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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220226T080000
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SUMMARY:"Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities" Car-Caravan Cultural Sites Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s guided tour of Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina\, on February 26\, 2022\, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Participants will meet at Santa Cruz River Park\, 1317 W. Irvington Road (on the south side of Irvington\, just west of the Santa Cruz River)\, Tucson. There is a requested donation of $35 per person ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members)\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nFelipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language\, culture\, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother\, his grandmother’s cousin\, and several elders from Tucson’s original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government’s war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1940 there were about 3\,000 Yoeme in Arizona\, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson\, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana\, and others near Eloy\, Somerton\, Phoenix\, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe’u Hu’upa (Big Mesquite) Village\, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre)\, Pascua\, Ili Hu’upa\, Wiilo Kampo\, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. on Wednesday\, February 23\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nPhoto caption: Typical home in Yoem Village\, Marana\, Arizona\, in 1936: Homes were built with railroad ties\, saguaro cactus ribs\, metal roofing and mud; R. B. Spicer photo\ncourtesy of Felipe Molina. \nFlyer: 20220226(v2)Tucson&MaranaYoeme(YaquiIndian)CommunitiesFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/tucson-and-marana-yoeme-yaqui-indian-communities-car-caravan-cultural-sites-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20211221T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20211221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210809T194901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T205711Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST  On Tuesday\, December 21\, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. to noon\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart will be taking place. This tour will depart from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. There is a requested donation of $30 donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members)\, which helps to cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThe 2021 winter solstice occurs on December 21 at 8:59 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (3:59 p.m. GMT). 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\, bedrock mortars\, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks\, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. Participants provide their own transportation. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Sunday December 19\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nPhoto caption: Photo of a complex petroglyph array at the Picture Rocks site courtesy of the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center. \nFlyer: 20211221(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksWinterSolsticeTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/winter-solstice-tour-to-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites/
LOCATION:Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Marana\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20211204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20211204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210316T225350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T204309Z
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SUMMARY:"Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch" Presentation and Tours
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST   On Saturday\, December 4\, 2021\, 8:00 a.m to noon\, “Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” presentation and tours will be held at Historic Canoa Ranch\, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road\, Green Valley\, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56). This event begins with a PowerPoint presentation by Old Pueblo’s director Allen Dart titled “Before There Was a Canoa” about Canoa-area archaeology and history. The presentation is followed by three 1-hour tours to be provided by Pima County Natural Resources\, Parks & Recreation volunteers: 1) “Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch\,” 2) “Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch\,” and 3) “The Gardens of Canoa.” The presentation and each tour will be limited to 32 registrants and will not be open to other Canoa Ranch visitors. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the program at Canoa Ranch’s Mesquite Grove\, or to have lunch in one of the many nearby Green Valley restaurants. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.\nThere is a $30 requested donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members)\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. on Wednesday\, December 1\, whichever is earlier. To register contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nPhoto caption: Canoa Lake and historic ranch headquarters photo by Michael Mock and Random Orbit Photography. \nFlyer: 20211204(v1)Archaeology&HistoryOfCanoaRanchTourFlyer \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-and-history-of-canoa-ranch-presentation-and-tours-3/
LOCATION:Historic Hacienda de la Canoa\, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road\, Green Valley\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210922T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210413T233500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210810T211248Z
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SUMMARY:Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, September 22\, 2021\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart. Participants will meet and depart from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona at 8:00 a.m.\nThe 2021 autumn equinox occurs on September 22 at 12:21 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (7:21 p.m. GMT). To celebrate the 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\, bedrock mortars\, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks\, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox\, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.\nThis tour program is from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The requested donation of $30 ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps to cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Monday September 20\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nPhoto caption:  Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona. \nFlyer: 20210922(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksAutumnEquinoxTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/autumn-equinox-tour-to-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-sites-2/
LOCATION:Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Marana\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210918T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210919T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210526T051015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210810T211548Z
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SUMMARY:“Encore Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour”
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST   On Saturday\, September 18 and Sunday\, September 19\, 2021\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Encore Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologist Rich Lange starting at Homolovi State Park Visitor Center (northeast of Winslow – take I-40 Exit 257 and drive 1.5 miles north on Hwy. 87). \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s June 2021 car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Rich Lange filled up early\, so Rich has agreed to lead this “encore tour” to sites where archaeologists conducted excavations during the Arizona State Museum’s Homol’ovi Research Program from 1983 to 2016. This will be an opportunity to visit three of the largest ancestral Hopi pueblos and an Early Agricultural-to-Great Pueblo period site in Homolovi State Park just outside of Winslow plus spectacular petroglyph panels near Winslow and at Rock Art Ranch south of Holbrook\, Arizona. Sites to be visited include the Ancestral Pueblo village sites of Homolovi I (AD 1280-1400)\, Homolovi II (1360-1400)\, and Homolovi IV (1260-1280); a Basketmaker II (Early Agricultural) to Pueblo II/III stage (AD 500-850 and 1150-1225) village site; Brandy’s Pueblo (AD 1225-1254); a replica Navajo farmstead site; and petroglyphs dating between 8000 BCE and the mid-1200s on the Rock Art Ranch in Chevelon Canyon south of Holbrook and at a rock art site near Winslow. Participants provide their own lodging\, meals\, and transportation. It may be necessary for parti­cipants to wear face masks and practice physical distancing if COVID-19 pandemic is not yet under control by the tour dates. \nTour begins at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday to 1:00 p.m. or later on Sunday; $95 donation per person ($76 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no transportation\, lodging\, or meals. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Friday September 10\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nPhoto caption: Some Chevelon Canyon petroglyphs\, photo by Richard Lange. \nFlyer: 20210918-0919(v1)_EncoreHomolovi-RockArtRanchTourFlyer \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/encore-homolovi-and-rock-art-ranch-pueblos-and-petroglyphs-tour/
LOCATION:Homolovi State Park\, NE of Winslow\, AZ\, take I-40\, Exit 257\, drive 1.5 miles north on Hwy 87\, NE of Winslow\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210605T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210606T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210119T013603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T205827Z
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SUMMARY:“Homol'ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour"
DESCRIPTION:  \nTOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST  Saturday and Sunday\, June 5-6\, 2021\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologist Rich Lange\, starting at Homolovi State Park Visitor Center (northeast of Winslow – take I-40 Exit 257 and drive 1.5 miles north on Hwy. 87). The tours will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday to 1:00 p.m. (or later) on Sunday. There is a $95 requested donation per person ($76 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members)\, includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but not personal transportation\, lodging\, or meals expenses. \nArchaeologist Rich Lange will lead this car-caravan educational tour to sites where archaeologists conducted excavations during the Arizona State Museum’s Homol’ovi Research Program from 1983 to 2016 and for which analyses and publications are still in progress. This will be an opportunity to visit three of the largest ancestral Hopi pueblos and an Early Agricultural-to-Great Pueblo period site in Homolovi State Park just outside of Winslow plus spectacular petroglyph panels near Winslow and at Rock Art Ranch south of Holbrook\, Arizona. Sites to be visited include the Ancestral Pueblo village sites of Homolovi I (AD 1280-1400)\, Homolovi II (1360-1400)\, and Homolovi IV (1260-1280); a Basketmaker II (Early Agricultural) to Pueblo II/III stage (AD 500-850 and 1150-1225) village site; Brandy’s Pueblo (AD 1225-1254); a replica Navajo farmstead site; and petroglyphs dating between 8000 BCE and the mid-1200s on the Rock Art Ranch in Chevelon Canyon south of Holbrook and at a rock art site near Winslow. Participants provide their own lodging\, meals\, and transportation. It may be necessary for parti­cipants to wear face masks and practice physical distancing if COVID-19 pandemic is not yet under control by the tour dates. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Friday May 28\, whichever is earlier. To register\, call 520-798-1201 or email info@oldpueblo.org. A flyer will be sent to participant via email.\nPhoto caption: Some Chevelon Canyon petroglyphs\, photo by Richard Lange.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/homolovi-and-rock-art-ranch-pueblos-and-petroglyphs-tour-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210508T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210508T173000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210316T231333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210316T231333Z
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SUMMARY:"Southern Sinagua Sites Tour - Montezuma Castle\, Montezuma Well\, and Tuzigoot"
DESCRIPTION:Montezume Castle-Montezuma Well-Tuzigoot collage from National Park Service photos \nOn Saturday\, May 8\, 2021\, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will host the “Southern Sinagua Sites Tour – Montezuma Castle\, Montezuma Well\, and Tuzigoot.” Participants will meet at 9:00 a.m. at Montezuma Castle National Monument (MOCA)\, 2800 Montezuma Castle Rd\, Camp Verde\, Arizona. \nThis Old Pueblo Archaeology Center car-caravan educational tour will visit three of the best-preserved and most spectacular Southern Sinagua culture archaeological sites in north-central Arizona’s Middle Verde River valley. National Park Service archaeologists Matthew Guebard and Lucas Hoedl will lead us to sites in Montezuma Castle National Monument\, including Montezuma Well and sites surrounding it\, and to the Tuzigoot Pueblo site near Clarkdale. Participants need to wear sturdy walking shoes and bring their own picnic lunches\, are responsible for their own transportation\, and will need to pay their own $10/person Montezuma Castle entrance fee unless they have an annual or senior pass. (Montezuma Castle fee also covers Tuzigoot; Montezuma Well is free.)\nLimited to 20 registrants. There is a requested $50 donation ($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members)\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures; donation does not include $10/person MOCA entrance fee.Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday May 5\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20210508(v1)SouthernSinaguaSitesTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/southern-sinagua-sites-tour-montezuma-castle-montezuma-well-and-tuzigoot/
LOCATION:Montezuma Castle National Monument\, 2800 Montezuma Castle Road\, Camp Verde\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210403T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210403T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210119T011713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210316T224736Z
UID:1977-1617436800-1617451200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” Presentation and Tours
DESCRIPTION:RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 4\, 2021  On Saturday\, April 3\, 2021\, 8:00 a.m to noon\, “Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” presentation and tours will be held at Historic Canoa Ranch\, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road\, Green Valley\, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56). This event begins with a PowerPoint presentation by Old Pueblo’s director Allen Dart titled “Before There Was a Canoa” about Canoa-area archaeology and history. The presentation is followed by three 1-hour tours to be provided by Pima County Natural Resources\, Parks & Recreation volunteers: 1) “Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch\,” 2) “Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch\,” and 3) “The Gardens of Canoa.” The presentation and each tour will be limited to 32 registrants and will not be open to other Canoa Ranch visitors. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the program at Canoa Ranch’s Mesquite Grove\, or to have lunch in one of the many nearby Green Valley restaurants. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.\nThere is a $30 requested donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members)\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. on Wednesday\, March 31\, whichever is earlier. To register contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nPhoto caption: Canoa Lake and historic ranch headquarters photo by Michael Mock and Random Orbit Photography\nFlyer: 20210403(v1)Archaeology&HistoryOfCanoaRanchTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-and-history-of-canoa-ranch-presentation-and-tours-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210320T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210119T010609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T192723Z
UID:1974-1616227200-1616241600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” Tour
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST  On March 20\, 2021\, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center presents the “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart. Tour participants will meet at and depart from Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd.\, Marana\, Arizona.\nThe 2021 spring equinox occurs on March 20 at 2:37 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (9:37 a.m. GMT). To celebrate the vernal 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 calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 650 and 1450 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at the site exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox\, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.\nAll participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.\nThere is a requested donation of $30 per person and reservations are by 5:00 p.m.\, March 18. Email info@oldpueblo.org or call 520-798-1201. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. on Thursday\, March 18 – whichever is earlier. \nPhoto caption: Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona.\nFlyer: 20210320(v2)LosMorteros&PictureRocksSpringEquinoxTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/spring-equinox-tour-of-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites-tour/
LOCATION:Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Marana\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210306T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210306T150000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210224T204736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T204736Z
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SUMMARY:Vista del Rio Archaeological Site ENCORE Free Tour
DESCRIPTION:Because Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s March 6\, 9-11 a.m. “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Free Tour” filled so quickly after it was announced\, Allen Dart is offering this second\, same-day opportunity to tour the Vista del Rio site from 1-3 p.m at Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park\, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road)\, Tucson.\nReservations are required by 5 p.m. Thursday March 4: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.\nFlyer: 20210306(v2)p.m.VistaDelRioSiteTourFlyer \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/vista-del-rio-archaeological-site-encore-free-tour/
LOCATION:Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park\, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road)\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210306T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210306T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20210119T004610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T203726Z
UID:1965-1615021200-1615028400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Tour
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – See March 6 “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site ENCORE Free Tour”\nJoin Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s free tour of Vista del Rio Archaeological Site on Saturday\, March 6\, 9:00-11:00 a.m. This tour will meet at Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park\, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Rd.)\, Tucson. In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month\, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour of Vista del Rio\, an ancient village of the southern Arizona Hohokam archaeological culture that was inhabited between 1000 and 1150 CE.\nReservations are required by 5 p.m.\, Thursday\, March 4. Call 520-798-1201 or email info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20210306(v2)a.m.VistaDelRioSiteTourFlyer_updated \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/vista-del-rio-archaeological-site-tour-3/
LOCATION:Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park\, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road)\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210206T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200624T221127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T153132Z
UID:1855-1612598400-1612616400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities Tour"
DESCRIPTION:On February 6\, 2021\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina\, starting in the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road\, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River). The time of the tour is from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with a $30 donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nFelipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language\, culture\, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother\, his grandmother’s cousin\, and several elders from Tucson’s original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government’s war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1940 there were about 3\,000 Yoeme in Arizona\, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson\, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana\, and others near Eloy\, Somerton\, Phoenix\, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe’u Hu’upa (Big Mesquite) Village\, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre)\, Pascua\, Ili Hu’upa\, Wiilo Kampo\, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 3\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nPhoto caption: Typical home in Yoem Village\, Marana\, Arizona\, in 1936: Homes were built with railroad ties\, saguaro cactus ribs\, metal roofing and mud; R. B. Spicer photo courtesy of Felipe Molina. \nOPAC-20210206(v1)Tucson&MaranaYoeme(YaquiIndian)CommunitiesFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/tucson-and-marana-yoeme-yaqui-indian-communities-tour-2/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201221T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200624T220235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T234538Z
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SUMMARY:“Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites”
DESCRIPTION:Photo of a complex petroglyph array at the Picture Rocks site courtesy of the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart will be held on Monday\, December 21\, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. This tour will depart from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. There is a $30 donation requested ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThe 2020 winter solstice occurs on December 21 at 3:02 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (10:02 a.m. GMT). 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 calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 650 and 1450 CE. Participants provide their own transportation. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Saturday December 19\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer – 20201221(v2)LosMorteros&PictureRocksWinterSolsticeTour \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/winter-solstice-tour-of-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites-4/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201212T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200624T215331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201211T223119Z
UID:1844-1607765400-1607788800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Journey to the Fiesta of Guadalupe in the Town of Guadalupe\, Arizona”
DESCRIPTION:Image of the Virgen de Guadalupe: Beaterío de la Santísima Trinidad. Sevilla\, Andalucía\, España\, 1748 (www.commons.wikipedia.org) \nCANCELLED – On Saturday\, December 12\, 2020\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for a “Journey to the Fiesta of Guadalupe in the Town of Guadalupe\, Arizona\,” guided by Felipe S. Molina. Tour group will meet at 11:00 a.m. at Burger King Restaurant in Groves Power Center\, 1220 W. Elliot Rd.\, Tempe\, Arizona\, just east of I-10 Exit 157. A Tucson caravan will depart for Tempe at 9:30 a.m. from the Sam’s Furniture Outlet parking lot at 2020 W. Prince Rd.\, just east of I-10 Exit 254. The tour will end at 4:00 p.m. or later depending on how late participants with vehicles wish to stay. A $50 donation ($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures; donation does not include meals or lodging. \nThe Fiesta of Guadalupe\, celebrated by members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona (and a national holiday in Mexico)\, is always on December 12th. It marks an appearance of the Virgin Mary to a young indigenous man in Mexico on December 12\, 1531. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this special outing with Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina to attend the Town of Guadalupe’s December 12 fiesta honoring its namesake. Participants in this Old Pueblo event may either ride in a car caravan from Tucson to the Town of Guadalupe\, or to meet at a Burger King in Tempe just south of Guadalupe. At the Burger King\, Felipe will give an orientation before we all drive in a caravan to a parking area in the Town\, then walk to see the fiesta procession enter Guadalupe plaza. Following the procession we will split our group into two or more subgroups that will each watch the activities from different vantage points\, then in the afternoon our group will reassemble to compare what everyone has seen from the various observation points\, and Felipe will provide further interpretation of some of the things going on at the fiesta. People can either bring their lunches or buy food from vendors in the plaza. The tour officially ends after the regrouping and interpretation discussion but participants may choose to stay and watch the evening festivities or to go home (not necessarily in a caravan) after the group discussion. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 9\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer – 20201212(v2)JourneyToTheFiestaOfGuadalupeTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/journey-to-the-fiesta-of-guadalupe-in-the-town-of-guadalupe-arizona/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201121T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201121T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200518T015907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T234736Z
UID:1815-1605949200-1605963600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Catalina Highway Prison Camp at the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Area" Tour
DESCRIPTION:Overview of Federal Prison Camp No. 10 in Santa Catalina Mountains\, Arizona\, 1945; Coronado National Forest photo. \nOn Saturday\, November 21\, 2020\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Catalina Highway Prison Camp at the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Area” tour will be held with archaeologist Bill Gillespie. This tour will meet at Safeway store parking lot\, 9125 E. Tanque Verde Rd. (at Catalina Highway intersection)\, Tucson\, at 9:00 a.m. This is a fundraising tour where each registrant is asked to make a donation to help cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and support its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nOne of the unique archaeological sites in the Santa Catalina Mountains is the location of a federal prison camp occupied in the mid-20th century.  The facility was established for one specific purpose: to provide labor for the construction of the Catalina or Hitchcock Highway connecting Tucson to Mount Lemmon.  Although the project started in 1933\, it wasn’t until 1939\, when road construction had reached the 7-mile mark\, that prisoners were moved from their temporary camp at the base of the mountain to the permanent camp adjacent to Soldier Creek and the highway.  The use of the appealing location by the Hohokam at a much earlier time is marked by petroglyphs\, grinding features and artifacts.  In 1999\, the U.S. Forest Service named the site the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Area in honor of the Japanese-American civil rights leader who had been imprisoned there during World War II. Participants provide their own transportation and water\, and may bring their own lunches to picnic at the camp after the tour. Our guide Bill Gillespie did archaeological fieldwork at Mesa Verde\, Chaco Canyon\, and in Jordan before moving to southern Arizona in the mid-1980s to work as an archaeologist for the Coronado National Forest for 25 years. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 18\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer – 20201121(V2)CatalinaHighwayPrisonCampTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/catalina-highway-prison-camp-at-the-gordon-hirabayashi-recreation-area-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201017T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200518T014431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200912T000120Z
UID:1807-1602925200-1602950400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Santa Cruz de Terrenate and Pitaitutgam Archaeological Sites” Tour
DESCRIPTION:Some Native American and Spanish artifacts from Santa Cruz de Terrenate and Pitaitutgam\, photos courtesy of Deni J. Seymour. \nOn Saturday\, October 17\, 2020\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Santa Cruz de Terrenate and Pitaitutgam Archaeological Sites” tour with archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour\, starting at the Chevron station at AZ-90/AZ-82 intersection in Whetstone\, Arizona. There is a requested $50 donation ($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and  Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nSanta Cruz de Terrenate is the best-preserved example of three presidios (forts) established by the eighteenth-century Spanish colonial government in what is now southern Arizona\, to provide military protection to the missions\, settlers\, and Christianized Native Americans of New Spain. The presidio housed soldiers\, civilians\, Ópata scouts\, O’odham laborers\, and domestic servants of a variety of origins from December 1775 until it was abandoned in March 1780. Pitaitutgam is the site of a large Sobaípuri O’odham village that was occupied off and on for centuries. The first-ever Sobaípuri archaeological site identified and excavated (during the 1950s)\, it was the place Father Kino called Santa Cruz del Pitaitutgam. Our tour guide Dr. Deni Seymour recently carried out new excavations at both of these sites\, clarifying new ideas about the Sobaípuri O’odham\, their village layouts\, length of occupation in the San Pedro valley\, and many other issues of current interest. \nDonations for the tour are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday October 14\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20201017(V2)TerrenateAndPitaitutgamArchaeologicalSitesTour Flyer \nBefore going on the tour\, registrants are encouraged to attend Dr. Seymour’s “Revisiting Santa Cruz de Terrenate Presidio” free Zoom presentation starting at 7 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time on Thursday October 15 to get background information about Terrenate that she will not have time to explain in detail during the October 17 tour: Click here to see the flyer for the October 15 Zoom talk.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/santa-cruz-de-terrenate-and-pitaitutgam-archaeological-sites-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201010T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201010T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200405T010139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T153744Z
UID:1728-1602316800-1602331200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:"Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch" Presentation and Tours
DESCRIPTION:Caption: Canoa Lake and historic ranch headquarters photo by Michael Mock and Random Orbit Photography. \nRESCHEDULED TO APRIL 3\, 2021 On October 10\, 2020\, “Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” presentation and tours will be held at Historic Canoa Ranch\, located at 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road\, Green Valley\, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56)\, starting from 8:00 a.m. to noon. There is a $30 requested donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThis event begins with a PowerPoint presentation by Old Pueblo’s director Allen Dart titled “Before There Was a Canoa” about Canoa-area archaeology and history. The presentation is followed by a 1-hour “Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch” and a “Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch” to be provided by Pima County Natural Resources\, Parks & Recreation volunteers\, then the morning’s program will conclude with a “Behind the Scenes Restoration Tour” by Pima County architectural preservationist Simon Herbert. The presentation and each tour will be limited to 32 registrants and will not be open to other Canoa Ranch visitors. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the program at Canoa Ranch’s Mesquite Grove\, or to have lunch in one of the many nearby Green Valley restaurants. \nDonation prepayment is required within 10 days of reservation request; last day to request reservations is 5 p.m. Wednesday September 30: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \n20201010(v2)Archaeology&HistoryOfCanoaRanchTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-and-history-of-canoa-ranch-presentation-and-tours/
LOCATION:Historic Canoa Ranch\, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road (along I-19 East Frontage Road between the Continental and Canoa exits)\, Green Valley\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201003T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201003T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200518T011857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T020833Z
UID:1794-1601712000-1601740800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Historic Camp Rucker: Apache Wars Outpost Tour”
DESCRIPTION:Remnants of Camp Rucker’s adobe Commissary and Bakery buildings constructed by soldiers in 1880 (Coronado National Forest photo). \nOn Saturday\, October 3\, 2020 join archaeologist Bill Gillespie for the “Historic Camp Rucker: Apache Wars Outpost Tour\,” which will meet at 8:00 a.m. on Houghton Road just south of Interstate-10 Exit 275\, Tucson. This is a fundraising tour where each registrant is asked to make a donation to help cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and support its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nWell off the beaten path in the southern part of the Chiricahua Mountains is the site of Camp Rucker\, a small military post established by the U.S. Army in 1878.  The location selected in Whitewater (later Rucker) Canyon was one the ancient Mogollon people had picked centuries before.  The Army post was small\, never garrisoned by more than a single company\, and officially lasted only a couple of years.  For most of that time soldiers and officers lived in tents but in 1880 soldiers started building a small number of stone and adobe structures\, some of which are still standing. High clearance vehicles are recommended.  Participants provide their own transportation\, lunches\, and water. Bill Gillespie\, who was a Coronado National Forest archaeologist for 25 years\, and his Forest Service colleague Mary Farrell conducted volunteer projects at Camp Rucker and successfully nominated the Rucker Canyon Archaeological District to the National Register of Historic Places. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Wednesday September 30\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \n20201003(V2)CampRuckerTripFlyer \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/old-pueblo-archaeology-centers-historic-camp-rucker-apache-wars-outpost-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200922T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200325T005025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200809T003243Z
UID:1707-1600761600-1600776000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona. \nJoin Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart on Tuesday\, September 22\, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. This tour will depart from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. \nThe 2020 autumn equinox occurs on September 22 at 6:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (1:30 p.m. GMT). To celebrate the 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 calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between 650 and 1450 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox\, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight. \nThere is a requested donation of $30 ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation prepayment required within 10 days of reservation request; last day to request reservations is 5 p.m. Sunday September 20. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \n20200922(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksAutumnEquinoxTour flyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/autumn-equinox-tour-to-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-sites/
LOCATION:Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd.\, Marana\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200718T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200718T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200211T205957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200714T234844Z
UID:1672-1595059200-1595073600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Archaeology\, Paleontology\, and Environmental Sciences Laboratories" Tour
DESCRIPTION:Giant sequoia tree cross-section at The University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research\, photo by John Kay \nCANCELLED – On Saturday\, July 18\, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will sponsor the “Archaeology\, Paleontology\, and Environmental Sciences Laboratories”\ntour starting in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustin\, 100 S. Avenida del Convento\, Tucson. \nThis Old Pueblo Archaeology Center summer tour visits two TOO-COOL environmental-science laboratories in Tucson – the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research\, both administered by The University of Arizona (UA). In the first tour segment at the Tumamoc Desert Laboratory\, either archaeologist Dr. Anna Seiferle-Valencia or the lab’s director Dr. Ben Wilder will lead us through the Desert lab\, which began its existence in 1903 as the Carnegie Desert Botanical established by th Carnegie Institution of Washington and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1940 the Carnegie Institution sold it to the US Forest Service for $1\, and in 1956 the UA bought it from the US Government\, promising in the deed to use it solely for research and education. During its 117 years of existence the Tumamoc Hill and Desert Laboratory staff have been on the cutting edge in the fields of paleontology and desert ecology. \n        The UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR) also has a venerable record of research in archaeology\, astronomy\, and environmental sciences. Created in 1937 by UA Professor of Astronomy Andrew Ellicott Douglass\, founder of the science of dendrochronology\, the LTRR has helped establish many other dendrochronology and tree-ring science labs around the world and remains a foremost facility in environmental research\, teaching\, and outreach\, as we will see as docent Randall Smith leads us through the tree-ring laboratory. \nThe first tour segment to Tumamoc Hill is limited to six vehicles so carpooling is required and no more than 24 people (in addition to Old Pueblo’s tour coordinator Allen Dart) can register depending on whether we can designate six 4-passenger vehicles for carpooling from Mercado San Agustin to the Desert Lab. After we leave there we will return to the Mercado where carpoolers can get back into their own vehicles\, and we will caravan from the Mercado to the LTRR for the second tour segment. \nReservations and donation prepayments are required by 5 p.m. Monday July 13: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \n20200718(v1)Laboratories-TumamocDesertLab-TreeRingLabTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-paleontology-and-environmental-sciences-laboratories-tour-3/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200606T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200607T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200211T204339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T005448Z
UID:1669-1591448400-1591534800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs" Tour
DESCRIPTION:Some Chevelon Canyon petroglyphs\, photo by Richard Lange \nRESCHEDULED TO JUNE 5 & 6\, 2021  From Saturday\, June 6 to Sunday\, June 7\, 2020\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will sponsor the “Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs” tour with archaeologist Rich Lange. This two-day tour will begin at Homolovi State Park Visitor Center (northeast of Winslow – take I-40 Exit 257 and drive 1.5 miles north on Hwy. 87) on June 6 at 1:00 p.m.  Archaeologist Rich Lange will lead this car-caravan educational tour to sites where archaeologists conducted excavations during the Arizona State Museum’s Homol’ovi Research Program from 1983 to 2016 and for which analyses and publications are still in progress. This will be an opportunity to visit three of the largest ancestral Hopi pueblos and an Early Agricultural-to-Great Pueblo period site in Homolovi State Park just outside of Winslow plus spectacular petroglyph panels near Winslow and at Rock Art Ranch south of Holbrook\, Arizona. Sites to be visited include the Ancestral Pueblo village sites of Homolovi I (AD 1280-1400)\, Homolovi II (1360-1400)\, and Homolovi IV (1260-1280); a Basketmaker II (Early Agricultural) to Pueblo II/III stage (AD 500-850 and 1150-1225) village site; Brandy’s Pueblo (AD 1225-1254); a replica Navajo farmstead site; and petroglyphs dating between 8000 BC and the mid-1200s on the Rock Art Ranch in Chevelon Canyon south of Holbrook and at a rock art site near Winslow. Participants provide their own lodging\, meals\, and transportation. \nThe fee is $95 donation per person ($76 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all site entry fees and Old Pueblo’s expenses but no transportation\, lodging\, or meals. Reservations and payment required by 5 p.m. Friday May 29: 520-798-1201 or  info@oldpueblo.org. \n20200607-0608(v1)_Homolovi-RockArtRanchTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/homolovi-and-rock-art-ranch-pueblos-and-petroglyphs-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200519T150000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200211T203428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200406T203153Z
UID:1667-1589882400-1589900400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Behind the Scenes at Tucson’s Museums” Educational Tour
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED – On Tuesday\, May 19\, 2020\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Behind the Scenes at Tucson’s Museums” educational tour starting at the Arizona State Museum\, 1013 E. University Blvd. in Tucson. This program will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with 1 hour for lunch. A $45 donation per participant ($40 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) includes cost of lunch and helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. This tour’s special visits to the Arizona State Museum (ASM) and Tucson’s Arizona History Museum (AHM) will introduce you to museum professionals who are passionate about caring for Arizona’s largest and most significant archaeological and historical collections. \n        The ASM is the oldest and largest anthropology museum in the Southwest. During our morning visit there we will enter its climate-controlled storerooms holding incomparable examples of southwestern Indian pottery and basketry\, its state-of-the-art conservation laboratory\, and ASM’s nationally renowned zooarchaeology laboratory where scholars learn about human behavior by studying animal bone. \n        At noon Old Pueblo will provide lunch at Panera Bread across the street from ASM\, then after lunch we will walk one block to the AHM on E. 2nd St. Operated by the Arizona Historical Society\, the Tucson AHM is the largest history museum in Arizona\, housing millions of objects representing our state’s post-Spanish-contact history. We will explore AHM’s gallery spaces on a guided tour\, then join a curator to explore some of its collections holdings to see what’s not on the museum floor. LIMITED TO NINE ADULTS so please register as soon as possible. Donation prepayment required within 10 days of reservation request; last day to request reservations is 5 p.m. Monday May 11: 520-798-1201 or  info@oldpueblo.org. \n20200519(v1)BehindTheScenesAtTucson’sMuseumsFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/behind-the-scenes-at-tucsons-museums-educational-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200404T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200404T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200102T213432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200102T213432Z
UID:1646-1585987200-1586001600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Presentation: “Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch”
DESCRIPTION:Canoa Lake and historic ranch headquarters photo by Michael Mock and Random Orbit Photography. \nOn Saturday\, April 4\, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to noon\, join us for the “Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” presentation and tours at Historic Canoa Ranch\, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road\, Green Valley\, Arizona (accessible from I-19 Canoa Road Exit 56). There is a $30 requested donation ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). \n This event begins with a PowerPoint presentation by Old Pueblo’s director Allen Dart titled “Before There Was a Canoa” about Canoa-area archaeology and history. The presentation is followed by a 1-hour “Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch” and a “Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch” to be provided by Pima County Natural Resources\, Parks & Recreation volunteers\, then the morning’s program will conclude with a “Behind the Scenes Restoration Tour” by Pima County architectural preservationist Simon Herbert. The presentation and each tour will be limited to 32 registrants and will not be open to other Canoa Ranch visitors. Participants are encouraged to bring a sack lunch to enjoy after the program at Canoa Ranch’s Mesquite Grove\, or to have lunch in one of the many nearby Green Valley restaurants. Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday March 26: 520-798-1201 or  info@oldpueblo.org. \nLink to flyer: 20200404(v1)Archaeology&HistoryOfCanoaRanchTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/presentation-archaeology-and-history-of-canoa-ranch/
LOCATION:Historic Canoa Ranch\, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road (along I-19 East Frontage Road between the Continental and Canoa exits)\, Green Valley\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20200102T212420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T195020Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites
DESCRIPTION:Photo of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona\, by Tom Herrick. \nCANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERN – Join archaeologist Allen Dart on Thursday\, March 19\, 2020 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites.” This tour will be held from 8:00 a.m. to noon\, departing from near  Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. There is a $25 requested donation for this tour ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). \nThe 2019 spring equinox occurs on March 20 at 2:58 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (9:58 p.m. GMT). To celebrate the vernal equinox and the annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month\, 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 calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between AD 650 and 1450. An equinox calendar petroglyph at the site exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox\, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight. \nReservations and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Tuesday March 17. 520-798-1201 or  info@oldpueblo.org. \nLink to flyer: 20200319(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksSpringEquinoxTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/spring-equinox-tour-of-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites-5/
LOCATION:Los Morteros and Picture Rocks\, Depart from NE corner of Silverbell Rd/Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, AZ\, Marana\, AZ\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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SUMMARY:Free Tour - "Vista del Rio Hohokam Village" Site
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month\, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) will lead a tour of Vista del Rio\, an ancient village of the Hohokam archaeological culture that inhabited southern Arizona between AD 650 and 1450. This free event (reservations required) will be on Saturday\, March 7\, 2020 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. (morning tour is full but one can be put on the waiting list) and afternoon tour from 1:00-3:00 p.m. (spaces still available for p.m. tour) and is sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeological Center and Vista del Rio Residents’ Association. Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park is located at 7575 E. Desert Arbors St.\, Tucson. Reservations are required  by 5:00 p.m.\, Thursday\, March 5. Call (520) 798-1201 or email at info@oldpueblo.org. \n(OPAC-revised)20200307(v3)VistaDelRioSiteTourFlyer.a.m \n(OPAC)20200307(v3)VistaDelRioSiteTourFlyer.p.m
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/free-tour-vista-del-rio-hohokam-village-site/
LOCATION:Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park\, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road)\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200216
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20190820T233042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T233217Z
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SUMMARY:“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Tour
DESCRIPTION:A view from inside the Ventana Cave rockshelter \nJoin Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart. This tour will depart at 6:00 a.m. from Tucson at the Park & Ride parking lot at I-10 and Ruthrauff Rd. (northeast corner of the I-10 westbound Frontage Road at Exit 252) or at 7:00 a.m. on the east (front) side of the McDonalds Restaurant at 3160 N. Toltec Rd. in Eloy (accessible from I-10 Exit 203). The fee is $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation). \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning car-caravan tour to visit the Ventana Cave National Historic Landmark site on the Tohono O’odham Nation. The Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations in Ventana Cave\, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden\, found evidence for human occupation extending from historic times back to around 10\,000 years ago. The cave (actually a very large rockshelter) also contains pictographs\, petroglyphs\, and other archaeological features used by Native Americans for thousands of years. Tour leaves Tucson at 6 a.m. to view the pictographs in the best morning light. Fees will benefit the Tohono O’odham Hickiwan District’s efforts to develop a caretaker-interpretive center at Ventana Cave\, and the nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s education programs. \n      Reservations and prepayment required by Wednesday\, February 12\, 2020. Call 520-798-1201 or email to  info@oldpueblo.org. \nflyer:  20200215(V1)VentanaCaveRockArtTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/rock-art-and-archaeology-of-ventana-cave-tour-2/
LOCATION:Park & Ride lot at I-10/Ruthrauff Rd. or 3160 N. Toltec Rd. (Eloy)\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200208T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20190801T184845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190801T184845Z
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SUMMARY:“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities”
DESCRIPTION:Typical home in Yoem Village\, Marana\, Arizona\, in 1936. Homes were built with railroad ties\, saguaro cactus ribs\, metal roofing and mud; R. B. Spicer photocourtesy of Felipe Molina. \nOn Saturday\, February 8\, 2020\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina starting in the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road\, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River). The tour will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; $25 ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). \nFelipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language\, culture\, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother\, his grandmother’s cousin\, and several elders from Tucson’s original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government’s war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1940 there were about 3\,000 Yoeme in Arizona\, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson\, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana\, and others near Eloy\, Somerton\, Phoenix\, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe’u Hu’upa (Big Mesquite) Village\, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre)\, Pascua\, Ili Hu’upa\, Wiilo Kampo\, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza.\nReservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 5: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.\n      IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to info@oldpueblo.org with “Send Yoeme Communities tour flyer” in your email subject line.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/tucson-and-marana-yoeme-yaqui-indian-communities-3/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz River Park\, 1317 W. Irvington Rd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200125T160000
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SUMMARY:“Cave Creek Canyon Pictographs Tour”
DESCRIPTION:Pictographs in a Cave Creek Canyon cave\, photo courtesy of Kelsey Hanson. \nOn Saturday\, January 25\, 2020\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Cave Creek Canyon Pictographs Tour” with archaeologist Kelsey Hanson\, starting at the Chiricahua Desert Museum\, US-80 & NM-533 (Portal Road) junction\, Rodeo\, New Mexico\, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations are requested. Registrants have the option of visiting the Chiricahua Desert Museum on their own and at their own expense if they arrive early (the museum opens at 9) but need to be ready to go on the tour promptly at 10. \nTOUR NEARLY FULL:  Join us in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona for a tour of selected pictograph sites in Cave Creek Canyon. The sites on this tour are excellent examples of the Mogollon Red pictograph style\, brimming with anthropomorphs\, zoomorphs\, and geometric designs painted in beautiful reds\, oranges\, and blacks. Beginning in Portal\, Arizona\, we will begin our tour with a short hike to a pictograph site overlooking the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon and the valley beyond. We will take lunch in this scenic spot before walking down to the canyon bottom to view two more pictograph sites\, maybe three if time allows. We will use the tour as an opportunity to discuss the content\, design styles\, and location of pictographs\, and implications for our understanding of ancient religious practices and life generally in the Chiricahua Mountains. Be sure to bring sturdy hiking boots\, sun protection\, plenty of water\, and a sack lunch!\nGroup lodging rates are available Friday January 24 and/or Saturday January 25 at Cave Creek Ranch in Portal.\nReservations and prepayment of donation required by 5 p.m. Wednesday January 22. For more tour information and registration contact Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 or adart@oldpueblo.org.\n(For Chiricahua Desert Museum information call 575-557-5757\, email desertmuseum@gmail.com\, or visit www.chiricahuadesertmuseum.com/.) \nLink to flyer: 20200125(v4)CaveCreekCanyonPictographsTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/cave-creek-canyon-pictographs-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200104T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200104T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20190417T174010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200102T221700Z
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SUMMARY:“Dragoon Springs Stage Station-Cochise/Howard Treaty Site" Tour
DESCRIPTION:Photo of Apache wickiup rings identified at the Cochise-Howard Treaty site\, courtesy of Deni J. Seymour \nOn Saturday\, January 4\, 2020\, join us for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center‘s “Dragoon Springs Stage Station-Cochise/Howard Treaty Site” tour\, which will be led by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour and historian Norman Wisner. This tour will depart at 9:00 a.m. from south side of Interstate-10 Exit 312 (Sybil Road) about 9 miles east of Benson\, Arizona and end around 4:00 p.m. at the same location. A donation is requested\, which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThis tour to the historic Dragoon Springs Stage Station and Cochise-Howard Treaty Site archaeological sites in the foothills of southern Arizona’s Dragoon Mountains will be led by archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour\, whose lifelong research has focused largely on the Protohistoric and Historic period Native American and Spanish cultures of the United States’ “southern Southwest\,” and Norman Wisner\, a historian who is especially knowledgeable about the Dragoon Springs site. Dragoon Springs\, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, served the “Jackass Mail” and Butterfield Overland mail companies during the 1850s and 1860s\, and was the site of altercations in which construction workers and soldiers of both the Confederate and Union armies were killed\, allegedly by Apaches. Debate surrounding the burials will be incorporated into the discussion. A second site\, the Cochise-Howard Treaty location\, is where Brigadier General Oliver Otis Howard met with the Apache leader Cochise in October 1872 to negotiate the surrender and relocation of Cochise’s Chokonen Apache band. The place of that meeting\, which culminated in a peace treaty between Cochise’s band and the U.S. government\, has been published by Dr. Seymour based on photographs of unique boulder formations\, written historical descriptions of the landscape\, and archaeological evidence that she will discuss during our visit. Detailed historical accounts and archaeological investigations enrich our understanding of the location. \nReservations and donation prepayment required by by 5 p.m. Tuesday December 31\, 2019. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. Link to flyer: 20200104(v3)DragoonSprings_Cochise-HowardTreatySitesTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/dragoon-springs-stage-station-cochise-howard-treaty-site-tour/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191221T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T094245
CREATED:20191112T202149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T202424Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites
DESCRIPTION:  \nPhoto by Tom Herrick of an equinox “sun dagger” phenomenon on a Hohokam petroglyph in Pima County\, Arizona \nOn Saturday\, December 21 from 8:00 to noon\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the Winter Solstice tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs archaeological sites. To celebrate the Winter Solstice\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director archaeologist Allen Dart will lead this tour to two of the Tucson area’s premier archaeological sites. The tour will meet at Los Morteros (Silverbell and Linda Vista in Marana) and caravan from there to Picture Rocks. \nThe 2019 winter solstice occurs on December 21 at 3:22 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (10:22 p.m. GMT). This tour will explore ancient people’s recognition of solstices and other calendrical events at Los Morteros\, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars\, and then at Picture Rocks\, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker\, dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450. Participants provide their own transportation and are advised to wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water.  A $25 donation per person is requested ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. Reservations and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday December 19: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \n20191221(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksWinterSolsticeTour – flyer \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/winter-solstice-tour-of-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites-3/
LOCATION:Los Morteros and Picture Rocks\, Depart from NE corner of Silverbell Rd/Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, AZ\, Marana\, AZ\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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