For Immediate Release
Hello!
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Table of Contents
Some Thank-Yous
Some Online Resources
Old Pueblo Activities Preview
Upcoming Activities
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
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SOME THANK-YOUS
This month we thank the following folks (in somewhat alphabetical order) who have joined or rejoined Old Pueblo Archaeology Center as members or who have made donations to support our general education programs since our previous first-of-the-month email blast: Daniel Aiken & Anne Browning-Aiken, Robert Anderson, Marilyn Beech, Holt Bodinson, Richard Brusca, Lauren & Cora Bull, Donald & Darlene Burgess, Elizabeth Butler, Andrew Christenson, Corrinne Crawford, Al Dart, Philip Davis, Cynthia Doster, Doug Ebeling, Butch Farabee, William Finkelstein & Brita Miller, Alexander & Madelyn Cook, Bill & Maria Enríquez, Benjamin & Cynthia Everitt, Carolyn Fisher, Veronica Frost, Jean Giliberto, Robert Grace-Frutos, Linda Gricius, Elaine Halbedel, James F. Hays, Susanna Henry, Kathryn Hovey, Aleta Lawrence, Sylvia Lee, Melissa Loeschen, Steve & Mari Marenfeld, Michael Margolis, Judith Marro, Gilbert Martinez, Kyle Meredith, Jon Petrescu, Adrianne Rankin, Steven & Donna Rospopo, Donna Shoemaker, Sharon Smith, Peter Steere, Jane Stone, Sharon Strachan, Kenneth & Heath Sylvester, Armando Vargas, Jr., Peggie Jo Vincent, Paul Virgin, AJ Vonarx, and Mark Wille.
Thank you all so much!
SOME ON_______________________ RESOURCES
(SOME ONLINE RESOURCES)
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted the recording of Scientific Evidence for Tonto Basin Salado Polychrome Pottery Production and Exchange featuring archaeologist Mary F. Ownby, PhD, October 19, and many other “Third Thursday Food for Thought” and “Indigenous Interests” webinar presentations on Old Pueblo’s Youtube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Archaeology Southwest: Tame or Wild? Emergent Ranching Cultures of Spanish Colonial Pimería Alta featuring Nicole Mathwich, October 3: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcK-X7-fPG8> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcK-X7-fPG8.
* Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society: Tree-Ring Dating Techniques for the Desert Basin of Southern and Central Arizona featuring Nicholas V. Kessler, October 16: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCqfu5G-wc> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCqfu5G-wc.
OLD PUEBLO ACTIVITIES PREVIEW
Tuesday November 14: “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online program featuring “Wa’alupe: Yaqui Village in Phoenix Urban Sprawl” presentation by Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui), PhD
Thursday November 16: “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “How it All Comes Together: The Role of the State Historic Preservation Office in the Federal Preservation Network” by Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard
Friday & Saturday November 17 & 18: “Salado, Whatever that Means” archaeological sites tour with archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart
See green font listings below for details on these and other activities sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
The following listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. Time zones are specified only for online activities; each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
For activities marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are advised to confirm dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.
Thursday November 2, 2023: Online
“Conceptualizing the Past: The Thoughtful Engagement of Hearts and Minds” free online presentation by archaeology educators Elaine Franklin and Jon Ghahate, sponsored by fCrow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4-5 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Public education has been an important part of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center almost before Crow Canyon was Crow Canyon. Dr. Edward Berger began conducting experiential education programs in the Cortez area for his Denver-area students in the 1960s. These programs focused on the study of archaeology and American Indian history in the region and were grounded in the authentic engagement of students. In 1974, Berger purchased the original 80 acres of land where the Crow Canyon campus now sits to give these programs a home. This webinar looks at the 40-plus year history of education at Crow Canyon since its genesis in Berger’s “Crow Canyon SchQool” and looks at the way programming is evolving in the present to reach new audiences and be relevant to the concerns of 21st Century learners. Included in the discussion are the fundamental characteristics of Crow Canyon’s educational programming over the years and key strategies used to engage students of all ages.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Conceptualizing-the-Past-The-Thoughtful-Engagement-of-Hearts-and-Minds> https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Conceptualizing-the-Past-The-Thoughtful-Engagement-of-Hearts-and-Minds.
Thursday November 2, 2023: Safford, AZ
“Dia de los Muertos Storytelling” free presentation with Zarco Guerrero sponsored by Safford City- Graham County Library and Arizona Humanities in the Library’s Program Room, 808 S. 7th Ave., Safford, Arizona*
5-6 pm. Free.
Día de Los Muertos is a highly celebrated and significant holiday held throughout Mexico, Latin America, and the US Southwest. It is a day when homage is paid with prayers, offerings of food, and the building of altars to those who have gone before us. Join Zarco and his unique masked characters as they celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with hilarious and moving storytelling. Among the characters making appearances are the poetry spouting “El Vato Poeta,” the flirtatious “La Comadre,” the clueless “Special Ed,” the wise “El Abuelito,” and other beloved roles that Zarco, a prolific playwright, has created to express the humor and sadness of our lives. This storytelling puts life into perspective in a delightful and engaging way, helping us accept and even laugh at our most primal fears about death. As a sculptor, muralist, storyteller, and performance artist Zarco has dedicated his career to creating positive social change through the arts. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <http://www.saffordlibray.org/> http://www.saffordlibray.org/ or contact the library at 928-432-4165.
Thursday November 2, 2023: Phoenix and online
“Who Has Access? Water and Life along the Colorado River” free Climate Conversations discussion with Cora Tso (Diné) sponsored by Arizona Humanities in-person at the Ellis-Shackelford House. 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, and virtually via Zoom*
6-7 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
Access to water is essential for communities across the Southwest. Climate change and drought are worsening water issues, especially for many living on the Navajo Nation. How are past water laws, current policies, and recent Supreme Court decisions shaping water rights today? Who has water, and who does not? Join Arizona Humanities for a Q&A conversation about tribal water rights and environmental justice with Cora Tso, attorney with Western Resource Advocates. Discussion will focus on the importance of water to life and health for communities on the Navajo Nation, and potential solutions to water inequity. Cora Tso is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and an environmental law and policy expert who works to preserve natural landscapes, promote outdoor equity, and ensure sustainable access to public lands and waters in the West. Previously, she helped secure and protect the Navajo Nation’s water rights claims across Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register for in-person talk at <http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5p80ef7534a&llr=4prallcab> http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5p80ef7534a&llr=4prallcab. Register to attend virtually at
<http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5pi22baa662&llr=4prallcab> http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5pi22baa662&llr=4prallcab.
Friday November 3 or December 1, 2023: Tucson
“Congress Street” walking tour with historian Ken Scoville sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum beginning at Washington St. and Church Ave. (northeast corner of the Presidio Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., but not at front entrance), Tucson*
10 am-12 pm. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
Every town has a “street of dreams” where shopping, dining, and entertainment flourished and then floundered. Tucson’s Congress Street is now being reborn thanks to past preservation efforts to save the Fox and Rialto Theatres, Hotel Congress, and early masonry commercial buildings from demolition. Presidio Museum tour guide Ken Scoville will lead the group east on Congress, explaining how each block reflects ongoing changes in downtown commercial development from the 19th and 20th centuries. Discover the struggle between west and east merchants to attract customers with saloons and gambling, later with restaurants, theaters, and hotels to capture the tourist and even John Dillinger. The tour finishes at the restored train station near the east end of Congress Street.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 4, 2023: Tucson
“Evergreen Cemetery Tour” with Alan Kruse, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning one block in from the cemetery entrance at N. Oracle Rd. and W. Fort Lowell Rd., Tucson*
9-11 am. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
After a general overview of Tucson’s cemeteries, Presidio Museum tour guide Alan Kruse will lead attendees through several Evergreen Cemetery gravesites and hear the stories of a number of historical characters including Sam Hughes, Henry Buehman, Larcena Pennington, Harry Arizona Drachman, Sarah Herring Sorin, and Thomas Jeffords.
The tour is about ¼ mile long. Free parking is available at the meeting spot.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 4, 2023: Online
“Rock Art 2023 Virtual Symposium” online meetings sponsored by San Diego Rock Art Association, San Diego*
10 am-5 pm Pacific Daylight Time. Free (registration is required)
In this online symposium presentations of papers on all areas of rock art research are welcome.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register go to <https://www.sandiegorockart.org/symposium_registration.html> https://www.sandiegorockart.org/symposium_registration.html. For complete information and links for registration, t-shirt sales, and the call for papers visit SYMPOSIUM page at <http://www.sdraa.org> www.sdraa.org.
Saturday November 4, 2023: Tucson
“Thunderbird Style: Frank Patania, Sr.’s Influence on Native American Jewelry Design” free presentation by authors Pat and Kim Messier, sponsored by Friends of ASM Collections, in the United Methodist Church Social Hall, 915 E. 4th St., Tucson*
1-3 pm free.
Based on their book Legendary Patania Jewelry: In the Tradition of the Southwest, authors Pat and Kim Messier will give an illustrated presentation about Frank Patania Sr.’s life (born in Italy in 1899), the history of the Thunderbird Shop in Santa Fe and Tucson, and the Native American silversmiths who worked there. Refreshments will be served, and the authors will sign books after the presentation. Legendary Patania can be purchased at the event for $60, in Tucson at the Arizona Inn or Medicine Man Gallery, and online from Schiffer Publishing or amazon.com. Park free in the church parking lot or the nearby Tyndall Garage (880 E. 4th St.). This event is sponsored by the Friends of the ASM Collections in conjunction with the Arizona State Museum’s exhibit Ancient to Modern: Continuity and Innovation in Southwest Native Jewelry.
* 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]
Saturday November 4, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
“Jerome – Too Stubborn to Die – How the Town Survived Numerous ‘Near-Death’ Experiences” free presentation with Jay Mark sponsored by Phoenix Public Libraries and Arizona Humanities at Desert Broom Library, 29710 N. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, Arizona*
2-3 pm. Free.
Numerous fires, landslides, floods, labor strikes, polluted air, epidemics, Depression, recessions, financial collapse, one adversity after another. Any one of these might spell the end of a lesser community. But, in Arizona, one town survived these “near-death” experiences, and more, yet managed to survive. Some might even say, “thrive.” This presentation looks at the numerous disasters, tragedies and setbacks Jerome faced in its first ¾ century. And still come out on top. From precontact times when the Sinagua mined copper ores for decoration and ornamentation, to the Spanish exploring for gold and silver, to the modern discoveries of copper riches all within Cleopatra Hill, Jerome exploded to the 4th largest city in Arizona. Less than half-a-century later, its numbers had dwindled to 243. How Jerome remade itself from a major mining center into a tourist-filled, living Ghost Town is a fascinating tale that features many seldom-seen images. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/jerome-too-stubborn-to-die-how-the-town-survived-numerous-near-death-experiences-with-jay-mark-4/> https://azhumanities.org/event/jerome-too-stubborn-to-die-how-the-town-survived-numerous-near-death-experiences-with-jay-mark-4/ or contact the library at 602-534-7185.
Saturday & Sunday November 4 & 5, 2023: Phoenix & Tempe, AZ
“2023 Arizona Archaeological Society State Meeting” in the Community Room at S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
In addition to presentations, other events, and food, tours of S’edav Va’aki Museum and the nearby Hohokam platform mound site will be offered on Saturday. On Sunday archaeologist Aaron Wright will lead a field trip to petroglyph sites in Pheonix’s South Mountains and archaeologist Scott Kwiatkowski will lead one to the Loma del Rio archaeological site in Tempe. Each trip is limited to 20 participants. Sign-up sheets for each Sunday tour will be available on Saturday at S'edav Va'aki Museum.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azarchsoc.org/page-1862680> https://azarchsoc.org/page-1862680 or contact Ellie Large at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday November 7, 2023: Phoenix
“What’s In Our Name?” new exhibit opening at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
Museum Hours: October-April, Monday-Saturday 9 am-4:45 pm, Sunday 1-4:45 pm; May-September, the same except closed Sunday & Monday. Closed most major holidays. Admission: Adults $6, seniors $5, ages 6-17 $3, under 6 free.
The “What’s In Our Name?” exhibit, which will be on display from November 7, 2023 through June 2024, celebrates the former Pueblo Grande Museum’s name change to S’edav Va’aki, an appelation chosen by its tribal partners, the O’Odham whose ancestors previously inhabited the site. S’eḏav Va’aki, where the Museum is located, is a 1,500-year-old archaeological site once inhabited by the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People and recognized today as a National Historic Landmark. Names have power, both emotionally and spiritually through oral history. The City of Phoenix is continuing on its journey of healing with this renaming. The exhibit also explores other ways in which the Museum has grown through an updated mission statement, new interpretation signs, programming, and ultimately, an entirely new interpretation plan.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information go to <http://www.phoenix.gov/sedav-vaaki> www.phoenix.gov/sedav-vaaki or call 602-495-0901 for more information about upcoming programs and events.
Tuesday November 7, 2023: Online
“Archaeology Café: Ancient Domestication of the Four Corners Potato: Archaeology, Sex, and Genetics” free online lecture with Lisbeth Louderback presented by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
6 to 7 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Memories of Diné and Hopi elders reveal the Four Corners potato (Solanum jamesii) to be an ancient food and lifeway medicine, once collected from the wild and grown in now-faded gardens, diminished over the last century by drought and displaced by potatoes from elsewhere. Lisbeth Louderback (Archaeobotany Lab, Natural History Museum of Utah; University of Utah) will present the latest evidence gathered during a 10-year collaborative study that addresses use, transport, and manipulation by ancient people. Mating experiments, genetic sequencing, and food remnants on manos and metates have revealed a convincing story of this fascinating plant species.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Preregistration is required: <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omABPqb7T_SnOZMdRY3zOQ#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omABPqb7T_SnOZMdRY3zOQ#/registration.
Wednesday November 8, 2023: Queen Creek, AZ
“Petroglyph Patterns and Bell Rocks at Ancestral O'odham Sites” free presentation by Janine Hernbrode for San Tan Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at San Tan Historical Society Museum, 20425 S. Old Ellsworth Rd. (at intersection of Queen Creek Rd. and Ellsworth Loop Rd.), Queen Creek, Arizona*
6:30 pm. Free.
Wary of becoming relentless quantifiers through rock art recording, rock art researcher Janine Hernbrode and her research partner, Dr. Peter Boyle, worked together to collect and analyze data obtained from their recordings. Peter and Janine demonstrate that ethnographic and linguistic information can suggest links to both sacred landscapes and some motifs found in rock art. A retired University of Arizona science administrator and curriculum writer, Janine has spent 16 years recording rock art within 30 miles of Tucson, primarily at Ancestral O’odham sites.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Marie Britton at 480-390-3491 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday November 8, 2023: Durango, CO & online
“A Different Way to Understand Community: A Closer Look at the Velarde Valley of New Mexico” free presentation by archaeologist Patrick Cruz (Tewa), sponsored by the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, in the Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Dr, Durango, Colorado; and online*
7 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Patrick Cruz, a member of northern New Mexico’s Tewa- speaking Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo community, is a University of Colorado PhD student in archaeology and Assistant Collections Manager for Archaeological Research Collections at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. In this talk he will present a perspective on ancient Native American communities that my not often be considered by non-Indigenous archaeologists.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://www.sjbas.org/> https://www.sjbas.org/. Go to <https://fortlewis.zoom.us/j/96274904694> https://fortlewis.zoom.us/j/96274904694 on the event date to join the Zoom session.
Wednesday November 8, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
“Growing in the Desert: The History & Culture of the Tohono O’odham” free presentation by Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, PhD, for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Fellowship Hall, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, Arizona*
7:30-8:30 pm; refreshment and socialization beginning at 7 pm. Free.
Many Arizonans call the Sonoran Desert and its striking landscapes home. Long before our urban centers and city lights lit up the dark desert skies, the Tohono O’odham were cultivating and shaping the land with abundant agriculture – from squash and beans to corn and cotton. For generations they passed down their rich knowledge and culture grown from their connection to the desert. In this program Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan (Tohono O’odham, San Xavier District), instructor in the Tohono O’odham Studies Program at Tohono O’odham Community College, shares her knowledge about the history and culture of her people, the Tohono O’odham.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Mary Kearney at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday, November 9, 2023: Tucson & San Xavier, AZ
“Tucson’s O’odham and Spanish Food Heritage Day Trip” fundraising coach trip to support the ongoing work of the Arizona State Museum's Office of Ethnohistorical Research, starting at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson.
8 am-5 pm. $290 ($250 for ASM members) includes motor coach transportation, breakfast, parking, entry fees, gratuities, guest speaker honoraria, lunch, snacks and beverages.
Spend the day with ASM scholars Dale S. Brenneman, PhD, and Monica Young, MA, exploring Tucson’s rich Native and Hispanic food heritages. See how culture, religion, and farming intersected and transformed the landscape in multiple ways, shaping southern Arizona and the future city of Tucson. Tour begins at Tucson’s Mission Garden (where full-day parking is available) with light breakfast and a tour of the garden with Maegan Lopez and Kendall Kroesen. From there it will depart by motor coach to visit ancient Hohokam agave fields at the base of Tumamoc Hill with archaeologist and ethnobotanist Suzanne Fish, PhD, then to the San Xavier Co-op Farm where lunch will be served followed by a tour of the farm. The last stop will be at the Tucson Presidio for a tour with a Presidio docent and food display before the tour returns to Mission Garden.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 9, 2023: Scottsdale, AZ
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by Foothills Community Foundation at the Holland Community Center, 34250 N. 60th St. Scottsdale, Arizona, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
6 pm. Free.
Native Americans in the U.S. Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before non-Indian peoples 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 program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the Holland Center at 480-488-1090 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 9, 2023: Online
“Representation Matters: Reframing American History through the Japanese Experience” podcast sponsored by Arizona Humanities, Phoenix*
6 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
As Americans grapple with increasing tension and division, what can we learn from the past to connect with each other? Arizona has a rich history with Japanese Americans since the 19th century. Hundreds of acres of the land were once owned by Japanese-American farmers who created thriving agriculture communities, producing and delivering products across and beyond the state. During WWII, Arizona had two concentration camp sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated. Traces of those histories are disappearing from public view. Filmmaker and educator Reina Higashitani works with student junior producers Catherine Baxter and Tinnley Subsin to document those stories. Their podcast series, Chasing Cherry Blossoms, and its interactive website connect firsthand accounts of history with contemporary experiences and prompt discussions such as model minority myth, perpetual foreignness, and legacies of resistance. Join them in a discussion of the power of community storytelling and explore what it means to be an American today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ek0wyf4oaaa863e7&llr=4prallcab> http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ek0wyf4oaaa863e7&llr=4prallcab.
Thursday November 9, 2023: Irvine, CA & online
“Massive Effects and Consequences of the Younger Dryas Cometary Impact with Earth 12,800 Years Ago” free presentation by Earth Sciences Professor Emeritus James Kennett sponsored by Pacific Coast Archaeological Society (PCAS) online and at Irvine Ranch Water District Community Room, 15500 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, California*
7:30 pm Pacific Standard Time. Free.
Dr. James Kennett and others have been investigating widespread geological and archaeological evidence suggesting a major fragmented comet may have impacted Earth 12,800 years ago, causing continent-wide wildfires, impact winter, and other severe environmental changes. This cosmic impact hypothesis seeks to explain the massive, abrupt, and synchronous extinction of mammoths, horses, camels, sloths, saber tooth cats, and other large mammals over North and South America; the abrupt disappearance of the North American Clovis Culture and the contemporaneous human culture in South America; the sudden triggering of abrupt cooling known as the Younger Dryas climatic interval over broad areas of Earth; massive, abrupt outburst flooding into the oceans due to sudden draining of proglacial lakes that had accumulated near the melting ice sheets; abrupt major change in the way the ocean circulates; and climatic triggering of the earliest known incipient agriculture as recorded in the Middle East. Dr. Kennett is a still-active Professor Emeritus in Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Research Professor with the Marine Science Institute.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Attendance may be limited. Send email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] to request Zoom registration link or for more information.
Friday & Saturday November 10 & 11, 2023: Albuquerque
“New Mexico Archaeological Council Annual Meeting” at the University of New Mexico’s Hibben Center for Archeology Research, 450 University Blvd. NE, Albuquerque*
6-7:30 pm Friday keynote address; 9 am-5 pm Saturday meeting. Registration fee $55 (discounts available).
The 2023 NMAC Annual Meeting’s theme will be “Innovative Research and Management of Cultural Resources on Federal Lands in New Mexico.” Federal lands make up over 30 percent of New Mexico’s land base so with this conference NMAC hopes to highlight innovative research, collaborations, partnerships, and programs in cultural resources-related management on these lands. Speakers likely will inclde land managers, land stewards, and their collaborators on federal lands throughout New Mexico. For the Friday evening keynote address David Rachal will present work on the White Sands Footprints and why Ruppia lake balls present a problem for dating.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Christina Chavez at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 11, 2023: Winslow, AZ
“Homolovi IV Pueblo Guided Tour” starting at Homolovi State Park, on AZ-87 1.3 miles north of I-40 Exit 257 east of Winslow, Arizona*
10 am-1 pm. $7 per vehicle (1-4 adults).
Homolovi IV Pueblo, which usually is closed to the public, is the oldest of northern Arizona’s Homol’ovi I through IV group of pueblos, occupied between 1260 and 1280 CE. This tour will begin at Homolovi State Park’s visitor center where a park ranger will give an introduction to the history of the site and its tie to the Hopi people. Attendees will then caravan in their own vehicles 12 miles (the last ¼ mile of which is a two-track dirt road) to visit Homolovi IV and its associated petroglyphs. The walking distance is approximately 0.3 miles on uneven ground but an easy trail. Be prepared with hats, sunscreen, and plenty of water as there is no shade at the site. Dogs are not allowed. Limited to 15 participants.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For reservations (required) call the park at 928-289-4106.
Wednesday November 13, 2024: Online
“Mexicayotl: The Philsophy, Beliefs, and Teachings of a North American Indigenous Religious Movement” free online presentation with Atekpatzin Young (Genízaro Apache), sponsored by Aztlander, Chicago*
8 pm Eastern Standard Time. Free.
There has been a movement across North America toward a “way of life” rooted in indigeneity called Mexicayotl. Mexicayotl encompasses participation and belief in a contemporary Indigenous spiritual practice that embeds the individual in a community. It entrenches the individual in forms that express a return to indigeneity. Mexicayotl is a dynamic expression of beliefs, spirituality, rituals, rites, teachings, songs, and dances culled from 500-plus-year-old codices, the conchero tradition, music, song, poetry, healing practices, and old religious beliefs. Atekpatzin Young’s book by the same name is not the definitive reference for Mexicayotl, merely an attempt to codify aspects of the practice utilizing verifiable historical sources from the 16th century. It gives credence to contemporary oral teachings that validate Mexicayotl as a viable response to 500 years of colonization by the largest Indigenous community spanning the United States and Mexico: the Mexica. Atekpatzin is a consultant, scholar, writer, artist, and musician who has worked in radio, television, and theater; as an educator, prevention specialist, psychotherapist, mediator, and traditional healer serving diverse populations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86333368374> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86333368374 on the event date to join the session.
Tuesday November 14, 2023: Online
“Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “Wa’alupe: Yaqui Village in Phoenix Urban Sprawl” by Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui), PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Yaqui Indian families came from Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona’s Salt River Valley in the 1880s to labor in the agricultural fields, railroads, and mines. They formed their villages on the outskirts of cities. This is how Guadalupe came to be. We have been known to be hard workers, strong minded and of good heart. The Tempe community knew how important we were to the growth and sustainability of their city. Many today remember how Guadalupe was so far away from any city, we had so many open spaces to play and have our fiestas for baptisms, weddings, birthdays, and ceremonies. There was no Interstate 10 or the largest shopping mall of Arizona. Just cotton fields, orchards, Japanese flower gardens, a small crop duster airfield and our monte near us. Many good memories of play, smells, and place. This presentation will take you to the beginning of our village, now our cemetery. Guadalupe is still here, it has persisted and flourished during the most challenging times; the people will make sure it endures.
Octaviana Trujillo is founding Chair and Professor Emerita in the Department of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University and former Chairwoman of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today. The series is hosted by Old Pueblo board of directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné), Anabel Galindo (Yaqui), and Maegan Lopez and Samuel Fayuant (Tohono O’odham).
To register for the program go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b75fQ5VDRbmN31tcK_LEZQ> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b75fQ5VDRbmN31tcK_LEZQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Wednesday November 15, 2023: Tucson
“University of Arizona Tour” with Alan Kruse, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning in the Arizona Historical Society parking lot at northeast corner of Euclid Ave. and 2nd St., Tucson*
9-11:30 am. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
After discussing the interesting beginnings of the University in 1885, tour guide Alan Kruse will lead attendees to the historic portion of the campus beginning with the Main Gate at University Blvd. and Park Ave. The history, personalities, and architecture will be emphasized in a somewhat chronological order. The architecture of the older buildings varies from Classical Revival to Italian and Spanish Romanesque. The tour also will visit newer sites such as the Women’s Plaza of Honor and the Student Union Memorial Center. As participants stroll the campus, they will investigate some of the plants (the University itself is a recognized arboretum) and the public art. The tour will end after a short visit to the front of the Arizona History Museum at 949 E. Second St.. This 1.25-mile walking tour is not on the Presidio Museum’s regular tour schedule and sold out last time, so register early!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 16, 2023: Sedona, AZ
“Emerging Stories in Petroglyphs” free presentation by Richard Gonsalves for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at the Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona*
3:30 pm. Free.
No one really knows what the petroglyphs mean but some meanings are coming out. Petroglyphs in the American Southwest tell many stories from astronomical to cultural, and some people believe some of them may have connections to the Aztec and Chinese. Growing up in Snowflake, Ariozna, Richard Gonsalves has always enjoyed the outdoors. He has hiked and picnicked in northern Arizona his whole life and has always wondered what the petroglyphs were all about. He is currently the President of the Agave House Chapter in Heber/Overgaard of the Arizona Archaeological Society.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Linda Krumrie at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday November 16, 2023: Online
“Return Migrations” free online presentation by Lyle Balenquah (Hopi), Nate Francis (Tewa), Ritchie Sahneyah (Hopi/Tewa), and Autry Lomahongva (Hopi/Dine), sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations encouraged).
“Indigenous guides traverse ancestral paths on journeys of remembrance, learning, healing, and respect.” In the Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023, four Indigenous men participated in two Crow Canyon Cultural Explorations trips within the Bears Ears National Monument. Each was invited along to share cultural perspectives and reconnect to parts of their history found on the landscape. This webinar highlights their experiences as they pursue opportunities to train and work as Indigenous guides across their ancestral lands and rivers. Their discussions focus on issues such as increasing guide diversity, creating a familiar guide culture, and guiding as a means for community-based cultural preservation and education. Their participation, and this webinar, are the result of on-going collaborative efforts between the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and its Indigenous partners.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/return-migrations/?ms=sat_email&utm_campaign=sat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aswemail&emci=f681809b-ec72-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=dc159b90-4f73-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=15100> crowcanyon.org/programs/return-migrations/?ms=sat_email&utm_campaign=sat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aswemail&emci=f681809b-ec72-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=dc159b90-4f73-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=15100.
Thursday November 16, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “How It All Comes Together: The Role of the State Historic Preservation Office in the Federal Preservation Network” by Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
How do individual and local efforts to preserve archaeological resources relate to the federal preservation program? Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard will provide an overview of the National Historic Preservation Act and the role of the SHPO in ensuring each state's most fragile heritage resources are considered in project planning.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kPzWhoMpSBmT5Fxb36uYyg> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kPzWhoMpSBmT5Fxb36uYyg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Friday & Saturday November 17 & 18, 2023: Central Arizona
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Salado, Whatever that Means” archaeological sites tour with archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart starting in northwest corner of Walmart parking lot at 1695 N. Arizona Blvd., Coolidge, Arizona
9 am Friday to 1 pm or later Saturday. $109 donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures; includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no transportation, lodging, or meals.
Archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart lead this car-caravan educational tour to central Arizona archaeological sites representing the “Salado phenomenon.” What does “Salado” mean? Was Salado a distinct precontact-era culture like the Ancestral Pueblo, Hohokam, Mogollon, and Patayan cultures (all of which were at least partly contemporary with Salado)? If not, then what was Salado exactly? During this tour, Rich and Al will discuss these ideas during visits to the Casa Grande Ruins in Coolidge and Besh Ba Gowah Pueblo and Gila Pueblo on Friday, and Tonto National Monument’s Lower Cliff Dwelling and the Schoolhouse Point Platform Mound archaeological site near Roosevelt Lake on Saturday. On the drive from Coolidge to Globe, participants will see spectacular central Arizona mountains and scenery including Queen Creek Canyon, Devil's Canyon, and the fabled Apache Leap. There are several restaurant options in Globe for Friday lunch and dinner and Saturday breakfast. Participants provide their own lodging, meals, and transportation.
Donations are due by 5 pm Tuesday November 14: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday November 18, 2023: Tucson
“Native American Arts Fair” at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
9 am-2 pm (The Garden opens at 8 am). Free. Donations gratefully accepted to help the garden grow.
Native American artists of many tribal affiliations including Tohono O'odham, Yaqui, Hopi, Navajo and Apache will exhibit and sell their products made in a wide variety of media. These include ceramics, basketry, jewelry, gourd decorations, carvings, beadwork, clothing, paintings, and more. Some artists will demonstrate their crafts at their booths. This is one of the Mission Garden’s biggest and most colorful events of the year and great opportunity to see the work of some of the finest Native American artists working today. Visitors also will get to see the Mission Garden’s winter-spring crops starting to grow, including white Sonora wheat, leafy vegetables, root crops, and fava and garbanzo beans.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <http://www.tucsonsbirthplace.org> www.tucsonsbirthplace.org or call 520-955-5200.
Saturday November 18, 2023: Payson, AZ
“Ancient Water Management in the Arizona Desert” free presentation by Gary Huckleberry, PhD, for Rim Country Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Payson Public Library (in Rumsey Park complex), 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson, Arizona*
10-11:30 am. Free.
Arizona has a long history of people managing water for agriculture and human consumption. Evidence for ancient water management is found across the state and includes canals, reservoirs, and wells. The earliest irrigation canals and reservoirs thus far identified are in the Tucson area and date to around 1500 and 500 BCE, respectively. Through time, canal systems expanded in size, culminating in the impressive network of channels built by the Hohokam (450-1450 CE) along the lower Salt and middle Gila rivers. Dr. Gary Huckleberry will review the diversity of evidence, focusing on archaeological discoveries made in the Sonoran Desert region of central and southern Arizona, and discuss what lessons we might gain by studying these ancient features with respect to today’s water challenges. Gary Huckleberry is an independent consultant and adjunct researcher at the University of Arizona who specializes in soils, landforms, and archaeology.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry> https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry.
Monday November 20, 2023: Tucson and online
“Bell Rocks and Megaphones: Discoveries of Sounds Coupled with Petroglyphs in Ancestral O’odham (Hohokam) Ritual Landscapes” free presentation by Janine Hernbrode sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), optional online or in Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room 107 (ground-floor auditorium), 1064 E. Lowell St., University of Arizona, Tucson*
7-8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Distributed amidst the petroglyphs at three of the largest Ancestral O’odham (Hohokam) petroglyph sites in Southern Arizona are assemblages of boulders that resonate when struck producing distinct bell-like sounds. The visual traces of sound-making on large bell rocks and adjacent bedrock indicate they were not only chimed with percussion strikers to resonate but also were abraded with a grinding motion to produce sound volumes. Some of the bell rocks investigated also appear to have been roughly shaped or pecked to resemble animal heads, an indication of the boulders being an object accorded animacy and having “voice.” Many of these boulders have petroglyphs and use-wear consistent with usage during precontact times. Recent investigation of remote smaller petroglyph sites that lack naturally occurring bell rocks has revealed the presence of both bell rock manuports and a ringing striker. A fourth large petroglyph site lacks bell rocks but is aligned with a hillside where copper bells were cached. These discoveries further illuminate the importance of bell-like sounds to the Hohokam and suggest the bells were necessary to complete the landscape characteristics of sacred sites. Ethnographic data show that bell sounds and production of volumes of sound were used historically in Tohono O’odham rituals. This talk also describes a previously unknown co-occurrence of landscape features that produce a megaphone-like effect with specific Hohokam imagery and with rock cracks, holes, or edges that suggest passageways between the present world and a lower world.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No reservations needed for in-person meeting; $1/hr parking is available in U of A 6th St. garage immediately east of ENR. To register for online presentation go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jJZ6U4fGT8W5ZAMIhmi7Mw#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jJZ6U4fGT8W5ZAMIhmi7Mw#/registration.
Saturday December 2, 2023: Naco & Bisbee, AZ
“Pathfinders Trip to Camp Naco, Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, and 1917 Deportation Location” luxury coach tour sponsored by Arizona Pathfinders, starting at Walmart Supercenter, 1260 E. Tucson Marketplace Blvd., Tucson*
7 am-6 pm. $220 per person.
During the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Fort Huachuca commanders established a tent camp where the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad crossed the Mexican border, at Naco, Arizona. Initially manned by the 9th and 10th Cavalries, and later the 25th Infantry, collectively known as the Buffalo Soldiers, its mission was to protect the railroad, prevent smuggling, and maintain the peace. In 1919 the permanent Camp Naco was constructed. Part of a 1,200-mile chain of 35 permanent military camps, When camps were decommissioned in 1923, Camp Naco, one of only two of them constructed of adobe, remained in place, and now it remains the only camp to retain its historic integrity. This visit to Camp Naco will be led by well versed guides including an expert on the Buffalo Soldiers. After lunch the tour will first visit the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, then Warren field – the scene of the 1917 “Wobblies” striking workers deportation. This last stop will focus on highlights about the Bisbee deportation and a presentation by Bisbee deportation researcher and movie participant Mike Anderson.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register visit <http://www.azpathfinders.org> www.azpathfinders.org.
Saturday & Sunday December 2 & 3, 2023: Sedona, AZ area
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Religion on the Red Rocks Tour” with Scott Newth and Al Dart starting at the Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona
12 pm Saturday to 2 pm Sunday. $109 donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures; includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no transportation, lodging, or meals.
Sign up for the waiting list to take Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s two half-days of touring some of the most impressive rock imagery in the Sedona area. We will visit four sites in total to pictographs and petroglyphs from the ca. 1200 CE Sinagua archaeological culture and the 1400+ CE Yavapai. On day 1 we will observe pictograph panels at the Woo Ranch and Honanki archaeological sites in addition to the Honanki cliffdwelling. Then on day 2 we’ll see Sinagua petroglyphs at the Spirit Hunter site that overlooks an 800-foot-deep canyon, followed by a visit to the Red Tank Draw site where hundreds of petroglyphs can be seen on both sides of a red-rock canyon. Bring binoculars or a zoom-lens camera for day 2!
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday November 27, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday December 6, 2023: Tucson
“Presidio District Tour – Why is Tucson the City It is Today” walking tour with historian Ken Scoville, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning at the 1928 Pima County Courthouse, 115 N Church Ave, Tucson*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday & Sunday December 9 & 10, 2023: Phoenix
“46th Annual S’edav Va’aki Museum Indian Market” at S’edav Va’aki Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details contact S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901 or <http://www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande> www.phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culture-history/pueblo-grande.
Wednesday December 13, 2023: Tucson
“Modern Streetcar & Walking Tour” with Alan Kruse, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning at Mercado San Agustin, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday December 13, 2023: Online
“Recent Finds: ‘Emerging Stories in Petroglyphs’” free presentation by Richard Gonsalves for San Tan Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, Queen Creek, Arizona*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83606106808?pwd=NXpCbHQrYk5DUnFuakZOblNXaFR5UT09> https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83606106808?pwd=NXpCbHQrYk5DUnFuakZOblNXaFR5UT09. For more information contact Marie Britton at 480-390-3491 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday December 19, 2023: Starting in Nogales, AZ
“Magdalena de Kino Day Trip” with Alex La Pierre sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at Burger King, 47 N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at <https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/magdalena-daytrip> https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/magdalena-daytrip. For more information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 21, 2023: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departs from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 am to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2023 winter solstice occurs on December 21 at 8:27 pm Mountain Standard Time (Dec. 21, 2:27 am Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the winter solstice day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people's recognition of solstices and other calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. Participants provide their own transportation.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Tuesday December 19, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Thursday December 21, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “Healing and Health in Hopi, Mayan and Andean (Yauyo) Cultures: Symbiosis with Western Medicine” by anthropologist Sharonah Fredrick, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Archaeological finds, colonial Spanish chronicles, and most importantly, the living memories of tribal elders in Central America, South America, and the American Southwest demonstrate not only extraordinary botanical medical knowledge, but understandings of surgery and osteopathy that contradict stereotypes of Native peoples as always and only practicing “spiritual” medicine. It is spiritual, mental, and deeply physical, and has been so for millennia. Through understanding the causal links between spiritual, physical, mental, and environmental factors, Native medicine systems, when allied with Western holistic and conventional medicine, have been able to produce superb results for health and well-being. How can we learn from these systems, how can we respect Native science without appropriating it, and what are the connections between the stories of the Cosmic Twins in Native cultures and their healing abilities for human mental health? The Hopi, Mayan, and Andean Yauyo cultures are all characterized by village autonomy and diversity of thought and theory regarding their own beliefs, a trait that has previously only been associated with so-called Western societies. The importance of the Twin metaphor and its connections with healing focus on the need to find continual balance between shifting polar opposites that are life itself. In this view, health is based on balance, not elimination of the bad.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y2LAfUJbRxCmfvZqWegrmg> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y2LAfUJbRxCmfvZqWegrmg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
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Wednesdays January 3-April 3, 2024: Online
“Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time each Wednesday evening January 3 through April 3, 2024. $109 donation ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.
Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its twelve evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class is a prerequisite for all other courses offered in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603> www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Friday December 29, 2023, whichever is earlier. To register of for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Saturday January 6, 2024: Tucson
“Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson
9 am to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Limited to six registrants.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday January 4, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Other Old Pueblo Classes Coming in 2024:
Wednesdays May 8-August 7, 2024: “The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-session online adult education class
Wednesdays September 4-December 11, 2024: “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session online adult education class
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is now taking reservations for the 2023-2024 school year’s youth education programs. You can find information about them at the links listed below.
* OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Education Program: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/open3-simulated-excavation-classrooms/.
* OPENOUT Archaeology Outreach Presentations “Ancient People of Arizona,” “Lifestyle of the Hohokam,” and “What is an Archaeologist?”: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/.
* Tours for Youth: https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/site-tours-classrooms/.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’S 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 you can again receive membership benefits. Old Pueblo members receive substantial discounts on most of our tours and other activities for which donations or fees are required.
Payment Options for Donations and Memberships
For payment by mail please make check or money order payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or simply OPAC, and include a printed explanation of what your payment is for. If it’s for or includes a membership fee, you can print the Enrollment/Subscription form from Old Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc <https://www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Old-Pueblo-Membership-Subscription-Application-Form-20181215.doc> web page and complete the appropriate information on that form. Mail payment and information sheet to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717. (Mail sent to Old Pueblo’s street address gets returned to senders because there is no mailbox at our street address.)
To start or renew an Old Pueblo membership online you can visit our www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/ <http://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/membership/> web page, scroll down to the bottom of that page, and follow the instructions for using our secure online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
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To make a credit card or debit card payment without going online you can call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201, tell the person who answers you’d like to make a credit card donation or payment, and provide your card authorization. We advise that you do not provide credit card or debit card numbers to us in an email. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover card payments.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s upcoming-activities announcements!
Warmest regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
520-798-1201
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