“Vesicular Basalt Provisioning Practices among the Prehistoric Hohokam of the Salt-Gila Basin, Southern Arizona”

This free presentation will be given by Craig M. Fertelmes as part of the 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix at 1:00 PM.* Discover the process of how prehistoric peoples of the Salt-Gila Basin in Arizona acquired vesicular basalt for the manufacture of grinding tools, such as manos and metates, and the newly developed archaeological techniques used to find the source of these tools. Craig M. Fertelmes is a project director for the Gila River Indian Community’s Cultural Resources Management Program.
* This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center event. For more information call 602-534-1573 or visit pueblogrande.com or azscitechfest.org.