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Hello!
This is Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s semimonthly upcoming-activities email blast providing announcements about upcoming southwestern archaeology, history, and cultures activities offered by Old Pueblo and other organizations. If you know of others who might like to be added to Old Pueblo’s emailing list for these messages, please feel free to let them know they can subscribe to it directly by going to www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org> and scrolling down to the Subscribe section to enter their names and email addresses at the prompts there. One can unsubscribe from Old Pueblo’s emailing list at any time, as indicated at the end of this message.
In this Issue:
Some Thank-Yous
Some Online Resources
Upcoming Activities, Next Two Months
Old Pueblo's August & Later Activities (Including Win a 2024 Jeep)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
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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 previous first-of-the-month email blast: Mary Adams, Sandra Bartell, Pete & Pam Baum, Larry Bourne, Anne Marie Braudis, Elizabeth Butler, David & Bobbie Jo Carter, Bridgette & Mark Crosby, Al Dart, Nancy Easter, Butch Farabee, Franco Farina, Alan Ferg, Mary Lee Fitzgerald & J. Martin Comey, Karen & Michael Gallagher, Santiago Garcia, Linda Gricius, Virgil Hancock, Heidi Harralson, Bruce Hartman, Douglas Himmelberger, G. Houston & Associates, Jeff Kamps, Catherine Kastner, Mary Kasulaitis, Dennis Kitchen, Janice Klein, Barbara Kruse, Eugene Kunde, Aleta Lawrence, Melissa Loeschen, Kristen Luetkemeier, Kenneth Lund, Susan Markley, Sharon Ann McPeak, Kyle Meredith, Elise & David Moore, Andrew Pigniolo, Ted Presler, Janet Prinz, Cheryl Scannell, Jane Stone, Sharon Strachan, Glenn Studevant, Kelley Taylor, Esther White, and Kathleen Yarbrough.
Thank you all so much!
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.)
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted the recording of "Of Noble Kings Descended": Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest by archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson (May 15 Third Thursday Food for Thought) on Old Pueblo’s Youtube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Crow Canyon Archaeological Center: Ethnogenesis of Apachean and Puebloan Communities on the High Plains featuring Matthew Hill, May 9: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZSSusmigTg> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZSSusmigTg.
* School for Advanced Research: 10,000 Years of Inequality: The Archaeology of Wealth Differences featuring Tim A. Kohler, May 15: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYDBq226N4k> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYDBq226N4k.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES, NEXT TWO MONTHS
The following listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. Time zones are specified only for online activities; each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's activities are listed in green boldface font. 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.
Sunday, June 2, 2024: Santa Fe
“2024 Native Dance Series” performances in the Milner Plaza Performance Circle at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC), 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, New Mexico*
11 am and 2 pm. Free museum admission for New Mexico residents on the first Sunday of the month.
This month’s performances are by Black Eagle Dance Group from the Pueblo of Jemez.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the MIAC at 505-476-1269 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sundays-Fridays June 2-7, 9-14, and 16-21, 2024:
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, CO
““Hornbek Homestead” volunteer-assisted rehabilitation, repair, and stabilization project sponsored by HistoriCorps and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm first day; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
The Hornbek Homestead built in 1878 is significant for its association with the Homestead Act of 1862 as being the first application to the Florissant area west of Colorado Springs. Today the homestead survives under stewardship of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, which acquired the property in 1973. This season’s effort focuses on restoring the traditionally constructed outbuildings: a bunkhouse, carriage shed, and milk barn. Tents, truck campers, and small campervans are welcome. RVs and trailers cannot be accommodated at this project location. HistoriCorps provides all meals, tools, training, equipment, and a campsite. Showers are available. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the campsite, sleeping equipment, work gloves, clothes and boots, and other personal gear.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register go to <https://historicorps.org/hornbek-homestead-co-2024/> https://historicorps.org/hornbek-homestead-co-2024/ or contact HistoriCorps at 720-287-0100 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 3-7, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio Summer Camp: Hands-On History” at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 am-2 pm each day. $265 per child ($240 for Presidio Museum members). 10% discount for siblings. Family memberships start at $40. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/presidio-museum-membership/> Click here to become a member.
Join the Presidio Museum for a dive into the history and people of Tucson! Children will engage in hands-on activities and adventure while exploring a Spanish fort, a replica 2,000-year-old pithouse, and a historic home from the 1800s. They will gain a sense of place and time along the way. In this Hands-On History camp, kids will learn how archaeologists and historians use the rings in wood to find out how old something is, how people of the past made so many different colors from Cochineal beetles, how ancient hunters used atlatls to hurl long darts, and more. With a focus on experimental archaeology and science, this camp will use hands-on activities and presentations to answer those questions and more! Other activities may include using an atlatl (ancient spear thrower), flintknapping (stone tool making), and more.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=648> Click here to register. For more information contact Ginger Thompson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday June 4, 2024: Flagstaff, AZ
“By the Time They Came – African American Men of Arizona” free presentation by Akua Duku Anokye, PhD, at Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6-7 pm. Free.
In this presentation Dr. Anokye explores the untold stories and accomplishments of African American men in Arizona. She focuses on identifying the common threads of the African American community that have enriched and given meaning to their lives – striving for education/schooling, work lives, belonging, turning points, and legacies, established by such prominent folks as Dr. Eugene Grigsby, artist and ASU professor; George Greathouse, ASU football star and local barber; Judge Cecil B. Patterson; and Pastor Warren Stewart. Akua Duku Anokye is Associate Professor of Africana Language, Literature, and Culture, and Director of New College International Initiatives, Office of Interdisciplinary Global Learning and Engagement. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information call 928-213-2330 or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday June 5, 2024: Waddell, AZ
“Connections to Holistic Material: Native Culture Today and Tomorrow” free presentation with Yolanda Hart Stevens sponsored by Maricopa County Library District and Arizona Humanities at the White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, Arizona*
2-3:30 pm. Free.
From birth to death, the mesquite tree is an integral part of life for many who call the desert home. The mesquite tree is just one of many holistic materials, elements of our natural environment, that are vital to sustaining Native culture and practices. But climate change and environmental degradation are changing the landscapes of Arizona. From the lack of water resources to the loss of mesquite trees, the future is uncertain. This presentation is about water, land, and the environmental challenges impacting Native communities. Yolanda Hart Stevens is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, Pee-Posh/Quechan, and currently resides in the village of Komatke, AZ. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the library at 602-652-3000.
Thursday June 6, 2024: Online
“Impacts to Diné Activities with the San Juan River after the Gold King Mine Spill” free online presentation by Karletta Chief, PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
In 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage was accidentally discharged from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas and San Juan Rivers. The government-initiated risk assessment only assessed a recreational scenario (i.e. hiker drinking from the river), failing to recognize the deep connection of the Diné (Navajo) with the San Juan River for spiritual, cultural, and agricultural practices. In an analysis of responses in 12 focus groups in three Navajo communities, Dr. Karletta found that Diné activities with the San Juan River following the mine spill decreased by 56.2%, that adults have had a greater reduction than children, and that this reduction in activities may lead to long-term trauma affecting the ability of the Diné to pass down teachings to their children in coming generations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/impacts-to-dine-activities-with-the-san-juan-river-after-the-gold-king-mine-spill/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/impacts-to-dine-activities.
Thursday June 6, 13, and 20, 2024: Online
“History of Congress Street” tour guided by historian Ken Scoville sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting at the Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., Tucson*
6:30-8 pm. $30 ($20 for Presidio Museum members).
In the 1870s, going east of Stone on Congress Street meant getting out of town. The arrival of the railroad would pull development east to the railroad station, and then vacant lots on Congress began filling in along the entire length of the street. In the 1940s and 50s Congress Street was the place to be for a day of shopping, a movie, and lunch. With the arrival of suburban malls and strip commercial shops, Congress Street declined to the point that many businesses, including the Fox Theatre, were boarded up. The street’s rebirth began in the late 1980s with the recognition that preservation of the historic buildings would revitalize downtown. This guided walking tour covers this growth, demise, and rebirth of Congress Street. Historian and tour guide Ken Scoville has been involved directly with helping redevelop downtown and Congress Street since 1985.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on your preferred date/time link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=15292&qid=1029806> Thursday, June 6, 6:30-8 pm; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=15293&qid=1029806> Thursday, June 13, 6:30-8 pm; <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=15294&qid=1029806> Thursday, or June 20, 6:30-8 pm; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday June 8, 2024: Phoenix
“Quincy the Quail and The Mysterious Egg by Barbara Renner” Summer Storytime for Kids at S’edav Va’aki Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
10 am. $5 per child includes program admission, snacks, a story-related craft, and free museum admission.
The S’edav Va’aki Museum invites families to enjoy children’s story time and hands-on crafts in this year’s installment of Summer Storytime for Kids. June 8 story: While waiting for their chicks to hatch in their new nest, Quincy the Quail and his mate, Quella, find a large mysterious egg next to their home. After solving the case of the mysterious egg, the quail covey makes new friends with their desert neighbors. Barbara Renner is a retired teacher who believes reading enhances an understanding of the world around us. As a classroom presenter, she reads her books and facilitates lessons to children of all ages. Program code #51040.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details contact S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901 or <http://www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande> www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande.
Saturday June 8-Saturday June 15, 2024: Nacogdoches, TX
“2024 Field School in Nacogdoches” sponsored by the Texas Archeological Society at Gallant Farm near Nacogdoches, Texas*
Times TBA. Fees: Adult 1-3 days $120; adult 4+ days $170; nonparticipant 1-3 days $60; nonparticipant 4+ days $80; ages 7-17, 1-3 days $45; ages 7-17, 4+ days $70; meals & T-shirts cost extra.
This year's Texas Archeological Society field school returns to the Gallant Farm near Nacogdoches for a second season at the Ben Gallant, Belle Gallant, and Gallant Falls sites. Last year excavations at all three sites produced Caddo pottery and cultural materials consistent with post-1690 Allen phase sites, and the Belle and Gallant Falls sites also produced a few Woodland period sherds. Flaked stone artifacts encountered in 2023 included more than 80 arrow points, a dozen dart points, and 10 gunflints.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register visit <https://www.txarch.org/2023-Field-School> https://www.txarch.org/2023-Field-School.
Sundays June 9 & June 23, 2024: Tucson*
“Barrio Viejo (Old Neighborhood)” walking tour sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting at El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, 418 S. Main Ave., Tucson*
5:30-7 pm $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members); Optional: Add $10 to attend after-tour gathering at El Minuto Restaurant.
Experience the rich history of Tucson on the one-mile Barrio Viejo (“Old Neighborhood”) walking tour, which goes through the largest collection of historic Sonoran row houses in the United States. For over 100 years, Barrio Viejo was the heart of Tucson’s social, economic, and cultural life. On this 90-minute walking tour, your tour guide will discuss the history of the neighborhood, its architecture, and the individuals, businesses, and cultures that have met there. For an additional $10 participants have the option of joining the guide after the tour at the historic El Minuto Café for conversation, a margarita or alternative, and a cheese crisp.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on your preferred date link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=14382&qid=1023209> Sunday, June 9, 5:30-7 pm; or <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=14383&qid=1023209> Sunday, June 23, 5:30-7 pm; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 10-14, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio Summer Camp: Life on the Frontier” at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 am-2 pm each day. $265 per child ($240 for Presidio Museum members). 10% discount for siblings. Family memberships start at $40. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/presidio-museum-membership/> Click here to become a member.
Join the Presidio Museum for a dive into the history and people of Tucson! Children will engage in hands-on activities and adventure while exploring a Spanish fort, a replica 2,000-year-old pithouse, and a historic home from the 1800s. They will gain a sense of place and time along the way. In this Life on the Frontier camp, kids will learn how to imagine living in the Tucson area before electricity and running water, the excitement people felt when the first train came through Tucson, and maybe even how to use a telegraph and when ice cream first came to Tucson! Find out what life was really like from 1775-1912 and some of the challenges Tucsonans faced.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=649> Click here to register. For more information contact Ginger Thompson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesdays June 11, 18 & 25, 2024: Online
“Overview of Hohokam Pottery Wares and Types” three-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
4-5:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time) each Tuesday. $45 donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Site Stewards, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in three 1½-hour sessions to familiarize participants with the main kinds of pottery found in southern Arizona archaeological sites of the Hohokam culture. The class will include hundreds of pottery photos, definitions of terms commonly used in ceramic analysis, identifying attributes of the most common Hohokam pottery wares and types, reading materials and bibliographic sources on Hohokam pottery, and plenty of discussion opportunities. Minimum enrollment 10 people.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Friday June 7, 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]
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 Hohokam pottery class flyer” in your email subject line.
Thursday June 13, 2024: Irvine, CA and online
“Current Research Directions for Prehistoric Ceramics in the Southern California Deserts” free presentation by archaeologist Gregory Haynes, PhD (presenting via Zoom) sponsored by Pacific Coast Archaeological Society (PCAS), Costa Mesa, California, online and at Irvine Ranch Water District Community Room, 15500 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, California*
7:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time. Free.
Unlike the American Southwest where distinctive pottery decorations, pastes, and tempers can be used to identify cultural and temporal affiliations of archaeological sites, ceramics in the California deserts have proven less than useful for such purposes because they are primarily plain wares that lack diagnostic markers that can be systematically and consistently tracked through space and time. This talk will discuss these problems with plain wares and emerging solutions that may resolve some of them. One way to understand household technologies and subsistence activities is by determining the composition and size of ceramic vessel assemblages used by precontact households. Dr. Haynes will discuss how plain ware vessel manufacture and the kinds of vessels used by households in day-to-day activities can tell us about how these people made a living in the distant past, drawing on his own research on pottery manufacture and whole vessel forms from around now-extinct Lake Cahuilla.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Attendance may be limited. Send email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] to request Zoom registration link or for more information.
Friday June 14, 2024: Albuquerque
“Written on the Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon” film premiere with Anna Sofaer and Petuuche Gilbert, presented by the Solstice Project and New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, cosponsored by New Mexico Academy of Science, at New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico*
6:30-8:30 pm. $8 per person.
This third film in Anna Sofaer's Chaco Canyon film trilogy follows her exploration of the Chaco Canyon world of magnificent architecture that flourished 1,000 years ago across 70,000 square miles of the American Southwest. It blends stories from Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to tell the story of an ancient culture with relevance for contemporary society – both cultures, in the words of Petuuche Gilbert (Pueblo of Acoma), having the choice between the good and the bad, between power used with wisdom, and power capable of destroying the world. After this premiere the film will be broadcast to the public by New Mexico’s PBS station KNME at 7 pm MDT on June 20.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Preregistration is encouraged. For more information and to register visit <https://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/events/written-landscape-mysteries-beyond-chaco-canyon?instance=0> https://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/events/written-landscape-mysteries-beyond-chaco-canyon?instance=0.
Monday June 17, 2024: Springerville, AZ
“Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability” 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*
6:30-8 pm. Free.
The deep time perspective that archaeology and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and human adaptation not only is a valuable supplement to historical records, it sometimes contradicts historical data used by modern societies to make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. What can be learned from scientific evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming cultures in Arizona and the Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds of sustainability, leading to collapse or reorganization of their societies? Could the disastrous damages to nuclear power plants damaged by the Japanese tsunami of 2011 have been avoided if the engineers who decided where to build those plants had not ignored evidence of prehistoric tsunamis? This presentation looks at archaeological, geological, and sustainable-agricultural evidence on environmental changes and how human cultures have adapted to those changes, and discusses the value of a “beyond history” perspective for modern society. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Nacogdoches Bill Butler at 928-245-9098.
Monday June 17, 2024: Online
(Rescheduled from April 15)
“What’s in a Symbol? A Look at Hohokam Art and Imagery” free online presentation by archaeologist Linda Gregonis sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
All cultures use symbols to convey ideas. In archaeological contexts, those symbols have become ways to define and differentiate archaeological cultures. But what did the symbols mean to the artisans who created them? The art that Hohokam craftspeople produced embodied the world (seen and unseen) as they understood it. They were influenced by weather, animals they encountered, plants they grew and used, pilgrimages they made, other people they met, and their ancestors. They translated their experiences into art, creating iconic motifs that were shared across a wide region. Using objects, design elements, and motifs that were made and used during the pre-Classic period (circa 600-1150 CE), Linda Gregonis will discuss how the Hohokam may have used symbols on different media including pottery, shell, stone, and rock surfaces to define group identity and express their view of the world. Ms. Gregonis is an independent researcher who has spent more than 40 years researching various aspects of Hohokam culture while working primarily as a ceramics analyst.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. Preregister at <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TLsp1KpvSD2QnoNrSSvjKQ#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TLsp1KpvSD2QnoNrSSvjKQ#/registration. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan Bierer at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 17-21, 2024: Tucson
“Presidio Summer Camp: From S-cuk sọn to Tucson” at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8:30 am-2 pm each day. $265 per child ($240 for Presidio Museum members). 10% discount for siblings. Family memberships start at $40. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/presidio-museum-membership/> Click here to become a member.
Join the Presidio Museum for a dive into the history and people of Tucson! Children will engage in hands-on activities and adventure while exploring a Spanish fort, a replica 2,000-year-old pithouse, and a historic home from the 1800s. They will gain a sense of place and time along the way. Have you ever wondered about all of the son incredible people that created modern day Tucson? In this camp participants will use hands-on activities and presentations to celebrate the people that have shaped our rich history. Activities may include pottery making, throwing an atlatl, making papel picado, tasting foods such as prickly pear fruit, and more. Guest presenters may come from the Tohono O’odham Nation, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson Jewish Museum, Mexican American Heritage and History Museum, Buffalo Soldiers, and more!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=650> Click here to register. For more information contact Ginger Thompson at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday June 19, 2024: Online
“A Chronology Emerges” free Lunch & Learn presentation by Karen Steelman, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
Through the Hearthstone Project, Shumla's Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory has now obtained 60 radiocarbon dates for Pecos River Style pictographs. The synthesis of these dates with the iconographic data is resulting in astounding revelations. In this Lunch & Learn Karen will share some of what these dates are revealing about how Pecos River Style rock art was painted over thousands of years on this sacred landscape.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday June 19, 2024: San Lorenzo, NM
“Images in Mimbres Pottery - Plainware to Classic” free presentation with Marianne Smith sponsored by Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS) at the Roundup Lodge, 91 Acklin Hill Rd, Hanover (San Lorenzo), New Mexico*
6 pm potluck, 6:30 business meeting followed by the program. Free.
Plainware and corrugated pottery in Mimbres culture generally followed trends that were similar to neighboring cultures. However, during the Mimbres Classic period the images painted on pottery became highly variable and deviated from the traditions of their contemporaries. We will never know exactly what messages the Mimbreños were trying to get across with these images, and it's easy for our assumptions to get the better of us. However, our modern brains are built the same as those of ancient cultures so we can examine some of the ways in which we are more alike than different.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday June 20, 2024: Online
“The Collectible Saguaro: Cactus Craft in the Desert, 1920-1960” free online presentation by author William L. Bird, Jr., sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, Tucson, and Friends of the ASM Collections*
3-4 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Author William Bird, Jr., will talk about his new book In the Arms of the Saguaro: Iconography of the Giant Cactus, and ASM Associate Curator Diane Dittemore will share saguaro-themed items from ASM’s collections. Mr. Bird’s book can be ordered from the UA Press <https://xo7knfsab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tmjeB9UR8rv4vSa4BL8UdNPPeAQBDqy37RfyBFNCfyNN_hkbhdZjpK3UUK9CoSfzSQ-oD7BvY4Rxf8Uz1RFLbb1yIcLFkTaxg_Gjt5pxrmegoqOOKClouix8qQdD4oDDgZFnf5KMxAEcTQ54A8oDXjPSJpCTB1KfusUCENHF8Y4XpuQHNh2TngpFjCbl7Xe8ivq9bzFfwOU=&c=3PpNdA-100itSEkZZMY3mopS_Gir7lZaLe1bym3HbVjmqxs2NouWsw==&ch=JD1FqEjHDNb1MnP6_jPu5DMIHn82-Is2qUfzRejNQlcRSBdO74FRFA==> here.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register for the Zoom program here: <https://xo7knfsab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tmjeB9UR8rv4vSa4BL8UdNPPeAQBDqy37RfyBFNCfyNN_hkbhdZjpK3UUK9CoSfzFv6HraBLiZRaNsuNtLd1bCXlCrAdwAE7MeQgRhWNeNj-FgFtzUicxx6JrjSG3vSB_pAph62yRq-lFVAf-yJXwQSESgr7btCD3xdzveWTGj4Ssv0GmgVv52ImvhA649oNNqLdVu1LOpyfxU_aRFaDHQ==&c=3PpNdA-100itSEkZZMY3mopS_Gir7lZaLe1bym3HbVjmqxs2NouWsw==&ch=JD1FqEjHDNb1MnP6_jPu5DMIHn82-Is2qUfzRejNQlcRSBdO74FRFA==> Register now. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday June 20, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “The Gypsum Overlook Paleo-Archaic Archaeological Site in New Mexico’s White Sands” by archaeologist Matthew Cuba, MA, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
Gypsum Overlook is an archaeological site on southern New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, situated in the Tularosa Basin on the eastern shore of the now dry Paleo Lake Otero. Archaeological excavations there identified three or possibly four habitation structures, five hearths or roasting pits, and flaked and ground stone artifacts dating to approximately 8,800 years ago during the transition from the Paleoindian to Early Archaic period. The cultural features and assemblage at Gypsum Overlook provide one of the earliest records of Early Holocene housing structures and ground stone assemblages in New Mexico and the greater Southwest, as people began to diversify their subsistence patterns to adapt to the drying and warming post-Pleistocene climate. The unique integrity of the site's setting and buried archaeological material preserved its features in stunning detail, allowing an uncommon and rare view of the Paleo-Archaic adaptation in the Southwest.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9b7Yc2L2RrenZu-tWlq4Wg> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9b7Yc2L2RrenZu-tWlq4Wg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Saturday June 22, 2024: Phoenix
“Cate and the Garden Bandits by Betsy Coffeen” Summer Storytime for Kids at S’edav Va’aki Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
10 am. $5 per child includes program admission, snacks, a story-related craft, and free museum admission.
The S’edav Va’aki Museum invites families to enjoy children’s story time and hands-on crafts in this year’s installment of Summer Storytime for Kids. June 22 story: Join Cate the Butterfly on an incredible adventure where she makes new friends to solve the mystery of the missing flower petals from her garden. Cate and the Garden Bandits the Musical” is coming soon! Betsy Coffeen is an author, mom, philanthropist, and lifelong learner. She attended the University of Arizona, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology, and returned to school during the pandemic to finish her Master of Science degree in psychology from ASU. Program code #51041.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details contact S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901 or <http://www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande> www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande.
Saturday June 22, 2024: Online
“Comanches, Captives, Germans: Transactions on the Texas Frontier, 1847” free online presentation by Daniel J. Gelo, PhD and Christopher J. Wickham, PhD, sponsored by the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
11 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations requested).
In 2021, three finely worked sketches dating back to the middle of the nineteenth century were brought to the attention of scholars studying the relationship between German settlers and Comanches. Seemingly the work of one artist and, with one exception, never published, the sketches feature Comanches, Germans, a captive girl, a wagon train, the landscape and wildlife of the Texas Hill Country, and dynamic scenes of cultural contact. Who was the girl? Who were the Comanches involved? Who were the Germans? Where and when did this captive exchange take place? What do we make of the rich Indigenous and German cultural details that the artist includes? How can we understand his work – as art, as data about Comanche life and customs, and as documentation of a specific cultural encounter? And, of course, who was the artist, and how important is his work? Trying to find answers to these questions, the presenters will examine the drawings in detail and decode information placed by the artist. Daniel J. Gelo is Dean and Professor of Anthropology Emeritus and former Stumberg Distinguished University Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Christopher J. Wickham is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To attend, <https://amerind.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0f845ee7821d360a88864bf41&id=cdfcc1bb72&e=41928d8e8a> Register Here. For more information visit <http://www.amerind.org/events> www.amerind.org/events or contact Amerind at 520-586-3666 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday June 28, 2024: Tucson
“Santa Cruz River History Tour” sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting and ending at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
8-10 am. $35 ($25 for Presidio Museum members) includes admission to Mission Gardens.
This two-mile walking tour led by Mauro Trejo focuses on our relationship with the Santa Cruz River, how it supported Tucson’s early residents, and the 19th and 20th century factors that affected its demise. The tour includes the sites of the former Spanish mission and O’odham village that was the origin of modern Tucson, plus visits to Tucson’s tallest tree and the Garden of Gethsemane, a holy site of statues made by WWI veteran and artist Felix Lucero in the 1940s.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on this date link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=14388&qid=1023209> Friday, June 28, 8-10 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday June 29, 2024: Online
“The Remarkable Story of Willie the Crow: A Hickory Doc’s Tale by Linda Harkey” Summer Storytime for Kids sponsored by S’edav Va’aki Museum (SVM), 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
Link to the free video available on the museum’s website and through Activenet at <https://apm.activecommunities.com/phoenix/Home> https://apm.activecommunities.com/phoenix/Home. Crafts for this virtual session will be available to order online through Activenet for $5 but will need to be picked up in-person at SVM.
The S’edav Va’aki Museum invites families to enjoy children’s story time and hands-on crafts in this year’s installment of Summer Storytime for Kids. June 29 story: One day the Lazy Dog Hacienda pack meets Willie, a crow with bad eyesight. Featuring fun color illustrations, this children’s story shares how a pack of hunting dogs and an extraordinary crow become friends and learn from one another. Linda Harkey loves dogs and loves teaching children. Her experiences as a mother, schoolteacher, volunteer docent and hunting dog owner have inspired her to write the award-winning children’s book series, Hickory Doc’s Tales. Program code #51082.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details contact S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901 or <http://www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande> www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande.
Saturday July 13, 2024: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Tour of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at U of A” meets in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson
7:45 am to 12:30 pm. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
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 (LTRR), both administered by The University of Arizona (UA). The Tumamoc Desert Laboratory 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. The Tree-Ring Lab also has a venerable record of research in archaeology, astronomy, and environmental sciences, created in 1937 by the founder of dendrochronology as a science: UA Professor of Astronomy Andrew Ellicott Douglass. Tour presenters and guides will include archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish, the Tumamoc Lab’s Robert Villa and Lynne Schepartz, and LTRR docent Donna MacEachern. The drive from the Mercado San Agustín meeting place to the Tumamoc Lab is limited to five vehicles so tour is limited to 20 people and carpooling is required. After returning to the Mercado, all participants can take their own vehicles in a caravan to the LTRR.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday July 10, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Monday July 15, 2024: Online
“History and Landscape at Two Chacoan Communities in New Mexico” free presentation by archaeologist Kellam J. Throgmorton, PhD, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
This presentation compares the archaeology of two Chacoan archaeological communities in New Mexico – Padilla Wash and Morris 40. Dating between 750 and 1250 CE, these two offer an extensive historical record before, during, and after the 850-1150 Chacoan era. Padilla Wash, in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, was an early Bonito phase community with a significant population in the 800-900s. Morris 40, on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation at the southern edge of the Mesa Verde region, originated as a large, aggregated village in the 800s and developed into a Chaco-style community during the late 1000s or early 1100s. In both cases, landscape was an important factor in community organization. Northern Arizona University Assistant Professor Throgmorton will compare and contrast the two communities to demonstrate how landscape manipulation may have been important to the expansion of Chacoan architecture and religious practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To register <https://bit.ly/2024JulyThrogmorton_REG> click here. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan Bierer at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday July 17, 2024: Online
“Hearthstone Project Results 4 of 4: Motif Interpretation” free Lunch & Learn presentation by Carolyn Boyd, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
In 2023, Dr. Carolyn Boyd and Dr. Phil Dering conducted interviews and collected audio recordings as Indigenous Huichol consultants related Pecos River Style imagery to their own myths and cosmology. In today’s Lunch & Learn, Carolyn will share preliminary results of the analysis of these interviews. Viewers may marvel at how they reveal that deeply embedded symbols and concepts in the ancient rock art endure today in the ancestral knowledge of Indigenous Native America.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday July 18, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “Envisioning a Cultural Landscape” by cultural astronomy researcher Greg Munson, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
Greg Munson (Society for Cultural Astronomy in the American Southwest) will discuss new ways to record, document, and visualize the cultural landscape of the Greater American Southwest. The program emphasizes the SCAAS Cultural Landscapes Survey Program, which has tribal consultation as a key component. At the center of the program is expanding the concept of the archaeological site boundary to include resources from the local environment, relationships to nearby villages, how the architecture relates to the more distant landscape, and a building’s alignment to horizon features such as mountain peaks. SCAAS studies the connection of a site to astronomical cycles and features in the day and night sky, and explores new technologies for the visualization of buildings and the landscape like the use of dynamic panoramas, 3D modeling, and infographics. Its goals include establishing a common method of documenting and visualizing links between ancestral peoples and the land and sky that surrounded them so that we can better understand that we live in a unified cultural landscape, inseparable from its parts.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F8OZjRaARXC5n_njJZ7yJg> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F8OZjRaARXC5n_njJZ7yJg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Friday July 19, 2024: Sierra Vista, AZ
“9th Annual Juneteenth Celebration” sponsored by Camp Naco and the Sierra Vista African American Community Coalition at Buena High School, 5225 E. Buena School Blvd., Sierra Vista, Arizona*
10 am-4 pm. Free.
Camp Naco, the historic “Buffalo Soldiers” US Army post in Naco, Arizona, cosponsors this annual celebration featuring fun for the whole family with food, games, flowetry, a Black business market, ancestral balloon release, a basketball tournament, presentation of the Buffalo Soldier Legacy Award by the Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers, and music by BWPC and Freddy J. Juneteenth commemorates the date – June 19th, 1865 – when 250,000 enslaved men and women in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas finally learned they were free, some two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. For Camp Naco, Juneteenth is an opportunity to bring together communities and people of all backgrounds in celebration of our African American ancestors and to ensure their legacy of resilience and achievement continues to inspire future generations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information email the Naco Heritage Alliance at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday July 22, 2024: Flagstaff, AZ
“Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library, 300 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6-7:30 pm. Free.
See June 17 listing for description. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information call 928-213-2331 or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
OLD PUEBLO'S AUGUST & LATER ACTIVITIES
Thursday August 15, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “The Embarrassment of Riches: Tree-Ring Dating and (Mis-)Interpretation of Southwestern Archaeology” by archaeologist Stephen E. Nash, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
Description coming.
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Saturday August 31, 2024: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” tour led by Mary Jo McMullen and Allen Dart at Tucson Museum of Art (TMA), 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson
1 to 3:30 pm. $25 donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Sidestepping Tucson’s August heat, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s comfortable indoor tour this month will be at the Tucson Museum of Art downtown, led by TMA docent and Old Pueblo member Mary Jo McMullen. TMA’s “Popol Vuh and the Maya Art of Storytelling” exhibit focuses on art and lore related to the Popol Vuh, a narrative of the K’iche Maya about the origins of the world and heroic twin brothers who descended to the underworld to conquer Death. Archaeologist Allen Dart will comment on precontact images in the US Southwest that may depict elements of the Hero Twins story, and will assist Mary Jo in answering questions about the Popol Vuh exhibit and two others included in the tour: “Art of the Ancient Americas” and “Stories from Clay: Indigenous Art Pottery.” We encourage participants to visit TMA’s other galleries and gift shop after the tour since the donation to Old Pueblo provides entry fee to all of the Museum’s galleries. Tour is limited to 20 people.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday August 29, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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September 4-December 11, 2024 (skipping October 23): Online
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
Each Wednesday 6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time through Oct. 30). $109 donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, AAS, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. 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 14 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 –Hohokam” 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.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Friday August 30, 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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Thursday September 19, 2024: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “The Historical Cañón de Carnué Community” by archaeologist Kelly L. Jenks, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
Description coming.
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Sunday September 22, 2024: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 am to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2024 autumn equinox occurs on Sunday Sept. 22, 2024 at 5:44 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; 12:44 pm Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people's recognition of equinoxes and other calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt, 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 by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks 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.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday September 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday October 19, 2024: Tucson
“Vista Del Rio Archaeology Celebration” free children's activities sponsored by the Vista del Rio Residents Association and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at the City of Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9 am to 3 pm. Free.
This outdoor program features hands-on activities, demonstrations, and information to make people aware of an ancient village site in Tucson's Vista del Rio Cultural Park where people lived between 1000 and 1150 CE. Adults and children, especially ages 6 to 12, can learn about people of the Hohokam archaeological culture who lived at Vista del Rio and elsewhere in southern Arizona through this Saturday’s activities along the park’s trails. There will be demonstrations of traditional Native American pottery-making and arrowhead-making plus opportunities to play traditional Native American games, grind corn using an ancient metate and mano, practice throwing a rabbit stick, and make your own hand-built pottery, stone-and-bead jewelry, split-twig-figurines, cordage, and dance rattles to take home.
No reservations are needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday November 2, 2024: Agua Fria National Monument, AZ
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Badger Springs Pueblo and Petroglyphs Archaeology and Geology Tour” with JJ Golio and Allen Dart in Agua Fria National Monument, starting at Badger Springs Trailhead parking area ca. 1 mile east of Interstate-17 Exit 256 (Badger Springs).
10 am to 5 pm. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Agua Fria National Monument, located approximately 40 miles north of central Phoenix, was established in 2000 by President Bill Clinton to protect its extensive and important cultural and natural resources. Encompassing two mesas, the canyon of the Agua Fria River, and the river’s tributaries including Badger Spring Wash, the monument protects numerous archaeological sites as well as outstanding geological and biological resources. This Old Pueblo tour will visit Badger Springs Pueblo, a 70-plus room precontact settlement perched atop a high bluff, plus ancient boulder metates and bedrock outcrops with figurative petroglyphs. It also will stop at a historical arrastre – an ore-grinding mill in which heavy stones attached to horizontal poles radiating from a central pillar were turned by a draft animal or powered by water to drag the stones on the mill’s floor of stone to pulverize ore. Guides also will point out and interpret geologic processes in which Badger Spring Wash cut through the basalt and granodiorite to create colorful red, pink, yellow, green, brown, white, dark gray, and black formations, some including xenoliths.
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Wednesday December 4, 2024
Wednesday December 4 at 5 pm is the deadline for getting tickets from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the 2024 Jim Click “Millions for Tucson Raffle,” for which the prizes are a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe Plug-in Hybrid SUV valued at $61,180 (MSRP), two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash.
On Thursday December 12, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe Plug-in Hybrid SUV in a raffle to raise $Millions for southern Arizona nonprofit organizations including Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. With your contribution you could win this slick but rugged 2024 vehicle (MSRP starting at $61,180) – or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world (some restrictions apply), or $5,000 in cash! Ticket sales benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona charities, so get your tickets from Old Pueblo before we sell all the ones that have been allotted to us!
Cost: 5 tickets for $100 or $25 per ticket. And 100% of what you contribute to Old Pueblo for tickets will go directly to Old Pueblo’s education programs because Old Pueblo gets to keep all of the proceeds from our ticket sales!
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle Old Pueblo Archaeology Center must receive your request for tickets and your donation for them no later than 5 pm Wednesday December 4th so we can turn in all of our sold tickets to the raffle manager the next day. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets, so advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased through the PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card payment authorization. Once payment is received, Old Pueblo will enter your name and contact information on your ticket(s), enter your ticket(s) into the drawing, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution.
Winners consent to be photographed and for their names and likenesses to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit <http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
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Saturday December 7, 2024: Ironwood Forest National Monument, AZ
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Chukui Kawi/Cerro Prieto ֍ Inscription Hill ֎ Pan Quemado: Yoeme Sacred Mountain, Hohokam Trincheras, and Petroglyphs” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina and archaeologist Allen Dart, meeting at McDonald’s restaurant, 13934 N. Sandario Rd., Marana, Arizona (near Interstate 10 Exit 236).
8 am to 4 pm. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Cerro Prieto (Spanish for “Dark Hill”) is a volcanic peak soaring about 900 feet above the surrounding plain in the Ironwood Forest National Monument northwest of Tucson. It is a sacred place known to the Yoeme (Yaqui Indians) as Chukui Kawi (“Black Mountain”) and one of the largest and most complex US archaeological sites featuring trincheras – massive rock-work terraces built on steep hillsides. The archaeological features were constructed and used by the Hohokam culture during the Tanque Verde phase (1150-1300 CE) and include house foundations, waffle gardens, check dams, trail systems, petroglyphs, rock walls, talus pits, and a stone source used to produce agave knives, suggesting its use for a variety of residential functions, ceremonies, and agriculture. Inscription Hill contains one of the densest petroglyph groupings in southern Arizona, encompassing at least 1,225 individual glyphs plus bedrock metates, trincheras, trail segments, and talus pits. During this trip Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe Molina will discuss the significance of Chukui Kawi to the Yoeme and archaeologist Al Dart will lead us to some of the Cerro Prieto trincheras and the nearby Inscription Hill petroglyphs.
Registration and prepayment are due by 5 pm Wednesday December 4: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday January 11, 2025: San Pedro Valley, AZ
“San Pedro Valley Paleoindians, Petroglyphs, and Prospectors” archaeology and history tour sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson, and Friends of the San Pedro River (FOTSPR), Sierra Vista, Arizona, starting in Sierra Vista
9 am-5 pm or later. $55 donation per person ($45 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
University of Arizona Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Vance T. Holliday and one or more members of the Friends of the San Pedro River (FOTSPR) are Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s guides for this trip to precontact and historic sites in the upper San Pedro River valley. Featuring 13,000 years of history, this tour will visit the Murray Springs Clovis culture (Paleoindian) mammoth-kill and campsite, the Millville precontact petroglyphs and historic ore-processing mill ruins, and the Historic Fairbank Townsite (ghost town) and cemetery.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Tuesday January 7, 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]
Saturday February 8, 2025: 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 am to 1 pm. $35 donation per person ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s 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.
Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday February 5, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs are on hiatus for the summer. However, you can find information about them at the links listed below.
* OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/open3-simulated-excavation-classrooms/.
* OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations “Ancient People of Arizona,” “Lifestyle of the Hohokam,” and “What is an Archaeologist?”: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/.
* Tours for Youth: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/site-tours-classrooms/.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S 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 you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which donations or fees are required.
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To start or renew an Old Pueblo membership online you can visit our www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ <http://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.
To make a donation using PayPal, please go to the www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org> home page, scroll down to the “Donate” section, click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and follow the prompts.
To make a credit card or debit card payment without going online you can call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201, tell the person who answers you’d like to make a credit card donation or payment, and provide your card authorization. We advise that you do not provide credit card or debit card numbers to us in an email. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover card payments.
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
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