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Table of Contents
Some Online Resources
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Activities in the Next Month or So
Some Texas Fieldwork Opportunities this Fall
Other Upcoming Activities
Some Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Activities in 2024
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Mission and Support
Opt-Out Options
SOME ONLINE RESOURCES
Check out some of these online resources about archaeology, history, and cultures that you can indulge in at any time! (Other upcoming online offerings that are scheduled for specific days and times are listed sequentially by date below under the UPCOMING ACTIVITIES heading.)
* Old Pueblo Archaeology Center has posted recordings of many of our Third Thursday Food for Thought and Indigenous Interests webinar presentations on our Youtube channel: <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgPTetfOL9FHuAW49TrSig/videos.
* Aztlander: Insights into the History of the Americas as Revealed by Ancient DNA August 14 presentation by Nathan Nakatsuka, PhD at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxq33UZF-xA> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxq33UZF-xA; and A Sensory Approach to Exotica, Ritual Practice, and Cosmology at Chaco Canyon August 21 talk by Robert Weiner, PhD: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2GpOtO2iw> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2GpOtO2iw.
OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO
Thursday September 21: “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites” presentation by applied anthropologist/archaeologist Brian W. Kenny
Saturday September 23: TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart
Saturday October 7: “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina
Saturday October 14: “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf
Thursday October 19: “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
Details on each of the above activities are included in the Upcoming Activities listings below.
SOME TEXAS FIELDWORK OPPORTUNITIES THIS FALL
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center thanks the North Texas Archeological Society for sharing this information!
Washington-On-The-Brazos is the place where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed. The excavation at this historically significant site is expected to uncover multiple building foundations from the early nineteenth century and a large number of historical artifacts. Fieldwork is scheduled to begin on September 18th and continue for eight to ten weeks. Volunteers will assist primarily in the laboratory cleaning, sorting, and counting artifacts under professional guidance. Schedule is typically Monday-Friday but may vary for volunteers depending on their availability. For more information contact Brian Luetchford at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Crying Woman Ranch site: The Hill Country Archeological Association is planning a “Mini Field School” for volunteer excavators and screeners to help them excavate this precontact site located a half hour west of Kerrville from October 25-29. Spaces are limited, so this is a first come, first served opportunity. For more information contact Brian Luetchford at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Iron Rock site: The East Texas Archeological Association invites North Texas Archeological Society members to help with a planned excavation on Saturday September 30 from 9 am-2 pm. The Iron Rock site apparently is a 17th century Caddo site located on the shores of Lake Nacogdoches. Members interested in volunteering should contact Brian Luetchford at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
OTHER UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
The following listings include announcements about activities offered by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other organizations interested in archaeology, history and cultures. Time zones are specified only for online activities; each in-person activity listed is in the time zone of its location.
For activities marked “This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event” the information may be out of date – Readers are advised to confirm dates, times, and details with the organizers of those activities.
Monday September 18, 2023: Tucson and online
“Contributions of Marjorie F. Lambert to Southwest Archaeology” free presentation by Shelby Tisdale, PhD, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), optional online or in Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room 107 (ground-floor auditorium), 1064 E. Lowell St., University of Arizona, Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
In the first half of the twentieth century, the canyons and mesas of the Southwest beckoned and the burgeoning field of archaeology thrived. Among those who heeded the call, Marjorie Ferguson Lambert became one of only a handful of women who not only left their imprint on the study of southwestern archaeology and anthropology but flourished. Award-winning author Dr. Shelby Tisdale will highlight the contributions Marjorie Lambert made to the early development of southwestern archaeology based on her new book No Place for a Lady: The Life Story of Archaeologist Marjorie F. Lambert (University of Arizona Press, 2023). This brief biographical sketch will give insight into a time when there were few women establishing full-time careers in anthropology, archaeology, or museums. (For in-person meeting, $1/hr parking is available in U of A 6th St. garage immediately east of ENR.)
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For details visit <http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org> www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact Susan Bierer at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . To register for online presentation go to <https://bit.ly/2023SeptTisdaleREG> https://bit.ly/2023SeptTisdaleREG.
Tuesday September 19, 2023: Albuquerque and online
“How Does Cultural Tourism in a National Monument (Bandelier) Affect Its Affiliated Pueblo Tribes?” free in-person and online presentation by a Community Development Planner Vidal Gonzales (Santa Clara and Isleta Pueblos), for Albuquerque Archaeological Society meeting at Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, and online*
7:30 pm Mountain Daylight Time. (Zoom link opens around 7 pm). Free (donations encouraged).
The impacts of cultural tourism and management in north-central New Mexico’s Bandelier National Monument will be examined relative to the area’s affiliated Pueblo tribes. Established in 1916, Bandelier contains thousands of archaeological and historical sites that have been the subject of archaeological inquiry since the 1880s. Currently there are plans to expand the 3,677-acre monument. The descendants of the people who occupied Bandelier between 1100 and 1550 continue to reside in the region, including Keres speakers of Cochiti, San Felipe, Kewa (Santo Domingo), and Zia Pueblos, and Tewa speakers of Okhay Owingeh (San Juan), Santa Clara, and San Ildefonso. Mr. Gonzales of Santa Clara Pueblo, who holds an undergraduate degree in anthropology and a Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning with a concentration in Indigenous Planning, will discuss a new management scheme that aims to include affiliated Pueblo tribes in the handling of their own cultural heritage known as the Bandelier Preservation Corps (BPC), a powerful consultation and collaborative mechanism between the Monument, its employees, and the Pueblos.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to request Zoom link email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday September 20, 2023: Online
“The Science of Radiocarbon Dating” free online presentation by Karen Steelman, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*
12-1 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
Shumla Science Director Dr. Karen Steelman will discuss the basics of radiocarbon dating for a general audience. Radiocarbon dating is used in archaeology to estimate the age of organic materials. Radiocarbon dating is most often how archaeologists answer the question: how old is an artifact?, but Shumla has used it successfully to date pictographs in the Lower Pecos region.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://shumla.org/lunchandlearnseptember20/> https://shumla.org/lunchandlearnseptember20/.
Shumla offers guided tours to Lower Pecos rock imagery sites. For more information visit <https://shumla.org/shumlatreks/> https://shumla.org/shumlatreks/ or email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday September 20, 2023: Online
“Metalsmith Matriarchs: Makers, Memory, and Reciprocity” free online presentation with Nanibaa Beck (Diné) sponsored by the Arizona State Museum/University of Arizona and Friends of the ASM Collections*
3-4 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Nanibaa Beck, a second-generation Diné jeweler of Beck Studio, addresses the ways four Native women metalsmiths integrate Indigenous knowledge, practice, and tradition into their craft. This presentation and Beck’s work demonstrate the connection of Native artists to the Southwest and beyond as a place and identity. The program is to help publicize ASM’s exhibit Ancient to Modern: Continuity and Innovation in Southwest Native Jewelry
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kBy8vSJTROm_zZkHlpgCZQ#/registration> https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kBy8vSJTROm_zZkHlpgCZQ#/registration.
Thursday September 21, 2023: Tucson
“Walking the Wall of the Original Presidio” guided tour with Kathe Kubish meets at Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, 196 N. Court Ave., Tucson*
8-10 am. $25 ($20 for Presidio Museum members).
Take a walk through downtown Tucson with tour guide Kathe Kubish and discover the extent of the original Presidio Wall. This tour shows attendees just how large the original Presidio San Agustín del Tucson actually was. Along the way, you’ll learn the interesting history of several buildings and hear stories of some of Tucson’s most prominent citizens. Highlights include Old Town Artisans, the Sam Hughes house, the historic Pima County Courthouse, and the location of the old Presidio San Agustín Cemetery. The tour is less than a mile.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on this date link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=7441&qid=739028> September 21, 8-10 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday September 21, 2023: Online
“The Salado Phenomenon in the Phoenix Basin: Current Research on Ceramic Composition and Vessel Shapes” free online presentation by archaeologist Caitlin Wichlacz, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
Archaeologists working in the US Southwest have been interested in the “Salado phenomenon” for nearly a century. Though early research sought broad, overarching explanations for the pattern, more recent work has highlighted the importance of local dynamics to building a more comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon. Caitlin Wichlacz’s research investigates manifestations of the Salado phenomenon in the Phoenix basin of Arizona by examining how Salado polychrome (Roosevelt Red Ware) ceramics were incorporated into late Classic period Hohokam ceramic assemblages and practices. She shares portions of her current research on the production and distribution of Salado polychrome ceramics and morphometric analyses of whole vessel profile shapes, results of which inform new perspectives on what it meant, practically and socially, for Phoenix Basin residents to engage with Salado materials and practices.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-salado-phenomenon/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-salado-phenomenon/.
Thursday September 21, 2023: Online
“Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites” by applied anthropologist and archaeologist Brian W. Kenny, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717
7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.
George McJunkin, who is widely known today as the original discoverer of a fossil bone deposit exposed after a devastating 1908 flood in Wild Horse Arroyo near Folsom, New Mexico, died in Folsom in January 1922. The “Folsom site” he discovered turned out to be where archaeologists in 1927 first confirmed the antiquity of humans in the Americas based on direct association of in-situ stone tools and Pleistocene bison bones. The Folsom site has been examined in popular and academic works, but among professional archaeologists there are generalized and continuing disputes regarding the type and extent of credit and recognition McJunkin should receive for our early historical understanding of the Folsom site. McJunkin was born a slave in Texas, was emancipated, and left home as a young man to become a cowboy in west Texas. He learned his trade from Mexican vaqueros and was known for superior cowboy skills and some wild adventures as he worked in the big cattle outfits that moved stock up from Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado to the transcontinental Overland Route. After the Colorado and Southern Railroad was completed in 1888 he settled near Folsom, patented a homestead, built a house in town, and worked for local ranchers. He was well respected by the local community and became a ranch foreman and leader of Black and Mexican cowboys working for New Mexican ranchers. During his time there, McJunkin built a number of ranch facilities, many of which are now obsolete, abandoned, or reused in alternate ways. These sites, their contents, and the nature of their construction, use, and abandonment hold the key to investigating McJunkin from alternate perspectives. From 2021-2023, a century after McJunkin’s passing, Brian Kenny and colleagues initiated archival, ethnographic, and archaeological research in the Folsom community. In Old Pueblo’s September Third Thursday presentation, Kenny will tell how the members of “Team McJunkin” have visited and documented known McJunkin sites using basic methodologies of community ethnography, archival research, landscape scale characterization, and archaeological survey, and how team members are currently reviewing their field results and preparing for journal publication.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0SwzVEeWTdGHvp1Qyh_Wsg> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0SwzVEeWTdGHvp1Qyh_Wsg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] or 520-798-1201.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send September THIRDTHURSDAY flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday September 23, 2023: Tucson-Marana, AZ
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 am to noon. $35 donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.
The 2023 autumn equinox occurs on September 23 at 12:50 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; Sept. 23, 6:50 am Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people's recognition of equinoxes and other calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday September 21, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Autumn Equinox tour flyer” in your email subject line.
Saturday September 23, 2023:
“LGBT+: A History in Arizona” free presentation with historian Marshall Shore cohosted by Pinal Community College District-Central Arizona College and Arizona Humanities, at Central Arizona College, 8470 N. Overfield Rd., Coolidge, Arizona*
Arizona’s history of the LGBT+ community begins long before Arizona was a state with the Native American belief of two-spirits, continuing on through to the seismic shift of Civil Union/Marriage Equality. There are some surprises along the way as we talk about artists and Arizona connections to Warhol, Keith Haring, and those muscle magazines by George Quaintance. Where was the Trans Flag created and where is it now? There is also the little known story of a 1906 Russian gender pioneer named Nicolai De Raylan. An Emmy nomination for sharing Arizona history is the latest acknowledgment for Marshall Shore, Arizona’s Hip Historian.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/lgbt-a-history-in-arizona-with-marshall-shore-4/> https://azhumanities.org/event/lgbt-a-history-in-arizona-with-marshall-shore-4/ or call 520-494-5111.
Saturday September 23, 2023: Tucson
“Hang ‘Em High in Arizona – Pima County’s Ghastly Gallows” Salon and Saloon lecture by historian William Kalt at LaCo Pub, 201 N. Court Ave., sponsored by Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum*
2 pm. $5 per person.
Arizona began hanging convicted murderers in 1865 and performed 108 executions before the U.S. Supreme Court imposed a national moratorium in 1972. As it does today, controversy swirled around the use of the death penalty. While many decried hanging as legalized murder, others vowed that if the law didn’t do it, they’d make sure “Judge Lynch” did. The tale of Pima County’s first four legal hangings are filled with crazy incidents and ghostly appearances.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. The $5 entry fee can be paid at the door or online at <http://www.TucsonPresidio.com/calendars> www.TucsonPresidio.com/calendars. 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]
Sundays-Fridays September 24-29 or October 1-6 or October 8-13, 2023: Near Aspen, CO
“Hunter Creek Road House, CO 2023” volunteer-assisted rehabilitation and repair project at the historic Hunter Creek Road House sponsored by HistoriCorps and partner Hunter Creek Historical Foundation just above Aspen, Colorado*
Arrive between 5 and 7 pm Sunday, daylight hours daily thereafter. No fees.
Today a mountain retreat for the elite, historically Aspen, Colorado, was a humble place, difficult to access and live in an alpine environment although the Ute People had done so for generations. Non-Indigenous settlers who arrived in droves in the 1880s to extract silver ore violent removed the Utes in the Meeker Massacre. By the 1890s the silver mines had all but played out, and by the 1930s only about 1,000 people lived in Aspen. The town is now looking to restore some of its history including in nearby Hunter Creek Valley. In this HistoriCorps project, volunteers can experience the high-mountain air and history by helping restore and preserve the iconic Hunter Creek Road House, part of the historic Koch Homestead that played an important role in Aspen’s early settlement and development. Scope of work includes repair and replace corrugated roof and fascia boards, demo and replace main room flooring, repair structural concrete pads, and repair or replace deteriorated metal siding. HistoriCorps provides all meals, tools, training, equipment, and a campsite. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to the campsite, sleeping equipment, work gloves, clothes and boots, and other personal gear. Road access for truck campers and campervans is limited so tent camping is recommended. No dogs are permitted.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register go to <https://historicorps.org/hunter-creek-road-house-co-2023/> https://historicorps.org/hunter-creek-road-house-co-2023/.
Tuesday September 26, 2023: Scottsdale
“From ‘Chief’ to Code Talker: Four Profiles of the Navajo Code Talkers” free presentation with Laura Tohe (Diné) sponsored by McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and Arizona Humanities, at Scottsdale Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St., Scottsdale, Arizona*
2-3 pm. Free.
During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines without knowing that they would be called on to develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many American lives. This talk profiles four Code Talkers who reflect on their lives growing up on the Navajo Nation homeland before and after the war, including my father. They returned home without fanfare to continued poverty and lack of economic opportunity, yet persevered and overcame obstacles that helped change the Navajo Nation and their communities. They tell their stories with poignancy that reflect their resiliency and self-determination. Laura Tohe is Diné, the daughter of a Navajo Code Talker, and the current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/from-chief-to-code-talker-four-profiles-of-the-navajo-code-talkers-with-laura-tohe-5/> https://azhumanities.org/event/from-chief-to-code-talker-four-profiles-of-the-navajo-code-talkers-with-laura-tohe-5/ or contact the library at 480-312-7323 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday September 26, 2023: Tucson
“Walk & Talk at Tucson’s Birthplace” free informatal gathering sponsored by Tucson Birthplace Open Space Coalition in the Mission Garden parking lot, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson*
5-7 pm. Free.
Welcome the rains and get to know the plants, animals and people of Tucson’s birthplace around sunset along the Santa Cruz River! Join members of TBOSC at this informal gathering to enjoy the sunset and conversation together. TBOSC members also will discuss the future and healing of the land at the base of Chukshon/Sentinel Peak/“A” Mountain. Kids welcome.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information email <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
September 27, 2023: Tucson
“Fort Lowell Neighborhood Walking Tour” sponsored by the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum starting at Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd., Tucson*
8:30-10:30 am. $25 ($20 for Presidio Museum members).
Historian and preservationist Ken Scoville explains how physical features, cultural layers, and political decisions have shaped not just the story of the district but the development of Arizona as well, from Apache wars to development wars. Discover why the Fort Lowell area and the State of Arizona are the places they are today.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information or to register click on this date link: <https://tucsonpresidio.com/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=6862&qid=718224> September 27, 8:30-10:30 am; or contact the Tucson Presidio Museum at 520-622-0594 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Thursday September 28, 2023: Online
“A Sense of Place Webinar Series: Indigenous Perspectives of Earth, Water and Sky” featuring Elizabeth Azzuz*
12 pm Pacific Daylight Time. Free.
Native peoples have used the tool of fire as medicine. Fire was understood to be a spirit, a healer, and sacred in its own right. Trditional Native controlled burning, called cultural fire, utilizes ancient agroforestry practices, technology developed through time by the Karuk Tribe and Indigenous peoples around the world. Elizabeth Azzuz, Secretary of Cultural Fire Management Council, will discuss her work using Traditional Native Karuk methods of prescribed burning to protect forests, heal degraded ecosystems, and reestablish forest-grown food, medicine, and products.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Space is limited. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_deb9FvxdQ9GPE9NLpBTN7Q#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_deb9FvxdQ9GPE9NLpBTN7Q#/registration.
Thursday September 28, 2023: Sedona, AZ
“Plants of the Mojave Desert and the Traditional Tribal Uses” free presentation by ethnobotanist Carrie Cannon for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society meeting at the Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Rd., Sedona, Arizona; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities*
3:30 pm. Free.
Although the desert may seem like a desolate landscape devoid of life, it is actually home to hundreds of unique species. Some are only visible or appear alive for a short time, others grow for hundreds of years, and many are not found anywhere else on earth. Participants will learn about the many traditional Tribal plants uses, what plant life makes North American deserts so unique, and how the Mojave stands apart from the rest of America. Carrie Cannon, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and also of Oglala Lakota descent, has a BS in Wildlife Biology and an MS in Resource Management, and currently is employed as an ethnobotanist for the Hualapai Tribe’s Department of Cultural Resources.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Linda Krumrie at <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Friday-Sunday September 29-October 1, 2023: Blanding, UT
“Southwest Kiln Conference” hosted by Edge of the Cedars State Park, 660 W 400 N, Blanding, Utah*
Varied times each day. Free.
In 2003 an informal group of archaeologists, potters, replicators, and others interested in the processes and materials used to create ancient pottery of the Southwest met in Old Leupp, Arizona, for what became the first gathering of the Southwest Kiln Conference. This event has been held nearly every year since at various sites in the American Southwest. The Southwest Kiln Conference attracts a diverse group of people with a shared interest in better understanding precontact southwestern pottery. Expect to meet potters who work in a variety of ceramic traditions, making replicas of Ancestral Pueblo, Hohokam, and Mogollon pottery. The conference will offer glimpses of the entire process from collecting raw clay, to forming pots and, of course, firing. All are welcome and the conference is free and open to the public.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://www.swkiln.com/> https://www.swkiln.com/.
Saturday September 30, 2023: Online
“Caretakers of the Land: History of Land and Water in the San Xavier Community” free online presentation by Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, PhD (Tohono O'odham) sponsored by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona*
11 am. Free (donations requested)
San Xavier del Bac is known as the White Dove of the Desert, but not many know the rich history surrounding the community called Wa:k (where the water goes in). Long before our urban centers and city lights lit up the dark desert skies, the Tohono O’odham were cultivating and shaping the land with abundant agriculture – from squash and beans to corn and cotton. For generations they passed down the rich knowledge and culture grown from their connection to the desert. Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, Tohono O’odham Studies Program faculty member at Tohono O’odham Community College, will share her knowledge about the history and culture of her people, the Wa:k O’odham.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6JRjywAS8aY1fpPt9--hw#/registration> https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6JRjywAS8aY1fpPt9--hw#/registration. For more information visit <http://www.amerind.org/events> www.amerind.org/events or contact Amerind at 520-586-3666 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Saturday September 30, 2023: Mesa, AZ
“Dia de los Muertos Storytelling” free presentation with Zarco Guerrero, sponsored by Mesa Public Libraries and Arizona Humanities, at the Libraries’ Main Branch, 64 E. 1st St., Mesa, Arizona*
2-3 pm. Free.
Día de Los Muertos is a highly celebrated and significant holiday held throughout Mexico, Latin America, and the US Southwest. It is a day when homage is paid with prayers, offerings of food, and the building of altars to those who have gone before us. Join Zarco and his unique masked characters as they celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with hilarious and moving storytelling. Among the characters making appearances are the poetry spouting “El Vato Poeta,” the flirtatious “La Comadre,” the clueless “Special Ed,” the wise “El Abuelito,” and other beloved roles that Zarco, a prolific playwright, has created to express the humor and sadness of our lives. This storytelling puts life into perspective in a delightful and engaging way, helping us accept and even laugh at our most primal fears about death. As a sculptor, muralist, storyteller, and performance artist Zarco has dedicated his career to creating positive social change through the arts.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://azhumanities.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos-storytelling-with-zarco-guerrero-18/> https://azhumanities.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos-storytelling-with-zarco-guerrero-18/ or contact the library at 480-644-3355 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Sunday-Wednesday October 1-4, 2023: Rocky Point
& El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Sonora, Mexico
“Volcanoes and Sea: Rocky Point & El Pinacate Tour” with Alex La Pierre sponsored by Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, in partnership with Centro Intercultural para el Estudio de Desiertos y Océanos (CEDO), meeting at Burger King, 47 N. Sonoita Ave., Nogales, Arizona*
Times TBA. $2075 per person double occupancy or $2375 single occupancy.
When will you have another opportunity to visit El Pinacate UNESCO Biosphere Reserve? This three-night trip in partnership with the nonprofit CEDO Intercultural will take you on a journey of discovery and adventure through one of Mexico’s most stunning contrasts of natural landscapes. Alex La Pierre is the cofounder and director of Borderlandia, a binational organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at <https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/rocky-point-pinacate-tour> https://www.borderlandia.org/shop/p/rocky-point-pinacate-tour. For more information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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: Online
“Creating Community During the Basketmaker III Period in Southwest Colorado” free online presentation by archaeologists Shanna Diederichs and Kari Schleher, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado*
4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).
The central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado was a new frontier for Ancestral Pueblo farmers during the Basketmaker III period (500-750 CE). A 2011-2018 Crow Canyon Archaeological Center investigation of a Basketmaker III settlement on Indian Camp Ranch concluded that its residents were culturally diverse immigrants with architectural and pottery production practices from various traditions across the Southwest. Public gatherings in the settlement’s great kiva transformed this diverse group into an integrated community that eventually included descendants with managerial control of the great kiva and many production practices, such as pottery manufacture and design. This development appears to have contributed to the community’s stability and economic viability and likely influenced Ancestral Pueblo social practices in the central Mesa Verde region for centuries.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To learn more and register visit <https://crowcanyon.org/programs/creating-community-during-basketmaker-iii%20/> https://crowcanyon.org/programs/creating-community-during-basketmaker-iii /.
Friday October 6 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]
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Saturday October 7, 2023: Tubac, AZ
“Beef, Wheat & Chiltepín: Sonora’s Culinary Heritage” presentation by Alex La Pierre sponsored by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, in partnership with Borderlandia, Tumacacori, Arizona, at Tubac Presidio SHP, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, Arizona*
10-11 am $15 includes park entry fee.
Find out how the confluence of geography, environments, cultures, economics, and religion shaped the culinary culture of the Sonoran Desert in this seminar with public historian Alex La Pierre. If you ever wondered what makes Sonoran cuisine unique and what sets it apart in Mexican gastronomy, this program is for you. Alex La Pierre is the cofounder and director of Borderlandia, a binational organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. Register at <https://www.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/beef-wheat-chiltepin-sonoras-culinary-heritage> https://www.tubacpresidio.org/events-1/beef-wheat-chiltepin-sonoras-culinary-heritage. For more information contact Alex La Pierre at 619-777-0040 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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: Tucson
“Coronado: The New Evidence” world film premier at The Loft Cinema’s Loft Film Fest, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson*
Time TBA. 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 a time that will be finalized shortly. 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! The Loft Film Festival plans to have a ticket link posted by September 20 so keep checking till the link is added. Enthusiasm is high for the film so grab your tickets early.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <https://loftcinema.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Loft-Film-Fest-2022-Program-Digital.pdf> https://loftcinema.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Loft-Film-Fest-2022-Program-Digital.pdf 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 Nick Kessler, sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), optional online or in Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Bldg. 2, Room 107 (ground-floor auditorium), 1064 E. Lowell St., University of Arizona, Tucson*
7-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
Description coming. 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://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/event/nick-kessler-tree-ring-dating-techniques-for-the-desert-basin-of-southern-and-central-arizona/> https://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/event/nick-kessler-tree-ring-dating-techniques-for-the-desert-basin-of-southern-and-central-arizona/. 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
“For the Love of Turquoise” free online presentation with Carrie Calisay Cannon (Kiowa/Oglala Lokota/German) sponsored by the Arizona State Museum/University of Arizona and Friends of the ASM Collections*
3-4 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.
For description see October 13 listing.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. To register go to <https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/love-turquoise> https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/love-turquoise.
Thursday October 19 or Tuesday December 19, 2023: 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
“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.
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Friday & Saturday October 20 & 21, 2023: tucsoT
“Library Benefit Book Sale” sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society to benefit the ASM Library, in the lobby of the Arizona State Museum (ASM), University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson*
Friday 10 am-4 pm, Saturday 10 am-2 pm. Free to browse.
Shop an all-new selection of used anthropology books with an emphasis on the US Southwest and northern Mexico. General interest, history, biography, and even a novel or two. Books start at $2, most under $5. All books half price from 12-2 pm Saturday!
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
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: Dragoon, AZ
“AutumnFest and Wade Campbell Archaeology Lectures” at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd., Dragoon, Arizona*
10 am-4 pm. $10 per vehicle.
Join Amerind at its annual Autumn Fest that celebrates the history, culture, and arts of the Navajo (Diné) Nation with artists, public talks, and performers. Rich in tradition, history, and culture, Diné teachers, artists, singers, and dancers will hold a day-long cultural celebration that features performances by SIHASIN and the Jones/Benally Family Dance Troupe, public talks “Chasing Sheep across Navajoland: Archaeological Views on the History of Diné Herding from the 17th century to the Present” and “What's in a Word? Pueblito vs. Bee Hołdzil and the Evolution of Diné Defensive Site Studies in the Four Corners” by Diné historical archaeologist Wade Campbell, and Native artists who will have their pieces of art for sale. SIHASIN and the Jones/Benally Family Dance Troupe will perform as part of The Angelo Joaquin Jr. Cultural Performance Series, with thanks to donor Ann Parker, PhD.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information visit <http://www.amerind.org/events> www.amerind.org/events or contact Amerind at 520-586-3666 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Tuesday & Wednesday October 24 & 25, 2023: Albuquerque
“National Historic Preservation Act/Section 106 Training” sponsored by Jornada Research Institute (JRI) at Bureau of Reclamation Office, 555 Broadway Blvd. NE, Albuquerque*
9 am-5 pm each day. $185 ($175 JRI members, $165 students)
The Jornada Research Institute offers a two-day training class on the National Historic Preservation Act/Section 106 and related legislation. The course will cover the historic context and background of historic preservation legislation, major provisions of NHPA including Sections 101, 106 and Section 110, working through the “106 process,” National Register of Historic Places criteria and eligibility, traditional cultural properties, stakeholder roles, and potential areas of conflict. Designed for cultural resource management professionals, it also is useful for others interested in archaeological and historic preservation, and it meets the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division’s continuing education credits requirements.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information contact Jeffery Hanson at 817-658-5544 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Wednesday-Saturday October 25-28, 2023: Tucson
“Arizona Historic Preservation Conference and Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Awards” sponsored by the Arizona Preservation Foundation at Tucson Convention Center, 260 S Church Ave, Tucson*
$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]
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-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. To register visit <https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&viewMode=list> https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/nrpr/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&viewMode=list, scroll to the bottom until no new entries come up, do a find/search for [in all caps, enter a key word from the lecture title], then click on the program title. (Activenet charges an administration fee in addition to the county activity fee.)
* 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 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” 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.
Wednesday December 6, 2023: Online or by mail
Wednesday December 6 at 5 pm is the deadline for getting tickets from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the 2023 Jim Click “Millions for Tucson Raffle,” for which the prizes are a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor valued at $76,580, two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash. Ticket sales benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona charities, so get your tickets from Old Pueblo before we sell all the ones that have been allotted to us!
Cost: $25 per ticket.
On Thursday December 14, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor Edition SUV in a raffle to raise $2,500,000 for southern Arizona nonprofit organizations including Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. With your contribution you could win this slick but rugged 2023 vehicle (List Price $76,580) – or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, or $5,000 in cash! And 100% of what you contribute to Old Pueblo for tickets will go directly to Old Pueblo’s education programs because Old Pueblo gets to keep all of the proceeds from our ticket sales!
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle Old Pueblo Archaeology Center must receive your request for tickets and your donation for them no later than 5 pm Wednesday December 6th so we can turn in all of our sold tickets to the raffle manager the next day. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets, so advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased through the PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s <http://www.oldpueblo.org> www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card payment authorization. Once payment is received, Old Pueblo will enter your name and contact information on your ticket(s), enter your ticket(s) into the drawing, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution.
Winners consent to be photographed and for their names and likenesses to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit <http://www.millionsfortucson.org> www.millionsfortucson.org.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about this fundraiser send an email to <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] with “Send Millions for Tucson flyer” in your email subject line.
SOME OLD PUEBLO ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER ACTIVITIES IN 2024
Wednesdays January 3-April 3, 2024: “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class
Wednesdays May 8-August 7, 2024: “The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-session online adult education class
Wednesdays September 4-December 11, 2024: “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session online adult education class
Contact Old Pueblo at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 520-798-1201 for more information on the above programs.
OUR MISSION AND SUPPORT
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s mission is to educate children and adults to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to foster the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to develop a lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and traditional cultures.
Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code, so donations and membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts specified by law.
Do you like getting our announcements about upcoming activities? Or would you like to help us continue to provide hands-on education programs in archaeology, history, and cultures for children and adults? THEN PLEASE: Visit <http://www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php> www.oldpueblo.org/forms/donorfrm.php to make a contribution, or see below for information on how you can support Old Pueblo as a member!
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, Discover, and American Express card payments.
All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support! I hope you enjoy reading this and future issues of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s upcoming-activities announcements!
Warmest regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director (Volunteer)
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
520-798-1201
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