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Saturday December 4, 2010:
“White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite Canyon” guided fundraising 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 info@oldpueblo.org
Thursday December 16, 2010:
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner & presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at El Charro Café Downtown, 311 N. Court Avenue, Tucson 6 to 8:30 p.m. $25 per person includes dinner, tax and gratuity, plus the presentation ****[Description to be provided later.] Reservations and dinner payment are due by 3:00 p.m. on the Thursday one week prior to the presentation date. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org
Saturday December 18, 2010:
“Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Valley Archaeology and History” Old Pueblo Archaeology Center carpooling educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart, leads tour to Coolidge-Florence area. Tour includes an extended visit to archaeological features in the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Coolidge plus visits to the Grewe site (early Hohokam village), Poston Butte Ruin (Preclassic village with Hohokam ballcourt), historic Adamsville Cemetery and settlements along the Gila River, and Pinal County Historical Society Museum in Florence. REGISTRANTS PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION – carpools are encouraged. Bring your own picnic lunch and water. Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org
