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.
Tuesday November 3, 2015: Dragoon, AZ
“Lessons from Repatriation” brown bag lunch in the Amerind Foundation
Lab, 2100 N. Amerind Road, Dragoon, Arizona*
12-1 p.m. Free
On November 16, 1990, the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) became a U.S. federal law. In honor of its 25th
anniversary the participants in the “Learning NAGPRA” project will present a
brown bag event as a space for reflection and discussion on the importance
of collaborative working relationships in respecting and supporting Native
American cultural traditions. A panel of invited speakers with professional
NAGPRA experience will reflect on two main themes: 1) What is the importance
and the meaning of NAGPRA? and 2) What lessons from NAGPRA can be applied to
the broader challenges of working together in a multicultural society?
Panelists include Felipe Estudillo-Colon and Jessie Ryker-Crawford of the
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, and Teresa Nichols, Jayne-Leigh
Thomas, April Sievert, and Anne Pyburn of Indiana University. Audience
participation will be invited and encouraged as we discuss how to equip and
excite the next generation to engage with these important issues.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call Indiana University at 812-856-5314 or email
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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]
Saturday November 7, 2015: Phoenix
“Annual Navajo Rug & Indian Art Auction” sponsored by the nonprofit
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Standard museum admission rates for visitors; free for
PGMA & Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary is hosting its 10th Annual Navajo Rug
and Indian Art Auction. Conducted by Bruce Burnham of Burnham Trading
Company in Sanders, Arizona, the auction is a one-day fundraising event with
a preview beginning at 9 a.m., followed by the auction from noon to 5.
Frybread and other native foods will be available for purchase throughout
the day. The preview and auction are free and open to the public. A portion
of the proceeds will benefit PGMA, a support group that supplements the
Pueblo Grande Museum’s preservation efforts, educational programs and
special events, exhibits, and artifact collections care.
** 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 details contact the Pueblo Grande
Museum at 602-495-0901 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday November 10, 2015: Scottsdale, AZ
“Arizona’s Greatest Battle” free presentation by Steve Hoza at the
Salt River Community Building, 1880 N. Longmore Road (just north of the
intersection of McDowell Road and Longmore), Scottsdale, AZ*
6-7:30 p.m. Free
Please join the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRP-MIC)
for a PowerPoint presentation by Huhugam Ki Museum Archivist Steve Hoza as
he talks about what is perhaps the most important battle that the O’Odham
(Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa) ever fought. The Battle of Maricopa Wells,
fought in 1857 between Pima and Maricopa warriors on one side and Yuma,
Mohave, Apache, and Yavapai warriors on the other, is the subject of the
book Massacre on the Gila: An Account of the Last Major Battle Between
American Indians With Reflections on the Origin of War, by Clifton B.
Kroeber and Bernard L. Fontana. Steve will share his recent research and new
insights about this event. Come find out the who, what, where, and why of
this little-known conflict, examine re-created weapons from both sides, and
enjoy the light dinner to be provided by SRP-MIC.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 480-362-6342.
Tuesday November 10, 2015: Tijeras, NM
“Indians, Armor, and Allies: Who Came to the Pass?” free presentation
by archaeologist Marc Thompson, Ph.D., for the Friends of Tijeras Pueblo
Monthly Lecture Series at Tijeras Ranger Station, 11776 NM-337, Tijeras, NM*
6:30 p.m. Free
In addition to his numerous titles (Governor, Captain General,
adelantado), Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a caudillo (a strong military and
political leader) in 16th century Nuevo Mexico. Don Juan differed from
previous Spanish invaders because his expedition was one primarily of
settlement as well as conquest and exploration. Marc Thompson will examine
Oñate's ethnicity, that of his family, accompanying settlers, and Indian
allies. Additionally, other data are reviewed to illustrate how Mexican
Indian, Southwestern Indian, and Hispanic contact cultures produced hybrid
peoples, places, and practices as part of the ongoing process of mestizaje.
Marc Thompson received his B.A. in anthropology from the University of
Colorado, Boulder, an M.A. in anthropology from the Universidad de las
Américas in Cholula, Puebla, México, and his Ph.D. from the Department of
Archaeology, the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He has conducted
fieldwork and directed projects in México, Belize, Canada, New Mexico,
Texas, Wyoming, Montana, and California, has taught in México, Canada, and
the U.S., and is a past director of the El Paso Museum of Archaeology. He is
now president of the Albuquerque Archaeological Society and Director of the
Tijeras Pueblo Museum.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call Judy at 505-286-7961 or Dottie at 505-321-5077.
Saturday November 14, 2015: Arizona City, AZ
“Archaeology of the Ironwood Forest Area” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart at Ragged Top Mountain, Ironwood Forest National
Monument, Arizona*
1-1:45 p.m. presentation; entire event is from 8 :30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free
In one of the many activities offered during the “Meet the Monument”
event, Allen Dart will summarize the archaeology of the Ironwood Forest
National Monument and vicinity. The talk is part of the Friends of Ironwood
Forest’s efforts to inform visitors about the Sonoran Desert as found in the
monument. Also giving talks will be Ken Mahoney (BLM, Arizona National
Conservation Lands), Bob Schmalzel (botany/cactuses), Joe Sheehey (bighorn
sheep), and Camillus Lopez (Tohono O'odham Community College, on Tohono
O'odham culture). Opportunities abound to engage the desert directly through
guided hikes around the base of Ragged Top Mountain and walkabouts focused
on specific topics or activities including natural history, big horn sheep,
birding, and nature photography. Bring your own water bottles, lunch, and
camp chairs. Here’s the schedule:
7:30 a.m. Registration Open
8:30 a.m. Desert Photography with Allan Morgan and Chris Flanagan -
National Geographic; 5K hike (3 miles) with Ries Lindley – Botany; Adventure
Hike for Experienced Hikers (5 miles) with Drew Milsom, U of A
9 a.m. Cacti of the Sonoran Desert with Bob Schmazel
10 a.m. National Conservation Lands - Ken Mahoney, BLM
11 a.m. Tohono O'odham Culture and Traditions, Camillus Lopez
12 p.m. Bighorn Sheep of the Ironwood Forest with Joe Sheehey, Arizona
Bighorn
1 p.m. Archaeology of the Ironwood Forest Monument with archaeologist
Allen Dart
1 p.m. 1 hour hike Ries Lindley – Botany; Desert Photography walkabout
with Allan Morgan, National Geographic
3 p.m. MTM Ends
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information and directions to the event visit http://ironwoodforest.org/ or
contact Jim Avramis, 520-334-9193 or [log in to unmask]
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 “Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart at ULike Asian Buffet
Restaurant, 330 S. Wilmot Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen
Dart shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras
in Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways.
Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how things people
make change in style over time, and how different styles are useful for
identifying different cultures and for dating pottery. Then he shows
illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were made in southern
Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam cultures, and historically
by Piman (Tohono O’odham and Akimel O’odham), Yuman (including Mohave and
Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early as 800 B.C. into the early
twentieth century.
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
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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
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Thursday December 3, 2015: Mesa, AZ
“Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” free
presentation by Kenneth Lapatin sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of
America Central Arizona Society in the Main Campus Building Community Room,
Benedictine University, 225. E. Main Street, Mesa, AZ*
6 p.m. Free
Kenneth Lapatin, Associate Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty
Museum and principal organizer of its current exhibition that has united 50
significant bronzes of the Hellenistic age. During the Hellenistic period
from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. until the establishment of
the Roman Empire in 31 B.C., the medium of bronze drove artistic innovation.
Sculptors moved beyond Classical norms, supplementing traditional subjects
and idealized forms with realistic renderings of physical and emotional
states. Bronze—surpassing marble with its tensile strength, reflective
effects, and ability to hold fine detail—was employed for dynamic
compositions, dazzling displays of the nude body, and graphic expressions of
age and character. Cast from alloys of copper, tin, lead, and other
elements, bronze statues were produced in the thousands: honorific portraits
of rulers and citizens populated city squares, and images of gods, heroes,
and mortals crowded sanctuaries. Few, however, survive. New discoveries
appeared with works known for centuries, and several closely related statues
were presented side by side for the first time in this Getty Museum
exhibition, which was organized by the Getty, the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
in Florence, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington with the
participation of the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Almira Poudrier at [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 10, 2015: Tucson
“The Norton Allen Collection” informal presentation and discussion
with Arizona State Museum (ASM) Director Dr. Patrick D. Lyons at the ASM,
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
<http://your.website.address.here/> 7 p.m. Free
Dr. Patrick Lyons will discuss the legacy of avocational archaeologist
Norton Allen, his work in partnership with Emil Haury, and his immensely
important collection housed at the Arizona State Museum. Reception follows
presentation. This is the inaugural installment of the “Norton Allen
Encounters with ASM Collections” series, made possible by support from the
Smith Living Trust. This series focuses attention on ASM's world-class
collections and highlights contributions of professional experts to the
anthropology and history of the US Southwest and northern Mexico.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 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
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)
Dr. Clark will discuss and illustrate how an estimated 5,000 to 7,500
Kayenta people from northeastern Arizona immigrated to and through the
Colorado Plateau and Mogollon region during the late 13th century, some of
them ultimately reaching southeastern Arizona where they encountered highly
sedentary irrigation communities with variable ties to the Hohokam World.
Although the Kayenta were a dispersed minority, they resisted assimilation
and retained some aspects of their homeland identity, causing some tense
initial relations with the populations already living in lands where the
immigrants had resettled. After a generation or two, however, tensions
abated as indicated by widespread exchange of Salado polychrome pottery and
obsidian from southwestern New Mexico. Archaeological evidence indicates
that Kayenta groups and their descendants maintained a community in diaspora
that produced much of the Salado polychrome that dominated decorated ceramic
assemblages throughout much of southern Southwest for more than a century.
This “foreign” pottery apparently was part of an inclusive ideology that
drew upon powerful Mesoamerican symbols and concepts to integrate culturally
diverse populations during a time of crisis.
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
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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
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Saturday January 16, 2016: Ajo, AZ
“Charlie Bell Canyon Petroglyphs and Archaeology Tour” with Rick and
Sandi Martynec in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west of Ajo,
Arizona; depart in car caravan from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita
Ave., Tucson; or Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWS)
headquarters, 611 N. 2nd Ave., Ajo
6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. if joining car caravan from Tucson or 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. if meeting tour in Ajo (end times are estimates only); $45 ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The Charlie Bell Well locality in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife
Refuge (CPNWS) near Ajo, Arizona, includes more than 3,000 petroglyphs, most
of them attributed to the Archaic (ca. 8000 BC-AD 500) and Patayan (ca. AD
500-1500) archaeological cultures. There are also ancient Native American
trails, archaeological features, and artifacts in the canyon near the
historic well site. Upon arrival at CPNWS headquarters at 9 a.m. we will
drive approximately 1½ hours to the Charlie Bell Well trailhead, then hike
about ¾-mile (another hour) to reach the petroglyphs. There is a 750-foot
elevation drop from the parking area to the well, so participants can expect
to be chugging back up the hill on the return hike to the vehicles.
Cautions: Participants must each bring water and lunch, are advised to
wear hats and sunscreen. At the CPNWS check-in point in Ajo one must show a
government-issued ID, describe your vehicle, obtain an entry permit, and
sign a Hold Harmless agreement for the Department of Defense before entering
the refuge. High-clearance vehicles are required for the roads in the CPNWS
and 4-wheel drive is recommended. Carpooling is required once we rendezvous
in Ajo because CPNWS limits the number of vehicles that can be taken into
the wildlife refuge. You may want to plan to spend the night in Ajo.
Reservations required by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 13: 520-798-1201 or
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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
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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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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
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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
[log in to unmask]
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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. The
theme for this year’s event is “Heritage Matters: The Past Begins Today.”
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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Monday March 21, 2016: Tucson
“Hard Times in Dry Lands: Apocalypse in the Ancient Southwest or
Business as Usual?” free presentation by Debra Martin at Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical
Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****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]
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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(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows
students and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in
“OPEN3,” a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a
southern Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of
prehistoric pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for
cooking, storage, and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students
participating in the program get to learn and practice techniques used to
excavate real archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific
interpretation of how ancient people constructed their houses, what they
looked like, ate, and believed in, and how they created beauty in their
lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient
Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about
people through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect
prelude for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can simply
follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our
printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can also
donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation Form” at
Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I
hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo Archaeology
bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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(4) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo typically sends two email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS each month that
tell about upcoming activities that we and other southwestern U.S.
archaeology and history organizations offer. We also email pdf copies of our
Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some
other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months.
If you do not wish to receive further email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS from Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center but are willing to receive emails on other topics
please send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message “Please stop
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that if you received our communication through a listserve, Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center cannot remove your email address from that listserve. The
listserves to which this announcement was posted, and the email addresses to
contact for inclusion in or removal from each list, include:
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Arizona Archaeological Council: Walter Duering
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Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams
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