For Immediate Release
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THESE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES:
Here’s a SUMMARY – For details on each activity see the DETAILS OF
ACTIVITIES descriptions below.
On-going, through May: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT
archaeology presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for
children’s groups.
May 14, 2011 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by
archaeologist Allen Dart
for annual Ironwood Festival at Tucson Audubon’s Mason Center, Tucson*
May 14, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native
American Pottery of Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima
County Public Library - Caviglia-Arivaca Branch, Arivaca, Arizona*
May 18, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native
American Pottery of Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima
County Public Library - Mission Branch, Tucson*
May 19, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “The Ballcourt Society and
the Ritual Creation of Hohokam Culture” with archaeologist Henry D.
Wallace
May 30, 2011 “Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona”
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Southwest Seminars at the
Hotel Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico*
June 7, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not
in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart
for Pima County Public Library’s Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Tucson
June 16, 2011 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona
Archaeological Society Yavapai Chapter at Smoki Museum, Prescott, Arizona*
June 16-18, 2011 Biennial Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American
Southwest at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque*
June 18, 2011 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart, for Rim Country Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, in Payson, Arizona*
June 22, 2011 "Lifestyle of the Hohokam" free children’s presentation for
Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Summer Reading Program, Pima County Public
Library, at Arivaca Community Center, Arivaca, Arizona*
June 22-24, 2011 “Valuing Historic Perspectives” Arizona Historic
Preservation Conference at the University Park Marriott Hotel in Tucson*
June 24-28, 2011 "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New
Mexico" educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center
June 30, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Food for Thought:
Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” with
archaeologist Allen Dart, at Tucson Main Library*
July 2, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: "Southwestern Rock
Calendars & Ancient Time Pieces" with archaeologist Allen Dart at Pima
County Public Library, Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch, Marana, Arizona*
July 5-September 6, 2011 Tuesdays "Prehistory of the Southwest" class with
archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
July 15, 2011 Library Presenters free children’s presentation "What is an
Archaeologist?" at Pima County Public Library, Joyner-Green Valley Branch,
Green Valley, Arizona*
July 20, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not
in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart for
Pima County Public Library - Mission Branch, Tucson*
August 11-14, 2011 Pecos Archaeological Conference at Mile-and-a-Half
Lake Large Group Campsite in the Kaibab National Forest near Jacob Lake,
Arizona*
September 15, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food
for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson
restaurant to be announced)
September 23, 2011 “Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall
Equinox Archaeological Sites” guided tour with archaeologist Allen Dart,
northwest Tucson metro area
October 4-December 6, 2011 Tuesdays "Prehistory of the Southwest: The
Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona" class with archaeologist Allen Dart
at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
October 20, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson
restaurant to be announced)
November 12, 2011 "Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo
Ruins” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, Phoenix area
November 17, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “Soil Changes in Ancient
Agricultural Systems of the American Southwest” with archaeologist Jeffrey
Homburg, Ph.D.
December 3, 2011 “White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon
& Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen
and Allen Dart, Waddell-Buckeye-Goodyear area, Arizona
December 15, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food
for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson
restaurant to be announced)
December 22, 2011 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, northwest
Tucson metro area
January 10, 2012 “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Agua Fria
Chapter, Ariz. Archaeological Society, at Glendale Public Library,
Glendale*
January 26, 2012 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at Sedona Public Library, Sedona, Arizona*
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE
ON-GOING, THROUGH MAY: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT
archaeology presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for
children’s groups.
Reservations are still being taken for school classes and other
children’s groups to experience the OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig
education program, to have archaeologists come to your classrooms to
provide OPENOUT archaeology outreach presentations, and to take guided
tours to local archaeological sites. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers
a hands-on simulated archaeological excavation program field trip in
which students apply social studies, science, and math skills in a
practical, real-life situation, as well as in-classroom archaeology
outreach presentations. For more information visit the following Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center web pages:
OPEN3 Simulated Excavation for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/open3.html
Classroom Outreach - "Ancient People of Arizona":
http://www.oldpueblo.org/azplp.html
Classroom Outreach "What is an Archaeologist?"
http://www.oldpueblo.org/whatarch.html
Classroom Outreach “Lifesyle of the Hohokam”Classroom outreach presentation
http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html
Site Tours for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html
Saturday May 14, 2011
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for annual
Ironwood Festival at Tucson Audubon’s Mason Center, 3835 W. Hardy Road
(at Thornydale Rd.), Tucson. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council.
9:30-10:30 a.m. Free.
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Jean Barchman at
520-209-1802 or Paul Green at 520-209-1801 or [log in to unmask] in
Tucson; for information about the presentation subject matter contact
Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Also on Saturday May 14, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public
Library - Caviglia-Arivaca Branch at the Old Arivaca Schoolhouse, 17180
W. Fourth St. (1 block north of Main Street's Arivaca Mercantile) in
Arivaca, Arizona
2 to 3:30 p.m. Free
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in
Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient
lifeways. Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how
things people make change in style over time, and how different styles
are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating pottery.
Then he shows illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were
made in southern Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam
cultures, and historically by Piman (Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham),
Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early
as 800 B.C. into the early twentieth century. The program features slides
and a display of authentic prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings
for more information about ancient ceramics. Funding for program provided
by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Mary
Kasulaitis in Arivaca at 520-594-5239 or [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Sunday May 15, 2011
First Anniversary of Reopening Celebration at Tubac Presidio State
Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street, Tubac, Arizona
5 to 7 p.m. Free
To celebrate the Tubac Park’s great accomplishment of reopening and
flourishing after it was closed due to state budget cuts in 2010, and to
have fun and to keep the enthusiasm and buzz going, the Tubac Historical
Society will show off the park’s improvements, pour wine, cider, and
sparkling waters for your refreshment, offer scrumptious appetizers, and
provide guided tours, and several of their Living History experts will be
on hand to talk about Spanish Colonial foods (and serve samples of posole
made to a 200 year-old recipe), demonstrate Arizona's first printing
press, and discuss various aspects of life in Tubac's past.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information contact the Tubac Historical Society at Tubac telephone no.
520-398-2252 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday May 18, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Ancient Native American Pottery of
Southern Arizona” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public
Library - Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road, Tucson
1:30 to 3 p.m. Free
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in
Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient
lifeways. Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how
things people make change in style over time, and how different styles
are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating pottery.
Then he shows illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were
made in southern Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam
cultures, and historically by Piman (Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham),
Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early
as 800 B.C. into the early twentieth century. The program features slides
and a display of authentic prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings
for more information about ancient ceramics. Funding for program provided
by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Lupita
Guerrero in Tucson at 520-594-5325 or [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
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Thursday May 19, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: "The Ballcourt Society and the Ritual Creation of Hohokam
Culture" with archaeologist Henry D. Wallace at The Loop Taste of Chicago
Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley, Arizona
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
A host of major changes in pottery decoration, as well as new ceremonies,
ritual architecture, and ballcourts with raised embankments, all showed
up in southern Arizona around A.D. 800. Just within the span of a
generation, these changes appear to have affected an ethnically diverse
range of populations all across southern and central Arizona. Our speaker
this month will discuss how this may have come about through a
revitalization movement and the creation of social networks that bound
the region together with a common ideology and ritual framework,
fostering economic interrelationships and population growth.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program, Henry D.
Wallace, is a Senior Research Archaeologist at Desert Archaeology, Inc.
in Tucson. He has 30 years of archaeological experience in Mexico, Costa
Rica, and especially southern and central Arizona, and is the author of
“Hohokam Beginnings” in the recent volume The Hohokam Millennium edited
by Suzanne and Paul Fish.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday May 18. 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Monday May 30, 2011
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” presentation by Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for
Southwest Seminars at the Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa
Fe, New Mexico
6 to 7:30 p.m. $12 at the door or $88 for the series of 11 lectures
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in
Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient
lifeways. Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how
things people make change in style over time, and how different styles
are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating pottery.
Then he shows illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were
made in southern Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam
cultures, and historically by Piman (Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham),
Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early
as 800 B.C. into the early twentieth century. The program features slides
and a display of authentic prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings
for more information about ancient ceramics.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Connie Eichstaedt or
Alan Osborne in Santa Fe at 505-466-2775 or [log in to unmask] or
visit the southwestseminars.org website; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Tuesday June 7, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's
director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Pima County Public Library at
Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library, 530 N. Wilmot Rd. (Wilmot and Fifth St.),
Tucson
1:30 to 3 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
For event details contact Librarian Karen Barber in Tucson at
520-594-5420 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the activity
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Thursday June 16, 2011
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Arizona Archaeological Society Yavapai Chapter at the
Smoki Museum - Pueblo Building, 147 N. Arizona St., Prescott, Arizona.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
7 to 8:30 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Paul Long in Prescott
at 928-445-1843 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday-Saturday June 16-18, 2011
Biennial Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest (CAASW)
at the Hibben Center, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque
$75/person for 3 days. Make check or money order payable to CAASW 2011
Conference and mail to NMAC, PO Box 25691, Albuquerque NM 87125
The CAASW’s purpose is to advance the study and practice of
archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest by recognizing significant
contributions to knowledge and the importance of research, professional
standards and excellence in the study of archaeoastronomy, effective
dissemination and presentation of archaeoastronomical knowledge, and
innovation and originality of approach. Besides including presentation of
papers on various aspects of archaeoastronomy, CAASW 2011 will include an
outreach lecture by Dr. Edward C. Krupp, director of the Griffith
Observatory in Los Angeles, on the evening of June 16. Most of the papers
are expected to address the following themes:
> Mesoamerican and South American connections to the Southwest: Did
cosmologies transport?
> Intervisibility:Do shrine-to-shrine or structure-to-structure
visibility constraints extend (or relate) to archaeoastronomy? Is
astronomy used to define azimuth?
> Is there anything we can learn about cosmologies from languages and
cultures of the American Southwest?
> Insights into ceremonial practice from rock art and archaeoastronomy
> What percentage of a society’s effort was applied to astronomical
building or astronomical practices?
> Has astronomy influenced where people settled and features of that
settlement?
> Is there an astronomy of navigation in the historic and prehistoric
Southwest?
> Theory of archaeoastronomy:What criteria are available to evaluate if
results are meaningful?
> How should a researcher construct a research design?
> How should academics and public institutions evaluate research?
> Resources, tools and methods: What is available for southwestern
archaeoastronomy?
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information visit www.caasw.org/2011Conference.html or contact the
conference administrator at [log in to unmask] or Conference on
Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest, PO Box 20578, Sedona, AZ
86341
Saturday June 18, 2011
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for Rim Country Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, monthly meeting
at Church of the Holy Nativity, 1414 Easy Street, Payson, Arizona.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
10-11:30 a.m. Free.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first 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 astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Evelyn Christian in
Payson at 928-476-3092 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday June 22, 2011
Library Presenters free children’s presentation: "Lifestyle of the
Hohokam" for the Pima County Public Library, Caviglia-Arivaca Branch at
the Arivaca Community Center, 16012 W. Universal Ranch Rd. (at Mesquite
Rd.), Arivaca, Arizona.
1 to 2 p.m. Free.
The “Lifestyle of the Hohokam” presentation is designed to give children
an idea of how the ancient Hohokam lived and how some aspects of everyday
life have changed and others have stayed the same. The program includes
real and replica artifacts, and numerous color illustrations to help
children experience how the prehistoric Native Americans of southern
Arizona lived and to appreciate the arts they created. Presented by
Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
Directions from Tucson: Go south on I-19 towards Nogales. Take Exit 48 at
Arivaca Road/Amado. Turn right off the freeway, and right again at the
frontage road stop sign. Go one block. Turn left between the Cow Palace
Restaurant and the Amado Minimarket. You should now be on Arivaca Road.
Travel west on Arivaca Road about 22 miles. Turn left (east) on Universal
Ranch Rd. The Arivaca Community Center is about a half mile, just past
the Fire Department. Address is 16012 W. Universal Ranch Rd., on the
south side of the road at Mesquite Rd. Community Center phone is
520-398-3010.
For event details contact Librarian Mary Kasulaitis in Arivaca at
520-594-5239 or [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday-Friday June 22-24, 2011
Ninth Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference at the University
Park Marriott Hotel in Tucson.
Fees to be announced. Early registration Jan. 10-March 1; regular
registration March 2-June 10; late & on-site registration June 11-22
This year’s conference, on the theme of “Valuing Historic Perspectives”
is to bring together preservationists from around the state to exchange
ideas and success stories, to share perspectives and solutions to
preservation issues and to foster cooperation between the diverse Arizona
preservation communities. Keynote presentations include “Folk Baroque:
The Art & Architecture of San Xavier del Bac” by historic architect Bob
Vint and“Historic Preservation: An English Perspective” by Ian George,
Inspector of Ancient Monuments, English Heritage, UK.
This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For more
information visit www.azpreservation.com or contact Dave Ryder at Veer
Consulting in Scottsdale at 602-568-6277 or [log in to unmask]
Friday June 24-Tuesday June 28, 2011
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" archaeology
education tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center. Drive your own vehicle and meet tour in Silver City,
NM. Actual touring begins Saturday and continues through Tuesday.
Fee $195 for the full four-day tour ($175 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members), or $50 per day to
attend tour on individual days ($45/day for Old Pueblo and PGMA members).
Participants are responsible for their own transportation, meals, and
lodging
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this tour to
Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon village archaeological sites,
spectacular petroglyph and pictograph sites, and a museum with probably
the finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collection in the world, all in
southwestern New Mexico's Silver City, Mimbres, and Deming areas. Places
tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon Village and
Harris sites excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; sites in the Gila
Cliff Dwellings National Monument and vicinity; Classic Mimbres sites
(Beauregard-Montezuma, Cottonwood, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista,
Mattocks, Old Town, and Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills
petroglyph sites; and the Western New Mexico University Museum. The tour
will be based in Silver City and depart from a hotel there each morning.
Hotels, camping, and other accommodations for those who wish to arrange
their own lodging and transport are available in and near Silver City.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday June 30, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Food for Thought: Arts and Culture
of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” with archaeologist Allen
Dart, at Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., Tucson
12-1 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona from
the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for
identifying where the Hohokam lived, for interpreting how they adapted to
the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and explaining why the Hohokam culture
mysteriously disappeared. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
illustrates the material culture of the Hohokam and presents possible
interpretations about their relationships to the natural world, their
time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible
reasons for the eventual demise of their way of life. The program
features slides of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and other cultural
features, a display of authentic prehistoric artifacts, and recommended
readings for more information about the Hohokam. Sponsored by the Pima
County Public Library.
For event details contact Librarian Matt Landon at Tucson telephone no.
520-594-5500 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the activity
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Saturday July 2, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: "Southwestern Rock Calendars and
Ancient Time Pieces" with archaeologist Allen Dart, at Pima County Public
Library, Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch, 7800 N. Schisler Drive in
Marana, Arizona (just south of Cortaro Road & west of I-10)
2 to 3 p.m. Free.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first 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 astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
For event details contact Librarian April Gering in Marana at
520-594-5203 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the activity
subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Tuesdays July 5 through September 6, 2011
"Prehistory of the Southwest" class with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson Unified School
District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north
of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday July 5 through Sept. 6, 2011 Fee $50 ($40
for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members), not counting cost of the recommended text. Minimum enrollment
8, maximum 32.
A series of 10 "Prehistory of the Southwest" class sessions will be
offered by archaeologist Allen Dart in this Tuesday series of "Prehistory
of the Southwest" is an introductory course in the study of the American
Southwest, developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society to provide a
basic overview of this region's archaeology and cultures. The class
includes discussions of cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence
strategies, development of urbanization, abandonments of different areas
at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural
groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years.
Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of Southwestern prehistory for
anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be
used as prerequisite for all other courses offered to members of the
Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) enrolled in or interested in
enrolling in the AAS Certification Program.
Reservations required, registration deadline June 28: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Friday July 15, 2011
Library Presenters free children’s presentation by Sherry Eisler, Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center: "What is an Archaeologist?" at the Pima County
Public Library, Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La Canada
Drive, Green Valley, Arizona
2-3 p.m. Free.
“What Is an Archaeologist?” is a presentation designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn
about people through their work. The presentation includes examples of
the tools archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and
activities to help children experience how archaeologists interpret the
past. Presented by Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Children's Librarian Michelle Creston in Green
Valley at 520-594-5295 or [log in to unmask]
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Wednesday July 20, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County
Public Library - Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road, Tucson
1:30 to 3 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Lupita
Guerrero in Tucson at 520-594-5325 or [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday-Sunday August 11-14, 2011
2011 Pecos Archaeological Conference is being held on August 11-14 at
"Mile-And-A-Half Lake" Large Group Campsite in the Kaibab National Forest
near Jacob Lake, Arizona.
Thursday evening conference registration and reception; Friday and
Saturday field reports and symposium on recent archaeological research;
Sunday archaeological site tours
Registration fee $40 before July 1, 2011, thereafter $45 ($32 per student
any time); camping at the conference site $5/night; Saturday evening
dinner & dance $20 per person
This annual conference, begun in 1927, brings southwestern professional
and avocational archaeologists, the general public, and media
organizations together under open skies at a different place in the
Southwest every year, to share findings of recent archaeological research
and to discuss problems of the field and challenges of the profession.
Open to all, the Pecos Conference is an important opportunity for
students and others interested in archaeology and prehistory to meet with
professional archaeologists one-on-one to learn about the profession,
gain access to resources and to new research opportunities, and test new
methods and theories related to archaeology. This year’s conference site
is 8 miles south of Jacob Lake and 2.5 miles west of Arizona State Route
67 on Forest Road 212. Jacob Lake is at the intersection of US89A and
SR67; FR 212 is a gravel, all-weather road. For more information visit
www.swanet.org/2010_pecos_conference/index.html or contact 2011
Conference Chair David Purcell at [log in to unmask]
Thursday September 15, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at ****[
restaurant to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday September 14.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Friday September 23, 2011
“Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall Equinox Archaeological
Sites” guided tour departing from northeast corner of Silverbell Road &
Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros,
an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock
mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical
animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650
and 1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 520-798-1201 or
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Tuesdays October 4 through December 6, 2011
"Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona"
class with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service
Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy
Park, Tucson.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday evening October 4 through December 6,
2011. Fee $50 ($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande
Museum Auxiliary members), not counting cost of text recommended for the
course. Minimum enrollment 8, maximum 32.
A series of ten 2-hour class sessions will be offered by archaeologist
Allen Dart in this "Advanced Prehistory of the Southwest" class, which
explores the archaeology of the Hohokam culture of the American
Southwest. Developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) for its
Certification Program (see www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm), the
class includes discussions of Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement
systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including
ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and
beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion
and trade. The AAS’s basic “Prehistory of the Southwest” class is
recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor.
Each student is expected to prepare a BRIEF research report to be
presented orally or in written form.
Reservations required, registration deadline Oct. 1: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Thursday October 20, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at ****[
restaurant to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday October 19.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 12, 2011
"Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo Ruins” guided
archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart, starting
at Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelley Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs and the rock art museum at Deer
Valley Rock Art Center north of Phoenix, and more petroglyphs in Spur
Cross Ranch Regional Park near Carefree, Arizona. Deer Valley Rock Art
Center features a museum with video, artifacts, interpretive signs, and a
gift shop. Along its outdoor, quarter-mile-long rock art trail we’ll view
some of the 47-acre preserve’s 1,571 known petroglyphs, which range from
700 to 10,000 years old and represent the Archaic, Hohokam, and Patayan
cultures. The Spur Cross Conservation Area intermediate-level hike is
about 3 miles roundtrip and takes about 3 hours of hill-climbing to a
Hohokam pueblo and two petroglyph sites. Bring your own picnic lunch and
water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday November 17, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Soil Changes in Ancient Agricultural Systems of the
American Southwest” with archaeologist Jeffrey Homburg, at [restaurant to
be announced], Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Although numerous southwestern archaeological studies have focused on
irrigation canals, the soils that were irrigated with those canals have
received far less attention. Soil studies of irrigation systems along the
Gila and Santa Cruz rivers of Arizona now underway will help fill this
research gap. In this presentation our guest speaker will discuss
archaeological traces of ancient agricultural field systems that persist
and remain intact, allowing archaeologists to recognize that soil changes
are highly variable, ranging from degradation to minimal net change to
enhanced soil quality.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Jeffrey A.
Homburg, Ph.D., Director of Geosciences for the Tucson-based Statistical
Research cultural resource management company.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 16.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturday December 3, 2011
“White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, starting at White Tank Mountain Regional Park Visitor Center, 13025
N. White Tank Mountain Road in Waddell.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $30 ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank
Mountain Regional Park west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along
the 2.5-mile-roundtrip, fairly flat Black Rock Loop Trail to see and
photograph dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas
with picnic facilities; then afternoon visits to three petroglyph sites
with Archaic and Hohokam rock art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike
along the Mesquite Canyon trail, which includes some bush-whacking and
boulder-hopping. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable
hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday December 15, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at ****[
restaurant to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 14.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 22, 2011
“Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road &
Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To explore ancient people’s recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient
village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars, and
to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and
equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other
rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450. LIMITED
TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Tuesday January 10, 2012
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Agua Fria Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at
Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St., Glendale, Arizona;
Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council
6-7 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona from
the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for
identifying where the Hohokam lived, for interpreting how they adapted to
the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and explaining why the Hohokam culture
mysteriously disappeared. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
illustrates the material culture of the Hohokam and presents possible
interpretations about their relationships to the natural world, their
time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible
reasons for the eventual demise of their way of life. The program
features slides of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and other cultural
features, a display of authentic prehistoric artifacts, and recommended
readings for more information about the Hohokam. Funding for program
provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
For event details contact Vince Waldron in Glendale at 602-543-6634 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday January 26, 2012
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Verde Valley
Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Sedona Public Library, 3250
White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8 p.m. Free.
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Linda Krumrie in
Sedona at 928-451-4790 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to foster
the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to develop a
lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures. Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code so donations and Old
Pueblo membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts allowed by the
Internal Revenue Service.
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would become one so you can provide more support for our education and
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All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
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