For Immediate Release
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Upcoming Activities
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
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Our Mission and Support
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Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday December 3, 2016
Deadline to purchase tickets for the “Raffle of a 2016 Ford Mustang
Shelby GT350” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center & other Tucson charities. Raffle date is December 15. See
full announcement for this event below.
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday January 21, 2017!
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Art for Archaeology” Auction of
Southwestern Arts and Crafts. See full announcement for this event below.
Wednesday August 10, 2016: Winslow, AZ
"Archaeology's Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social
Sustainability" free presentation by Allen Dart for Homolovi Chapter,
Arizona Archaeological Society, at Winslow Chamber of Commerce, 523 W.
Second St., Winslow, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
7-8 p.m. 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. The program is made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information about the event contact Sky Roshay at 928-536-3307 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ; for information about the
presentation contact Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Thursday August 25, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
“National Park Service 100th Birthday Bash” at Casa Grande Ruins National
Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Dr. Coolidge, Arizona*
12 noon-1 p.m. Free
Come and celebrate Founder’s Day of the National Park Service. This
year marks the centennial of National Park Service protection of natural and
cultural resources in our own backyards. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
is hosting a birthday party with cake over the lunch hour. There will be a
short speech or two. Take a photo with our popup as a junior ranger holding
balloons. Please join us in recognizing what the last hundred years has
meant and look forward to the next hundred to come.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. No reservations
necessary, but first come first serve on cake! For more information contact
Nina Fader at 520-723-3172 ext. 110 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Wednesday September 7, 2016: Tucson-Marana, AZ
“Archaeological Investigations in Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell
District Park” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Wheeler Taft
Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Tucson (actually in Marana)
6-7:30 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart will illustrate artifacts,
architecture, and other material culture of southern Arizona’s ancient
Hohokam culture, and will discuss Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
excavations in a Hohokam village in the Town of Marana’s Crossroads at
Silverbell District Park near the Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library.
No reservations are needed. For meeting details contact Wayne Wheeler
at 520-594-5203 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ;
for information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Tuesdays September 13- November 15, 2016: Tucson
“Prehistory of the Southwest” 20-hour class with archaeologist Allen
Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (at
Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday September 13 through November 15, 2016.
Fee $95 ($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary members), not counting cost of the recommended text or of optional
Arizona Archaeological Society membership. Minimum enrollment 8, maximum 32.
“Prehistory of the Southwest” is an introductory course in the study
of the American Southwest, developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society
to provide a basic overview of this region's archaeology and cultures. Ten
weekly evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems,
subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, abandonments of
different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major
cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus
years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern prehistory
for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be
used as prerequisite for all other courses offered to members of the Arizona
Archaeological Society (AAS) enrolled in or interested in enrolling in the
AAS Certification Program. Instructor Allen Dart is a registered
professional archaeologist employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
and is volunteer executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
Reservations required, registration deadline Thursday September 8:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Wednesday September 14, 2016: Cave Creek, AZ
“It’s All About Scale: Polity and Alliance in Prehistoric Central
Arizona” free presentation by archaeologist David R. Abbott for Desert
Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Good Shepherd of the
Hills Episcopal Church’s Community Building, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd, Cave
Creek, Arizona*
7 p.m. reception and socialization; program begins approximately 7:30
p.m. Free
The Pueblo IV period (ca. A.D. 1275-1400) in the American Southwest
was characterized by political upheaval and population distributions for
defense. It has been suggested that in central Arizona a large-scale
confederation, the “Verde Confederacy,” may have arisen in the Verde
River-to-Perry Mesa region for purposes of warfare against Hohokam enemies
to the south. Atop Perry Mesa, large pueblos may have been strategically
built for defensive purposes to protect residents of other settlements and
block access along all routes to the mesa top. But did the Verde Confederacy
truly exist? Arizona State University Associate Professor David R. Abbott
examines multiple lines of evidence to address this question.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Kathryn Frey at 480-695-2609 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday September 15, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “A Boot in the Door: Pioneer Women
Archaeologists of Arizona” with Dr. Nancy Parezo at El Molinito Mexican
Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
The men who explored Arizona are legends in the history of the region
and of anthropology, but what about the women who accompanied them or
explored by themselves? Did you know that Matilda Coxe Stevenson was a
member of the first official government survey of Canyon de Chelly or that
Emma Mindeleff surveyed ruins in the Verde Valley while Theresa Russell
helped her husband locate Hohokam sites? Probably not, for none are listed
in “official” histories. Learn about the hidden pioneer archaeologists of
the 19th century and honor Arizona’s unsung heroines of science. Dr. Nancy
Parezo is a Professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at the
University of Arizona and an Associate Curator of Ethnology at the Arizona
State Museum. The program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
on the Wednesday before the program date.
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Friday-Sunday September 16-18, 2016: Springerville, AZ
“Southwest Kiln Conference” sponsored by Casa Malpais Archaeological
Park at the Rodeo Grounds in Springerville, Arizona*
Times to be arranged; free
The Southwest Kiln Conference is an informal gathering of
archaeologists, potters, and the public interested in recreating pottery the
way of the ancients. Schedule inclkudes speakers, demonstrations, and other
activities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.swkiln.com <http://www.swkiln.com> or call
928-333-5375.
Monday September 19, 2016: Tucson
"Thirty Years into Yesterday: A History of Grasshopper Archaeology"
free presentation by Professor J. Jefferson Reid for Arizona Archaeological
and Historical Society (AAHD) meeting at Banner University Medical Center
DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Research conducted during the University of Arizona Archaeological
Field School at Grasshopper Pueblo continues to expand and give us exciting
stories of life and death at this 500-room pueblo on the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation. As this month’s guest speaker Jeff Reid and co-author Stephanie
Whittlesey have discussed in their several books on Grasshopper, no
archaeological enterprise in the Southwest can match the field school's
contributions to method, theory, and prehistory. This presentation
highlights some of the most interesting interpretations that Grasshopper
researchers have made over the years.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday September 22, 2016: Tucson
"Autumnal Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites" with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from northeast
corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los
Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and
bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical
animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and
1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by 5 p.m. Tuesday
September 20: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
.
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Saturday-Saturday September 24-October 1, 2016: Four Corners
“Four Corners Learning Expedition” sponsored by the Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson*
This popular trip fills quickly every year. Explore the rich cultural
histories of the Four Corners region! Highlights include the Hopi Mesas,
Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Monument Valley.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For details
contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Friday & Saturday September 30 & October 1, 2016: Tucson
“AAHS Fall Used Book Sale” in the lobby of the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, 1013 E University Blvd., Tucson*
1-4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; No fee to browse
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) book sale
features more than 1,000 books from the estate of Agnese Haury – an
extraordinary collection of art, art museum catalogs, history, travel,
politics, and archaeology. While most of Professor Emil W. Haury’s
archaeology books have previously been donated, there are few gems in this
collection as well. AAHS also has Professor William Longacre’s amazing
collection of Civil War and history books. Most items are under $5.00. As
always, 90 percent of the proceeds go to support the Arizona State Museum
Library.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Melanie Deer at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday-Saturday October 6-8, 2016: Las Vegas, NV
“2016 Mogollon Archaeology Conference” on the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas campus in Las Vegas, NV*
Thursday 5:30-7:30 p.m. registration & opening reception; Friday &
Saturday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. paper presentations; Friday evening reception at
Barrick Museum; $40 if preregistering before Sept. 16; late or on-site
registration $50
Since 1980, the biennial Mogollon Conference has provided a forum for
archaeologists and others researching ancient peoples of the U.S. Southwest
and northern Mexico to share information about the enigmatic Mogollon
culture. Each conference includes numerous professional presentations and
chances to discuss southwestern archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Barbara Roth at 702-895-3646 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday-Sunday October 6-9, 2016: Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua
“Twentieth Annual Gathering of Friends of Mata Ortiz - La Junta” in
Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico*
Thurs. 3 p.m., van from Tucson arrives in Mata Ortiz after visiting
potters in Casas Grandes; Fri. 9 a.m., 3 pottery demonstrations (forming,
painting, firing) and visit to home workshops of 3 different artists to
participate in the 3 key steps of the pottery-making process; Fri. 1 p.m.,
tour of local area including Jeffers family historic ranch house and
prehistoric petroglyphs in a nearby arroyo; Fri. 5:30 p.m., reception and
fiesta just off the plaza in old Casas Grandes; Sat. 9 a.m., La Junta
gathering in village library for a series of brief presentations and
discussions about local issues, projects, and history; Sat. afternoon,
explore the village, optional tour of Paquimé ruins and museum; Sat. 7 p.m.,
fiesta and dinner; Sun. 9 a.m., breakfast at Gloria Hernandez’s home in
Barrio Porvenir; fee $40 per person includes the 2 fiesta dinners and the
breakfast.
Activities for this twentieth anniversary event will include tours,
presentations, and two fiestas. The schedule provides alternative activities
and still gives plenty of time for visiting potters in the village. Cathy
and Marshall Giesy (Fiesta Tours) are offering a van tripleaving from
Tucson’s Best Western Hotel near the Tucson airport at 7 a.m. Thursday and
returning to the airport in the early evening on October 9. Caveat re
violence and disruption in northern Chihuahua in past years: The State
Department has issued travel advisories for each state in Mexico and for
major cities and resorts. The advisory for Chihuahua was reduced on January
9, 2014, to “defer non-essential travel” and notes that “US citizens are not
targeted because of nationality.” Nevertheless as with travel to any foreign
country, participants must understand the potential dangers and make their
own decision about travel to the area.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information on the event contact Walter Parks at
951-684-4224 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ; for
information on the van trip contact [log in to unmask] or 520
398-9705.
Friday October 7, 2016: Green Valley, AZ
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” adult education class
with archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at Pima
Community College Room 203, 1250 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
members; OLLI-UA Green Valley $105 semiannual (7/1-12/3/2016) membership fee
or $140 entire—year fee year 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 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 is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
join Green Valley OLLI visit http://olli.arizona.edu/ to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> , or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Wednesday October 12, 2016: Cave Creek, AZ
“From Rock Art Ranch to Homol’ovi: 13,000 Years of Migration in the
Middle Little Colorado River Valley” free presentation by archaeologist E.
Charles Adams for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society,
at Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church’s Community Building, 6502 E.
Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, Arizona*
7 p.m. reception and socialization; program begins approximately 7:30
p.m. Free
Six years of research on Rock Art Ranch near Winslow, Arizona, by
Arizona State Museum archaeologists have documented human use going back to
Clovis times. The ranch was also a focus of intensive hunting, gathering,
and small-scale agriculture during the Basketmaker II (early agriculture)
period from 1000 BC to AD 500. During the 1200s Mogollon groups from the
south built numerous small pueblos throughout the region and later joined
Pueblo groups from the north to build and occupy the large Homol’ovi pueblos
along the Little Colorado River. Evidence of this lengthy use is etched in
the walls of Chevelon Canyon. Speaker Chuck Adams traces this fascinating
history of population movement that truly made the area a cultural
crossroads.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Kathryn Frey at 480-695-2609 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday October 15, 2016: Tucson
“International Archaeology Day Open House at Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center,” 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free
Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center invites you to
celebrate International Archaeology Day by joining us for a fun-filled day
of hands-on archaeology activities for children and adults alike, including
participating in a simulated archaeological excavation, playing games,
making crafts, and watching demonstrations. Come try your hand at creating
your own petroglyph, playing traditional games, and more. Watch a
flintknapper show how to make an arrowhead! Play traditional Native American
calendar-stick and other games on the ground, color artifacts on coloring
pages, grind corn using an ancient metate and mano, practice bopping bunnies
with rabbit-throwing-sticks! Learn how to make your own petroglyphs,
hand-built pottery, stone jewelry, cordage and agave rope, and dance rattles
that you can take home!
No reservations are needed. For more information contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Sundays October 16, 23, & 30, and November 6, 2016: Tucson
“Recreating Prehistoric Maverick Mountain Series Polychrome Pottery
Workshop” with Andy Ward at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th
Street, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park,
Tucson
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday October 16, 23, & 30, and November 6, 2016;
Fee $79 ($63.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum
Auxiliary members) includes all materials
Maverick Mountain polychrome pottery can be traced to Ancestral Pueblo
people who began migrating south into southern Arizona in the thirteenth
century bringing their pottery traditions with them. The Maverick Mountain
series pottery found in southern Arizona closely resembles Tsegi Orange Ware
pottery of northern Arizona in technology and decorations. In the course of
this workshop students will process raw materials, form pottery using the
coil-and-scrape method, slip, polish and paint pottery using authentic
materials, tools and techniques, then we will fire our pottery outdoors in a
mesquite bonfire. Students will leave with a better understanding of the
methods used to create prehistoric polychrome pottery and authentic pottery
reproductions that they made themselves. Schedule: Day 1, construct pottery;
day 2, scrape, slip and polish; day 3, paint decorations; day 4, firing.
Minimum class size 7, maximum 12. Reservations deadline 5 p.m. Wednesday
October 12.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Monday October 17, 2016: Tucson
“Social Contexts of Chaco and Mimbres Macaws” free presentation by
Professor Patricia A. Gilman for Arizona Archaeological and Historical
Society (AAHS) meeting at Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium,
1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday October 20, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “When Romans Visited Tucson: The Lead
Cross Controversy” with archaeologist Dr. Todd W. Bostwick at U-Like
Oriental Buffet, 5101 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
In 1924-1925, a collection of unusual lead artifacts which contained
mysterious inscriptions were discovered deeply buried near Silverbell Road
in Tucson. These artifacts — crosses, crescents, batons, swords, and spears
— generated considerable interest around the world when it was learned that
the inscriptions contained Christian, Muslim, Hebraic, and Freemasonry
symbols. The artifacts were initially interpreted as evidence that Europeans
had come to America hundreds of years before Columbus, but some scholars
questioned their authenticity. This talk tells the story of their discovery
and the controversies that continue to surround them. This program is made
possible by Arizona Humanities.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
on the Wednesday before the program date.
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Friday October 21, 2016: Dragoon, AZ
“Flintknapping Workshop with Harvey Abeyta of Santo Domingo Pueblo” at
the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Road, Dragoon, Arizona*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. $120 per person (includes box lunch)
For over a decade Harvey Abeyta of Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico,
has practiced the art of flintknapping. Flintknapping has deep meaning to
Abeyta, who feels the practice of creating stone tools connects people. To
him this connection transcends time and place, as people implement the same
techniques today that have been used by others throughout the centuries and
the world. Abeyta will provide a special opportunity to teach his
flintknapping skills during an Amerind workshop, where he will show you how
to transform pieces of obsidian into points and knives. Join him and learn
skills practiced for millennia. The workshop is limited to 10 people, so you
are encouraged to sign up early.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Flintknapping
requires one to use wrist and hand strength. People who have challenges with
their wrists and hands may have a difficult time performing flintknapping
and are advised not to enroll. For more information of to register contact
the Amerind at 520-586-3666 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesday-Saturday October 25-29, 2016: Cortez, CO
“Before Borders: Revealing the Greater Southwest's Ancestral Cultural
Landscape” is the theme of the Society for Cultural Astronomy in the
American Southwest (SCAAS) conference on cultural astronomy in the Greater
Southwest at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 County Road K, Cortez,
Colorado*
****Times and registration fees to be announced
This year's SCAAS conference features invited speakers and papers
focusing on the regional interchange of ideas and culture, increasing
American Indian and other indigenous people's participation in cultural
anthropology and astronomy studies and research, and examining landscape
archaeology along with public architecture. Saturday is reserved for field
trips.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.scaas.org <http://www.scaas.org> or email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday November 9, 2016: Cave Creek, AZ
“The Megalithic Temples and Tombs of Malta: Early Religion and Ritual
in the Mediterranean, 3600-2500 BC” free presentation by archaeologist Todd
W. Bostwick for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at
Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church’s Community Building, 6502 E.
Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, Arizona*
7 p.m. reception and socialization; program begins approximately 7:30
p.m. Free
Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea and south of Sicily,
the islands of Malta and Gozo contain some of the oldest Megalithic temples
and tombs in the world. As early as 5000 BC prehistoric people were farming
and raising livestock on the islands, and by 3600 BC they built megalithic
temples with astronomical features and carved chambered tombs out of solid
bedrock. The presence of a variety of stone and clay figurines of plump
females suggest they practiced an Earth Mother cult. The origins of these
ancient people remain a mystery, as does their disappearance around 2500 BC.
Dr. Bostwick provides numerous photos of these temples, tombs, and figurines
and discusses current ideas about their religion and ritual practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Kathryn Frey at 480-695-2609 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday November 17, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring presentation, guest speaker, and Tucson restaurant to be
announced
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
**** Description coming.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
on the Wednesday before the program date.
Saturday November 19, 2016: Coolidge, AZ
“American Indian Arts Festival: Connecting Time Through Arts And
Music” at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Dr. Coolidge,
Arizona*
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free
As part of the celebration of the National Park Service centennial,
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument will once again hold the popular arts
festival. This event demonstrates the modern creativity connected to the
prehistoric tradition of the ancient Sonoran Desert People. Various
musicians and dancers will perform throughout the day, and craft vendors
will fill the parking lot to sell handmade items such as flutes, baskets,
pottery, and jewelry. Luminaries will light up the Great House at dusk. Park
across the street and take the free shuttle into the Monument. No pets
allowed.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Nina Fader at 520-723-3172 ext. 110 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . (Exhibitors
need to reserve their booth space. Email Nina for the application or go
online to www.nps.gov/cagr <http://www.nps.gov/cagr> .)
Monday November 21, 2016: Tucson
“The Southwest Archaeological Obsidian Project and Preclassic Hohokam
Social Identity” free presentation by archaeologist Dr. M. Steven Shackley
for Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at Banner
University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday December 3, 2016, is the ticket-purchase deadline for the Thursday
December 15 “Raffle of a 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350” by Tucson’s Jim
Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other
southern Arizona charities.
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2016 Ford Mustang
Shelby GT350 automobile in a raffle to raise millions of dollars for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona nonprofit
organizations. With your contribution you could win this collector’s-item
2016 Mustang! The best part is that 100% of your contribution will support
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from
our sales of the Mustang raffle tickets.
Tickets for the Mustang raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each. Your
donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
provide more archaeology and culture education programs for children who
would not be able to afford our programs without your help. To be entered in
the raffle your contribution for tickets must be received (not postmarked)
by Old Pueblo by Saturday December 3rd so that we can turn the Mustang
raffle tickets in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December
9. The drawing will be held on December 15.
The rules of the Mustang raffle require that Old Pueblo account for
all tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets; therefore,
payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets. Tickets may be
purchased by check sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling Allen
Dart at 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card
payment authorization, or through the PayPal portal on Old Pueblo’s
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you have
provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawings for
you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the
raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> . For more information about the Jim Click
Automotive Team’s 2016 Mustang Shelby raffle itself visit
www.millionsfortucson.org <http://www.millionsfortucson.org/> .
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send December 15 MUSTANG flyer”
in your email subject line.
Thursday December 15, 2016: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “Epics of the American Southwest: Hopi,
Diné and Hispanic Narratives of Heroes and Heroines in Mythic Literature” by
Dr. Sharonah Fredrick at ****place, Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
Too often the claim is heard that there is very little ancient history
or literature in the United States. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Whether it is the Hopi epics of the wanderings of Long Sash and the exploits
of the Koshare twins; the Navajo legends that connect the cultures of the
Southwest with the great late-Medieval stories of Toltec-Aztec Mexcio; or
the adventures of Spanish men and women who deserted Francisco de Coronado’s
expedition in protest over Coronado’s treatment of the Native peoples,
Arizona and the whole American Southwest are a treasure trove of epic
narratives. This lecture stresses the social and moral messages transmitted
in these oral and written texts. This program is made possible by Arizona
Humanities.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo’s educational efforts. Because seating is limited in order for the
program to be in compliance with the Fire Code, those wishing to attend must
call 520-798-1201 and must have their reservations confirmed before 5 p.m.
on the Wednesday before the program date.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday December 17, 2016: Payson, AZ
"Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians" free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Rim Country Chapter,
Arizona Archaeological Society, at Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Holy
Nativity, 1414 Easy Street, Payson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
10-11:30 a.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona
from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying
where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert
for centuries, and explaining why their culture mysteriously disappeared. In
this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates the material culture
of the Hohokam and presents possible interpretations about their
relationships to the natural world, time reckoning, religious practices,
beliefs, and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their
way of life, using rich illustrations of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and
other cultural features. The program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For
event details contact Evelyn Christian at 928-476-3092 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ; for information about the activity subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday January 7, 2017: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
“Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave, Petroglyphs, and Himdag Ki Cultural
Center” car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart to sites
in and near Topawa, Arizona, departing from Pima Community College, 401 N.
Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m.-5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees of the
Tohono O’odham Nation)
In an educational adventure into Native American culture, this tour
meets in Tucson at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian
Reservation for visits to the Tohono O'odham Cultural Center & Museum, the
Picture Rock petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic Baboquivari Camp,
and a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave site. We will visit the
Cultural Center in Topawa, Arizona, from 10 a.m. to 11:30, then drive 12
miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary home of the Tohono O'odham
Creator deity I’itoi), stopping for bring-your-own picnic lunch at
Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps camp site in the
oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. After lunch we will take a
moderate-difficulty, two-mile-roundtrip, 1,000-foot-elevation-difference
hike up a trail that leads halfway up the peak, to visit a cave site
traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the deity I’itoi. Finally,
we will visit Picture Rock, a small butte that contains petroglyphs and
pictographs, bedrock mortars, and ancient artifacts. Modern Tohono O’odham
offerings may be present in some of the visited locations. Artifact
collecting is not permitted, and photos are not allowed in the cave but are
OK outside of it. Registrants may either meet the tour group at 8 a.m.
Saturday in Tucson and car-caravan onto the reservation, or may camp in
Baboquivari Camp on their own the night before the field trip and meet the
tour group at the Cultural Center Saturday morning. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 4: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday January 21, 2017
“Art for Archaeology” auction of Southwestern arts and crafts to
benefit the nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center at JW Marriott Tucson
Starr Pass Resort, 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson
6-10 p.m. Tickets $75 each or 2 for $125 if reservations are made by 3
p.m. January 11, or $80 apiece at the door
The mission of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's 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. This gala event features opportunities
indulge in delicious hors d’oeuvres and bid on beautiful southwestern ethnic
arts, crafts, and western U.S.-themed art donated by famous artists, to
raise funds to support Old Pueblo’s education programs. There will be over
100 auction items available for bidding.
To get your tickets before the event sells out contact Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> . If there is room for more guests on the night
of the event, tickets will be available at the door.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows students
and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in “OPEN3,”
a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a southern
Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of prehistoric
pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for cooking, storage,
and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students participating in the
program get to learn and practice techniques used to excavate real
archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific interpretation of
how ancient people constructed their houses, what they looked like, ate, and
believed in, and how they created beauty in their lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient
Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children an idea
of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about people
through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect prelude
for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page: http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can
simply follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form
or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can
also donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation
Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your
support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo
Archaeology bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org>
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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