Third Thursday Food for Thought - “Apache Warriors Tell Their Side” Presentation
2021-12-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online
On Thursday, December 16, 2021, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online dinnertime program will feature “Apache Warriors Tell Their Side” presentation by author-historian Lynda A. Sánchez. This free online presentation will be from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time).
Eve Ball (1890-1984) was a noted New Mexico chronicler of Apache, Anglo and Hispanic history. Obtaining their trust over many years, she began interviewing over 67 of the participants and descendants of those implacable warriors who fought the Apache Wars. By listening to, rather than trying to talk over, the old-timers, Eve gathered fresh information and a differing point of view long before it was popular to do so. Historian and educator Lynda A. Sánchez will present background about Eve and her stubborn desire to learn from the Apaches and from their side of the fence, and will describe what it was like working side by side with this amazing woman.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JYWiXGriRjOBGKe5OW0rfA. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: Eve Ball ca. 1920 (left); and interviewee Asa Daklugie, nephew of Geronimo and son of Chief Juh, 1955; photos courtesy of Lynda Sánchez.
Flyer: 20211216(v1)ThirdThursday_LyndaSánchez_ApacheWarriorsTellTheirSideFlyer

"Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch" Presentation and Tours
2021-12-04 08:00 - 12:00 | Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, AZ, United States
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.
There 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.
Photo caption: Canoa Lake and historic ranch headquarters photo by Michael Mock and Random Orbit Photography.
Flyer: 20211204(v1)Archaeology&HistoryOfCanoaRanchTourFlyer

Third Thursday Food for Thought - "Horses in Rock Art" Zoom Presentation
2021-11-18 19:00 - 20:30
Robert Mark photograph of a segment of the 1805 Spanish Cavalcade rock art panel in Canyon del Muerto, Arizona
On Thursday, November 18, 2021 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time), join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program featuring “Horses in Rock Art” presentation by archaeologist Larry Loendorf.
Pictographs and petroglyphs of horses have been made since those animals were reintroduced to North America by the Spanish in the 1500s. After horses were in use by northern Plains Indians, they drew hundreds of scenes that include horses and their riders, often in war-related activities. Archaeologists have studied enough of these scenes to be able to recognize Crow horses, Blackfoot horses, Comanche horses, and those of other peoples. Depictions of horses also are found on rocks on the southern Plains and across the Colorado Plateau, but not in large numbers. There are places, however, where they are common. For example, there are hundreds of horse depictions at sites in Canyon del Muerto, Arizona. Archaeological research on one spectacular panel there by Robert Mark, Stephen Jett, and Sacred Sites Research, combined with information gleaned from studying other rock art horses in the Intermountain West, is the topic of this presentation by archaeologist Lawrence (Larry) Loendorf, PhD.
To register go to us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8GG8qpgjRPOeqJ1pvge1hQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: Robert Mark photograph of a segment of the 1805 Spanish Cavalcade rock art panel in Canyon del Muerto, Arizona.
Flyer: 20211118(v1)ThirdThursday_LarryLoendorf_HorsesInRockArt

"Indigenous Views on Ancestors, Archaeology, and Interaction with Archaeologists" Zoom Presentation
2021-11-09 19:00 - 20:30
Photo courtesy of Mr. Francisco
Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom online presentation “Indigenous Views on Ancestors, Archaeology, and Interaction with Archaeologists” by Jefford Francisco (Tohono O’odham). This presentation will be held on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Arizona/Mountain Standard Time [same as Pacific Daylight Time]).
Mr. Francisco’s thoughts for this presentation:
“My name is Jefford Francisco. I have been a Cultural Affairs Specialist for the Tohono O’odham Nation since 2011. Types of projects I work on are surveys on the Tohono O’odham lands for homesites & fence lines. I also work with Indian Health Service, Ki:Ki: Housing Department and many education institutions. Within these projects you get to meet a lot of Archeologists who study different things like pottery, sea shells, grinding stones and so on.
“I also provide education on these topics to communities, schools, and monitor training groups. I hope to educate people so that they respect Hohokam and Tohono O’odham sacred sites. As I was growing up and even now a lot of O’odham do not understand what archeology is, our grandparents told us not to bother or take objects from a site or we would get sick. There are many significant cultural differences that are important to our culture.
“ In my presentation I will share my experiences and knowledge as it relates to Archeology, the Hohokam and how they lived and worked in the desert. I will also cover Tohono O’odham sacred sites, plants & animals and the laws that protect them on and off tribal lands.
“I hope my presentation will give a better understanding of the Tohono O’odham and our relatives the Hohokam people.”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné), Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham), and Anabel Galindo (Pascua Yaqui), is made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities. The series provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
To register for the program go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iEGJIYy9S9SJQ_uv9oYJGQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20211109(v1)IndigenousInterests_JeffordFrancisco_IndigenousViewsOnAncestorsArchaeologyAndInteractionWithArchaeologists

Third Thursday Food for Thought - "Telling Their Story through Clay: Potters and Identity during the Pueblo Glaze Ware Period (1275-1680 CE) in New Mexico” Presentation
2021-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program will feature “Telling Their Story through Clay: Potters and Identity during the Pueblo Glaze Ware Period (1275-1680 CE) in New Mexico” presentation by archaeologist Suzanne Eckert, Ph.D. This free online presentation will be from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time).
Glaze-painted pottery in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico is the only pre-European glaze technology in the Americas. Ancestral Pueblo potters began to make glaze paints in the late 13th century and continued to make them until the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. After the Revolt, the knowledge of glaze-paint manufacture was lost. Archaeologically, the study of Pueblo glaze-painted pottery has informed on migration, identity, exchange, ritual practice, the spread of technology, and the effects of colonialism. In this presentation, Dr. Eckert will discuss how archaeologists think glaze paint was made and why potters haven’t been able to reproduce it, how potters integrated glaze-painted pottery into identity and ritual, and how Spanish Colonialism affected the production of glaze-paint and its ultimate demise.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hKRfal5jScC9tslcXaOEdw. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. For each Old Pueblo Zoom presentation, we let the presenter decide whether he or she wants for the program to be recorded and made available online. No recording decision has yet been made for this program.
Photo caption: Examples of Puebloan glaze ware pottery, photos courtesy of Suzanne Eckert.
Flyer: 20211021(v1)ThirdThursday_SuzanneEckert_TellingTheirStoryThroughClay_PuebloGlazeWare

Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
2021-10-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson, AZ, 85713, United States
On Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will sponsor the “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf. There is a $35 requested donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously). This workshop will be held at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Limited to six registrants. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical distancing during the workshop to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Thursday October 14, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Photo caption: Obsidian projectile point made by flintknapping workshop instructor Sam Greenleaf.
Flyer: 20211016(V1)ArrowheadMaking&FlintknappingWorkshop

Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites
2021-09-22 08:00 - 12:00 | Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd., Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd., Marana, AZ, United States
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.
The 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.
This 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.
Photo caption: Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site, Pima County, Arizona.
Flyer: 20210922(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksAutumnEquinoxTour

“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-session adult education class online via Zoom
2021-09-20 18:30 - 2021-12-13 20:30 | Online
Each Monday evening from September 20 – December 13, 2021 (except skip October 25), archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, will teach “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-session adult education class online via Zoom, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. There is a requested donation of $99 ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum [FOPGM]). This does not include costs of recommended text (The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish, editors; available from Old Pueblo for $24.95 [Old Pueblo, AAS, & FOPGM members $20] + shipping) and does not include cost of optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in 12 two-hour sessions to explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American Southwest. The class covers Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion and exchange. Students seeking the AAS Certification are expected to prepare a brief research report to be presented orally or in written or video format. Minimum enrollment 10 people.
Reservations and prepayment required by 5 p.m. Thursday September 16. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Photo caption: “Norton Family” Hohokam cut-shell figurines in the Norton Allen Collection, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, photo by Arthur W. Vokes.
Flyer: 20210920-1213(v2)TheHohokamCultureOfSouthernArizonaClassFlyer

“Encore Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour”
2021-09-18 13:00 - 2021-09-19 13:00 | 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
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).
Old 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.
Tour 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.
Photo caption: Some Chevelon Canyon petroglyphs, photo by Richard Lange.
Flyer: 20210918-0919(v1)_EncoreHomolovi-RockArtRanchTourFlyer

Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation: “The People behind the Petroglyphs: The Cultural Landscape of the Lower Gila River”
2021-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
On Thursday, September 16, 2021, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online dinnertime program will feature “The People behind the Petroglyphs: The Cultural Landscape of the Lower Gila River” presentation by anthropologist Dr. Aaron M. Wright. This free presentation will be from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time).
The lower Gila River in southwestern Arizona is renowned for the sheer abundance and uniqueness of the petroglyphs adorning the cliffs and buttes lining it. Places such as the Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Sears Point, and a growing campaign to establish a national monument or conservation area attest to the richness, value, and significance of this cultural landscape. Lesser known, though, are the Indigenous communities responsible for populating the landscape with such a stunning array of images. Hohokam and Patayan cultural traditions are often mentioned, but the relationship between them and each’s role in constructing the cultural landscape we see today has long puzzled researchers. Based on his four years of directing intensive archaeological survey, and analyzing over 30,000 petroglyphs in the lower Gila Valley, Aaron Wright will highlight some of what this work has revealed. He will pay particular attention to relating the region’s petroglyphs to their nearby archaeological habitation sites in an effort to better understand the people behind it all. Dr. Wright is a Preservation Anthropologist with Archaeology Southwest, Tucson.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bJEZgWMbTlydBwV_lCeXqQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: Aaron Wright at a petroglyphs site in the lower Gila River valley, photo by Paul Vanderveen.
Flyer: 20210916(v1)ThirdThursday_AaronWright_PeopleBehindThePetroglyphs_LowerGilaCulturalLandscape

“A Balance to Keep: Matriarch, Veteran, and Belonging to Traditional Tohono O’odham Lands South of the U.S. Border” Zoom presentation by Ana Antone (Tohono O'odham)
2021-09-14 19:00 - 20:30
On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s third in a series of Indigenous Interests presentations with “A Balance to Keep: Matriarch, Veteran, and Belonging to Traditional Tohono O’odham Lands South of the U.S. Border” by Ana Antone (Tohono O’odham). This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time).
Tohono O’odham Nation Elder Ana Antone was born and raised in a community called Ce:dagi Wahia (Paso Verde in Spanish, Green Wells in English) “on the Mexico side of the reservation.” She and her brothers and sisters went to elementary school in San Miguel Village on the U.S. side of the Tohono O’odham Lands. When she turned 17, she enlisted in the U.S. Marines and served during the Vietnam War. After discharge, she moved back to the Tohono O’odham Nation where she raised her two children and worked for the Tribal Education Program and the Tribal Health Department. In this presentation Ms. Antone will talk about her work that is dedicated to speaking for the rights of Tohono O’odham communities on Mexico’s side of the U.S.-Mexico boundary, through advocating for their U.S. citizenship and the rights that are afforded with recognition. She and her son, daughter and grandchildren continue to go back and forth, trying to do what they can to be in balance with their rights as Tohono O’odham, “People of the Desert.”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné) and Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham) and made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities, provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
To register for the program go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_un0AQ7scTO2G4ogLvk5AHQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: Map showing Tohono O’odham districts in the U.S. and entryways to Tohono O’odham community areas in Mexico.
Flyer: 20210914(v2)IndigenousInterests_AnaAntone_ABalanceToKeep-Matriarch,VeteranAndBelongingToTraditionalTohonoO’odhamLandsSouthOfTheUSBorder

Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation: “Pre-Hispanic Copper Artifacts Recovered from the Gila National Forest-Mimbres Area of Southwestern New Mexico”
2021-08-19 19:00 - 20:30
On Thursday, August 19, 2021, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online dinnertime program featuring “Pre-Hispanic Copper Artifacts Recovered from the Gila National Forest-Mimbres Area of Southwestern New Mexico” presentation by archaeologist Christopher D. Adams. This presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time).
Twelve years of on-going research by Gila National Forest archaeologist Christopher D. Adams has resulted in identification of 97 pre-Hispanic, Mimbres culture copper artifacts: 73 native copper nuggets, 3 fetishes, 3 clapper bells, 15 other copper bells, 2 pendants, and 1 hammered/worked copper artifact. Adams has surveyed approximately 30 Mimbres sites on the Gila National Forest and, in addition, 6 native copper nuggets have been re-identified in Mimbres collections of New Mexico museums. Of unique importance is a Mimbres Classic Black-on-white Style III bowl excavated from the Bradsby Site (LA78337) on the Gila National Forest that exhibits what appear to be stylized images of copper bells. Dr. Steven Shackley’s x-ray fluorescence analyses on 70 of the Mimbres copper artifacts initially suggest the copper came from the same production event and/or same smelter for the copper bells. The closest source for the Mimbres copper would have been in the area of the Santa Rita Copper Mine. Unfortunately, any surface copper areas that would have been mined there by the Mimbres people have since been disturbed by 20th-century mining so there are no traces of Mimbres mining there today. Sourcing of the Mimbres copper is still underway.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U4MT21z6Qhm-jP4XMblodw. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: Copper fetishes (top row) and smashed copper bells from Mimbres archaeological sites on the Gila National Forest, photo by Christopher D. Adams.
Flyer: 20210819(v1)ThirdThursday_ChristopherAdams_PrehispanicCopperArtifactsFromGilaNationalForestMimbresAreaFlyer

Arizona Humanities Virtual FRANK Talk: “What is Decolonization and Why Does it Matter?”
2021-08-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
On Tuesday, August 10, 2021, Arizona Humanities Virtual FRANK Talk presents “What is Decolonization and Why Does it Matter?” by Rowdy Duncan. This free presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time) and is sponsored by Arizona Humanities, Phoenix, and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson.
The history of colonialism and how to “decolonize” is a hot topic among Indigenous peoples and some scholars, including when it comes to archaeology. However, probably most members of the general public and even some professional archaeologists have no concept of why an understanding of colonialism is important. To fathom what decolonization means today, we first must understand historically what colonialism is, and how it has shaped our thinking and actions. In the Americas, who was, and who was not colonized? Colonialist thinking can permeate education, media, government policies, and our lived experiences every day. Colonialist thinking can empower some of us while disenfranchising, exploiting or marginalizing others. In what ways do we consciously or unconsciously engage in colonialist practices, beliefs, or concepts today? What steps can we take to begin to decolonize our thinking, and why does it matter? What is the cost to individuals or communities if we choose not to? What is the benefit to individuals or communities if we choose to “decolonize” our thinking and act differently? Join this interactive discussion about the impact of colonization and decolonization on the way we live and work together. Guest presenter Rowdy Duncan (Phoenix College and Anytown AZ) has worked in the field of diversity and inclusion for over a decade.
To register for the Zoom meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rceytqDojGtUGEWlztiWz2Q7qQdZOR2gX. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: “Classroom of students with their teachers inside a Walapai Indian school at Hackbury, Arizona, circa 1900” photo by C. C. Pierce (USC Libraries Special Collections, public domain).
Flyer: 20210810(v1)FrankTalk_RowdyDuncan_WhatIsDecolonizationAndWhyDoesItMatterFlyer

Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation: “Talking Turkey: Domestic Turkeys in the US Southwest's Archaeological Record (and a Little on Them Today)”
2021-07-15 19:00 - 20:30
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online dinnertime program featuring “Talking Turkey: Domestic Turkeys in the US Southwest’s Archaeological Record (and a Little on Them Today)” presentation by archaeologist Sharlot Hart will be held on July 15, 2021 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Join archaeologist Sharlot Hart as she recounts an often-surprising history of the domestication and husbandry of turkeys in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest (SW/NW). Ancient turkey use in what is today’s US Southwest is well recorded, if not publicly well known, starting about 1 CE. While macaws are known to have ceremonial connections and are distributed along trade networks in the SW/NW, traces of turkeys largely are found in areas where wild turkeys abound. Recent research has focused on two assumptions about archaeological turkeys: the wild subspecies that was domesticated, and the purpose of domestication and intensive husbandry. (A spoiler . . . it wasn’t all about food!) Discover the husbandry practices and reasons behind turkey domestication yesterday and today. This presentation will walk us through recent research, oral histories, and examples of ancient practices that exemplify why “talking turkey” is still so important. Sharlot Hart is an archaeologist with the National Park Service – Southern Arizona Office.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i1jbqpOGQvSPGLpsaus0Xg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: Turkey-feather jacket found in Tularosa Cave, New Mexico (Figure 149 in “Culture of the Ancient Pueblos of the Upper Gila River Region, New Mexico and Arizona” by Walter Hough (1914, Smithsonian Institution).
Flyer: Revised_20210715(v3)ThirdThursday_SharlotHart_TalkingTurkeyFlyer

“Indigenous Woman Coming Through: How I Went from Educator and Community Organizer to Elected Official” Zoom presentation by Gabriella Cázares-Kelly
2021-07-13 19:00 - 20:30
Gabriella Cázares-Kelly, Pima County Recorder
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s second in a series of Indigenous Interests presentations with “Indigenous Woman Coming Through: How I Went from Educator and Community Organizer to Elected Official” presentation by Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (Tohono O’odham). This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time).
Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (Tohono O’odham; she/her) is the current Pima County Recorder in Arizona. She leads an office that oversees voter registration, early voting, and document recording for the county. In this presentation she discusses the significance of her wins as a “non-traditional candidate” in the 2020 Primary and General Elections. She will share how she was inspired to run, unexpected barriers she encountered during her campaign, and what she and her staff are currently working on now that she’s in office.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné) and Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham) and made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities, provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
To register for the program go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R5tG9L_YSDCIQXUbD44TIg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20210713(v1)IndigenousInterests_GabriellaCázares-Kelly_IndigenousWomanComingThroughFlyer

“The Goat Camp Ruin Project: Volunteer Archaeology in Central Arizona”
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:30
Getting started on the excavation of Goat Camp Ruin’s Room 1 eight years ago, photo courtesy of Scott Wood.
On Thursday, June 17, 2021, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program will feature “The Goat Camp Ruin Project: Volunteer Archaeology in Central Arizona” presentation by archaeologist J. Scott Wood. From 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., join retired Forest Service archaeologist J. Scott Wood as he tells about the Goat Camp Ruin project he has been conducting for the last 13 years for the Town of Payson in the highlands of central Arizona. Sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological Society, this project eventually will result in this important Northern Salado site being developed for interpretation and incorporated into the Town’s recreational trail system. Goat Camp Ruin began as one of the earliest and eventually largest pre-Classic Hohokam pithouse villages in the area. As it continued its occupation into the Classic Period (1150-1450 CE) it transformed into a smaller masonry village, which is where this all-volunteer project has concentrated its effort. At its height it contained over 20 rooms and has evidence of a later Apache reoccupation. The excavation phase is still ongoing, but will be coming to an end in a year or so as stabilization of structures and preparation of the site for visitation take over. Scott’s presentation will walk you through the highlights of a decade’s worth of excavation, the site’s place in Payson area history, and the fate of the Northern Salado as they were caught up in the Great Drought of the late 13th century.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZuI7jb-KTXKSK1zMNEmhrQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20210617(v1)ThirdThursday_JScottWood_TheGoatCampRuinProjectFlyer

“Homol'ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour"
2021-06-05 13:00 - 2021-06-06 13:00
TOUR 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.
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 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.
Donations 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.
Photo caption: Some Chevelon Canyon petroglyphs, photo by Richard Lange.

“Archaeology of the Southwest” 12-session online adult education class
2021-06-02 18:30 - 2021-08-18 20:30
Wednesdays, June 2-August 18, 2021: Online
“Archaeology of the Southwest” 12-session class with archaeologist Allen Dart, online via Zoom, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Wednesday evening June 2 through August 18. $95 donation ($80 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members), not counting cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership. Minimum enrollment 8 people.
Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the U.S. Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its twelve evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, abandonments of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class is the equivalent of the Prehistory of the Southwest course developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) and so can be used as prerequisite for all other courses offered in the AAS Certification/Education Program. Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Friday May 28, whichever is earlier. To register of for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Photo caption: Photo by Jeffrey S. Dean of Kiet Siel Pueblo, one of the sites discussed in the “Prehistory of the Southwest” class.
Link to flyer: 20210602-0818(v1)ArchaeologyOfTheSouthwestOnlineClassFlyer

Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
2021-05-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson, AZ, 85713, United States
Obsidian projectile point made by flintknapping workshop instructor Sam Greenleaf.
On Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. This workshop will be held at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, located at 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson. Limited to six registrants. All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical distancing during the workshop to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
There is a requested donation of $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Friends of Pueblo Grande Museum members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously). Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 p.m. Thursday May 13, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Flyer: 20210515(V1)ArrowheadMaking&FlintknappingWorkshop

“Wartime Resisters of Conscience at the Catalina Federal Honor Camp on Mt. Lemmon” free Zoom online presentation
2021-05-13 19:00 - 20:30
Resisters of Conscience reunions, 1947 and 2002
On Thursday, May 13, 2021, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday (on the Second Thursday!) Food for Thought” free Zoom online program will feature “Wartime Resisters of Conscience at the Catalina Federal Honor Camp on Mt. Lemmon” presentation by Dr. Cherstin Lyon. This free presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Arizona/Mountain Standard Time).
The Catalina Federal Honor Camp located on the Catalina Highway from Tucson up to Mt. Lemmon housed prisoners who were largely responsible for building the highway. These prisoners were a part of a prison reform movement and the good roads movement in American history during the 1930s. During World War II, a different set of individuals were sentenced to work at the Catalina prison. These were resisters of conscience. Prominent among them were Gordon Hirabayashi, other Japanese Americans who came to call themselves the “Tucsonians,” Hopi, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. This presentation will explain why these individuals became resisters of conscience, and how their prison experiences shaped their understanding of their own wartime citizenship. Cherstin Lyon. professor of history and director of the Honors College at Southern Oregon University, is the author of Prisons and Patriots: Japanese American Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Historical Memory and several other books and articles on Japanese Americans, public history, and citizenship.
This month only, Old Pueblo’s monthly program will be on the Second Thursday instead of the Third Thursday of the month. To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eCJnNTJ_QHWvmLE2Yn5a8w. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20210513(v1)ThirdThursday_CherstinLyon_WartimeResistersOfConscienceAtTheCatalinaFederalHonorCamp

“Indigenous Interests” Online Presentations Series
2021-05-11 19:00 - 2022-03-08 19:00
May 11, July 13, September 14, & November 9, 2021; and January 11 & March 8, 2022
The “Indigenous Interests” online presentations series is a collaboration between Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Arizona Humanities. It is designed to provide an avenue for communication between Native Americans and non-Indians that can result in more understanding of each other’s cultures, traditions, histories, viewpoints, philosophies, and ways of life. The presenters, all members of Native Nations, will share their thoughts about the human experience; what it means to be human and Native American; how peoples of different cultures relate to one another; comparative religions, ethics, history, jurisprudence, language acquisition and retention, and philosophy; and how Native Americans view the archaeologists and anthropologists who study them.
For more information, watch our online events listings or contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20210511-20220308(v1)IndigenousInterestsPresentationsSeries

“Tohono O’odham Philosophy and Ethics” Zoom presentation by Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak
2021-05-11 19:00 - 20:30
Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak’s hiking photo
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s first in a series of Indigenous Interests presentations beginning with “Tohono O’odham Philosophy and Ethics” by Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak (Tohono O’odham). This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time).
Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak is Curator of Education for the Tohono O’odham Nation’s Cultural Center and Museum in Topawa, Arizona. O’odham Himdag is the connection of all things. Our way of life and our responsibilities to our way of life. O’odham Himdag, it’s the simplicity in the connection of all things and our responsibility to that connection. It’s simply following the teachings of Our Big Brother I’itoi in how we live and treat all life, existence, and the balance of all things. In this first presentation of the “Indigenous Interests” series, Ruben interviews Tohono O’odham elders who talk about the O’odham Himdag, the destruction of land and archaeological sites in the traditional O’odham homelands both on and off of the Tohono O’odham Nation reservations, and how elders feel obligated to react to that destruction based on their Himdag upbringing.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Indigenous Interests” free Zoom webinar series, hosted by Old Pueblo Board of Directors members Martina Dawley (Hualapai-Diné) and Maegan Lopez (Tohono O’odham) and made possible by a grant from Arizona Humanities, provides Native American presenters with a forum for discussing issues important to Indigenous peoples today.
To register for the Zoom program go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LibeTVc-TGmRoIQxcycz7g. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20210511(v1)IndigenousInterests_RubenCu-KBa-ak_TohonoO’odhamPhilosophyEthics

"Southern Sinagua Sites Tour - Montezuma Castle, Montezuma Well, and Tuzigoot"
2021-05-08 08:00 - 17:30 | Montezuma Castle National Monument, 2800 Montezuma Castle Road, Camp Verde, AZ, United States
Montezume Castle-Montezuma Well-Tuzigoot collage from National Park Service photos
On 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.
This 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.)
Limited 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.
Flyer: 20210508(v1)SouthernSinaguaSitesTourFlyer

“A History of Arizona State Museum Research around Homol’ovi and at the Ancestral Hopi Village of Homol’ovi II” Presentation
2021-04-15 19:00 - 20:30
On Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7:00-8:30 p.m. (MST), Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program will feature “A History of Arizona State Museum Research around Homol’ovi and at the Ancestral Hopi Village of Homol’ovi II” presentation by archaeologist Richard C. Lange. Rich Lange, who served as Associate Director of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona (ASM) Homol’ovi Research Program for over three decades, will review the history of that program and the Winslow/Homol’ovi area. He will focus on the seven late ancestral-Hopi Homol’ovi Settlement Cluster villages that were founded in a roughly 140-year span between 1260 and 1400 CE. Much of these villages’ population probably came originally from the Hopi Mesas area and returned there when the Homol’ovi villages were no longer occupied on a regular basis. Rich will examine the unique role of Homol’ovi II, the largest and latest of the Cluster’s villages where excavations occurred in 1983-84 and from 1991-1995, and discuss how it was founded, when, and by whom.
To register go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7XYH9D18QJaGbAYTkF-Zbg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Photo caption: A view of Kiva 708 at Homol’ovi II Pueblo in Homolovi State Park near Winslow, AZ; parallel “claw” marks in the floor (left-center of the photo) evidence of vandalism by a backhoe.
Flyer: 20210415(v1)ThirdThursday_RichLange_ArizonaStateMuseumResearchAroundHomolovi

“Archaeology and History of Canoa Ranch” Presentation and Tours
2021-04-03 08:00 - 12:00
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.
There 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.
Photo caption: Canoa Lake and historic ranch headquarters photo by Michael Mock and Random Orbit Photography
Flyer: 20210403(v1)Archaeology&HistoryOfCanoaRanchTourFlyer

“Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” Tour
2021-03-20 08:00 - 12:00 | Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd., Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd., Marana, AZ, United States
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.
The 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.
All participants are asked to wear face masks and to practice physical distancing during the tour to avoid spreading COVID-19 virus.
There 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.
Photo caption: Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site, Pima County, Arizona.
Flyer: 20210320(v2)LosMorteros&PictureRocksSpringEquinoxTour

“Mimbres in Context: Hohokam, Chaco, Casas Grandes” Free Zoom Online Presentation
2021-03-18 19:00 - 20:30
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online dinnertime program will feature “Mimbres in Context: Hohokam, Chaco, Casas Grandes” presentation by archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson. This free presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (MST).
The ancient Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico were interesting not only for their famous pottery, but also as “players” in the larger history of the ancient Southwest. We consider Mimbres history in context of its times: Hohokam up to about 1000 CE; Chaco from 1000 to 1150; and the run-up to Paquimé/Casas Grandes from 1150 to 1250. Mimbres began as pithouse villages making red-on-brown pottery (much like Hohokam red-on-buff) and developing Hohokam-inspired canal irrigation systems in the Chihuahua Desert. Around 1000 Hohokam waned as Chaco waxed – the “Pueblo II Expansion” of old textbooks. Emil Haury, long ago, identified 1000 as approximately the time Mimbres was transformed into stone pueblos making black-on-white pottery; he insisted that Mimbres (a subset of the larger Mogollon region) essentially ceased being Mogollon and became much more Anasazi-like. Mimbres flourished while Chaco flourished, from 1000 to shortly before 1150. Political shifts after 1125 at Chaco were reflected at the same time by mass depopulation and social change in the Mimbres river valleys. Post-Mimbres people moved south into the desert, and formed new communities in mud-walled-pueblo villages (some of considerable size) with little or no locally produced painted pottery. Those post-Mimbres societies almost certainly contributed substantially to the base population for Paquimé, the Casas Grandes regional center from 1300 to 1450.
To register for the Zoom meeting go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SX6CKc5dTxGpCHJEuhfc2g.
Photo caption: Color images on some Classic Mimbres pottery bowls in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, and drawing of a Mimbres bowl from the Saige-McFarland site, courtesy of Stephen H. Lekson.
Flyer: 20210318(v1)ThirdThursday_SteveLekson_MimbresInContext-HohokamChacoCasasGrandes

"The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle!"
2021-03-10 08:00 - 2021-12-07 17:00
Tuesday, December 7, is the deadline to get your tickets from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle” of a 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands Edition, two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash that will benefit Old Pueblo and other southern Arizona charities! Tickets are $25 each or five tickets for $100.
On December 17th, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands Edition in a raffle to raise millions of dollars for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona nonprofit organizations. With your contribution you could win this fantastic 2021 vehicle – or the second prize of two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world or the third prize of $5,000 in cash! And 100% of your contribution will support Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which gets to keep all of the proceeds from our sales of the tickets for “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle”!
Watch an awesome video that the Jim Click Automotive Team put together about the raffle and some very cool features of the Ford 2021 Bronco Sport Badlands Edition at this link.
Your donation to purchase raffle tickets will help Old Pueblo Archaeology Center provide more archaeology and culture education programs for children who would not be able to afford our programs without your help. The drawing will be held on December 17. Winner consents to be photographed and for his or her name and likeness to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes.
Old Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle your request for tickets and your donation for them must be received by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday December 7th so we can turn the tickets in to the Jim Click Automotive Team’s coordinator by December 10th. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets; therefore, advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased through the PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card payment authorization. Once payment is received for your tickets, Old Pueblo will enter your name and contact information on your ticket(s), enter your ticket(s) into the drawing, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution.
For tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit www.millionsfortucson.org.
Photo caption: A 2021 Ford Bronco Sport Badlands Edition and other great prizes will be given away on December 17 to benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other charities.
Flyer: 20211207JimClick_FordBronco_MillionsForTucsonRaffleFlyer_OldPuebloSellsTickets

Vista del Rio Archaeological Site ENCORE Free Tour
2021-03-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson, AZ, United States
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.
Reservations are required by 5 p.m. Thursday March 4: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Flyer: 20210306(v2)p.m.VistaDelRioSiteTourFlyer

Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Tour
2021-03-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson, AZ, United States
TOUR FILLED – See March 6 “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site ENCORE Free Tour”
Join 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.
Reservations are required by 5 p.m., Thursday, March 4. Call 520-798-1201 or email info@oldpueblo.org.
Flyer: 20210306(v2)a.m.VistaDelRioSiteTourFlyer_updated
