Region News
To all site stewards:
The following are organizations that provide memberships, lectures and tours involving Southwest Archaeology. If you would like to add experience and/or a stronger background to your southwest archaeology expertise, please become familiar with these groups.
Aqua Caliente Park SPEAKER SERIES 2009-2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010 “Arizona Statehood – February 14, 1912 “with David Devine, Historian Explore the history and challenges that led Arizona to become the 48th state.
Sunday, February 21, 2010 “Tree-Rings, Hunting, and Migrants: The Evidence from Whiptail Ruin” with Linda Gregonis, Archaeologist
A peek at the distant past of the Agua Caliente Park neighborhood.
Arizona State Museum
For members only:
March 2010
Events Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Snaketown Excavations
Brought to you jointly by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society and Arizona State Museum. Keep an eye out for details!
Tuesday–Thursday, March 9–11, 2010
CASA GRANDE TO CABORCA: 12,000 Years of Arizona/Sonora History
See Our Travel Tours Page
April 2010
Mammoth Lecture Series
Thursday evenings in April. Saturday site tour. Stay tuned for details!
June 3–13, 2010
TUCSON, TULA & TLAXCALA: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction
See Our Travel Tours Page
March 2010
Events Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Snaketown Excavations
Brought to you jointly by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society and Arizona State Museum. Keep an eye out for details!
Tuesday–Thursday, March 9–11, 2010
CASA GRANDE TO CABORCA: 12,000 Years of Arizona/Sonora History
See Our Travel Tours Page
April 2010
Mammoth Lecture Series
Thursday evenings in April. Saturday site tour. Stay tuned for details!
June 3–13, 2010
TUCSON, TULA & TLAXCALA: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction
See Our Travel Tours Page
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
Lecture Series:
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s monthly meetings and lectures are held the 3rd Monday of each month, except August, at 7:30 p.m. at Duval Auditorium, University Medical Center, 1501 North Campbell Avenue (north of Speedway).
Duval Auditorium can be reached by proceeding either north or south on North Campbell and turning west into the UMC between the two traffic lights - one is at Speedway and one is at Elm. Free parking is available south of Mabel Street, across from the College of Nursing. The Front Entrance is on the top level of the parking structure. Duval Auditorium is on the 2nd level of the Hospital. Upon entering the Front Entrance, turn right and then follow the signs to Duval Auditorium.
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s monthly meetings and lectures are held the 3rd Monday of each month, except August, at 7:30 p.m. at Duval Auditorium, University Medical Center, 1501 North Campbell Avenue (north of Speedway).
Duval Auditorium can be reached by proceeding either north or south on North Campbell and turning west into the UMC between the two traffic lights - one is at Speedway and one is at Elm. Free parking is available south of Mabel Street, across from the College of Nursing. The Front Entrance is on the top level of the parking structure. Duval Auditorium is on the 2nd level of the Hospital. Upon entering the Front Entrance, turn right and then follow the signs to Duval Auditorium.
Center for Desert Archaeology
Building a Preservation Archaeology Network across the Greater Southwest
The Center for Desert Archaeology, a private nonprofit organization, promotes the stewardship of southwestern archaeology and historic resources in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest through active research, preservation, and public education.
For information on their programs go to http://www.cdarc.org/
The Center for Desert Archaeology, a private nonprofit organization, promotes the stewardship of southwestern archaeology and historic resources in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest through active research, preservation, and public education.
For information on their programs go to http://www.cdarc.org/
Old Pueblo Archaelogy Center Presents:
FREE PRESENTATIONS THIS MONTH
February 6, 2010 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Cultural Resources Survey Technique Archaeological Field School Session (Old Pueblo members only)
February 19, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Archaeology” study tour with Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, Tucson [or possibly different tour – call for update]*
March 13, 2010 “Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration” featuring children’s activities and guided archaeological site tours at the City of Tucson’s Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park*
Friday June 11-Tuesday June 15, 2010
(Reservation deadline Friday June 4, 2010)
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" archaeology
education “flex-tour” tour with Registered Professional Archaeologist
Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, van departing
from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, or drive your
own vehicle and meet tour in Silver City, NM
3 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. $799 per person includes van transport
and lodging (double accommodations; single $839); or $200 if you provide
your own transport and lodging; $25 discount for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this “flex-tour” –
featuring your choice of whether the tour sponsor or you will provide the
transportation and lodging – to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon
village archaeological sites, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum
with probably the finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collection in the
world, all in southwestern New Mexico’s Silver City, Mimbres, and Deming
areas. Places tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon
Village and Harris sites excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; the
Gila Cliff Dwellings; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town, and
Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and the
Western New Mexico University Museum. The tour will be based in Silver
City and depart from a hotel there each morning. Hotels, camping, and
other accommodations for those who wish to arrange their own lodging and
transport are available in Silver City. Registrants are responsible for
their own meals. Van tour includes transportation and lodging.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org
February 6, 2010 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Cultural Resources Survey Technique Archaeological Field School Session (Old Pueblo members only)
February 19, 2010 “Casa Grande Ruins and Middle Gila Archaeology” study tour with Allen Dart departing from Pima Community College, Tucson [or possibly different tour – call for update]*
March 13, 2010 “Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration” featuring children’s activities and guided archaeological site tours at the City of Tucson’s Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park*
Friday June 11-Tuesday June 15, 2010
(Reservation deadline Friday June 4, 2010)
"Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" archaeology
education “flex-tour” tour with Registered Professional Archaeologist
Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, van departing
from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, or drive your
own vehicle and meet tour in Silver City, NM
3 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. $799 per person includes van transport
and lodging (double accommodations; single $839); or $200 if you provide
your own transport and lodging; $25 discount for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this “flex-tour” –
featuring your choice of whether the tour sponsor or you will provide the
transportation and lodging – to Classic Mimbres and Early Mogollon
village archaeological sites, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum
with probably the finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collection in the
world, all in southwestern New Mexico’s Silver City, Mimbres, and Deming
areas. Places tentatively to be visited include the original Mogollon
Village and Harris sites excavated by archaeologist Emil W. Haury; the
Gila Cliff Dwellings; Classic Mimbres sites (Beauregard-Montezuma,
Cottonwood, Gattons Park, Lake Roberts Vista, Mattocks, Old Town, and
Woodrow); the Frying Pan Canyon and Pony Hills petroglyph sites; and the
Western New Mexico University Museum. The tour will be based in Silver
City and depart from a hotel there each morning. Hotels, camping, and
other accommodations for those who wish to arrange their own lodging and
transport are available in Silver City. Registrants are responsible for
their own meals. Van tour includes transportation and lodging.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org