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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210206T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201221T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201212T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200624T215331Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201121T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201121T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201017T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201010T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20201010T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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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:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200518T011857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T020833Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200922T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200325T005025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200809T003243Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200718T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200718T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200211T205957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200714T234844Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200606T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200607T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200211T204339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T005448Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200519T150000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200211T203428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200406T203153Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200404T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200404T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200102T212420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T195020Z
UID:1643-1584604800-1584619200@www.oldpueblo.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200307T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200307T150000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20200211T200805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T223722Z
UID:1658-1583571600-1583593200@www.oldpueblo.org
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:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190820T233042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T233217Z
UID:1582-1581724800-1581811199@www.oldpueblo.org
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:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190801T184845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190801T184845Z
UID:1567-1581148800-1581166800@www.oldpueblo.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200125T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200125T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190801T184309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200102T221348Z
UID:1564-1579946400-1579968000@www.oldpueblo.org
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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200104T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200104T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190417T174010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200102T221700Z
UID:1523-1578128400-1578153600@www.oldpueblo.org
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/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191221T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20191112T202149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T202424Z
UID:1626-1576915200-1576929600@www.oldpueblo.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191207T163000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190205T205245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T200019Z
UID:1461-1575712800-1575736200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Sears Point\, Painted Rock\, and Gatlin: Patayan and Hohokam Petroglyphs and Archaeology” Tour
DESCRIPTION:Photograph of a Sears Point petroglyph panel courtesy of Aaron M. Wright \nTOUR FULL – WAITING LIST. On Saturday\, December 7\, 2019\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Sears Point\, Painted Rock\, and Gatlin: Patayan and Hohokam Petroglyphs and Archaeology” tour will be guided by archaeologist Dr. Aaron M. Wright. This tour will start at Interstate 8 Exit 78 (Spot Road) approximately 39 miles west of Gila Bend\, Arizona. The tour day begins at 10 a.m. (or later if joining the group for dinner in Gila Bend) and will end around 4:30 p.m. A $45 donation per participant ($36 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary) helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nArchaeologist Dr. Aaron Wright leads this tour to see thousands of petroglyphs and one of the largest Hohokam village sites in southwestern Arizona. Aaron\, a Preservation Archaeologist with Tucson’s Archaeology Southwest organization\, has research interests in paleoclimatology\, indigenous Southwest ritualism and religion\, and rock art and has been a leader in the effort to establish a Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. The first place we’ll visit is Sears Point\, the northwestern escarpment of the Sentinel Plain – a vast basaltic field dotted with low shield volcanoes located along the lower Gila River between Gila Bend and Yuma\, Arizona. Sears Point is renowned for its density of petroglyphs as well as their unique style attributed to the Patayan culture tradition (believed to be ancestral to contemporary Yuman- and O’odham-speaking communities). The site is adorned with thousands of petroglyphs and seemingly endless ancient trails. Next\, we’ll caravan to the Painted Rocks petroglyphs site northwest of Gila Bend\, and finally will visit the Gatlin Platform Mound village site in Gila Bend. Tour participants interested in having dinner together before returning home can reconvene at Sophia’s Mexican Restaurant in Gila Bend after the tour.\nReservations and prepayment required by Wednesday December 4: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.\nIF 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 December 7 Sears Point trip flyer” in your email subject line.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/sears-point-painted-rock-and-gatlin-patayan-and-hohokam-petroglyphs-and-archaeology-tour/
LOCATION:Interstate 8\, Exit 78\, 39 miles west of Gila Bend\, AZ\, Gila Bend\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191116T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191116T173000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190403T195415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190801T181227Z
UID:1503-1573894800-1573925400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Upper San Pedro Valley Paleoindian\, Petroglyphs\, and Historic Sites Tour
DESCRIPTION:Mammoth remains excavated at the Naco Mammoth archaeological site in 1952\, Arizona State Museum\, University of Arizona photo courtesy of Vance Holliday. \nPhoto by Ron Stewart of some petroglyphs along the BLM’s interpretive trail at the Millville historic and prehistoric site. \nTOUR FULL – WAITING LIST. On Saturday November 16\, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.\, join us for the “Upper San Pedro Valley Paleoindian\, Petroglyphs\, and Historic Sites” educational tour with Professor Vance T. Holliday and members of the Naco Heritage Alliance and Friends of the San Pedro River\, starting in Whetstone\, Arizona.\nThe tour starts at the Chevron station in Whetstone\, Arizona\, located at the AZ-90/AZ-82 intersection about 19 miles south of Benson (actual Chevron address is 2222 AZ-90\, Huachuca City\, AZ)\, travels through Sierra Vista\, Naco\, Bisbee\, and Tombstone\, and ends at Fairbank Townsite. There is a $45 requested donation ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members).\nUniversity of Arizona Professor of Anthropology Vance T. Holliday and members of the Naco Heritage Alliance (NHI) and Friends of the San Pedro River (FOTSPR) are Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s guides for this trip to prehistoric and historic sites in the upper San Pedro River valley. Professor Holliday\, an expert on the earliest humans in the Americas\, leads our hike to the Murray Springs Clovis-culture site and will point out and discuss the Lehner and Naco mammoth-kill sites (also Clovis era). After lunch our NHI collaborator Rebecca Orozco\, instructor in history and anthropology at the University of Arizona-Sierra Vista and Cochise College\, will show us around the historic Camp Naco Cavalry Barracks that were used by the Buffalo Soldiers 100 years ago. Later in the afternoon\, FOTSPR’s Richard Bauer will guide us on a 1.8-mile-roundtrip trail to the Millville historic ore-processing mill ruins and prehistoric petroglyphs and\, if time allows\, FOTSPR’s Ron Stewart will show us some of the historic buildings the Fairbank Townsite ghost town.\nReservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 13. 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 November 16 Paleoindian tour flyer” in your email subject line.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/upper-san-pedro-valley-paleoindian-archaeological-sites-tour/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191102T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20191102T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190403T194916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T170003Z
UID:1501-1572688800-1572696000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:University Indian Ruin Archaeology Education Tour
DESCRIPTION:Photo of the excavated “Bison Room” at University Indian Ruin\, courtesy of Paul and Suzanne Fish. \nNOW FULL – WAITING LIST AVAILABLE. On Saturday November 2\, 2019 from 10 a.m. to noon\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “University Indian Ruin Archaeology Education Tour” will be held with Professors Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish. This tour will meet at 7053 E Tanque Verde Rd.\, in Tucson. There is a $25 requested donation ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). \nThis tour will visit the preserved portion of the University Indian Ruin\, which was one of the most prominent Hohokam platform-mound community centers between A.D. 1200 and 1450. Located in northeastern Tucson\, University Indian Ruin became a location for training students in the University of Arizona’s Department of Archaeology and was extensively excavated in the 1930s under eminent archaeologists Byron Cummings\, Emil Haury\, and Julian Hayden. The University of Arizona School of Anthropology Archaeological Field School resumed fieldwork at the site in 2010\, conducting controlled surface artifact collections over the 13-acre archaeological preserve and excavating some of the site’s residential architecture. The Fishes\, who directed the 2010 excavations\, will lead this tour and share their insights into the site’s importance for understanding the Hohokam Classic period\, a time of substantial culture change in southern Arizona. Carpooling may be required. Bring drinking water and wear comfortable walking shoes.\nLimited spaces available. Reservations and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday October 31. 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 November 2 tour flyer” in your email subject line
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/university-indian-ruin-archaeology-education-tour/
CATEGORIES:Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190923T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190923T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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SUMMARY:Autumn Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona. \nOn Monday\, September 23\, 2019\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart\, departing from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. Time: 8 a.m. to noon. A $25 donation is requested ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). \nThe 2019 autumnal equinox occurs on September 22 at 6:54 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (Sept. 23 at 1:54 a.m. GMT). To celebrate this celestial event\, 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 A.D. 650 and 1450. LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE.\nReservations and donation prepayment required by 5 p.m. Saturday September 21: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.\n      20190923(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksAutumnEquinoxTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/autumn-equinox-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190720T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190720T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
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SUMMARY:“Archaeology\, Paleontology\, and Environmental Sciences Laboratories Tour”
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, July 20\, 2019\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will conduct the “Archaeology\, Paleontology\, and Environmental Sciences Laboratories” tour\, from 8:00 am to noon. The tour will start in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustin\, 100 S. Avenida del Convento\, Tucson. There is a $25 requested donation for this tour ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). This 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\, Dr. Ben Wilder will lead us through the Tumamoc Desert Laboratory\, which began its existence in 1903 as the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory established by the 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 U.S. government\, promising in the deed to use it solely for research and education. During its 115 years of existence the Tumamoc Hill and Desert Laboratory staff have been on the cutting edge in the fields of paleontology and desert ecology.\nThe 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. Then after we leave there we will return to the Mercado so carpoolers can get back into their own vehicles\, and we will caravan from the Mercado to the LTRR for the second tour segment. Reservations and donation prepayments are required by 5 p.m. Wednesday July 17: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nTour flyer: 20190720(v1)TumamocDesertLab-TreeRingLabTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-paleontology-and-environmental-sciences-laboratories-tour-2/
LOCATION:Mercado San Agustin\, 100 S. Avenida del Convento\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190320T120000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190102T204156Z
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SUMMARY:“Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites”
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona. \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart will be held on Wednesday\, March 20\, 2019 from 8:00 am to noon. Group will depart near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. Requested donation of $25 ($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 19. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \n20190320(v2)LosMorteros&PictureRocksSpringEquinoxTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/spring-equinox-tour-of-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites-4/
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190309T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190309T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20180808T011641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T175115Z
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SUMMARY:Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Tour
DESCRIPTION:Interpretive panel in Tucson’s Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park. \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site” tour will be guided by archaeologist Allen Dart and cosponsored by Vista del Rio Residents’ Association\, on Saturday\, March 9\, 2019 at the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park\, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St.\, (at Dos Hombres Road)\, Tucson. This free tour will be from 9:00-10:00 am – reservations required. In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month\, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) will lead this tour to Vista del Rio\, an ancient village of the Hohokam archaeological culture that inhabited southern Arizona between AD 650 and 1450. Reservations required by 5 p.m. Thursday\, March 7. Call 520-798-1201 or email info@oldpueblo.org.\nVista del Rio Site Tour Flyer \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/vista-del-rio-archaeological-site-tour-2/
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:20190216T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20190102T200328Z
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SUMMARY:“Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Tour
DESCRIPTION:Ancient pictographs at Ventana Cave. \nOn Saturday\, February 16\, 2019 join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart\, departing at 6:00 am 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). \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this early-morning carpool tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National Historic Landmark site. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations in the cave\, led by archaeologists Emil W. Haury and Julian Hayden\, evidence was found for human occupation going back from historic times to around 10\,000 years ago. The cave\, which actually is 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. for best chance to see the pictographs in early morning light. Registrants’ donations will benefit the cultural education programs of the nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s Hickiwan and Gu Achi districts. \nReservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Wednesday February 13. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. Requesting a $45 donation ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; no charge for members or employees of the Tohono O’odham Nation). \n20190216(V1)VentanaCaveRockArtTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/rock-art-and-archaeology-of-ventana-cave-tour/
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=UTC:20190202T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20180602T024958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190102T200636Z
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SUMMARY:“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” Tour
DESCRIPTION:Pascua Yoeme community circa 1938\, photograph courtesy of the Southwest Center\, The University of Arizona \nTOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST. On Saturday\, February 2\, 2019\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will host the “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina. This tour will meet at the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road\, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River) at 8:00 a.m. Tour will end at 1:00 p.m. The tour fee is $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 Wednesday January 30: 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 please reply with “Send Prehistory class flyer” in your email subject line.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/tucson-and-marana-yoeme-yaqui-indian-communities-tour/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz River Park\, 1317 W. Irvington Rd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181220T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181220T203000
DTSTAMP:20260506T103303
CREATED:20180808T010722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180821T005354Z
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought - "300 Years After His Death Father Kino's Sonora and Arizona Missions Live On"
DESCRIPTION:Mission church at Santa Ana Viejo\, Sonora\, Mexico\, viewed from inside a nearby gazebo. Photo by Allen Dart. \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Third Thursday Food for Thought dinner presentation will feature “300 Years After His Death Father Kino’s Sonora and Arizona Missions Live On” by Father Greg Adolf. This special presentation and dinner will be held on Thursday\, December 20\, 2018 in the Dining Hall and Petroglyph Auditorium of the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center (PRRRC)\, 7101 W. Picture Rocks Rd.\, Tucson. Three hundred years after his death\, Jesuit Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino’s impact on Arizona and Sonora continues to shape the culture and economy of two nations\, as well as the Native American communities in this part of the world. Beginning in 1687\, and continuing for the next 24 years until his death in 1711\, Padre Kino established a string of missions and ranches across the area\, while exploring and mapping an area of 50\,000 square miles. In addition to founding almost two dozen missions and introducing Christianity to thousands of Native Americans\, Padre Kino brought about major changes in the area’s agriculture\, economics\, and\, of course\, the culture. Padre Kino introduced European tools and agricultural methods\, as well as many European fruits and grains to Arizona\, including citrus trees and wheat. The Jesuit also became one of the first and largest cattle ranchers in northern Mexico and southern Arizona\, and he trained many Native Americans to become the first cowboys in the area\, another lasting legacy. Well-known folklorist James “Big Jim” Griffith says that every time we enjoy carne asada or quesadilla\, we are paying tribute to the “Padre on Horseback”! Commemorated with heroic equestrian statues and place names across the Borderlands\, Padre Kino emerges from the historical records as a man of immense vision\, a dedicated “bridge builder” between peoples and cultures\, and a defender of the Native Peoples. \nA free tour of the Picture Rocks petroglyphs will be led by archaeologist Allen Dart at 5:00 pm\, followed by dinner at 6:00 and the presentation from 7:15 to 8:30. Dinner is $16 per person\, payable to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center by check or credit/debit card no later than 5:00 pm\, Tuesday\, Dec. 18\, so that Old Pueblo can tell PRRRC on Dec. 19 how many guests will attend. Donations will be requested during the event to benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. Call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 no later than 5 p.m. Dec. 18 to make reservations and pay for dinner. For more information click on below link to flyer. \n20181220(V2)ThirdThursday_FrGregAdolf_300YearsAfterFatherKino&PictureRocksTour
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-father-kinos-missions-in-sonora-and-arizona/
LOCATION:Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center\, 7101 W. Picture Rocks Rd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Tours
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