For Immediate Release
Hello!
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dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.
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Table of Contents
Some Online Resources
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Activities in the Next Month or So
Upcoming Activities
Some Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Activities in 2024
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
Opt-Out Options
SOME ONLINE RESOURCES
Check out some of these online resources about archaeology, history,
and cultures that you can indulge in at any time! (Other upcoming online
offerings that are scheduled for specific days and times are listed
sequentially by date below under the UPCOMING ACTIVITIES heading.)
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted recordings of many of our Third
Thursday Food for Thought and Indigenous Interests webinar presentations on
our Youtube channel:
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos>
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Crow Canyon Archaeological Center: Recordings of several recent
presentations including The Merchant Site of Southeastern New Mexico & New
Insights into Plains-Pueblo Relationships with John Speth and Myles Miller
(July 27); What All of Us Can Learn from the Old Ones with Scott Ortman
(August 3); and Bedrock Ground Stone Features: Landscape, Social Identity,
and Ritual Space on the High Plains of Colorado with Elizabeth Lynch (August
10): <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeiaCdm5v3cyVWL-n6qVBQ>
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeiaCdm5v3cyVWL-n6qVBQ.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO
Thursday August 17: “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom
online program featuring “The 1541 O’odham Annihilation of Vázquez de
Coronado’s Southern Arizona Townsite and Other New Coronado-Era Discoveries”
presentation by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, PhD
Sunday August 20: TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s “Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest”
tour
Wednesdays September 6-December 6: “The Hohokam Culture of
Southern Arizona” 12-session online adult education class with archaeologist
Allen Dart
Thursday September 21: “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free
Zoom online program featuring “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined
through His Archaeological Sites” presentation by applied
anthropologist/archaeologist Brian W. Kenny
Details on each of the above activities are included in the
Upcoming Activities listings below.
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.
Monday August 14, 2023: Santa Fe, NM
“What’s Truly at Stake in Bears Ears? 11,000 Years of History”
Southwest Seminars August Voices lecture by historian Andrew Gulliford at
Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe*
6 pm. $20.
Andrew Gulliford is a historian, photographer, and Professor of
History and Environmental Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango,
Colorado; author of Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance; Sacred
Objects and Sacred Places; and Preserving Tribal Traditions; award-winning
author with long experience with the lands and people of Utah’s San Juan
County.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Southwest Seminars at 505-466-2775 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday August 14, 2023: Online
“Insights into the History of the Americas as Revealed by
Ancient DNA” with Dr. Nathan Nakatsuka sponsored by The Aztlander, Chicago*
7 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
Ancient DNA has been an extraordinary tool to investigate
population movements throughout the world. In this presentation Dr.
Nakatsuka, postdoctoral fellow at New York University and the New York
Genome Center, will discuss the basics of ancient DNA, statistical methods
used for ancient DNA analysis, and results from several studies in the
Americas using ancient DNA including some of the earliest population
movements in Central and South America, and more regional studies of
Patagonia, the Andes, Campeche, and California.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Go to
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85960996517>
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85960996517 on the event date to join the session.
Wednesday August 16, 2023: Online
“Protecting Archaeological Sites: The Archaeological Resources
Protection Act (ARPA) and SaveHistory.org” free online presentation with
Shannon Cowell, Ashleigh Thompson, and Kristina Wyckoff hosted by Oklahoma
Historical Society (OHS) and Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office
(OSHPO)*
10 am Pacific Daylight Time. Free.
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) is one of
several laws created to safeguard archaeological and cultural resources.
What sets ARPA apart is its requirement for collaboration between law
enforcement officers and archaeologists. This webinar will provide a basic
introduction to ARPA, discuss how to respond to ARPA violations, and present
the site protection outreach efforts at <https://savehistory.org/>
SaveHistory.org/. Shannon Cowell is a Preservation Archaeologist at
Archaeology Southwest (Tucson) working to prevent and respond to
archaeological resource crimes in the Southwest. Ashleigh Thompson is a
member of the Red Lake Ojibwe Nation with roots in Minnesota and Utah, also
with Archaeology Southwest. Kristina Wyckoff is a Historical Archaeologist
with the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register go to
<https://www.bigmarker.com/oklahoma-historical-society-/Protecting-archaeolo
gical-sites-the-Archaeological-Resources-Protection-Act-ARPA-and-SaveHistory
-org?ms=sat_email&utm_campaign=sat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aswemail&emci
=bc115d7a-c836-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=1b140ed2-cd36-ee11-a3f1-00224832e
b73&ceid=15100> ProtectingArchaeologicalSitesARPA.
Wednesday August 16, 2023: Online
““Then, Now, and Forever: Zuni in the Grand Canyon” artist talk
sponsored by the S’edav Va’aki Museum, Phoenix*
12-1:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
This second of The Zuni World Program Series Artist Talks
features screening of the short film “Then, Now, and Forever: Zuni in the
Grand Canyon,” followed by a discussion with Zuni artist, elder, and
cultural advisor, Octavius Seowtewa.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register for this program (and the September 12 artist talk) visit
<https://pueblogrande.org/events-registration/>
https://pueblogrande.org/events-registration/.
Wednesday August 16, 2023: Online
“The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” free Zoom online
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by the Grant County
Archaeological Society, Silver City, New Mexico*
5:15 Mountain Daylight Time for chatting, 5:30 for announcements,
5:45-6:45 presentation. Free.
Before 1500 CE, Native American cultures took advantage of
southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited
precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works
in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than
4,000 years before present, and irrigation systems were developed there at
least 3,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was
established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen
Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern
Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social
complexity.
* To request the Zoom link and passcode email Marilyn Gendron at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday August 17 or September 21, 2023: Tucson
“Walking the Wall of the Original Presidio” guided tour with
Kathe Kubish meets at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court
Ave., Tucson*
8-10 am. $25 ($20 for Presidio Museum members).
Take a walk through downtown Tucson with tour guide Kathe Kubish
and discover the extent of the original Presidio Wall. This tour shows
attendees just how large the original Presidio San Agustín del Tucson
actually was. Along the way, you’ll learn the interesting history of
several buildings and hear stories of some of Tucson’s most prominent
citizens. Highlights include Old Town Artisans, the Sam Hughes house, the
historic Pima County Courthouse, and the location of the old Presidio San
Agustín Cemetery. The tour is less than a mile.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on your preferred date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=7440&qid=739028> August
17, 8-10 am or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=7441&qid=739028>
September 21, 8-10 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594
or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday August 17, 2023: Online
“Gardens in the Sand: Historic Early Landscapes in the
Southwest” free online presentation by Baker Morrow sponsored by Crow Canyon
Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Over the thousands of high-altitude settlements created in the
Southwest from about 850-1540 CE, landscape and garden forms often became as
stylized as the building patterns and features of their towns, creating a
subtle type of recognizable Pueblo landscape architecture that was
widespread in the region. Ancient Pueblo cultivation practices focused on
the development of a network of small “pocket” gardens around a Pueblo
settlement, laid out on hillsides, valley floors, and the crests of hills.
Many of these constructs were set in pinyon-juniper woodlands, taking
advantage of sparse but carefully used rain and snowfall, which was
channeled to insure the success of the garden system. We can still study
them today, perhaps learning in the process a very good way to live and
thrive in one of North America’s most demanding environments.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn
more and register visit
<https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Gardens-in-the-Sand-Historic-Ear
ly-Landscapes-in-the-Southwest-with-Baker-Morrow>
https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Gardens-in-the-Sand-Historic-Earl
y-Landscapes-in-the-Southwest-with-Baker-Morrow.
Thursday August 17, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program
featuring “The 1541 O’odham Annihilation of Vázquez de Coronado’s Southern
Arizona Townsite and Other New Coronado-Era Discoveries” presentation by
archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free.
The Arizona Coronado Project continues to astound as expedition
sites are found in improbable valleys, as evidence reveals encounters with
unexpected Native groups, artifacts are uncovered in Arizona that are
unknown from other Coronado sites, and excavated archaeological features
demonstrate the beginnings of a permanent European settlement. There is also
clear evidence of the battle, described in documents, that annihilated the
region's first Spanish townsite and contributed to the termination of the
1539-1542 Coronado expedition as a whole. Dr. Deni Seymour is an
award-winning author of seven books and over 110 articles. In addition to
her previous discoveries of the site where Apache Chief Juh ambushed US Army
Lt. Cushing the 1871 and several important Spanish colonial period sites,
recently she has identified five archaeological sites of the Coronado
expedition on four stream drainages.
At Dr. Seymour’s request, Old Pueblo will not post or distribute
a recording of this presentation.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wwC9iKfWROOXPQM6e-OWYg>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wwC9iKfWROOXPQM6e-OWYg. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity send an email to
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THIRDTHURSDAY flyer” in your email subject line.
Friday August 18 or September 15, 2023: Tucson*
“Santa Cruz River History Tour” sponsored by Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting and ending at Mission Garden, 946 W.
Mission Lane, Tucson*
8-10 am. $30 ($25 for Presidio Museum members) includes
admission to Mission Gardens.
This two-mile walking tour led by Mauro Trejo focuses on our
relationship with the Santa Cruz River, how it supported Tucson’s early
residents, and the factors in the 19th and 20th century that affected its
demise. The tour begins and ends at Tucson’s Mission Gardens and includes
the sites of the former Spanish mission and the O’odham village that was the
origin of modern Tucson. Attendees also visit Tucson’s tallest tree and the
Garden of Gethsemane, a holy site of statues made by WWI veteran and artist
Felix Lucero in the 1940s.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on your preferred date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=6846&qid=718224> August
18, 8-10 am or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=6847&qid=718224>
September 15, 8-10 am, or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594
or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Fridays-Sundays August 18-19 and 25-27; & September 1-3, 2023: Ruidoso, NM
“Volunteer-Assisted Archaeology” sponsored by Jornada Research
Institute (JRI) at the Cornelius Locus in Ruidoso, New Mexico*
Times TBA. Free for JRI members.
Jornada Research Institute’s archaeological excavations at the
Cornelius Locus have revealed a two-story pueblo-style structure made
primarily of jacal – wattle and daub construction in which a lattice
framework of small sticks and reeds plastered with the adobe mud was
supported by wall posts – with the roofs of both stories made of horizontal
beams covered by smaller wooden pieces (latillas), then a layer of reeds and
finally a layer of clay/adobe to provide a solid surface. Ceramics collected
from the site so far indicate it was occupied between about 1300 and 1425
CE. Evidently the ground-level rooms were used for storage, the upper story
was residential, and the roof of the pueblo was a hub of activities
including food processing and cooking, stone tool production, and perhaps
butchering and bone tool production or use.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To join
JRI and participate in this project contact David Greenwald at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturdays August 19, September 2 & 16, 2023: Near St. Johns, AZ
“Ranger-led Hikes on the Petroglyph Trail” sponsored by Arizona
State Parks at Lyman Lake State Park, 11 US-180, St. Johns, Arizona.
5 pm each Saturday. $10 per vehicle unless you are a registered
camper at the park.
Ranger-led hikes on the Petroglyph Trail in cool Lyman Lake
State Park are scheduled every other Saturday this summer through September
16. Enjoy beautiful views, rich history, amazing trails, and great
information from Arizona State Parks rangers! Meet at the trailhead and
bring cameras, water, and comfortable hiking shoes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
https://azstateparks.com/lyman-lake/events/hike-the-trail-at-lyman-lake or
call 928-337-4441.
Saturdays August 19 & 26 & September 2 & 9, 2023: Tucson
“Gender in Archaeology” Master Class taught by Suzanne L.
Eckert, PhD, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM)f in Environmental &
Natural Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room N595, University of Arizona, Tucson*
10 am-12 pm on each date. $180 (ASM members $150). Amount paid
over $100 is a tax-deductible gift to support Dr. Eckert's research
projects. Credit card payments incur a 3% fee.
The archaeological record is extraordinarily rich and varied,
yet for most of its history as a field of study archaeology has failed to
recognize gender as a viable research topic. This four-part Master Class
presents an introduction to archaeological research on women and gender
since the 1960s. It will explore the ways in which a consciousness of gender
can offer a more in-depth understanding of the archaeological record and how
the study of gender challenges traditional archaeological culture histories
as well as how it impacts modern thought. Limited to 20 participants. Dr.
Suzanne L. Eckert is the Head of Collections at ASM and Professor of
Anthropology at the University of Arizona.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday August 19, 2023: Tucson
“Open House in Honor of Tucson’s Founding Day” at the Arizona
History Museum, 949 E. 2nd St., Tucson*
10 am-3 pm. Free.
Celebrate Tucson’s Founding Day with free admission to the
Arizona History Museum! Get out of the summer heat and enjoy walking through
our cool museum. Afterwards, you can spend the evening at the Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum to continue the celebration, see below.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information visit
<https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/events/arizona-history-museum-open-hou
se/>
https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/events/arizona-history-museum-open-hous
e/ or contact the museum at 520-628-5774.
Saturday August 19, 2023: Tucson
“Celebration of All Things S-cuk Son/Tucson” free activities
presented by Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and the Presidio San
Agustín del Tucson Museum, at the Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
6:15-9:15 pm. Free.
This annual tradition is held on the anniversary of the day
Tucson was founded in 1775. This year its celebration of Tucson’s rich
culture and heritage includes the Desert Sky Winds Waila Band, Mariachis,
the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center Lion Dancers, Presidio Garrison Drills,
and several other community organizations.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information on this and other Presidio Museum activities visit
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/calendar/celebration-of-all-things-s-cuk-son-tuc
son/>
https://tucsonpresidio.com/calendar/celebration-of-all-things-s-cuk-son-tucs
on/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday August 20, 2023: Tucson
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Popol Vuh
and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” tour led by Mary Jo
McMullen and Allen Dart at Tucson Museum of Art (TMA), 140 N. Main Ave.,
Tucson
1 to 3:30 pm. $20 donation ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education
programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Sidestepping Tucson’s August heat, Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s comfortable indoor tour this month will be at the Tucson Museum of
Art downtown, led by TMA docent (and Old Pueblo member) Mary Jo McMullen.
The new “Popol Vuh and the Maya Art of Storytelling” exhibit in TMA’s Kasser
Wing focuses on art and lore related to the Popol Vuh, a narrative of the
K’iche Maya about the origins of the world and heroic twin brothers who
descended to the underworld to conquer Death. Archaeologist Allen Dart will
comment on precontact images in the US Southwest that may depict elements of
the Hero Twins story, and will assist Mary Jo in answering questions about
the Popol Vuh exhibit and two others included in the tour: “Art of the
Ancient Americas” and “Enduring Legacies: The James T. Bialac Indigenous Art
Collection.” We encourage participants to visit TMA’s other galleries and
gift shop after the tour since the donation to Old Pueblo provides entry fee
to all of the Museum’s galleries. Tour is limited to 20 people.
And TMA has added a new show of ancestral Hopi pottery in one of
the other galleries that participants can visit on their own after the tour!
Donation prepayments are required 10 days after reservation
request or by 5 pm Thursday August 17, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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about the above-listed activity send an email to
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Sundays-Fridays August 20-25 or August 27-September 1 or September 3-8,
2023: Southwestern Utah
“Cedar Breaks Cabin, UT 2023” HistoriCorps and National Park
Service offer volunteer-assisted rehabilitation and repair conservation
project at Point Supreme Viewpoint in Cedar Breaks National Monument*
Volunteers arrive at campsite between 5 and 7 pm on first day
and work daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
Cedar Breaks National Monument, established in 1933 roughly 74
miles northeast of St. George, Utah, features stunning scenery, grand
geology, refreshing summers, and cultural connection to the region’s
Indigenous Paiute people. The Monument’s iconic Point Supreme Overlook that
is the site of this Historicorps project hosts several cabins constructed
between 1936 and 1937 by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
HistoriCorps is set to restore the original Visitor’s Center that was
retired from duty in 2020 and repurposed for a human history exhibit
installed in 2021. In 1983 the cabin was added the National Register of
Historic Places. HistoriCorps field staff and volunteers will apply the
traditional skills necessary to restore the Cedar Breaks Cabin including log
repairs and replacement, exterior wood repairs and staining, and stone
chimney repairs. Tent, truck-camper, or campervan camping in a campground is
required. Showers are not available and dogs are not allowed.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register go to
<https://historicorps.org/cedar-breaks-cabin-ut-2023/>
https://historicorps.org/cedar-breaks-cabin-ut-2023/.
Monday August 21, 2023: Santa Fe, NM
“Who Are We and Why Does it Matter? Or ‘When Are Indians Going
to Be the ‘Good Guys’ in the Movies?’” Southwest Seminars August Voices
lecture by Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) and “The Usual Native Suspects” at
Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe*
6 pm. $20.
Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) was recommended to Southwest
Seminars by Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo, Founding Trustee of the National Museum
of the American Indian, and recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of
Freedom. This event features native artists, friends, newsmakers, and
influencers sharing whatever they wish!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Southwest Seminars at 505-466-2775 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday August 21, 2023: Online
“A Sensory Approach to Exotica, Ritual Practice, and Cosmology
at Chaco Canyon” with Robert Weiner, PhD, sponsored by The Aztlander,
Chicago*
7 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
Chaco Canyon (850-1200 CE) in northwestern New Mexico has been
the focus of a century’s worth of archaeological research, but fundamental
questions remain about the site’s status as the center of the ancient Four
Corners world. The construction of monumental Great Houses and roads in
Chaco Canyon and across a region the size of Ohio provide clear evidence
that Chaco held a magnetic allure for the people of the Four Corners region.
But why was Chaco so compelling? In this talk, Robert Weiner suggests that a
compelling religious movement focused on water, astronomy, powerful
landforms, and exotic Mesoamerican goods is the key to understanding Chaco’s
monumental fervor and regional influence across the US Southwest. He will
outline evidence for some components of a Chacoan religious movement in the
form of artifacts (including imported Mesoamerican exotica), landscapes, and
the cultural knowledge of descendant Pueblo and Diné people, with special
attention given to the sensory impact of objects and places in driving
larger histories of change in the precolonial U.S. Southwest.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Go to
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85230136439>
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85230136439 on the event date to join the session.
Tuesday & Wednesday , August 22 & 23, 2023: Albuquerque
“National Historic Preservation Act/Section 106 Training”
sponsored by Jornada Research Institute (JRI) at Bureau of Reclamation
Office, 555 Broadway Blvd. NE, Albuquerque*
9 am-5 pm each day. $185 ($175 JRI members, $165 students)
The Jornada Research Institute offers its annual two-day
training class on the National Historic Preservation Act/Section 106 and
related legislation. The course will cover the historic context and
background of historic preservation legislation, major provisions of NHPA
including Sections 101, 106 and Section 110, working through the “106
process,” National Register of Historic Places criteria and eligibility,
traditional cultural properties, stakeholder roles, and potential areas of
conflict. Designed for cultural resource management professionals, it also
is useful for others interested in archaeological and historic preservation,
and it meets the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division’s continuing
education credits requirements.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Jeffery Hanson at 817-658-5544 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday August 23 or September 27, 2023: Tucson
“Fort Lowell Neighborhood Walking Tour” sponsored by the
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum starting at Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N.
Craycroft Rd., Tucson*
Times vary, see links below. $25 ($20 for Presidio Museum
members).
Historian and preservationist Ken Scoville explains how physical
features, cultural layers, and political decisions have shaped not just the
story of the district but the development of Arizona as well, from Apache
wars to development wars. Discover why the Fort Lowell area and the State
of Arizona are the places they are today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on your preferred date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=6861&qid=718224> August
23, 8-10 am or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=6862&qid=718224>
September 27, 8:30-10:30 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at
520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday August 24, 2023: Online
"Duck Pots in Brooklyn: Rediscovering the Hunters Point Chacoan
Community” free online presentation by archaeologist Kelley Hays-Gilpin,
PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Ravenous collectors stripped antiquities from Ancestral Pueblo
communities at the turn of the 20th century. They shipped boxcar loads of
artifacts to museums in the eastern United States and overseas. Generations
of archaeologists wrote off these “legacy collections” as devoid of
interest, but today we are rediscovering their value. The Brooklyn Museum of
Art’s collection of pottery from the “Chacoan outlier” community of Hunters
Point, located near Window Rock, Arizona, largely untouched for over a
century, comprises over 140 whole vessels. The collection contains a
surprising variety of vessel forms, including bird-shaped pitchers and
represents a wide range of potters’ skills from beginners to master potters.
Kelley Hays-Gilpin and colleagues reunite scattered archival information
about the Hunters Point Great House community with their study of ceramic
data to reconstruct the community’s timeline, network relationships, and
distinctive features, and offer insights into the western frontier of the
Chaco world.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn
more and register visit
<https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Duck-Pots-in-Brooklyn-Rediscover
ing-the-Hunters-Point-Chacoan-Community-with-Dr-Kelley-Hays-Gilpin>
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ng-the-Hunters-Point-Chacoan-Community-with-Dr-Kelley-Hays-Gilpin..
Saturday August 26 or September 16, 2023: Tucson
“Barrio Viejo (Old Neighborhood)” walking tour sponsored by the
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, starting at El Tiradito Wishing
Shrine, 418 S. Main Ave., Tucson*
5:30-7 pm. $25 ($20 Presidio Museum members); Optional: $10
after-tour gathering at El Minuto Restaurant.
Experience the rich history of Tucson on the one-mile Barrio
Viejo (“Old Neighborhood”) walking tour, which goes through the largest
collection of historic Sonoran row houses in the United States. For over 100
years, Barrio Viejo was the heart of Tucson’s social, economic, and cultural
life. On this 90-minute walking tour, your tour guide Mauro Trejo will
discuss the history of the neighborhood, its architecture, and the
individuals, businesses, and cultures that have met there. For an additional
$10 participants have the option of joining MAURO for conversation, a
Margarita or alternative, and a cheese crisp after the tour at the historic
El Minuto Café.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register click on your preferred date link:
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=7448&qid=739028> August
26, 5:30-7 pm or
<https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=7449&qid=739028>
September 16, 5:30-7 pm; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at
520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday August 27, 2023: Nogales, AZ & Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
“Battle of Ambos Nogales Walking Tour” with Alex La Pierre
sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at Burger King, 47
N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
8-10 am. $50.
Learn about the history they never taught you in school and
commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Ambos Nogales with
Borderlandia on August 27. Participants will relive the battle on both sides
of the border during this Mexican Revolution walking tour, so don’t forget
your passport! Alex La Pierre is the cofounder and director of Borderlandia,
a binational organization committed to building public understanding of the
borderlands.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
at https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/battle-of-ambos-nogales-tour. For
more information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday August 28, 2023: Santa Fe, NM
“Bears Ears: In the Sacred Land Between” Southwest Seminars
August Voices lecture by Carleton Bowekaty (Pueblo of Zuni) at Hotel Santa
Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe*
6 pm. $20.
Carleton Bowekaty is Former Lt. Governor of the Pueblo of Zuni,
a member of the Sun and Child of Tobacco clans and of the Big Ember Medicine
Society and Corn Kiva. He is Policy Director for the Bears Ears Partnership
that actively engages Tribal nations in connections to their sacred
landscapes and protection efforts. former Co-Chair of the Bears Ears
Inter-Tribal Coalition, Pueblo of Zuni representative to the Chaco Heritage
Tribal Association, and U.S. Army Veteran (Meritorious Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Southwest Seminars at 505-466-2775 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday August 30, 2023
Launch of “Discovering Community in the Borderlands Augmented
Reality Sites” free exhibit opening, a collaboration of the University of
Arizona’s Arizona State Museum, Center for Digital Humanities, and Poetry
Center at the U of A Main Library’s CATalyst Studio, 1510 E. University
Blvd., Tucson*
4-6 pm. Free.
p and experience seven stories of Tucson history and culture through
augmented reality (AR). Discover objects, historic photographs, dance,
music, and poetry, and meet culture specialists and tradition bearers. Enjoy
related writing activities with the UA Poetry Center. Hear a discussion with
the team that created the AR experiences, which include virtual photo
galleries, 360-degree videos of dance and music, holograms, 3D virtual
objects, poetry, and more. Refreshments will be served.
* 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]
Wednesdays September 6-December 6, 2023
(skipping October 25 and November 22): Online
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-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 (same as Pacific
Daylight Time through Nov. 1st) each Wednesday. $99 donation ($80 for
members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society
[AAS], and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation); donation does not include costs
of recommended text (The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K.
Fish, editors) or of the optional AAS membership or AAS Certification
Program enrollment.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this
class in 12 two-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 exchange. Students seeking the AAS Certification are
expected to prepare a brief research report to be presented orally or in
written or video format. Minimum enrollment 10 people. The class meets the
requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Training,
Certification and Education (TCE) program's “Advanced Southwest Archaeology
– The Hohokam of Southern Arizona” class. The AAS basic “Archaeology 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 <http://www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603>
www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.
Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation
request or by 5 pm Friday September 1st, whichever is earlier. To register
or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 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 send an email to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Hohokam class
flyer” in your email subject line.
Friday September 8, 2023: Florence, AZ
“The History and Mystery of the Gila River” free Five C's of
Arizona Speaker Series presentation by Chris Reid sponsored by the Pinal
County Historical Society and Viney Jones Community Library, at the Library,
778 N. Main St., Florence, Arizona*
10 am. Free.
Many people know about Arizona’s most famous river, the
Colorado, but the often-forgotten Gila River also has a rich and somewhat
hidden history. Starting in central New Mexico, the Gila makes its journey
through eastern and most of southern Arizona before joining the Colorado.
Personal memoirs, field journals, and anecdotes of the missionaries,
explorers, adventurers, and pioneers who followed or settled it, will bring
the human side of the Gila to life. This program shows how the Gila River
provided life-giving water for agriculture, transportation, recreation, and
inspiration for generations of people.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Pinal County Historical Museum at 520-868-4382 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday September 9, 2023: Tubac, AZ
“The First Revolution: Mexico’s War of Independence” tour with
Alex La Pierre sponsored by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, in
partnership with Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at the Park, 1
Burruel St., Tubac, Arizona*
10-11 am. $15 includes park entry fee.
This public history program will cover all of the important main
aspects of Mexico’s war of independence from its origins to its important
personalities to its final outcome. Take this chance to learn about the
history they never taught you in school and what it means for us today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
at
https://www.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/the-first-revolution-mexicos-war-of-i
ndependence. For more information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturdays September 9, 23, & 30, and October 7, 2023: Tucson
“Presidio San Agustín del Tucson and Fort Lowell Museums Docent
Training Course” at some place near the Presidio Museum*
9 am to 1 pm each Saturday. New docents $75 (includes one-year
membership to the museums), other history buffs $100, committed students
$25.
The lifeblood of downtown Tucson’s Presidio Museum and the
soon-to-be-opened Fort Lowell Museum are volunteers and docents who provide
most of the museums’ programming and tours. Persons who are excited about
Tucson’s history and want to learn more and share with visitors are invited
to register for the Presidio Museum’s docent training course that will cover
topics including:
• The early people of the Tucson Basin
• History, geography and people of the Spanish Presidio
• Basic Spanish military history and uniforms
• The Mexican Republic
• Introduction to interpretive kits
• How to know your audience
• Geography of the Presidio neighborhood, the Santa Cruz River, and
Sentinel Peak (A Mountain)
• The history of Fort Lowell
Participants who take the course to become docents are expected
to fill out an application and commitment form and are expected to volunteer
one weekday a week or one weekend each month. History buffs who are not
interested in volunteering after the class may attend if there is
availability.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information go to <https://tucsonpresidio.com/volunteering/>
https://tucsonpresidio.com/volunteering/ or contact the Presidio Museum at
520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday-Friday September 10-15, 17-22, or 24-29; or October 1-6 or 8-13,
20203: Near Aspen, CO
“Hunter Creek Road House, CO 2023” volunteer-assisted
rehabilitation and repair project at the historic Hunter Creek Road House
sponsored by HistoriCorps and partner Hunter Creek Historical Foundation
just above Aspen, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm Sunday, daylight hours daily
thereafter. No fees.
Today a mountain retreat for the elite, historically Aspen,
Colorado, was a humble place, difficult to access and live in an alpine
environment although the Ute People had done so for generations.
Non-Indigenous settlers who arrived in droves in the 1880s to extract silver
ore violent removed the Utes in the Meeker Massacre. By the 1890s the silver
mines had all but played out, and by the 1930s only about 1,000 people lived
in Aspen. The town is now looking to restore some of its history including
in nearby Hunter Creek Valley. In this HistoriCorps project, volunteers can
experience the high-mountain air and history by helping restore and preserve
the iconic Hunter Creek Road House, part of the historic Koch Homestead that
played an important role in Aspen’s early settlement and development. Scope
of work includes repair and replace corrugated roof and fascia boards, demo
and replace main room flooring, repair structural concrete pads, and repair
or replace deteriorated metal siding. HistoriCorps provides all meals,
tools, training, equipment, and a campsite. Volunteers are responsible for
their own transportation to the campsite, sleeping equipment, work gloves,
clothes and boots, and other personal gear. Road access for truck campers
and campervans is limited so tent camping is recommended. No dogs are
permitted.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information or to register go to
<https://historicorps.org/hunter-creek-road-house-co-2023/>
https://historicorps.org/hunter-creek-road-house-co-2023/.
Tuesday September 12, 2023: Phoenix and online
“The Zuni Mapping Project” free in-person and online
presentation by Curtis Quam (Zuni) and archaeologist Matt Peeples at the
S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
6-7:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
In this final artist talk in The Zuni World Program Series,
Curtis Quam, Director of the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center, and
Matt Peeples, Associate Professor with the School of Human Evolution and
Social Change, Arizona State University will discuss the Zuni Mapping
Project and modern methods of recording the land. This program is given in
partnership with the Arizona Archaeological Society.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register for the online event go to
<https://pueblogrande.org/events-registration/>
https://pueblogrande.org/events-registration/.
Wednesday September 13, 2023: Vail, AZ
“The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by Arizona Senior Academy at Academy
Village Auditorium, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson*
2:30-3:30 pm. Free.
Before 1500 CE, Native American cultures took advantage of southern
Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited
precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works
in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than
4,000 years before present, and irrigation systems were developed there at
least 3,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was
established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen
Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern
Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social
complexity.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information call 520-647-0980 or email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday September 13, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
“Ice Age Arizona Plants, Animals & People” free presentation by
archaeologist Dick Ryan 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 pm (refreshment and socialization beginning at 7). Free.
Dick Ryan has worked as a field archaeologist for Desert
Research Institute, Museum of Northern Arizona, several contract archaeology
companies, and the Prescott National Forest. His main area of interest is
Ice Age mammoth hunters of the Paleoindian period.
* 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]
Friday-Sunday September 15-17, 2023: Banámichi, Sonora, Mexico
“Mexican Independence Day in the Río Sonora Tour” with Alex La
Pierre sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at Burger
King, 47 N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
Times TBA. $1175 per person (double occupancy) or $1275 (single
occupancy).
This is your opportunity to experience the national festivity in
Banámichi, a beautiful community nestled in the Sierra Madre along the Río
Sonora. You’ll taste the regional cuisine, meet the people, be charmed by
the students and their creativity during the parade, and feel like a
thousand miles away from the US at only a half day’s drive from the border.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
at https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/independence-day-rio-sonora. For more
information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
September 15-22, 2023: Santa Fe
“Humanities Festival: American Identities” programming hosted by
School for Advanced Research (SAR), SITE SANTA FE, Center for Contemporary
Arts, and New Mexico History Museum at SITE SANTA FE (Sept 15 & 21), New
Mexico History Museum (Sept 17), Center for Contemporary Arts (Sept 18), and
SAR Dobkin Boardroom (Sept 22), Santa Fe*
Times vary. Tickets $10-15 per activity.
The host organizations present American Identities, a
micro-festival illuminating diverse American experiences through lectures,
music, and film. Accompanying each event will be a community discussion
hosted by SAR President Michael F. Brown.
The festival features lectures by Ronald W. Davis, II, on the history of
Black cowboys in the Southwest and by Ilan Stavans on the English language
in a divided America. Jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson (Diné) will perform
with his band and discuss Indigeneity and jazz. The Santa Fe premiere of
Indigenize the Plate, a documentary film on food sustainability, will be
shown at CCA where filmmakers Natalie Benally (Diné) and Ernie Zahn will be
present for a discussion following the screening.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event.
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1206&isbbox=1&pid=0> Learn more and register.
Saturday September 16, 2023: Camp Verde, AZ
“Archaeology Events for Students and Recent Graduates” at the
Verde Valley Archaeology Center and Museum, 460 W. Finnie Flats Rd., Camp
Verde, Arizona*
9 am-4 pm. Free.
The Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) and the Verde Valley
Archaeology Center are cosponsoring archaeological skills development events
for students and recent graduates including a ceramic identification
workshop, grantwriting training, a discussion with the AAC
Board-of-Directors on student mentorship, and a field trip to the V-Bar-V
Ranch Heritage Site. The AAC offers a limited number of free hotel rooms on
Friday night for students and recent graduates who need to travel over 75
miles to Camp Verde. Travel assistance requests will be considered and
filled as they are received.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information email contact
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=aacpresident@azarchaeolo
gy.org> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday September 20, 2023: Online
“Metalsmith Matriarchs: Makers, Memory, and Reciprocity” free
online presentation with Nanibaa Beck (Diné) sponsored by the Arizona State
Museum/University of Arizona and Friends of the ASM Collections*
3-4 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Nanibaa Beck, a second-generation Diné jeweler of Beck Studio,
addresses the ways four Native women metalsmiths integrate Indigenous
knowledge, practice, and tradition into their craft. This presentation and
Beck’s work demonstrate the connection of Native artists to the Southwest
and beyond as a place and identity. The program is to help publicize ASM’s
exhibit Ancient to Modern: Continuity and Innovation in Southwest Native
Jewelry
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register go to
<https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kBy8vSJTROm_zZkHlpgCZQ#/registr
ation>
https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kBy8vSJTROm_zZkHlpgCZQ#/registra
tion.
Thursday September 21, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program
featuring “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His
Archaeological Sites” presentation by applied anthropologist and
archaeologist Brian W. Kenny, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO
Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific
Daylight Time). Free.
George McJunkin, who is widely known today as the original
discoverer of a fossil bone deposit exposed after a devastating 1908 flood
in Wild Horse Arroyo near Folsom, New Mexico, died in Folsom in January
1922. The “Folsom site” he discovered turned out to be where archaeologists
in 1927 first confirmed the antiquity of humans in the Americas based on
direct association of in-situ stone tools and Pleistocene bison bones. The
Folsom site has been examined in popular and academic works, but among
professional archaeologists there are generalized and continuing disputes
regarding the type and extent of credit and recognition McJunkin should
receive for our early historical understanding of the Folsom site. McJunkin
was born a slave in Texas, was emancipated, and left home as a young man to
become a cowboy in west Texas. He learned his trade from Mexican vaqueros
and was known for superior cowboy skills and some wild adventures as he
worked in the big cattle outfits that moved stock up from Texas, New Mexico,
and Colorado to the transcontinental Overland Route. After the Colorado and
Southern Railroad was completed in 1888 he settled near Folsom, patented a
homestead, built a house in town, and worked for local ranchers. He was well
respected by the local community and became a ranch foreman and leader of
Black and Mexican cowboys working for New Mexican ranchers. During his time
there, McJunkin built a number of ranch facilities, many of which are now
obsolete, abandoned, or reused in alternate ways. These sites, their
contents, and the nature of their construction, use, and abandonment hold
the key to investigating McJunkin from alternate perspectives. From
2021-2023, a century after McJunkin’s passing, Brian Kenny and colleagues
initiated archival, ethnographic, and archaeological research in the Folsom
community. In Old Pueblo’s September Third Thursday presentation, Kenny will
tell how the members of “Team McJunkin” have visited and documented known
McJunkin sites using basic methodologies of community ethnography, archival
research, landscape scale characterization, and archaeological survey, and
how team members are currently reviewing their field results and preparing
for journal publication.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to
<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0SwzVEeWTdGHvp1Qyh_Wsg>
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0SwzVEeWTdGHvp1Qyh_Wsg. For more
information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity send an email to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send September
THIRDTHURSDAY flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday September 23, 2023: Tucson-Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los
Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart
departing from near Silverbell Road and 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) supports Old Pueblo’s
education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2023 autumn equinox occurs on September 23 at 12:50 am
Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; Sept. 23,
6:50 am Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the
exact time!) and explore ancient people's recognition of equinoxes 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. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a
specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox
regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so
participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the
calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm
Thursday September 21, whichever is earlier: 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 send an email to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Autumn Equinox
tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Thursday September 28, 2023: Sedona, AZ
“Plants of the Mojave Desert and the Traditional Tribal Uses”
free presentation by ethnobotanist Carrie Cannon for Verde Valley Chapter,
Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at the Sedona Public Library, 3250
White Bear Rd., Sedona, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
3:30 pm. Free.
Although the desert may seem like a desolate landscape devoid of
life, it is actually home to hundreds of unique species. Some are only
visible or appear alive for a short time, others grow for hundreds of years,
and many are not found anywhere else on earth. Participants will learn about
the many traditional Tribal plants uses, what plant life makes North
American deserts so unique, and how the Mojave stands apart from the rest of
America. Carrie Cannon, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and also of
Oglala Lakota descent, has a BS in Wildlife Biology and an MS in Resource
Management, and currently is employed as an ethnobotanist for the Hualapai
Tribe’s Department of Cultural Resources.
* 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]
Saturday September 30, 2023: Online
“Caretakers of the Land: History of Land and Water in the San
Xavier Community” free online presentation by Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, PhD
(Tohono O'odham) sponsored by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 am. Free (donations requested).
San Xavier del Bac is known as the White Dove of the Desert, but
not many know the rich history surrounding the community called Wa:k (where
the water goes in). 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 the rich knowledge and culture grown from their
connection to the desert. Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, Tohono O’odham Studies
Program faculty member at Tohono O’odham Community College, will share her
knowledge about the history and culture of her people, the Wa:k O’odham.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register go to
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6JRjywAS8aY1fpPt9--hw#/registr
ation>
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6JRjywAS8aY1fpPt9--hw#/registra
tion. For more information visit <http://www.amerind.org/events>
www.amerind.org/events or contact Amerind at 520-586-3666 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday-Wednesday October 1-4, 2023: Rocky Point & El Pinacate y Gran
Desierto de Altar UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Sonora, Mexico
“Volcanoes and Sea: Rocky Point & El Pinacate Tour” with Alex La
Pierre sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, in partnership with
Centro Intercultural para el Estudio de Desiertos y Océanos (CEDO), meeting
at Burger King, 47 N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
Times TBA. $2075 per person double occupancy or $2375 single
occupancy.
When will you have another opportunity to visit El Pinacate
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve? This three-night trip in partnership with the
nonprofit CEDO Intercultural will take you on a journey of discovery and
adventure through one of Mexico’s most stunning contrasts of natural
landscapes.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
at https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/rocky-point-pinacate-tour. For more
information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 7, 2023: Tucson & Marana, AZ
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui
Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional
culture specialist Felipe S. Molina starting in the Santa Cruz River Park
ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just
west of the Santa Cruz River)
8 am to 1 pm. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education
programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
Felipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language, culture, and
history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and
grandmother, his grandmother's cousin, and several elders from Tucson's
original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern
Arizona to escape the Mexican government's war on and deportations of the
Yoeme in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1940 there were about
3,000 Yoeme in Arizona, mostly living in the well-established villages of
Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson, Yoem Pueblo and
Wiilo Kampo in Marana, and others near Eloy, Somerton, Phoenix, and
Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by
Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite)
Village, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community
(Barrio Libre), Pascua, Ili Hu'upa, Wiilo Kampo, and his home community of
Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm
Wednesday October 4, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity send an email to
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tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday October 7, 2023: Tubac, AZ
“Beef, Wheat & Chiltepín: Sonora’s Culinary Heritage” tour with
Alex La Pierre sponsored by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, in
partnership with Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at the Park, 1
Burruel St., Tubac, Arizona*
10-11 am $15 includes park entry fee.
Find out how the confluence of geography, environments,
cultures, economics, and religion shaped the culinary culture of the Sonoran
Desert in this seminar with public historian Alex La Pierre. If you ever
wondered what makes Sonoran cuisine unique and what sets it apart in Mexican
gastronomy, this program is for you.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
at
https://www.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/beef-wheat-chiltepin-sonoras-culinary
-heritage. For more information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday October 13, 2023: Florence, AZ
“For the Love of Turquoise” free Five C's of Arizona Speaker
Series presentation by Carrie Cannon sponsored by the Pinal County
Historical Society and Viney Jones Community Library, at the Library, 778 N.
Main St., Florence, Arizona*
10 am. Free.
Turquoise has a long-standing tradition amongst Native cultures
of the Southwest, holding special significance and profound meanings to
specific individual tribes. Even before the more contemporary tradition of
combining silver with turquoise, cultures throughout the southwest used
turquoise in necklaces, earrings, mosaics, fetishes, medicine pouches, and
made bracelets of basketry stems lacquered with piñon resin and inlaid
turquoise. In the southwest, used decoratively for millennia, this iconic
art form has a compelling story all its own. This talk explores a long
tradition of distinctive cultural styles, history, and transition of this
wondrous stone. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact the Pinal County Historical Museum at 520-868-4382 or
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday October 14, 2023
“The Moorish Southwest: African & Arabic Influences in the
Borderlands” tour with Alex La Pierre sponsored by Tubac Presidio State
Historic Park, Tubac, in partnership with Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona,
meeting at the Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, Arizona*
10-11 am. $15 includes park entry fee.
Join public historian Alex La Pierre as he explores elements of
Islamic Spain within the context of colonial New Spain, the present-day
US-Mexico borderlands. The presentation is a regional comparison designed to
acknowledge the Moorish origins of material and immaterial culture that were
carried over the Atlantic, projected into the borderlands, and still
observable today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register
at
https://www.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/the-moorish-southwest-african-arabic-
influences-in-the-borderlands. For more information contact Alex La Pierre
at 619-777-0040 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday October 18, 2023: Online
“For the Love of Turquoise” free online presentation with Carrie
Calisay Cannon (Kiowa/Oglala Lokota/German) sponsored by the Arizona State
Museum/University of Arizona and Friends of the ASM Collections*
3-4 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
For description see October 13 listing.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To
register go to <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/love-turquoise>
https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/love-turquoise.
Thursday October 26, 2023: Tucson & Tumacácori, AZ
“Spanish Missions of the Santa Cruz Valley” history tour
sponsored by the Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC), starting at
Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
8 am-5:30 pm. Tour fee of $225 per person includes
transportation, admission fees, light outdoor breakfast at Mission Garden,
lunch in Tumacácori at Wisdom’s Cafe, and SMRC’s expert guides.
Historic architect Bob Vint, ethnohistorian Dr. Dale Brenneman,
avocational historian Fr. Greg Adolf, recently retired Tumacácori National
Historic park Chief of Interpretation Anita Badertscher, and Patronato San
Xavier conservation project manager Starr Herr-Cardillo lead this tour to
Spanish Colonial missions established in the 1690s by Jesuit Father Eusebio
Francisco Kino. Sites to be visited include Mission Garden (Tohono O’odham
sacred place, site of Mission San Agustín, now a living agricultural museum
of Sonoran Desert-adapted heritage fruit trees, traditional heirloom crops,
and edible native plants), Mission San Xavier del Bac (established by Kino
in the 1690s, now the “White Dove of the Desert” mission built by the
Franciscans in the 1780s, focal point of an active parish, and “The only
church of its kind within the U.S. that is largely intact in its original
form” currently undergoing restoration and conservation), Mission Los Santos
Ángeles de Guevavi (established by Kino in 1691 south of Tumacácori, with
1751 adobe church now in ruins known largely from archaeological
investigations; normally restricted to public visitation), and Mission San
José de Tumacácori (established in 1691, former planned community with
public and private spaces, fields and gardens, and communal workspaces, now
maintained for public visitation and interpretation by the National Park
Service).
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more
information contact Monica Young at 520-621-6278 or
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Thursday November 16, 2023: Online
“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” presentation 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.
For more information contact Old Pueblo at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity send an email to
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Saturday & Sunday December 2 & 3, 2023: Sedona, AZ area
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
1 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.
Old Pueblo is planning this two half-days of touring some of the
most impressive rock art in the Sedona area. Keep watching for our Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center's semimonthly upcoming-activities email blasts for
details!
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm
Monday November 27, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about the above-listed activity send an email to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Sedona tour flyer”
in your email subject line.
Wednesday December 6, 2023: Online or by mail
Wednesday December 6 at 5 pm is the deadline for getting tickets
from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the 2023 Jim Click “Millions for
Tucson Raffle,” for which the prizes are a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor valued at
$76,580, two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the
world, and $5,000 cash. Ticket sales benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
and other southern Arizona charities, so get your tickets from Old Pueblo
before we sell all the ones that have been allotted to us!
Cost: $25 per ticket.
On Thursday December 14, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will
give away a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor Edition SUV in a raffle to raise
$2,500,000 for southern Arizona nonprofit organizations including Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center. With your contribution you could win this slick but
rugged 2023 vehicle (List Price $76,580) – or two first-class round-trip
airline tickets to anywhere in the world, or $5,000 in cash! And 100% of
what you contribute to Old Pueblo for tickets will go directly to Old
Pueblo’s education programs because Old Pueblo gets to keep all of the
proceeds from our ticket sales!
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center must receive your request for tickets and your
donation for them no later than 5 pm Wednesday December 6th so we can turn
in all of our sold tickets to the raffle manager the next day. Old Pueblo
must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold
tickets, so advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be
purchased through the PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s
<http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling
520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express
card payment authorization. Once payment is received, Old Pueblo will enter
your name and contact information on your ticket(s), enter your ticket(s)
into the drawing, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs
with a letter acknowledging your contribution.
Winners consent to be photographed and for their names and
likenesses to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell
Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
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.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos
about this fundraiser send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] with “Send Millions for Tucson flyer” in your email
subject line.
SOME OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER ACTIVITIES IN 2024
Wednesdays January 3-April 3, 2024: “Archaeology of the
Southwest” 14-session online adult education class
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
Contact Old Pueblo at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 520-798-1201 for more information on the
above programs.
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.
Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
under the U.S. tax code, so donations and membership fees are tax-deductible
up to amounts specified by law.
Do you like getting our announcements about upcoming activities? Or
would you like to help us continue to provide hands-on education programs in
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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
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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/
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the bottom of that page, and follow the instructions for using our secure
online membership form or our printable Enrollment/Subscription form.
To make a donation using PayPal, please go to the www.oldpueblo.org
<http://www.oldpueblo.org> home page, scroll down to the “Donate” section,
click on the “Donate” button above the PayPal logo, and follow the prompts.
To make a credit card or debit card payment without going online you
can call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201, tell the person who answers you’d like
to make a credit card donation or payment, and provide your card
authorization. We advise that you do not provide credit card or debit card
numbers to us in an email. Old Pueblo accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover,
and American Express 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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