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SOME ONLINE RESOURCES
Check out some of these online resources about archaeology, history, and cultures that you can indulge in at any time! (Other upcoming online offerings that are scheduled for specific days and times are listed sequentially by date below under the UPCOMING ACTIVITIES heading.)
* The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society has posted its Virtual Field Trip of the Mattocks Site, a Mimbres Classic Village in New Mexico led by Patricia Gilman and Marilyn Markel: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_gxfr-xjbg> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_gxfr-xjbg.
* The CBS News website has an article about archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour’s ongoing excavations at a Coronado period (1539-1542) site in southern Arizona: <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronado-expedition-1540-artifatcs-found-arizona-archaeologist/> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronado-expedition-1540-artifatcs-found-arizona-archaeologist/.
You can catch these in the comfort of your home or office!
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
These listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. For activities marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are advised to confirm dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.
Time zones are specified in these listings only for online activities. Each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
Wednesday February 16, 2022: Online
“The Skill and Genius of the Ancient Artists” free Lunch and Learn presentation by archaeologist Jessica Hamlin sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center (Shumla), Comstock, Texas*
Noon to 1 p.m. Central Standard Time. Free.
In Shumla’s first Lunch and Learn of 2022, its Executive Director Jessica Hamlin will take us back in time to when the rock art was painted. She’ll share some of what we now know about the skill and genius behind these masterpieces, and will reveal Shumla’s plans for learning much more about the remarkable ancient artists. And there will definitely be time for questions.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/.
Thursday February 17, 2022: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Understanding Indigenous Mexico through the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec Codices” presentation by ethnohistorian Michael M. Brescia, PhD
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free
Mexican codices are manuscripts made by precontact and early Spanish colonial period Mesoamerican peoples. In this presentation Michael Brescia, PhD, Curator of Ethnohistory at the Arizona State Museum and affiliated Professor of History and Law at the University of Arizona, will discuss what the codices tell us (and don’t tell us) about the political, economic, social, and cultural rhythms of daily life in the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec cultures. After the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521, the codex tradition continued under the auspices of the Spanish missionaries and provided Indigenous peoples with a voice amid the dramatic changes that were taking place all around them.
To register go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OFjMuDjuQaCBQHm8hRV1bA> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OFjMuDjuQaCBQHm8hRV1bA. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Thursday February 17, 2022: Online
“How to Build a Career and a Life in Archaeology: Tips from the Hired and Hirers for BIPOC Archaeologists” free online panel discussion with Stephen Acabado, Kristina Douglass, Albert Gonzalez, Sarah Herr, Angela McArdle, Julie Stein, and Willeke Wendrich (moderator) sponsored by the Archaeological Centers Coalition (ACC)*
12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Free.
A panel of three persons who hire and three persons who were recently hired will discuss their experiences and offer advice in breakout rooms.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://tinyurl.com/2p8pxb8t> https://tinyurl.com/2p8pxb8t. To learn about the ACC visit <https://archaeologycoalition.org> https://archaeologycoalition.org.
Thursday February 17 and Thursday March 10, 2022: Tucson
“Presidio District Gastronomy Tour” sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
12:30-4 p.m. $90 (Presidio Museum members $75).
Spend an afternoon in Tucson’s Historic District with great food and a little history! Celebrating Tucson’s UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation, the tour includes stops at four locations in the historic Presidio District of downtown Tucson. Participants learn from knowledgeable ethnobotanist tour guides and experience Tucson’s complex food heritage and the fusion of Old and New World ingredients. They also get to hear great stories of Tucson's history in some of its more historic locations: the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, El Charro Café, LaCo Restaurant, and Café a la C’art.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register for Feb. 17 go to <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=306> https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=306; for March 10, <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=307> https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=307. For more information contact April Bourie at 520-444-3687 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday February 17, 2022: Online
“Archaeology’s Place in Healing and Reconciliation: Reclaiming the Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere” free online presentation by Paulette Steeves, PhD, sponsored by the Archaeological Conservancy, Albuquerque, New Mexico*
5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The commonly held archaeological theory frames the First People in the Americas as having arrived only about 13,000 to 16,000 years ago. Yet, in many oral traditions, Indigenous people say they have been here since time immemorial. For people who have survived attempted genocide, erasure of their histories, denial of their ancestral links to the land, and forced assimilation, it is vital to their health and wellbeing to reclaim their histories and connections to the land. Based on over 22 years of research and an extensive database of archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere dating before 12,000 years ago, speaker Paulette Steeves (Cree-Metis) will argue that Indigenous peoples were present in the Americas 130,000 years ago and possibly much earlier. Dr. Steeves is an associate professor in sociology-anthropology at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and author of The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Americas (2020, University of Nebraska Press).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6916421938605/WN_RmdjdgVBSd-jQ720atHzEA> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6916421938605/WN_RmdjdgVBSd-jQ720atHzEA.
Thursday February 17, 2022: Online
“Ideas about Baja California’s Prehistory: A Personal Perspective” free online presentation with archaeologist Don Laylander sponsored by San Diego Archaeological Center (SDAC), Escondido, California*
6:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Free (donations requested)
Don Laylander is an archaeologist who has retired from the California Department of Transportation and ASM Affiliates, Inc. In addition to participating in field investigations throughout Alta California, he has written about Baja California’s prehistory for more than four decades from a variety of perspectives. During the 40+ years he has studied the enigmatic peninsula’s prehistory, our understanding of it has grown and evolved. He will discuss his views on where we stand now on some of the major issues in its story, including its chronology, complexity, continuity, and connections. Proceeds from SDAC’s Living Room Lecture series help provide critical support for the care of SDAC’s collections and programs for all ages.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/TheSanDiegoArchaeologicalCnt/baja-california.html> https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/TheSanDiegoArchaeologicalCnt/baja-california.html.
Friday February 18, 2022: Green Valley, AZ
“Whatever Happened to the Ópatas?” presentation by David Yetman for Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation’s 200th Anniversary of the San Ignacio de la Canoa Land Grant Lecture Series, at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56)*
10-11:30 a.m. $5 per person.
When Spaniards first arrived in what is now Sonora, Ópatas were the largest Indigenous group in the region. Their territory reached nearly to Arizona. Yet, by the late 19th century they had largely disappeared. Today they are known only by their ancestry of Sonoran peoples. So, what happened to them? David Yetman has spent much of the last five decades among Indigenous peoples of Sonora and consulting hundreds of archival sources to discover the answer. This program is an indoor lecture. Face masks are mandatory for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. Limited to 30 people. To register go to <https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/whatever-happened-to-the-%C3%B3patas-lecture/6227> https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/whatever-happened-to-the-%C3%B3patas-lecture/6227. For more information contact Yajaira Gray at 520-724-5355 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday February 19, 2022: Ttucson
“Hands-On Archaeology: How Did People Make and Use Atlatls?” workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Archaeology Southwest (ASW), 300 N. Ash Alley, Tucson*
9 a.m.-2 p.m. $50 ($40 for ASW members).
Participants in this class will make a replica atlatl and an expedient dart. Hunters in the distant past used the atlatl to propel the dart and shaft. Patterned after archaeological examples known from the Southwest, our atlatls will be made of oak. Our darts will be very simple so that participants have one to shoot when they leave the class. For the most part, participants will use stone tools, though we may employ modern hand tools in the interest of timeliness. Masks required.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information go to <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/how-did-people-make-and-use-atlatls-4/?ms=this-month_email&utm_source=aswemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=this-month&emci=8fd72403-7e6d-ec11-94f6-c896650d923c&emdi=288c4ecf-916d-ec11-94f6-c896650d923c&ceid=15100> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/how-did-people-make-and-use-atlatls-4/?ms=this-month_email&utm_source=aswemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=this-month&emci=8fd72403-7e6d-ec11-94f6-c896650d923c&emdi=288c4ecf-916d-ec11-94f6-c896650d923c&ceid=15100 or contact ASW at 520-882-6946.
Saturday February 19, 2022: Online
“Birds, Lizards, and Bighorns: The Hohokam and their Animal Icons” free Zoom online presentation by archaeologist Linda Gregonis for the Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation (PCNRPR) environmental education 2022 history lecture series*
10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The Hohokam had an intricate relationship with animals of the Sonoran Desert that is revealed in their artwork. Their realistic, playful, and abstract depictions of creatures on pottery, carved stone, shell, and rock art, show not only their close observations to the natural world, but how they viewed that world in a cosmological context. Research Archaeologist Linda Gregonis explores how the creatures can be considered as Beings within the broader Mesoamerican-Southwestern belief systems of animism, transformation, duality, directionality, and world centering-world renewing practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Preregistration is required: <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/birds-lizards-and-bighorns-the-hohokam-and-their-animal-icons-registration-226447048217> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/birds-lizards-and-bighorns-the-hohokam-and-their-animal-icons-registration-226447048217. For more information contact Sandy Reith at 520-724-5375 extension 7 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday February 19, 2022: Tucson
“Pop-Up Living History at Fort Lowell Museum” at Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd., sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, Tucson*
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free (donations accepted).
This first event of its kind at the Fort Lowell Museum will feature demonstrations and displays about military life in the late 1800s, including 1870s-1880s infantry weaponry, saddles, and uniforms that would have been worn by soldiers stationed at Fort Lowell. A demonstration on 19th century army medicine, including information about medicine types and treating wounds and diseases in the Territorial Period, will also be included. These events will highlight a different aspect of military history each month and will be held on the third Saturday of the month through April.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact April Bourie at 520-444-3687 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday February 19, and Sundays February 27, March 27, and April 24, 2022: Tucson
“Downtown Public Art Walking Tour” starting at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
February 19, 10-11:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m.; February 27, 9-11 a.m.; March 27, 9-11 a.m.; April 24, 9-11 a.m. $20 ($15 for Presidio Museum members). $5 adults, $1 ages 6-14, 5 & under Free.
Expert local tour guide Dorothy Yanez leads this tour to many locations of Tucson’s public art, some of which are almost hidden if you aren't looking in the right place.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Click on the appropriate date link to register: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2342&qid=465062> Sunday, January 23, 9-11 am; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2343&qid=465062> Saturday, Feb. 19 10-11:30 am; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2344&qid=465062> Saturday Feb. 19, 1-2:30 pm; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2345&qid=465062> Sunday, February 27, 9-11 am; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2346&qid=465062> Sunday, March 27, 9-11 am; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2347&qid=465062> Sunday, April 24, 9-11 am. For more information contact April Bourie at 520-444-3687 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday February 19, 2022: Online
“Dispersing Power: The Contentious, Egalitarian Politics of the Salado Phenomenon in the Hohokam Region of the U.S. Southwest” free online presentation by archaeologist Lewis Borck, PhD, sponsored by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations requested)
A legacy of the history of global archaeology is that archaeologists continue to explain movements away from centralization and aggregation of power as anomalies, or collapses, or peripheries, or natural reactions to environmental change. In this talk Lewis Borck asks, “What if ‘collapses’ were the result of widespread, intentional actions to create change?” He addresses this question with observations about what archaeologists call the Salado phenomenon, which previously has been interpreted as a religious cult. He will argue that this pattern relates to acts of resistance and that the Salado phenomenon represents the remains of a spatially and culturally dispersed religious social movement that burst across the southern Southwest, aimed at contesting the centralization of power by regional elites and councils between 1100/1200 and 1450 CE.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://www.amerind.org/events/free-online-lecture-dispersing-power-the-contentious-egalitarian-politics-of-the-salado-phenomenon-in-the-hohokam-region-of-the-u-s-southwest-with-lewis-borck-phd/> https://www.amerind.org/events/free-online-lecture-dispersing-power-the-contentious-egalitarian-politics-of-the-salado-phenomenon-in-the-hohokam-region-of-the-u-s-southwest-with-lewis-borck-phd/.
Monday February 21, 2022: Online
“Looking from the South: A Material Perspective on Prehispanic West-Northwestern Mexico and U.S. Southwest Connections” free Zoom online presentation by José Luís Punzo Díaz, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
A great variety of archaeological artifacts have been located both in the Southwest of the USA and in the West and Northwest of Mexico that has shown an intense interaction between both zones. Turquoises, metals, and macaws are some of the examples of this In this talk, José Luís Punzo Díaz will take a look from the Mesoamerican south to the interaction in the far Southwest of the USA through different moments in time and an enormous variety of archaeological sites.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SwP2sPAiSU-kqRr4S4BYyw> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SwP2sPAiSU-kqRr4S4BYyw.
Tuesday February 22, 2022: Online
“Finding Historical Mexico along the Camino Real: Material Culture and Identity from the 16th to 19th Centuries” free online presentation by Dr. Michael M. Brescia sponsored by the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (ASM)*
6 to 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro—Royal Road of the Interior Lands—is one of the oldest and longest historic roads in the western hemisphere. Following the established trade routes of Indigenous peoples that dated to Mexican antiquity, Spaniards set out to explore and claim sovereignty over the North American continent in the wake of the conquest of the Aztec confederation in 1521. The Camino Real reflected the broader objectives of the Spanish colonial enterprise: identify and exploit precious metals such as silver and gold; promote trade based on local and global resources; establish farms and ranches to meet the needs of newly arrived settlers; and nurture among the Spanish and Indigenous peoples a colonial identity based on Catholicism and obedience to the Spanish crown. ASM historian Michael Brescia examines the dynamic yet unequal exchange that took place between European and Indigenous societies along the nearly 1600-mile route from Mexico City to Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, just north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the material culture that emerged as a direct result of that exchange, including, for example, artwork, household wares, and domestic goods, but also the construction of haciendas, chapels, bridges, and modes of transport. This program is held in conjunction with the exhibit, <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibit/wrapped-in-color> Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape, showing through July 2022. Michael Brescia is a curator of ethnohistory at ASM and an affiliated professor of history and law at the University of Arizona.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/historical-mexico-camino-real> https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/historical-mexico-camino-real.
Thursday February 24, 2022: Online
“Basics of NAGPRA”online workshop sponsored by Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, Washington, DC*
1-2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Free.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) describes the rights of Native American lineal descendants, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations with respect to the treatment, repatriation, and disposition of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony with which they can show a relationship of lineal descent or cultural affiliation. NAGPRA requires that federal agencies, and museums receiving Federal funds, inventory holdings of Native American human remains and funerary objects and provide written summaries of other cultural items. The agencies and museums must consult with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to attempt to reach agreements on the repatriation or other disposition of these remains and objects. This webinar will look at the basics of NAGPRA with an emphasis on how smaller museums and institutions can implement this federal law. Presenter Eric Hemenway, an Anishnaabe from Cross Village, MI, has worked in a tribal archives for 16 years and teaches NAGPRA workshops for the National Preservation Institute.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://connectingtocollections.org/nagpra/> https://connectingtocollections.org/nagpra/.
Thursday February 24, 2022: Online
“Out of the Ashes of Extinction a Resurgent Nation is Reborn: The Hia Ced O’odham and the Pursuit of Nationhood” free online presentation by David Martinez, PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado *
4-5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Because of the 1851 yellow fever epidemic, the Hia Ced O’odham were compelled to seek safety among their Tohono O’odham relatives. Ever since, the people known alternately as the “Areneños” and “Sand Papago” have endured the consequences of being regarded as “extinct.” However, contrary to popular opinion, the Hia Ced O’odham have endured as a discreet part of the O’odham community. Who are they, and how did they go from extinct people to a resurgent nation? David Martínez, PhD (Akimel O’odham/Hia Ced O’odham/Mexican) will present his research on the “extinction” and revitalization of the Hia-Ced O’odham, which is a part of a book he is writing titled The Resilient History of the Hia Ced O’odham: O’odham Sovereignty during the American Era, 1850-2015. Dr. Martinez is an associate professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Out-of-the-Ashes-of-Extinction-a-Resurgent-Nation-is-Reborn-Hia-Ced-Oodham--Pursuit-of-Nationhood> https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Out-of-the-Ashes-of-Extinction-a-Resurgent-Nation-is-Reborn-Hia-Ced-Oodham--Pursuit-of-Nationhood.
Saturday February 26, 2022: 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.; $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
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 late 19th and early 20th centuries. 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.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 23, whichever is earlier: 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]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Yoeme Communities tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday February 26, 2022: Tucson
“Hands-on Archaeology – Atlatls!” demonstratino by Allen Denoyer sponsored by Archaeology Southwest (ASW) at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
8 am.-1 p.m. Free ($5/person suggested donation to Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace).
Preservation Archaeologist Allen Denoyer of Archaeology Southwest gives a different hands-on archaeology demonstration at Mission Garden every fourth Saturday of the month during cool months. Allen is an expert in how ancient technologies like atlatls, arrowheads, and ground stone were made and used. This month it’s atlatls – spear throwers! Test your skill throwing a spear at a target with an atlatl. This event is ideal for children of all ages. Archaeology Southwest is a Tucson-based, non-profit organization fostering meaningful connections to the past and respectfully safeguarding irreplaceable resources.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Kathleen Bader at 520-882-6946 ext. 15 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday February 28, 2022: Tumacácori, AZ
“Starry Night Photography Opportunity” at Tumacácori National Historical Park, 1891 E. Frontage Rd., Tumacácori, Arizona*
6:30-9:30 p.m. Admission to the park is $10 per adult, free for federal pass holders and children under 16.
Tumacácori National Historical Park invites photographers to the historic mission grounds to capture images of the magnificent night skies of southern Arizona. Tumacácori is a designated International Dark Sky Park due to its night sky quality, exceptional nocturnal habitat, and cultural heritage. This starry night photography event provides a unique opportunity for photographers to capture stunning images of the mission ruins under the backdrop of a star-studded sky. Participants should bring their own cameras and tripods.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For reservations or more information call 520-377-5060 between 8 and 5.
Tuesday March 1, 2022: Online
“Birds, Feathers, and Ancient Pueblo Pottery” free Archaeology Café online lecture by Kelley Hays-Gilpin sponsored by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
6 to 7 p.m. Free.
Since the beginning of Pueblo pottery traditions in the seventh century CE, potters have looked to birds as inspiration for vessel shapes and painted designs. In the 1400s, feathers became a favorite motif, and birds and feathers are still important subjects in Pueblo pottery today. In this talk, archaeologist Kelley Hays-Gilpin (Northern Arizona University and Museum of Northern Arizona) will explore images and meanings on a wide variety of ancestral, historic, and contemporary pottery, focusing on the Hopi Mesas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/birds-feathers-and-ancient-pueblo-pottery/> www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/birds-feathers-and-ancient-pueblo-pottery/.
Friday March 4, 2022
“2022 Preservation Archaeology Field School” scheduled for May 24-July 5, 2022, by Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona School of Anthropology*
March 4 is the deadline to apply for this six-week archaeological field school in southwestern New Mexico. The program provides students with an opportunity to learn excavation, survey, experimental archaeology, and laboratory methods in a beautiful, remote, and archaeologically exciting part of the US Southwest. Stipends are available to undergraduate participants.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/pdf/fieldschool_flyer_2022_web.pdf> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/pdf/fieldschool_flyer_2022_web.pdf.
Saturday March 5, 2022: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Free Tour” guided by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9-11 a.m. Free.
In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Vista del Rio, an ancient village of the southern Arizona Hohokam archaeological culture that was inhabited between 1000 and 1150 CE.
Reservations are required by 5 p.m. Thursday March 3: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday March 5, 2022: Green Valley, AZ
“Life on the Northern Frontier of the Pimería Alta” presentation by archaeologist Homer Thiel for Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation’s 200th Anniversary of the San Ignacio de la Canoa Land Grant Lecture Series, at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56)*
10-11:30 a.m. $5 per person.
The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson was the northernmost fortress in the Pimería Alta (today’s Arizona and Sonora). Join historical archaeologist Homer Thiel to learn what life was like for the soldiers, civilians, and Native Americans who lived within or next to this Spanish colonial period fort. This program is an indoor lecture. Face masks are mandatory for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. Limited to 30 people. To register go to <https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/life-on-the-northern-frontier-of-the-pimeria-alta-lecture/6229> https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/life-on-the-northern-frontier-of-the-pimeria-alta-lecture/6229. For more information contact Yajaira Gray at 520-724-5355 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday March 7-11, 2022: Ajo, AZ
“Tri-national Sonoran Symposium” at Sonoran Desert Inn and Conference Center, 55 S. Orilla Ave., Ajo, Arizona*
Starts at 6 a.m. Monday. $150 registration fee.
Organized by representatives from the Tohono O’odham Nation, Mexico and the United States, this biennial symposium offers presentations and dialogue about the dynamics of natural and cultural ecology, environmental challenges, and their relationships to past and present peoples living in the Sonoran Desert. The symposium was established to promote increased understanding, conservation and celebration of the natural and cultural resources of the Sonoran Desert and to foster communication and productive collaboration dedicated to this purpose.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://www.isdanet.org/symposium> sonoransymposium.com.
Tuesday March 8, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online presentation “The Tribal Archaeologist’s Duties with a Focus on Ancestral Territories and Traditional Cultural Places” by Martina Dawley, PhD (Hualapai/Diné), sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free
Dr. Martina Dawley (Diné / Hualapai) is the Director and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) with the Hualapai Nation’s Department of Cultural Resources (HDCR) in Peach Springs, Arizona. Her responsibilities include preserving and managing the cultural resources of the Hualapai people while adhering to standards established by the THPO, the Hualapai Cultural Resources Ordinance, and the US Secretary of the Interior's Standards. Dr. Dawley received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006 in Anthropology with a focus on southwestern archaeology, and her Master of Arts degree (2009) and Doctoral degree (2013) in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona, with a focus on caring for ancestral remains and their belongings as it relates to repatriation and heritage preservation.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley, Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham), and Anabel Galindo (Pascua Yaqui) and made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities, provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
To register for the program go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jB-J58BjRdizHHl-Jxv1iQ> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jB-J58BjRdizHHl-Jxv1iQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Thursday March 10, 2022: Online
“Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability” free online Zoom presentation with archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by Pacific Coast Archaeological Society (PCAS), Costa Mesa, California*
7:30 to 9 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Free.
The deep time perspective that archaeology and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and human adaptation not only is a valuable supplement to historical records, it sometimes contradicts historical data used by modern societies to make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. What can be learned from scientific evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming cultures in the US Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds of sustainability, leading to collapse or reorganization of their societies? Could the disastrous damages to nuclear power plants caused by the Japanese tsunami of 2011 have been avoided if the engineers who decided where to build those plants had not ignored evidence of prehistoric tsunamis? This presentation looks at archaeological, geological, and sustainable-agricultural evidence on environmental changes and how human cultures have adapted to those changes, and discusses the value of a “beyond history” perspective for modern society.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For a registration request send email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For more information contact Joe Hodulik at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 949-300-1864.
Saturdays March 12 and April 9, 2022: Tucson
“Mainly Murals Walking Tour” starting at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
9-11 a.m. $20 ($15 for Presidio Museum members)
This tour features many of the murals found in the downtown area and discusses the artists, history of the murals, and many of the artists’ inspirations behind the pieces. Approximately two miles walking, including murals north of Congress Street.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Click on the appropriate date link to register: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2348&qid=465062> Saturday, February 12, 9-11 am; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2349&qid=465062> Saturday, March 12, 9-11 am; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=2350&qid=465062> Saturday, April 9, 9-11 am. For more information contact April Bourie at 520-444-3687 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 12, 2022: Tucson
“Benefit Sale of Native American Art” at the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
10 a.m. till sold out. Free to browse.
Shop an array of southwestern Native pottery, jewelry, baskets, carvings, flat art, and more on the ASM’s front lawn. These items are donated by individuals and estates throughout the year specifically to be sold at this event. The inventory is always different and prices always phenomenal. No tax. Presented annually by the Friends of the ASM Collections, the proceeds benefit ASM’s ethnological collections.
* 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]
Saturday & Sunday March 12 & 13, 2022: Tucson
“Library Benefit Book Sale” sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) at the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 10 to 3 Sunday. Free to browse.
An all new selection of used anthropology and history books with emphasis on U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico. General interest, history, biography, even a novel or two. Books start at $1, most under $5. Ninety percent of the proceeds from this book sale benefit the Arizona State Museum library.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Katherine Cerino at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday March 15, 2022: Green Valley, AZ
“Spanish/Mexican Land Grants in what is now Southern Arizona” presentation by ethnohistorian Tom Sheridan for Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation’s 200th Anniversary of the San Ignacio de la Canoa Land Grant Lecture Series, at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56)*
10-11:30 a.m. $5 per person.
Join Tom Sheridan, author of Arizona: A History and Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacacori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O'odham, for an overview of ranching areas in the San Bernardino, Babacomari, and San Rafael valleys, and along the Santa Cruz River and Arivaca Creek. This program is an indoor lecture. Face masks are mandatory for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. Limited to 30 people. To register go to <https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/spanish-mexican-land-grants-in-now-southern-arizona-lecture/6230> https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/spanish-mexican-land-grants-in-now-southern-arizona-lecture/6230. For more information contact Yajaira Gray at 520-724-5355 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday March 16, 2022: Tumacácori, AZ
“Full Moon Evening Hike with a Ranger” at Tumacácori National Historical Park, 1891 E. Frontage Rd., Tumacácori, Arizona*
6-8 p.m. $10 per adult, free for federal pass holders and children under 16.
Take about a two-mile hike at night on the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail! Southern Arizona is famous for its clear, starry, dark nights, perfectly suited for the observation and study of the heavens. Tumacácori National Historical Park invites visitors to explore the night sky as did those who came before us, including the O’odham who lived in the village of Tumacácori, astronomers like Father Kino who established the mission, and settlers and cowboys who camped under the stars after the mission was abandoned. The park’s designation as an International Dark Sky Park protects that experience for current and future generations. Meet at the Anza Trailhead across from the Tumacácori Post Office, just north of the Tumacácori National Historical Park visitor center parking lot. Bring your flashlight but don’t plan to use it; the moon will be your night-light. Wear hiking shoes and carry water. No pets.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <http://www.nps.gov/tuma> www.nps.gov/tuma or call 520-377-5060.
Thursday March 17, 2022: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “The Sinagua: Fact or Fiction?” presentation by archaeologist Peter J. Pilles, Jr.
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free
“Sinagua” is the name first coined in 1939 to refer to the pre-European people who inhabited the Flagstaff region of north-central Arizona. But what, exactly, does this mean? Does Sinagua refer to a geographic area, a specific kind of pottery, an actual grouping of people, or is it something else? These are difficult questions this presentation will attempt to explore. The Sinagua archaeological area of Arizona has been considered a cultural “frontier,” characterized as a blend of other cultures, yet unique enough to warrant its own cultural designation. However, over the years, this uniqueness dissolved as old interpretations were no longer satisfactorily explaining what archaeologists were finding. By the 1960s, new areas of study and new explanatory models were developed. However, these paradigm shifts have failed to satisfactorily answer the questions posed by past interpretations. These shifts beg the major questions: Who were the Sinagua, how do they fit into the “Big Picture” of Southwest prehistory, and what happened to the culture? In order to bring closure to these questions, archaeologists need to explain how past questions have been . . . not exactly the wrong questions, but they need to be re-fitted and examined under a different lens, focused by degrees of scale. This presentation will attempt to illustrate these different approaches, as well as to demonstrate that the concept of “Sinagua” is both fact AND fiction.
Archaeologist Peter Pilles has studied the Southwest’s Sinagua archaeological cuture for decades. In this presentation he will give an overview of it and compare it to the surrounding, contemporary Hohokam, Mogollon, Ancestral Pueblo, and Patayan cultures.
To register go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ik2kE-mAROaksDhLE-6iUQ> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ik2kE-mAROaksDhLE-6iUQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation, we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made for this program.
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Friday March 18, 2022: Online
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart via Zoom for University of Arizona’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)*
3-4:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. OLLI Greater Tucson (NW, SE) and Green Valley membership fee of $150 for Monsoon/Fall Semester (7/1/2021 to 12/31/2021) classes or $200 for full year (July-June) allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.
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-sponsored event. To join OLLI, download a registration and payment form, or pay and register online visit <http://olli.arizona.edu/> http://olli.arizona.edu/. For more information about OLLI call 520-626-9039.
Saturday March 19, 2022: Comstock, TX
“Guided tour to Eagle Cave, Skiles Shelter, Kelley Cave, and Judge Roy Bean Center” with archaeologist Vicky Roberts meets at Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center (sponsoring organization), 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 a.m.-2 p.m. $160.
Eagle Cave, Skiles Shelter, and Kelley Cave are large rockshelters located within Eagle Nest Canyon, Langtry, Texas. Combined, all three sites contain evidence of human occupation spanning over 10,000 years into Paleoindian times. The rock art is predominantly Pecos River style with that in Eagle Cave having recently returned radiocarbon dates between 3350 and 3210 years ago. Following the Eagle Nest Canyon tour will be a chance to visit the Judge Roy Bean visitor’s center to learn more about Langtry’s history as well as a tour of Shumla’s research facility and laboratory in Comstock, Texas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <file:///C:/Users/Allen/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/T121CB56/www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 19, 2022: Florence, AZ
“Historic Florence Cemetery Tour” with Chris Reid sponsored by the Pinal County Historical Museum (PCHM) starting at 715 S. Main St., Florence, Arizona*
10 a.m.-12 p.m. $20 ($15 PCHM members).
See Florence’s rich history come alive on this guided tour of the Florence Cemetery! Join Chris Reid and learn about the people who made Florence what it is today including the oldest marked headstone in Arizona. Limited to 12 participants.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at <https://secure.qgiv.com/for/pchm/event/837152/> https://secure.qgiv.com/for/pchm/event/837152/. For more information (including for large group private tours) call PCHM at 520-868-4382.
Saturday March 19, 2022: Tubac, AZ
“Women on the Arizona Frontier” presentation by Jack Lasseter for Shaw D. Kinsley Lecture series at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street, Tubac, Arizona*
2-3 p.m. $15 (children 6 and under free) includes all day entrance into the park and the historic buildings.
The history of the West is not just the story of men. It is the story of men and women. In this talk Jack tells the fascinating story of some of the women on the Arizona frontier who would bring civilization to this land. He focuses on three, an Apache woman, a Spanish woman, and a New England woman. They have three different stories but all poignant to the development of Arizona. Others include Chinese, African American, Jewish, Mormon, and ranch women. Some of these women were governors, judges, a bridesmaid of Eleanor Roosevelt, the Captain of the “Arizona Navy,” the first territorial historian, a famous painter and architect, and the last stagecoach robber. You will go away amazed and with a new appreciation of the role played by women on the Arizona frontier. Snacks will be served. Lecture will take place outdoors in our large picnic area. Bring your own chair or sit at one of the picnic tables.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Call 520-398-2252 to RSVP. For more information call 520-398-2252 or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday March 20, 2022: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2022 spring equinox occurs on Sunday March 20 at 8:33 a.m. MST (Sunday March 20 at 3:33 p.m. UTC). To celebrate the vernal 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, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological features; 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 mostly Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at the site exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Thursday March 17, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Sunday March 20, 2022: Comstock, TX
“Guided tour to The Vinegarroon Camp and Pecos-Rio Grande Overlook” with archaeologist Vicky Roberts meets at Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center (sponsoring organization), 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 a.m.-2 p.m. $160.
The Vinegarroon Camp was a railroad town founded by legendary Judge Roy Bean, the “Law West of the Pecos.” This camp housed thousands of railroad laborers as they worked to overcome the last major hurdle for the construction of the southern transcontinental route linking New Orleans and San Francisco. Walk among the ruins of this ghost town and consider what it may have been like to work on a railroad in the 1880s. Afterwards, we will travel towards the confluence of the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers and take some time to appreciate the expansive view offered by private-land access to the landscape.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <file:///C:/Users/Allen/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/T121CB56/www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday March 21, 2022: Online
“Exploring the Rise of Navajo Pastoralism in the (Peri)Colonial U.S. Southwest” free Zoom online presentation by Wade Campbell, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The rise of a pastoral tradition among early Diné (Navajo) communities in the American Southwest circa 1700 represents an important turn in the history of the region. Recent work including an ethnoarchaeological study of contemporary Diné herding practices and a systematic study of Gobernador Phase (1626-1776) Navajo sites in Dinétah (the traditional Navajo homeland in northwestern New Mexico) provide new data with which to begin to evaluate early Navajo sheepherding practices. This talk will discuss on how archaeological studies can help shed light on the dynamic history of Navajo sheepherding and its continued importance to the 21st century Diné community.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jEyj_CEnRv-Vc18P8cjuGQ> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jEyj_CEnRv-Vc18P8cjuGQ.
Friday March 25, 2022: Online
“Hohokam and Mimbres Rock Art and Ideology” online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart via Zoom for University of Arizona’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)*
3-4:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. OLLI Greater Tucson (NW, SE) and Green Valley membership fee of $150 for Monsoon/Fall Semester (7/1/2021 to 12/31/2021) classes or $200 for full year (July-June) allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.
Comparison of 1000-1130 CE Mimbres-culture petroglyphs in New Mexico and contemporaneous glyphs of the Hohokam culture of southern Arizona helps define the limits of these two ancient southwestern cultures. Aspects of their rock art and other material culture also provide clues to their different ideologies. Certain icons are common to both Mimbres and Hohokam rock art, whereas each culture also exhibits repeated motifs that apparently were not produced by the other. Comparing and contrasting the shared and unshared rock art images, and other aspects of Mimbres and Hohokam cultures, suggests similarities as well as differences in their respective religious practices and beliefs.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To join OLLI, download a registration and payment form, or pay and register online visit <http://olli.arizona.edu/> http://olli.arizona.edu/. For more information about OLLI call 520-626-9039.
RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY Saturday & Sunday March 26 & 27, 2022: Phoenix
“World Championship Hoop Dance Contest” in the Libby Amphitheater, Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix (rescheduled from February 12 & 13)*
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults $22, age 65+ $20, American Indian $10, ages 6-17 & students $9, age 5 & under free.
The top American Indian and Canadian First Nations hoop dancers will compete for the prestigious World Champion title and cash prizes in the World Championship Hoop Dance contest. The art of hoop dance honors cultural traditions shared by multiple Indigenous communities. Rooted in healing ceremonies, traditions, and practices, today hoop dance is shared as an artistic expression to celebrate and honor Indigenous traditions throughout the US and Canada. Each dancer presents his or her own choreography, weaving in aspects of tradition and culture, using as few as four to as many as 50 hoops, manipulating them to create a variety of designs such as animals, insects and globes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and tickets go to <https://heard.org/event/hoop/> https://heard.org/event/hoop/. For more information call 602-252-8840.
Saturday March 26, 2022: Green Valley, AZ
“La Canoa, 1858-1861, and Territorial Era Ranching in this Region of the Santa Cruz Valley” presentation by historian Dan Judkins for Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation’s 200th Anniversary of the San Ignacio de la Canoa Land Grant Lecture Series, at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56)*
10-11:30 a.m. $5 per person.
Join Dan Judkins, author, research historian, and former president of the Tubac Historical Society, for a discussion of mid 19th-century events including the travels of the 49ers, Larcena Pennington’s capture and other Apache raids, Reventon and Sopori ranches, the stage station at Canoa, military activities in the region, and more. This program is an indoor lecture. Face masks are mandatory for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. Limited to 30 people. To register go to <https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/la-canoa-1858-1861-and-territorial-era-ranching-lecture/6231> https://apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/Activity_Search/la-canoa-1858-1861-and-territorial-era-ranching-lecture/6231. For more information contact Yajaira Gray at 520-724-5355 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 31, 2022: Online
“Cactus, Corn, and Cattle: 5,000 Years of Dinner in the Santa Cruz Valley” free presentation by Carolyn Niethammer sponsored by Arizona Pathfinders, Tucson*
5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
When Tucson was named the first US UNESCO City of Gastronomy, many people thought that might have to do with our great Mexican food. But “gastronomy” as defined by UNESCO isn’t about fancy restaurants, rather it refers to a region’s entire food system. Veteran food writer Carolyn Niethammer draws on thousands of years of food history to explain the UNESCO designation. Her book A Desert Feast: Celebrating Tucson’s Culinary History traces the influences of Native American, Mexican, mission-era Mediterranean, and ranch-style cowboy traditions for a food pilgrimage full of stories and recipes stretching back to the earliest residents of the Santa Cruz Valley. She will discuss how the earliest farmers first learned to grow corn beginning in 2100 BCE, when the Hohokam built their elaborate irrigation canals, and how the arrival of the Spanish changed everything. Arizona Pathfinders will hold their annual meeting after Ms. Niethammer’s talk.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] to register.
Thursday April 21, 2022: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “The Mimbres Twins and the Rabbit in the Moon” presentation by archaeologist Marc Thompson, PhD
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free
This presentation documents illustrations from Classic Mimbres Black-on-white ceramic bowls (1000-1130 CE) depicting the Panamerican apologue of the Hero Twins saga. These motifs account for about 12% of Mimbres figurative bowls and can be arranged in a narrative sequence from birth, trials, tests, death, and resurrection of the Hero Twins, to apotheosis as the sun and the moon. In this saga, the Hero Twins survive the tests, trials, and ballgame challenge through guile, cunning feats, and as tricksters of legerdemain. This tale, the characters, and the basic plot are known throughout North, Central, and South America. The deep, fundamental basis of the story revolves around dualities as in two sides of the same coin; they include life and death, dark and light, and male and female. Cognate Hero Twins motifs, both graphic and recorded, are documented on Classic Maya ceramics (200-900 CE), in the 16th century Twins’ saga of the Popol Vuh book of the Maya, and in US southwestern traditional tales. Comparing these similar, but ethnically distinct accounts allows for a fuller comprehension of these emblematic, evocative, heroic figures.
To register go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6KGzbimQRiKFQeCfagnl3A> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6KGzbimQRiKFQeCfagnl3A. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation, we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made for this program.
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Thursday May 19, 2022: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “The Elk Ridge Community in the Mimbres Pueblo World” free online presentation by archaeologist Barbara J. Roth, PhD
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free
Elk Ridge was the largest pueblo in the northern portion of the Mimbres River valley during the Classic Mimbres period (1000-1130 CE). Recent excavations at the site combined with survey data indicate that it was part of a thriving community with social ties to other nearby pueblos and likely served as the ritual and perhaps economic hub for these smaller pueblos. In this presentation, Dr. Roth will discuss data from fieldwork she directed at Elk Ridge and surrounding sites and will explore how and why Elk Ridge played such a prominent role in this portion of the Mimbres River Valley.
For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
Wednesdays June 8-August 24, 2022: Online
“Archaeology of the Southwest” 12-session class with archaeologist Allen Dart, online via Zoom, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday evening June 8 through August 24, 2022. $99 donation ($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members), not counting cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.
Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the U.S. Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its twelve evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation 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 cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class is a prerequisite for all other courses offered in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Friday June 3, whichever is earlier. To register of for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Thursday June 16, 2022: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Diné History’s Impact on Jewelry” presentation by Nanibaa Beck, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities, Phoenix
7 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
In this presentation, Nanibaa Beck, a second-generation Diné (Navajo) jeweler, provides a history of Diné jewelry over the century, focusing on changes in each decade. She will relate the shifting techniques, styles, and meanings of the art over the years to important events in Diné history including the impact of boarding schools, training schools, and access to new styles and materials on Navajo jewelry over this expanded period of time. Being intricately connected to the creation process motivated Ms. Beck to become more knowledgeable about the multifaceted areas surrounding Native American art. In November 2013 she founded NotAbove Jewelry after an “aha moment” in which a small thank-you card project sparked the idea for the original language necklaces that connect to her Diné culture. Today, NotAbove reflects vibrant Native creative expressions and the growth of an Diné ‘Asdzáá (woman) as a metalsmith. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities. It will not be recorded.
To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8QpCuw1XQ6O09j5IeJVwDQ> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8QpCuw1XQ6O09j5IeJVwDQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. This program will not be recorded.
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Wednesdays September 21-December 14, 2022: Online
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-session adult education class online via Zoom, taught by archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time) each Wednesday September 21-December 14 (except skip Wednesday October 26); $99 donation ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum [FOPGM]); donation does not include costs of recommended text (The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors) or of the optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.
Registered Professional 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 exchange. 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 people. The class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Training, Certification and Education (TCE) program's “Advanced Southwest Archaeology – The Hohokam of Southern Arizona” class. The AAS basic “Archaeology 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/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Friday September 16, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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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.
Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code, so donations and membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts specified by law.
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To start or renew an Old Pueblo membership online you can visit our <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/> www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ web page, scroll down to the bottom of that page, and follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
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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!
Warmest regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
520-798-1201
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