, New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces*
Sundays October 12-November 23, 2014 “Traditional Pottery Making Workshop”
with Andy Ward at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street,
Tucson.
October 16, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial
Survey” with historian Erik Berg at restaurant to be announced, Tucson
October 18, 2014 “Autumn Fest 2014 Celebrating Apache Art and Culture” at
the Amerind Foundation,
2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
October 20, 2014 “Homes of Stone, Place of Dreams: The Ancient People of
Flagstaff ” free presentation by Professor Christian E. Downum at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Tucson*
COLORADO: October 20-26, 2014 “Colorado Archaeology” educational tour led by
Zebulon Miracle, sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
(PGMA), departing from a place to be selected in Phoenix**
October 26, 2014 "Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Canoa Anza Days
at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley*
SONORA MEXICO: Friday-Sunday October 31-November 2, 2014 “Kino Missions
Tour: Celebrating El Día de los Muertos” sponsored by Southwestern Mission
Research Center in northern Sonora, Mexico*
NEW MEXICO-TEXAS: Friday-Monday October 31-November 3, 2014 “Missions of the
River” Spanish Missions of the Rio Grande tour sponsored by the Southwestern
Mission Research Center in El Paso-Las Cruces area*
November 13, 2014 “Fundraising Raffle of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee” by Tucson’s
Jim Click Automotive Team. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center keeps 100% of the
proceeds from all raffle tickets it sells. Tickets 5 for $100 or $25 each.
520-798-1201.
November 17, 2014 “Recent Work at the Guevavi Mission Site” free
presentation by Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman and Homer Thiel at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, University Medical Center
DuVal Auditorium, Tucson*
November 20, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Landscape of the Spirits: Hohokam Rock Art of South Mountain Park” with
archaeologist Dr. Todd Bostwick at Dragon's View Asian Cuisine, Tucson
November 29, 2014 “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen
Dart departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
December 18, 2014 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner - Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced
January 15, 2015 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner - Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced
Mondays January 19-February 9, 2015 "Archaeology, Cultures, and Ancient Arts
of Southern Arizona" adult education class for Recreation Centers of Sun
City West in the R. H. Johnson Recreation Center, Sun City West, Arizona
February 19, 2015 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner. Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced
February 21, 2015 “White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon &
Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Allen Dart for
Recreation Centers of Sun City West in White Tank Mountain Regional Park,
Waddell, Arizona*
March 11, 2015 "Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and
Social Sustainability" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for
Arizona Archaeological Society, San Tan Chapter, at Queen Creek Museum,
Queen Creek Arizona*
March 19, 2015 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner. Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced
March 21, 2015 "Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration" free children's
activities at City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E.
Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
Saturday & Sunday March 28 & 29, 2015 “Southwest Indian Art Fair” at the
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
April 7, 2015 "Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for “Amazing Arizona” speaker
series at Sierra Vista Public Library, Sierra Vista, Arizona*
April 9-13, 2015 “Western New Mexico Missions and Cultures” tour sponsored
by Southwestern Mission Research Center from Tucson to Winslow, Arizona, and
historic missions, Indian Pueblos, and other historic places in western and
southern New Mexico*
April 16, 2015 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner. Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced
* Not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored program.
** Not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored program, however, Old
Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s member-discount rates,
and vice-versa.
(4) DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
LOOKING AHEAD: Friday October 24, 2014
Deadline to purchase tickets for the November 13 “Fundraising
Raffle of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to
benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other charities. See November 13
announcement for this event, below.
Thursday-Sunday August 7-10, 2014
Annual Pecos Archaeological Conference, this year at the Blue Mountain
Scout Camp on the Manti-LaSal National Forest north of Blanding, Utah*
Thursday evening conference registration and reception; Friday and
Saturday field reports and symposium on recent archaeological research;
Sunday archaeological site tours
Registration fee $40 before July 1, thereafter $50; $35 student any
time; other fees may apply
This annual conference, begun in 1927, brings southwestern
professional and avocational archaeologists, the general public, and media
organizations together under open skies at a different place in the
Southwest every year to share findings of recent archaeological research and
to recent field research and challenges of the profession. Open to all, the
Pecos Conference is an important opportunity for students and others
interested in archaeology and prehistory to meet with professional
archaeologists one-on-one to learn about archaeology, gain access to
resources and to new research opportunities, and test new methods and
theories related to archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For more information visit
http://www.swanet.org/2014_pecos_conference/index.html or contact 2014
Principal Organizer James R. Allison, Brigham Young University, at
801-422-3059 or [log in to unmask]
Mondays & Fridays August 11-25, 2014
“Recreating Prehistoric Pottery of Southeast Arizona” workshop
with ceramic artist Andy Ward at Oscar Yrun Community Center Pottery Studio,
3020 E. Tacoma St., Sierra Vista, Arizona*
6-9 p.m. Mondays & Fridays; $115
Southeastern Arizona archaeological sites contain pottery
representing most of the major pottery ceramic traditions of the Southwest –
Pueblo, Hohokam, Mogollon, Casas Grandes, Mimbres, and Trincheras – that
have fascinated archaeologists and artists for generations. This workshop
will focus on replicating the pottery types produced by the native peoples
of Southeast Arizona before A.D. 1450. Participants will learn the history
of pottery types and experience the entire process of producing them
including collecting and processing raw materials, forming and decorating
vessels, and culminating in an authentic, outdoor pottery firing.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Marita Helbig in Sierra Vista at 520-458-4225 or
[log in to unmask] or visit
www.sierravistaaz.gov/egov/documents/1404241442_44456.pdf.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
“In Pursuit of a Dream” fundraiser to help save the Arizona
Pupfish, sponsored by the Arizona Historical Society at the Arizona History
Museum, 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson*
4-8 p.m. $30 adults, $20 children under 11
This fun-filled evening includes Dinner and a Movie, Old West
menu, and the movie In Pursuit of a Dream in which 24 modern-day teenagers
experience pioneer life as they travel along the Oregon-California Trail.
Free parking, free access to all the Arizona Historical Society museum
exhibits, sneak preview of the new “AHS 150” exhibit, admission to a special
one-night-only exhibit featuring pioneer artifacts, raffle, and a Costume
Contest: Come dressed for the 19th Century, prizes for best outfits. Your
contribution will be used to support the Arizona History Museum Courtyard
improvement plan, which includes preservation of the Arizona Pupfish
habitat.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
prepaid reservations (required) or more information contact the Arizona
Historical Society at 520-628-5774 or visit www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org
<http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/> .
Thursday August 21, 2014
“San Rafael State Natural Area” tour offered by Friends of the
Tubac Presidio to the natural area near Lochiel, Arizona*
9:30 a.m. departure from Tubac Presidio, return around 5 p.m.
$85 per person fee includes van transportation from and to the Presidio, box
lunch, afternoon pie and coffee, & donation to the Friends of the Tubac
Presidio
Originally a Spanish land grant, San Rafael de la Zanja was
purchased in 1903 by the colorful William Cornell" Copper Skyrocket” Greene,
a land, cattle, and mining baron who owned and operated several businesses
in Arizona and northern Mexico. Under the stewardship of his descendants
(the Sharp family), the pristine condition of the land has been well
preserved during their cattle-raising. The riparian areas and native grass
prairie are home to mule deer, javelina, antelope, bobcat, cougar, coyote
and many varieties of birds. At least 253 plant species have been identified
on the San Rafael Ranch, the last remaining unfragmented remnant of a
grassland ecosystem in the U.S. The tour, to be led by the director of the
State Natural Area, includes the 1900 three-story house and original ranch
outbuildings, a bit of its history, anecdotes about the numerous films made
at the house (Oklahoma!, Tom Horn, and others), and a chance to see the
headwaters of the Santa Cruz River, the San Rafael Valley handsomely green
and verdant during the summer monsoon time.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Shaw Kinsley at [log in to unmask]
NEW MEXICO: Friday-Sunday August 29-31, 2014
“Southwest Kiln Conference” at Tijeras Ranger Station, 11776
New Mexico 337, Tijeras, New Mexico*
Times TBA. $25 for those wanting to conduct their own firing or
contribute pots to be fired (includes T-shirt & food for the barbecue); $15
just to watch and learn (includes food cost)
The Southwest Kiln Conference is an informal gathering of
archaeologists, potters, and other folks interested in ancient and modern
southwestern ceramic technology. Held nearly every year since 2003 at
various sites in the American Southwest, this year it will be on Labor Day
weekend in Tijeras, NM, sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service in conjunction
with The Friends of Tijeras Pueblo. The ranger station is at Tijeras Pueblo,
one of the Southwest’s early pottery production sites, and the local area
offers exploration opportunities for local clays during the planned field
trip. Social activities and slide presentations are scheduled for August 29
and demonstrations and firings on August 30-31.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information email Southwest Kiln Conference at [log in to unmask]
or visit www.swkiln.com <http://www.swkiln.com/> .
Wednesday September 3, 2014
“Coffee with the Curators” at the Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
3-3:45 p.m. Free
Join ASM staff for a cup of coffee and a conversation with ASM
Registrar Gina Stuart-Richard. Gina will present her research on the methods
of Dawes Commissioners from 1897-1907, the policies of the Roosevelt
administration, the impacts both had on land allotments to the Five
Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole), and how
all this shaped the future state of Oklahoma.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/.
Mondays September 8-November 17, 2014
"Prehistory of the Southwest" class with archaeologist Allen
Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (at
Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Monday September 8 through November 17,
2014 (except no class on Veterans Day November 10). Fee $50 ($40 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), not
counting cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological
Society membership. Minimum enrollment 8, maximum 32.
"Prehistory of the Southwest" is an introductory course in the
study of the American Southwest, developed by the Arizona Archaeological
Society to provide a basic overview of this region's archaeology and
cultures. Ten weekly evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences,
dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization,
abandonments of different areas at different times, and the general
characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest
over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of
southwestern prehistory for anyone interested in the archaeology of the
Southwest, the class can be used as prerequisite for all other courses
offered to members of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) enrolled in
or interested in enrolling in the AAS Certification Program. Instructor
Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist employed by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and is volunteer executive director of Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center.
Reservations required, registration deadline Wednesday September
4: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Saturday September 13, 2014
“Pottery Types of the Tonto National Forest” identification
class with archaeologist J. Scott Wood sponsored by Desert Foothills
Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) at location to be determined
in the Cave Creek area*
9 a.m.-3 p.m. $35; AAS members only with priority to Desert
Foothills Chapter members
The Salado knew and used their surroundings well. They learned
to cultivate crops in small patches of fertile land on the craggy hillsides.
They collected rain water for later use. Some group members wove textiles
from native plants, including cotton; others made pottery from local red
clay and decorated the vessels with intricate black and white designs. The
unique style of black and white designs on red pottery known as Salado
polychrome or Roosevelt redware is associated with the ancient Salado
culture. However, not all Salado ceramics were decorated – a plain pottery
was used for daily use whereas decorated ware may have been reserved for
ceremonies. Because Salado pottery is found throughout the Southwest,
decorated ware may also have been used for trade with other American Indian
groups. To learn more about the pottery types, especially the Salado wares,
join Tonto National Forest archaeologist Scott Wood for a day of learning
the ceramic types.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Reservations required. For more information contact [log in to unmask]
Monday September 15, 2014
“What! No Chiles in the Ancient Southwest?” free presentation by
Professor Paul E. Minnis at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
meeting, University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.,
Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
The most important crops that that fed the ancient peoples of
the Prehispanic Southwest U.S./northwest Mexico (SW/NW) came from
Mesoamerica. The three sisters – maize, beans, and squash – and less
prominent crops moved at different rates from their homeland to the south
into the SW/NW. The most important Mesoamerican crops, with one exception
(OK, maybe two), that could have been grown in the SW/NW ultimately arrived
here. Although not grown in the SW/NW, even cacao’s presence in the SW/NW
further reinforces the view that there were few impediments to the flow of
crops and foods between Mesoamerica and the SW/NW.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> .
Thursday September 18, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Chiricahua Apaches in Myth and
History” with Cochise College-Douglas History and Anthropology Instructor
Rebecca Orozco at ****[restaurant to be announced], Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
As the last Native American group to reach a peace accord with
the U.S. government, the Chiricahua Apache were often featured in the press.
Famous warriors Geronimo and Naiche were photographed many times. Their
story has been the basis of numerous feature films. The story of their
conflict first with the Spaniards and Mexicans who claimed their homeland,
and later with the Americans expanding into the region in a policy of
Manifest Destiny, has become a mix of history and heresy. The full story
never will be completely known. This presentation contains a collection of
historic photos from the end of an era – the late 1800s – that tell the
story of the clash of the people trying save their lifeway and homeland and
the people who believed the land was empty and open for settlement.
Those wishing to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have
their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m. Wednesday September 17 because
the fire-safety ordinance limits attendance. There is no entry fee but
guests are asked to purchase their own dinners so that the restaurant won’t
charge Old Pueblo for their seats, and donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
THE EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Monday September 22, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart, departing from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.
in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The 2014 autumnal equinox is Tuesday September 23 at 2:29 Universal
Time (London), but that translates to Monday September 22 at 7:29 PM MST in
Tucson. To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los
Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and
bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals,
and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by 5 p.m. Friday September
19: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
THE EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
NEW MEXICO: Thursday-Monday September 25-29, 2014
“Chaco Canyon, Aztec, and Salmon Great Pueblos and Other
Archaeological Sites” Old Pueblo Archaeology Center educational tour with
archaeologist Marc Severson. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Gallup,
NM, on Thursday; actual touring begins Friday and continues through Sunday,
with optional (extra-cost) Monday visit to sites on the Zuni Indian
Reservation.
Fee for Friday-Sunday touring: $195 ($175 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members); fee for
individual days including optional Monday trip to Zuni area: $70 per day
($60/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA members). Participants are responsible for
their own transportation, meals, and lodging. Tour leader will stay at Red
Lion Hotels in Gallup and Farmington. Hotels, camping, and other
accommodations for those who wish to arrange their own lodging are available
in and near Gallup and Farmington; camping spaces in the Chaco Canyon
campground are limited so reservations there are highly recommended.
The archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon are some of the most
famous, yet enigmatic, sites in the Southwest. A World Heritage Site, Chaco
attracts thousands of visitors each year, yet most people see only sand,
mud, rock walls, and a treeless desolate landscape. Old Pueblo's tour will
take you beyond the simple brochures and photo-ops to explore the multiple
contexts of the people who created these magnificent structures. We not
only examine sites within Chaco Canyon, but also outlier sites north and
south of the canyon proper. The tour is guided by Marc Severson, who has
worked as a professional archaeologist and educator since 1972 and is a
20-year-veteran leader of southwestern tours for Pima Community College and
Old Pueblo. Tentative itinerary:
Thursday: Travel day to meet at Red Lion Hotel, Gallup, NM, check in
with Marc or in the Red Lion lobby by 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time and stay
overnight in Gallup. Friday: Drive from Gallup to Chaco Canyon to tour Great
House sites on its north side. Afterward drive to Farmington, NM, to stay
overnight. Saturday: Tour Aztec Ruins in morning, Salmon Ruins in afternoon.
Stay in Farmington overnight. Sunday: Drive from Farmington to Chaco Canyon
to tour “Small House sites” and Casa Rinconada Great Kiva on its south side.
If time permits on the way back to Gallup we will visit the Pueblo Pintado
Chacoan Outlier archaeological site. Stay overnight in Gallup. Monday
option: Drive from Gallup to Zuni Pueblo to visit Our Lady of Guadalupe
historic mission church built in 1629; its interior walls feature murals
illustrating traditional Zuni ceremonial life (the life's work of Alex
Seowtewa and his sons). Also we will visit the Village of the Great Kivas
Chacoan Outlier site, the Zuni Eagle Rehabilitation center, and the home of
the Lalios to see their native pottery and jewelry.
Deadline for the required reservations is Friday September 12:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE
THE EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday September 27, 2014
“ASM Library Benefit Book Sale” sponsored by the Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) at the Arizona State Museum
(ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. (AAHS and ASM members can be admitted at 9 a.m. for
exclusive shopping); free admission
At this very popular annual USED book sale, book prices start at $2,
journals as low as 50¢. It includes huge selections in anthropology with
emphasis on the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico but includes nonacademic
materials too. Proceeds benefit the Arizona State Museum Library.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/.
Thursday October 2, 2014
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Buckeye Valley Museum, 116
E. Highway 85, Buckeye, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6-7 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
Funding for program provided by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Jana White in Buckeye at
623-349-6321 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Friday October 3, 2014
“Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” adult education class
with archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at
First American Title, 101 S. La Canada Dr. #24 (in Green Valley Mall), Green
Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
(OLLI) members who reside in Green Valley; OLLI-UA Green Valley membership
fee of $95 for Fall session or $130 for entire year covers this course
Preliterate cultures in the American Southwest took advantage of
southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited
precipitation by developing the most extensive irrigation works in all of
North America. Agriculture was introduced into southern Arizona more than
4,000 years ago, and irrigation systems were developed here by at least
3,500 years before present – several hundred years before irrigation was
established in ancient Mexico. This study session provides an overview of
ancient Native American irrigation systems identified by archaeologists in
the southern Southwest and discusses their implications for understanding
social complexity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
To join Green Valley OLLI visit www.olli.arizona.edu/olli to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask],
or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
NEW MEXICO: Thursday-Saturday October 9-11, 2014
“18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference” at Corbett
Center Auditorium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces*
5-7 p.m. Thursday (reception at NMSU Museum); 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday & Saturday; Registration fee $40 if preregister prior to Sept. 26,
thereafter or on-site registration $50
This conference features papers and presentations on the
archaeology of the Mogollon region in the broadest sense including the
northern Chihuahua, Jornada, and Mogollon Rim areas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Lonnie C. Ludeman at [log in to unmask] or visit
www.lonjul.net/mog201.
Sundays October 12-November 23, 2014
“Traditional Pottery Making Workshop” with Andy Ward at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson.
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $79 ($63.20 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all
materials except clay, which participants will collect during class field
trip.
A series of seven pottery-making class sessions will be offered
by artist Andy Ward on seven Sunday afternoons October 12 through November
23, 2014, including a clay-gathering field trip on October 19. The class is
designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans
made and used pottery, and is not intended to train students how to make
artwork for sale. The Level 1 class demonstrates traditional hand-building
pottery techniques using gourd scrapers, mineral paints, and yucca brushes
instead of modern potters' wheels and paint. The course introduces some
history of southwestern Ancestral and Modern Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam
pottery-making, includes a field trip in which participants dig their own
clay, and demonstrates initial steps in forming, shaping and smoothing, and
completion of bowls and jars of both smooth and corrugated pottery, by
scraping, polishing, slipping and painting. The paddle-and-anvil
hand-building method is also demonstrated.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday October 16, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “The Eagle and the
Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey” with historian
Erik Berg at ****[restaurant to be announced], Tucson; cosponsored by
Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Charles Lindbergh is best known for his famous 1927 flight
across the Atlantic Ocean. But few realize that Lindbergh and his wife,
Anne, played a brief but important role in archaeology. In 1929 they teamed
up with noted archaeologist Alfred Kidder to conduct an unprecedented aerial
photographic survey of southwestern prehistoric sites and geologic features
including Chaco Canyon, the Grand Canyon, and Canyon de Chelly. Featuring
Lindbergh’s historic photographs, this presentation describes this
adventurous pioneering collaboration of aviation and archaeology.
Raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, Erik Berg is an award-winning
historian and writer with a special interest in the early twentieth century
Southwest and the impact of science and technology. In addition to
contributing to several books, his work has appeared in the Journal of
Arizona History, Arizona Highways, and Sedona Magazine. A past president of
the Grand Canyon Historical Society, Berg currently lives in Phoenix.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday October 15.
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
“Autumn Fest 2014 Celebrating Apache Art and Culture” at the
Amerind Foundation, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
****Details coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Monday October 20, 2014
“Homes of Stone, Place of Dreams: The Ancient People of
Flagstaff ” free presentation by Professor Christian E. Downum at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, University Medical Center
DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Details coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For details contact John D. Hall at Tucson telephone
520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask], or visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> .
COLORADO: Monday-Sunday October 20-26, 2014
“Colorado Archaeology” educational tour led by Zebulon Miracle,
sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA), departing
from a place to be selected in Phoenix**
$815 for PGMA members, $865 nonmember; single supplement $420;
price includes van transportation, airport transfers, lodging, and
admission, and $100 donation to Pueblo Grande Museum; does not include
airfare to Grand Junction or meals.
This hands-on expedition will visit the beautiful Anasazi
Heritage Center to get oriented, before visiting Lowell Pueblo. It will also
spend an entire day at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to tour its
labs and learn proper field techniques, then will visit the Ute Tribal Park
and Mesa Verde National Monument. It will continue to Colorado’s newest
National Monument, Chimney Rock, and culminate with a visit to the Southern
Ute Cultural Center.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For additional information call
602-495-0901, email [log in to unmask], or visit pueblogrande.org/van-tours/
Sunday October 26, 2014
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Canoa Anza Days at
Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona
(along I-19 East Frontage Road between the Continental and Canoa exits);
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities.*
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries, and the Akimel O'odham
(Pima) and Tohono O'odham (Papago) occupied this region historically.
Ancient Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide
archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for
interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and
explaining why the Hohokam culture mysteriously disappeared. In this
presentation archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates the material culture of
the Hohokam and presents possible interpretations about their relationships
to the natural world, their time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs,
and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of
life. Funding for the program is provided by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Dawn Morley at 520-289-3940 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]
SONORA MEXICO
Friday-Sunday October 31-November 2, 2014
“Kino Missions Tour: Celebrating El Día de los Muertos”
sponsored by Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC) in northern Sonora,
Mexico*
$495 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 in retracing the steps of Kino and the missionaries who
followed him, 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 SMRC’s 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 on this special El Día de los Muertos weekend you’ll
experience the festive spirit with which they honor and cherish their dearly
departed.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For reservations
or more information contact Dale Brenneman at 520-621-6278 or
[log in to unmask] Passport required. Reservation deadline
September 30, 2014.
NEW MEXICO-TEXAS: Friday-Monday October 31-November 3, 2014
“Missions of the River” tour of Spanish Missions of the Rio Grande,
sponsored by the Southwestern Mission Research Center, in El Paso, Texas-Las
Cruces, New Mexico area*
Times TBA. $650 per person double occupancy (for single add $100)
Join Tucson’s renowned Southwestern Mission Research Center for
a tour of the Socorro and Ysleta mission churches established by the Spanish
settlers and Indians who fled Northern New Mexico in 1680 at the time of the
Pueblo revolt. The tour will also visit a rare presidio chapel and the
village of San Elizario, as well as the old adobe town of Mesilla, New
Mexico. Tour includes all three nights in Las Cruces and visits to museums,
a chili institute, and festivities celebrating El Día de los Muertos. Enjoy
sopaipillas, New Mexico red and green chili, some yummy Texas BBQ, and a
little shopping along the way.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For reservations or more information contact Gail Bornfield at 520-797-8825
or [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 13, 2014
“Fundraising Raffle of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee” by Tucson’s Jim
Click Automotive Team. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center gets to keep 100% of
the proceeds from all raffle tickets that it sells
Tickets are 5 for $100 or $25 each
The Jim Click Automotive Team is presenting a new 2014 Jeep
Cherokee to be used as the featured prize in a raffle to raise one million
dollars for Tucson-area nonprofit organizations. With your $25 contribution
(or 5 raffle tickets for $100) you could win the 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The
best part is that 100% of your contribution will support Tucson charities,
including Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all the proceeds
from the tickets that Old Pueblo sells. Your donation to purchase one or
more raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center provide more
archaeology and culture education programs for children who would not be
able to afford our programs without your help.
A maximum of 50,000 tickets will be sold. To be entered in the
drawing tickets must be received by Old Pueblo by October 24 so that we can
turn them in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s raffle coordinator by
October 31. The drawing will be held on November 13.
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. The ticket price
is $25 apiece or five tickets for $100. Tickets may be purchased by check
sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling me on my cell phone
(520-603-6181) to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or Diners Club
credit card payment information, or through the PayPal portal on Old
Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you
have provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your ticket(s) into the drawing
for you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stub(s) with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
For tickets or more information contact Old Pueblo at
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click
Automotive Team’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee raffle visit the Raffle Facebook page
at https://www.facebook.com/JeepCherokeeRaffle.
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Monday November 17, 2014
“Recent Work at the Guevavi Mission Site” free presentation by
Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman and J. Homer Thiel at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501
N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Details coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details contact John D. Hall at Tucson telephone
520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask], or visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> .
Thursday November 20, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Landscape of the Spirits:
Hohokam Rock Art of South Mountain Park” with archaeologist Dr. Todd
Bostwick at Dragon's View Asian Cuisine, 400 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
The South Mountains in Phoenix contain more than 8,000 Hohokam
petroglyphs. This program discusses Dr. Bostwick’s long-term study of these
ancient glyphs and describes the various types of designs, their general
distribution, and their possible meanings. Interpretations of the
petroglyphs include the marking of trails, territories, and astronomical
events, as well as dream or trance imagery based on O’odham (Pima) oral
traditions. Most of the trails currently used by hikers in the South
Mountains contain Hohokam rock art, indicating that these trails date back
at least 800 years.
Todd Bostwick has conducted archaeological research in the
Southwest for 35 years, was the Phoenix City Archaeologist at Pueblo Grande
Museum for 21 years, and is now the Senior Research Archaeologist for
PaleoWest Archaeology in Phoenix and Director of Archaeology for the Verde
Valley Archaeology Center in Camp Verde. Dr. Bostwick has published numerous
articles and books on Southwest history and prehistory and has received
several awards, including the Governor’s Award in Public Archaeology in
2005.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday November 19.
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Saturday November 29, 2014
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 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 carpool
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 6:30 a.m. to
ensure the pictographs can be seen in the best morning light. Fees will
benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s efforts to develop a
caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 29: 520-798-1201 or
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Thursday December 18, 2015
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner – **** Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Details coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday December 17, 2014.
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Thursday January 15, 2015
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner – **** Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Details 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 January 14.
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Mondays January 19-February 9, 2015
"Archaeology, Cultures, and Ancient Arts of Southern Arizona"
adult education class for Recreation Centers of Sun City West in the R. H.
Johnson Recreation Center, 19803 R. H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, Arizona
Every Monday Jan. 19 & 26 and Feb. 2 & 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Fee ****$40
In this four-session class on Tuesday evenings, Mr. Allen Dart,
a Registered Professional Archaeologist and volunteer director of the Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson, will provide information about the
archaeology and cultures of Arizona and the Southwest, focusing on the
arts and material culture of southern Arizona's prehistoric peoples. The
first session, "Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona," will summarize and
interpret the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest "Paleoindians"
through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the transition to true village
life, and the later prehistoric archaeological cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon,
Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). Mr. Dart also will relate the
archaeological cultures to the Native American, European, Mexican,
African, and Asian peoples who have been part of our state's more recent
history. In Session 2, "Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians," artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of southern
Arizona's ancient Hohokam culture are illustrated and discussed. The arts
and culture that the Hohokam left behind provide archaeologists with clues
for interpreting 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. Session 3, "Ancient Native American
Pottery of Southern Arizona," focuses on some of the Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in southern Arizona
prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for
dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways of the
ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam cultures, and of the historical Piman
(Tohono O'odham and Akimel O'odham), Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa),
and Apachean peoples. Finally, in Session 4, "Set in Stone but Not in
Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art," Mr. Dart illustrates pictographs
(rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) found
in the Southwest, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be
interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Tamra Stark at 623-544-6194 or [log in to unmask] in
Sun City West; for information about the activity subject matter contact
Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday February 19, 2015
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner – **** Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Details 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 February 18.
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Saturday February 21, 2015
“White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Allen Dart for Recreation
Centers of Sun City West in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, 13025 N.
White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, Arizona*
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fee **** ****? includes park entry fee
Archaeologist Allen Dart guides this tour to see hundreds of
ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank Mountain Regional Park
west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along the 2.5-mile-roundtrip,
fairly flat Waterfall Canyon-Black Rock Loop Trail to see and photograph
dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas with picnic
facilities; then an afternoon hike to three petroglyph sites with Archaic
and Hohokam rock art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike along the Mesquite
Canyon trail, which includes some bush-whacking and boulder-hopping. Bring
your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Tamra Stark at 623-544-6194 or [log in to unmask] in
Sun City West; for information about the activity subject matter contact
Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday March 11, 2015
"Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona
Archaeological Society, San Tan Chapter, at Queen Creek Museum, 20435 S. Old
Ellsworth Road (southeast corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek Roads), Queen
Creek Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
7:30 p.m. Free
The deep time perspective that archaeology and related
disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and human
adaptation not only is a valuable supplement to historical records, it
sometimes contradicts historical data used by modern societies to make
decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. What can be
learned from scientific evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming
cultures in Arizona and the Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds
of sustainability, leading to collapse or reorganization of their societies?
Could the disastrous damages to nuclear power plants damaged by the Japanese
tsunami of 2011 have been avoided if the engineers who decided where to
build those plants had not ignored evidence of prehistoric tsunamis? This
presentation looks at archaeological, geological, and
sustainable-agricultural evidence on environmental changes and how human
cultures have adapted to those changes, and discusses the value of a "beyond
history" perspective for modern society. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Marie Britton <[log in to unmask]> or 480-390-3491; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 19, 2015
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner – **** Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Details 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 March 18.
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Saturday March 21, 2015
"Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration" free children's activities at
City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors
St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center program, sponsored by Vista del Rio
Residents' Association, features hands-on activities, demonstrations, and
informational materials along the trails through Tucson's Vista del Rio
Cultural Park, where part of an ancient Hohokam Indian village is preserved,
to educate children, especially ages 6 to 12, about the ancient people who
lived at Vista del Rio and elsewhere in southern Arizona. Activities along
the trails through the park include demonstrations of traditional Native
American pottery-making and arrowhead-making, grinding corn using an ancient
metate and mano, learning to play traditional Native American games, and
making pottery and other hand-crafted artifacts to take home.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Saturday & Sunday March 28 & 29, 2015
“Southwest Indian Art Fair” at the Arizona State Museum (ASM),
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; $10 per adult ($7 for
ASM members)
Southern Arizona’s premier Indian art show and market is on Arizona
State Museum’s front lawn, rain or shine. Shop for a wide array of
top-quality, handmade art as you meet 200 Native artists from around the
region all selling directly to the public. Talk with them about their work
and learn about their ancient cultures. Choose from pottery, katsina dolls,
paintings, jewelry, baskets, rugs, blankets, and much more. Bring the whole
family to enjoy artist demonstrations, Native foods, lively music, and
colorful dance performances.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
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Tuesday April 7, 2015
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for “Amazing Arizona” speaker
series at Sierra Vista Public Library, 2600 E. Tacoma St., Sierra Vista,
Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities.*
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries, and the Akimel O'odham
(Pima) and Tohono O'odham (Papago) occupied this region historically.
Ancient Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide
archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for
interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and
explaining why the Hohokam culture mysteriously disappeared. In this
presentation archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates the material culture of
the Hohokam and presents possible interpretations about their relationships
to the natural world, their time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs,
and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of
life. Funding for the program is provided by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Librarian Susan Abend at 520-439-2263 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
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Thursday April 9-Monday April 13, 2015
“Western New Mexico Missions and Cultures Tour” sponsored by
Southwestern Mission Research Center from Tucson to Winslow, Arizona, and
historic missions, Indian Pueblos, and other historic places in western and
southern New Mexico*
8 a.m. Thursday-5 p.m. Monday; fee ****(TBA) includes coach
transportation, 4 nights accommodations, 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners,
but not certain individual site-tour, meal and attendance fees
This tour includes visits to historic La Posada Hotel and Old
Trails Museum in Winslow; Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission at Pueblo of Zuni;
either Hawikuh Pueblo or Village of the Great Kivas archaeological site;
El Morro National Monument’s Inscription Rock, Box Canyon, Atsinna
Pueblo, gift shop, and museum; Ácoma Pueblo and its Spanish mission
church and Cultural Center Museum; Laguna Pueblo and its Spanish mission;
San Miguel Mission Church in Socorro; El Camino Real International
Heritage Center along the Río Grande south of Socorro; historic La Posta
Restaurant in Old Mesilla; the Chile Pepper Institute (including Chile
Pepper Tasting) at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; and the Amerind
Foundation Museum in Dragoon, Arizona. Along the way SMRC’s knowledgeable
volunteers discuss early expeditions led by Coronado, Espejo, and Oñate to
the Hopi, Zuni, and Río Grande Pueblo countries, the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, and
other Spanish Colonial history.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Registration
deadline March 12. For reservations or more information contact Gail
Bornfield at 520-797-8825 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Thursday April 16, 2015
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner – **** Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Details 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 15.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
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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. Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization under the U.S. tax code, therefore donations and Old Pueblo
membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts allowed by the Internal
Revenue Service.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT! If you are not an Old Pueblo member we would be grateful if
you would become a member so you can provide more support for our education
and research programs and receive membership benefits. You can become a
member by going to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
http://www.oldpueblo.org/member.html web page, scrolling to the bottom of
that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Membership fees, and donations, also can be made using cash or
check. Checks may be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. (Please do not send
cash through the mail.) You can also donate using your Visa, MasterCard, or
Discover credit card, either by calling Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or by
clicking on “Donation Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure
www.oldpueblo.org/donate.html web page.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support!
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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