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” 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.
To register go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1tPSIzRPQjO30CZ5u-0sYw>
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we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be
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for this program.
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Saturday May 21, 2022: Online
“Macaws and Parrots in the Ancient Southwestern United States and
Northwestern Mexico” free online presentation by archaeologists Patricia
Gilman, PhD, Stephen Plog, PhD, and Christopher W. Schwartz, PhD, sponsored
by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 a.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations requested).
The multiple, vivid colors of scarlet macaws and their ability to
mimic human speech are key reasons macaws were and are significant to the
Native peoples of the US Southwest and Mexican Northwest (SW/NW). Scarlet
macaws are native to tropical forests ranging from the Gulf Coast and
southern regions of Mexico to Bolivia. Surprisingly, they are present at
numerous archaeological sites in the SW/NW yet are absent at the vast
majority. New syntheses of early excavation data, new analytical methods,
and new approaches to understanding the past now provide clues to the
significance and distribution of scarlet macaws to a degree that was
previously impossible. In this presentation sponsored by Desert Diamond
Casinos, three leading experts on scarlet macaws explore what we currently
know about them from archaeological sites in the SW/NW.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to <https://bit.ly/AmerindOnline052122> https://bit.ly/AmerindOnline052122.
Monday May 23, 2022: Mesa, AZ
“From 'Chief' to Code Talker: Four Profiles of the Navajo Code
Talkers” free presentation by Laura Tohe at Mesa Public Library – Main
Branch, 64 E. 1st St., Mesa, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6-7:30 p.m. Free.
During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines
without knowing that they would be called on to develop a secret code
against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a
Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many
American lives. This talk profiles four Code Talkers who reflect on their
lives growing up on the Navajo Nation homeland before and after the war,
including my father. They returned home without fanfare to continued poverty
and lack of economic opportunity, yet persevered and overcame obstacles that
helped change the Navajo Nation and their communities. They tell their
stories with poignancy that reflect their resiliency and self-determination.
Laura Tohe, the current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, is the daughter of a
Navajo Code Talker and Professor Emerita with Distinction from ASU who has
authored an oral history on the Code Talkers.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information go to <https://www.mesalibrary.org/>
https://www.mesalibrary.org/.
Monday May 23, 2022: Online
“Millennium on the Meridian: Political History of the Ancient
Southwest” free online presentation with archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson
sponsored by The Aztlander emagazine*
8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Free.
In 1999, Stephen H. Lekson published a study linking the sequential
southwestern capitals of Chaco Canyon (850-1125 CE), Aztec Ruins
(1110-1280), and Paquimé (Casas Grandes, 1250-1450) along a north-south
alignment, the “Chaco Meridian.” He concludes that the Chaco capital moved
north to Aztec, then to Paquimé. Subsequent research extends the importance
of the Meridian back to 500 CE and forward to 1600 CE. During that 1100-year
span, clearly the largest and more important sites were located on or very
near that north-south line. What does that mean? In 2015, Lekson published
an expanded “Chaco Meridian” that attempted to answer that question. But
just what do these large-scale distributions mean? What are we to make of
pottery styles that became common over large portions of three states? How
do we understand large-scale distributions of more esoteric items, like
Hohokam ballcourts? Tune in for Lekson’s answers.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go
to <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88509395942>
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88509395942.
Never stop exploring!
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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