For Immediate Release
 
 
Hello!
 
        This is Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s semimonthly upcoming-activities email blast providing announcements about upcoming southwestern archaeology, history, and cultures activities offered by Old Pueblo and other organizations. If you know of others who might like to be added to Old Pueblo’s emailing list for these messages, please feel free to let them know they can subscribe to it directly by going to  <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org and scrolling down to the Subscribe section to enter their names and email addresses at the prompts there. One can unsubscribe from Old Pueblo’s emailing list at any time, as indicated at the end of this message.
 
 
Table of Contents

Some Thank-Yous

Some Online Resources

Old Pueblo Activities Preview

Upcoming Activities

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Youth Education Programs

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support

Opt-Out Options
 
        You can click on the blue-lettered links in this message to visit a website <https://www.oldpueblo.org/>  or to send an email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
        Old Pueblo Archaeology Center 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. Please visit www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php <http://www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php> to make a contribution – Your donations help us continue to provide hands-on education programs in archaeology, history, and cultures for children and adults!
        This communication was posted to a listserve and does not include any illustrations. If you would like to receive versions of Old Pueblo’s monthly “upcoming activities” emails that contain color photos and other illustrations pertaining to the activities, you can subscribe to our email address book by visiting Old Pueblo’s  <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page and scrolling down to the “Subscribe” box to enter your name and email address. (You can unsubscribe from our activities emailings any time you wish.)
 
 
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: Christopher Adams, Libby Beck, Elizabeth Butler, Marsha Colbert, Vickie Cooper, Al Dart, Butch Farabee, Daniel Ice, Mitchell Kagen, Keith Klug, Eugene Kunde, Aleta Lawrence, Lisbeth Lieber, Melissa Loeschen, Judith Marro, Kyle Meredith, Edward Milszeski, Anna Ortiz, Daniel Robinett, Sharon Smith, Jane Stone, Sharon Strachan, Kenneth Sylvester, and Laura Wilson. 
        Thank you all so much!


 
 
SOME ON_______________________ RESOURCES          
(SOME ONLINE RESOURCES)
 
        Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted the recording of archaeologist Brian W. Kenny’s September 21 presentation The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites and many other “Third Thursday Food for Thought” and “Indigenous Interests” webinar presentations on Old Pueblo’s Youtube channel:  <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
 
 
OLD PUEBLO ACTIVITIES PREVIEW
 
        Saturday October 7:  “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” cultural sites tour with Felipe S. Molina
 
        Saturday October 14:  “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
 
        Thursday October 19:  “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Scientific Evidence for Tonto Basin Salado Polychrome Pottery Production and Exchange” by Mary F. Ownby, PhD
 
        Tuesday November 14:  “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online program featuring “Wa’alupe: Yaqui Village in Phoenix Urban Sprawl” presentation by Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui), PhD
 
        Thursday November 16:  “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “How it All Comes Together: The Role of the State Historic Preservation Office in the Federal Preservation Network” by Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard
 
        Friday & Saturday November 17 & 18: “Salado, Whatever that Means” archaeological sites tour with archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart
 
        See green font listings below for details on these and other activities sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
 
 
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
 
        The following listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. Time zones are specified only for online activities; each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location. 
        For activities marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are advised to confirm dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.
 
 
Tuesday October 3, 2023: Online
        “Archaeology Café: Tame or Wild? Emergent Ranching Cultures of Spanish Colonial Pimería Alta” free online lecture with Nicole Mathwich, PhD, presented by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
        6 to 7 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
        This talk will explore the emergent animal husbandry culture in the Pimería Alta from the first introduction of livestock through the Spanish mission system (1687-1833). Nicole Mathwich (San Diego State University) compares and contrasts faunal bone from five mission sites from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, then digs deeper into the site of Mission Guevavi to examine how levels of ferality were strategically employed there.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Preregistration is required:  <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MVOJvyOnTqWC9-yv3Pp4bA> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MVOJvyOnTqWC9-yv3Pp4bA. 
 
 
Wednesday October 4 or Friday November 24 or Wednesday December 6, 2023: Tucson
        “Presidio District Tour – Why is Tucson the City It is Today” walking tour with historian Ken Scoville, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning at the 1928 Pima County Courthouse, 115 N Church Ave, Tucson*
        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: Florence, AZ
        “The Legend of the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine” free presentation with Hoyt Huckabay at McFarland State Historic Park, 24 W Ruggles St, Florence, Arizona*
        11 am-12 pm. Free. 
        It all started with four stolen tablets, a family named Peralta, and a miner named Jacob Waltz. Join Hoyt Huckabay to hear the true story of the Lost Dutchman’s Mine and journey through the Superstitions, Arizona’s most mysterious mountains. 
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information call 520-868-5216.
 
 
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-the-basketmaker-iii-period-in-southwest-colorado-2/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/creating-community-during-the-basketmaker-iii-period-in-southwest-colorado-2/. 
 
 
Friday October 6, 2023: Online
        “Protecting the Irreplaceable: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Government Efforts to Preserve the Americas’ Cultural Heritage” free online presentation with Andrew Zonderman, PhD, sponsored by Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, DC*
        7 pm Eastern Daylight Time. Free.
        For over a half century, the Government of the United States has taken measures independently and with the international community to protect and preserve cultural heritage.  Its earliest and most enduring interventions have been in the Western Hemisphere, notably the 1970 Treaty of Cooperation with the Government of Mexico and the 1972 Pre-Columbian Monumental and Architectural Sculpture and Murals Act. Dr. Zonderman will examine these and other U.S. federal laws, policies, and programs that ensure contemporary and future peoples can engage with the millennia of human history in the Americas. Andrew Zonderman is a Foreign Affairs Officer at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Cultural Heritage Center where he is responsible for monitoring cultural heritage issues in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean as well as managing bilateral cultural property agreements between the United States and countries within these regions.  
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to  <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_luNgp6h9Qziyidh1232h8w#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_luNgp6h9Qziyidh1232h8w#/registration. 
 
 
Friday October 6 or November 3 or December 1, 2023: Tucson
        “Congress Street” walking tour with historian Ken Scoville sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum beginning at Washington St. and Church Ave. (northeast corner of the Presidio Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., but not at front entrance), Tucson*
        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] 
        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 Yoeme Communities tour flyer” in your email subject line.
 
 
Saturday October 7, 2023: Tubac, AZ
        “Beef, Wheat & Chiltepín: Sonora’s Culinary Heritage Workshop” with 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] 
 
 
Tuesday October 10, 2023: Phoenix
        “Interpreting Classic Mimbres Ceramic Art” free presentation by art historian/consultant Barbara Moulard for Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
        7 pm. Free.
        Barbara Moulard received an MA in Art History from Arizona State University in 1984, the same year her master’s thesis was published under the title Within the Underworld Sky – Mimbres Ceramic Art in Context. Her research focused on precontact southwestern ceramic art, in particular the black-on-white painted ceramics of southwestern New Mexico’s Classic Mimbres culture and how that are related to surrounding contemporary cultures – the Hohokam of the Phoenix and Tucson basins, and the Pueblo of culture of New Mexico. After leaving ASU she was a curator at the Dallas Art Museum and the Pueblo Grande Museum (now S'edav Va'aki Museum), and in 1986 she became an Associate Professor of Art History at ASU, retiring in May 2022. Dr. Moulard authored Re-Creating the Word: Painted Ceramics of the Prehistoric Southwest (2002) and contributed to Casas Grandes and the Ceramic Art of the Ancient Southwest (2005, Richard F. Townsend, editor), and in 2022 published a chapter in the ASU art history journal Phoebus Apollo: The Mundane and Otherworldly: A Woman’s place in Depictions on Mimbres Painted Bowls. She will talk about Mimbres pottery and the iconography displayed on each bowl as well as Hopi and Zuni belief systems and how they correlate with some of the Classic period bowls.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the S’edav Va’aki Museum at 602-495-0901.
 
 
Wednesday October 11, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
        “Sightlines and Site Lines, Ancient Astronomy in Southeast Utah” free presentation by Jim Krehbiel for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Fellowship Hall, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, Arizona*
        7:30-9 pm (refreshment and socialization begin at 7). Free.
        Jim Krehbiel will discuss and illustrate astronomical research he and astronomer Natalie Cunningham have conducted in 15 years at over 350 Ancestral Pueblo sites in the region of Bears Ears National Monument. The project has included discoveries about solar, lunar, and stellar observations in the Southwest. Jim will provide a visual tour of ancient Pueblo sites, analyzing astronomical direct alignments and their place in our understanding of Pueblo ritual. He also will point out how some of the alignments are clustered in groups from a common site location or shrine and how this may reflect the identity of a site’s occupants and usage over time. Jim uses his archaeoastronomy field research as the impetus for his printmaking and digital imaging artwork, some of which is included in a current exhibition at the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding, Utah.
        * 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 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] 
        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 flintknapping flyer” in your email subject line.   
 
 
Saturday October 14, 2023: Mimbres & San Lorenzo, NM
        “National Archaeology Day” sponsored by the Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS) at the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site (MCAS), 12 Sage Dr, Mimbres, New Mexico, and the Roundup Lodge, 91 Acklin Hill Rd, Hanover (San Lorenzo), New Mexico*
        9 am-2:30 pm at MCAS, 4-5:30 pm at Roundup Lodge.
        Events at the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site include 9 am-noon solar eclipse viewing (sunglasses provided if you do not bring your own); 10 am guided tour of the Mattocks archaeological site; 11 am “The Tragic Story of Ben Gooch and Murder on the Mimbres” talk on the Gooch House porch; 2 pm dedication of the GCAS library in memory of archaeologist Nancy Coinman; and hands-on activities for kids of all ages. At 4 pm at the Roundup Lodge, archaeologist Karl Laumbach gives a presentation “Hembrillo: An Apache Battlefield of the Victorio War, April 5-7, 1880.”
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Marilyn Markel at 575-536-9337 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]  
 
 
Saturday October 14, 2023: Tucson
        “History in the Park” at the Fort Lowell Museum in Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd., Tucson*
        10 am-1 pm. Free donations requested).
        The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum sponsors displays covering the U.S. Cavalry, Fort Lowell’s most famous physician Dr. Walter Reed, Victorian mourning customs, and hazards in the 1800s home showing how easily people could poison themselves with common household items.  In addition, a faro dealer will be on hand for attendees to “try their hand” at the game.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Saturday October 14, 2023: Tucson
        “Coronado: The New Evidence” world film premier at The Loft Cinema’s Loft Film Fest, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson*
        1:45 pm. Tickets $12 (Loft members $10)
        Frances Causey Films, an Arizona filmmaker, is delighted to announce that Coronado: The New Evidence will have its World Premiere at Tucson’s prestigious LOFT FILM FEST on Saturday October 14 at 1:45 pm. This fulfills our hope that the film would premiere in our hometown of Tucson before setting out for the far flung corners of the globe with SBS Australia first premiering it in December. Congrats to archaeologist Deni Seymour and the entire Coronado project team! Enthusiasm is high for the film so grab your tickets now before they sell out.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and tickets visit  <https://loftcinema.org/film/coronado-the-new-evidence/> https://loftcinema.org/film/coronado-the-new-evidence/ or contact The Loft Cinema at 520-795-0844 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Saturday October 14, 2023: Tubac, AZ
        “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 Borgderlandia, 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 Nicholas Kessler, 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.
        Cultural chronologies in southwestern U.S. desert basins rely on radiocarbon dates and ceramic sequences that  are limited in terms of resolution. More precise dating methods, such as dendrochronology, have not been traditionally applied in Southwest deserts due to the limited number of datable trees in arid locales. This talk will explain how recent advances in radiocarbon dating and calibration, referred to as wiggle-matching, enable  high-resolution tree-ring-based chronology building. Wiggle-matching has already been applied to well-known Arizona sites such as Montezuma’s Castle and Snaketown, and the results of these case studies will be detailed. Prospects for larger scale projects – some already underway – will also be discussed, and the future of tree-ring radiocarbon dating will be forecast as it pertains to what can be  gained from a new focus on tree-ring dating in the desert basins of the  Southwest. 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. No reservations needed for in-person meeting. To register for online presentation go to  <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hXf63q3EQECcB6kAaxxs0w#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hXf63q3EQECcB6kAaxxs0w#/registration.  For details visit  <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan Bierer at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Wednesday October 18, 2023: Online
        “Gestures of Meaning – An Analysis of Composition, Representation, and Process in Pecos River Style Art” free online presentation by Presenter: Ashley Busby, MFA, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
        12-1 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
        Using sites from the recent Hearthstone project, this presentation will explore the elements of composition in Lower Pecos pictograph murals. Through new experiments and analysis, Ashley Busby will build on previous research about the complex systems of creating Lower Pecos art. In studying the formal elements of shape, line, and space, along with the variety of mark making used in these paintings, she will discuss ways in which Lower Pecos artists built expressive, visual narratives.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register go to  <https://shumla.org/education/lunchandlearn/> https://shumla.org/education/lunchandlearn/. 
 
 
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 presentation 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: Starting in Nogales, AZ
        “Magdalena de Kino Day Trip” with Alex La Pierre sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, meeting at Burger King, 47 N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
        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
        “Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School” free online presentation by Jim Kristofic sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
        4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged). 
        After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in northern Arizona’s Navajo country a group of missionaries and doctors – who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives – chose a different way and persuaded the local parents and medicine men to allow them to educate their daughters as nurses. The young women struggled to step into the world of modern medicine, but they knew they might become nurses who could build a bridge between the old ways and the new. In this detailed history, Jim Kristofic traces the story of Ganado Mission on the Navajo Indian Reservation. His personal connection with the community creates a nuanced historical understanding that blends engaging narrative with careful scholarship to share the stories of the people and their commitment to this place.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit  <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/medicine-women-the-story-of-the-first-native-american-nursing-school-2/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/medicine-women-the-story-of-the-first-native-american-nursing-school-2/.
 
 
Thursday October 19, 2023: Online
        “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “Scientific Evidence for Tonto Basin Salado Polychrome Pottery Production and Exchange” 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.
        To register for the Zoom webinar go to  <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i3aLfJ0wTr2i-89axO3QCQ> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i3aLfJ0wTr2i-89axO3QCQ. 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 October THIRDTHURSDAY flyer” in your email subject line.
 
 
Friday & Saturday October 20 & 21, 2023: Tucson
        “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]
 
 
Friday-Sunday October 20-22, 2023: El Paso
        “23rd Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference” hosted by El Paso Museum of Archaeology (EPMA), 4301 Woodrow Bean Trans Mountain Road, El Paso*
        Friday 8 am-4:30 pm and 5-7:30 pm dinner for participants; Saturday 8 am-1:30 pm; Sunday 9:30 am to noon(?) field trip at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. Registration $35 through October 19, $45 at the door (discounts for students and EPMA and El Paso Archaeological Society members); $12 per person additional for Friday dinner.
        This gathering attracts professional and avocational archaeologists. It includes multiple sessions where presenters will discuss their latest research in the Jornada Mogollon, Mimbres, or Casas Grandes regions and an opportunity for questions and answers following each session. Conference registrants can attend a private tour to Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site on Sunday free of charge but signup is first come, first served.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit  <https://epmarch.org/biennial-jornada-mogollon-conference/> https://epmarch.org/biennial-jornada-mogollon-conference/ or contact Itzel Barraza at 915-212-3273 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Saturday October 21, 2023: Tucson
        “How Did People Make Stone & Shell Jewelry?” workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Archaeology Southwest, 300 N. Ash Ave., Tucson*
        9 am-12 pm. $40.
        In this engaging hands-on archaeology workshop, ancient technologies expert Allen Denoyer will teach how to make jewelry with stone (argillite and steatite) or shell. Master ancient techniques by using stone tools to shape, perforate, incise, and polish your masterpiece. Beginners are welcome! Open to individuals 12 years of age and older. Become an Archaeology Southwest member to get $10 off.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Sara Anderson at 520-882-6946 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Saturday October 21, 2023: Payson, AZ
        “13,000 Years of Migration in and around Rock Art Ranch” free presentation by archaeologist Rich Lange for Rim Country Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Payson Public Library (in Rumsey Park complex), 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson, Arizona*
        10-11:30 am. Free.
        Following years of archaeological research involving ancestral Hopi pueblos in Homolovi State Park, archaeologists conducting the Homol’ovi Research Program of the Arizona State Museum (University of Arizona) were able to expand research for six summers to the privately held Rock Art Ranch, only 20 miles away. What they found was an emphasis on earlier time periods (dating back to the late Paleoindian period), more dispersed settlement, and stronger influences from cultural groups to the southeast around the Mogollon Rim. This talk will examine these different cultural traditions.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit   <https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry> https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry.
 
 
Saturday October 21, 2023: Tucson
        “Living History Day: Crime and Death in Arizona” solve-a-mystery event at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
        10 am-2 pm.  Included with admission: $10 adults, $5 ages 6-13, 5 & under Free.
        During this event, attendees have the opportunity to solve a murder mystery featuring the ghost La Llorona. Visitors will find clues around the Presidio Museum and with various re-enactors to solve the mystery of who or what is behind the mysterious deaths. Other activities will include the story of La Llorona told in the Zaguan plus a temporary exhibit on La Llorona in the south gift shop exhibit hall; re-enactors telling the story of the Buffalo Soldiers and the Wham Payroll Robbery; Victorians & Death: a display on their traditions and customs; and a variety of demonstrations that may include blacksmithing, soldier drills, and Presidio-era childrens’ games.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information on this and other Presidio Museum activities visit  <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 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]
 
 
Saturday October 21, 2023: Tubac, AZ
        “Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Anza Days Celebration at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street, Tubac, Arizona*
        2-3 pm. Tubac Presidio Park admission fees are waived for Anza Days visitors.
        The deep time perspective that archaeology and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, environmental change, and human adaptation not only is a valuable supplement to historical records, it sometimes contradicts historical data used by modern societies to make decisions affecting social sustainability and human safety. What can be learned from scientific evidence that virtually all prehistoric farming cultures in Arizona and the Southwest eventually surpassed their thresholds of sustainability, leading to collapse or reorganization of their societies? Could the disastrous damages to nuclear power plants damaged by the Japanese tsunami of 2011 have been avoided if the engineers who decided where to build those plants had not ignored evidence of prehistoric tsunamis? This presentation looks at archaeological, geological, and sustainable-agricultural evidence on environmental changes and how human cultures have adapted to those changes, and discusses the value of a “beyond history” perspective for modern society. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the Park at 520-398-2252 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Saturday October 21, 2023: Tucson
        “A Stiff Drink and a Good Cigar – The Saloons of Territorial Tucson” Salon and Saloon lecture by archaeologist and historian Homer Thiel ’s sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum at LaCo Pub, 201 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
        2-3 pm. $5 per person.
        Western movies, TV shows, and books portray saloons as places where drunk men had fights and where pretty barmaids charmed patrons. But what were the saloons of Tucson really like? Archaeologist and historian Homer Thiel’s research in newspapers and old photos tells a more complex story. Thiel will discuss his findings to unveil the real Western saloon atmosphere.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. The $5 entry fee can be paid at the door or preregistration is available at  <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=513> https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=513. For more information on this and other Presidio Museum activities visit  <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Saturday October 21, 2023: Florence, AZ
        “3rd Annual Día de Los Muertos Celebration” sponsored by the Pinal County Historical Museum at Padilla Park, 20 N Quartz St, Florence, Arizona*
        2-8 pm. Free.
        Traditionally celebrated November 1st and 2nd, Día de Los Muertos is like a family reunion except that the guests of honor are family members who have passed on. A largely Mexican custom, it is a day filled with joyful festivities, heartwarming encounters, and transformative experiences. The Pinal County Historical Society celebrates el Día early this year on October 21 when the Town of Florence’s Padilla Park will resonate with live music by Mariachi Nueva Era, Guitarra Latina, and the RJ Band, and traditional dance performances colorfully choreographed by Ballet Folklorico del Sol and Los Pequenos de Florence. The fiesta includes family friendly, hands-on activities as live music continues into the evening. Throughout the event, guests of all ages can immerse themselves in the world of Día de Los Muertos that infuses the spirit of celebration into their own creative expressions.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit 
 <https://secure.qgiv.com/for/pchm/event/850281/> https://secure.qgiv.com/for/pchm/event/850281/ or contact the Pinal County Historical Museum at 520-868-4382 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Tuesday October 24, 2023: Scottsdale
        “Indigenous Rock Imagery of the Sonoran Desert” free Pastfinders Lecture with anthropologist Aaron Wright sponsored by McDowell Sonoran Conservancy at Scottsdale Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St., Scottsdale, Arizona*
        5:30 pm. Free.
        Petroglyphs and pictographs are integral to the cultural traditions of Indigenous communities the world over, and especially so in the Sonoran Desert where they abound on the countless chocolate- and charcoal-colored rocks. It’s natural to ask what they may mean, but perhaps a more appropriate question is what do they do? These images move us in remarkable ways, and therein lies some of their significance. Archaeology Southwest Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright will review the diversity of rock imagery across the Sonoran Desert with one eye on common threads and the other on unique regional qualities.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Franco Farina at 602-320-5781 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*
        $295 through October 20, $345 thereafter.
        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] 
 
 
Thursday October 26, 2023: Online
        “Transilient Acts: Managing Change in the Ancestral Pueblo World” free online presentation by archaeologist Michael Adler, PhD, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
        4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged). 
        This talk focuses on the wide range of practices and, likely, beliefs that have long been part of Ancestral and modern Pueblo strategies to manage change within their communities. Dr. Adler starts with a critique of how archaeology currently uses the concept of “resilience” to model past practices dealing with change and transition and poses “transilience” as a more appropriate model for understanding such practices. Examples from Pueblo communities in the Northern Rio Grande, including Picuris Pueblo and ancestral homes of the Picuris people, are detailed to illustrate past transilient acts and practices. Mike Adler is Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit  <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/transilient-acts-managing-change-in-the-ancestral-pueblo-world-2/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/transilient-acts-managing-change-in-the-ancestral-pueblo-world-2/. 

 

 
Saturday October 28, 2023: Tucson
        “Fourth Saturday Archaeology Day” free activities at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
        8 am-1 pm. Free ($5/person suggested donation to Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace).
        In each month’s Archaeology Day at Mission Garden, Archaeology Southwest preservation archaeologist Allen Denoyer gives a hands-on archaeology presentation and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center staff and volunteers present activities you can actually participate in, highlighting ancient skills and reproduction of items found in archaeology sites. And this month from 9 am to noon archaeologist Chris Schager will demonstrate working with adobe, and Mission Garden docent Jerome West will interpret the Early Agriculture Garden. The event is ideal for children. 
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Kendall Kroesen at 520-955-5200 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 

Saturday October 28, 2023: Tucson

        “Día de los Muertos/Halloween Family Funday” sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum at the Fort Lowell Museum in Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd., Tucson*
        10 am-1 pm. Free donations requested).
        Families can get into the holiday “spirit” by coming in costume and/or face paint. There will be a selfie station to capture their creativity! Attendees will learn about both Halloween and Día de los Muertos through activities including decorating plaster skulls to mimic sugar skulls, creating straw skeletons and climbing spiders, making Día de los Muertos candle holders, and getting faces painted by a face painter
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 

Saturday October 28, 2023: Tucson

        “Beef, Wheat & Chiltepín: Sonora’s Culinary Heritage Workshop” with Alex La Pierre at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
        1 pm. $20 ($15 for Presidio Museum members).
        Attendees will find out how the confluence of geography, environments, cultures, economics and religion shaped the culinary culture of the Sonoran Desert in this seminar with historian Alex La Pierre. Those who have ever wondered what makes Sonoran cuisine unique, and what sets it apart in Mexican gastronomy, will get their answers in this workshop. Included alongside the program is a Sonoran ethnobotany workshop in the Presidio gardens.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Preregister at  <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=515> https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=515. For more information on this and other Presidio Museum activities visit  <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com> www.TucsonPresidio.com or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 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/. 
 
 
Wednesday November 1, 2023: Online
        “Talking with the People, Talking with the Clay” free online presentation by photographer and author Stephen Trimble sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, Tucson*
        6:30-7:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
        Stephen Trimble spent a decade photographing and interviewing the Southwest’s Native people. He began in 1984, creating images for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His work culminated with two significant books, Talking with the Clay: The Art of Pueblo Pottery and The People: Indians of the American Southwest. In this talk, he will tell stories from his fieldwork, highlight his favorite photos, and introduce us to their now-historic content and context. Trimble’s photos powerfully reveal the care and warmth that suffuses his work with respect for the People, their lives, and their art. In 2022 Trimble found a permanent home for these photographs when he donated all of his work – more than 18,000 images – to the Arizona State Museum.
        * 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]
 
 
Wednesday-Friday November 1-3, 2023: Canoa Ranch, Pima County, AZ
        “Fall 2023 Training for Tour Guides, Visitor Center Greeters, School Program Guides, Public Event Greeters, and Restoration Assistants” at Raul M. Grijalva Canoa Ranch Conservation Park, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, Arizona*
        9 am-12 pm each day. Preregistration required.
        Calling all Volunteers for Historic Canoa Ranch! Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation invites active adults in the Green Valley area to take part in the day-to-day operation and exciting future developments at Historic Canoa Ranch, Canoa Preserve, and Canoa Hills Trails Parks. Volunteers are needed to lead tours of the ranch headquarters, meet and greet visitors, maintain the exhibits, and assist with school field trips. Training for these positions is required. Pima County also seeks volunteers to assist with large public events, restoration, landscaping, and gardening projects at Historic Canoa Ranch and other park locations in the Green Valley area. The lake at Historic Canoa Ranch is a birding hot spot – experienced birders are needed as guides. Orientation and training is provided and tailored to individuals and job responsibilities.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Applications to attend are due by October 13. For more information visit  <http://www.pima.gov/1386/Canoa-Ranch> www.pima.gov/1386/Canoa-Ranch or contact Environmental Education at 520-724-5375 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Thursday November 2, 2023: Phoenix and online
        “Who Has Access? Water and Life along the Colorado River” free Climate Conversations discussion with Cora Tso (Diné) sponsored by Arizona Humanities in-person at the Ellis-Shackelford House. 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, and virtually via Zoom*
        6-7 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free. 
        Access to water is essential for communities across the Southwest. Climate change and drought are worsening water issues, especially for many living on the Navajo Nation. How are past water laws, current policies, and recent Supreme Court decisions shaping water rights today? Who has water, and who does not? Join Arizona Humanities for a Q&A conversation about tribal water rights and environmental justice with Cora Tso, attorney with Western Resource Advocates. Discussion will focus on the importance of water to life and health for communities on the Navajo Nation, and potential solutions to water inequity. Cora Tso is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and an environmental law and policy expert who works to preserve natural landscapes, promote outdoor equity, and ensure sustainable access to public lands and waters in the West. Previously, she helped secure and protect the Navajo Nation’s water rights claims across Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. 
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register for in-person talk at  <http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5p80ef7534a&llr=4prallcab> http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5p80ef7534a&llr=4prallcab. Register to attend virtually at 
 <http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5pi22baa662&llr=4prallcab> http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ejwlf5pi22baa662&llr=4prallcab.
 
 
Saturday November 4, 2023: Tucson
        “Evergreen Cemetery Tour” with Alan Kruse, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning one block in from the cemetery entrance at N. Oracle Rd. and W. Fort Lowell Rd., Tucson*
        9-11 am. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
        After a general overview of Tucson’s cemeteries, Presidio Museum tour guide Alan Kruse will lead attendees through several Evergreen Cemetery gravesites and hear the stories of a number of historical characters including Sam Hughes, Henry Buehman, Larcena Pennington, Harry Arizona Drachman, Sarah Herring Sorin, and Thomas Jeffords.
The tour is about ¼ mile long. Free parking is available at the meeting spot.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit  <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Saturday November 4, 2023: Online
        “Rock Art 2023 Virtual Symposium” online meetings sponsored by San Diego Rock Art Association, San Diego*
        10 am-5 pm Pacific Daylight Time. Free (registration is required)
        In this online symposium presentations of papers on all areas of rock art research are welcome. 
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information and to register go to  <https://www.sandiegorockart.org/symposium_registration.html> https://www.sandiegorockart.org/symposium_registration.html. For complete information and links for registration, t-shirt sales, and the call for papers visit SYMPOSIUM page at  <http://www.sdraa.org> www.sdraa.org.
 
 
Saturday November 4, 2023: Tucson
        “Thunderbird Style: Frank Patania, Sr.’s Influence on Native American Jewelry Design” free presentation by authors Pat and Kim Messier, sponsored by Friends of ASM Collections, in the United Methodist Church Social Hall, 915 E. 4th St., Tucson*
        1-3 pm free.
        Based on their book Legendary Patania Jewelry: In the Tradition of the Southwest, authors Pat and Kim Messier will give an illustrated presentation about Frank Patania Sr.’s life (born in Italy in 1899), the history of the Thunderbird Shop in Santa Fe and Tucson, and the Native American silversmiths who worked there. Refreshments will be served, and the authors will sign books after the presentation. Legendary Patania can be purchased at the event for $60, in Tucson at the Arizona Inn or Medicine Man Gallery, and online from Schiffer Publishing or amazon.com. Park free in the church parking lot or the nearby Tyndall Garage (880 E. 4th St.). This event is sponsored by the Friends of the ASM Collections in conjunction with the Arizona State Museum’s exhibit Ancient to Modern: Continuity and Innovation in Southwest Native Jewelry.  
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Saturday & Sunday November 4 & 5, 2023: Phoenix & Tempe, AZ
        “2023 Arizona Archaeological Society State Meeting” in the Community Room at S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix*
        In addition to presentations, other events, and food, tours of S’edav Va’aki Museum and the nearby Hohokam platform mound site will be offered on Saturday. On Sunday archaeologist Aaron Wright will lead a field trip to petroglyph sites in Pheonix’s South Mountains and archaeologist Scott Kwiatkowski will lead one to the Loma del Rio archaeological site in Tempe. Each trip is limited to 20 participants. Sign-up sheets for each Sunday tour will be available on Saturday at S'edav Va'aki Museum. 
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit  <https://azarchsoc.org/page-1862680> https://azarchsoc.org/page-1862680 or contact Ellie Large at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Tuesday November 7, 2023: Online
        “Archaeology Café: Ancient Domestication of the Four Corners Potato: Archaeology, Sex, and Genetics” free online lecture with Lisbeth Louderback presented by Archaeology Southwest (ASW), Tucson*
        6 to 7 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
        Memories of Diné and Hopi elders reveal the Four Corners potato (Solanum jamesii) to be an ancient food and lifeway medicine, once collected from the wild and grown in now-faded gardens, diminished over the last century by drought and displaced by potatoes from elsewhere. Lisbeth Louderback (Archaeobotany Lab, Natural History Museum of Utah; University of Utah) will present the latest evidence gathered during a 10-year collaborative study that addresses use, transport, and manipulation by ancient people. Mating experiments, genetic sequencing, and food remnants on manos and metates have revealed a convincing story of this fascinating plant species.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Preregistration is required:  <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omABPqb7T_SnOZMdRY3zOQ#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_omABPqb7T_SnOZMdRY3zOQ#/registration. 
 
 
Wednesday November 8, 2023: Queen Creek, AZ
        “Petroglyph Patterns and Bell Rocks at Ancestral O'odham Sites” free presentation by Janine Hernbrode for San Tan Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at San Tan Historical Society Museum, 20425 S. Old Ellsworth Rd. (at intersection of Queen Creek Rd. and Ellsworth Loop Rd.), Queen Creek, Arizona*
        6:30 pm. Free.
        Wary of becoming relentless quantifiers through rock art recording, rock art researcher Janine Hernbrode and her research partner, Dr. Peter Boyle, worked together to collect and analyze data obtained from their recordings. Peter and Janine demonstrate that ethnographic and linguistic information can suggest links to both sacred landscapes and some motifs found in rock art. A retired University of Arizona science administrator and curriculum writer, Janine has spent 16 years recording rock art within 30 miles of Tucson, primarily at Ancestral O’odham sites.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Marie Britton at 480-390-3491 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Wednesday November 8, 2023: Cave Creek, AZ
        “Growing in the Desert: The History & Culture of the Tohono O’odham” free presentation by Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, PhD, for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Fellowship Hall, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, Arizona*
        7:30-8:30 pm; refreshment and socialization beginning at 7 pm. Free.
        Many Arizonans call the Sonoran Desert and its striking landscapes home. Long before our urban centers and city lights lit up the dark desert skies, the Tohono O’odham were cultivating and shaping the land with abundant agriculture – from squash and beans to corn and cotton. For generations they passed down their rich knowledge and culture grown from their connection to the desert. In this program Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan (Tohono O’odham, San Xavier District), instructor in the Tohono O’odham Studies Program at Tohono O’odham Community College, shares her knowledge about the history and culture of her people, the Tohono O’odham.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Mary Kearney at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Thursday, November 9, 2023: Tucson & San Xavier, AZ
        “Tucson’s O’odham and Spanish Food Heritage Day Trip” fundraising coach trip to support the ongoing work of the Arizona State Museum's Office of Ethnohistorical Research, starting at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson.
        8 am-5 pm. $290 ($250 for ASM members) includes motor coach transportation, breakfast, parking, entry fees, gratuities, guest speaker honoraria, lunch, snacks and beverages.
        Spend the day with ASM scholars Dale S. Brenneman, PhD, and Monica Young, MA, exploring Tucson’s rich Native and Hispanic food heritages. See how culture, religion, and farming intersected and transformed the landscape in multiple ways, shaping southern Arizona and the future city of Tucson. Tour begins at Tucson’s Mission Garden (where full-day parking is available) with light breakfast and a tour of the garden with Maegan Lopez and Kendall Kroesen. From there it will depart by motor coach to visit ancient Hohokam agave fields at the base of Tumamoc Hill with archaeologist and ethnobotanist Suzanne Fish, PhD, then to the San Xavier Co-op Farm where lunch will be served followed by a tour of the farm. The last stop will be at the Tucson Presidio for a tour with a Presidio docent and food display before the tour returns to Mission Garden.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Thursday November 9, 2023: Scottsdale, AZ
        “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart sponsored by Foothills Community Foundation at the Holland Community Center, 34250 N. 60th St. Scottsdale, Arizona, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
        6-8 pm. Free.
        Native Americans in the U.S. Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before non-Indian peoples entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the “Great House” at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological evidence of ancient southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning, and interprets how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals. This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact the Holland Center at 480-488-1090 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Friday & Saturday November 10 & 11, 2023: Albuquerque
        “New Mexico Archaeological Council Annual Meeting” at the University of New Mexico’s Hibben Center for Archeology Research, 450 University Blvd. NE, Albuquerque*
        6-7:30 pm Friday keynote address; 9 am-5 pm Saturday meeting.
        The 2023 NMAC Annual Meeting’s theme will be “Innovative Research and Management of Cultural Resources on Federal Lands in New Mexico.” Federal lands make up over 30 percent of New Mexico’s land base so with this conference NMAC hopes to highlight innovative research, collaborations, partnerships, and programs in cultural resources-related management on these lands. Speakers likely will inclde land managers, land stewards, and their collaborators on federal lands throughout New Mexico. For the Friday evening keynote address David Rachal will present work on the White Sands Footprints and why Ruppia lake balls present a problem for dating.
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Christina Chavez at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
 
 
Tuesday November 14, 2023: Online
        “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online program featuring “Wa’alupe: Yaqui Village in Phoenix Urban Sprawl” presentation by Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui), PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
        7 to 8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
        Yaqui Indian families came from Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona’s Salt River Valley in the 1880s to labor in the agricultural fields, railroads, and mines. They formed their villages on the outskirts of cities. This is how Guadalupe came to be. We have been known to be hard workers, strong minded and of good heart. The Tempe community knew how important we were to the growth and sustainability of their city. Many today remember how Guadalupe was so far away from any city, we had so many open spaces to play and have our fiestas for baptisms, weddings, birthdays, and ceremonies. There was no Interstate 10 or the largest shopping mall of Arizona.  Just cotton fields, orchards, Japanese flower gardens, a small crop duster airfield and our monte near us. Many good memories of play, smells, and place. This presentation will take you to the beginning of our village, now our cemetery. Guadalupe is still here, it has persisted and flourished during the most challenging times; the people will make sure it endures. 
        Octaviana Trujillo is founding Chair and Professor Emerita in the Department of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University and former Chairwoman of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today. The series is hosted by Old Pueblo board of directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné), Anabel Galindo (Yaqui), and Maegan Lopez and Samuel Fayuant (Tohono O’odham). 
        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 November 14 Indigenous Interests flyer” in your email subject line.
 
 
Wednesday November 15, 2023: Tucson
        “University of Arizona Tour” with Alan Kruse, sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, beginning in the Arizona Historical Society parking lot at northeast corner of Euclid Ave. and 2nd St., Tucson*
        9-11:30 am. $30 ($20 Presidio Museum members).
        After discussing the interesting beginnings of the University in 1885, tour guide Alan Kruse will lead attendees to the historic portion of the campus beginning with the Main Gate at University Blvd. and Park Ave. The history, personalities, and architecture will be emphasized in a somewhat chronological order. The architecture of the older buildings varies from Classical Revival to Italian and Spanish Romanesque. The tour also will visit newer sites such as the Women’s Plaza of Honor and the Student Union Memorial Center. As participants stroll the campus, they will investigate some of the plants (the University itself is a recognized arboretum) and the public art. The tour will end after a short visit to the front of the Arizona History Museum at 949 E. Second St.. This 1.25-mile walking tour is not on the Presidio Museum’s regular tour schedule and sold out last time, so register early!
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit  <https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/> https://tucsonpresidio.com/walking-tours/ or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
 
 
Thursday November 16, 2023: Online
        “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “How it All Comes Together: The Role of the State Historic Preservation Office in the Federal Preservation Network” by Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
        7 to 8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. Free.
        How do individual and local efforts to preserve archaeological resources relate to the federal preservation program? Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard will provide an overview of the National Historic Preservation Act and the role of the SHPO in ensuring each state's most fragile heritage resources are considered in project planning.
        To register for the Zoom webinar go to  <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kPzWhoMpSBmT5Fxb36uYyg> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kPzWhoMpSBmT5Fxb36uYyg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201. 
        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 November THIRDTHURSDAY flyer” in your email subject line.
 
 
Friday & Saturday November 17 & 18, 2023: Central Arizona
        Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Salado, Whatever that Means” archaeological sites tour with archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart starting in northwest corner of Walmart parking lot at 1695 N. Arizona Blvd., Coolidge, Arizona
        9 am Friday to 1 pm or later Saturday. $109 donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures; includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no transportation, lodging, or meals.
        Archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart lead this car-caravan educational tour to central Arizona archaeological sites representing the “Salado phenomenon.” What does “Salado” mean? Was Salado a distinct precontact-era culture like the Ancestral Pueblo, Hohokam, Mogollon, and Patayan cultures (all of which were at least partly contemporary with Salado)? If not, then what was Salado exactly? During this tour, Rich and Al will discuss these ideas during visits to the Casa Grande Ruins in Coolidge and Besh Ba Gowah Pueblo and Gila Pueblo on Friday, and Tonto National Monument’s Lower Cliff Dwelling and the Schoolhouse Point Platform Mound archaeological site near Roosevelt Lake on Saturday. On the drive from Coolidge to Globe, participants will see spectacular central Arizona mountains and scenery including Queen Creek Canyon, Devil's Canyon, and the fabled Apache Leap. There are several restaurant options in Globe for Friday lunch and dinner and Saturday breakfast. Participants provide their own lodging, meals, and transportation.
        Donations are due by 5 pm Tuesday November 14: 520-798-1201 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
        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 Salado tour flyer” in your email subject line.
 
 
Saturday November 18, 2023: Payson, AZ
        “Ancient Water Management in the Arizona Desert”  free presentation by Gary Huckleberry, PhD, for Rim Country Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at Payson Public Library (in Rumsey Park complex), 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson, Arizona*
        10-11:30 am. Free.
        Arizona has a long history of people managing water for agriculture and human consumption. Evidence for ancient water management is found across the state and includes canals, reservoirs, and wells. The earliest irrigation canals and reservoirs thus far identified are in the Tucson area and date to around 1500 and 500 BCE, respectively. Through time, canal systems expanded in size, culminating in the impressive network of channels built by the Hohokam (450-1450 CE) along the lower Salt and middle Gila rivers. Dr. Gary Huckleberry will review the diversity of evidence, focusing on archaeological discoveries made in the Sonoran Desert region of central and southern Arizona, and discuss what lessons we might gain by studying these ancient features with respect to today’s water challenges. Gary Huckleberry is an independent consultant and adjunct researcher at the University of Arizona who specializes in soils, landforms, and archaeology. 
        * This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit   <https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry> https://azarchsoc.org/RimCountry.
 
 
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 four sites in total to pictographs and petroglyphs from the ca. 1200 CE Sinagua archaeological culture and the 1400+ CE Yavapai. On day 1 we will observe pictograph panels at the Woo Ranch and Honanki archaeological sites in addition to the Honanki cliffdwelling. Then on day 2 we’ll see Sinagua petroglyphs at the Spirit Hunter site that overlooks an 800-foot-deep canyon, followed by a visit to the Red Tank Draw site where hundreds of petroglyphs can be seen on both sides of a red-rock canyon. Bring binoculars or a zoom-lens camera for day 2!
        Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday November 27, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 
        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.
 
 
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 
        [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  
        www.oldpueblo.org <http://www.oldpueblo.org>  
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
OPT-OUT OPTIONS
 
        Old Pueblo Archaeology Center typically sends two emails each month that tell about upcoming activities offered by Old Pueblo and other southwestern U.S. archaeology and history organizations. We also email pdf copies of our Old Pueblo Archaeology newsletter to our members, subscribers, and some other recipients, usually no more often than once every three months. 
        This communication came to you through a listserve from which Old Pueblo cannot remove your email address. The listserves to which this message was posted and the email addresses to contact for inclusion in or removal from each one include:
 
        Archaeological Society of New Mexico:  <[log in to unmask]>
        Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists:  Greg Williams <[log in to unmask]>
        Historical Archaeology:  <[log in to unmask]>
        New Mexico Archaeological Council:  David Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
        Rock Art-Arizona State University:  Gary Hein <[log in to unmask]> 
        Texas Archeological Society: Robert Lassen <[log in to unmask]>

########################################################################

Access the HISTARCH Home Page and Archives:
https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=HISTARCH

Unsubscribe from the HISTARCH List:
https://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1

This email list is powered by LISTSERV:
https://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

########################################################################