NOTE: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson Is a 501c3 nonprofit educational and research organization.
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MULTI-DAY TOUR –
Southeast Utah - Ruins, Rock Art, and Rivers
Wednesday, September 27 – Sunday, October 1, 2006
On this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center fundraising van tour from Tucson, we’ll stop at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and at the extensive Cameron Trading Post, then travel north through spectacular Monument Valley to our base at the quaint and rustic Recapture Lodge along the San Juan River in Bluff, Utah. Bluff (population 350) sits amid some of the most awesome geology in the United States, has about a dozen restaurants, and boasts the highest per capita concentration of archaeologists, geologists, naturalists, writers, and artists of any small town in the country. Recapture offers its guests a tasty cash continental breakfast each morning. We will do day trips to Arches NP, Canyonlands and Natural Bridges National Monuments, San Juan River goosenecks, Mokee Dugway, Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument, museums in Blanding and Moab, Cedar Point petroglyph site, and the famous Holy Ghost rock art panel (right image above) in Horseshoe Canyon. On the return !
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e’ll travel across the Navajo Nation and visit the historic Hubbell Trading Post plus a stop at Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park in Globe. It will be necessary to take some short walks/hikes to get to some of these sites; participants can walk/hike as much or as little as they wish. Expect daytime high temperatures in the 70s, early morning lows in the 40s. Tour departs at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday from Tucson International Airport Park & Save Remote Parking Lot at S. Tucson Boulevard and E. Corona Drive, where vehicles can be safely parked for $4 per day. We will return to the same location by 7 p.m. on Sunday. Limited to 8 participants. Guide: Stephen H. Buck, Ph.D.
$695 Per Person
Tour fee includes a donation to Old Pueblo Archaeology,
lodging, transportation by van, and all entry fees
CALL OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER AT 520-798-1201 TO SIGN UP
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The Hohokam CULTURE:
ROMERO Ruins AND Baby Jesus Ridge petroglyphS
Saturday, October 28, 2006
We’ll carpool from the Old Pueblo Archaeology Center on West Ina Road to the Hohokam Romero Ruins site in Catalina State Park, a large residential village occupied between A.D. 700 and 1100. Then we’ll hike to possibly the richest Hohokam rock art site in Southern Arizona, the Baby Jesus Ridge (Sutherland Wash) site east of Catalina, Arizona. This site sits along a streambed below Baby Jesus Ridge and contains many small and large rocks covered with petroglyphs. One is the notable “marker petroglyph” rock (see picture above right) that may have been manually moved in ancient times to its prominent location. These petroglyphs were likely carved by the people who inhabited the Romero Ruins area. Access to the petroglyphs involves a flat, 2- to 3-mile round-trip hike through sandy soil that is not recommended for indoor types. High clearance vehicles capable of traversing a short rough dirt road are required. Riders will share drivers’ gas cost, which will be about $5 per ride!
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onal early dinner/late lunch after tour at a Central American-style restaurant in Catalina (not included in tour fee). Tour limited to 12 participants. Guide: Stephen H. Buck, Ph.D.
$69 Per Person
$55.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center MEMBERS
and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Tour fee includes a donation to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and all entrance fees.
Riders will also pay $5.00 each for drivers’ fuel cost.
CALL OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER AT 520-798-1201 TO SIGN UP
See www.oldpueblo.org/ or e-mail [log in to unmask]
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