For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options.
(2) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities.
(3) Details on Upcoming Activities.
(1) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
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(2) SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
(JUST A SUMMARY OF EACH ACTIVITY IS LISTED IN THIS SECTION! For details on
each activity see DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES below.)
LOOKING AHEAD: October 24, 2014 is deadline to purchase tickets for the
November 13, 2014 Jeep Cherokee Fundraising Raffle that benefits Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and other charities. See November 13 announcement for
this event, below.
Monday-Friday June 2-6, 2014 “Archaeology and Ecology Summer Camp” (Summer
Session 1) for kids at ASU Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley
Rd., Phoenix*
June 6-8, 2014 “Conference on Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest”
sponsored bv the Society for Cultural Astronomy in the American Southwest at
the School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe.*
Monday-Friday June 9-13, 2014 “Archaeology for Kids Summer Camp” (Course
#104843) at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix**
June 14, 2014 “Protohistoric Archaeology in Southern Arizona” workshop led
by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour for the 12th Annual Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference at Esplendor Resort, 1069 Camino Caralampi, Rio
Rico, Arizona*
June 16-20, 2014 “Scientific Illustration Workshop at Q-Ranch” taught by
John W. Hohmann and Bryan Donahue sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological
Society at Q-Ranch near Young, Arizona*
Monday-Friday June 16-20, 2014 “Archaeology and Ecology Summer Camp” (Summer
Session 2) for kids at ASU Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley
Rd., Phoenix*
June 16, 2014 “Can’t We All Just Get Along? Domestic Disputes and Warfare in
the Prehistoric Sonoran Desert” free presentation by James T. Watson at
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Tucson*
June 19, 2014 "Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Archaeological
Society Yavapai Chapter at the Smoki Museum, 147 N. Arizona St., Prescott,
Arizona*
NEW MEXICO: June 20-24, 2014 "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of
Southern New Mexico" archaeology education tour with archaeologist Allen
Dart offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Drive your own vehicle & meet
tour in Silver City, NM
Monday-Friday June 23-27, 2014 “Art-e-ology Summer Camp” at Pueblo Grande
Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
July 5, 2014 "Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians"
& "Modern and Historical O'odham Culture" free presentations by
archaeologist Allen Dart at Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Vail, Arizona*
July 21, 2014 “La Frontera: A History of the Borderlands in Cochise County”
free presentation by Rebecca Orozco at Arizona Archaeological and Historical
Society meeting, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
Thursday-Sunday August 7-10, 2014 “Annual Pecos Archaeological Conference,”
this year at the Blue Mountain Scout Camp on the Manti-LaSal National Forest
north of Blanding, Utah*
NEW MEXICO: August 29-31, 2014 “Southwest Kiln Conference” at Tijeras Ranger
Station, 11776 New Mexico 337, Tijeras, New Mexico*
Mondays September 8-November 17, 2014 "Prehistory of the Southwest" class
with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson;
available for Arizona Archaeological Society Certification
September 13, 2014 “Pottery Types of the Tonto National Forest”
identification class with archaeologist J. Scott Wood sponsored by Desert
Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at location to be
determined in the Cave Creek area*
September 15, 2014 “What! No Chiles in the Ancient Southwest?” free
presentation by Professor Paul E. Minnis at Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society meeting, University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium,
Tucson*
September 18, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Chiricahua Apaches in Myth and History” with Cochise College’s Rebecca
Orozco at restaurant to be announced, Tucson
September 22, 2014 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of
Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with
archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista
Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
Thursday-Monday September 25-29, 2014 “Chaco Canyon, Aztec, and Salmon Great
Pueblos and Other Archaeological Sites” Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
educational tour with archaeologist Marc Severson
October 3, 2014 “Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” adult education
class with archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, for OLLI-UA Green Valley members
at First American Title in Green Valley Mall, Green Valley, Arizona*
NEW MEXICO: Thursday-Saturday October 9-11, 2014 “18th Biennial Mogollon
Archaeology Conference” at Corbett Center Auditorium, New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces*
Sundays October 12-November 23, 2014 “Traditional Pottery Making Workshop”
with Andy Ward at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street,
Tucson.
October 16, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial
Survey” with historian Erik Berg at restaurant to be announced, Tucson
October 20-26, 2014 “Colorado Archaeology” educational tour led by Zebulon
Miracle, sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA),
departing from a place to be selected in Phoenix**
November 13, 2014 “Fundraising Raffle of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee” by Tucson’s
Jim Click Automotive Team. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center keeps 100% of the
proceeds from all raffle tickets it sells. Tickets 5 for $100 or $25 each.
520-798-1201.
November 20, 2014 “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation,
“Landscape of the Spirits: Hohokam Rock Art of South Mountain Park” with
archaeologist Dr. Todd Bostwick at Dragon's View Asian Cuisine, Tucson
November 29, 2014 “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
December 18, 2014 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner. Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced
January 15, 2015 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner. Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced.
Mondays January 19-February 9, 2015 "Archaeology, Cultures, and Ancient Arts
of Southern Arizona" adult education class for Recreation Centers of Sun
City West in the R. H. Johnson Recreation Center, Sun City West, Arizona
February 21, 2015 “White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon &
Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Allen Dart for
Recreation Centers of Sun City West in White Tank Mountain Regional Park,
Waddell, Arizona*
March 21, 2015 "Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration" free children's
activities at City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E.
Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
Saturday & Sunday March 28 & 29, 2015 “Southwest Indian Art Fair” at the
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
* Not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored program.
** Not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored program, however, Old
Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s member-discount rates,
and vice-versa.
(3) DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
LOOKING AHEAD: Friday October 24, 2014
Deadline to purchase tickets for the November 13 “Fundraising
Raffle of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to
benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other charities. See November 13
announcement for this event, below.
Monday-Friday June 2-6, 2014
“Archaeology and Ecology Summer Camp” (Summer Session 1) for
kids at ASU Deer Valley Rock Art Center (DVRAC), 3711 W. Deer Valley Rd.,
Phoenix*
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. each day. $180 for the week ($140 for DVRAC
members)
At this week-long summer camp, Arizona State University
anthropologists and sustainability educators, local artists, and indigenous
experts teach campers about archaeology, the Sonoran Desert, cultural
anthropology, southwestern peoples, and sustainability through hands-on
educational activities, archaeological fieldwork and demonstrations, art and
science projects, nature hikes, and cultural experiences. This year’s camps
are a collaboration with the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability and
Ecology Explorers. ASU Deer Valley Rock Art Center is an archaeological
site, Sonoran Desert nature preserve, and interpretive center managed by the
ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Visitors hike a
quarter-mile trail to view over 1,500 petroglyphs made between 500 and 7,000
years ago and learn about desert environments. The Center provides
preservation, connection and respect for cultural heritage sites and desert
landscapes. It introduces visitors to Arizona’s rich archeological heritage
and the role of the ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change at
Arizona State University in this history.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each
week-long camp session is limited to 20 children, and advance registration
is required. Visit dvrac.asu.edu for application guidelines and deadlines.
To register download the registration form from the website and return with
payment. Scholarships are available.
Friday-Sunday June 6-8, 2014
“Conference on Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest”
sponsored by the Society for Cultural Astronomy in the American Southwest
(SCAAS) in Marston Exploration Theater, School of Earth and Space
Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe.*
$120 registration for combined workshop & conference; $75
conference only; $50 workshop only (10% discount for SCAAS members); hotel
group rate available until May 8, subject to availability
The theme for this third southwestern archaeoastronomy
conference, cochaired by Ric Alling (Marston Exploration Theater Manager),
Todd Bostwick, (Director of Archaeology at Verde Valley Archaeology Center
[VVAC] and Senior Research Archaeologist at PaleoWest Archaeology), and Ken
Zoll (VVAC Executive Director) is “Charting a Formal Methodology for
Cultural Astronomy Research.” A Pre-Conference Workshop on June 6 will
explore basic formulas, common pitfalls, and the wealth of computer-based
resources available to the contemporary cultural astronomy researcher.
Presentation of papers and posters will be on June 7. Contributed Papers
discuss the results of fieldwork or lab research. A variety of tours will be
arranged for interested attendees.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
Online and mail conference registration will be available in January 2014.
Additional information about the conference and membership in SCA can be
obtained at www.scaas.org <http://www.scaas.org/> or by email to
[log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 9-13, 2014
“Archaeology for Kids Summer Camp” (Course #104843) at Pueblo
Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
8:30 a.m. to noon; Ages 8 to 13; $100 for the week
In this camp kids learn about the life of an artifact from
archaeology to being displayed in a museum! They explore the science of
archaeology by doing a simulated archaeological excavation of a Hohokam
pithouse, learn how to identify artifacts in the field, and discover how
archaeologists use these artifacts to learn more about past cultures. Once
they are finished in the field they head into the research labs and
collections storage of the Pueblo Grande Museum to learn the science of
caring for artifacts.
** 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. Reservations required. For more
information or to register contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday June 14, 2014
“Protohistoric Archaeology in Southern Arizona” workshop led by
archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour for the 12th Annual Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference, at Esplendor Resort at Rio Rico, 1069 Camino
Caralampi, Rio Rico, Arizona*
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fee included in full conference registration
package; $35 for those not attending conference
This workshop provides a summary of the latest new information
on the protohistoric and Native American historical archaeology in southern
Arizona. Dr. Deni Seymour will focus on the indigenous occupants, including
the settled farmers, some of whom resided in Spanish missions and presidios,
as well as those groups who did not settle down during the mission period.
The workshop will cover the archaeology of the Sobaipuri-O'odham, Apache,
and Canutillo complex (Jano Jocome, Manso, Suma). Lectures will be included,
and the extensive six loci of a series of Sobaipuri occupations around
Mission Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi will be visited for a hands-on
encounter. Attendees will examine and learn about Sobaipuri cultural
material and, if time permits, will visit the ruins of the Guevavi Spanish
Mission. If the site visit is possible guests are encouraged to bring their
own vehicles with high road clearance.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
Historic Preservation Conference information contact Dave Ryder, Veer
Consulting, at 602-568-6277 or [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 16-20, 2014
“Scientific Illustration Workshop at Q-Ranch” taught by
archaeologist Dr. John W. Hohmann and professional artist/scientific
illustrator Bryan Donahue, sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological Society
(AAS) at Q-Ranch near Young, Arizona*
8 a.m. Monday-4 p.m. Friday (5 days classes, 6 nights
accommodations); $895 per person (double occupancy; $1150 single occupancy)
includes lodging, meals, and course registration fee (and AAS membership is
required)
In this workshop each student will learn about the importance
and value of scientific illustration and will have the opportunity to
illustrate various artifacts and cultural features from Q Ranch. The
workshop goals are to learn basic scientific illustration techniques,
produce an accurate and detailed record of an archaeological artifact, learn
more about the artifact itself through such careful examination, and inform
others about the intricacies of an artifact through detailed illustration
that cannot be as easily conveyed through words or photographs. Participants
will all stay at the Q Ranch Lodge and may enjoy additional sketching
opportunities of the picturesque ranch, ancient pueblo archaeological site,
and mountain-park scenery. Jonathan Rogers’s Q-Ranch Lodge is a two-story
ranch house with six upstairs bedrooms and three shared bathrooms, where
Jonathan delights his guests with gourmet cuisine and good conversation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservations contact Jonathan Rogers at 928-970-0596 or
[log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 16-20, 2014
“Archaeology and Ecology Summer Camp” (Summer Session 2) for
kids at ASU Deer Valley Rock Art Center (DVRAC), 3711 W. Deer Valley Rd.,
Phoenix*
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. each day. $180 for the week ($140 for DVRAC
members)
At this week-long summer camp, Arizona State University
anthropologists and sustainability educators, local artists, and indigenous
experts teach campers about archaeology, the Sonoran Desert, cultural
anthropology, southwestern peoples, and sustainability through hands-on
educational activities, archaeological fieldwork and demonstrations, art and
science projects, nature hikes, and cultural experiences. This year’s camps
are a collaboration with the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability and
Ecology Explorers. ASU Deer Valley Rock Art Center is an archaeological
site, Sonoran Desert nature preserve, and interpretive center managed by the
ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Visitors hike a
quarter-mile trail to view over 1,500 petroglyphs made between 500 and 7,000
years ago and learn about desert environments. The Center provides
preservation, connection and respect for cultural heritage sites and desert
landscapes. It introduces visitors to Arizona’s rich archeological heritage
and the role of the ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change at
Arizona State University in this history.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each
week-long camp session is limited to 20 children, and advance registration
is required. Visit dvrac.asu.edu for application guidelines and deadlines.
To register download the registration form from the website and return with
payment. Scholarships are available.
Monday June 16, 2014
“Can’t We All Just Get Along? Domestic Disputes and Warfare in
the Prehistoric Sonoran Desert” free presentation by James T. Watson at
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, University Medical
Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Dr. Watson will discuss ancient conflict at the Early
Agricultural period (2100 BC-AD 50) site of La Playa, northern Sonora, by
examining evidence of trauma in skeletons from that area. Members of these
irrigation communities likely experienced considerable social tensions
generated by balancing public cooperation for the management and maintenance
of irrigation systems and private property interests among households
controlling agricultural fields and production.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/>
www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
Thursday June 19, 2014
"Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by the Arizona
Archaeological Society Yavapai Chapter at the Smoki Museum’s Pueblo
Building, 147 N. Arizona St., Prescott, Arizona, cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities*
7-8 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Julie Rucker in Prescott
at 928-554-2745 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday-Tuesday June 20-24, 2014
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico"
archaeology education tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Silver
City, NM. Actual touring begins Saturday and continues through Tuesday.
Fee $250 for the full four-day tour ($230 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), or $70 per
day to attend tour on individual days ($60/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA
members). Participants are responsible for their own transportation, meals,
and lodging.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this tour
to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon village archaeological sites,
spectacular petroglyph and pictograph sites, and museums with probably the
finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collections in the world, all in
southwestern New Mexico's Silver City, Mimbres, and Deming areas. Places
tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon Village site
excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; sites in the Gila Cliff Dwellings
National Monument and vicinity; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town, TJ, and
Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and the
Western New Mexico University Museum and Deming-Luna Mimbres Museum. The
tour will be based in Silver City and depart from a hotel there each
morning. Hotels, camping, and other accommodations for those who wish to
arrange their own lodging and transport are available in and near Silver
City.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Monday-Friday June 23-27, 2014
“Art-e-ology Summer Camp” at Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
9 a.m. to noon; ages 6 to 10; $20 per day (Pueblo Grande Museum
1-year Family membership included when child is registered for all 5 days)**
Explore the art of the Hohokam through the science of
archaeology. Learn how the Hohokam used their desert environment to inspire
their art, build their homes, make their music, and more! Monday June 23:
The Art of the Hohokam (Course #104844) – The Hohokam are known for their
pottery designs and shell jewelry. Be inspired by the artistry of the
artifacts in the Pueblo Grande Museum collections, then try your hand at
creating your own Hohokam pottery and shell pendant. Tuesday June 24: The
Art of Architecture (Course #104845) – Learn about the prehistoric
structures left behind by the Hohokam at Pueblo Grande, while improving your
drawing and sculpting skills, as you do sketches and build models of Hohokam
structures. Wednesday June 25: The Art of Music (Course #104846) – Learn
about the plants, animals, and sounds of the desert that inspired the
musical instruments of the Hohokam. Make and decorate your own instruments,
then learn how to create your own songs of the desert! Thursday June 26:
The Art of Movement (Course #104847) – Learn about the animals of the desert
and their importance to the Hohokam, then get your body moving with desert
animal yoga and learn how to stretch like the coyote, slither like a snake,
and squat like the bull frog! Make a fun desert animal craft to take home
with you and keep your body moving. Friday June 27: The Art of Rock (Course
#104848) – Learn about petroglyphs and pictographs, the ancient symbols left
by the Hohokam in the mountains surrounding Phoenix and Arizona, then make
your own petroglyph to take home and tell your story!
** 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. Reservations required. For more
information or to register contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday July 5, 2014
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians”
and “Modern and Historical O'odham Culture” free presentations by
archaeologist Allen Dart for the “Ha:san Bak Saguaro Harvest Celebration” at
Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, Vail, Arizona.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities.*
2-4 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern
Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries, and the Akimel O'odham
(Pima) and Tohono O'odham (Papago) occupied this region historically.
Ancient Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide
archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, for
interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and
explaining why the Hohokam culture mysteriously disappeared. In this
presentation archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates the material culture of
the Hohokam and presents possible interpretations about their relationships
to the natural world, their time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs,
and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of
life. The Hohokam discussion is followed by information about the historical
and modern O'odham cultures of southern Arizona, and how they relate to the
Hohokam. Funding for the program is provided by the Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For event details contact Lauren Hohl at the Park at 520-647-7121 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday July 21, 2014
“La Frontera: A History of the Borderlands in Cochise County”
free presentation by Rebecca Orozco at Arizona Archaeological and Historical
Society meeting, University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N.
Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30 p.m. Free
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* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> .
Thursday-Sunday August 7-10, 2014
Annual Pecos Archaeological Conference, this year at the Blue
Mountain Scout Camp on the Manti-LaSal National Forest north of Blanding,
Utah*
Thursday evening conference registration and reception; Friday and
Saturday field reports and symposium on recent archaeological research;
Sunday archaeological site tours
Registration fee $40 before July 1, thereafter $50; $35 student any
time; other fees may apply
This annual conference, begun in 1927, brings southwestern
professional and avocational archaeologists, the general public, and media
organizations together under open skies at a different place in the
Southwest every year to share findings of recent archaeological research and
to recent field research and challenges of the profession. Open to all, the
Pecos Conference is an important opportunity for students and others
interested in archaeology and prehistory to meet with professional
archaeologists one-on-one to learn about archaeology, gain access to
resources and to new research opportunities, and test new methods and
theories related to archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
For more information visit
http://www.swanet.org/2014_pecos_conference/index.html or contact 2014
Principal Organizer James R. Allison, Brigham Young University, at
801-422-3059 or [log in to unmask]
Friday-Sunday August 29-31, 2014
NEW MEXICO: “Southwest Kiln Conference” at Tijeras Ranger
Station, 11776 New Mexico 337, Tijeras, New Mexico*
Times TBA. $25 for those wanting to conduct their own firing
or contribute pots to be fired (includes T-shirt & food for the barbecue);
$15 just to watch and learn (includes food cost)
The Southwest Kiln Conference is an informal gathering of
archaeologists, potters, and other folks interested in ancient and modern
southwestern ceramic technology. Held nearly every year since 2003 at
various sites in the American Southwest, this year it will be on Labor Day
weekend in Tijeras, NM, sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service in conjunction
with The Friends of Tijeras Pueblo. The ranger station is at Tijeras Pueblo,
one of the Southwest’s early pottery production sites, and the local area
offers exploration opportunities for local clays during the planned field
trip. Social activities and slide presentations are scheduled for August 29
and demonstrations and firings on August 30-31.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information email Southwest Kiln Conference at [log in to unmask]
or visit www.swkiln.com <http://www.swkiln.com/> .
Mondays September 8-November 17, 2014
"Prehistory of the Southwest" class with archaeologist Allen
Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (at
Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Monday September 8 through November 17,
2014 (except no class on Veterans Day November 10). Fee $50 ($40 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), not
counting cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological
Society membership. Minimum enrollment 8, maximum 32.
"Prehistory of the Southwest" is an introductory course in the
study of the American Southwest, developed by the Arizona Archaeological
Society to provide a basic overview of this region's archaeology and
cultures. Ten weekly evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences,
dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization,
abandonments of different areas at different times, and the general
characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest
over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of
southwestern prehistory for anyone interested in the archaeology of the
Southwest, the class can be used as prerequisite for all other courses
offered to members of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) enrolled in
or interested in enrolling in the AAS Certification Program. Instructor
Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist employed by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and is volunteer executive director of Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center.
Reservations required, registration deadline Wednesday September
4: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
Saturday September 13, 2014
“Pottery Types of the Tonto National Forest” identification
class with archaeologist J. Scott Wood sponsored by Desert Foothills
Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) at location to be determined
in the Cave Creek area*
9 a.m.-3 p.m. $35; AAS members only with priority to Desert
Foothills Chapter members
The Salado knew and used their surroundings well. They learned
to cultivate crops in small patches of fertile land on the craggy hillsides.
They collected rain water for later use. Some group members wove textiles
from native plants, including cotton; others made pottery from local red
clay and decorated the vessels with intricate black and white designs. The
unique style of black and white designs on red pottery known as Salado
polychrome or Roosevelt redware is associated with the ancient Salado
culture. However, not all Salado ceramics were decorated – a plain pottery
was used for daily use whereas decorated ware may have been reserved for
ceremonies. Because Salado pottery is found throughout the Southwest,
decorated ware may also have been used for trade with other American Indian
groups. To learn more about the pottery types, especially the Salado wares,
join Tonto National Forest archaeologist Scott Wood for a day of learning
the ceramic types.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
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Monday September 15, 2014
“What! No Chiles in the Ancient Southwest?” free presentation by
Professor Paul E. Minnis at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
meeting, University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.,
Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
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* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Jon Boyd at Tucson telephone
520-444-6385 or visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> .
Thursday September 18, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Chiricahua Apaches in Myth and
History” with Cochise College-Douglas History and Anthropology Instructor
Rebecca Orozco at restaurant to be announced, Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
As the last Native American group to reach a peace accord with
the U.S. government, the Chiricahua Apache were often featured in the press.
Famous warriors Geronimo and Naiche were photographed many times. Their
story has been the basis of numerous feature films. The story of their
conflict first with the Spaniards and Mexicans who claimed their homeland,
and later with the Americans expanding into the region in a policy of
Manifest Destiny, has become a mix of history and heresy. The full story
never will be completely known. This presentation contains a collection of
historic photos from the end of an era – the late 1800s – that tell the
story of the clash of the people trying save their lifeway and homeland and
the people who believed the land was empty and open for settlement.
Those wishing to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have
their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m. Wednesday September 17 because
the fire-safety ordinance limits attendance. There is no entry fee but
guests are asked to purchase their own dinners so that the restaurant won’t
charge Old Pueblo for their seats, and donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts.
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Monday September 22, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart, departing from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.
in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los
Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and
bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals,
and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by 5 p.m. Friday September
19: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday-Monday September 25-29, 2014
“Chaco Canyon, Aztec, and Salmon Great Pueblos and Other
Archaeological Sites” Old Pueblo Archaeology Center educational tour with
archaeologist Marc Severson. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Gallup,
NM, on Thursday; actual touring begins Friday and continues through Sunday,
with optional (extra-cost) Monday visit to sites on the Zuni Indian
Reservation.
Fee for Friday-Sunday touring: $195 ($175 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members); fee for
individual days including optional Monday trip to Zuni area: $70 per day
($60/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA members). Participants are responsible for
their own transportation, meals, and lodging. Tour leader will stay at Red
Lion Hotels in Gallup and Farmington. Hotels, camping, and other
accommodations for those who wish to arrange their own lodging are available
in and near Gallup and Farmington; camping in Chaco Canyon is available
first come, first served.
The archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon are some of the most
famous, yet enigmatic, sites in the Southwest. A World Heritage Site, Chaco
attracts thousands of visitors each year, yet most people see only sand,
mud, rock walls, and a treeless desolate landscape. Old Pueblo's tour will
take you beyond the simple brochures and photo-ops to explore the multiple
contexts of the people who created these magnificent structures. We not only
examine sites within Chaco Canyon, but also outlier sites north and south of
the canyon proper. The tour is guided by Marc Severson, who has worked as a
professional archaeologist and educator since 1972 and is a 20-year-veteran
leader of southwestern tours for Pima Community College and Old Pueblo.
Tentative itinerary:
Thursday: Travel day to meet at Red Lion Hotel, Gallup, NM, check in
with Marc or in the Red Lion lobby by 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, and
stay overnight in Gallup. Friday: Drive from Gallup to Chaco Canyon to tour
Great House sites on its north side. Afterward drive to Farmington, NM, to
stay overnight. Saturday: Tour Aztec Ruins in morning, Salmon Ruins in
afternoon. Stay in Farmington overnight. Sunday: Drive from Farmington to
Chaco Canyon to tour “Small House sites” and Casa Rinconada Great Kiva on
its south side. If time permits on the way back to Gallup we will visit the
Pueblo Pintado Chacoan Outlier archaeological site. Stay overnight in
Gallup. Monday option: Drive from Gallup to Zuni Pueblo to visit Our Lady of
Guadalupe historic mission church built in 1629; its interior walls feature
murals illustrating traditional Zuni ceremonial life (the life's work of
Alex Seowtewa and his sons). Also we will visit the Village of the Great
Kivas Chacoan Outlier site, the Zuni Eagle Rehabiliation center, and the
home of the Lalios to see their native pottery and jewelry.
Deadline for the required reservations is Friday September 12:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday October 3, 2014
“Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” adult education class
with archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at
First American Title, 101 S. La Canada Dr. #24 (in Green Valley Mall), Green
Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
(OLLI) members who reside in Green Valley; OLLI-UA Green Valley membership
fee of $95 for Fall session or $130 for entire year covers this course
Preliterate cultures in the American Southwest took advantage of
southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited
precipitation by developing the most extensive irrigation works in all of
North America. Agriculture was introduced into southern Arizona more than
4,000 years ago, and irrigation systems were developed here by at least
3,500 years before present – several hundred years before irrigation was
established in ancient Mexico. This study session provides an overview of
ancient Native American irrigation systems identified by archaeologists in
the southern Southwest and discusses their implications for understanding
social complexity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
To join Green Valley OLLI visit www.olli.arizona.edu/olli to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask],
or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Sundays October 12-November 23, 2014
“Traditional Pottery Making Workshop” with Andy Ward at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson.
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $79 ($63.20 for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all
materials except clay, which participants will collect during class field
trip.
A series of seven pottery-making class sessions will be offered
by artist Andy Ward on seven Sunday afternoons October 12 through November
23, 2014, including a clay-gathering field trip on October 19. The class is
designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans
made and used pottery, and is not intended to train students how to make
artwork for sale. The Level 1 class demonstrates traditional hand-building
pottery techniques using gourd scrapers, mineral paints, and yucca brushes
instead of modern potters' wheels and paint. The course introduces some
history of southwestern Ancestral and Modern Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam
pottery-making, includes a field trip in which participants dig their own
clay, and demonstrates initial steps in forming, shaping and smoothing, and
completion of bowls and jars of both smooth and corrugated pottery, by
scraping, polishing, slipping and painting. The paddle-and-anvil
hand-building method is also demonstrated.
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Thursday-Saturday October 9-11, 2014
NEW MEXICO: “18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference” at
Corbett Center Auditorium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces*
5-7 p.m. Thursday (reception at NMSU Museum); 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday & Saturday; Registration fee $40 if preregister prior to Sept. 26,
thereafter or on-site registration $50
This conference featgures papers and presentations on the
archaeology of the Mogollon region in the broadest sense including the
northern Chihuahua, Jornada, and Mogollon Rim areas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Lonnie C. Ludeman at [log in to unmask] or visit
www.lonjul.net/mog201.
Thursday October 16, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “The Eagle and the
Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey” with historian
Erik Berg at restaurant to be announced, Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
Charles Lindbergh is best known for his famous 1927 flight
across the Atlantic Ocean. But few realize that Lindbergh and his wife,
Anne, played a brief but important role in archaeology. In 1929 they teamed
up with noted archaeologist Alfred Kidder to conduct an unprecedented aerial
photographic survey of southwestern prehistoric sites and geologic features
including Chaco Canyon, the Grand Canyon, and Canyon de Chelly. Featuring
Lindbergh’s historic photographs, this presentation describes this
adventurous pioneering collaboration of aviation and archaeology.
Raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, Erik Berg is an award-winning
historian and writer with a special interest in the early twentieth century
Southwest and the impact of science and technology. In addition to
contributing to several books, his work has appeared in the Journal of
Arizona History, Arizona Highways, and Sedona Magazine. A past president of
the Grand Canyon Historical Society, Berg currently lives in Phoenix.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday October 15.
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Monday-Sunday October 20-26, 2014
“Colorado Archaeology” educational tour led by Zebulon Miracle,
sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA), departing
from a place to be selected in Phoenix**
$815 for PGMA members, $865 nonmember; single supplement $420;
price includes van transportation, airport transfers, lodging, and
admission, and $100 donation to Pueblo Grande Museum; does not include
airfare to Grand Junction or meals.
This hands-on expedition will visit the beautiful Anasazi
Heritage Center to get oriented, before visiting Lowell Pueblo. It will also
spend an entire day at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to tour its
labs and learn proper field techniques, then will visit the Ute Tribal Park
and Mesa Verde National Monument. It will continue to Colorado’s newest
National Monument, Chimney Rock, and culminate with a visit to the Southern
Ute Cultural Center.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For additional information call
602-495-0901, email [log in to unmask], or visit pueblogrande.org/van-tours/
Thursday November 13, 2014
“Fundraising Raffle of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee” by Tucson’s Jim
Click Automotive Team. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center gets to keep 100% of
the proceeds from all raffle tickets that it sells
Tickets are 5 for $100 or $25 each
The Jim Click Automotive Team is presenting a new 2014 Jeep
Cherokee to be used as the featured prize in a raffle to raise one million
dollars for Tucson-area nonprofit organizations. With your $25 contribution
(or 5 raffle tickets for $100) you could win the 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The
best part is that 100% of your contribution will support Tucson charities,
including Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all the proceeds
from the tickets that Old Pueblo sells. Your donation to purchase one or
more raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center provide more
archaeology and culture education programs for children who would not be
able to afford our programs without your help.
A maximum of 50,000 tickets will be sold. To be entered in the
drawing tickets must be received by Old Pueblo by October 24 so that we can
turn them in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s raffle coordinator by
October 31. The drawing will be held on November 13.
The rules of the raffle require that Old Pueblo account for all
tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets, therefore
payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets. The ticket price
is $25 apiece or five tickets for $100. Tickets may be purchased by check
sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling me on my cell phone
(520-603-6181) to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or Diners Club
credit card payment information, or through the PayPal portal on Old
Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you
have provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your ticket(s) into the drawing
for you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stub(s) with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
For tickets or more information contact Old Pueblo at
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click
Automotive Team’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee raffle visit the Raffle Facebook page
at https://www.facebook.com/JeepCherokeeRaffle.
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Thursday November 20, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “Landscape of the Spirits:
Hohokam Rock Art of South Mountain Park” with archaeologist Dr. Todd
Bostwick at Dragon's View Asian Cuisine, 400 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson;
cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the
restaurant’s menu)
The South Mountains in Phoenix contain more than 8,000 Hohokam
petroglyphs. This program discusses Dr. Bostwick’s long-term study of these
ancient glyphs and describes the various types of designs, their general
distribution, and their possible meanings. Interpretations of the
petroglyphs include the marking of trails, territories, and astronomical
events, as well as dream or trance imagery based on O’odham (Pima) oral
traditions. Most of the trails currently used by hikers in the South
Mountains contain Hohokam rock art, indicating that these trails date back
at least 800 years.
Todd Bostwick has conducted archaeological research in the
Southwest for 35 years, was the Phoenix City Archaeologist at Pueblo Grande
Museum for 21 years, and is now the Senior Research Archaeologist for
PaleoWest Archaeology in Phoenix and Director of Archaeology for the Verde
Valley Archaeology Center in Camp Verde. Dr. Bostwick has published numerous
articles and books on Southwest history and prehistory and has received
several awards, including the Governor’s Award in Public Archaeology in
2005.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the
restaurant’s menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in
order for the program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing
to attend must call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed
before 5 p.m. Wednesday November 19.
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Saturday November 29, 2014
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or
employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning carpool
tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National
Historic Landmark site. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations
in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden, evidence
was found for human occupation going back from historic times to around
10,000 years ago. The cave, which actually is a very large rockshelter, also
contains pictographs, petroglyphs, and other archaeological features used by
Native Americans for thousands of years. Tour leaves Tucson at 6:30 a.m. to
ensure the pictographs can be seen in the best morning light. Fees will
benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s efforts to develop a
caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 29: 520-798-1201 or
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December 18, 2014
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner. Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant location to be announced.
Mondays January 19-February 9, 2015
"Archaeology, Cultures, and Ancient Arts of Southern Arizona"
adult education class for Recreation Centers of Sun City West in the R. H.
Johnson Recreation Center, 19803 R. H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West, Arizona
Every Monday Jan. 19 & 26 and Feb. 2 & 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Fee TBA
In this four-session class on Tuesday evenings, Mr. Allen Dart,
a Registered Professional Archaeologist and volunteer director of the Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson, will provide information about the
archaeology and cultures of Arizona and the Southwest, focusing on the
arts and material culture of southern Arizona's prehistoric peoples. The
first session, "Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona," will summarize and
interpret the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest "Paleoindians"
through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the transition to true village
life, and the later prehistoric archaeological cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon,
Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). Mr. Dart also will relate the
archaeological cultures to the Native American, European, Mexican,
African, and Asian peoples who have been part of our state's more recent
history. In Session 2, "Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians," artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of southern
Arizona's ancient Hohokam culture are illustrated and discussed. The arts
and culture that the Hohokam left behind provide archaeologists with clues
for interpreting their relationships to the natural world, time reckoning,
religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the
eventual demise of their way of life. Session 3, "Ancient Native American
Pottery of Southern Arizona," focuses on some of the Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in southern Arizona
prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for
dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways of the
ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam cultures, and of the historical Piman
(Tohono O'odham and Akimel O'odham), Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa),
and Apachean peoples. Finally, in Session 4, "Set in Stone but Not in
Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art," Mr. Dart illustrates pictographs
(rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) found
in the Southwest, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be
interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Tamra Stark at 623-544-6194 or [log in to unmask] in
Sun City West; for information about the activity subject matter contact
Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday February 21, 2015
“White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Allen Dart for Recreation
Centers of Sun City West in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, 13025 N.
White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, Arizona*
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fee TBA
Archaeologist Allen Dart guides this tour to see hundreds of
ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank Mountain Regional Park
west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along the 2.5-mile-roundtrip,
fairly flat Waterfall Canyon-Black Rock Loop Trail to see and photograph
dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas with picnic
facilities; then an afternoon hike to three petroglyph sites with Archaic
and Hohokam rock art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike along the Mesquite
Canyon trail, which includes some bush-whacking and boulder-hopping. Bring
your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Tamra Stark at 623-544-6194 or [log in to unmask] in
Sun City West; for information about the activity subject matter contact
Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 21, 2015
"Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration" free children's activities at
City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors
St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center program, sponsored by Vista del Rio
Residents' Association, features hands-on activities, demonstrations, and
informational materials along the trails through Tucson's Vista del Rio
Cultural Park, where part of an ancient Hohokam Indian village is preserved,
to educate children, especially ages 6 to 12, about the ancient people who
lived at Vista del Rio and elsewhere in southern Arizona. Activities along
the trails through the park include demonstrations of traditional Native
American pottery-making and arrowhead-making, grinding corn using an ancient
metate and mano, learning to play traditional Native American games, and
making pottery and other hand-crafted artifacts to take home.
No reservations needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Saturday & Sunday March 28 & 29, 2015
“Southwest Indian Art Fair” at the Arizona State Museum (ASM),
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd, Tucson*
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; $10 per adult ($7 for
ASM members)
Southern Arizona’s premier Indian art show and market is on Arizona
State Museum’s front lawn, rain or shine. Shop for a wide array of
top-quality, handmade art as you meet 200 Native artists from around the
region all selling directly to the public. Talk with them about their work
and learn about their ancient cultures. Choose from pottery, katsina dolls,
paintings, jewelry, baskets, rugs, blankets, and much more. Bring the whole
family to enjoy artist demonstrations, Native foods, lively music, and
colorful dance performances.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures. Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization under the U.S. tax code, therefore donations and Old Pueblo
membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts allowed by the Internal
Revenue Service.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT! If you are not an Old Pueblo member we would be grateful if
you would become a member so you can provide more support for our education
and research programs and receive membership benefits. You can become a
member by going to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
http://www.oldpueblo.org/member.html web page, scrolling to the bottom of
that page, and following the instructions for using our secure online
membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Membership fees, and donations, also can be made using cash or
check. Checks may be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. (Please do not send
cash through the mail.) You can also donate using your Visa, MasterCard, or
Discover credit card, either by calling Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or by
clicking on “Donation Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure
www.oldpueblo.org/donate.html web page.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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