For Immediate Release Included in this announcement: (1) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities (2) Details on Upcoming Activities (1) SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES (For details on each activity see the DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES below.) On-going: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s groups. August 6, 2011 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation byarchaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, Tucson* August 7, 2011 “Celebrate Tucson’s Birthday& Mission Garden” breakfast & tour at Mercado San Agustín, 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: “The Ballcourt Society and the Ritual Creation of Hohokam Culture” with archaeologist Henry D. Wallace Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, & Dec. 17, 2011 plus 5 Saturdays between Jan. 7 & May 19, 2012 “Cultural Resources Survey Techniques and Practice” 60-hr class at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & at fieldwork areas within 70 miles of Tucson September 23, 2011 “Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall Equinox Archaeological Sites” guided tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, northwest Tucson metro area October 1, 2011 Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with flintknapper Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center 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 13, 2011 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Archaeological Society Phoenix Chapter at Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix* October 20, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “Debating Hohokam Collapse” with archaeologist Douglas B. Craig, Ph.D. 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 November 19, 2011 Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center 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 19, 2012 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to be announced) 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* February 1, 2012 "Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art" free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pueblo Grande Museum Auxilliary at Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix* February 16, 2012 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to be announced) March 14, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, Cave Creek, Arizona* March 15, 2012 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson restaurant to be announced) March 22, 2012 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart at Queen Valley RV Resort in Queen Valley (east of Apache Junction), Arizona* March 31, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Site Stewards Conference in Winslow, Arizona* * Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. (2) DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES ON-GOING: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s groups. Reservations are 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 August 6, 2011 Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, 3482 E. River Road, Tucson. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council. 10-11 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 Meg Quinn at Tucson telephone 520-615-7855 ext 6 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] Sunday August 7, 2011 “Celebrate Tucson’s Birthday& Mission Garden” breakfast & tour at Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento (corner of Congress & Avenida del Convento, west of I-10), Tucson 7 to 10 a.m. $10 per person Enjoy the cool early morning and a delicious traditional birthday breakfast with the Friends of Tucson's Birthplace. Activities begin with a delicious breakfast of torta de huevo, Sonoran-style tepary beans, home-made tortillas, pistachio nut/mesquite muffins, fruit salad, pan dulce, coffee and horchata, followed by a guided tour of the reconstructed historic Mission Garden that was part of the San Agustín del Tucson historic Spanish Colonial mission complex. You’ll also have opportunities to buy potted “Kino Heritage” trees, and to enjoy a demonstration of pottery making by Mata Ortiz potter Pilo Mora, who will have pottery for sale. This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. For reservations (required) reply to [log in to unmask] 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. This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. 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 [Rescheduled from 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 Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant, 5252 S. Mission Road, Tucson 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 group events menu (which offers a choice of five entrees including ice tea or coffee). 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] Saturdays Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, & Dec. 17, 2011 plus five Saturdays TBA between Jan. 7 & May 19, 2012 “Cultural Resources Survey Techniques and Practice” 60-hour class with Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart; classroom sessions (20 hours) 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; fieldwork sessions (40 hours) in undeveloped areas within 70 miles of Tucson. Classroom sessions 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each Saturday September 17, October 22, November 19, and December 17, 2011; plus any five of the following ten 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday fieldwork sessions: Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, Feb. 18, March 3, March 17, April 7, April 21, May 5, and May 19, 2012 (sign up in advance, first come first served). Fee $60; must also maintain at least a $40-per-year membership with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary during the full class term. Maximum enrollment 12 persons. This low fee made possible by a grant from the Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation Cultural resources survey is the process of initial discovery, evaluation, determination of location, and preliminary mapping and recording of archaeological sites. Accordingly, this course includes four 5-hour classroom sessions and five 8-hour fieldwork sessions led by Allen Dart, a Registered Professional Archaeologist (see www.rpanet.org), to teach participants how different types of surveys are organized, to provide training and experience in recognizing and evaluating archaeological sites, and to teach basic orienteering, site recording, and mapping techniques. Course objectives are to ensure that the student is qualified to participate in cultural resources surveys directed by professional archaeologists. Training will be provided in archaeological site identification, recording, and interpretation; use of degree-reading compass and global positioning systems (GPS) equipment; interpretation of aerial photographs and topographic maps; and field photography. Persons who complete the class satisfactorily are eligible for the “Survey Techniques” certification from the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) provided that they are current members of the AAS (a separate organization from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center) and are enrolled in the AAS Certification Program. For AAS Certification the student must successfully complete all written and administrative work assigned, submit a brief final report of fieldwork undertaken, and pass an instructor's evaluation of classroom and field work. For full course description and AAS certification requirements visit the following Arizona Archaeological Society web pages: www.azarchsoc.org/ www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm www.azarchsoc.org/cert_courses.htm www.azarchsoc.org/cert_manual.htm www.azarchsoc.org/cert_manual.htm Registration deadline September 14, 2011. Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information. 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 [log in to unmask] Saturday October 1, 2011 Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with flintknapper Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park) 9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and equipment. Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Allen Denoyer provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made traditional crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8. Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] 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. Thursday October 13, 2011 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for the Arizona Archaeological Society Phoenix Chapter at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council. 7:30-9 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. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona Humanities Council. No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ellie Large in Phoenix at 480-461-0563 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 October 20, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation: “Debating Hohokam Collapse” with archaeologist Douglas B. Craig, Ph.D., 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] 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] Saturday November 19, 2011 Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park). 9 a.m. to noon. $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) In this workshop archaeologist Allen Denoyer teaches you how to fashion traditional atlatls and wooden spears like those utilized by ancient peoples worldwide, using natural materials. Spear shafts are straightened by heat-curing over an open fire. Bring your own pocketknife to carve the wood, all other equipment is provided. Minimum attendance 6, maximum 10. Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] 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] 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] 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 19, 2012 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 January 18. 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] Wednesday February 1, 2012 "Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art" free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxilliary meeting at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council. **** 7:30-9 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 information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] Thursday February 16, 2012 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 February 15. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] Wednesday March 14, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, monthly meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, 6502 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council. 7-8 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. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona Humanities Council. No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kathryn Frey in Carefree at 480-695-2609 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 March 15, 2012 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 March 14. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] Thursday March 22, 2012 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, at Queen Valley RV Resort, 50 W. Oro Viejo Drive in Queen Valley (east of Apache Junction), 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 Sally Phillips in Queen Valley at 520-463-2300 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] Saturday March 31, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Arizona Site Stewards Conference at the historic La Posada Hotel, 303 E. 2nd Street (Route 66) in Winslow, Arizona. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council. ****time. 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. 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