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Saturday November 13, 2010:
Library Presenters free children’s presentation: "Ancient People of Arizona" at the Pima County Public Library, Southwest Branch, 6855 South Mark Rd., Tucson 2 to 3 p.m. Free. The “Ancient People of Arizona” presentation is designed to give children an idea of how the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), Mogollon, and Hohokam peoples lived and how some aspects of everyday life have changed while others have stayed the same. The presentation includes real and replica artifacts, and abundant color illustrations to help children experience how prehistoric Native Americans of our area lived and to appreciate the arts they created. Presented by Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. For event details contact Librarian Marissa Alcorta in Tucson at 520-594-5270 or Marissa.Alcorta@pima.gov
Saturday November 13, 2010:
“Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs” guided fundraising 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 Shelly 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 info@oldpueblo.org Click here for a flyer containing more information.
Thursday November 18, 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 November 20, 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
