Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces

Free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Archaeological Society Yavapai Chapter at the Smoki Museum’s Pueblo Building, 147 N. Arizona St., Prescott, 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 southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American rituals. Funding for program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.

* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Julie Rucker in Prescott at 928-554-2745 or jpgallery@cableone.net; for information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or adart@oldpueblo.org.