For Immediate Release
Table of Contents
Some Thank-Yous
Old Pueblo News
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: Barbara am Ende, Caroline Brown, Elizabeth Butler, Lee Chandler, Vickie Cooper, Al Dart, Jan Elster, Butch Farabee, Paulette Gehlker, Linda Gricius, James Hays, Brenda Jaleel, Cathy Johnson, John Kay, Pam & Jim King, Steven Kuhn, Aleta Lawrence, Melissa Loeschen, Marilyn Malone, Kyle Meredith, Glenda Morris, Janet Smith, Sharon Smith, Jane Stone, Sharon Strachan,Patricia Wolph, Michele Worthington, and Rosemary Wyman.
Thank you all so much!
OLD PUEBLO NEWS
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Announces 2023 Grantees!
September 1, 2023, Tucson, Arizona – The Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance (SCVHA) is pleased to announce the 2023 Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area recipients for its inaugural Heritage Grants program. Eleven organizations from within the National Heritage Area were chosen to receive a mix of large and small grants totaling $194,000.
These organizations will be executing work focused on conservation, preservation, or interpretation projects within the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. For the 2023 grant cycle, special consideration was given for projects containing an educational outreach component that will help increase awareness of our heritage area and inspire long-term stewardship.
“As a small nonprofit, it is critical that we inspire other organizations within the NHA to integrate our Management Plan activities into their own projects. This funding program is a natural way to do this,” said Lesley Kontowicz, SCVHA Executive Director, “and we look forward to seeing the results of the awarded projects that span the wide horizons of both our landscape and our vision. We’re especially thrilled that many students, from elementary through high school, will be directly engaged, because they are the future stewards of the area.”
SCVNHA fielded a wide variety of applications that celebrate, educate, and preserve the nationally significant contributors to the identity of our National Heritage Area. The list of grant recipients and their projects include:
• Old Pueblo Archaeology Center: Classroom Scholarships for OPEN3 Simulated Archaeological Excavation Learning Program! [See Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s links below.]
• Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation: Exploring the Butterfield National Historic Trail
• Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection: Critical Wildlife Corridor Enhancement in the Santa Cruz Watershed
• Tucson City of Gastronomy: Pueblos del Maíz Fiesta
• Border Community Alliance: Santa Cruz Heritage Borderlands Tours & Forums Series
• Tubac Nature Center: Restoration of the Tubac Nature Preserve Wetland
• Patronato San Xavier: Completing the Refurbishing of the Interpretive Museum at Mission San Xavier
• Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum: Sonoran Food Heritage Indoors-Out Exhibit & Lecture Series
• Ironwood Tree Experience: Youth for Blue Skies: An environmental interpretive program for teachers and youth
• Sonoran Institute: A Living River: connecting Santa Cruz Valley residents with a river in recover
• Tucson Audubon Society: Stinknet Stay Away
Award selections was based on several factors including project significance, urgency, and need.
For more information, visit www.santacruzheritage.org <http://www.santacruzheritage.org> .
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is grateful to the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance for its support. For more information about Old Pueblo’s SCVHA grant and the OPEN3 and Classroom Scholarships programs please visit these Old Pueblo Archaeology Center web pages:
https://www.oldpueblo.org/2693-2/
https://www.oldpueblo.org/programs/educational-programs/childrens-programs/
https://www.oldpueblo.org/?s=Scholarships
SOME ON
RESOURCES
(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.
* School for Advanced Research: Pueblo Pottery: Stories in Clay digital resource by the Vilcek Foundation, part of Pueblo Pottery: Stories in Clay: <https://bbox.blackbaudhosting.com/webforms/linkredirect?srcid=49012155&srctid=1&erid=-1525007960&trid=183ee5e0-4584-449a-8891-370f33397400&linkid=271643455&isbbox=1&pid=0> Visit the Site.
* Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center: Color Engenders Life: The White Shaman Mural July 2023 Lunch & Learn presentation by Carolyn Boyd: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNQ1Ol5e0w> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNQ1Ol5e0w.
OLD PUEBLO ACTIVITIES PREVIEW
Wednesdays September 6-December 6: “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-session online class with archaeologist Allen Dart
Thursday September 21: “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites” Third Thursday Food for Thought free Zoom presentation by archaeologist Brian W. Kenny
Saturday September 23: “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart
Saturday October 7: “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” cultural sites tour with Felipe S. Molina
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.
Saturdays 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> https://azstateparks.com/lyman-lake/events/hike-the-trail-at-lyman-lake or call 928-337-4441.
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 deadline extended to Monday September 4. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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Thursday September 7, 2023: Online
“Revisiting the Depopulation of the Northern Southwest with Dendrochronology: A Changing Perspective with New Dates from Cedar Mesa and the Southern Bears Ears” free online presentation by archaeologists Ben Bellorado and Tom Windes, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
The depopulation of Ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in the northern Southwest has fascinated archaeologists for decades. Using a suite of social and environmental models, scholars have attempted to explain the processes that led tens of thousands of people to vacate hundreds of communities at the end of the 13th century. Recent site documentation and dendroarchaeological research in the Cedar Mesa area of the Bears Ears National Monument show that previous assessments underestimate the size of populations and their longevity on the outskirts of the region. The presenters will discuss new tree-ring data from numerous cliff dwellings in the greater Cedar Mesa area that provide insights into construction and remodeling dates of structures and the size and longevity of communities living in remote cliff-dwellings in the western portion of the region. They also will review and reassess previous ideas about the timing of the northern Southwest’s depopulation.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/revisiting-the-depopulation-of-the-northern-southwest/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/revisiting-the-depopulation-of-the-northern-southwest/.
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” history presentation by Alex La Pierre sponsored by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, in partnership with Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, at Tubac Presidio SHP, 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. 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.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/the-first-revolution-mexicos-war-of-independence> https://www.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/the-first-revolution-mexicos-war-of-independence. 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 a location TBD - somewhere 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 or 17-22 or 24-29, or October 1-6 or 8-13, 2023: 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]
Thursday September 14, 2023: Online
“Being Fremont in the Uinta Basin: A Social Examination through Rock Imagery” free online presentation by archaeologist Elizabeth Hora, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Over 1,000 years ago, the Fremont lived in the Uinta Basin. Like people in the Four Corners area at the same time, Uinta Basin people farmed and gathered into large village sites unlike any the region had experienced before. But some things were different from the Four Corners, making it murky as to who these people were and what their society was like. Recent research suggests that two linguistically distinct peoples made their way into the Uinta Basin and that the ways they coped with the fickle northern Utah climate may have colored their interactions with the natural world as well as with each other. By examining the depictions of Fremont people on rock imagery, Utah Public Archaeologist Elizabeth Hora is learning more about who they were, how they organized themselves, and what war and peace among the Fremont may have been like.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/being-fremont-in-the-uinta-basin-a-social-examination-through-rock-imagery/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/being-fremont-in-the-uinta-basin-a-social-examination-through-rock-imagery/.
Thursday September 14, 2023: Irvine, CA, and online
“Exciting Pottery Discoveries in the Coachella Valley: 14th Century Ceramic Firing Pits in the City of Coachella?” free presentation by archaeologist Philip de Barros, PhD, 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 Daylight Time. Free.
An archaeological review of sites previously recorded on a 277-acre plot near Interstate-10 revealed a light pottery scatter that originally was interpreted as a historical (perhaps 18th century) deposit. More recently, archaeological testing revealed several hearths, some of which had been reused multiple times. Comparison of the site and hearth attributes with the ethnographic record, along with an ethnobotanical study of charred plant materials and C14 dates from the hearths suggests some of hem were 14th century pottery firing pits. Excavation methods and the pros and cons of this hypothesis will be presented and discussed. Dr. Philip de Barros is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Palomar College, San Marcos.
* 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] by noon on September 14 to request Zoom registration link or for more information.
Friday 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 this date link: <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]
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. 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/independence-day-rio-sonora> 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. <https://bbox.blackbaudhosting.com/webforms/linkredirect?srcid=48824683&srctid=1&erid=-1534137884&trid=cdd955f9-e2ad-4cdb-b0fa-3fda33a8dd88&linkid=271371206&isbbox=1&pid=0> Learn more and register.
Saturday September 16, 2023: Tucson
“How Did People Make and use Stone Tools?” flintknapping workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Archaeology Southwest (ASW), 300 N. Ash Alley, Tucson *
9 am-12 pm. $50.
Ancient technologies expert Allen Denoyer teaches the use of age-old techniques and replica tools to create a stone projectile point. Learn about the history of stone tools and their uses. Explore the intricate components of complete hunting technology beyond just the points. Beginners are welcome!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Open to individuals 18 years and older. For more information go to <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/how-did-people-make-and-use-stone-tools-17/?ms=sat_email&utm_campaign=sat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=aswemail&emci=bec7a825-d241-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=92580d7f-d641-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=15100> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/event/how-did-people-make-and-use-stone-tools-17/ or contact Sara Anderson at 520-882-6946 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday September 16, 2023: Online
“The Art of Ryan Singer (Diné)” free online artist talk by Mr. Singer sponsored by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. Free (donations requested).
Ryan Singer is a Diné (Navajo) artist-painter based in Albuquerque. Creating artwork based on his Navajo heritage and incorporating pop culture elements including science fiction imagery, he weaves stories of his childhood memories with nostalgic iconography. Ryan has been included in the “Indigenous Futurism” movement but has been drawing Star Wars characters since 1977. He also enjoys creating portrait realism of Native subjects with a contemporary appeal. Ryan is of the Tódich’iinii (Bitter Water) clan and born for the Kinya’aani (Towering House) clan. Having grown up in various parts of the Navajo Reservation, Ryan often reflects on his childhood in his artwork through his depictions of science fiction and pop culture icons. He has garnered several awards including from the renowned SWAIA’s Santa Fe Indian Market, and now has his artwork in collections of several museums and collectors worldwide.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UNL5XQW2S6SyRr4d2QE_zQ#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UNL5XQW2S6SyRr4d2QE_zQ#/registration.
Saturday 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 here: <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 September 17, 2023: Santa Fe
“A History of Enslaved and Free Black Cowboys in the Southwest” presentation by Ronald W. Davis, II, sponsored by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) at the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, New Mexico*
2 pm. $15 ($10 for SAR members)
Ronald W. Davis, II is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin and curator of American history at San Antonio’s Witte Museum. He will present an illustrated lecture on the history of Black cowboys in the Southwest, particularly Texas, before the Civil War and in the period after Reconstruction.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://sarweb.org/event/ronald-davis/?bblinkid=271794367&bbemailid=49096554&bbejrid=-1519545024> https://sarweb.org/event/ronald-davis/?bblinkid=271794367&bbemailid=49096554&bbejrid=-1519545024. For more information contact Marcia Richardson at 505-954-7213 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Monday September 18, 2023: Tucson and online
“Contributions of Marjorie F. Lambert to Southwest Archaeology” free presentation by Shelby Tisdale, PhD, 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 ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
In the first half of the twentieth century, the canyons and mesas of the Southwest beckoned and the burgeoning field of archaeology thrived. Among those who heeded the call, Marjorie Ferguson Lambert became one of only a handful of women who not only left their imprint on the study of southwestern archaeology and anthropology but flourished. Award-winning author Dr. Shelby Tisdale will highlight the contributions Marjorie Lambert made to the early development of southwestern archaeology based on her new book No Place for a Lady: The Life Story of Archaeologist Marjorie F. Lambert (University of Arizona Press, 2023). This brief biographical sketch will give insight into a time when there were few women establishing full-time careers in anthropology, archaeology, or museums. (For in-person meeting, $1/hr parking is available in U of A 6th St. garage immediately east of ENR.)
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Fran Maiuri at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] To register for online presentation go to <https://bit.ly/2023SeptTisdaleREG> https://bit.ly/2023SeptTisdaleREG.
Wednesday September 20, 2023: Online
“The Science of Radiocarbon Dating” free online presentation by Karen Steelman, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12-1 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
Shumla Science Director Dr. Karen Steelman will discuss the basics of radiocarbon dating for a general audience. Radiocarbon dating is used in archaeology to estimate the age of organic materials. Radiocarbon dating is most often how archaeologists answer the question: how old is an artifact?, but Shumla has used it successfully to date pictographs in the Lower Pecos region.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearnseptember20/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearnseptember20/.
Shumla offers guided tours to Lower Pecos rock imagery sites. For more information visit <https://shumla.org/shumlatreks/> https://shumla.org/shumlatreks/ or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [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#/registration> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kBy8vSJTROm_zZkHlpgCZQ#/registration.
Thursday 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 this date link: <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 September 21, 2023: Online
“The Salado Phenomenon in the Phoenix Basin: Current Research on Ceramic Composition and Vessel Shapes” free online presentation by archaeologist Caitlin Wichlacz, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Archaeologists working in the US Southwest have been interested in the “Salado phenomenon” for nearly a century. Though early research sought broad, overarching explanations for the pattern, more recent work has highlighted the importance of local dynamics to building a more comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon. Caitlin Wichlacz’s research investigates manifestations of the Salado phenomenon in the Phoenix basin of Arizona by examining how Salado polychrome (Roosevelt Red Ware) ceramics were incorporated into late Classic period Hohokam ceramic assemblages and practices. She shares portions of her current research on the production and distribution of Salado polychrome ceramics and morphometric analyses of whole vessel profile shapes, results of which inform new perspectives on what it meant, practically and socially, for Phoenix Basin residents to engage with Salado materials and practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-salado-phenomenon/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-salado-phenomenon/.
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.
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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.
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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*
8:30-10:30 am. $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 this date link: <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 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#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6JRjywAS8aY1fpPt9--hw#/registration. 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. 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/rocky-point-pinacate-tour> 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]
Wednesday October 4, 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*
9-11 am on Oct. 4; 10 am-12 pm Nov. & Dec. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
Beginning at Tucson’s 1928 Pima County Courthouse, guide Ken Scoville will discuss the archaeological efforts to find the Spanish presidio (fort), two earlier courthouses built at this same location, and the beginning of the burg now known as “the Old Pueblo.” El Presidio Historic District provides many of the answers to why Tucson is the city it is today. Homes constructed there responded to and later denied the desert environment. The constant pressure for change and real estate speculation in a growing city is also a part of the story as the infancy of historic districts established the desire to preserve the buildings and landscape environment of an area that connects to important past events and people in the community and nation.
* 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 October 5, 2023: Online
“Creating Community During the Basketmaker III Period in Southwest Colorado” free online presentation by archaeologists Shanna Diederichs and Kari Schleher, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
The central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado was a new frontier for Ancestral Pueblo farmers during the Basketmaker III period (500-750 CE). A 2011-2018 Crow Canyon Archaeological Center investigation of a Basketmaker III settlement on Indian Camp Ranch concluded that its residents were culturally diverse immigrants with architectural and pottery production practices from various traditions across the Southwest. Public gatherings in the settlement’s great kiva transformed this diverse group into an integrated community that eventually included descendants with managerial control of the great kiva and many production practices, such as pottery manufacture and design. This development appears to have contributed to the community’s stability and economic viability and likely influenced Ancestral Pueblo social practices in the central Mesa Verde region for centuries.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/creating-community-during-basketmaker-iii%20/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/creating-community-during-basketmaker-iii /.
Friday October 6, 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*
9-11 am on Oct. 6, 10 am-12 pm Nov. 3 and Dec. 1. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
“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*
9-11 am on Oct. 6, 10 am-12 pm Nov. 3 and Dec. 1. $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 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 [log in to unmask]
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Saturday October 7, 2023: Tubac, AZ
“Beef, Wheat & Chiltepín: Sonora’s Culinary Heritage” presentation by Alex La Pierre sponsored by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, in partnership with Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, at Tubac Presidio SHP, 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. 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.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/beef-wheat-chiltepin-sonoras-culinary-heritage> 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: 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 October 12, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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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. 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.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/the-moorish-southwest-african-arabic-influences-in-the-borderlands> 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]
Monday October 16, 2023: Tucson and online
“Tree-Ring Dating Techniques for the Desert Basin of Southern and Central Arizona” free presentation by Nick Kessler, 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 ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Description coming.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more information visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
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 19 or Tuesday December 19, 2023
“Magdalena de Kino Day Trip” with Alex La Pierre sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at Burger King, 47 N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
8 am-4 pm. $175.
Immerse yourself in the culture of northern Mexico on this day trip to the Sonoran community of Magdalena de Kino. The town is a pueblo mágico and is famous for being the terminus of an annual pilgrimage bringing together the three cultures of the borderlands. 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/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 October 19, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Petrographic and Neutron Activation Evidence for Tonto Basin Salado Polychrome Pottery Production, Exchange, and Population Dynamics” presentation by Mary F. Ownby, 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 importance of Salado Polychrome pottery for understanding fourteenth-century population dynamics in the Southwest cannot be underestimated. This ware was clearly significant in the assimilation and adaptation of migrant groups into local populations in southern Arizona and New Mexico. Arizona’s Tonto Basin was an important area of Salado Polychrome production and exchange. Chemical (neutron activation analysis) and petrographic analyses of both decorated and utility ware vessels from six Tonto Basin sites illustrate the complexity of Salado Polychrome production and consumption. The results show there were multiple pottery production locations (though one is clearly dominant) and significant exchange among sites in the basin. The use of raw materials atypical of Hohokam ceramic traditions may indicate some Salado Polychrome was made by migrant potters. This study is an example of how Salado Polychrome pottery research continues to clarify how migrant groups settled into their new homes and utilized pottery as a form of cultural connection amongst themselves and their local friends.
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Friday & Saturday October 20 & 21, 2023: tucsoT
“Library Benefit Book Sale” sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society to benefit the ASM Library, in the lobby of the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
Friday 10 am-4 pm, Saturday 10 am-2 pm. Free to browse.
Shop an all-new selection of used anthropology books with an emphasis on the US Southwest and northern Mexico. General interest, history, biography, and even a novel or two. Books start at $2, most under $5. All books half price from 12-2 pm Saturday!
* 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 October 21, 2023: Dragoon, AZ
“AutumnFest and Wade Campbell Archaeology Lectures” at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
10 am-4 pm. $10 per vehicle.
Join Amerind at its annual Autumn Fest that celebrates the history, culture, and arts of the Navajo (Diné) Nation with artists, public talks, and performers. Rich in tradition, history, and culture, Diné teachers, artists, singers, and dancers will hold a day-long cultural celebration that features performances by SIHASIN and the Jones/Benally Family Dance Troupe, public talks “Chasing Sheep across Navajoland: Archaeological Views on the History of Diné Herding from the 17th century to the Present” and “What's in a Word? Pueblito vs. Bee Hołdzil and the Evolution of Diné Defensive Site Studies in the Four Corners” by Diné historical archaeologist Wade Campbell, and Native artists who will have their pieces of art for sale. SIHASIN and the Jones/Benally Family Dance Troupe will perform as part of The Angelo Joaquin Jr. Cultural Performance Series, with thanks to donor Ann Parker, PhD.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. 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]
Tuesday & Wednesday October 24 & 25, 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 a 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-Saturday October 25-28, 2023: Tucson
“Arizona Historic Preservation Conference and Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Awards” sponsored by the Arizona Preservation Foundation at Tucson Convention Center, 260 S Church Ave, Tucson*
$255 in July, $295 August 1-October 20, $345 after October 20.
The 2023 Arizona Historic Preservation Conference on the theme “History in the Balance” boasts two full days of programming geared to professionals, with continuing education credits when available, in the fields of historic preservation, archaeology, cultural resources management, architecture, and planning. The event also is tailored for members of the public who are involved in historic preservation and archaeology through volunteer activities and nonprofit or state and local board and commission membership. Programming is designed to attract elected leadership and staff of Arizona’s 22 Native American tribes, who have a special relationship to Arizona’s heritage resources. The event includes a half-day of pre-conference workshops on October 25, two days of general conference programming on the 26th and 27th, and historic site tours on the 28th.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or reservations visit <https://www.azpreservation.org/conference> https://www.azpreservation.org/conference, call 520-372-7100, or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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 <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday October 29, 2023: Tucson
“Court Street Cemetery tour” with Homer Thiel , sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning at southwest corner of Stone Ave. and Speedway Blvd., Tucson*
10-11:30 am or 1-2:30 pm. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
Archaeologist and historian Homer Thiel leads this walk through the Court Street Cemetery, where about 8,000 people were buried between 1875 and 1909. When it was closed, about half were reinterred but the other half were left in place. The tour will lead you through the cemetery, show where bodies have been found and reveal the history of this forgotten place. This tour is not on the Presidio Museum’s regular tour schedule and always sells out, so interested walkers should 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]
Sundays-Tuesdays October 29, 2023-January 30, 2024: Sonoran Desert National Monument, AZ
“Desert Trails Survey across the Great Bend of the Gila” volunteer-assisted archaeological survey with preservation anthropologist Aaron Wright, PhD, sponsored by Archaeology Southwest in Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona*
10-hour days starting at 8 am on Sundays. Free.
Tucson’s nonprofit Archaeology Southwest organization invites up to six volunteers daily to assist in surveying Indigenous trails in the Sonoran Desert National Monument (about a 1-hour drive from Phoenix, 1½ hours from Tucson; click <https://www.blm.gov/visit/sonoran-desert-national-monument> HERE for monument information). This project aims to assess the relationship between Indigenous trails and the Euroamerican travel routes commemorated by the Juan Bautista de Anza and Butterfield Overland National Historic Trails. There will be 13 sessions of 3 field days every other week. Volunteers can choose the dates that work best for them but are asked to commit at least four consecutive or intermittent days over the length of the project. Volunteers must be able to walk on uneven terrain for 10 hours and up to 10 miles each field day, carrying food and water.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to sign up visit <https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/projects/desert-trails-survey-across-the-great-bend-of-the-gila/> https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/projects/desert-trails-survey-across-the-great-bend-of-the-gila/.
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.
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Friday & Saturday November 17 & 18, 2023: Central Arizona
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Salado, Whatever that Means” 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 & 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
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 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s two half-days of touring some of the most impressive rock imagery in the Sedona area. We will visit three sites in total, seeing hundreds of pictographs and petroglyphs from the ca. 1200 CE Sinagua archaeological culture and the 1400+ CE Yavapai. On the first tour day we will visit the Loy Canyon pictograph site, which features hundreds of pictographs extending a distance of about 100 yards. On the second day 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: 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.
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Old Pueblo Classes Coming 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
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.
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, 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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