For Immediate Release
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(1)
Some Thank-Yous
(2)
Upcoming Activities
(3)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs
(4)
Our Mission and Support
(5)
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(1) SOME THANK YOUs
This month we thank the following folks (in somewhat alphabetical
order) who have joined or rejoined Old Pueblo Archaeology Center as members
or who have made donations to support our general education programs since
our last email broadcast on June 1st:
Connie Allen-Bacon, Royce Ballinger, Dale Bellisfield, Jim & Marie
Britton, Rick & Kathy Brown, Bill & Carol Cox, Allen Dart, Sue Durling, Jo &
Gil Facio, Butch Farabee, Carol Farnsworth, Pat Gilman & Paul Minnis, Ginny
Gisvold, Elaine Halbedel, George Harding, Heidi Harralson, Loren & Jan
Haury, Meredith Jewett, Mike & Kay Jones, Lynda Klasky, Melissa Loeschen,
Pat Monahan, Robert Mossman, Beach Pitzer, Jan Prinz, Vivirito, the Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary, Skyann Rittenhouse, Ronni Robles, John & Anne
Rother, Bill Schmitt, Renell & Ron Stewart, Marianne Vivirito & Ross
Iwamoto, Jim Wagner, P. K. Weis, Pat Wiedhopf, and one of our really
faithful donors who prefers to remain anonymous.
Thank you all so much!
(2) UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
LOOKING AHEAD: Monday December 2, 2019
December 2nd is the deadline to purchase tickets for “The Jim Click
Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit, Two
First-Class Round-Trip Airline Tickets to Anywhere in the World, and $5,000
Cash” sponsored by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center & other Tucson charities. See full announcement for this
event below.
Wednesdays July 10, 17, 24, & 31; and Saturdays July 13, 20, & 27, 2019:
Phoenix
“Sonoran Summer Special Docent-Led Tours” at Deer Valley Petroglyph
Preserve, 3711 W. Deer Valley Rd., Phoenix*
Wednesdays starting at 8:30 a.m.; Saturdays starting at 7 a.m. Free
with paid general admission
Visit Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve on one of these July Wednesday
or Saturday mornings for DVPP’s Sonoran Summer Special docent-led tours.
These tours will take place in the morning.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Elizabeth Gerold at 623-582-8007 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday July 15, 2019: Springerville, AZ
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Little Colorado River Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at Springerville Heritage Center, 418 E. Main St.,
Springerville, Arizona, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
7-8 p.m. Free
In this presentation Mr. Dart shows and discusses Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific peoples and eras in the U.S.
Southwest prior to about 1450, and talks about 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 500 years ago. This program is made
possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Beverly Dishong-Smith at 520-730-1871 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday July 15, 2019: Tucson
“A Renewed Study of a Patayan Walk-In Well on the Ranegras Plain in
Far-Western Arizona” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. Aaron Wright for
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at Banner
University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
The Patayan cultural tradition is one of the least understood
archaeological constructs in the Greater Southwest. While recognized nearly
90 years ago as a distinct assemblage of material culture traits centered on
the lower Colorado River, research has always been hampered by poor
chronological control. Few Patayan archaeological sites have been excavated,
and of those even fewer have yielded contexts amenable to absolute dating
(i.e., radiocarbon, archaeomagnetic). A dearth of stratified contexts
compounds the problem. Archaeologists have long heralded a site near Bouse,
Arizona, as a possible panacea for this “Patayan problem.” First described
by the Gila Pueblo Foundation in 1928 as the westernmost Hohokam site on
account of a conspicuous “hollow mound” (i.e., a ballcourt), a test
excavation in 1952 by Michael and June Harner exposed this feature as an
eight-meter deep walk-in well containing a variety of artifacts, namely
thousands of sherds of Lower Colorado Buffware. Based on intrusive Hohokam
ceramics, Michael Harner reported the well as infilled with stratified
deposits. Unfortunately, an excavation report was never prepared and the
collections have consequently been “orphaned.” Moreover, the actual location
of this site was lost to the archaeological community. But in 2015,
archaeologist Aaron Wright began a renewed study of the Patayan walk-in well
near Bouse, including its relocation and a thorough site documentation, a
re-creation of the Harners’ excavation, analysis of the more than 6,000
artifacts recovered from the site, and the acquisition of radiocarbon dates
from the well’s purported stratified deposits. He reports the results of
these endeavors in this presentation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org>
www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact John D. Hall at 520-205-2553 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday- Thursday July 16-18, 2019: Silver City, NM
“Clay Hand Building and Carving Your History Three-Day Workshop” with
Romaine Begay at Leyba & Ingalls Gallery, 315 N. Bullard St., Silver City,
New Mexico*
9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day: $210 for three days
Students will learn to integrate their personal stories and historical
lineages into their hand-built clay work, through carving and imagery.
Students will also explore their personal cultural heritages with a focus on
discovering pottery traditions, stories, and imagery that can be brought to
their clay work. Additionally, students will be exposed to hand building
techniques, how to create their own clay tools, and tips on how to make
one’s clay working area more productive. Romaine Begay is an award-winning
Navajo potter who lives in Silver City but grew up in the Farmington, NM
area and was always interested in art. He began drawing and painting at a
young age and later discovered his love of pottery and ceramics at Western
New Mexico University.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register visit
<https://clayfestival.com/clay-hand-building-and-carving-your-history>
clayfestival.com/clay-hand-building-and-carving-your-history.
Saturday July 20, 2019: Tucson
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
“Archaeology, Paleontology, and Environmental Sciences Laboratories Tour”
starting in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustin, 100 S. Avenida del
Convento, Tucson
8 a.m. to noon: $25 donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center summer tour visits two TOO-COOL
environmental-science laboratories in Tucson – the Desert Laboratory on
Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, both administered by
The University of Arizona (UA). In the first tour segment, Dr. Ben Wilder
will lead us through the Tumamoc Desert Laboratory, which began its
existence in 1903 as the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory established by
the Carnegie Institution of Washington and is now listed in the National
Register of Historic Places. In 1940 the Carnegie Institution sold it to the
US Forest Service for $1, and in 1956 the UA bought it from the U.S.
government, promising in the deed to use it solely for research and
education. During its 115 years of existence the Tumamoc Hill and Desert
Laboratory staff have been on the cutting edge in the fields of paleontology
and desert ecology.
The UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR) also has a venerable
record of research in archaeology, astronomy, and environmental sciences.
Created in 1937 by UA Professor of Astronomy Andrew Ellicott Douglass,
founder of the science of dendrochronology, the LTRR has helped establish
many other dendrochronology and tree-ring science labs around the world and
remains a foremost facility in environmental research, teaching, and
outreach, as we will see as docent Randall Smith leads us through the
tree-ring laboratory.
The first tour segment to Tumamoc Hill is limited to six vehicles so
carpooling is required and no more than 24 people (in addition to Old
Pueblo’s tour coordinator Allen Dart) can register depending on whether we
can designate six 4-passenger vehicles for carpooling from Mercado San
Agustin to the Desert Lab. Then after we leave there we will return to the
Mercado so carpoolers can get back into their own vehicles, and we will
caravan from the Mercado to the LTRR for the second tour segment.
Reservations and donation prepayments are required by 5 p.m. Wednesday July
17: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday & Sunday July 20 & 21,2019: Silver City, NM
“Traditional Coil Built and Painted Pots” with Sue Porter & Myron
Weckworth in Silver City, New Mexico*
Drop in between 10 a.m. & 4 p.m. Saturday and between 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Sunday; $15 each day
Saturday: Building traditional clay pots with artist Sue Porter at the
Makers Market on Market St. between Bullard and the Big Ditch.
Sunday: Learn to paint traditional decorations on pots made on
Saturday, guided by artists Myron Weckworth and Sue Porter at Creative Hands
Roadside Attraction Art Gallery, 106 W. Yankie St.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 303-916-5045 or email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Saturday July 27, 2019
“Rumble on the Rim” at Shrine of the Ages on the South Rim of Grand
Canyon National Park, Arizona*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with regular park admission
The Grand Canyon is an ageless wonder of the world. Though 2019 marks
its centennial as a national park, it has been home to indigenous people for
millennia. In response to the park’s anniversary, this event will combine
educational presentations with entertainment featuring indigenous voices
from the Colorado Plateau. Rumble on the Rim will focus specifically on the
history of Grand Canyon from an indigenous perspective. Speakers and
performers include Vernon Masayesva, Ed Kabotie, The Antelope Track Dance
Group (Hopi), Davonna Blackhorse, Havasupai Guardians of Grand Canyon,
Havasupai Youth Ram dancers, Grammy nominee Radmilla Cody, Save the
Confluence, Ryon Polequaptewa, and World Champion Hoop Dancer Derrick Davis.
Rumble on the Rim is an all ages event open to the public without additional
cost to visitors of Grand Canyon National Park, as room permits.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://www.facebook.com/events/321688555413368/>
www.facebook.com/events/321688555413368/.
Thursday-Saturday August 8-11, 2019: Cloudcroft, NM
“2019 Pecos Conference” at Ski Cloudcroft, 1920½ U.S Highway 82,
Cloudcroft, New Mexico*
Standard registration $60 ($50 before July 9); student registration
$50 ($40 before July 9); T-shirts: $20; Saturday banquet and dance $20
Each August, archaeologists gather under open skies somewhere in the
southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. They set up a large tent
for shade, then spend three or more days together discussing recent
research, problems of the field, and the challenges of the profession. Most
participants camp at the conference. This year’s Conference will offer a
change in scenery as well as a change in temperature by being held in
Cloudcroft, a small mountain village nestled at 9,100 feet elevation in
southern New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains. Activities include Thursday set
up & meet and greet, Friday presentations and beer brewing competition,
presentations, live music and dinner, and Sunday field trips. This nearly
annual conference on topics related to archaeology in the Greater Southwest
features oral, informal, and extemporaneous reports, usually 10 minutes
each, made in an open tent with the assistance of a public address system
but without visual aids other than handouts or posters. Presentations
summarize recent fieldwork; identify issues, trends, or problems of culture
history, methodology, or interpretation; or update attendees on the recent
activities of long-running programs. Dispersed camping is available at the
conference site and on nearby Lincoln National Forest campsites. Cabins and
other lodgings also are available in town, and hotels are not too far away
in Mescalero, Alamogordo, and Ruidoso.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register visit <http://www.pecosconference.org/>
www.pecosconference.org/.
Saturday August 17, 2019: Phoenix
“Teachers and Homeschool Educators Are Invited to a Free Open House”
at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
10 a.m. to noon. Free
Get to know how history, Native cultures, and art come together at
Phoenix’s only preserved prehistoric archaeological site from the Hohokam
culture. Explore how PGM’s focused field trips, outreaches, archaeology
activities, and hands-on crafts can enhance the classroom experience. When
teaching about the history of Arizona, start at the beginning with Pueblo
Grande Museum!
** 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. Registration required at
<http://www.pueblogrande.com> pueblogrande.com. For more information contact
the Museum at 602-495-0901 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday August 28, 2019: Overgaard, AZ
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Agave House Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at U.S. Forest Service-Black Mesa Ranger District
office, 2748 Arizona State Route 260, Overgaard, Arizona; cosponsored by
Arizona Humanities*
6:30-8 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Nancy MacArthur at 623-640-0226 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday-Monday August 30-September 2, 2019: Arizona’s White Mountains
“Q Ranch Prehistoric Pottery Workshop” with instructor Andy Ward at
Q-Ranch outside of Young, Arizona*
$840 (shared room; private room $1,100) includes all meals, lodging,
and four days of instruction in prehistoric pottery replication and all
materials
This intensive four-day pottery workshop will immerse you in the
ancient world of the prehistoric Pueblo people who lived in the mountains of
Central Arizona and the beautiful pottery that they made here. Q-Ranch
Pueblo was one of the largest and most important pueblos in this region from
about 1260 to 1380. Participants of this workshop will explore how these
people lived and worked, examining ruins and artifacts, digging and process
native clay, minerals and other raw materials and making pottery authentic
to the ancient traditions. Technologies covered included forming pottery
using the coil-and-scrape technique, slipping and painting pottery using
native clay slips, mineral and organic paints, polishing pots using smooth
stones, painting traditional designs using brushes you create yourself from
yucca leaves, and firing in an outdoor, open juniper-wood fire. Limited to
12 students. Instructor Andy Ward teaches pottery workshops throughout
Arizona and New Mexico, focusing on polychrome pottery types of the
prehistoric Salado and Mogollon cultures.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
<https://www.andywardpottery.com/2019/04/summer-2019-ancient-pottery-worksho
p/>
https://www.andywardpottery.com/2019/04/summer-2019-ancient-pottery-workshop
/.
Tuesday September 10, 2019: Phoenix
“The Hohokam to Akimel O’Odham Continuum: The Transition from
Prehistory to History in the Phoenix Basin of Southern Arizona” free
presentation by archaeologist Chris Loendorf for Phoenix Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society meeting at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington
St., Phoenix*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
By the time Spanish missionaries arrived in the 18th century, the
middle Gila River was one of the few places in southern Arizona where
sedentary irrigation farmers still lived. Agricultural societies were much
more widely distributed prior to A.D. 1500, and the relationship between the
prehistoric populations (Hohokam) and the historic (Akimel O’Odam/Pima) has
long been debated. Despite centuries of argument, this issue remains
unresolved. However, ethnographic and archaeological research completed in
the Gila River Indian Community has provided ample evidence for the
continuity in cultural practices over time. Although the Akimel O’Odham have
lived in the Hohokam core area since the first visit by Europeans, their
stories about the past have been extensively ignored or misunderstood. While
many changes have occurred in southern Arizona, these changes are part of a
much longer cycle of episodic variation that is described in Akimel O’Odham
traditions and parallels between their stories and the archaeological record
indicate they are the direct cultural descendants of the Hohokam.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Ellie Large at 480-461-0563 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Thursday September 19, 2019: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “The Manila Galleon and the Opening of the
Trans-Pacific West” by Father Greg Adolf at Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant,
5252 S. Mission Rd., Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu at your expense)
In this presentation, local historian Father Greg Adolf will introduce
the Spanish Empire’s Manila Galleons – the first and perhaps most enduring
cultural bridge of the trans-Pacific region. The first of the Galleons
crossed the Pacific in 1565, and the last in 1815. During the two and a half
centuries between, the galleons made the long and lonely voyage between
Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico. The Manila Galleons
forever changed the material culture of the Spanish Americas. To the
Californias and the Spanish settlements of Arizona’s and Sonora’s Pimería
Alta, they furnished the motive and drive to explore and populate the long
California coastline. The Manila Galleon trade impacted every level of
Spanish American culture.
Reservations must be requested AND CONFIRMED before 5 p.m. on the
Wednesday before the program date: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO
WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
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.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] with “Send September 19 Third Thursday dinner flyer” in
your email subject line.
Monday September 23, 2019: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn 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
8 a.m. to noon. $25 donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
The 2019 autumnal equinox occurs on September 22 at 6:54 p.m. Mountain
Standard Time (Sept. 23 at 1:54 a.m. GMT). To celebrate this celestial
event, 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 calendar 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 and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Saturday
September 21: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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line.
Monday-Friday September 30-October 4, 2019: Arizona & New Mexico
“Hidden Mesas and Trading Posts Tour” sponsored by Arizona
Pathfinders, departing from Arizona History Museum, 949 E. Second Street,
Tucson*
8 a.m. Monday to Friday p.m. $1,295 per person double occupancy (add
$225 for single supplement)
Coach transportation is provided for travel to Winslow, Arizona, check
in at historic La Posada Hotel. We will visit the Winslow Art Trust Museum
in the repurposed La Posada Train Station, followed by dining in La Posada’s
Turquoise Room. Next, travel to the Hopi Mesas and enjoy White Bear Arts and
Crafts demonstrations, guided tour of the Third Mesa village of Walpi, lunch
prepared by Hopi women from locally grown foods, travel to Keams Canyon to
meet artists at the McGee Gallery. Later we’ll tour the historic Hubbell
Trading Post and Lorenzo Hubbell’s home; tour Canyon de Chelly by four-wheel
drive vehicle or tour the south rim by coach; visit Toadlena, New Mexico,
home of the Two Grey Hills Navajo rug weavers; and stop at the Richardson
Pawn Shop and Trading Company, tour the pawn shop, and discuss Navajo pawn
with our guide. Many opportunities to make purchases.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Tuesday October 1, 2019: Clarkdale, AZ
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Clarkdale Historical Society at Yavapai College
Verde Campus “M” building’s room M-137, 601 Black Hills Dr., Clarkdale,
Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
2-4 p.m. Free
In this presentation Mr. Dart shows and discusses Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific peoples and eras in the U.S.
Southwest prior to about 1450, and talks about 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 500 years ago. This program is made
possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Isabel Erickson at 970-203-4340 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]
Friday-Sunday October 11-13, 2019: El Paso
“21st Biennial Jornada Mogollon Archaeology Conference” at El Paso
Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso*
Times and registration fees TBA
Archaeologists working in the Jornada Branch of the Mogollon culture
area of the American Southwest present their recent research during this
conference.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jeff Romney at 915-755-4332 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 17, 2019: Oro Valley, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring “University Indian Ruin: A Classic Period Center in the
Eastern Tucson Basin” free presentation by Professors Suzanne K. Fish and
Paul R. Fish at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro
Valley, Arizona
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu at your expense)
University Indian Ruin, one of the most prominent Hohokam
platform-mound community centers between A.D. 1200 and 1450, is located in
Tucson’s Indian Ridge Estates neighborhood about seven miles from downtown
Tucson. In 1930, an archaeology student donated a 13-acre portion of this
archaeological site to the University of Arizona’s Department of Archaeology
for student training. Eminent archaeologists Byron Cummings, Emil Haury, and
Julian Hayden conducted extensive excavations there throughout the 1930s,
however, only Hayden’s 1957 investigations in the vicinity of the platform
mound have been comprehensively reported. The University of Arizona School
of Anthropology Archaeological Field School resumed fieldwork at the site in
2010, conducting controlled surface artifact collections over the 13-acre
archaeological preserve and excavating some of the site’s residential
architecture. In our October 17 program, guest speakers Paul and Suzanne
Fish will discuss the recent investigations, and their insights into the
changing regional interaction of the Hohokam Classic period evidenced by the
site’s differential acquisition of polychrome pottery and other resources
from far away, including obsidian from distant quarries, exotic cherts, and
pottery of Zuni and Sonoran origin.
Reservations must be requested AND CONFIRMED before 5 p.m. on the
Wednesday before the program date: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO
WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
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.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the
above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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your email subject line.
Wednesdays Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 2019: Tucson
“ASM Master Class: The Evolution of our Bodies” with Dr. James Watson
sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM) in Silver and Sage Room, Old
Main, University of Arizona, 1200 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
Wednesdays 9:30 am to 11:30 a.m. $250 (ASM members $200)
More than seven million years of evolution led to the dominance of our
species over the planet. A long but often scant trail of fossil skeletons
tells the tale. But biological evolution is only one part of the equation as
behavioral adaptations, or "culture", both contributed to and accelerated
the evolution of our human form. Today we live trapped in bodies that hold
the residues of physical evolution and their limitations, under the
intensely rapid transformations of modernity. In this four-part series, you
will journey through millions of years of evolution with Dr. Watson to trace
the development of our species from the hominin fossils to the modern legacy
of lifestyle diseases.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday-Sunday October 25-27, 2018: Sedona, AZ
“Arizona Archaeological Society State Meeting” hosted by the Verde
Valley Chapter in Sedona, Arizona*
Friday 10:30 a.m.-noon directors' meeting at Sedona Public Library,
3250 White Bear Rd., Sedona; & 2 & 3 p.m. tours of Lowell Observatory in
Flagstaff (admission charge for the tours). Saturday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. state
meeting at Elks Lodge, 110 Airport Rd., Sedona; 5:30-6:30 p.m. happy hour;
6:30-8 p.m. dinner, silent auction, book sale, & awards presentations; 8-9-
p.m. keynote speaker. Sunday field trips (sign up on Saturday). $45
registration; meals, accommodations & T-shirts extra
In addition to AAS business this annual gathering offers lots of
opportunities to learn more about Arizona’s vast prehistoric heritage, plus
great food and just plain fun. After the Saturday morning general membership
meeting the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning field trips are planned to
numerous archaeological sites. Saturday evening features the annual meeting
dinner, awards, and a keynote presentation by archaeologist Dr. Carla Van
West about her research in the Middle Verde Valley.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Ellie Large at 480-461-0563 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Saturday November 2, 2019: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “University Indian Ruin Archaeology
Education Tour” with Professors Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish meets at
7053 E Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson
10 a.m. to noon. $25 donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
This tour will visit the preserved portion of the University Indian
Ruin, which was one of the most prominent Hohokam platform-mound community
centers between A.D. 1200 and 1450. Located in northeastern Tucson,
University Indian Ruin became a location for training students in the
University of Arizona’s Department of Archaeology and was extensively
excavated in the 1930s under eminent archaeologists Byron Cummings, Emil
Haury, and Julian Hayden. The University of Arizona School of Anthropology
Archaeological Field School resumed fieldwork at the site in 2010,
conducting controlled surface artifact collections over the 13-acre
archaeological preserve and excavating some of the site’s residential
architecture. The Fishes, who directed the 2010 excavations, will lead this
tour and share their insights into the site’s importance for understanding
the Hohokam Classic period, a time of substantial culture change in southern
Arizona. Carpooling may be required. Bring drinking water and wear
comfortable walking shoes.
Tour is limited to 20 registrants. Reservations and donation
prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday October 31. 520-798-1201 or
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Wednesday November 6, 2019: Phoenix
“Old-Time Religion? The Salado Phenomenon in the Greater Southwest”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
6:30 p.m. Free
When first recognized by archaeologists in the early twentieth
century, a constellation of peculiar cultural traits in the southwestern
United States, including polychrome (three-colored) pottery, above-ground
housing often enclosed in walled compounds, and monumental architecture, was
thought to be indicative of a distinct group of people: “the Salado.” As
more and more research was done and the widespread distribution of Salado
material culture because apparent, interpretations of what the Salado
phenomenon represents was debated. In this presentation archaeologist Allen
Dart illustrates pottery and other cultural attributes of the so-called
Salado culture, reviews some of the theories about the Salado, and
discusses how Salado related to the Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon, Hohokam,
and Casa Grandes cultures of the “Greater Southwest” (the U.S. Southwest and
Mexico’s Northwest). This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
** 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. No reservations are needed. For
details contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
<http://www.pueblogrande.com> pueblogrande.com.
Saturday November 16, 2019: San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Upper San Pedro Paleoindian,
Petroglyphs, and Historic Sites” educational tour with Professor Vance T.
Holliday and members of the Naco Heritage Alliance and Friends of the San
Pedro River
9 a.m. starting at the Chevron station, 2222 AZ-90, Huachuca City,
Arizona (at the AZ-90/AZ-82 intersection about 19 miles south of Benson) to
as late as 5:30 p.m. ending at Fairbank Townsite; $45 donation ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
University of Arizona Professor of Anthropology Vance T. Holliday and
members of the Naco Heritage Alliance (NHI) and Friends of the San Pedro
River (FOTSPR) are Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s guides for this trip to
prehistoric and historic sites in the upper San Pedro River valley.
Professor Holliday, an expert on the earliest humans in the Americas, leads
our hike to the Murray Springs Clovis-culture site and will point out and
discuss the Lehner and Naco mammoth-kill sites (also Clovis era). After
lunch our NHI collaborator Rebecca Orozco, instructor in history and
anthropology at Cochise College, will show us around the historic Camp Naco
Cavalry Barracks that were used by the Buffalo Soldiers 100 years ago. Later
in the afternoon, FOTSPR’s Richard Bauer will guide us on a
1.8-mile-roundtrip trail to the Millville historic ore-processing mill ruins
and prehistoric petroglyphs and, if time allows, FOTSPR’s Ron Stewart will
show us some of the historic buildings the Fairbank Townsite ghost town.
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 13.
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Monday December 2, 2019, is the deadline to purchase tickets for “The Jim
Click Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit, Two
First-Class Round-Trip Airline Tickets to Anywhere in the World, and $5,000
Cash” that will benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other Tucson
charities!
For the second year in a row, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will
give away a new Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit SUV in a raffle to raise millions
of dollars for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona
nonprofit organizations. With your contribution you could win this 2019
vehicle – or the second prize of two first-class round-trip airline tickets
to anywhere in the world or the third prize of $5,000 in cash! And 100% of
your contribution will support Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to
keep all of the proceeds from our sales of the tickets for “The Jim Click
Millions for Tucson Raffle”! Tickets for the raffle are 5 for $100 or $25
each. Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs
for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help.
The drawing will be held on December 13.
Raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle your contribution and
tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old Pueblo by Monday December
2nd so we can turn the tickets in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s
coordinator by December 6. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to
us and must return all unsold tickets; therefore, advance payment for
tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased by check payable to Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center and mailed to PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717; by calling
520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card payment
authorization, or through the PayPal Donation on Old Pueblo’s
<http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page. Once payment is
received, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawing and will mail
you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging
your contribution. Winner consents to be photographed and for his or her
name and likeness to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the
Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
Deadline for ticket purchases from Old Pueblo is 5 p.m. Monday
December 2nd. For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement
in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
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Saturday December 7, 2019: Gila Bend area, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Sears Point, Painted Rock, and Gatlin:
Patayan and Hohokam Petroglyphs and Archaeology” tour guided by
archaeologist Dr. Aaron M. Wright starting at Interstate 8 Exit 78 (Spot
Road) approximately 39 miles west of Gila Bend, Arizona
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (or later if joining the group for dinner in Gila
Bend). A $45 donation per participant ($36 for members of Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) helps cover Old
Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology
and traditional cultures.
Archaeologist Dr. Aaron Wright leads this tour to see thousands of
petroglyphs and one of the largest Hohokam village sites in southwestern
Arizona. Aaron, a Preservation Archaeologist with Tucson’s Archaeology
Southwest organization, has research interests in paleoclimatology,
indigenous Southwest ritualism and religion, and rock art and has been a
leader in the effort to establish a Great Bend of the Gila National
Monument. The first place we’ll visit is Sears Point, the northwestern
escarpment of the Sentinel Plain – a vast basaltic field dotted with low
shield volcanoes located along the lower Gila River between Gila Bend and
Yuma, Arizona. Sears Point is renowned for its density of petroglyphs as
well as their unique style attributed to the Patayan culture tradition
(believed to be ancestral to contemporary Yuman- and O'odham-speaking
communities). The site is adorned with thousands of petroglyphs and
seemingly endless ancient trails. Next, we’ll caravan to the Painted Rocks
petroglyphs site northwest of Gila Bend, and finally will visit the Gatlin
Platform Mound village site in Gila Bend. Tour participants interested in
having dinner together before returning home can reconvene at Sophia's
Mexican Restaurant in Gila Bend after the tour.
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Thursday December 19, 2019: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring a presentation titled “Feminist Theory and an Engendered
Archaeology: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going” by archaeologist
Suzanne Eckert, Ph.D., in the Dining Hall and Petroglyph Auditorium of the
Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center, 7101 W. Picture Rocks Road,
Tucson
Dinner starts at 6 p.m., presentation around 7-8:30 p.m.; dinner is
$16 per person, presentation is free
Can’t we study archaeology without modern politics? Did people
multi-task in the past? Woman the Hunter – WHAT? How did people figure out
how to domesticate plants? If there are only two sexes, then why is it
important to identify third genders in the past? How much strength does it
take to flintknap? Is gender difference the same as gender inequality? Why
are children and the elderly mostly invisible in archaeological research?
Each of these questions can and has been addressed by feminist archaeology
and an engendered archaeology. While some archaeologists would argue that
feminist archaeology and an engendered archaeology are the same, other
archaeologists have argued for a distinction between the two. Dr. Eckert
will present her current perspective on this topic, discuss the feminist
critique of archaeology, and consider how the study of gender provides for a
richer understanding of the past. Along the way, she will provide examples
from archaeological research around the world and anecdotes collected from
her 20 years of struggling with this topic.
Reservations must be requested AND CONFIRMED before 5 p.m. Tuesday
December 17 at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or
520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION
HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the Fire Code limits how many
guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room. 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.
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Saturday January 4, 2020: Dragoon Mountains, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center‘s “Dragoon Springs Stage
Station-Cochise/Howard Treaty Site" tour guided by archaeologist Dr. Deni J.
Seymour and historian Norman Wisner, departing from south side of
Interstate-10 Exit 312 (Sybil Road) about 9 miles east of Benson, Arizona
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (start & end times at I-10/Sybil Rd.; add your time
to travel to there & back home). A $45 donation per participant ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) helps
cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about
archaeology and traditional cultures.
This tour to the historic Dragoon Springs Stage Station and
Cochise-Howard Treaty Site archaeological sites in the foothills of southern
Arizona’s Dragoon Mountains will be led by archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour,
whose lifelong research has focused largely on the Protohistoric and
Historic period Native American and Spanish cultures of the United States’
“southern Southwest,” and Norman Wisner, a historian who is especially
knowledgeable about the Dragoon Springs site. Dragoon Springs, now listed on
the National Register of Historic Places, served the “Jackass Mail” and
Butterfield Overland mail companies during the 1850s and 1860s, and was the
site of altercations in which construction workers and soldiers of both the
Confederate and Union armies were killed, allegedly by Apaches. Debate
surrounding the burials will be incorporated into the discussion. A second
site, the Cochise-Howard Treaty location, is where Brigadier General Oliver
Otis Howard met with the Apache leader Cochise in October 1872 to negotiate
the surrender and relocation of Cochise’s Chokonen Apache band. The place of
that meeting, which culminated in a peace treaty between Cochise’s band and
the U.S. government, has been published by Dr. Seymour based on photographs
of unique boulder formations, written historical descriptions of the
landscape, and archaeological evidence that she will discuss during our
visit. Detailed historical accounts and archaeological investigations enrich
our understanding of the location.
Reservations and donation prepayment required by by 5 p.m. Tuesday
December 31, 2019. 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Wednesdays January 8-March 25, 2020: Tucson
"Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona"
12-session adult education class taught by archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, at
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday evening January 8 through March 25;
$95 donation ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona
Archaeological Society, or Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) does not include
the cost of Arizona Archaeological Society membership, AAS Certification
Program registration1, or recommended text ("The Hohokam Millennium" by Paul
R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors; available from Old Pueblo for $24.95
(Old Pueblo, AAS, & PGMA members $20)
Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in 12 two-hour sessions to
explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American
Southwest. The class covers Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement
systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including
ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and beyond
the Hohokam culture's regional boundaries, and ideas on religion and trade.
Students seeking the AAS Certification are expected to prepare a brief
research report to be presented orally or in written or video format.
Minimum enrollment 10, maximum 20.
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Friday January 3, 2020:
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1 Class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS)
Certification Program's "Advanced Prehistory of the Southwest: Hohokam"
class. The AAS basic "Prehistory of the Southwest" class is recommended as a
prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. For information on
the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org>
www.azarchsoc.org.
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Saturday January 25, 2020: Chiricahua Mountains, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Cave Creek Canyon Pictographs Tour”
with archaeologist Kelsey Hanson starting at the Chiricahua Desert Museum,
US-80 & NM-533 (Portal Road) junction, Rodeo, New Mexico
10 a.m.-4 p.m. $45 donation ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members); registrants have the option of
visiting the Chiricahua Desert Museum on their own and at their own expense
if they arrive early (the museum’s opens at 9) but need to be ready to go on
the tour promptly at 10
Join us in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona
for a tour of selected pictograph sites in Cave Creek Canyon. The sites on
this tour are excellent examples of the Mogollon Red pictograph style,
brimming with anthropomorphs, zoomorphs, and geometric designs painted in
beautiful reds, oranges, and blacks. Beginning in Portal, Arizona, we will
begin our tour with a short hike to a pictograph site overlooking the mouth
of Cave Creek Canyon and the valley beyond. We will take lunch in this
scenic spot before walking down to the canyon bottom to view two more
pictograph sites, maybe three if time allows. We will use the tour as an
opportunity to discuss the content, design styles, and location of
pictographs, and implications for our understanding of ancient religious
practices and life generally in the Chiricahua Mountains. Be sure to bring
sturdy hiking boots, sun protection, plenty of water, and a sack lunch!
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 22.
For more tour information and registration contact Allen Dart at
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
(For Chiricahua Desert Museum information call 575-557-5757, email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask], or visit
<http://www.chiricahuadesertmuseum.com/> www.chiricahuadesertmuseum.com/.)
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Fridays February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020: Tucson
“ASM Master Class: The Plunder of Art and Archaeological Objects and
the Age of Restitution” with Dr. Irene Romano sponsored by the Arizona State
Museum (ASM) in Silver and Sage Room, Old Main, University of Arizona, 1200
E. University Blvd., Tucson*
Wednesdays 9:30 am to 11:30 a.m. $250 (ASM members $200)
This Master Class examines various topics related to the plunder of
art and archaeological objects during times of war, occupation, or peace. In
four sessions we will explore the historical, political, and legal framework
of specific cases and the ways art and archaeological artifacts have been
used for propagandistic purposes, as pawns in high-stakes political arenas,
or as "cash cows" in the legitimate marketplace and "black market;" ethical
issues associated with the formation of museum collections; the debate over
cultural property and its ownership; and issues of restitution or
repatriation of art and archaeological collections. Specific case studies
will include the looting of Greece by the Romans; plunder by Napoleon
Bonaparte and its impact on the development of European museums; the removal
of sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens; the seizure and destruction of
art and cultural objects by the Nazis; and recent cases of the looting in
the Middle East
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
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Saturday February 8, 2020: Tucson & Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui
Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional
culture specialist Felipe S. Molina starting in the Santa Cruz River Park
ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just
west of the Santa Cruz River)
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; $25 ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
Felipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language, culture, and
history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and
grandmother, his grandmother's cousin, and several elders from Tucson's
original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern
Arizona to escape the Mexican government's war on and deportations of the
Yoeme in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1940 there were about 3,000 Yoeme in
Arizona, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio
Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in
Marana, and others near Eloy, Somerton, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina
will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson
and Marana areas including Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite) Village, the San
Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre), Pascua,
Ili Hu'upa, Wiilo Kampo, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its
San Juan Church and plaza.
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 5:
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(3) 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/>
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(4) 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 start or renew your membership by going to Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/>
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ web page, scrolling down to
the bottom of the page, and following the instructions for using our secure
online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
To make a donation using PayPal, you can go to the
<http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page, scroll down to the
“Donate” section, click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and
follow the prompts.
You also can donate using a major credit or debit card by visiting Old
Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
<http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/>
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I
hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s upcoming-activities announcements!
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
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