For Immediate Release
Table of Contents
Some Thank-Yous
Request for Volunteers on November 6
Upcoming Activities
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs
Our Mission and Support
Opt-Out Options
You can click on the blue-lettered links in this message to visit a website <https://www.oldpueblo.org/> or to send an email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
(If you use Outlook as your email app and a highlighted email link does not open an outgoing reply email in Outlook, go here <https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_outlook-mso_win10-mso_365hp/mailto-links-in-outlook-open-the-mail-app-instead/9b11ab1f-fde9-42e8-a07c-cc275d5307cb> and scroll down to the Kindly try the troubleshooting steps below section.)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code, so donations and membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts specified by law. Please visit www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php <http://www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php> to make a contribution – Your donations help us continue to provide hands-on education programs in archaeology, history, and cultures for children and adults!
This communication was posted to a listserve and does not include any illustrations. If you would like to receive versions of Old Pueblo’s monthly “upcoming activities” emails that contain color photos and other illustrations pertaining to the activities, you can subscribe to our email address book by visiting Old Pueblo’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page and scrolling down to the “Subscribe” box to enter your name and email address. (You can unsubscribe from our activities emailings any time you wish.)
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 broadcast: Roger Ames, Addie Anderson, Junardi Armstrong, Mike Bencic, Elizabeth Butler, Al Dart, Kay & Buzz Davis, Jane Delaney, Sue Durling, Ben & Cindi Everitt, Butch Farabee, Jennifer Grogg, Bruce Hartman & Charlotte Britton, Gene Kunde, Bill & María Enríquez, Pam Ericson, Judy & Bob Kilgore, Melissa Loeschen, Nancy Major, Eric & Susan McFadden, Mark Michel, Lynn Ratener, Tom & Irma Robinson, Peter Schmidt & Sherry Terrell, Ralph & Ingeborg Silberschlag, Jim Walker, Dave & Terri Wallace, and Mary Wood.
Thank you all so much!
REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS ON NOVEMBER 6
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Vice President Sam Greenleaf and Lead Children’s Program Instructor Sherry Eisler will be representing Old Pueblo at the Empire Ranch Foundation’s Cowboy Festival in Sonoita, Arizona, on Saturday and Sunday November 6th and 7th from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. each day. Sam will be giving flintknapping demonstrations, and Sherry will oversee a crafts project for kids and adults and assist in answering questions from the public. Activities at the festival will include arena demonstrations, music, cowboy conversations, western skills, western authors, animal demonstrations, trails and vendors. For more information including a preliminary schedule of the program please visit <https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2021-program/> https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/cowboy-festival/2021-program/.
Old Pueblo seeks volunteers to help with our public outreach at this event. If you can assist in two-hour intervals or longer at our booth there, please contact Sherry at 520-975-0940 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] for details and scheduling. Thank you!
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
These listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. Old Pueblo’s activities are listed in green 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.
Time zones are specified in these listings only for online activities. Each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
Tuesday November 2, 2021: Online
“Turkeys in the Mimbres Valley” free Archaeology Café online lecture by archaeologist Sean Dolan sponsored by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
6 to 7 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Sean Dolan (N3B Los Alamos) will discuss Turkeys in New Mexico’s Mimbres Valley using pottery iconography, ancient mtDNA analysis, and stable carbon and nitrogen bone isotope analysis. He also will explore how people in the Mimbres Valley interacted with turkeys.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/turkeys-in-the-mimbres-valley/> www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/turkeys-in-the-mimbres-valley/.
Wednesday November 3, 2021: Online
“At the Altar, On the Table: Interpreting Religion and Everyday Life in a Seventeenth-Century New Mexico Mission” free colloquium presentation by Klinton Burgio-Ericson, PhD, sponsored by School for Advanced Research (SAR), Santa Fe*
2-3 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations requested)
Contrary to popular belief, early colonial missions in New Mexico were not cloistered retreats for the Spanish missionaries who hoped to convert Pueblo Indians to Christianity. Rather, missions were living and working places made up of mixed households of mendicant friars and coerced Indigenous laborers, through whom traces of Pueblo cosmology, belief, cuisine, and practices became entangled with Spanish culture. In the architectural forms and practices of their missions, friars invoked millenarian and monastic ideals, while Pueblo peoples persevered in conceiving of their towns as sacred centers in an animate world. Drawing upon primary sources, oral histories, archaeological evidence, and comparative analysis, Klinton Burgio-Ericson considers the intersections of ritual and everyday life in 17-century New Mexico by focusing on a Franciscan mission at the ancestral Zuni pueblo of Hawikku. His research illuminates an understudied yet foundational chapter of American history, emphasizing the crucial role of Native and Latinx people in shaping the contested nature of today’s society. Dr. Burgio-Ericson is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, and SAR’s 2021 Mellon fellow.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://sarweb.org/event/scholar-colloquium-at-the-altar-on-the-table/?bblinkid=253664907&bbemailid=33432760&bbejrid=2070987384> https://sarweb.org/event/scholar-colloquium-at-the-altar-on-the-table/?bblinkid=253664907&bbemailid=33432760&bbejrid=2070987384. This event is part of the 2021 fall scholar colloquia series. See the full series here <https://sarweb.org/calendar/action~stream/cat_ids~24/> .
Wednesday-Sunday November 3-7, 2021: Santa Fe-Albuquerque area, NM
“Passion for Petros” tour to the Santa Fe and Albuquerque area of New Mexico, sponsored by Verde Valley Archaeology Center (VVAC), Camp Verde, Arizona*
Wed. morning-Sun. afternoon. $475 includes all admissions, tours, guides and tips.
Visit petroglyph sites dating from Archaic through Historic times on this five-day, six-night trip to a landscape abundant with petroglyphs from “those who came before” in the Santa Fe and Albuquerque area of New Mexico. This outing includes private expert-guided tours exploring several petroglyph-rich locations plus a winery tour/tasting. Trail snacks and water will be supplied daily. The fifth day ties it all together, with an understanding of the people who created the petroglyphs, as we hear from their descendants, the current Puebloans. The hikes are short but can be moderately steep so sturdy shoes and hiking poles are recommended.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org/hikes> https://www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org/hikes.
Thursday November 4, 2021: Online
“The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart via Zoom for University of Arizona’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)*
3-4:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. OLLI Greater Tucson (NW, SE) and Green Valley membership fee of $150 for Monsoon/Fall Semester (7/1/2021 to 12/31/2021) classes or $200 for full year (July-June) allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.
Before 1500 CE, Native American cultures took advantage of the long growing season in the southern Arizona desert, and tackled the challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than 4,000 years before present, and irrigation systems were developed in our state at least 3,500 years ago - several hundred years before the earliest-known irrigation works were established in ancient Mexico. In this presentation, archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient canal systems in the Southwest and discusses irrigation's implications for understanding social complexity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To join OLLI, download a registration and payment form, or pay and register online visit <http://olli.arizona.edu/> http://olli.arizona.edu/. For more information about OLLI call 520-626-9039.
Saturday November 6, 2021: Langtry, TX
“Shumla Treks – Guided Tour to Eagle Cave, Skiles Shelter, and Kelley Cave Rock Art Sites” with archaeologist Vicky Roberts, meets at Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center (sponsoring organization), 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 a.m.-2 p.m. $160.
Eagle Cave, Skiles Shelter, and Kelley Cave are large rockshelters located within Eagle Nest Canyon in Langtry, Texas. Combined, all three sites contain evidence of human occupation spanning over 10,000 years into Paleoindian times. The rock art is predominantly Pecos River style with that in Eagle Cave having recently returned radiocarbon dates between 3350 and 3210 years ago. Following the Eagle Nest Canyon tour will be a chance to visit the Judge Roy Bean visitor’s center to learn more about Langtry’s history as well as a tour of Shumla’s research facility and laboratory in Comstock, Texas.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://oldpueblo.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db4b97f06e64c8822f015b5b9&id=ca718e8ae0&e=7a939ff6fe> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Vicky Roberts at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 6, 2021: Online
“Rock Art 2021 Virtual Symposium” sponsored by San Diego Rock Art Association (SDRAA), San Diego*
Three Sessions: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Free with online registration.
The 46th Annual Rock Art Symposium, a San Diego tradition since 1976, will be held as a series of virtual Zoom meetings this year. The three sessions will each include four presentations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For details go to <https://www.sandiegorockart.org/symposium.html?ms=sat_email&utm_campaign=sat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aswemail&emci=2c3b3029-3c16-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=7467cefb-3d16-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=15100> https://www.sandiegorockart.org/symposium.html?ms=sat_email&utm_campaign=sat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aswemail&emci=2c3b3029-3c16-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=7467cefb-3d16-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=15100.
Sunday November 7, 2021: Comstock, TX
“Shumla Treks – Guided Tour to Black Cave and Vaquero Shelter Rock Art Sites” with archaeologist Vicky Roberts sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Shumla Archaeological Research Center, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
8 a.m.-6 p.m. $160.
Black Cave is a large rockshelter within Upper Presa Canyon in Seminole Canyon State Park that contains striking and vibrant rock art, owing its preservation to its location high above the shelter floor (which probably would have required the construction of scaffolding to create). Vaquero Shelter gets its name for the Historic period rock art depicting two riders mounted on horseback with a longhorn cow and calf adjacent to a structure resembling a Spanish mission and a man in a Spanish uniform. Other rock art styles are present denoting continued use throughout precontact times.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://oldpueblo.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db4b97f06e64c8822f015b5b9&id=ca718e8ae0&e=7a939ff6fe> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Vicky Roberts at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
November 7-12, 2021: Near Eagar, AZ
“Water Canyon Ranger Station” HistoriCorps and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest offer volunteer-assisted restoration project south of Eagar, Arizona *
Arrive between 5 and 7 p.m. first day; daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
The Water Canyon Ranger Station is one of many projects completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1933 and 1942. In the 1920s, just prior to the onset of the Great Depression, the Forest Service developed a standard plan for ranger stations across the forest. Each site had four buildings on the premises: a house, a pump house, a barn and a shed all constructed in the bungalow style. The Water Canyon Ranger Station is an excellent example of this plan and style. Volunteers camping right onsite around the Ranger Station can learn and work alongside expert HistoriCorps field staff to learn skills necessary to restore several of the buildings’ elements including siding repair and replacement, scraping loose paint and repainting, cedar shingle roofing, and various carpentry tasks. HistoriCorps provides all meals, tools, training, equipment, and a campsite. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the campsite, sleeping equipment, work clothes and boots, and other personal gear.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://historicorps.org/water-canyon-rs-az-2021/> https://historicorps.org/water-canyon-rs-az-2021/.
Tuesday November 9, 2021: Online
“Saltillo Connections in Navajo Weaving” free online presentation by Navajo master weaver Lynda Teller Pete, followed by a conversation with Porfirio Gutiérrez, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, Tucson*
6-7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
This program is held in conjunction with the exhibit <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibit/wrapped-in-color> Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape, showing August 24, 2021 through July 2022.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OZZSp2GzTAWYg-3J5CT25w> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OZZSp2GzTAWYg-3J5CT25w.
Tuesday November 9, 2021: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online presentation “Indigenous Views on Ancestors, Archaeology, and Interaction with Archaeologists” by Jefford Francisco (Tohono O'odham), sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Mr. Francisco’s thoughts for this presentation: “My name is Jefford Francisco. I have been a Cultural Affairs Specialist for the Tohono O’odham Nation since 2011. Types of projects I work on are surveys on the Tohono O’odham lands for homesites & fence lines. I also work with Indian Health Service, Ki:Ki: Housing Department and many education institutions. Within these projects you get to meet a lot of Archeologists who study different things like pottery, sea shells, grinding stones and so on.
“I also provide education on these topics to communities, schools, and monitor training groups. I hope to educate people so that they respect Hohokam and Tohono O’odham sacred sites. As I was growing up and even now a lot of O’odham do not understand what archeology is, our grandparents told us not to bother or take objects from a site or we would get sick. There are many significant cultural differences that are important to our culture.
“In my presentation I will share my experiences and knowledge as it relates to Archeology, the Hohokam and how they lived and worked in the desert. I will also cover Tohono O’odham sacred sites, plants & animals and the laws that protect them on and off tribal lands.
“I hope my presentation will give a better understanding of the Tohono O’odham and our relatives the Hohokam people.”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné), Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham), and Anabel Galindo (Pascua Yaqui), is made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities. The series provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
To register for the program go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iEGJIYy9S9SJQ_uv9oYJGQ> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iEGJIYy9S9SJQ_uv9oYJGQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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 November 9 Indigenous Interests flyer” in your email subject line.
Wednesday November 10, 2021: Online
“Casas Grandes – Escaping Pueblo Space” free online presentation with archaeologist Dr. Stephen H. Lekson sponsored by San Juan Basin Archeological Society, Durango, Colorado*
7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Paquimé, the 14th-15th century capital of the Casas Grandes region in northern Chihuahua, was recognized after 1960s excavations as something profoundly different from other southwestern societies, ancient or modern – the most cosmopolitan, externally connected society in the ancient Southwest. Recent work, however, tends to treat Paquimé as a late, local example of Pueblo-like societies, returning it to what could be called “Pueblo Space.” It was more than that. Paquimé was, literally, an escape from the Pueblo Space of its time – a claim expounded in this lecture. A few researchers have escaped archaeology’s Pueblo Space, and reevaluations of Paquimé now come from beyond Pueblo Space – continental perspectives presented in this presentation. Stephen H. Lekson retired as Curator of Archaeology at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2018.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To attend go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85780706701?pwd=NlJxbUx3L09BU1Y0NCs0WTN1T0lmUT09 (Zoom meeting ID 857 8070 6701, passcode 578820).
Tuesday November 16, 2021: Online
“Implementing Indigeneity: Co-Creating Institutional Spaces for Indigenous Innovation” free online workshops offered by the Committee on American Indian Initiatives, Programs and Projects, Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona*
12-4 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The public is invited to participate in Phoenix College’s “Applying Indigeneity across Maricopa” virtual workshop on peacemaking, mediation, and ongoing reconciliation through forms of Indigeneity, e.g., initiate consensus gathering ideation to Indigenize Maricopa. Featured speakers include Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara - University of Manitoba).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://bit.ly/3jveIiP> https://bit.ly/3jveIiP.
Monday-Friday November 15-19, 2021: Tucson
“Pima County Historic Courthouse Re-Opening Celebration” in the domed historic Pima County Courthouse, 115 N. Church Ave., Tucson*
10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free.
Pima County, Arizona, offers 48 separate free, daily events to celebrate the reopening of the newly renovated Pima County Historic Courthouse in downtown Tucson. One of Tucson’s most beloved landmarks with its colorful mosaic dome, the Historic Courthouse is the current home of Pima County Attractions & Tourism, Pima County Administration, Visit Tucson, the County’s Southern Arizona Heritage and Visitor Center, and the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum. Over the decades, the Courthouse has been home to many of the County’s departments, with its courtyard serving as the backdrop for countless weddings. During the week of November 15-19 Pima County cordially invites the community to attend any or all of the following free lectures and events that showcase southern Arizona’s natural environment, history, cultures, art, foods, traditions, and more, to better understand and appreciate our borderland region. The events include:
* UA Gem + Mineral Museum Organic Gem Stones: Mon Nov 15, 10:00 AM
* Interview with Walter Nash: Mon, Nov 15, 10:30 AM
* The Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: Mon, Nov 15, 11:00 AM
* Ancient Mexico: A new look at works from the Tucson Museum of Art: Mon, Nov 15, 11:30 AM
* Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: Mon, Nov 15, 1:00 PM
* The Architecture and Restoration of San Xavier Mission: Mon, Nov 15, 1:30 PM
* Los Descendientes and the Mexican American Heritage Museum: Mon, Nov 15, 2:00 PM
* Father Kino and the Missions of Pimeria Alta: Mon, Nov 15, 3:00 PM
* The Making of DESERT DREAMS: Celebrating Five Seasons in the Sonoran Desert: Mon, Nov 15, 4:00 PM
* 11 Hick Cops and the Nine Ring Legal Circus: Mon, Nov 15, 4:30 PM
* Pima Air + Space and Titan Missile Museum: Tue, Nov 16, 10:00 AM
* Meet the Neighbors with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Tue, Nov 16, 10:00 AM
* Legal Terminology: Tue, Nov 16, 10:30 AM
* Mission Garden - Tucson’s Agricultural Heritage: Tue, Nov 16, 11:00 AM
* Life in the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson: Tue, Nov 16, 1:00 PM
* The Tucson Depot Shootout of 1882: Tue, Nov 16, 1:30 PM
* The Loop - Pima County's 136 mile shared use pathway: Tue, Nov 16, 1:30 PM
* Tangible History - Southern Arizona Archaeological Sites: Tue, Nov 16, 2:30 PM
* The Gadsden Purchase and New Border with Mexico: Tue, Nov 16, 3:00 PM
* Why Tucson is the City it is Today:Tue, Nov 16, 4:00 PM
* Storytelling with Burr Udall and Elliot Glicksman: Wed, Nov 17, 10:00 AM
* UA Gem + Mineral Museum Mineral Evolution: Wed, Nov 17, 10:00 AM
* Recent Archaeological Finds During Courthouse Renovation: Wed, Nov 17, 1:00 PM
* Stories and Reminiscences with the Courthouse's last Court Administrator: Wed, Nov 17, 1:30 PM
* Tubac Presidio: Wed, Nov 17, 4:00 PM
* The Making of FOSSILS INSIDE OUT: Global Fusion of Science, Art, & Culture: Wed, Nov 17, 4:00 PM
* The Honorable Mary Anne Richey: Wed, Nov 17, 4:30 PM
* The Mammals Around Us - The Wildlife Community throughout the Sky Islands: Thu, Nov 18, 10:00 AM
* How Tourism Helps Tucson: Thu, Nov 18, 10:00 AM
* 11 Hick Cops and the Nine Ring Legal Circus: Thu, Nov 18, 10:30 AM
* Sonoran Institute - The Santa Cruz River Program: Thu, Nov 18, 11:00 AM
* American Art Form: A Century of Zuni and Navajo Jewelry: Thu, Nov 18, 12:00 PM
* Alice Truman's Courtroom: Thu, Nov 18, 1:30 PM
* Historical Perceptions of Native Landscapes: Thu, Nov 18, 1:30 PM
* History of the Chinese Community and Chinese Railroad workers in Tucson: Thu, Nov 18, 2:00 PM
* The Loop - Pima County's 136 mile shared use pathway: Thu, Nov 18, 4:00 PM
* History of the Pima County Sheriff's Department: Thu, Nov 18, 4:30 PM
* History of the Santa Cruz: Thu, Nov 18, 4:30 PM
* UA Gem + Mineral Museum Presentation on Turquoise: Fri, Nov 19, 10:00 AM
* Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill: Fri, Nov 19, 10:00 AM
* The Earps Leave Pima County: Fri, Nov 19, 10:30 AM
* Tumamoc Hill Archaeology - Village Homes with a View: Fri, Nov 19, 11:00 AM
* The Buffalo Soldiers: Fri, Nov 19, 11:30 AM
* Historical Cases and Cases that made History: Fri, Nov 19, 1:30 PM
* First Farmers of the Sonoran Desert: Fri, Nov 19, 1:30 PM
* Historic Canoa Ranch: Fri, Nov 19, 2:00 PM
* Growing Agave - A Remarkable Story of Ancient Tucson Farmers: Fri, Nov 19, 2:30 PM
* The Making of Sounds Of The Sonoran Desert: A Dusk to Dawn Audio Experience: Fri, Nov 19, 4:00 PM
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is limited but all events are free to the public. Masks or face coverings are required inside all County buildings and registration will be capped to allow for physical distancing. To view and register for any of the events go to <http://pimacountycourthouse.eventbrite.com> http://pimacountycourthouse.eventbrite.com.
Tuesday November 16, 2021: Online
“Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West” free online presentation with author Lauren Redniss sponsored by the National Portrait Gallery’s PORTAL Scholarly Center, Washington, D.C.*
5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Free.
Oak Flat is a holy place, an ancient burial ground and religious site where Apache girls celebrate the coming-of-age ritual known as the Sunrise Ceremony. In 1995, a massive untapped copper reserve was discovered nearby. A decade later, a law was passed transferring the area to a private company, whose planned copper mine will wipe Oak Flat off the map, sending its natural springs, petroglyph-covered rocks, and old-growth trees tumbling into a void. Lauren Redniss’s book Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West follows the fortunes of two families with profound connections to the contested site: the Nosies, an Apache family whose teenage daughter is an activist and leader in the Oak Flat fight, and the Gorhams, a mining family whose patriarch was a sheriff in the lawless early days of Arizona statehood. This presentation will discuss the still-unresolved Oak Flat conflict, the saga of westward expansion, and the resistance and resilience of Native peoples.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://smithsonian.zoom.us/w/83683893117?tk=Wopt8wiYHybW3hLUMIC68Dj3oKLSL8PF43SoTD93pUk.DQMAAAATe_LffRZJSXg1dXpTOFJ6Q0ZyWk1Td21tb0NnAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd=REFwWDkxUDRma3htVnptbVhlR3plZz09&uuid=WN_W8x7G5X2QCaD7zQNF9PANw> https://smithsonian.zoom.us/w/83683893117?tk=Wopt8wiYHybW3hLUMIC68Dj3oKLSL8PF43SoTD93pUk.DQMAAAATe_LffRZJSXg1dXpTOFJ6Q0ZyWk1Td21tb0NnAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&pwd=REFwWDkxUDRma3htVnptbVhlR3plZz09&uuid=WN_W8x7G5X2QCaD7zQNF9PANw.
Tuesday November 16, 2021: Online
“Hohokam and Mimbres Rock Art and Ideology” free online presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by The Aztlander Magazine of the Ancient Americas*
7 p.m. Central Standard Time. Free.
Comparison of 1000-1130 CE Mimbres-culture petroglyphs in New Mexico and contemporaneous glyphs of the Hohokam culture of southern Arizona helps define the limits of these two ancient southwestern cultures. Aspects of their rock art and other material culture also provide clues to their different ideologies. Certain icons are common to both Mimbres and Hohokam rock art, whereas each culture also exhibits repeated motifs that apparently were not produced by the other. Comparing and contrasting the shared and unshared rock art images, and other aspects of Mimbres and Hohokam cultures, suggests similarities as well as differences in their respective religious practices and beliefs.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To join the program on November 16 go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85908866154.
Wednesday November 17, 2021: Online
“The Hearthstone Project: Combining Science, Art and Indigenous Knowledge” November Lunch & Learn presentation by Dr. Karen Steelman sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12-1 p.m. Central Standard Time. Free.
In this month's Lunch and Learn Shumla Science Director, Dr. Karen Steelman, will be sharing the goals and methods of Shumla's newest effort, The Hearthstone Project. Like the Mesoamerican fire hearth, Shumla’s project is supported by three lines of inquiry: archaeological science, formal art analysis, and Indigenous knowledge.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/.
Wednesday November 17, 2021: Online
“Tewa Pueblos at the Dawn of Atomic Modernity” free colloquium presentation by Dmitri Brown sponsored by School for Advanced Research (SAR), Santa Fe*
2-3 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations requested)
In late 1942, Manhattan Project officials evaluated potential locations for their scientific headquarters. They found a site that met their needs on the Pajarito Plateau in the western hills of the Tewa Pueblo world. Employing traditional patterns and dynamics, Tewa communities had long drawn strength from accommodating potentially shattering modern incursions like the railroad, pottery markets, and archaeology. They used these same traditions and experiences to meet the coming of the Atomic age. Viewing the Manhattan Project in the context of the Tewa world, this talk offers an opportunity to understand the connections between physics, history, and Tewa philosophy. Dmitri Brown is a PhD candidate in the Department of History, University of California, Davis, and SAR’s 2021 Katrin H. Lamon fellow.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://sarweb.org/event/scholar-colloquium-tewa-pueblos-at-the-dawn-of-atomic-modernity/?bblinkid=253579664&bbemailid=33286557&bbejrid=2067808651> https://sarweb.org/event/scholar-colloquium-tewa-pueblos-at-the-dawn-of-atomic-modernity/?bblinkid=253579664&bbemailid=33286557&bbejrid=2067808651. This event is part of the 2021 fall scholar colloquia series. See the full series here <https://sarweb.org/calendar/action~stream/cat_ids~24/> .
Thursday November 18, 2021: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Horses in Rock Art” presentation by archaeologist Larry Loendorf
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Pictographs and petroglyphs of horses have been made since those animals were reintroduced to North America by the Spanish in the 1500s. After horses were in use by northern Plains Indians, they drew hundreds of scenes that include horses and their riders, often in war-related activities. Archaeologists have studied enough of these scenes to be able to recognize Crow horses, Blackfoot horses, Comanche horses, and those of other peoples. Depictions of horses also are found on rocks on the southern Plains and across the Colorado Plateau, but not in large numbers. There are places, however, where they are common. For example, there are hundreds of horse depictions at sites in Canyon del Muerto, Arizona. Archaeological research on one spectacular panel there by Robert Mark, Stephen Jett, and Sacred Sites Research, combined with information gleaned from studying other rock art horses in the Intermountain West, is the topic of this presentation by archaeologist Lawrence (Larry) Loendorf, PhD.
To register go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8GG8qpgjRPOeqJ1pvge1hQ> us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8GG8qpgjRPOeqJ1pvge1hQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation, we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made for this program.
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 November 18 Third Thursday flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday November 20, 2021: Tucson
“How Did People Make Stone and Shell Jewelry?” workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Archaeology Southwest (ASW), 300 N. Ash Alley, Tucson*
9 a.m.-12 p.m.. $35
In this class, we will make jewelry using the same kinds of stone tools people used in the past. Participants may choose to work with stone (argillite and steatite) or shell. Students will grind their items on sandstone slabs and drill holes with flaked-stone drills. We will use stone flakes to incise geometric designs, and smooth stones to polish the finished pieces. Class is limited to eight people, kids age 10 and up are welcome. Masks are required.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/how-did-people-make-stone-and-shell-jewelry-5/?ms=this-month_email&utm_source=aswemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=this-month&emci=9d9f4660-d522-ec11-981f-501ac510a405&emdi=1826a52c-f222-ec11-981f-501ac510a405&ceid=15100> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/how-did-people-make-stone-and-shell-jewelry-5/?ms=this-month_email&utm_source=aswemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=this-month&emci=9d9f4660-d522-ec11-981f-501ac510a405&emdi=1826a52c-f222-ec11-981f-501ac510a405&ceid=15100. For more information contact Kate Fitzpatrick at 520-882-6946 x26 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST Saturday December 4, 2021: Canoa Ranch, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” presentation and tours event at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56)
8 a.m. to noon. $30 donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
This event begins with a PowerPoint presentation by Old Pueblo’s director Allen Dart titled “Before There Was a Canoa” about Canoa-area archaeology and history. The presentation is followed by three 1-hour tours to be provided by Pima County Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation volunteers: 1) “Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch,” 2) “Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch,” and 3) “The Gardens of Canoa.” The presentation and each tour will be limited to 24 registrants and will not be open to other Canoa Ranch visitors. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the program at Canoa Ranch’s Mesquite Grove, or to have lunch in one of the many nearby Green Valley restaurants.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 1st, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Canoa Ranch flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday December 4, 2021: Comstock, TX
“Shumla Treks – Guided Tour to Halo Shelter and Shumla Archaeological Center HQ” with archaeologist Vicky Roberts meets at Shumla Archaeological Research Center, 28 Langtry St., Comstock, Texas*
Halo Shelter sits within a small tributary that feeds into the main branch of Dead Man’s Creek, approximately 5 km from the Devils River on a private ranch in Val Verde county. Halo boasts one of the best-preserved Pecos River style pictograph panels in the region. The site gets its name from a unique arch motif with rayed lines extending from it over the top of several figures’ heads. Along with the halo motif, there are a wide assortment of unique Pecos River style figures and motifs intricately executed and vibrant. Afterwards, enjoy a tour of Shumla’s research facility and plasma oxidation laboratory.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://oldpueblo.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db4b97f06e64c8822f015b5b9&id=ca718e8ae0&e=7a939ff6fe> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday December 5, 2021: Comstock, TX
“Shumla Treks – Guided Tour to Fate Bell Shelter, Fate Bell Annex, and Running Horse Rock Art Sites” with archaeologist Vicky Roberts sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, meets at Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site on US-90, nine miles west of Comstock, Texas*
8 a.m.-3 p.m. $160.
Fate Bell Annex, Fate Bell Shelter, and Running Horse Shelter are all situated in Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site. Fate Bell and Fate Bell Annex are two of the most famous Pecos River style rock art sites in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands with breath-taking rock art and extremely well-preserved deposits. Running Horse Shelter offers beautiful remnant Pecos River style rock art and intriguing post-contact period art. You’ll hear about the rock art, the lifeways of the people who painted it, and Shumla’s most recent discoveries, and will see 4,000 years of history in this single day.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://oldpueblo.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db4b97f06e64c8822f015b5b9&id=ca718e8ae0&e=7a939ff6fe> www.shumla.org/shumlatreks/. For more information contact Shumla at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday December 7, 2021: Online or by mail
Tuesday December 7 is the deadline to get your tickets from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle” of a 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands Edition, two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash that will benefit Old Pueblo and other southern Arizona charities!
5 p.m. December 7 is the deadline to purchase tickets from Old Pueblo. $25 for each single ticket or five tickets for $100.
On December 17th Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands Edition 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 fantastic 2021 vehicle – or the second prize of two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world or the third prize of $5,000 in cash! And 100% of your contribution will support Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our sales of the tickets for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle”!
Watch an awesome video that the Jim Click Automotive Team put together about the raffle and some very cool features of the Ford 2021 Bronco Sport Badlands Edition <https://sable.secureserver.net/c/279242?id=54293.414.1.a34f9b53cdc96a02b6c0694474c855c7> at this link.
Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help. The drawing will be held on December 17. Winner consents to be photographed and for his or her name and likeness to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle your request for tickets and your donation for them must be received by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday December 7th so we can turn the tickets in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December 10th. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets; therefore, advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased 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 for your tickets, 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.
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.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about this fundraiser send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Millions for Tucson flyer” in your email subject line.
Tuesday December 7, 2021: Online
“Turkey Feather Blankets in Ancestral Pueblo History” free Archaeology Café online lecture by Bill Lipe and Mary Weahkee sponsored by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
6 to 7 p.m. Free.
For over 1,600 years, a distinctive Southwestern domestic turkey furnished feathers for ritual uses and for making warm blankets. The birds also became a significant food source after about 1200 CE. Bill Lipe (Professor Emeritus, Washington State University) will discuss archaeological evidence of the development of feather blankets and how they contributed to Ancestral Pueblo lives, and Mary Weahkee (New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies), the best known present-day replicator of turkey feather blankets, will discuss some techniques used in making them.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/turkey-feather-blankets-in-ancestral-pueblo-history/> www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/turkey-feather-blankets-in-ancestral-pueblo-history/.
Tuesday December 14, 2021: Online
“The Art of Textile Photography: Trials and Tribulations” free online presentation by Joe Coca sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, Tucson*
6-7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
For forty years and on five continents, Joe Coca has photographed traditional textile artists, creating intimate portraits illustrating the work of hands and the everyday life of the weavers. His book The Human Thread (Thrums Books, 2019), brings together a selection of his stunning photographs documenting these rich textile traditions. Through his photographs, Coca shares the lives, environment, communities, and skills of weavers. In this presentation, Coca will share the trials and tribulations associated with documenting traditional weavers and the remarkable photographs that result from building relationships with his subjects.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 16, 2021: Online
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online dinnertime program featuring “Apache Warriors Tell Their Side” presentation by author-historian Lynda A. Sánchez
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Eve Ball (1890-1984) was a noted New Mexico chronicler of Apache, Anglo and Hispanic history. Obtaining their trust over many years, she began interviewing over 67 of the participants and descendants of those implacable warriors who fought the Apache Wars. By listening to, rather than trying to talk over, the old-timers, Eve gathered fresh information and a differing point of view long before it was popular to do so. Historian and educator Lynda A. Sánchez will present background about Eve and her stubborn desire to learn from the Apaches and from their side of the fence, and will describe what it was like working side by side with this amazing woman.
To register go to <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JYWiXGriRjOBGKe5OW0rfA> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JYWiXGriRjOBGKe5OW0rfA. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation, we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made for this program.
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 December 16 Third Thursday flyer” in your email subject line.
Tuesday December 21, 2021: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departs from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $30 donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2020 winter solstice occurs on December 21 at 8:59 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (3:59 p.m. GMT). To explore ancient people's recognition of solstices 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. Participants provide their own transportation.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Sunday December 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Winter Solstice tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Mondays January 10-March 28, 2022: Online
“The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 12-session online adult education class taught by archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Monday evening January 10-March 28, 2022. $99 donation ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum [FOPGM]) does not include costs of recommended text or cost of optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in 12 two-hour sessions on Monday evenings, January 10-March 28, 2022, to explore the archaeology of the ancient Mogollon culture of the American Southwest. The class covers the history of Mogollon archaeology, Mogollon origins, the complex subregional Mogollon “branches,” chronology of habitation, subsistence and settlement patterns through time, artifacts, rock art, religious and social organization, depopulation and movement, and descendant peoples. 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 – Mogollon” course. Students seeking AAS Certification are expected to prepare a brief research report to be presented orally or in written or video format. The AAS basic “Archaeology of the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Thursday January 6, 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 [log in to unmask] with “Send Mogollon class flyer” in your email subject line.
Tuesday January 11, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online presentation “The Border Wall and the Tohono O'odham Nation’s Traditions and Spiritual Freedom” by Verlon José (Tohono O'odham), sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free
Tohono O’odham elder Verlon José has written, “When I grew up living near the U.S./Mexico border, the Tohono O’odham elders taught me that our sacred mountains and springs – as well as our most important spiritual ceremonies and pilgrimages – occur on both sides of the international boundary. We traveled to areas not knowing we were in another country, but knowing we were on the land of our ancestors and family. I learned that we have a basic human responsibility to protect the land and the people.” Having been both an elected leader of the Tohono O’odham and a traditional practitioner, he has attempted to explain to the federal government how important the continuity of Tohono O'odham sacred and religious traditions are important not only to his people but also for the health and well-being of the land itself. “We must continue our traditional and religious practices to keep the world in balance,” he says. Mr. José is a Tohono O'odham traditional religious practitioner and a former Vice Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné), Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham), and Anabel Galindo (Pascua Yaqui), is made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities. The series provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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 January 11 Indigenous Interests flyer” in your email subject line.
Thursday February 17, 2022: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free dinnertime program featuring “Understanding Indigenous Mexico through the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec Codices” presentation by ethnohistorian Dr. Michael M. Brescia, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free
Mexican codices are manuscripts made by precontact and early Spanish colonial period Mesoamerican peoples. In this presentation Michael Brescia, PhD, Curator of Ethnohistory at the Arizona State Museum and affiliated Professor of History and Law at the University of Arizona, will discuss what the codices tell us (and don’t tell us) about the political, economic, social, and cultural rhythms of daily life in the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec cultures. After the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521, the codex tradition continued under the auspices of the Spanish missionaries and provided Indigenous peoples with a voice amid the dramatic changes that were taking place all around them.
For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation, we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made for this program.
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 February Third Thursday flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday February 26, 2022: Tucson & Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities" car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina starting in the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River)
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Felipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language, culture, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother, his grandmother's cousin, and several elders from Tucson's original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government's war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1940 there were about 3,000 Yoeme in Arizona, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana, and others near Eloy, Somerton, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite) Village, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre), Pascua, Ili Hu'upa, Wiilo Kampo, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 23, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or [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 [log in to unmask] with “Send Yoeme Communities tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Tuesday March 8, 2022: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online presentation “The Tribal Archaeologist’s Duties With A Focus On Ancestral Territories And Traditional Cultural Places” by Martina Dawley (Hualapai/Diné), sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Free
Martina Dawley (Hualapai/Diné) is the Senior Archaeologist for the Hualapai Tribe’s Department of Cultural Resources.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley and Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham) and made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities, provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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 March 8 Indigenous Interests flyer” in your email subject line.
Wednesdays June 8-August 24, 2022: Online
“Archaeology of the Southwest” 12-session class with archaeologist Allen Dart, online via Zoom, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday evening June 8 through August 24, 2022. $99 donation ($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members), not counting cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.
Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the U.S. Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its twelve evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class is a prerequisite for all other courses offered in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Friday June 3, whichever is earlier. To register of for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 June-August Archaeology class flyer” in your email subject line.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is now taking reservations for this fall’s youth education programs. You can find information about them at the links listed below.
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 pre-Spanish Contact pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for cooking, storage, and other (sometimes surprising) purposes.
Students taking the OPEN3 field trip 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.
For details on OPEN3 field trips visit https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/open3-simulated-excavation-classrooms/.
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 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.
Old Pueblo also offers each of the OPENOUT programs via Zoom.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam peoples lived. For details visit https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/classroom-outreach-ancient-people-arizona/.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient Hohokam lived. For details visit https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/classroom-outreach-lifesyle-hohokam/.
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 pre-Contact 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. For details visit https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/classroom-outreach-archaeologist/.
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 visit https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/site-tours-classrooms/.
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 Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum organization fees.
Payment Options for Donations and Memberships
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
520-798-1201
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center typically sends two emails each month that tell about upcoming activities offered by Old Pueblo and other southwestern U.S. archaeology and history organizations. We also email pdf copies of our Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months.
This communication came to you through a listserve from which Old Pueblo cannot remove your email address. The listserves to which this message was posted and the email addresses to contact for inclusion in or removal from each one include:
Archaeological Society of New Mexico: <[log in to unmask]>
Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams <[log in to unmask]>
Historical Archaeology: <[log in to unmask]>
New Mexico Archaeological Council: David Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
Rock Art-Arizona State University: Gary Hein <[log in to unmask]>
Texas Archeological Society: Robert Lassen <[log in to unmask]>
########################################################################
Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives:
https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH
Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List:
https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1
This email list is powered by LISTSERV:
https://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
########################################################################
|
