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Some Online Resources
Upcoming Activities
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
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SOME ONLINE RESOURCES
Check out some of these online resources about archaeology, history, and cultures that you can indulge in at any time! (Upcoming online offerings scheduled for specific days and times are listed sequentially by date below.)
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* Recent Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (ASM), YouTube Channel videos at <https://www.youtube.com/user/azstatemuseum> https://www.youtube.com/user/azstatemuseum include two of the presentations in ASM’s “Border Barriers: History and Impact” online series: Massive Fortification of the U.S. Border: A Modern History with journalist/writer Todd Miller; and Protecting Tribal Lands and Sacred Places with Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. (Additional presentations in the series are listed below.) You can also watch ASM’s recent videos Arizona State Museum’s Photographic Collections; and The Wall of Pots at the Arizona State Museum.
* The Utah Rock Art Research Association (URARA) recently presented a four-part series of presentations on Utah rock art. The fourth session focused on Utah’s Historic period Ute, Paiute, and Navajo styles, and briefly discussed Shoshone rock art: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tt69WF0qgY> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tt69WF0qgY.
* The American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) website has the schedule for its upcoming lectures as well as links to video recordings of several of its previous one now accessible on ARARA’s YouTube channel including Buffalo Caves, Emergence and Transformation by Larry Loendorf and Laurie White; The Cut Bank Archaeology Project by James Keyser; Chemical Archaeology of Lower Pecos Pictographs by Karen Steelman; and Hurricane Deck Expedition by William Hyder: <https://arara.wildapricot.org/> https://arara.wildapricot.org/.
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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
Listings below that are preceded by CANCELLED, POSTPONED, or RESCHEDULED notes are included because they were listed in Old Pueblo’s previous upcoming-activities emails but have since been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has closed our facilities to the public since mid-March to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and already has cancelled or postponed most of our in-person events since late March. We plan to hold in-person events starting this fall, hoping they can go forward if the pandemic threat is reduced by the time they are scheduled. Until we have better knowledge about how the pandemic is progressing, we are keeping these events scheduled rather than cancelling them in case they can proceed.
We will continue to note in our monthly upcoming-activities emails if we decide to cancel or postpone already-scheduled in-person events, and are prepared to switch as many of our non-tour events as needed to Zoom online events and to offer additional online activities in the future.
For any activity listed below that is marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date due to COVID-19 coronavirus concerns – Readers are advised to confirm details with the event organizers.
Tuesdays October 13 and 20, 2020: Online
“Border Barriers: History and Impact” online presentation series sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, Tucson*
4-5 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time on each date listed below. Free.
This presentation series is offered in conjunction with the exhibit “A History of Walls: The Borders We Build” at the Arizona State Museum. The remaining presentations in the series about the history and impact of border barriers on people and the environment include:
Tuesday October 13: Gil Ribak, historian, University of Arizona, discusses the historical background of building the Israeli security fence and the short and long term effects of it on people and geography of both sides; and Matthew Abraham, cultural critic, University of Arizona, focuses on the International Court of Justice’s 2004 ruling on Israel’s security wall, paying particular attention to Judge Buergenthal’s dissent from the Court’s advisory opinion.
Tuesday October 20: Native Nations reservation borders – Presenters TBD.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Pre-registration required: <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/program/border-barriers-history-and-impact> https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/program/border-barriers-history-and-impact. For more information contact Lisa Falk at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday October 13, 2020: Online
“Drinking Rituals and Politics in Chaco Canyon” free online presentation by archaeologist Dr. Patricia Crown sponsored by San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, Durango, Colorado*
7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free.
Patricia L. Crown is an archaeologist who since 1993 has been on the faculty at the University of New Mexico, where she is the Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. She has conducted field investigations in the Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon, and Hohokam areas of the American Southwest, and has worked in Chaco Canyon since 2005. She is particularly interested in ritual, women’s roles in the past, and how children learned the skills they needed to function as adults. To get at these issues, she studies ceramics. With collaborator Jeffrey Hurst, she identified the first pre-Hispanic cacao (chocolate) north of the Mexican border in ceramics from Chaco Canyon using organic residue analysis. She directed the re-excavation of a room in Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon in 2013, and the results of that study were published this Fall by UNM Press as a volume, The House of the Cylinder Jars: Room 28 at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Limit of 100 connections so sign in early. To join the Zoom Meeting go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85780706701?pwd=NlJxbUx3L09BU1Y0NCs0WTN1T0lmUT09> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85780706701?pwd=NlJxbUx3L09BU1Y0NCs0WTN1T0lmUT09 (Meeting ID: 857 8070 670; Passcode: 578820).
Wednesday October 14, 2020: Online
“Understanding How to Dismantle False Narratives Concerning Native Americans” free online salon with Leah Salgado sponsored by School for Advanced Research (SAR), 660 Garcia St., Santa Fe, New Mexico*
2 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations requested)
Join SAR online for a presentation with Leah Salgado, deputy director of IllumiNative, a nonprofit initiative designed to increase the visibility of—and challenge the negative narrative about—Native nations and peoples in American society. Stay for the live Q&A with Salgado and SAR president Michael F. Brown, as well as associate professor of history and Latino studies and vice provost for diversity and inclusion at Indiana University, Bloomington, John Nieto-Phillips.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://sarweb.org/event/online-salon-understanding-how-to-dismantle-false-narratives-with-leah-salgado/?bblinkid=243963949&bbemailid=24896190&bbejrid=1678134420> https://sarweb.org/event/online-salon-understanding-how-to-dismantle-false-narratives-with-leah-salgado/?bblinkid=243963949&bbemailid=24896190&bbejrid=1678134420.
Wednesday October 14, 2020: Online
“Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: A Conversation with Chip Colwell and Gordon Yellowman” sponsored by the Oklahoma Public Archaeology Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman*
6 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Free.
In an engaged and critical discussion of ethics in the field of archaeology, Dr. Chip Colwell and Chief Gordon Yellowman answer questions about Colwell’s book Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture” (2017, University of Chicago Press) and provide insider perspectives on the complex process of repatriation between museums and Indigenous communities. Colwell is the new editor in chief at Sapiens and Yellowman is a Chief of the Southern Cheyenne Nation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-6rqzksH9Zgjfc6mn7Sa1omTu7GphJ2> https://oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-6rqzksH9Zgjfc6mn7Sa1omTu7GphJ2.
Wednesdays October 14, November 11, & December 2; and Thursday December 3, 2020: Online
"Past, Present, and Future of the Santa Cruz River Heritage Reach" free online Zoom presentations sponsored by the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, 1675 W. Anklam Rd., Tucson*
6 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time on each date listed below. Free.
The Santa Cruz River was the lifeblood of the earliest human settlements in Tucson (O'odham language: Chukshon, ‘Black Base’) but today has been down-cut, drained, channelized, cemented, and ignored. Yet, innovative thinking and actions are working to reverse this trend and revitalize the Santa Cruz River where it once flowed perennially at the base of Tumamoc Hill, reinvigorating a lush ecosystem, the local watershed, and sense of place. This multi-part lecture series explores how the river has coursed through the history of people in the Tucson region and how it can continue to do so into the future.
SCHEDULE: Presentations began on September 23. The following ones are still coming up:
October 14: “Past Informing the Present” by Bob Webb (University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and UArizona Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Physics) – The past 100 years have brought remarkable change to the Santa Cruz River. From a perennial reach with a magnificent riparian gallery forest and broad mesquite bosques to a down-cut, cemented channel that has been an afterthought of planning and development for decades. What happened that led to these changes? Taking a long-term look at the Santa Cruz using a number of tools and data sets, Dr. Bob Webb will put these changes into perspective and help assess where the river is today and how it got there. To register go to <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nIkXV_XGRDKhKhA2-xFpGw> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nIkXV_XGRDKhKhA2-xFpGw.
November 11: “Art of the Santa Cruz” with artists Kimi Eisele, Kathleen Velo, and Dennis Caldwell – As the life blood of Tucson, the Santa Cruz River courses through our sense of place. These three artists have captured that vibrancy in distinct ways, each addressing themes of change, restoration, resiliency, and possibility. What can art teach and tell us about the river and what is possible? We will learn answers to these questions and more by hearing each artist’s approach and then sharing perspectives and insights through a roundtable discussion. To register go to <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3dV2BoUiQN2diOksBU_Qgw> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3dV2BoUiQN2diOksBU_Qgw.
December 2 and 3 (see below): “Science and Management: Today and To Tomorrow” – We are at a critical point in time in the future of the Santa Cruz, especially in downtown Tucson. An awareness is growing that growth, development, and management that is based on a healthy river can create a bright future for our city. But what is possible? Can we create a perennially flowing river through downtown Tucson again? If so, do city, county, state, and federal regulations allow it? What is the path of the possible? In these two final lectures we learn from the leaders in the Tucson community asking these questions and finding the answers. First we will learn more about the recent Santa Cruz River Heritage Project of Tucson Water and then take that inspiration and model as we look to the future and what is possible in reconnecting to our roots and making the Santa Cruz a healthy vibrant ecosystem at the core of Tucson once again.
December 2: “Science and Management: To Today” with Michael Bogan (UArizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment), Maya Teyechea (Tucson Water); and Dick Thompson (Tucson Water). To register go to <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HN0om1oDRd6EnXkuvgnrqA> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HN0om1oDRd6EnXkuvgnrqA.
December 3: “Science and Management: To Tomorrow” with Austin Nuñez (Chairman, San Xavier District, Tohono O'odham Nation), Claire Zugmeyer (Sonoran Institute), and Evan Canfield (UArizona Water Resources Research Center) To register go to <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sxk021zFR7KDLH5XcvxIiA> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sxk021zFR7KDLH5XcvxIiA.
* These are not Old Pueblo Archaeology Center events. Registration is required for each lecture, see links above. For more information contact the Desert Laboratory at 520-621-6945 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 15, 2020: Online
Fifth webinar in “A Sense of Place: Indigenous Perspectives of Earth and Sky" series featuring Pwo Navigator Chad Kālepa Baybayan, sponsored by the Indigenous Education Institute (IEI)*
12-1:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Free.
Born and raised on Maui, Chad Kālepa Baybayan first sailed on Hōkūleʻa in 1975, a traditionally designed reconstruction of a double-hulled deep-sea oceanic voyaging canoe. He has since sailed on major voyages throughout the Pacific and in 2014 participated as captain and navigator on the Mālama Honua Worldwide voyage, a 47,000 nautical mile journey around the world that visited 26 countries and stopped at 85 ports. He currently serves as the Navigator in Residence at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i developing wayfinding activities, curriculum materials, and conducting outreach. In 2007, his teacher, Master Navigator Mau Piailug, on the tiny Micronesian atoll of Satawal, initiated Kālepa into the order of Pwo, a three thousand year old society of deep-sea navigators.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Only 1,000 spaces available. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516004011752/WN_A1VpkXMETyCp5OaAWb4J1A> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516004011752/WN_A1VpkXMETyCp5OaAWb4J1A.
Thursday October 15, 2020: Online
“Studying Casas Grandes Ceramics from the Midwest to Chihuahua, Mexico” free online presentation by archaeologist Samantha Bomkamp, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Samantha Bonkamp will discuss her master's thesis research on Casas Grandes ceramics and its relation to a trip she took with Crow Canyon in November 2019 to Chihuahua, Mexico to see several Casas Grandes archaeological sites.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Studying-Casas-Grandes-Ceramics-from-the-Midwest-to-Chihuahua-Mexico-with-Samantha-Bomkamp> https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Studying-Casas-Grandes-Ceramics-from-the-Midwest-to-Chihuahua-Mexico-with-Samantha-Bomkamp.
Thursday October 15, 2020: Online
“Legacy of The Green Book” Smithsonian Virtual Scholar Talk online via Zoom, with Candacy Taylor and Marquette Folley, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC*
7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Free.
In 1936, Victor Hugo Green, a Harlem postman, began publishing a guide for African-American travelers modeled after a similar publication for Jewish travelers. The Green Book, as it was known, was an instant success providing black travelers of the era with information on hotels, restaurants, service stations, and other facilities where they would be welcomed. In this program, we’ll explore the legacy of the Green Book, its impact on communities, businesses, and families, and its relevance today. Historian and Green Book expert Candacy Taylor will be interviewed by Marquette Folley, project director of the upcoming exhibition, "The Negro Motorist Green Book."
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Registration opening soon. Please check back. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga (Arizona State Museum) at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 15, 2020: Online
"Third Thursday Food for Thought" free Zoom online presentation: “Revisiting Santa Cruz de Terrenate Presidio” by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
In 1775-1776, the government of New Spain created a series of frontier presidios along its northern frontier. Three of these are in Arizona. Archaeologist Deni Seymour, Ph.D. conducted a multiyear field research program at what remains of Santa Cruz de Terrenate, located along the San Pedro River near Sierra Vista. This is the best preserved of all the Spanish period presidios in the American Southwest. Join Dr. Seymour for a discussion of the history of this adobe fortress, information about recent archaeological and ethnohistoric investigations, and revisions to interpretations of work carried out by archaeologist Charles Di Peso almost 70 years ago. New findings include 240-year-old footprints, information relevant to the location of the Sobaípuri sites of Quíburi and Santa Cruz, and insights into hygiene, population, and status.
To register for the Zoom meeting go to <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UPwKPkMyRQ-_woMJKk5rgw> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UPwKPkMyRQ-_woMJKk5rgw. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST: Saturday October 17, 2020: Whetstone, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s "Santa Cruz de Terrenate and Pitaitutgam Archaeological Sites” tour with archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour starting at the Chevron station at AZ-90/AZ-82 intersection in Whetstone, Arizona
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $50 donation ($40 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.
Santa Cruz de Terrenate is the best-preserved example of three presidios (forts) established by the eighteenth-century Spanish colonial government in what is now southern Arizona, to provide military protection to the missions, settlers, and Christianized Native Americans of New Spain. The presidio housed soldiers, civilians, Ópata scouts, O’odham laborers, and domestic servants of a variety of origins from December 1775 until it was abandoned in March 1780. Pitaitutgam is the site of a large Sobaípuri O'odham village that was occupied off and on for centuries. The first-ever Sobaípuri archaeological site identified and excavated (during the 1950s), it was the place Father Kino called Santa Cruz del Pitaitutgam. Our tour guide Dr. Deni Seymour recently carried out new excavations at both of these sites, clarifying new ideas about the Sobaípuri O'odham, their village layouts, length of occupation in the San Pedro Valley, and many other issues of current interest. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice social distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
To be added to waiting list contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Also see the October 15 "Third Thursday Food for Thought" announcement above. 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 Terrenate tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday October 17, 2020: Tucson and online
“Mayhem and Murder: Crime in Territorial Tucson” Salon and Saloon Lecture with archaeologist Homer Thiel on the Territorial Patio at the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson**
2 p.m. $5/person at the door or online.
Homer Thiel, Presidio Museum board member and archaeologist, will explain how western movies and TV shows portrayed the Old West as a place where breaking the law was common and guns were often used to settle arguments. How true was this in Territorial-era Tucson? This talk will look at the types of criminal activities that took place and tell a few tales about interesting crimes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Attendees may come in person and pay their fee when they arrive, or pre-register to receive a zoom link for $5 to watch the lecture remotely.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register for the online version go to <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com. For more information contact April Bourie at 520-444-3687 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays October 19, 21, 23, 26, and 28, 2020: Online
“(Nobody Expects) The Spanish Inquisition, Old & New World Varieties” five-session Zoom online Master Class taught by ethnohistorian Dr. Michael M. Brescia sponsored by the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (ASM)*
9:30 a.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. $100 ASM members, $150 nonmembers.
Even a cursory glance at modern popular culture reveals the degree to which the Spanish Inquisition continues to shape our historical imaginations. As we laugh at the antics of Monty Python or Mel Brooks, we see the same images: men in red robes preparing the instruments of torture and fanning the flames of the pyre. This new ASM Master Class subjects the Inquisition, as both a European and New World institution, to rigorous examination, exploring laws, procedures, and practices that fashioned it into a religious, political, and cultural instrument of power wielded by the Church but often in support of the Spanish government.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/asm-master-class-spanish-inquisition> https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/asm-master-class-spanish-inquisition.
Mondays-Saturdays October 19-24 and October 26-31: Lassen County, CA
“Williams Ranch Barn” HistoriCorps and Bureau of Land Management volunteer-assisted stabilization and conservation project in Lassen County, California*
5 p.m. Monday-noon Saturday. No fees.
During the late 1800s, Williams Ranch in Lassen County was wonderfully successful, and operations there earned the nearby town of Madeline the title of “sheep shipping capital of the world.” The other major industry that gave Madeline this title was the establishment of the Nevada-California-Oregon (NC&O) Railway, which transported livestock from Williams Ranch and other operations to far-away markets. Today, the only buildings that remain standing are the ranch barn, corral, and loading chute. The barn is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places but the ranch is at risk of being considered a liability due to the structural deterioration of its historic buildings. By stabilizing and preserving them, HistoriCorps volunteers can help turn them from liabilities into assets and reinvigorate interest in places previously thought to be “lost to time!”
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. All meals, tools, training, equipment, and campsite or shared indoor lodging provided except dinner on the first night. Volunteers are responsible for bringing their own gear including 6+ reusable cloth face masks, gloves, sturdy work clothes and boots, and appropriate sleeping equipment. For more information visit <https://historicorps.org/williams-ranch-barn-ca-2020/> https://historicorps.org/williams-ranch-barn-ca-2020/ or contact HistoriCorps at 720-287-0100 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday October 19, 2020: Online
“Technologies of Capturing Color: Paint Practice and its Analysis in the U.S. Southwest” free online Zoom presentation by archaeologist Kelsey Hanson sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
The American Southwest is brilliantly colored. However, naturally occurring colors are not easily imparted into the material world. The ability to capture color from the natural world through paint requires deep cultural knowledge of geologic sources, processing requirements, and application techniques that remain severely understudied. The production of paint is a sequence of combining colorants and binders—the recipes for which are remarkably diverse. In this lecture, archaeologist Kelsey Hanson will contextualize paint practice as a technology for which the diversity of paint recipes and processing techniques can be investigated. She will then discuss the initial stages of a multiyear project to analyze the diversity of paint recipes manifest in prepared paint cakes in the Arizona State Museum’s collections and implications for studies of craft specialization and identity in multimedia paint practices in the U.S. Southwest.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No reservations needed. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Erica LeClaire at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 22, 2020: Online
" Arizona Water Use and Farming Cultures, Prehistory to the Present " free Zoom online presentation by historian Jim Turner sponsored by the Cosanti Foundation, 6433 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd., Paradise Valley, AZ*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Jim Turner has been an Arizona historian since 1976 and he retired from the Arizona Historical Society in 2009 to write Arizona: A Celebration of the Grand Canyon State. His presentation for Cosanti covers humankind’s water use and food supply interactions with Arizona’s ecology from Clovis culture hunter-gatherers to proto-farmers to Hohokam irrigation canals, Hopi and Tohono O’odham dry farming, and present-day American farmers.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To join the program go to <https://cosanti.com/pages/speakers> https://cosanti.com/pages/speakers. For more information contact Norm Pratt at 928-632-6234 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday October 23, 2020: Online
“AAC Fall Conference Lightning Talks” sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological Council, PO Box 27566, Tempe, Arizona.*
The AAC board sponsors this virtual Zoom 2-hour conference and post-conference happy hour. The conference will include a series of 5-minute “lightning talks” that may include brief slideshows regarding current Arizona archaeology as well as general presentations up to 20 minutes each.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the AAC at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 24, 2020: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson
9 a.m. to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously)
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how pre-Contact Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Limited to six registrants. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice social distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Thursday October 22, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Thursday October 29, 2020: Online
“Haakú, Híya’stíni, ee Síu’namasti: Pueblo of Acoma Concepts of Resilience and Promise” free presentation by Pueblo of Acoma Governor Brian Vallo, as part of Past Forward online National Preservation Conference sponsored by National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC*
12-12:50 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Free.
As governor of one of the earliest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, Governor Brian Vallo is uniquely positioned to speak to the pressing issues facing our nation and the preservation movement today. During his talk, he will examine how indigenous knowledge systems and prophecy could help us achieve balance between humanity and our natural environment. He will also share how our collective resilience can become the beacon of hope and vision during this time of public health crisis and recovery.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. This presentation and others in the conference are free but registration is required. For more information visit <https://savingplaces.org/pastforward-schedule#.X2PD94t7l1s> https://savingplaces.org/pastforward-schedule#.X2PD94t7l1s.
Thursday October 29, 2020: Online
“The Value and Importance of Water in the Desert: The History of Agua Caliente Spring” free Zoom online presentation by historian Robin Pinto sponsored by the Cosanti Foundation, 6433 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd., Paradise Valley, AZ*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Robin Pinto studies the evolution of cultural landscapes in Arizona and focuses on four issues of historic change: early settlement and homesteading, New Deal federal work programs, ranching on public lands, and development of our national parks. Over the last 150 years, owners, both private and public, have struggled to protect, and at the same time, to share the Agua Caliente Spring and its surrounding landscape in southern Arizona. The challenge of balancing different, and sometimes conflicting, values is instructive for us today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To join the program go to <https://cosanti.com/pages/speakers> https://cosanti.com/pages/speakers. For more information contact Norm Pratt at 928-632-6234 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 31, 2020: Tucson
“Tales of the Dead Walking Tour” with archaeologist Homer Thiel starting at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
Tour 1, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tour 2, 1-3:30 p.m. $20 (Presidio members $15)
Archaeologist Homer Thiel leads this walk through the Court Street Cemetery, where about 8,000 people were buried between 1875 and 1909. When it was closed, about half were reinterred but about half were left in place. The tour will lead you through the cemetery, show you where bodies have been found, and reveal the history of this forgotten place.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info?id=185&reset=1> https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info?id=185&reset=1.
Thursday November 5, 2020: Online
"The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest" free Zoom online presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by the Cosanti Foundation, 6433 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd., Paradise Valley, AZ*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
Before 1500 CE, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona's long growing season and tackled its 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 irrigation was established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social complexity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To join the program go to <https://cosanti.com/pages/speakers> https://cosanti.com/pages/speakers. For more information contact Norm Pratt at 928-632-6234 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
CANCELLED Fridays November 6-December 11, 2020: Tucson
“ASM Master Class: Culture and Identity” with Dr. Suzanne L. Eckert sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM) in Tucson*
* 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]
Friday November 6, 2020: Online
“Before there Was a Canoa” online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart via Zoom for University of Arizona’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) program*
3-4:30 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Open to OLLI Greater Tucson (NW and SE Tucson Only) and Green Valley (GTGV) members only; membership fee of $140 for just Sept.-Dec. classes or $180 for full year July-June allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.
Historically the Santa Cruz River valley’s Canoa vicinity south of Green Valley was inhabited by O’odham Indians who trace their ancestry to pre-Spanish times. From an early era the area’s constant source of water made it an oasis for farming and ranching, and an important stop for travelers in the dry Sonoran Desert. This class will look at archaeological evidence of the pre-Spanish Canoa residents who were affiliated with the Hohokam culture to the north and with Middle Santa Cruz Valley people who lived farther south. The Sobaípuri, Akimel, and Tohono O'odham, Apache, Jocome, Manso, and other American Indians who were present when the first Spanish explorers visited the area in the 1690s will be discussed, along with 1691-1821 Spanish explorations and colonialism, the Yaqui Indians who arrived with the Spanish, the 1821-1854 Mexican governmental period and its establishment of the San Ignacio de la Canoa Land Grant, and the post-1845 American period.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To join Green Valley OLLI visit <http://olli.arizona.edu/> http://olli.arizona.edu/ to download a registration and payment form or to pay and register online. For more information about OLLI call 520-626-9039.
Tuesday November 10, 2020: Online Event
“Archaeology Café Online: The Flow of Water and Time: Irrigation Longevity and Social Change among the Lower Salt River Hohokam” free lecture by Christopher Caseldine presented by Archaeology Southwest through Zoom.
6-7 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The 14th season of Archaeology Café celebrates and shares Archaeology Southwest’s current Preservation Archaeology projects with you. Join them on November 10 as Chris Caseldine shares findings and insights from his recent dissertation research on these ancient irrigation systems.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/the-flow-of-water-and-time-irrigation-longevity-and-social-change-among-the-lower-salt-river-hohokam/> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/the-flow-of-water-and-time-irrigation-longevity-and-social-change-among-the-lower-salt-river-hohokam/. For more information contact Kate Fitzpatrick at 520-882-6946 x26 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
5 weekdays & a Saturday November 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20, 2020: Online
“The Archaeology of the Point of Pines Region” six -session Zoom online Master Class taught by ASM Director Dr. Patrick D. Lyons sponsored by the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (ASM)*
9:30-10:40 a.m. (or later for Q & A) Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. $120 ASM members, $170 nonmembers.
The Point of Pines region on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, east-central Arizona, looms large in syntheses of the archaeology of the US Southwest. It was investigated by Dr. Emil W. Haury, ASM's second Director (1938-1964), who oversaw an archaeological field school based there from 1946 to 1965, following a survey of the area in 1945. At Point of Pines, Haury and his students refined the newly defined Mogollon archaeological culture. They also found robust and compelling evidence of an ancient influx of immigrants from the Kayenta region of far-northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah. Since 2012 Dr. Lyons and his ASM team have been studying the archaeological collections and associated records from Point of Pines Pueblo to shed new light on the immigrant occupation. In this Master Class Dr. Lyons will tell the story of the Point of Pines field school, placing the results of Haury and his students' work, more than 60 years ago, in the context of what archaeologists know today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is limited. Participation is by invitation only. To express your interest, email Darlene Lizarraga at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday November 16, 2020: Online
“Using the Past as a Bridge to the Future” free Zoom online presentation by Dr. Jeffrey H. Altschul sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson*
7-8:30 p.m. Free
There is a rising call for science to confront head-on problems facing society. Discussing the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcia McNutt (2020), President of the National Academy of Sciences, stated simply “Society is depending on science to deliver us from this health, social, and economic crisis.” She went on to argue that science needs to be actionable – to provide results to policy makers in a timely and understandable manner – and strategic – focused not just on the immediate crisis but the long term. Many sciences have answered this call through interdisciplinary, collaborative synthetic research. What about archaeology? Are we satisfied keeping our focus on explaining the past, or do we have something to contribute to contemporary debates on climate change, migration, social inequality, disease, food security, and other topics? In this lecture, Dr. Jeffrey Altschul –President of the SRI Foundation, Co-President of the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis, former President of the Society for American Archaeology and of the Register of Professional Archaeologists, and proud former AAHS board member – will describe the new Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) initiative—that leverages the immense amount of archaeological data now available with the diversity of experience and expertise embodied within the archaeological community. CfAS strives to examine aspects of contemporary issues that are the result of long-term social dynamics that go undetected or under-analyzed by studies based on contemporary observations or data of shallow time depth.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No reservations needed. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Erica LeClaire at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
CHANGED TO ONLINE PRESENTATION Thursday November 19, 2020: Online
"Third Thursday Food for Thought" free Zoom online presentation: “People and Politics behind the Construction of the Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon” by archaeologist Bill Gillespie, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson
7 to 8:30 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
In October 1948 the Tucson Chamber of Commerce sponsored a ceremony to dedicate the nearly complete Hitchcock Highway, named to commemorate Frank H. Hitchcock, the man whose astute lobbying efforts made the construction of the new highway a reality. After 15 years of intensive work by men from Federal Prison Camp No. 10, the 25-mile long highway was nearly completed. As many years as the project took, spanning much of the Great Depression and World War II, it was preceded by decades of earlier, unsuccessful efforts to build a road to connect Tucson with the cool high elevations of Mount Lemmon. At various times citizen groups, county supervisors, the U.S. Forest Service, and federal and state highway agencies strove to find ways to get the road built before 1933 when Hitchcock succeeded in negotiating a successful solution. Guest speaker Bill Gillespie did archaeological fieldwork at Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and in Jordan before moving to southern Arizona in the mid-1980s to work as an archaeologist for the Coronado National Forest for 25 years.
To register for the program go to <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bSfb3okVQRe8T6-zgx2s9A> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bSfb3okVQRe8T6-zgx2s9A.
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Saturday November 21, 2020: Catalina Highway, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s "Catalina Highway Prison Camp at the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Area Tour" with archaeologist Bill Gillespie meets at Safeway store parking lot, 9125 E. Tanque Verde Rd. (at Catalina Highway intersection), Tucson
9 a.m.-1 p.m. This is a fundraising tour – Each registrant is asked to make a donation to help cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and support its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
One of the unique archaeological sites in the Santa Catalina Mountains is the location of a federal prison camp occupied in the mid-20th century. The facility was established for one specific purpose: to provide labor for the construction of the Catalina or Hitchcock Highway connecting Tucson to Mount Lemmon. Although the project started in 1933, it wasn’t until 1939, when road construction had reached the 7-mile mark, that prisoners were moved from their temporary camp at the base of the mountain to the permanent camp adjacent to Soldier Creek and the highway. The use of the appealing location by the Hohokam at a much earlier time is marked by petroglyphs, grinding features and artifacts. In 1999, the U.S. Forest Service named the site the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Area in honor of the Japanese-American civil rights leader who had been imprisoned there during World War II. Participants provide their own transportation and water, and may bring their own lunches to picnic at the camp after the tour. Our guide Bill Gillespie did archaeological fieldwork at Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and in Jordan before moving to southern Arizona in the mid-1980s to work as an archaeologist for the Coronado National Forest for 25 years. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice social distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 18, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Tuesday December 1, 2020: Online Event
“Archaeology Café Online: Beloved Things: Micaceous Bean Pots and Connections to the Hispanic New Mexican Homeland” free lecture by Shannon Cowell and Kelly Jenks presented by Archaeology Southwest through Zoom.
6-7 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
The 14th season of Archaeology Café celebrates and shares Archaeology Southwest’s current Preservation Archaeology projects with you. In times of stress, we seek comfort and reaffirm identity through heirloom tools and methods. Join Archaeology Southwest on December 1 as Shannon Cowell and Kelly Jenks present a case study on Hispanic women and heirloom bean pots.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/beloved-things-micaceous-bean-pots-and-connections-to-the-hispanic-new-mexican-homeland/> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/beloved-things-micaceous-bean-pots-and-connections-to-the-hispanic-new-mexican-homeland/. For more information contact Kate Fitzpatrick at 520-882-6946 x26 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
5 p.m. Wednesday December 2, 2020, is the deadline to purchase tickets from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle” of a 2020 Ford F-150 Platinum pickup truck, 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!
On December 11th Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2020 Ford F-150 Platinum Pickup Truck 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 2020 pickup – 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”! Tickets for the 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. The drawing will be held on December 11.
Raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle your contribution and tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old Pueblo by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 2nd so we can turn the tickets in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December 4th. 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 by check payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and mailed to PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717; 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, or Discover card payment authorization. Once payment is received for your tickets, Old Pueblo will enter them into the drawing and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution. 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.
Deadline for ticket purchases from Old Pueblo is 5 p.m. Wednesday December 2nd. For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit <http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
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Thursday December 10, 2020: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday (on the Second Thursday) Food for Thought" dinner featuring "Paint It Here, but Never There: Landscapes of Reverent Avoidance in the Chiricahua Mountains” free presentation by archaeologist Kelsey E. Hanson in the Dining Hall and Petroglyph Auditorium of the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center, 7101 W. Picture Rocks Road, Tucson
Dinner starts at 6 p.m., presentation around 7-8:30 p.m.; dinner is $16 per person, presentation is free
Southeastern Arizona is located on the fringes of several named cultural traditions – the Hohokam, Mogollon, and Casas Grandes, and then was later occupied by the Apache. This borderlands region has received only sporadic scholarly attention. In 2018, Kelsey E. Hanson and Jonathan Patt conducted a systematic survey of caves in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains, at the heart of this cultural overlap. Their survey produced data on several new pictograph sites, representing at least three different named pictograph traditions. Interestingly, their spatial distributions demonstrate that different pictograph traditions rarely overlap in space but seem to occupy starkly different physiographic settings. In this talk, archaeologist Kelsey Hanson will illustrate these spatial patterns and propose an interpretation she tentatively refers to as reverent avoidance of those who have come before. The results of her study have important implications for understanding identity and territoriality through time and space in this borderlands region. This month only, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s usual "Third Thursday Food for Thought" dinner program will be held on the Second Thursday of the month – December 10 – due to a schedule conflict on the Third Thursday (December 17).
Reservations must be requested AND CONFIRMED before 5 p.m. Tuesday December 8; dinner payments are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. December 8, whichever is earlier: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room. 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.
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Saturday December 12, 2020: Guadalupe, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Journey to the Fiesta of Guadalupe in the Town of Guadalupe, Arizona” guided by Felipe S. Molina, meeting at Burger King Restaurant in Groves Power Center, 1220 W. Elliot Rd., Tempe, Arizona, just east of I-10 Exit 157
(A Tucson caravan will depart for Tempe at 9:30 a.m. from the Sam’s Furniture Outlet parking lot at 2020 W. Prince Rd., just east of I-10 Exit 254.) 11 a.m. starting at the Tempe Burger King till 4 p.m. or later depending on how late participants with vehicles wish to stay. $50 donation ($40 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; donation does not include meals or lodging.
The Fiesta of Guadalupe, celebrated by members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona (and a national holiday in Mexico), is always on December 12th. It marks an appearance of the Virgin Mary to a young indigenous man in Mexico on December 12, 1531. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this special outing with Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina to attend the Town of Guadalupe’s December 12 fiesta honoring its namesake. Participants in this Old Pueblo event may either ride in a car caravan from Tucson to the Town of Guadalupe, or to meet at a Burger King in Tempe just south of Guadalupe. At the Burger King, Felipe will give an orientation before we all drive in a caravan to a parking area in the Town, then walk to see the fiesta procession enter Guadalupe plaza. Following the procession we will split our group into two or more subgroups that will each watch the activities from different vantage points, then in the afternoon our group will reassemble to compare what everyone has seen from the various observation points, and Felipe will provide further interpretation of some of the things going on at the fiesta. People can either bring their lunches or buy food from vendors in the plaza. The tour officially ends after the regrouping and interpretation discussion but participants may choose to stay and watch the evening festivities or to go home (not necessarily in a caravan) after the group discussion. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice social distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 9, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Monday December 21, 2020: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour of 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 3:02 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (10:02 a.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 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 650 and 1450 CE. Participants provide their own transportation. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice social distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Saturday December 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Old Pueblo’s in-person OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program, classroom outreach presentations, and archaeological site tours for children are on hiatus at least until Pima County, Arizona, meets the U.S. Centers for Disease Control guidelines for reopening schools with "minimal community spread” of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic as indicated at these websites:
https://www.azed.gov/communications/2020/03/10/guidance-to-schools-on-covid-19/
https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169 <https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=568644> &pageId=568644
Meanwhile, we are developing online versions of all of our children’s education programs. As these online programs become available, we will announce their availability in Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s semimonthly email announcements about upcoming activities offered by Old Pueblo and other organizations. (If you know someone who might like to be added to Old Pueblo's emailing list, please feel free to let them know they can subscribe to it directly by going to <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page, scrolling down to the Subscribe section, and entering their email addresses and names at the prompts there.)
For descriptions and pricing of our children’s education programs please visit our www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/ <http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/> web page.
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and traditional cultures.
Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code, so donations and membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts specified by law.
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For payment by mail please make check or money order payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or simply OPAC, and include a printed explanation of what your payment is for. If it’s for or includes a membership fee, you can print the Enrollment/Subscription form from Old Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc <https://www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc> web page and complete the appropriate information on that form. Mail payment and information sheet to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717. (Mail sent to Old Pueblo’s street address gets returned to senders because there is no mailbox at our street address.)
To start or renew an Old Pueblo membership online you can visit our www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/> web page, scroll down to the bottom of that page, and follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
To make a donation using PayPal, please go to the www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org> home page, scroll down to the “Donate” section, click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and follow the prompts.
To make a credit card or debit card payment without going online you can call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201, tell the person who answers you’d like to make a credit card donation or payment, and provide your card authorization. We advise that you do not provide credit card or debit card numbers to us in an email. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover card payments.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s upcoming-activities announcements!
Warmest regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
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