For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities (Check out
the June 27-28 “Homolovi State Park, Rock Art Ranch, and the Multi-Kiva Site
Cultural Heritage Tour”!)
(2) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
(3) Our Mission and Support
(4) Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Note that some activities listed here are sponsored by organizations other
than Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, and that some have deadlines for
preregistration.
* One asterisk indicates that this is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center-sponsored program and that another organization must be contacted to
register or to obtain more information.
** Two asterisks indicates that the activity is sponsored by the Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) but that Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
members can attend at the PGMA‘s member-discount rates.
**** Four asterisks is a prompt for more information or to indicate that Old
Pueblo is missing some information.
LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday October 31, 2015
Deadline to purchase tickets for the “Raffle of a 2015 Ford
Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition” by Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to
benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other Tucson charities and for the
"Old Pueblo - Young People" fundraising raffle, both to be held on November
13. See announcements for both events below.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015: Phoenix
“Arizona Historic and Prehistoric Past of the Southwest” free
presentation by Lori Hines at Pueblo Grande Museum Community Room, 4619 E.
Washington St., Phoenix*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Lori Hines is the author of paranormal mystery novels The
Ancient Ones, Caves of the Watchers, and Whispers among the Ruins, and the
host of "Under the Surface," a radio program focused on Native American
history and culture as well as the metaphysical. She will begin this
presentation with a focus on the ghost town of Old Vulture City, the mining
town near Wickenburg that started the growth of Phoenix and Arizona, and a
major setting in her first two novels. She will talk about how she became
interested in Native American history, culture and archaeology, and provide
an overview of the prehistoric cultures that inhabited Arizona and the Four
Corners, including the Hohokam, Patayan, Sinagua, Ancestral Pueblo, and
Mogollon. Sites discussed will include the Aztec and Salmon Ruins in New
Mexico, Hovenweep National Monument on the border of Utah and Colorado, and
Casa Malpais near Springerville, Arizona. Lori also will talk about
Mimbres/Mogollon mythology, Hopi stories pertaining to Masau'u and the Ant
People, skull deformation among southwestern cultures, and a theory of
ancient star cities (such as Sunset Crater/Wupatki, Canyon De Chelly and
Walnut) that supposedly are mapped to the constellation Orion.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 13, 2015: San Xavier, AZ
“San Xavier Coop Farm Tour” with Bob Sotomayor on the San Xavier
Indian Reservation south of Tucson, departing from Best Western Inn/19th
Hole Bar and Grill, 111 S. La Canada Dr., Green Valley, Arizona (SE cornerof
La Canada and Esperanza; please park in rear of the building)*
9:30 a.m-12:30+ p.m. $25 per person includes tour guide,
transportation, snacks and water
The San Xavier Cooperative (Coop) Farm is located in the shadow
of the 18th century San Xavier Mission. The Coop produces both traditional
Tohono O’odham and nontraditional crops.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservations call 520-289-3940 or book online at www.visitcanoa.com
<http://www.visitcanoa.com/> .
Monday May 18, 2015: Tucson
“The Ritual Practice of Hohokam Rock Art in the Phoenix Basin”
free presentation by Aaron Wright at Arizona Archaeological and Historical
Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N.
Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Dr. Wright will discuss his study of more than 7,000 petroglyphs
in the Phoenix area’s South Mountains, from which he has concluded that
changes in petroglyph and decorated pottery motifs are roughly congruent;
most if not all of the South Mountains petroglyphs date to the A.D. 450-1050
Hohokam Preclassic era; the petroglyphs occur in at least seven different
landscape settings, each involving different degrees of ritualization; and a
decline in ritual behavior associated with the petroglyphs at the beginning
of the Classic period coincided with the rise of platform mound
ceremonialism.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Monday May 18-Friday June 5, 2015: Tucson & New Mexico
“Field Camp in Dendroarchaeology” intersession course
(Geos/Anth/WS 497J/597J Dendroarchaeology) offered by the Laboratory of
Tree-Ring Research in Bannister 110, University of Arizona, Tucson*
9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; $1,300 for 3 credits, includes all fees
(fee subject to change); noncredit option available; registration requires
instructor’s consent
The Laboratory of Tree-ring Research at the University of
Arizona is pleased to offer its 13th presession course devoted entirely to
the collection, analysis, and interpretation of archaeological tree-rings.
Participants (undergrads, grads, professionals) will learn the most accurate
and precise dating method used by archaeologists via lectures, laboratory
exercises, and fieldwork. The centerpiece of this intensive 3-week course is
a field trip to various archaeological sites in western New Mexico area led
by Dr. Ronald H. Towner and Dr. Jeffrey S. Dean. The first week in Tucson
provides participants with a basic background in dendroarchaeology. The
required field trip constitutes most of the second week. During the third
week back in Tucson, participants will prepare, cross-date, and interpret
the dendroarchaeological samples collected during the field trip.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Ron Towner at [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 27, 2015
“Cultural Center & Museum and Desert Rain Café & Gallery Tour”
departing from Best Western Inn/19th Hole Bar and Grill, 111 S. La Canada
Dr., Green Valley, Arizona (SE cornerof La Canada and Esperanza; please park
in rear of the building)*
9:30 a.m-2:30 p.m. $45 per person includes tour guide,
transportation, snacks, and water
This tour, to be led by Bernard Siquieros and/or Terrol Dew
Johnson, will visit the Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum,
which has spectacular views of the sacred Baboquivari Peak and features
exhibits about the past and present of the Tohono O’odham community; Desert
Rain Café and Gallery, featuring traditional Tohono O’odham foods such as
cholla buds, tepary beans, and saguaro fruit syrup, with a chance to taste
the foods that have sustained the Tohono O’odham for countless generations;
and Desert Rain Gallery, which showcases traditional and contemporary Tohono
O’odham art including baskets, paintings, and jewelry.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For
reservations call 520-289-3940 or book online at www.visitcanoa.com
<http://www.visitcanoa.com/> .
Monday-Friday June 1-5, 2015: Phoenix
Center for Archaeology and Society's “Archaeology and Desert
Ecology Summer Camp” at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve (DVPP), 3711 W. Deer
Valley Rd., Phoenix*
8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. daily; $140 DVPP members; $180 nonmembers
The Center for Archaeology and Society and The Julie Ann Wrigley
Global Institute of Sustainability present a summer camp for children ages
8-12 at the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve; a 47-acre archaeological site
and desert nature preserve. Topics include archaeology and anthropology,
desert ecology, and environmental sustainability in the desert. Includes
hands-on educational activities, archaeological fieldwork and
demonstrations, art and science projects, nature hikes, and cultural
experiences. Each session limited to 20 students. Limited scholarships are
available.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Registration required by May 27. Register online at
<http://asu.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6aa88fded04e28c1ea2895ca0&id=d
9598f837a&e=c58228f88e> shesc.asu.edu/dvpp. For more information contact
Libby Gerold at 623-582-8007 or [log in to unmask]
Monday June 15, 2015: Tucson
“Cochise Culture Re-revisited: 2014–2015 Excavations at
Desperation Ranch” free presentation by Jesse A. M. Ballenger, Jonathan
Mabry, and others at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting,
Banner University Medical Center Room 5403 (not in usual DuVal Auditorium
venue), 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Monday-Friday June 15-19, 2015: Phoenix
Center for Archaeology and Society's “Archaeology and Desert
Ecology Summer Camp” at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve (DVPP), 3711 W. Deer
Valley Rd., Phoenix*
8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. daily; $140 DVPP members; $180 nonmembers
The Center for Archaeology and Society and The Julie Ann Wrigley
Global Institute of Sustainability present a summer camp for children ages
8-12 at the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve; a 47-acre archaeological site
and desert nature preserve. Topics include archaeology and anthropology,
desert ecology, and environmental sustainability in the desert. Includes
hands-on educational activities, archaeological fieldwork and
demonstrations, art and science projects, nature hikes, and cultural
experiences. Each session limited to 20 students. Limited scholarships are
available.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Registration required by June 10. Register online at
<http://asu.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6aa88fded04e28c1ea2895ca0&id=d
9598f837a&e=c58228f88e> shesc.asu.edu/dvpp. For more information contact
Libby Gerold at 623-582-8007 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 19, 2015: Tucson
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public Library at
the Woods Memorial Branch, 3455 N. First Ave., Tucson *
3-4 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills
in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Kelly Urman in Tucson at 520-594-5445 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday & Sunday June 27 & 28, 2015: Near Winslow, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Homolovi State Park, Rock Art
Ranch, and the Multi-Kiva Site Cultural Heritage Tour” with archaeologist
Rich Lange starting at Homolovi State Park Visitor Center (northeast of
Winslow – take I-40 Exit 257 and drive 1.5 miles north on Hwy. 87)
1 p.m. Saturday-1 p.m. or later Sunday; $60 per person ($50 for
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
includes all site entry fees but no transportation, lodging, or meals
Archaeologist Rich Lange will lead this tour to sites where
archaeologist Chuck Adams and Rich are currently excavating and have
excavated nearly every summer during the Arizona State Museum’s Homol’ovi
Research Program since the mid 1980s. This will be an opportunity to visit
two of the large ancestral Hopi villages just outside of Winslow that date
to the AD 1300s. We also will visit the spectacular rock art panels at Rock
Art Ranch in Chevelon Canyon, and the Multi-Kiva site, where excavations
being done this summer will just about be wrapping up. If traveling from
Tucson, plan on a minimum of 5½ hrs driving, depending on general traffic
conditions and how many pit stops you make.
Reservations and payment required by Wednesday June 24:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday July 2, 2015: Prescott, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Humanities Lecture
Series at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin Street, Prescott, Arizona
*
5-6 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills
in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Normalene Zeeman in Prescott at 928-777-1509 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Monday July 20, 2015: Tucson
“Irrigation, Social Changes, and Ecological Knowledge in Early
Farming Societies in the Sonoran Desert” free presentation by Dr. Jonathan
Mabry at Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner
University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson*
7:30-9 p.m. Free
****Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org
<http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/> or contact John D. Hall at Tucson
telephone 520-205-2553 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday-Sunday August 6-9, 2015: Colorado
“Pecos Archaeological Conference” at the Lost Canyon Ranch
approximately 9 miles north of Mancos Colorado.*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pecos-Conference/203021673045677.
Wednesday September 23, 2015: Tucson-Marana
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumnal Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart, departing from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.
in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los
Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and
bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals,
and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by 5 p.m. Tuesday
September 22: 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 please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday October 3, 2015: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in
Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and equipment.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Allen Denoyer provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and other
tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed to help
modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made traditional
crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale.
Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday, October 7, 2015: Waddell-Buckeye, AZ
"Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art"
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart featuring bonus photos of
petroglyphs in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, at the Maricopa County
White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, AZ
1-2:30 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the "Great
House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of
ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how
these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals.
For event details contact Patty Dennehy at 602-651-2210 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject matter
contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday October 9, 2015: Green Valley, AZ
“Hohokam and Mimbres Archaeology, Art, and Ideology” adult education
class with archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at
****[place TBA], Green Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open only to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
members; OLLI-UA Green Valley membership fee of $95 for Fall session or $130
for entire year allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses
Comparison of New Mexico’s Classic Mimbres culture (AD 1000-1130)
pottery and rock art with the ceramics and rock images of the
contemporaneous Hohokam culture of southern Arizona helps define the spheres
of those cultures’ art and ideology. Certain icons are common to both
Hohokam and Mimbres art, whereas each culture also exhibits repeated motifs
that apparently were rarely or never produced by the other. Comparison and
contrast of the shared and unshared art images, and of other aspects of
Hohokam and Mimbres cultures, suggest similarities as well as differences in
their respective religious beliefs and practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. To
join Green Valley OLLI visit https://ce.arizona.edu/olli to download a
registration and payment form or pay and register online; for information
about this course contact Paula Kulina at 602-317-1488 or [log in to unmask],
or Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
“Raffle of a 2015 Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition” by
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
& other Tucson charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team is presenting a new 2015 Ford
Mustang, 50th Anniversary Edition, to be used as the featured prize in a
raffle to raise millions of dollars for Tucson-area nonprofit organizations.
And, to sweeten the raffle, for every Mustang ticket we sell, Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center will enter a “Piggyback” ticket for the purchaser into
Old Pueblo’s separate November 13 “Old Pueblo - Young People” fundraising
raffle drawing for southwestern works of art, described below! With your $25
contribution (or 5 raffle tickets for $100) you could win this
collector’s-item 2015 Mustang or one of the Old Pueblo art prizes (or
both!). The best part is that 100% of your contribution will support Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our
sales of the Mustang raffle tickets.
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.
A maximum of 100,000 tickets will be distributed for the Mustang
raffle. To be entered in both the Mustang and Old Pueblo Piggyback raffles
your contributions for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old
Pueblo by October 31 so that we can turn them in to the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s raffle coordinator by November 6. The drawing will be held on
November 13.
The rules of the Mustang raffle require that Old Pueblo account
for all tickets issued to us and that we return all unsold tickets;
therefore, payment in advance is required in order to obtain tickets. The
ticket price is $25 apiece or five tickets for $100. Tickets may be
purchased by check sent to our PO box address listed below, by calling Allen
Dart at 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card
payment authorization, or through the PayPal portal on Old Pueblo’s
www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org/> home page. Once you have
provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawings for
you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
Tickets for the Mustang raffle are 5 for $100 or $25 each. For
tickets or more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] For more information about the Jim Click Automotive
Team’s 2015 Mustang raffle visit www.millionsfortucson.org
<http://www.millionsfortucson.org/> .
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Friday November 13, 2015: Tucson
Win a Navajo Rug or One of Many Other Prizes in the “Old Pueblo
- Young People” Fundraising Raffle to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center's archaeology education programs for children!
The GRAND PRIZE is a red, black, and white, 66" x 37" Navajo
rug-saddle blanket appraised at up to $800 by two of Tucson’s best-known
Indian arts shops.
Proceeds from our raffle make it possible for Old Pueblo to
continue offering our children’s archaeology education programs, which
include the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation learning program, our
OPENOUT in-classroom education programs, and our guided archaeological site
tours for kids.
Other prizes to be given away in the raffle include:
Hand-made pottery seed jar by Kickapoo-Potawatomi artist
Pahponee valued at $600
Tohono O’odham (Papago) closed-stitch basket valued at $200+
“Qoia Mana Todazafene” kachina doll valued at $90-$110
Tarascan Wooden mask, ca.1900, valued at $125
“Navajo prayer bundle” fetish
4 reproductions of ancient Mexican painted clay faces
9 Southwestern prehistoric pottery reproductions
17 vintage archaeology-theme T-shirts & 1 sweatshirt
Contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] for
tickets and updated prize information.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
and details of the "Old Pueblo - Young People" raffle please reply with
“Send November 13 OPYP flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday December 5, 2015: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
"Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave, Petroglyphs, and Himdag Ki
Cultural Center" carpooling educational tour to sites in and near Topawa,
Arizona, with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center executive director Allen Dart,
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
8 a.m.-5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees
of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
In an educational adventure into Native American culture, this
tour meets in Tucson at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago)
Indian Reservation for visits to the Tohono O'odham Cultural Center &
Museum, the Picture Rock petroglyphs archaeological site, the historic
Baboquivari Camp, and a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave site. We will
visit the Cultural Center in Topawa, Arizona, from 10 a.m. to 11:30, then
drive 12 miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary home of the
Tohono O'odham Creator diety I’itoi), stopping for bring-your-own picnic
lunch at Baboquivari Camp, a historic Civilian Conservation Corps camp site
in the oak woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. After lunch we will take a
moderate-difficulty, two-mile-roundtrip, 1,000-foot-elevation-difference
hike up a trail that leads halfway up the peak, to visit a cave site
traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the diety I’itoi. Finally,
we will visit Picture Rock, a small butte that contains petroglyphs and
pictographs, bedrock mortars, and ancient artifacts. Modern Tohono O’odham
offerings may be present in some of the visited locations. Artifact
collecting is not permitted, and photos are not allowed in the cave but are
OK outside of it. Registrants may either meet the tour group at 8 a.m.
Saturday in Tucson and car-caravan onto the reservation, or may camp in
Baboquivari Camp on their own the night before the field trip and meet the
tour group at the Cultural Center Saturday morning. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations required by Wednesday December 2: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Saturday January 16, 2016: Ajo, AZ
“Petroglyphs of the Charlie Bell Well Area” archaeological site tour
with Rick and Sandi Martynec in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge west
of Ajo, Arizona
****Meeting place, time, and fee TBA
The Charlie Bell Well locality in the Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge near Ajo, Arizona, includes more than 3,000 petroglyphs,
many of which date to the Archaic period (ca. 8000 BC-AD 500). There are
also ancient Native American trails, archaeological features, and artifacts
in the canyon near the historic well site. The hike for this tour is
approximately 1 mile (****one way or round trip?) with an elevation change
of 400 feet, considered a moderate hike. We will need to carpool after we
rendezvous for the tour because we can take no more than six vehicles into
the wildlife refuge. Rick is obtaining permission with Cabeza Prieta Refuge
for us to access the site. It will be a long day, 7-8 hours, so bring water
and lunch. You may want to plan to spend the night in Ajo.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 14: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Saturday February 20, 2016: Tohono O'odham Nation, AZ
“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen
Dart departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson
6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fee $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or
employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning carpool
tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National
Historic Landmark site. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations
in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden, evidence
was found for human occupation going back from historic times to around
10,000 years ago. The cave, which actually is a very large rockshelter, also
contains pictographs, petroglyphs, and other archaeological features used by
Native Americans for thousands of years. Tour leaves Tucson at 6 a.m. to
ensure the pictographs can be seen in the best morning light. Fees will
benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s efforts to develop a
caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s education programs.
Reservations required by Wednesday January 29: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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(2) OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Reservations are taken continually for school classes and other
children’s groups take advantage of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s OPEN3
simulated archaeological excavation, OPENOUT archaeology outreach
presentations, and archaeological site-touring children’s education
programs.
The OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program
The Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood (OPEN) program allows
students and adults to learn what archaeology is all about by excavation in
“OPEN3,” a full-scale model of an archaeological site. OPEN3 is a simulated
excavation site that archaeologists have constructed to resemble a
southern Arizona Hohokam Indian ruin. It has full-size replicas of
prehistoric pithouses and outdoor features that the Hohokam used for
cooking, storage, and other (sometimes surprising) purposes. Students
participating in the program get to learn and practice techniques used to
excavate real archaeological sites. They are also exposed to scientific
interpretation of how ancient people constructed their houses, what they
looked like, ate, and believed in, and how they created beauty in their
lives.
OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations
Old Pueblo’s OPENOUT (Old Pueblo Educational Neighborhood Outreach)
program offers 45-60 minute presentations by professional archaeologists.
Each presentation shows kids how some aspects of everyday life have changed
while others have stayed the same.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation gives children an
overview of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam
peoples lived.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” program shows children how the ancient
Hohokam lived.
The “Ancient People of Arizona” and “Lifestyle of the Hohokam”
presentations both include real and replica artifacts, plus abundant
illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans
of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created.
“What is an Archaeologist?” is a program designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn about
people through their work. This presentation includes examples of the tools
archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and activities to help
children experience how archaeologists interpret the past.
The hands-on materials and fun lesson plans in our OPENOUT programs
bring archaeology and the past alive for children and are a perfect
prelude for the OPEN3 simulated archaeological excavation program.
Tours for Youth
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers guided tours to real
archaeological sites for classrooms and other organized children’s groups.
Heritage sites that can be visited in this program include a choice of the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs site (visited by the school group shown in the
accompanying photo), Los Morteros Hohokam Village, or Vista del Rio Hohokam
Village. Each youth tour is a guided visit that does not include
archaeological excavation; participants are not allowed to collect
artifacts.
For details and pricing of our children’s education programs please
visit our
http://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
web page.
(3) OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's mission is to educate children and
adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to
foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to
develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If your
membership has lapsed, we would be grateful if you would rejoin us so that
you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive
substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which
both Old Pueblo and the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary charge fees. You can
renew your membership by going to this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web
page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/
If you then scroll down to the bottom of that page, you can
simply follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form
or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
Donations by check can be made payable to “OPAC” and mailed to
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577. You can
also donate using a major credit or debit card by clicking on “Donation
Form” at Old Pueblo’s secure donations web page:
http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/donations/
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your
support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of the Old Pueblo
Archaeology bulletin!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.oldpueblo.org
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Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen
Dart volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Mr. Dart works full-time as a
cultural resources specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Arizona. Views expressed in communications from Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center do not necessarily represent views of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture or of the United States.
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(4) OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPT-OUT OPTIONS
Old Pueblo typically sends two email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS each month that
tell about upcoming activities that we and other southwestern U.S.
archaeology and history organizations offer. 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.
If you do not wish to receive further email ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS from Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center but are willing to receive emails on other topics
please send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message “Please stop
sending activity announcements” in the Subject line. If you do not wish to
receive any more emails from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for any reason,
please feel free to send an email to [log in to unmask] with the word
“Remove” in the subject line.
Before you contact us with a “stop sending” or “remove” request, however,
please note that if you received our communication through a listserve, Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center cannot remove your email address from that
listserve. The listserves to which Old Pueblo occasionally posts
announcements, and the email addresses to contact for inclusion in or
removal from each list, include:
Archaeological Society of New Mexico: <[log in to unmask]>
Arizona Archaeological Council: Walter Duering
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Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists: Greg Williams
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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]>
Society for American Archaeology Public Archaeology Interest Group:
Wendy Ann Wright <[log in to unmask]>
Southwest Archaeology Today: <[log in to unmask]>
Utah Professional Archaeological Council:
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