For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(2) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
(3) Our Mission and Support
(4) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Note that some activities listed here are sponsored by organizations other
than Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, and that some have deadlines for
preregistration.
* One asterisk indicates that this is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center-sponsored program and that another organization must be contacted to
register or to obtain more information.
** Two asterisks indicates that the activity is sponsored by the Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) but that Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
members can attend at the PGMA‘s member-discount rates.
**** Four asterisks is a prompt for more information or to indicate that Old
Pueblo is missing some information.
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday October 31, 2015
Deadline to purchase tickets for the “Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang
50th Anniversary Edition” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson charities and for the "Old
Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle, both to be held on November 13.
See announcements for both events below.
Thursday October 1, 2015: Mesa, AZ
“The Dyck Rock Shelter: A Sinagua Habitation Site Overlooking
Beaver Creek in Central Arizona” free presentation by archaeologist Todd
Bostwick, Ph.D., at the Southwest Archaeological Team (SWAT) membership
meeting, Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. MacDonald (enter from
First Street), Mesa, Arizona*
7-8 p.m. Free
In 2014, the Verde Valley Archaeology Center was given a large
collection of prehistoric artifacts from a Honanki phase (A.D. 1100-1300)
Sinagua rock shelter located next to Beaver Creek on private land north of
Montezuma Castle. The rock shelter was excavated in the 1960s and 1970s by a
professional archaeologist at the request ofthe landowner, Paul Dyck, and
included well-preserved cotton textiles, yucca cordage, wooden artifacts,
and a diversity of food remains. However, a report was never written and the
collection has been hidden away in storage for more than 40 years. This
presentation discusses the history of the excavations and provides the
results of the preliminary analyses of the materials. Numerous photographs
will be shown of the remarkable archaeological materials that were found in
the rock shelter. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Donna Benge at 480-969-0578 or [log in to unmask]
Fridays October 2-December 11, 2015 (except Nov. 27): Tucson
“Prehistory of the Southwest Class: The Hohokam Culture of
Southern Arizona” with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, 2201 W. 44th Street (at Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service
Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park),
Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Friday evening October 2 through December
11 (skip Thanksgiving weekend, November 27); fee of $95 ($80 for members of
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society, or Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary) does not include cost of recommended text: The
Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors; available
from Old Pueblo for $24.95 Old Pueblo & PGMA members $19.96) or the cost of
AAS membership or AAS Certification Program registration1
Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in ten 2-hour
sessions to explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the
American Southwest. The class cover Hohokam origins, subsistence and
settlement systems, social and organizational systems, material culture
including ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within
and beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion
and trade. Each student is expected to prepare a BRIEF research report to be
presented orally or in written form. Minimum enrollment 10, maximum 20.
Reservations and payment deadline extended to 5 p.m. Thursday
October 1: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
1 Class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS)
Certification Program’s (www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm) “Advanced
Prehistory of the Southwest: Hohokam” class. The AAS basic “Prehistory of
the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable
with the instructor.
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Friday-Sunday October 2-4, 2016: Springerville, AZ
“Arizona Archaeological Society Annual Meeting” at Springerville
Heritage Center, 418 East Main Street, Springerville, Arizona*
5:30 p.m. Friday-TBA Sunday; $40 per member includes dinner
buffet and continental breakfast
In this 2015 Annual Meeting hosted by the Little Colorado River
Chapter, the Arizona Archaeological Society Chapter Officers’ meeting will
take place Friday evening, the State Meeting will be held on Saturday, and
field trips to archaeological sites in the Springerville area are scheduled
for Saturday afternoon and Sunday. All meals (breakfast, social hour and
dinner) will be at the Rusty Cactus restaurant next door to the Heritage
Center.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register contact Carol Farnsworth at [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 3, 2015: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in
Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and equipment.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and other
tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed to help
modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made traditional
crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale.
Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8.
Reservations and payment deadline extended to 5 p.m. Thursday October
1: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 3, 2015: Phoenix
“Archaeology for Kids #6208” simulated archaeological excavation
opportunity for children at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park,
4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. $15
Kids can become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science
of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pithouse. Learn
about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.
Ages: 7-12.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Advance registration is required by October 1. For more information contact
Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Monday October 5, 2015: Albuquerque
“Transcription and Analysis of the 1787 Ugalde Diary for Lipan
Nation Building Effort” and “Documentary Evidence of the Jumanos and Sumas”
free presentations by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour for the New Mexico
Office of the State Historian’s 2015 Scholars Lecture Series in Frank Waters
Room, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque*
12-1 p.m. Free
In her Ugalde Diary talk, Dr. Seymour discusses combining
archaeology with historical documentary evidence to assist the Lipan Apaches
in reconnecting with their past and revitalizing their culture. This
collaboration involves combining traditional information with historical and
archaeological data. The work conducted under this History Scholars Grant
provides valuable historical insights and at the same time assists
indigenous peoples in their quest for knowledge and federal tribal
recognition. To this end, Dr. Seymour and colleagues have been transcribing,
translating, and analyzing the contents of the Juan de Ugalde diary from his
1787 campaign to the Pecos River in an effort to locate the historical
location of the ranchería of Picax Ande that led the Plains Apache
confederacy.
For her presentation about documentary evidence of the Jumanos
and Sumas, she notes that many of the Salinas area pueblos are referred to
as Jumano pueblos because Spanish documentary sources refer to them as such.
Documentary sources indicate both that the Puebloans themselves were Jumano
and the mobile visitors were Jumano. The question remains as to whether the
Piro-speaking Jumano pueblos of the Salinas area were made up of Jumanos who
spoke Piro and were essentially a subset of the Piro, or were a mixed
population of Piro and Jumanos, or whether just the visiting mobile groups
were Jumano. People referenced as Jumanos were also present in La Junta del
los Rios area of Trans-Pecos Texas. These people included both settled
farming pueblo dwellers and mobile hunter-gatherer-traders. This raises the
question as to whether the Jumano of the La Junta area and the lower Rio
Grande were the same as those in the Salinas area. This project investigates
how language analysis and reexamination of documentary sources can inform
about this relationship.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Dr. Seymour at [log in to unmask]
<http://your.website.address.here/>
Tuesday October 6, 2015: Tucson
“Emil Haury's Excavations at Point of Pines Pueblo Revisited:
Recent Research on Unpublished Collections Recovered Between 1947 and 1957”
free presentation by Arizona State Museum Director Dr. Patrick D. Lyons in
Center for English as a Second Language Room 103, University of Arizona,
1100 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson*
7-8 p.m. Free
ASM Director Dr. Lyons will deliver the first talk in this 3-part
Haury Lecture Series recognizing the life, work, and legacy of archaeologist
Emil W. Haury. This annual lecture series is a program of Western National
Parks Association with support from Southwestern Foundation and in
partnership with the Arizona State Museum and UA School of Anthropology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
dfl@email.arizona.edu..
Wednesday, October 7, 2015: Waddell-Buckeye, AZ
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart featuring bonus photos of
petroglyphs in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, at the Maricopa County
White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, AZ
1-2:30 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
For event details contact Patty Dennehy at 602-651-2210 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 8, 2015: Phoenix
“Life and Death at a Hohokam Ballcourt Village in the Northern
Tucson Basin” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. Todd Bostwick for
Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at the Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
7-8 p.m. Free
Recent excavations by PaleoWest Archaeology at the Ironwood Village
archaeological site in Marana, Arizona, has expanded our understanding of
the Hohokam Colonial period occupation of the Tucson Basin. This
investigation of the site confirmed that it dates to the Pioneer and
Colonial periods and discovered a previously unknown ballcourt that was not
visible on the surface. In addition, archaeologists found 113 pit structures
and 264 burials in excavation of a 7-acre area. The ballcourt was excavated
in its entirety, revealing a high-status cremation burial at its center that
may represent the ritual closing of the ballcourt related to the abandonment
of the village during the late Rillito phase. It is speculated that its
inhabitants moved to Los Morteros, located just across the Santa Cruz River
about 3 km to west. Light refreshments will be available before the
presentation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Ellie Large at 480-461-0563.
Friday October 9, 2015: Green Valley, AZ
“Hohokam and Mimbres Archaeology, Art, and Ideology” adult education
class with archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at Pima
Community College Green Valley Campus Room 203, 1250 W. Continental Rd.,
Green Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
members; OLLI-UA Green Valley membership fee of $95 for Fall session or $130
for entire year allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses
Comparison of New Mexico’s Classic Mimbres culture (AD 1000-1130)
pottery and rock art with the ceramics and rock images of the
contemporaneous Hohokam culture of southern Arizona helps define the spheres
of those cultures’ art and ideology. Certain icons are common to both
Hohokam and Mimbres art, whereas each culture also exhibits repeated motifs
that apparently were rarely or never produced by the other. Comparison and
contrast of the shared and unshared art images, and of other aspects of
Hohokam and Mimbres cultures, suggest similarities as well as differences in
their respective religious beliefs and practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
join Green Valley OLLI visit https://ce.arizona.edu/olli to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask],
or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday & Saturday October 9 & 10, 2015: El Paso
“19th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference” at El Paso Museum of
Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso*
****Times; fees
Archaeologists working in the Jornada Branch of the Mogollon
culture area of the American Southwest present their recent research during
this conference. Geographically the Jornada Mogollon extends from Carrizozo,
New Mexico on the north to just south of Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico on
the south, and from east of Deming, New Mexico, eastward to the Pecos River.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact George Maloof at 915-755-4332 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday October 10, 2015: Phoenix
Pueblo Grande Museum’s “Petroglyph Discovery Hike #6211” in Box
Canyon/Holbert Trail, South Mountain Park, Phoenix*
9-10 a.m. $5 per person
Bring the whole family for a short one-mile Hohokam petroglyph
discovery hike at South Mountain for an easy but also petroglyph-rich hiking
experience. An experienced Museum guide will lead participants on a quick
one-hour interpretive hike, perfect for all ages and busy schedules.;
Difficulty: Moderate.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is
limited. Advance registration required by October 8. For more information
contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday October 10, 2015: Dragoon, AZ
“Astronomy at Amerind” featuring archaeoastronomy talk by Ken
Zoll and telescope night-sky gazing at the Amerind Foundation, 2100 N.
Amerind Road, Dragoon, Arizona*
5-9 p.m. $75 for Amerind members; nonmembers $100 (membership
starts at just $40); fee includes deluxe box dinner prepared by Amerind’s
Chef Debbie.
The nonprofit Amerind Foundation offers a fascinating and educational
evening under the stars. Ken Zoll, Executive Director at Verde Valley
Archaeology Center, will talk about archaeoastronomy, the study of ancient
astronomy and astronomers. The Huachuca Astronomy Club will also be on hand
to discuss our night sky and the importance of reducing light pollution.
Telescopes will be on site for guests to peer into and ponder our limitless
skies.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 520-586-3666.
Tuesday October 13, 2015: Tucson
“Old Sites, New Insights: Returning to Snaketown and Pueblo
Bonito” free presentation by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Dr.
Patricia L. Crown in Room 103, University of Arizona Center for English as a
Second Language, 1100 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Part of the Emil W. Haury Lecture series sponsored by Western
National Parks Association, the Southwestern Foundation, the Arizona State
Museum, and the UA School of Anthropology, recognizing the legacy of
archaeological Dr. Emil W. Haury, an iconic figure who had a profound
influence in southwestern archaeology and the shape and substance of
archaeology at large.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information vist www.wnpa.org <http://www.wnpa.org/> or call Susan at
520-789-7405.
Wednesday October 14, 2015: Tucson
“Travel in Ancient Egypt” free lecture followed by “4000 Years
of Love” fundraiser concert both by Dr. Heidi Köpp-Junk sponsored by the
American Research Center in Egypt, Arizona Chapter, at Tucson Racquet Club,
4001 N. Country Club Rd., Tucson*
5:30 p.m. free lecture; 7 p.m. concert & dinner $30 per person
($20 students), cash bar
Today we associate travel mainly with tourism, but this differs
greatly from records of ancient Egyptians. Who travelled in ancient Egypt
and why? Was it only the high society, and did they travel just for fun or
for economic reasons? How did they travel? In her free lecture Dr. Heidi
Köpp-Junk from Trier University, Germany, answers these questions and shows
the types of locomotion used on their journeys, from the sedan chair of
Hetepheres, Khufu’s mother, to the chariot of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. The
lecture is followed by the classically trained Dr. Köpp-Junk singing a
compilation of classic and pop love songs of today and from ancient Egypt
since the time of Ramesses the Great. Playing a reproduction of an ancient
Egyptian lute, she portrays love in ancient Egypt from various papyri:
tender, humorous, satirical, but especially very romantic.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Email
[log in to unmask] to RSVP (by Oct. 9) or for more information.
Wednesday October 14, 2015: Cave Creek, AZ
“Pondering the Use of Native American Oral Histories in Archaeological
Practice” free presentation by Dr. Kerry Thompson at monthly meeting of the
Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, in the community
building (Maitland Hall) at Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church,
6502 East Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, Arizona*
7 p.m. reception and socialization; program begins approximately at
7:30; free
Anthropologist Dr. Kerry Thompson, a member of the Navajo Nation, is
primarily interested in the inclusion of Native American perspectives and
participation in archaeological practice. In this program she will discuss
how folklore and oral tradition are lines of evidence for establishing
cultural affiliation, but there is no clear picture of the ways in which
oral histories are being brought into archaeological practice.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact **** Kathryn Frey at 480-695-2609 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 15, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation "An Akimel O'odham Perspective on
Archaeology" with Barnaby V. Lewis 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)
Mr. Barnaby V. Lewis, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for
the Gila River Indian Community in central Arizona, will discuss Akimel
O'odham (Pima Indian) history, traditional beliefs and practices, and his
thoughts about archaeological sites occupied by his ancestors, the Huhugam.
Archaeologists adopted this ancestral name from the O'odham language in
coining the term “Hohokam” to refer to the archaeologically recognized
culture that was present in south-central Arizona from about A.D. 450-1450.
Mr. Lewis will explain how the meanings of “Hohokam” and “Huhugam” are
different.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday October 14.
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Thursday-Sunday October 15-18, 2015: Safford, AZ
“Southwest Kiln Conference” at Eastern Arizona College’s
Discovery Park Campus, 1651 Discovery Park Blvd., Safford, Arizona*
Thursday afternoon-Sunday afternoon; conference is free to
participants and observers but there are costs for optional conference
T-shirt, Saturday barbecue, lunch delivery and beginners pottery workshop.
An informal gathering of archaeologists, potters and other folks
with an interest in ancient and modern southwestern ceramic technology, this
event has been held nearly every year since 2003 at various sites in the
American Southwest. The SWKC provides opportunities for people with a range
of interests and skill levels; a beginners’ pottery workshop, archaeological
panel discussions, presentations and demonstrations of prehistoric pottery
technology, pottery firings, and a field trip to dig clay. The deadline for
registration is October 1, 2015.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information see the conference schedule page
<http://www.swkiln.com/schedule/> , then use the conference registration
<http://www.swkiln.com/conference-registration/> form to reserve your
place.
Saturday October 17, 2015: Phoenix
“International Archaeology Day” and “Archaeology for Kids” at
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St.,
Phoenix*
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free
Free museum admission and programming for the whole family. In
collaboration with the Central Arizona Society of the Archaeological
Institute of America, Pueblo Grande Museum is offering demonstrations of
conservation methods used to preserve the prehistoric Hohokam platform mound
by its Mudslingers volunteer group. The Archaeology for Kids program, where
children can excavate a replica Hohokam pithouse, will be free from 10 a.m.
to noon.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Monday October 19, 2015: Cave Creek, Arizona
“Navajo Rugs and Textiles” lecture and hands-on interactive
demonstration sponsored by Desert Foothills Chapter (DFC), Arizona
Archaeological Society (AAS), at Good Shepherd of the Hills, 6502 E. Cave
Creek Rd, Cave Creek , Arizona*
6-8 p.m. Free to AAS members with priority given to DFC members.
Join Navajo-trained weaver Grace Meeth for a weaving workshop
and talk. Grace discusses the history of Navajo weaving tradition and
demonstrates weaving.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservations (required) email Mary Kearney at [log in to unmask] prior to the
workshop. No registrations will be accepted on the day of the workshop.
Monday October 19, 2015: Tucson
“Ancient Woodworking, Animal Use, and Hunting Practices in
Southeastern Utah: New Insights from the Study of Early Perishable
Collections” free presentation by Chuck LaRue and Laurie Webster at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical
Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
During the 1890s more than 4,000 textiles, baskets, wooden
implements, hide and feather artifacts, and other organic materials were
excavated by local “cowboy” archaeologists from Basketmaker and
Pueblo-period archaeological sites in the greater Cedar Mesa area of
southeastern Utah. Most of these artifacts were shipped to museums outside
of the Southwest, where they have been largely forgotten by archaeologists
and the public. In 2010, the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project was born to
“re-excavate” these collections and make them more accessible to
researchers, the general public, and native communities. The presenters’
work with these 700- to 2,000-year-old collections has revealed a wide range
of well-preserved and often complete wood, horn, bone, and feather
implements related to woodworking, hideworking, animal and bird procurement,
farming, personal adornment, and other socioeconomic practices. They will
discuss some of what they have learned about the use and manufacture of
these perishable technologies.
* 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 October 20, 2015: Tucson
“Haury & the Search for the First Americans” free presentation
by Dr. Vance T. Holliday, University of Arizona Professor of Anthropology &
Geosciences in Room 103, University of Arizona Center for English as a
Second Language, 1100 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Part of the Emil W. Haury Lecture series sponsored by Western
National Parks Association, the Southwestern Foundation, the Arizona State
Museum, and the UA School of Anthropology, recognizing the legacy of
archaeological Dr. Emil W. Haury, an iconic figure who had a profound
influence in southwestern archaeology and the shape and substance of
archaeology at large.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information vist www.wnpa.org <http://www.wnpa.org/> or call Susan at
520-789-7405.
Saturday October 24, 2015: Dragoon, AZ
“Amerind Autumn Fest” at the Amerind Foundation, 2100 N. Amerind
Road, Dragoon, Arizona*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. $10 per vehicle
Expand your cultural horizons and join Amerind for a
family-friendly, fun-filled autumn day with food, artists, vendors, live
entertainment, and more! See the internationally acclaimed Jones Benally
Family Dance Troupe perform a program of traditional Diné (Navajo) dance and
song. Also joining in on the festivities is award winning rock duo Sihasin.
Come celebrate Diné art and culture at Amerind!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 520-586-3666.
Monday-Friday October 26-30, 2015: AZ & NM
Arizona Pathfinders’ “The Rustic Border Region of Arizona and
New Mexico” coach tour departing from Arizona Historical Society Museum, 949
E. Second St., Tucson*
7:30 a.m. Monday-ca. 4:15 p.m. Friday; $999 double occupancy
(Pathfinders members $984); single supplement add $185
Join Arizona Pathfinders for a memorable tour to remote parts of
the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert that have changed little since
early settlement days. Includes Safford, AZ (Samaniego Freight Train
Massacre and Wham Robbery sites, Mormon farming towns, the Pima Museum. the
Mills Pottery Collection at Eastern Arizona College, and historic downtown);
Salt River Canyon, AZ; Springerville, AZ (guided tours of four museums,
movie on the history of Round Valley, Dinosaur Museum that features recently
discovered Zuniceratops dinosaur, famous Western Drug and General Store,
Madonna of the Trail statue, and Rattlesnake Ruin at Lyman Lake); Plains of
San Augustin, NM (National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Large Array
radiotelescope and history of this area); Reserve, NM (history of ranchers,
timber industry, U.S. Forest Service, and historic lawman Elfego Baca);
Silver City, NM (supper at the renowned Buckhorn Saloon and Restaurant in
Piños Altos, guided tour of Ft. Bayard with costumed docents, Chino Mine
overlook, Silver City Museum, shopping in the historic district, and dinner
at the remote Bear Mountain Lodge); City of Rocks State Park, NM; Columbus,
NM (Pancho Villa State Park and the Depot); and Deming, NM (Deming-Luna
Historical Museum). Arizona Pathfinders, Inc. is an organization of
dedicated volunteers whose purpose is to support the Arizona Historical
Society, Southern Division.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Registration due by October 9. For more information email Pathfinders at
[log in to unmask]
Tuesdays October 27, 2015: Scottsdale, Arizona
“Introduction To Faunal Analysis” class with instructor Dr. Doss
Powell sponsored by Desert Foothills Chapter (DFC), Arizona Archaeological
Society (AAS), at Paradise Valley Community College, Black Mountain Campus,
34250 N 60th St, Scottsdale, Arizona*
7-9 p.m. Tuesdays; $75 for AAS members only with priority given
to DFC members
This five-week class introduces archaeological faunal analysis
or “zooarchaeology.” Animal remains can be used to inform us about a variety
of issues in the study of societies, such as environment, seasonality,
subsistence, hunting practices, political and social organization,
settlement patterns, and resource use. By the end of the class students will
be familiar with various approaches to the analysis of animal bones from
archaeological sites as well as how to identify and evaluate faunal remains.
The course covers theories and methods for studying animal skeletal remains
with particular attention paid to the identification and quantification of
zooarchaeological material.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservations (required) email Mary Kearney at [log in to unmask] prior to the
workshop.
Friday October 30, 2015
“Park of Four Waters Tour” at Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
10-11 a.m. Free with general admission fee
The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from
approximately AD 450-1450. In order to support their extensive agricultural
system, they constructed miles of canals to direct water from the Salt River
to their fields. The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a tour
through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal
systems.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Sunday November 1, 2015: Tubac, AZ
“2nd Annual Day of the Dead Celebration” at Tubac Presidio State
Park (1 Burruel St, Tubac) and all over Tubac, Arizona*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Children younger than 7 free, $2 for ages 7-13
(except youngsters who bring ofrendas get in free), $7.50 adults
Tubac's celebration of Día de los Muertos is a glorious event,
exuberantly honoring our ancestors and our community. Everyone is encouraged
to visit the ofrendas (altars in memory of departed loved ones) that will be
displayed at the Tubac Presidio, Tubac Center of the Arts, and other
locations. The Presidio celebration offers ofrenda exhibits, live music,
food vendors with a wonderful variety of offerings, face painting, and
intention writing. At about 3:45 p.m. a splendid procession will march
through the streets of Tubac to the great symbolic bonfire in the Sculpture
Garden at the KNEWBY Gallery, where there will also be music, dancing, food,
and drink Participants are encouraged to come in costume, have their faces
painted and bring mementos of loved ones to memorialize in the parade and at
the bonfire.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Shaw Kinsley at [log in to unmask]
Thursday-Saturday November 5-7, 2015: Sedona, AZ
“Getting to the Point: Projectile Point Analysis and Typology in
the American Southwest” and Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall
Conference sponsored by Verde Valley Archaeology Center (VVAC) and AAC at
Sedona Poco Diablo Resort, 1752 State Route 179, Sedona, Arizona*
6-9 p.m. Nov. 5 reception; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 6 conference
papers; times TBD Nov. 7; registration $50 (full-time students $25; AAC &
Native American enrolled tribe members free)
This year’s AAC Fall Conference and Symposium theme is “Getting
to the Point: Projectile Point Analysis and Typology in the American
Southwest." Projectile points are used as key cultural and chronological
indicators, yet there is no current consensus how to properly analyze
projectile points, nor is there agreement on how to assign them to existing
typological styles or what is required to identify new types or styles.
Other important issues include technological design, refurbishing, and
repurposing of projectile points. Standards are needed for reporting the
results of analysis, as well as the creation of comparative data bases for
the more common projectile point types found in Arizona. AAC and VVAC are
inviting speakers to present papers following this theme. Selected
conference papers will be published.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Visit
<http://www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org/symposium>
http://www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org/symposium for more information.
Saturday November 7, 2015: Phoenix
“Archaeology for Kids #6209” simulated archaeological excavation
opportunity for children at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park,
4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. $15
Kids can become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science
of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pithouse. Learn
about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.
Ages: 7-12.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Advance registration is required by October 1. For more information contact
Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
“Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition” by
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
& other Tucson charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team is presenting a new 2015 Ford
Mustang, 50th Anniversary Edition, to be used as the featured prize in a
raffle to raise millions of dollars for Tucson-area nonprofit organizations.
And, to sweeten the raffle, for every Mustang ticket we sell, Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center will enter a “Piggyback” ticket for the purchaser into
Old Pueblo’s separate November 13 “Old Pueblo - Young People” fundraising
raffle drawing for southwestern works of art, described below! With your $25
contribution (or 5 raffle tickets for $100) you could win this
collector’s-item 2015 Mustang or one of the Old Pueblo art prizes (or
both!). The best part is that 100% of your contribution will support Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our
sales of the Mustang raffle tickets.
Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs
for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help.
To be entered in both the Mustang and Old Pueblo Piggyback
raffles your contributions for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by
Old Pueblo by October 31 so that we can turn them in to the Jim Click
Automotive Team’s raffle coordinator by November 6. The drawing will be held
on November 13.
The rules of the Mustang raffle require that Old Pueblo account
for all tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets;
therefore, payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets. The
ticket price is $25 apiece or five tickets for $100. Tickets may be
purchased by check sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling Allen
Dart at 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card
payment authorization, or through the PayPal portal on Old Pueblo’s
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you have
provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawings for
you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
Tickets for the Mustang raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each.
Deadline to purchase tickets from Old Pueblo is Saturday October 31. For
tickets or more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s 2015 Mustang raffle visit www.millionsfortucson.org
<http://www.millionsfortucson.org/> .
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Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
"Old Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle to benefit Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center’s children’s education programs, at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson
8 p.m. Tickets are 5 for $20 or $5 each.
The GRAND PRIZE in Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s 2016 "Old
Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle is a 66 by 37 inch, red, black,
and white Navajo rug-saddle blanket appraised at up to $800 by two of
Tucson’s best-known Indian arts shops. Other prizes to be given away in the
raffle include a hand-made pottery seed jar by Kickapoo-Potawatomi artist
Pahponee valued at $600; a Tohono O’odham (Papago) closed-stitch basket
valued at $200+; a “Qoia Mana Todazafene” kachina doll valued at $90-$110; a
ca.1900 Tarascan Wooden mask valued at $125; a petrified-wood-and-feathers
“Navajo prayer bundle” fetish; 4 reproductions of ancient Mexican painted
clay faces; 10 Southwestern prehistoric pottery reproductions; 17 vintage
archaeology-theme T-shirts and 1 sweatshirt; and 2 places on an
archaeologist-guided tour to the Tucson area’s Los Morteros Hohokam village
& Picture Rocks petroglyphs archaeological sites. Proceeds from ticket
sales will help make it possible for Old Pueblo to continue offering our
children’s archaeology education programs, which include the OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation learning program, our OPENOUT
in-classroom education programs, and our guided archaeological site tours
for kids.
Deadline to purchase tickets is Saturday October 31. For tickets
or more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Monday November 16, 2015: Tucson
“The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments” free
presentation by archaeologist Deni Seymour at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal
Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Recent research provides evidence of ancestral Apaches in the
southern Southwest at least as early as the A.D. 1300s. Some of this
evidence comes from chronometric dates obtained from a feature type that
comparative ethnographic information (including rarely used land claims
documents) indicates were used for storage. These features, called platform
caches, provide rare and ideal material for accurate dating because they are
often covered with grass or leaves. Dates from these features, on Apache
pottery, and from roasting pits, all in direct association with Apache
material culture of other types (including rock art), provide a continuous
sequence of use from at least as early as the A.D. 1300s through the late
1700s. New information about a western route south to this region is
combined with other evidence regarding the presence of the earliest
ancestral Apache three centuries earlier than many have argued, even in
areas where Coronado did not see them.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 19, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation ****[Title, guest speaker, &
Tucson restaurant to be announced]
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday November 18.
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Friday November 20, 2015: Phoenix
“Park of Four Waters Tour” at Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
2-2:30 p.m. Free with general admission fee
The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from
approximately AD 450-1450. In order to support their extensive agricultural
system, they constructed miles of canals to direct water from the Salt River
to their fields. The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a tour
through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal
systems.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday November 21, 2015: Phoenix
“Petroglyph Discovery Hike #6212” in Box Canyon/Holbert Trail,
South Mountain Park, Phoenix*
9-10 a.m. $5 per person
Bring the whole family for a short one-mile Hohokam petroglyph
discovery hike at South Mountain for an easy but also petroglyph-rich hiking
experience. An experienced Museum guide will lead participants on a quick
one-hour interpretive hike, perfect for all ages and busy schedules.;
Difficulty: Moderate.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is
limited. Advance registration required by October 8. For more information
contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday December 5, 2015: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
TOUR IS FULL; WAITING LIST STARTED. "Baboquivari Peak Sacred
Cave, Petroglyphs, and Himdag Ki Cultural Center" car-caravan educational
tour to sites in and near Topawa, Arizona, with Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center executive director Allen Dart, departing from Pima Community College,
401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m.-5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees
of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
In an educational adventure into Native American culture, this
tour meets in Tucson at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago)
Indian Reservation for visits to the Tohono O'odham Cultural Center &
Museum, the Picture Rock petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic
Baboquivari Camp, and a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave site. We will
visit the Cultural Center in Topawa, Arizona, from 10 a.m. to 11:30, then
drive 12 miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary home of the
Tohono O'odham Creator deity I’itoi), stopping for bring-your-own picnic
lunch at Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps camp site
in the oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. After lunch we will take a
moderate-difficulty, two-mile-roundtrip, 1,000-foot-elevation-difference
hike up a trail that leads halfway up the peak, to visit a cave site
traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the deity I’itoi. Finally,
we will visit Picture Rock, a small butte that contains petroglyphs and
pictographs, bedrock mortars, and ancient artifacts. Modern Tohono O’odham
offerings may be present in some of the visited locations. Artifact
collecting is not permitted, and photos are not allowed in the cave but are
OK outside of it. Registrants may either meet the tour group at 8 a.m.
Saturday in Tucson and car-caravan onto the reservation, or may camp in
Baboquivari Camp on their own the night before the field trip and meet the
tour group at the Cultural Center Saturday morning. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday December 2: 520-798-1201 or
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Thursday December 17, 2015: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “From Hohokam to Salado: The
Kayenta Diaspora in the Southwest” with archaeologist Dr. Jeffery J. Clark
at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday December 16.
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Monday December 21, 2015: Tucson-Marana
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in
Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To explore ancient people's recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, 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 Friday December 18: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Thursday-Saturday January 14-16, 2016: Tucson
“5th Biennial Southwest Symposium” on the theme of “Engaged
Archaeology” at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center,
1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
5 p.m. Thursday-5 p.m. Saturday; fees before Dec. 1, 2015: $80
regular attendees, $40 students; after Dec. 1: $100 regular, $50 students
The Southwest Symposium promotes new ideas and directions in the
archaeology of the United States Southwest and the Mexican Northwest. The
2016 symposium focuses on Engaged Archaeology, showcasing collaborative and
participatory work with descendant groups and local communities, public
archaeology, and interdisciplinary work, in spoken and poster sessions.
Presentations demonstrate how engaged archaeology results in new
understandings of the past and broadens the relevance of archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at
regonline.com/southwestsymposium; for more information contact Sarah Herr at
[log in to unmask]
Saturday January 16, 2016: Ajo, AZ
“Charlie Bell Canyon Petroglyphs and Archaeology Tour” with Rick and
Sandi Martynec in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west of Ajo,
Arizona; depart in car caravan from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita
Ave., Tucson; or Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS)
headquarters, 611 N. 2nd Ave., Ajo
6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. if joining car caravan from Tucson or 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. if meeting tour in Ajo (end times are estimates only); $45 ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The Charlie Bell Well locality in the Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS) near Ajo, Arizona, includes more than 3,000
petroglyphs, most of them attributed to the Archaic (ca. 8000 BC-AD 500) and
Patayan (ca. AD 500-1500) archaeological cultures. There are also ancient
Native American trails, archaeological features, and artifacts in the canyon
near the historic well site. Upon arrival at CPNWS headquarters at 9 a.m. we
will drive approximately 1½ hours to the Charlie Bell Well trailhead, then
hike about ¾-mile (another hour) to reach the petroglyphs. There is a
750-foot elevation drop from the parking area to the well, so participants
can expect to be chugging back up the hill on the return hike to the
vehicles.
Cautions: Participants must each bring water and lunch, are
advised to wear hats and sunscreen. At the CPNWS check-in point in Ajo one
must show a government-issued ID, describe your vehicle, obtain an entry
permit, and sign a Hold Harmless agreement for the Department of Defense
before entering the refuge. High-clearance vehicles are required for the
roads in the CPNWS and 4-wheel drive is recommended. Carpooling is required
once we rendezvous in Ajo because CPNWS limits the number of vehicles that
can be taken into the wildlife refuge. You may want to plan to spend the
night in Ajo.
Reservations required by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 13:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Monday January 18, 2016: Tucson
“Can Pueblo Corn Save African Farms? Employing 1,400 Years of
Agricultural Knowledge in Service of the Future” free presentation by R.
Kyle Bocinsky at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting,
Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.,
Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday January 20, 2016: Phoenix
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Heard Museum Guild's "history of pottery"
series at the Heard Museum’s Steele Auditorium, 2301 N. Central Ave.,
Phoenix*
10-11 a.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart shows Native American ceramic styles
that characterized specific eras in the U.S. Southwest prior to about 1300,
and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating archaeological sites
and interpreting ancient lifeways. He discusses the importance of context in
archaeology, how the things people make change in style over time, and how
different styles are useful for identifying different cultures and for
dating archaeological sites. His many illustrations include examples of
ancient pottery types made throughout the American Southwest from about 2000
to 700 years ago, as a prelude to the Heard’s January 28 and February 4
presentations about post-1300 Acoma, Hopi, and other Southwestern pottery
types.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact David Rothberg at 602-750-3248 (C), 602-224-9674 (H), or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday January 21, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Apaches and Their Horses” by
archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour at a Tucson restaurant to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
A traditional Apache story goes that the people did not become
the Apache until the adoption of the horse--which is said to have triggered
the raiding adaptation. In this presentation Dr. Seymour, an internationally
recognized authority on protohistoric and historic Native American and
Spanish colonial archaeology and ethnohistory, addresses this and many other
notions about the Apache and their horses. No doubt, horses played a central
role in the Apachean world but the horse divide is not as pronounced as
thought. She will discuss various ways in which horses changed the ancestral
Apache lifeway, how horses survived and thrived without European horse
culture, how horses shaped warfare and intercultural relations, and how
horses were intertwined with family and inter-band relations through horse
trading and gambling. While the horse is maintained in contemporary culture,
archaeological traces document the animal’s historical role in rock art,
horse bones, landscape use, and artifacts.
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 20.
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Saturday January 23, 2016: Tucson
"Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima
County Public Library at the Joel Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
11 a.m. to noon. 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. The program is made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact librarian Matt Landon at 520-594-5565 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation topic contact
Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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
****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 February 18, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “****” with UNLV Professor
Barbara Roth at ****Tucson restaurant to be announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
****Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday February 17.
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Saturday February 20, 2016: Tohono O'odham Nation, AZ
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen
Dart departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fee $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or
employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning
car-caravan tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave
National Historic Landmark site. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s
excavations in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian
Hayden, evidence was found for human occupation going back from historic
times to around 10,000 years ago. The cave, which actually is a very large
rockshelter, also contains pictographs, petroglyphs, and other
archaeological features used by Native Americans for thousands of years.
Tour leaves Tucson at 6 a.m. to ensure the pictographs can be seen in the
best morning light. Fees will benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s
efforts to develop a caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 29: 520-798-1201 or
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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, and other fun and educational
events. This year’s event, for which the theme is “Heritage Matters: The
Past Begins Today,” will include a special tour of archaeological sites
along the Gila River let by archaeologist Allen Dart. The Expo also features
displays by archaeological and historical organizations, museums, Native
American tribes, state and federal agencies, and others, allowing visitors
to participate as archaeologists might in their research today, or make
crafts and tools that teach how prehistoric Native Americans and other early
inhabitants survived in the Southwest. Cultural and historical
demonstrations, talks by archaeologists, and interactive activities will
help make the past come alive, and special archaeology tours in Casa Grande
Ruins National Monument will be offered. Free-prize raffles will occur
throughout the day.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
more detailed information, contact Kris Dobschuetz, SHPO Compliance
Specialist, at 602-542-7141 or [log in to unmask] or Dave Carney in
Coolidge at 520-723-3172 or [log in to unmask]
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]
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 **** a Tucson restaurant to be announced]
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 durfing 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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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
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
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees
of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
EASTER WEEKEND: In an educational adventure into Native American
culture, this tour meets in Tucson at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono
O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation for visits to the 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
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
(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, Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del
Rio Hohokam Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can simply
follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our
printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can also
donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation Form” at
Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I
hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo Archaeology
bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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tell about upcoming activities that we and other southwestern U.S.
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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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