RESERVATION DEADLINES FOR
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER EVENTS
5 P.M. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 IS THE RESERVATION DEADLINE for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's Thursday October 18, 2018 "Third Thursday Food for
Thought" dinner featuring the presentation "In Search of the First Americans
across the Greater Southwest" by archaeologist Dr. Vance T. Holliday at
U-Like Oriental Buffet Restaurant, 5101 N. Oracle Road, Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free; enjoy buffet-style dinner at your own expense
The First Americans - the so-called "Paleoindians" - were the earliest
hunters and gatherers to settle in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern
Mexico. They lived at a time when the climate was substantially different
than today - generally cooler and wetter - and when large mammals of the
Pleistocene epoch such as mammoth, mastodon, horse, camel, dire wolf, big
cats, and bears were still around. Clovis type projectile points made by the
earliest known Paleoindian groups in the region some 13,500-13,000 years
before present (BP) have been found with the remains of mammoth and other
extinct megafauna. Paleoindian sites of the Folsom culture that succeeded
Clovis ca. 13,000-12,000 years BP are rare in southern Arizona and Sonora
but more common on the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona and northwestern
New Mexico, in the Great Plains, and they are locally quite dense along the
greater Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and southern Colorado. By Folsom
time most of the Pleistocene megafauna were extinct except for Bison
antiquus, and Folsom people apparently became expert hunters of those
now-extinct bison. Even younger Paleoindian sites of the 12,500-11,000 years
BP era also are known from the Rio Grande region but they seem to be fewer
than Folsom. By those late Paleoindian times the climate was significantly
warmer and drier than during the Clovis or Folsom periods and human adaptive
behavior was likely shifting toward more sedentary "Archaic" lifestyles with
increased focus on plant gathering and use of local resources.
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PUEBLO WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because
the Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting
room. Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant's
menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to benefit Old
Pueblo's educational efforts.
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5 P.M. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24 IS THE RESERVATION DEADLINE for Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's Saturday October 27 "Chukui Kawi/Cerro Prieto: Yoeme
Sacred Mountain, Hohokam Trincheras, and Petroglyphs" car-caravan cultural
sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina and
archaeologist Allen Dart, meeting at McDonald's restaurant, 13934 N.
Sandario Rd., Marana, Arizona (accessible from Interstate 10 Exit 236
(Marana)
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A $45 donation per participant ($36 for members of
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) helps cover
Old Pueblo's tour expenses and supports education programs on archaeology
and Yoeme traditional culture.
"Cerro Prieto" (Spanish for "Dark Hill") is a volcanic peak that rises
about 900 feet above the surrounding plain in the Ironwood Forest National
Monument northwest of Tucson. It is a sacred place known to the Yoeme (Yaqui
Indians) as Chukui Kawi ("Black Mountain") and one of the largest and most
complex U.S. archaeological sites featuring trincheras - massive rock-work
terraces built on steep hillsides. The site's archaeological features were
constructed and used by the Hohokam culture during the Tanque Verde phase
(AD 1150-1300) and include house foundations, waffle gardens, check dams,
trail systems, petroglyphs, rock walls, talus pits, and a stone source used
to produce agave knives, suggesting its use for a variety of residential
functions, ceremonies, and agriculture. Inscription Hill contains one of the
densest petroglyph groupings in southern Ari-zona, encompassing at least
1,225 in-dividual glyphs plus bedrock metates, trin-cheras, trail segments,
and talus pits. During this trip Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe
Molina will discuss the significance of Chukui Kawi to the Yoeme and
archaeologist Al Dart will lead us to some of the Cerro Prieto trincheras
and the nearby Inscription Hill petroglyphs.
Reservations and donation prepayments required by 5 p.m. Wednesday
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SOME OTHER UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
WITH OR WITHOUT RESERVATION DEADLINES
Thursday November 15, 2018: Tucson
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought"
dinner featuring the presentation "The Peaceful Enemies: Tucson's Apaches de
Paz, 1786-1873" by historian Jim Turner 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)
Apaches de Paz, the 'Peaceful Enemies' (Apachu means "enemy" in Zuni),
were also known as Manso Apaches. When they immigrated from the Great Plains
the Athapaskan-speaking Apache retained their hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
That included raiding, which led to violence and retaliatory attacks. But in
1786 New Spain's Viceroy Bernardo de Galvez called for a plan that involved
forming peace camps for the Apaches. If they agreed to settle in camps near
the presidios the Apaches would receive allotments of beef, blankets, and
guns. The Spanish army also provided the Mansos with horses and used them as
auxiliary troops against other Apaches who were still raiding. The Galvez
plan was successful for several decades, and by 1871 there were still more
than a hundred Apaches de Paz living near Tucson and others who had
intermarried with the Tohono O'odham and lived near San Xavier Mission.
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WHETHER YOUR RESERVATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BEFORE ATTENDING because the
Fire Code limits how many guests we can have in the restaurant meeting room.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant's menu.
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Pueblo's educational efforts.
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Saturday December 1, 2018: Dragoon Mountains, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Dragoon Springs Stage
Station-Cochise/Howard Treaty Sites" tour guided by archaeologist Dr. Deni
J. Seymour and historian Norman Wisner, departing from south side of
Interstate-10 Exit 312 (Sybil Road) about 9 miles east of Benson, Arizona
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (start & end times at I-10/Sybil Rd.; add your time
to travel to there & back home). A $45 donation per participant ($36 for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) helps
cover Old Pueblo's tour expenses and supports its education programs about
archaeology and traditional cultures.
This tour to the historic Dragoon Springs Stage Station and
Cochise-Howard Treaty Site archaeological sites in the foothills of southern
Arizona's Dragoon Mountains will be led by archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour,
whose lifelong research has focused largely on the Protohistoric and
Historic period Native American and Spanish cultures of the United States'
"southern Southwest," and Norman Wisner, a historian who is especially
knowledgeable about the Dragoon Springs site. Dragoon Springs, now listed on
the National Register of Historic Places, served the "Jackass Mail" and
Butterfield Overland mail companies during the 1850s and 1860s, and was the
site of altercations in which construction workers and soldiers of both the
Confederate and Union armies were killed, allegedly by Apaches. Debate
surrounding the burials will be incorporated into the discussion. A second
site, the Cochise-Howard Treaty location, is where Brigadier General Oliver
Otis Howard met with the Apache leader Cochise in October 1872 to negotiate
the surrender and relocation of Cochise's Chokonen Apache band. The place of
that meeting, which culminated in a peace treaty between Cochise's band and
the U.S. government, has been published by Dr. Seymour based on photographs
of unique boulder formations, written historical descriptions of the
landscape, and archaeological evidence that she will discuss during our
visit. Detailed historical accounts and archaeological investigations enrich
our understanding of the location.
Reservations and donation prepayment required by by 5 p.m. Wednesday
November 28. 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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December 1st is the deadline to purchase tickets for the Thursday December
13, 2018: Tucson
"Millions for Tucson" Raffle of a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit, 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 2018 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Summit 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 2018 vehicle - or the second prize of
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! Winner consents to be
photographed and for his or her name and likeness to be used by the Jim
Click Automotive Team and/or the representing public relations agency
(Russell Public Communications) for publicity and advertising purposes.
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 7. The drawing will
be held on December 13.
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 ticket(s) into the drawing
and will mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stub(s) 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]>
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Team's Millions for Tucson raffle itself visit
<http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
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Allen Dart, RPA 12244, 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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