For Immediate Release
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(1)
Upcoming Activities
(2)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s youth education programs
(3)
Our Mission and Support
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Our Announcements and Opt-Out Options
(1) UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 3RD to purchase tickets for the Thursday
December 14, 2017, “Millions for Tucson Raffle of a 2017 Ford Explorer
Platinum, Two First-Class Airline Tickets, and $5,000 Cash” by Tucson’s Jim
Click Automotive Team to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & other
Tucson charities
Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2017 Ford Explorer
Platinum edition SUV 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 2017 vehicle – or the second prize, two
first-class 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 this “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. To be entered in the raffle
your contribution for tickets must be received (not postmarked) by Old
Pueblo by Friday December 1st so that we can turn the raffle tickets in to
the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December 8. The drawing will
be held on December 14.
The rules of the 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 from us. 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 <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page. Once you
have provided payment, Old Pueblo will enter your tickets into the drawings
for you and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a
letter acknowledging your contribution.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the
raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <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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Friday December 1, 2017: Marana, AZ
“Marana Gastronomy Tour” sponsored by Town of Marana, departing from
and returning to the Tucson Premium Outlets at Marana Center, 6401 W. Marana
Center Blvd. (right off the I-10 freeway at Twin Peaks Road in Marana,
Arizona)*
12:30-6 p.m. $109 per person includes tour, coach transportation, and
tastings
Experience an epicurean journey illuminated by 4,000 years of
agriculture as you get close enough to the Sonoran Desert to taste it!
Archaeologist Dr. Suzanne Fish, University of Arizona Emerita Professor and
Arizona State Museum Curator, and one of the world’s experts on Hohokam
foodways in the region, leads this tour where you will learn about the
cultures that farmed and foraged in this area for thousands of years and
built the oldest agricultural irrigation canal system found in North
America. Along the way you will discover wild Sonoran Desert flavors that
inspire chefs, gourmet foragers, brewmasters, artisanal bakers, and
distillers today. The tour features exclusive tastings of ancient Sonoran
wild foods creatively reimagined, including a multi-course tasting on small
plates with a paired cocktail at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain presented
by Chef David Serus, Maître Cuisinier de France (Master Chef of France). The
Marana Gastronomy Tours are the first tours approved by UNESCO's Creative
Cities Network member, Tucson City of Gastronomy, the first UNESCO City of
Gastronomy in the U.S.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each tour is
limited to 13 people. To register or for additional tour information visit
www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/
<http://www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/> or contact Laura Cortelyou
at 520-382-1988 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
.
Saturday-Sunday December 2-3, 2017: Tumacácori, AZ
“La Fiesta de Tumacácori: 47th Annual Celebration” at Tumacácori
National Historical Park, 1891 I-19 Frontage Rd, Tumacácori, Arizona*
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday; free
La Fiesta de Tumacácori is a celebration of all the cultures that have
lived in and influenced the historical Santa Cruz Valley. The two-day event
will feature Native American, Mexican, and Southwest food, crafts, and
performances. A multicultural Catholic Mass will be celebrated in front of
the historic Tumacácori Mission church on Sunday morning.
Dozens of local nonprofit historical, cultural, environmental, and religious
organizations will be selling food and hand crafted items. On the main stage
there will be all-day, continuous entertainment featuring a variety of dance
and music groups representing many cultural traditions. Visitors can enjoy
demonstrations including paper flower making, rawhide braiding, horsehair
rope-making, tortilla-making, and O’odham basket weaving. Guided tours of
the mission, guided walks to the Santa Cruz River, and tours of the park’s
heritage orchard will be available both days. In the hands-on “Discovery
Corner” there will be family-friendly activities including piñata breaking,
historical clothing, and nature-based games. Visitors to the fiesta will be
able to collect stamps at each activity and earn prizes.
On Sunday morning at 10 a.m. a procession begins in front of the
visitor center, leading through the fiesta grounds and ending in front of
the mission church. The multicultural Catholic Mass begins when the
procession arrives, approximately 10:30 a.m. Please note that no photos are
permitted during the procession or mass, or while sacred dances are being
performed. (“NO PHOTOS” signs will be posted prominently at restricted times
and locations.) Only service animals are allowed on the mission grounds or
fiesta grounds. Tumacácori’s Anza Trailhead is closed to equestrian access
during the fiesta.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call the Tumacácori visitor center, 520-377-5060. Tumacácori
National Historical Park is located 45 miles south of Tucson and 15 miles
north of Nogales. Take exit 29 off of I-19 and follow the signs.
Tuesday December 5, 2017: Tucson
“Steve Lekson on Mimbres History and Politics Then and Now” Tucson
Archaeology Café program to be presented twice at The Loft Cinema, 3233 E.
Speedway Blvd., Tucson*
1st presentation 6 p.m., 2nd at 7:30 p.m. Free; guests are encouraged
to purchase light dinner and refreshments from The Loft’s concession bar.
Dr. Steve Lekson visits Tucson to explore the roles modern history and
politics have played in our understanding of the 11th century societies of
southwestern New Mexico. Lekson recently completed a study of Chaco
archaeology framed by the history and politics of “Pueblo Space” – an
idealized image of Pueblos, crafted in Santa Fe in the early 20th century
and thereafter applied to archaeology. Mimbres – the 11th century societies
of southwestern New Mexico – provides an interesting comparison. While
seating is open and unreserved, it is limited to 98 guests for each showing,
and you must have a ticket. You can pick up your free tickets from The Loft
Cinema box office anytime the day of the Café. (Limit two tickets per
person.)
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit <http://bit.ly/2miZXUx> http://bit.ly/2miZXUx.
Wednesday December 6,2017: Phoenix
“Best Place in the Country: Arizona's World War Two Aviation Training
Base” free presentation by Steve Hoza sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological
Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
6:30 to 8 p.m. Free
Join the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary and Steve Hoza for this free
presentation. During World War Two, Arizona had some of the largest aviation
training facilities in the world. Come find out where they were, who trained
there, and what kinds of aircraft were using Arizona as an airfield. There
will be video clips as well as memorabilia from the period to examine. This
event is free and open to the public, made possible by the Pueblo Grande
Museum Auxiliary. Donations are welcome.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. No reservations are needed. For
details contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or visit
www.pueblogrande.com <http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Thursday December 7, 2017: Tucson
“Revealing Sara Lemmon, Intrepid 19th-century Botanist and
Illustrator” free presentation and pot luck with Arizona Pathfinders at
Arizona History Museum Auditorium, 949 E 2nd Street, Tucson*
6 p.m. Free
Wynne Brown will present a glimpse into the life, letters, and
recently rediscovered watercolors of Sara Plummer Lemmon, for whom Mount
Lemmon north of Tucson is named. Perched at the intersection of science and
art in the Arizona Territory, Sara’s story is one of tenacity and grit.
Wynne Brown is the author of the award-winning book, More Than Petticoats:
Remarkable Arizona Women and has spent the past three years at work on a
book about Sara Lemmon.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. It is a Pot Luck
– Bring food to share. Members will provide coffee and dessert. Free parking
in the Arizona Historical Society parking lot at the corner of Euclid Ave/
and 2nd Street. (Enter from 2nd St. and drive straight in.) For more
information visit Arizona Pathfinders on Facebook or at
www.azpathfinders.org <http://www.azpathfinders.org> , or email
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Friday-Saturday December 8-9, 2017: Tucson
“Life along the River: Ancestral Hopi at Homol’ovi” exhibit grand
opening at the Arizona State Museum (ASM), 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
6:30-9 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m-2 p.m. Saturday; free
Celebrate the opening of the ASM’s newest exhibit and Dr. E. Charles
Adams, on the occasion of his retirement. Both programs are free.
DECEMBER 8: Panel discussion about Homol’ovi with Chuck Adams (ASM),
Leigh Kuwanswiwma (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office), Susan Sekaquaptewa
(Hopi Foundation), and Gwen Setalla (Homol’ovi State Park), honiring Dr. E.
Charles Adams, including reception and exhibit viewing.
DECEMBER 9: Curator-led tours with Chuck Adams; talks by Susan
Sekaquaptewa (Hopi Gender Roles) and Gwen Setalla (Hopi Pottery); music by
Clark Tenakhongva; make a clay pot with master artist Gwen Setalla;
piiki-making demonstration by Dorothy Denet; look at animal bones with
zooarchaeologist Dr. Matthew Rowe; grind corn with a mano and metate, and
ejoy other hands-on, exhibit-inspired crafts and games.
* 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-Sunday December 8-10, 2017: Phoenix
“41st Annual Pueblo Grande Indian Market” sponsored by the nonprofit
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix**
6 to 8 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; $10;
children 12 and under free; discounted admission for Museum members,
American Indians, active duty and retired service members; advanced tickets
available online $7 plus fees
Indian Market features a weekend full of American Indian art, music,
and food. Friday evening offers a welcoming and market kickoff event where
visitors can celebrate with the artists and their families in Pueblo
Grande’s Community Building. On Saturday and Sunday the Ki:him area invites
the public to get to know the artists and their process in a more intimate
setting with 18 demonstrators, some of whom will have hands-on activities.
Visitors will be invited to participate in activities such as archery, spear
throwing using atlatls, community painting, beading, petroglyph making, corn
grinding, and gourd painting. There will be over 100 booths of authentic
American Indian fine art and collectibles along an interpretive trail
winding around the ancient platform mound, ballcourt, and replica Hohokam
dwellings.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For more information visit
http://www.pueblogrande.org/events/annual-pgma-indian-market or call
602-495-0901.
Saturday December 9, 2017: Gila Bend area, AZ
WE NOW HAVE FOUR OPENINGS LEFT FOR THIS TOUR! Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s “Sears Point, Painted Rock, and Gatlin: Patayan and Hohokam
Petroglyphs and Archaeology” tour guided by archaeologist Dr. Aaron M.
Wright starting at Interstate 8 Exit 78 (Spot Road) approximately 39 miles
west of Gila Bend, Arizona
10 a.m. to 4:30 (or later if joining the group for dinner in Gila
Bend). A $45 donation per participant ($36 for members of Old Pueblo
Archaeoffflogy Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) helps cover Old
Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology
and traditional cultures.
Tour leader Aaron Wright, a Preservation Archaeologist with Tucson’s
Archaeology Southwest organization, has research interests in
paleoclimatology, indigenous Southwest ritualism and religion, and rock art.
He will lead us first to see the seemingly countless petroglyphs and
geoglyphs (intaglios; ground sculptures) on Sears Point, the northwestern
escarpment of the Sentinel Plain (a vast basaltic field dotted with low
shield volcanoes) located along the lower Gila River between Gila Bend and
Yuma, Arizona. Sears Point is renowned for its density of petroglyphs as
well as their unique style attributed to the Patayan culture tradition
(which is believed to be ancestral to contemporary Yuman- and
O'odham-speaking communities). The site is adorned with thousands of
petroglyphs, and several geoglyphs, and also is traversed by seemingly
endless ancient trails. We’ll also get to see remnants of the South Gila
Canal (a defunct irrigation venture from the 1880s) at and near Sears Point,
after which we’ll caravan to the Painted Rocks petroglyphs site northwest of
Gila Bend and the Gatlin Platform Mound site on the outskirts of Gila Bend,
touring until around 4:30. Tour participants interested in having dinner
together before returning home can reconvene at Sophia's Mexican Restaurant
in Gila Bend at 5 p.m.
Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday December 6:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Saturday December 9, 2017: Tubac, AZ
“Who Are the Sobaípuri O’odham: The Sobaípuri Legacy at the San
Xavier/Wa:k Community” free presentation and video by Deni J. Seymour, Tony
Burrell, and David Tenario at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel
Street,Tubac, Arizona*
2 p.m. Free with park general admission
Over the last couple of decades much has been learned about the
Sobaípuri O'odham who inhabited southern Arizona’s Santa Cruz and San Pedro
valleys at the dawn of written history. However, their actual history
differs substantially in many ways from commonly held notions. The
archaeological and ethnohistoric research of the presenters provides new
perspectives on where and how the Sobaípuri lived, how long they occupied
the valleys of southern Arizona, their relationship to the ancient Hohokam,
and other topics. Special reference will be made to the Sobaípuri of San
Xavier del Bac (Wa:k), where descendant populations reside. Dr. Deni Seymour
is joined by her associates, Elder Tony Burrell and Cultural Specialist
David Tenario of Wa:k, in presenting their video entitled “Who Are the
Sobaípuri O’odham?” followed by interactive lectures and discussions.
Through these means they strive to promote understanding of the human
experience through the eyes of the Wa:k O’odham and their ancestors. Using
discussions and interviews with Wa:k O’odham community members, the video
and subsequent discussions highlight the issues of how public policy,
politics, and economic interest have influenced our understanding of the
Wa:k O’odham and how their heritage has been shaped and in some cases
erased. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit azstateparks.com/ <https://azstateparks.com/tubac/> tubac/
or call 520-398-2252.
Saturday, December 9, 2017: Dragoon, AZ
“Night at the Amerind Museum 80th Anniversary Exhibit Opening” at the
Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd. Dragoon, Arizona*
5-8 p.m. $80
Come celebrate the Amerind Museum’s history, accomplishments, and new
museum exhibit on Paquimé (Casas Grandes, Mexico). This event is open to the
entire community. Immerse yourself in the ancient history and culture of the
Indigenous peoples of Chihuahua. The main museum, art gallery, and Fulton
Seminar House will come to life through music, hands on activities, guided
tours, speakers, and Fulton family history. Optional bus transportation will
be provided from Tucson.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Anna Schneider at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Kelly Holt at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or call 520-586-3666.
Wednesday December 13, 2017: Queen Creek, AZ
“Massacre on the Gila: An Account of the Last Major Battle between
American Indians with Reflections on the Origin of War” free presentation by
Steve Hoza for Arizona Archaeological Society, San Tan Chapter, at San Tan
Historical Society Museum, 20425 S. Old Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek,
Arizona*
7 to 8:30 p.m. Free
Huhugam Ki Museum Archivist Steve Hoza will discuss what is perhaps
the most important battle that the O’Odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa)
ever fought. The Battle of Maricopa Wells, fought in 1857 between Pima and
Maricopa warriors on one side and Yuma, Mohave, Apache, and Yavapai warriors
on the other, is the subject of the book Massacre on the Gila: An Account of
the Last Major Battle Between American Indians With Reflections on the
Origin of War, by Clifton B. Kroeber and Bernard L. Fontana. Steve will
share his recent research and new insights about this event. Come find out
the who, what, where, and why of this little-known conflict.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event.
No reservations are needed. For details contact Marie Britton at
480-827-8070 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Friday December 15, 2017: Marana, AZ
“Marana Gastronomy Tour” sponsored by Town of Marana, departing from
and returning to the Tucson Premium Outlets at Marana Center, 6401 W. Marana
Center Blvd. (right off the I-10 freeway at Twin Peaks Road in Marana,
Arizona)*
12:30-6 p.m. $109 per person includes tour, coach transportation, and
tastings
Experience an epicurean journey illuminated by 4,000 years of
agriculture as you get close enough to the Sonoran Desert to taste it!
Archaeologist Dr. Suzanne Fish, University of Arizona Emerita Professor and
Arizona State Museum Curator, and one of the world’s experts on Hohokam
foodways in the region, leads this tour where you will learn about the
cultures that farmed and foraged in this area for thousands of years and
built the oldest agricultural irrigation canal system found in North
America. Along the way you will discover wild Sonoran Desert flavors that
inspire chefs, gourmet foragers, brewmasters, artisanal bakers, and
distillers today. The tour features exclusive tastings of ancient Sonoran
wild foods creatively reimagined, including a multi-course tasting on small
plates with a paired cocktail at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain presented
by Chef David Serus, Maître Cuisinier de France (Master Chef of France). The
Marana Gastronomy Tours are the first tours approved by UNESCO's Creative
Cities Network member, Tucson City of Gastronomy, the first UNESCO City of
Gastronomy in the U.S.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each tour
is limited to 13 people. To register or for additional tour information
visit www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/
<http://www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/> or contact Laura Cortelyou
at 520-382-1988 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
.
Saturday December 16, 2017: 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 Sam Greenleaf 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 and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday December 14:
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday December 16, 2017: Phoenix
“Petroglyph Discovery Hike #20808” sponsored by Pueblo Grande Museum
in Box Canyon/Holbert Trail, South Mountain Park, Phoenix*
9-10 a.m. per person
Bring the whole family for a short one-mile Hohokam petroglyph
discovery hike at South Mountain for an easy but also petroglyph-rich hiking
experience. An experienced Museum guide will lead participants on a quick
one-hour interpretive hike, perfect for all ages and busy schedules. Please
dress for the weather, wear appropriate hiking footwear, and bring water.
Difficulty: Moderate.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is
limited. Advance registration required byDecember 14. For more information
contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or pueblogrande.com
<http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Monday December 18, 2017: Tucson
“Holiday Party and Research Slam” for Arizona Archaeological and
Historical Society (AAHS) meeting at Petroglyphs, 228 S. Park Ave. (in the
Lost Barrio), Tucson*
6-9 p.m. Free
Come Celebrate Research! The AAHS Holiday Party and Research Slam is
being revived. Several anthropological researchers will give their research
presentations in only 3 minutes apiece! Slam winners will be determined by
popular vote (donations). Monies raised will go to the AAHS Research Fund.
It’s a potluck so bring a dish to share. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be
provided by AAHS. Aside from the great time and celebrating the AAHS
community, why do we do this? To raise money for the AAHS Research and
Travel fund! Raffle tickets ($5 each or 5 for $20) will be available; prizes
include a private tour of the Arizona State Museum (ASM) Pottery Vault; a
private tour of the ASM Basketry Vault; a Tango Lesson for two; a private
tour of the Cocoraque Butte Rock Art site; and a piece of ancient technology
crafted by Allen Denoyer.
* 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 520-205-2553
or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday December 21, 2017: Tucson
“Behind the Scenes Tour” at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological
Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
10-10:45 a.m. $5 tour fee in addition to general admission ($10
adults, PGMA & Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members $5, children 12 & under
free when accompanied by an adult)**
Join collections staff for a “behind the scenes” tour of Pueblo Grande
Museum. Take an intimate tour of the lab, storage, and archival areas not
normally open to the public. See how museums process, organize, and care for
their collections. Space is limited, register at front desk in Museum lobby.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For more information contact Pueblo
Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or pueblogrande.com
<http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Thursday December 21, 2017: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
event featuring Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Tour, Dinner, and “Celebrating the
Solstice: Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart in the Dining Hall and Petroglyph Auditorium of
the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center (PRRNC), 7101 W. Picture Rocks
Road, Tucson
Petroglyphs tour at 5:30, dinner at 6, presentation 7:15-8:30 p.m.
Dinner $15 per person, tour and presentation 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.
Before dinner archaeologist Allen Dart will lead a free tour to the
Picture Rocks petroglyphs.
For this one-time event the dinner fee is $15 per person payable to
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center by check or credit/debit card no later than 5
p.m. Tuesday December 19, so that Old Pueblo can tell the PRRNC on December
20 how many people will attend. Donations will be requested during the event
to benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201
no later than 5 p.m. December 19 to make reservations and pay for dinner.
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Wednesday January 3, 2018: Phoenix
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary at Pueblo
Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
6:30 to 8 p.m. Free
In this presentation Mr. Dart shows and discusses Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific peoples and eras in the U.S.
Southwest prior to about 1450, and talks about how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways.
He discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how the things people
make change in style over time, and how different styles are useful for
identifying different cultures and for dating archaeological sites. His many
illustrations include examples of ancient pottery types made throughout the
American Southwest from about 2000 to 500 years ago. This program was made
possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations are needed. For details contact the Pueblo Grande Museum in
Phoenix at 602-495-0901 or Don Appel at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject matter
contact Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Thursday-Sunday January 4-7, 2018: Denver
“Pushing Boundaries” is the theme of the 16th Biennial Southwest
Symposium at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.,
Denver*
Times TBA; registration fee $80 ($40 students)
Boundaries are lines that make and mark spatial distinctions.
Archaeologically, they are used to separate time periods as well. The
organizers of this symposium hope to push geographic, theoretical, temporal,
practical, and conceptual boundaries. In four invited paper sessions, the
Symposium will explore 1) the formation and meaning of Bears Ears National
Monument, 2) new research in chronology and chronometry, 3) Plains-Pueblo
interactions, and 3) new developments in museum archaeology and
collections-based research. University of Colorado at Boulder Professor
Steve Lekson will give the keynote address and there will be optional and
free training sessions to enhance written and spoken science communication
skills, and multiple opportunities for informal socializing and networking
in a variety of settings, including free breakfasts, lunches, and
receptions.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit southwestsymposium2018.dmns.org/
<http://southwestsymposium2018.dmns.org/> ; or contact Taylor Foreman at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Steve Nash at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ).
Saturday January 6, 2018: Tohono O'odham Reservation, AZ
“Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave and Petroglyphs” car-caravan educational
tour with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center executive director Allen Dart
departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson (or meet
tour in Baboquivari Campground) to sites in and near Topawa on Tohono
O'odham Indian Reservation, Arizona
Starts at 7 a.m. in Tucson at Pima Community College Community
Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave.; or meet tour at 8:30 a.m. in Baboquivari
Campground east of Topawa on the reservation; ends around 4 p.m. at Picture
Rock on the reservation; estimated return time to Tucson 5:30 p.m. Fee $45
($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members; no charge for members or employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation)
This educational adventure into Native American culture travels to the
Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation to visit the historic Baboquivari
Camp, a Tohono O'odham traditional sacred cave, and the Picture Rock
petroglyphs archaeological site. We will car-caravan from Tucson to Topawa,
Arizona, then drive 12 miles east toward Baboquivari Peak (the legendary
home of the Tohono O'odham Creator deity I’itoi) to Baboquivari Camp, a
historic Civilian Conservation Corps headquarters camp site in the oak
woodland just below Baboquivari Peak. From there, trip participants who are
able can go on a two-mile-roundtrip, 1,100-foot-elevation-difference hike
(classified as very difficult) up a trail leading halfway up the peak to
visit a cave site traditionally believed to be one of the homes of the deity
I’itoi. After returning from the hike 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. Campers must bring their
own food and water, as there are no convenience stores or fast food nearby.
Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday January 3:
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday January 6, 2018: Phoenix
“Archaeology for Kids” simulated archaeological excavation opportunity
for children at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E.
Washington St., Phoenix**
9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. $15**
Children ages 7 to 12 can explore the science of archaeology by doing
a simulated excavation. Learn how to identify artifacts and discover how
archaeologists use them to learn about past cultures. Portion of class is
outdoors. Participants must dress appropriately for weather. Bring hat,
bottled water, and sun screen.
** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event,
however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s
member-discount rates, and vice-versa. Advance registration is required by
January 5. For details contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or
pueblogrande.com <http://www.pueblogrande.com> .
Wednesday January 10, 2018: Cave Creek, AZ
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Archaeological Society-Desert Foothills
Chapter’s monthly meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church,
6502 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, Arizona, cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
7 to 8:30 p.m. Free
In this presentation Mr. Dart shows and discusses Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific peoples and eras in the U.S.
Southwest prior to about 1450, and talks about how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways.
He discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how the things people
make change in style over time, and how different styles are useful for
identifying different cultures and for dating archaeological sites. His many
illustrations include examples of ancient pottery types made throughout the
American Southwest from about 2000 to 500 years ago. This program was made
possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No
reservations are needed. For details contact Mary Kearney at 623-687-0721 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday January 12, 2018: Marana, AZ
“Marana Gastronomy Tour” sponsored by Town of Marana, departing from
and returning to the Tucson Premium Outlets at Marana Center, 6401 W. Marana
Center Blvd. (right off the I-10 freeway at Twin Peaks Road in Marana,
Arizona)*
12:30-6 p.m. $109 per person includes tour, coach transportation, and
tastings
Experience an epicurean journey illuminated by 4,000 years of
agriculture as you get close enough to the Sonoran Desert to taste it!
Archaeologist Dr. Suzanne Fish, University of Arizona Emerita Professor and
Arizona State Museum Curator, and one of the world’s experts on Hohokam
foodways in the region, leads this tour where you will learn about the
cultures that farmed and foraged in this area for thousands of years and
built the oldest agricultural irrigation canal system found in North
America. Along the way you will discover wild Sonoran Desert flavors that
inspire chefs, gourmet foragers, brewmasters, artisanal bakers, and
distillers today. The tour features exclusive tastings of ancient Sonoran
wild foods creatively reimagined, including a multi-course tasting on small
plates with a paired cocktail at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain presented
by Chef David Serus, Maître Cuisinier de France (Master Chef of France). The
Marana Gastronomy Tours are the first tours approved by UNESCO's Creative
Cities Network member, Tucson City of Gastronomy, the first UNESCO City of
Gastronomy in the U.S.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each tour is
limited to 13 people. To register or for additional tour information visit
www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/
<http://www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/> or contact Laura Cortelyou
at 520-382-1988 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
.
Saturday January 13, 2018: Tucson
“Who Are the Sobaípuri O’odham: The Sobaípuri Legacy at the San
Xavier/Wa:k Community” free presentation and video by Deni J. Seymour, Tony
Burrell, and David Tenario at Arizona History Museum, 949 E. 2nd St.,
Tucson*
1 p.m. Free
Over the last couple of decades much has been learned about the
Sobaípuri O'odham who inhabited southern Arizona’s Santa Cruz and San Pedro
valleys at the dawn of written history. However, their actual history
differs substantially in many ways from commonly held notions. The
archaeological and ethnohistoric research of the presenters provides new
perspectives on where and how the Sobaípuri lived, how long they occupied
the valleys of southern Arizona, their relationship to the ancient Hohokam,
and other topics. Special reference will be made to the Sobaípuri of San
Xavier del Bac (Wa:k), where descendant populations reside. Dr. Deni Seymour
is joined by her associates, Elder Tony Burrell and Cultural Specialist
David Tenario of Wa:k, in presenting their video entitled “Who Are the
Sobaípuri O’odham?” followed by interactive lectures and discussions.
Through these means they strive to promote understanding of the human
experience through the eyes of the Wa:k O’odham and their ancestors. Using
discussions and interviews with Wa:k O’odham community members, the video
and subsequent discussions highlight the issues of how public policy,
politics, and economic interest have influenced our understanding of the
Wa:k O’odham and how their heritage has been shaped and in some cases
erased. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org
<http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org> or call 520-617-1143.
Thursday January 18, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring “The Ancient Hohokam Ballgame of Arizona” free presentation
by archaeologist Dr. Todd Bostwick at U-Like Oriental Buffet Restaurant,
5101 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
The ancient Hohokam culture of Arizona constructed at least 200 ball
courts more than 800 years ago. These oval depressions were likely used to
play a ball game that originated in southern Mexico, where the game was
played with a rubber ball and had a very important role in reenacting the
creation of humans in this world. This presentation will describe the
recorded Hohokam ball courts located within Hohokam villages scattered
throughout Arizona, summarize what archaeologists propose they were used
for, and discuss how these public structures may relate to what is known
about the Mexican rubber ball games, which are still played today. This
program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
Reservations are required: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO THAT
YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the Fire Code
limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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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Friday January 19, 2017: Marana, AZ
“Marana Gastronomy Tour” sponsored by Town of Marana, departing from
and returning to the Tucson Premium Outlets at Marana Center, 6401 W. Marana
Center Blvd. (right off the I-10 freeway at Twin Peaks Road in Marana,
Arizona)*
12:30-6 p.m. $109 per person includes tour, coach transportation, and
tastings
Experience an epicurean journey illuminated by 4,000 years of
agriculture as you get close enough to the Sonoran Desert to taste it!
Archaeologist Dr. Suzanne Fish, University of Arizona Emerita Professor and
Arizona State Museum Curator, and one of the world’s experts on Hohokam
foodways in the region, leads this tour where you will learn about the
cultures that farmed and foraged in this area for thousands of years and
built the oldest agricultural irrigation canal system found in North
America. Along the way you will discover wild Sonoran Desert flavors that
inspire chefs, gourmet foragers, brewmasters, artisanal bakers, and
distillers today. The tour features exclusive tastings of ancient Sonoran
wild foods creatively reimagined, including a multi-course tasting on small
plates with a paired cocktail at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain presented
by Chef David Serus, Maître Cuisinier de France (Master Chef of France). The
Marana Gastronomy Tours are the first tours approved by UNESCO's Creative
Cities Network member, Tucson City of Gastronomy, the first UNESCO City of
Gastronomy in the U.S.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Each tour is
limited to 13 people. To register or for additional tour information visit
www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/
<http://www.discovermarana.org/gastronomy-tour/> or contact Laura Cortelyou
at 520-382-1988 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
.
Saturday January 20, 2018: Las Cruces, NM
“Droughts, Floods, and Freezes: The Role of Climate in the Human
History of the American Southwest” free presentation by archaeologist Dr.
Carla Van West for Human Systems Research’s 45th Anniversary Lecture Series
at University Terrace Good Samaritan Village’s Social Center Auditorium,
3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las Cruces New Mexico*
7-9 p.m. Free
The Earth’s climate has varied throughout its long human history.
Scientists have observed significant changes in global temperature since the
onset of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century that appear to
be linked to human activities including significant and potentially harmful
increases in the emission of greenhouse gases. The threat to existing
ecosystems and sustainable human settlement is very much in the news. But
what of those time periods prior to the eighteenth century when technology
was simpler and anthropogenic effects on local environments were less
pervasive? In this illustrated talk, I consider the societal effects of
natural climate variation in three extreme contexts—extended drought, high
magnitude floods, and unusual freezes—as they are presently understood by
archaeologists and historians in the U.S. Southwest. Dr. Van West examines
the role of climate in the abandonment of the Mesa Verde region by Ancestral
Pueblo groups in the thirteenth century, the displacement of Hohokam and
Sinagua populations in the fourteenth century, and the hardships suffered by
the historic Rio Grande pueblo communities of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. Through these examples, she describes the linkages among climate
variation, cumulative human impacts to local environments, population size,
resource demand, and sociopolitical organization, with a focus on their
continuing relevance. Dr. Carla Van West earned a PhD in anthropology from
Washington State University, a MA in anthropology from the University of
Arizona, and BA in anthropology from Elmira College in New York State. She
is an Adjunct Assistant Professor within the Department of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico. Dr. Van West is the Director of Research Programs
for the nonprofit SRI Foundation in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She has more
than 40 years experience in the archaeology of the US Southwest and also has
engaged in fieldwork in Scotland, Cyprus, and Egypt. Her frequently cited
dissertation involved an innovative approach to linking Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) technology with paleoclimatic data for locations
in southwestern Colorado. Before joining the staff of the Foundation, Dr.
Van West was Senior Principal Investigator at Statistical Research, Inc. in
Tucson, Arizona and a Research Associate with Crow Canyon Archaeological
Center in Cortez, Colorado. Her current research interests include tree-ring
based reconstructions of past climate, pre-Columbian agricultural
strategies, and sustainable human settlement.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Human Systems Research at 505-524-9456 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesday January 23, 2018: Apache Junction, AZ
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Apache Junction Public
Library, 1177 N. Idaho Road, Apache Junction, Arizona*
2:30-3:30 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives.this program was made possible by the Friends of the
Apache Junction Public Library.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Tracie Curtis at 480-474-8563 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ; for information about the activity subject
matter contact Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday January 27, 2018: Phoenix
“Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart at Phoenix Public Library Mesquite Branch, 4525 E.
Paradise Village Parkway N., Phoenix; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
2 to 3 p.m. Free
In this presentation Mr. Dart shows and discusses Native American
ceramic styles that characterized specific peoples and eras in the U.S.
Southwest prior to about 1450, and talks about how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient lifeways.
He discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how the things people
make change in style over time, and how different styles are useful for
identifying different cultures and for dating archaeological sites. His many
illustrations include examples of ancient pottery types made throughout the
American Southwest from about 2000 to 500 years ago. This program was made
possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jane Staedicke at 602-534-1434 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesdays January 30-April 3, 2018: Tucson
“Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona”
adult-education class (first of 10 weekly class sessions) taught by
archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th
Street, Tucson
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday evening January 30 through April 3; fee
of $95 ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona
Archaeological Society, or Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) does not include
the cost of Arizona Archaeological Society membership or AAS Certification
Program registration1 or cost of recommended text: The Hohokam Millennium by
Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors; available from Old Pueblo for
$24.95 (Old Pueblo & PGMA members $19.96)
Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in ten 2-hour sessions to
explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American
Southwest. The class covers Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement
systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including
ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and beyond
the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion and trade.
Students seeking the AAS Certification are expected to prepare a BRIEF
research report to be presented orally or in written form. Minimum
enrollment 8, maximum 20.
Reservations and payment required by 5 p.m. Friday January 26:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
1 Class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS)
Certification Program’s “Advanced Prehistory of the Southwest: Hohokam”
class. The AAS basic “Prehistory of the Southwest” class is recommended as a
prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. For information on
the AAS and its Certification program visit
(www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm
<http://www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm> ).
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Thursdays February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018
“Technological Wonders of Classical Antiquity II” four-session
noncredit class with Professor Eleni Hasaki in Dorothy Rubel Room, 1508 E.
Helen Street, Tucson*
10 a.m. to noon; tuition $95
What were the key technologies and major technical advancements of
classical Greek antiquity? This course examines the interrelated
achievements of ancient sculpture making and temple construction. From the
colossal nude males of the Archaic period to the stunning nude females of
Hellenistic times, sculptors continued refining their craft to challenge
both material limitations and cultural norms. The construction of such
wonders as the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis required sculptors to
work closely with stonemasons, gilders, and woodworkers for over a decade —
a great accomplishment of architectural expertise, artistic inspiration, and
managerial skill. The coordination of such a diverse group of technical
specialists spanned the social strata of Athens and produced monuments that
are as iconic today as they were in antiquity. This class continues the
discussion of Technological Wonders of Classical Antiquity from 2016. While
the 2016 course focused on pyrotechnology (pottery and bronze-casting), this
course will emphasize stone working (sculpture and temple architecture). The
2016 course is NOT a prerequisite.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register visit hsp.arizona.edu/registration
<http://hsp.arizona.edu/registration> or contact Humanities Seminar Program
at 520-626-7845 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Sunday February 4, 2018: Sedona, AZ
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Red Rock State Park, 4050 Red
Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
2-3 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Eric Buzonas at 928-282-6907 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]; for
information about the activity subject matter contact Allen Dart at
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday February 10, 2018: Tohono O'odham Nation, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Ventana Cave, Rock Art & Tohono
O'odham Children’s Shrine” car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist
Allen Dart departing from Tucson at the Park & Ride parking lot at I-10 and
Ruthrauff Rd. (northeast corner of the I-10 westbound Frontage Road at Exit
252) or at 7 a.m. on the east (front) side of the McDonalds Restaurant at
3160 N. Toltec Rd. in Eloy (accessible from I-10 Exit 203)
6 a.m. (Tucson departure) or 7 a.m. (Eloy departure) to 4 p.m. Fee $45
($36 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 car-caravan
tour to visit the Ventana Cave National Historic Landmark site and a Native
American sacred site on the Tohono O’odham Nation. The Arizona State
Museum’s 1940s excavations in Ventana Cave, led by archaeologists Emil W.
Haury and Julian Hayden, found evidence for human occupation extending from
historic times back 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.
After visiting the cave we will stop at a Native American petroglyphs site
and the “Children’s Shrine,” a Tohono O'odham sacred site where legend says
Tohono O'odham children were offered to the waters to stop a great flood
that threatened to engulf the world. 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 and prepayment required by Wednesday February 7:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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Thursday February 15, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring “Cochise and Bascom, How the Apache Wars Began” free
presentation by historian Doug Hocking at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant,
10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
In 1861, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Chiricahua Apache leader
Cochise demanding the return of the abducted boy, Felix Ward (aka Mickey
Free). The epic 14-day affair, 70 soldiers surrounded by 500 Apaches rescued
by the timely intervention of the cavalry, ended in blood with hostages
slain on both sides. Congress recognized Dr. Bernard Irwin, who rode with 12
men to relieve the beleaguered soldiers, with the first Medal of Honor.
Historians have come to credit Bascom with starting a war. This talk
explores the circumstances that led to the confrontation and how blame came
to rest on the lieutenant. Speaker Doug Hocking is an independent scholar
who has completed advanced studies in American history, ethnology, and
historical archaeology. In 2015, he won the Philip A. Danielson Award for
Best Presentation. Doug, who served in Military Intelligence and retired as
an armored cavalry officer, grew up among the Jicarilla Apache and paisanos
of the Rio Arriba. Doug writes both fiction and history. His work has
appeared in True West, Wild West, Buckskin Bulletin, Roundup Magazine, and
the Journal of Arizona History. Doug on the board of the Arizona Historical
Society, Cochise County Historical Society, the Oregon-California Trails
Association, and Westerners International. This program was made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
Reservations are required: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO THAT
YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the Fire Code
limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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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Thursday February 22, 2018: Las Cruces, NM
“A New Kind of Frontier: Hispanic Homesteaders in Eastern New Mexico”
free presentation by archaeologist Dr. Kelly L. Jenks for Human Systems
Research’s 45th Anniversary Lecture Series at University Terrace Good
Samaritan Village’s Social Center Auditorium, 3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las
Cruces New Mexico*
7-9 p.m. Free
The rural community of Los Ojitos in Guadalupe County, New Mexico was
settled in the late 1860s by the first generation of Hispanic homesteaders.
Many of these founding families came from Spanish-and Mexican-era land grant
communities where grantees shared the rights to common lands and the
responsibility to build and maintain irrigation ditches and other public
structures. In claiming homesteads in New Mexico’s Middle Pecos Valley,
these families were forced to adapt some of their traditional practices to
meet the requirements of a new physical environment and new American land
tenure laws. Recent archaeological and historical research at this site has
focused on understanding this transition, tracking these families from their
arrival in the 1860s to their eventual departure in the mid-twentieth
century. This presentation introduces the site of Los Ojitos and reflects on
this research, considering the evidence of and reasons for shifts in
agricultural and domestic practices. Dr. Kelly Jenks is an assistant
professor of anthropology at New Mexico State University specializing in
historical archaeology. Her research focuses on culture change,
commerce/trade, and the construction of social identities in the American
Southwest and Southern Plains. Her most recent research projects relating to
these topics have been at the Spanish land grant community of San Miguel del
Vado, the Hispano homestead site of Los Ojitos, and the San Diego paraje
(campsite) on the Camino Real.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Human Systems Research at 505-524-9456 or
[log in to unmask]
Friday February 23, 2018: Green Valley, AZ
“Modern and Historical O’odham Culture” adult education class with
archaeologist Allen Dart for OLLI-UA Green Valley members at Pima Community
College Room 203, 1250 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, Arizona*
3:30 to 5 p.m. Open to OLLI-UA Green Valley members only: $140
semiannual (July 15-December 20) membership fee or $180 full-year (July
15-June 30) fee allows one to take this and many other OLLI courses.
One of many classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
(OLLI), this “Modern and Historical O’odham Culture” adult education class
covers how the “Four Southern Tribes” of Arizona share a close relationship
with one another and trace their ancestry to people who inhabited
south-central Arizona and part of northern Mexico through geographical,
archaeological, linguistic, oral tradition, and historical evidence. These
modern tribes refer to themselves as "O'odham" ('the people') in their
native language and historically have been called the Papago and Pima
Indians. They occupy several southern Arizona Indian reservations but many
of their members live and work in communities beyond the reservation
boundaries, in Arizona and elsewhere. This class provides a brief
introduction to the historical and modern O'odham cultures, their roots in
the ancient Paleoindian, Archaic, and Hohokam cultures identified by
archaeologists, and their prominent place in the modern world.
* 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 information about this course contact Dean Curd
at 303-378-6233 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday February 24, 2018: Waddell, AZ
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for White Tank Mountain Conservancy
Speakers Program at Maricopa County White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank
Mountain Rd., Waddell, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
1 to 2:30 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. This program, which will include discussion of some
of the petroglyphs in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, is made possible by
Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Karen february 24 at 623-888-2462 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]; for information about
the activity subject matter contact Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 3, 2018: Tucson
“Vista del Rio Archaeological Site” free tour guided by archaeologist
Allen Dart sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Vista del Rio
Residents' Association at the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E.
Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson
9-10 a.m. Free (reservations required)
In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month,
archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive
director) leads this tour to Vista del Rio, an ancient village of the
Hohokam archaeological culture that inhabited southern Arizona between AD
650 and 1450.
Reservations required by Thursday March 1st. 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer for Vista del Rio”
in your email subject line.
Saturday-Sunday March 10-11, 2018: Tucson
“The Old Pueblo’s Tools through Time at Science City” during the
Tucson Festival of Books: hands-on discovery days at the Flandrau Science
Center and Planetarium on the University of Arizona Mall, 1601 E. University
Blvd., Tucson
9:30-5:30 each day; free
Stop by Old Pueblo’s “Tools Through Time” tables at the Tucson
Festival of Books’ Science City events. Old Pueblo’s educators will show
children and adults how tool making and tool usage has changed from
prehistoric times until now. Visitors can enjoy demonstrations of
flintknapping (flaked-stone tool making) by expert flintknapper Sam
Greenleaf and hands on activities that includes making your own petroglyphs
and pottery.
No reservations are needed. For more information about the “Tools
Through Time” event contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ; for information about the Tucson Festival of
Books and Science City visit http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about this
activity please reply with “Send Science City Flyer” in your email subject
line.
Saturday March 10, 2018: Mesa, AZ*
“Arizona Archaeology Expo” at the Arizona Museum of Natural History,
53 N. MacDonald, Mesa, Arizona*
****Description coming
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Kris Powell at 602-542-7141 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 15, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”
dinner featuring the presentation “El Camino del Diablo, The Devil's
Highway” by retired National Park Service Superintendent Charles R. “Butch”
Farabee at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley,
Arizona
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s
menu)
On the National Register of Historic Places, El Camino del Diablo, The
Devil's Highway, is a brutal, 200-mile long, prehistoric and historic route
from northern Sonora to Yuma, Arizona, then on to the mission areas of
California. Used for at least a millennium by Native Americans,
conquistadores, Father Kino, miners, undocumented aliens, and modern-day
adventurers, El Camino crosses three large federal areas in the extreme
desert of southern Arizona, which is the focus of this presentation. A
reputed 400 to 2,000 lives have been lost traveling along our very own,
isolated and wild part of the Arizona-Mexico border, most from heat,
exposure, and a desperate lack of water. Join Butch Farabee, who has driven
this remote, four-wheel drive road six times, for a part history, part
travelogue, and part informational overview of this fascinating but humbling
area.
Reservations are required: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO THAT
YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the Fire Code
limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Reservations must be requested before 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the
program date. 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.
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send March 15 El Camino flyer”
in your email subject line.
Friday-Monday March 16-19, 2018: Tucson to El Paso, TX & Las Cruces-Mesilla,
NM
“Missions of the River Tour” sponsored by Southwestern Mission
Research Center in El Paso, Texas-Las Cruces-Mesilla area of New Mexico,
departing from Tucson*
$695 per person double occupancy, includes transportation, lodging,
and meals
Join the Southwestern Mission Research Center for a tour of the two
Spanish colonial missions of Socorro and Ysleta (in Texas), established by
the Spanish settlers and natives who fled northern New Mexico during the
1680 Pueblo Revolt. We a will lso visit a rare presidio chapel and the
village of San Elizario, as well as the old adobe town of Mesilla, New
Mexico. This tour will include visits to museums, the Chile Pepper
Institute, and the charming J. Paul Taylor home. Enjoy sopaipillas, New
Mexico red and green chile, and some Texas BBQ, yum! A little shopping along
the way too. Since we are staying in the U.S. you will not need your
passport.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or reservations contact Monica Young at 520-621-6278 or
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Tuesday March 20, 2018: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros
and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen
Dart departing from near Silverbell Road and 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 vernal equinox and the annual Arizona Archaeology and
Heritage Awareness Month, 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 AD 650 and 1450.
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Monday March 19.
520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Tuesday-Thursday April 3-5, 2018: Tucson to Sonora, Mexico
“Kino Missions Tour” into Sonora, Mexico, with Fathers Greg Adolf and
John Arnold, ethnohistorian Dr. Dale Brenneman, and historic architect
Robert Vint, sponsored by Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC),
departing from Hotel Tucson City Center InnSuites, 475 N. Granada Ave.,
Tucson*
8 a.m. Tuesday-6 to 7 p.m. Thursday; $525 per person includes
transportation, lodging (double occupancy), and meals
More than 300 years ago, a tireless Jesuit priest by the name of
Eusebio Francisco Kino made countless forays on horseback throughout much of
what is now the northern Mexican state of Sonora and Arizona. Father Kino
brought with him ideas and material culture – chiefly the Christian faith,
the Spanish language, cattle, and crops – that would change the region
deeply and forever. Join us in retracing the steps of Kino and the
missionaries who followed him. You’ll be guided by scholars and enthusiasts
who know and love the region and volunteer their time to share it with
others. Along the way you’ll stand in awe before the evocative church ruins
of Tumacácori and Átil, marvel at the mysteries of the spectral paintings on
the church walls at Pitiquito, delight in the exuberance of Magdalena, take
in the simple beauty of Oquitoa, and bask in the rosy glow on the setting
sun as it reflects off the twin towers of Caborca’s mission. You’ll take a
side trip into prehistory with a visit to the archaeological site of
Trincheras and its new museum. You’ll lunch al fresco near the river at
Tubutama, and in the shade of quince trees watered by the centuries-old
acequia just across from San Ignacio’s church. And at day’s end, you’ll
savor dinner and margaritas on the patio of our host motel. Best of all,
you’ll have many opportunities to meet the open and friendly people of
Sonora—whose traditions, language, and ethnicity combine the region’s Native
and Spanish cultures, representing the best of both worlds.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
Reservation deadline March 9. Passports required. For more information or
reservations contact Monica Young at 520-621-6278 or email
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
Saturday May 5, 2018: Phoenix
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Phoenix Public Library at the
Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix; cosponsored by Arizona
Humanities*
1-2 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern
petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol
may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives. This program was made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jeriann Thacker 602-534-5076 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
(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/>
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/>
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
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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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