Region News
NEW SITE STEWARD TRAINING
We will be having our annual new site steward training in October. If you are interested in attending or want more information, please contact Robin Rutherfoord at rrutherfoo@comcast.net.
The training has two parts, Classroom and Field.
Classroom training is on October 11th, 8-4.
Field training is on October 18th, 9-12.
For more information on these events look under "Upcoming" on the left hand side of this page. Click on each training.
Both of these trainings are mandatory.
For more information on the Site Steward Program look on the left hand side of this page under "Downloads and Info". Click on Handbook and Site Steward Program.
The training has two parts, Classroom and Field.
Classroom training is on October 11th, 8-4.
Field training is on October 18th, 9-12.
For more information on these events look under "Upcoming" on the left hand side of this page. Click on each training.
Both of these trainings are mandatory.
For more information on the Site Steward Program look on the left hand side of this page under "Downloads and Info". Click on Handbook and Site Steward Program.
September Programs Offered at Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park is offering a series of programs that will explore the wonderful natural and cultural history of the park. Join naturalists for an evening walk in the park or join a local expert for a presentation in the visitor center. Programs will be offered at both districts. There is no charge for interpretive programs, but park entrance fees apply.
Special Programs offered at the Rincon Mountain District (Saguaro East) include:
September 12 7:00 p.m. Night Walk
Join a park naturalist for this easy two-hour hike to explore and experience the Sonoran Desert at night. Dress for the weather, wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring water and a flashlight. As space is limited, advanced reservations are required, and can be made by calling 733-5153. This program will also be offered on September 26.
September 13 7:00 – 1:00 a.m. Buffelgrass Weed Pull (Rincon Mountain District)
Volunteers will work with park staff to remove a patch of buffelgrass, an invasive non-native plant which threatens the Sonoran Desert. We will meet at the Rincon Mountain Visitors Center and then carpool to a work site near Javelina Picnic Area. Please park in the Administrative Parking Lot (first right after entering the park, follow road to the parking lot just south of the visitor center parking area). Wear sturdy hiking shoes, long pants and a hat. Bring plenty of water and gloves (if you have them); tools and gloves will be provided. Following the event, we will relax over snacks and cool beverages. Advanced reservations are recommended, so we can get a general participant count. Call 733-5187, or sign up at the visitor center.
September 24 7:00 p.m. Star Party
Join park naturalists for an introduction to astronomy and a look at the desert night sky. Telescopes and binoculars will be available. Advanced reservations are required, and can be made by calling 733-5153. This program is wheelchair accessible.
September 25 7:00 p.m. “Exploring Arizona’s National Treasures”
Arizona is home to many beautiful and fascinating national park areas. How many can you name? Join Park Ranger Katy Hooper in the visitor center auditorium for a virtual tour of these special places. Advanced reservations are recommended, and can be made by calling 733-5153. This program is wheelchair accessible.
Special Programs offered at the Tucson Mountain District (Saguaro West) include:
September 6 3:00 p.m. “Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona” September is butterfly month in the Sonoran Desert. Not only are they very common now, but many are southern and Mexican species that you can’t see in other parts of the United States. Join Naturalist Jeff Babson as he presents a program that focuses on some of the more readily seen species for this area – a sort of a “greatest hits” type talk that features many of the larger, more colorful species that even a casual observer could see in the Tucson area. The presentation will also discuss some of the other smaller, but quite common, species that occur here. This program is wheelchair accessible.
September 12 4:45 p.m. Twilight Hikes
These hikes are 2 to 2˝ miles, and two to two and a half hours in length. They are scheduled to begin approximately two hours before sunset. These hikes travel up a sandy wash. A couple of rock outcroppings are encountered along the way, but are easily traversed. The return trip is under the fading light after sunset, on an alternate trail or along a rocky old mining road. As space is limited, advanced reservations are required, and can be made by calling 733-5158. This program will also be offered on September 26 at 4:30 p.m.
Daily Programs
Each of the park’s two districts offer additional daily interpretive programs not listed here. Contact either visitor center for a current schedule, or visit our website at http://www.nps.gov/sagu/planyourvisit/things2do.htm.
Visitor Center Locations/Phone Numbers
Both visitor centers are open daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Red Hills Visitor Center (Saguaro WEST) Rincon Mountain Visitor Center (Saguaro EAST)
2700 North Kinney Road 3693 South Old Spanish Trail
Tucson, AZ 85743 Tucson, AZ 85730
(520) 733-5158 (520) 733-5153
National Conservation System Foundation Article
Ranchers, environmentalists show support for initiative
Jaime Richardson | Green Valley News
George Monzingo, left, who runs a cattle ranch between Tombstone and St. David, talks to Sonoita rancher Mac Donaldson. Donaldson organized a meeting at Empire Ranch Tuesday to discuss a proposed State Trust land initiative that will affect those leasing in Pima and Santa Cruz counties. At right are Dennis and Deb Moroney, who raise cattle in McNeil, Ariz.
By Jaime Richardson, Green Valley News
Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:34 PM MDT
Area ranchers met with environmentalists in Sonoita on Tuesday to discuss a proposed measure that would set aside 570,000 acres of State Trust land for conservation.
About 30 supporters of Proposition 103: the Our Lands, Our Schools Initiative, gathered on a cloudy day at the sprawling Empire Ranch in Sonoita, a rural community about 40 miles southeast of Green Valley.
The historic ranch sits at the heart of the 42,000-acre Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, on public lands acquired and administered since 1988 by the Bureau of Land Management. Ranching there continues under a grazing permit held by John Donaldson and his son Mac, of Sonoita.
“In 150 years, what will our great-grandchildren have here in Arizona?” said Mac Donaldson, who helped organize Tuesday's gathering. “Will they have more Phoenix, more Mesa? Or will they be able to have something like this?”
A similar initiative, Proposition 105, the State Trust Lands Act, failed to make the ballot in 2006.
The main purpose of Our Lands, Our Schools, would be to set aside 570,000 of the state's 9.3 million acres of State Trust land for conservation, explained Patrick Graham, state director of the Nature Conservancy and chair of the initiative committee. This would ensure that those acres could never be sold for development, he said.
Existing leases and rights-of-way would not be affected, and would continue to generate revenue for the trust.
The more than half-a-million acres were selected based on their ecological significance and proximity to state and federal parks and wildlife management areas. This would include 50,135 acres in the Santa Rita Experimental Range, 2,073 acres in the West Desert Preserve, 30,172 acres in the Sahuarita Mountains, 8,768 acres in the Santa Cruz Wildlife Corridor, and 3,072 acres adjacent to Patagonia Lake State Park.
About 85 percent of State Trust lands are leased for grazing, but there is an increasing pressure to sell that land to developers, said Graham.
“These lands are increasingly being converted into subdivisions,” he said. “This initiative is a unique opportunity for landowners, conservationists, the business community and educators to form a coalition and try to do something for Arizona that will benefit us for the next century.”
Some of the money from the sale of State Trust lands goes to public schools in Arizona.
The Arizona Education Association supports the initiative, but much of the education community is split, says Patrick Bray, deputy director of government affairs for the Phoenix-based Arizona Cattlemen's Association, who voted to take an official stance against the initiative. One reason for their decision is their belief that the initiative will hurt funding for public schools.
“We're in favor of the mission of the trust, which is the highest and best possible use of the land,” said Bray. He said that State Trust land is not public land, and should not be treated as such. “There’s no reason that 570,000 acres should be set aside and not paid for. If so, the trust should be compensated somehow.”
The Cattlemen's Association is run by a 25-member board made up of representatives from every county in Arizona. Bray said it took members around 60 days to come up with their decision, which they didn’t take lightly.
“When a trust owns those lands, and you have to answer to 12 beneficiaries (one of which is the Arizona public school system), you should pay for those lands,” said Bray.
But Graham says the schools will still get revenue from the conservation lands.
“Those people in the education community that have taken the time to understand that the trust is not harmed by this measure are very supportive of it,” he said.
A representative from the office of Gov. Janet Napolitano who attended the meeting said the governor is in support of the initiative. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sent a spokesperson to collect information, though Democrat Giffords has yet to reveal her positions on any of the initiatives up for ballot.
Joining those representing the Nature Conservancy, Cienega Watershed Partnership and Sonoran Institute were ranchers from throughout Santa Cruz and Pima counties, from as far north as Aravaipa Canyon, about 50 miles northeast of Tucson. Many of the ranchers have lands that would be included in the 570,000 acres. Others came just to bring back information to share with their neighbors and fellow cattlemen.
“Many ranchers and environmentalists have the same goals, so why not work together, instead of against one another?” said Mac Donaldson.
“I have a long-term concern for the health of our state — that's why I’m supporting this. And I’m attempting to show that there are grazers here who support it, and have some sense of what the future can bring both for us and for Arizona.”
jrichardson@gvnews.com | 547-9726
Jaime Richardson | Green Valley News
George Monzingo, left, who runs a cattle ranch between Tombstone and St. David, talks to Sonoita rancher Mac Donaldson. Donaldson organized a meeting at Empire Ranch Tuesday to discuss a proposed State Trust land initiative that will affect those leasing in Pima and Santa Cruz counties. At right are Dennis and Deb Moroney, who raise cattle in McNeil, Ariz.
By Jaime Richardson, Green Valley News
Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:34 PM MDT
Area ranchers met with environmentalists in Sonoita on Tuesday to discuss a proposed measure that would set aside 570,000 acres of State Trust land for conservation.
About 30 supporters of Proposition 103: the Our Lands, Our Schools Initiative, gathered on a cloudy day at the sprawling Empire Ranch in Sonoita, a rural community about 40 miles southeast of Green Valley.
The historic ranch sits at the heart of the 42,000-acre Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, on public lands acquired and administered since 1988 by the Bureau of Land Management. Ranching there continues under a grazing permit held by John Donaldson and his son Mac, of Sonoita.
“In 150 years, what will our great-grandchildren have here in Arizona?” said Mac Donaldson, who helped organize Tuesday's gathering. “Will they have more Phoenix, more Mesa? Or will they be able to have something like this?”
A similar initiative, Proposition 105, the State Trust Lands Act, failed to make the ballot in 2006.
The main purpose of Our Lands, Our Schools, would be to set aside 570,000 of the state's 9.3 million acres of State Trust land for conservation, explained Patrick Graham, state director of the Nature Conservancy and chair of the initiative committee. This would ensure that those acres could never be sold for development, he said.
Existing leases and rights-of-way would not be affected, and would continue to generate revenue for the trust.
The more than half-a-million acres were selected based on their ecological significance and proximity to state and federal parks and wildlife management areas. This would include 50,135 acres in the Santa Rita Experimental Range, 2,073 acres in the West Desert Preserve, 30,172 acres in the Sahuarita Mountains, 8,768 acres in the Santa Cruz Wildlife Corridor, and 3,072 acres adjacent to Patagonia Lake State Park.
About 85 percent of State Trust lands are leased for grazing, but there is an increasing pressure to sell that land to developers, said Graham.
“These lands are increasingly being converted into subdivisions,” he said. “This initiative is a unique opportunity for landowners, conservationists, the business community and educators to form a coalition and try to do something for Arizona that will benefit us for the next century.”
Some of the money from the sale of State Trust lands goes to public schools in Arizona.
The Arizona Education Association supports the initiative, but much of the education community is split, says Patrick Bray, deputy director of government affairs for the Phoenix-based Arizona Cattlemen's Association, who voted to take an official stance against the initiative. One reason for their decision is their belief that the initiative will hurt funding for public schools.
“We're in favor of the mission of the trust, which is the highest and best possible use of the land,” said Bray. He said that State Trust land is not public land, and should not be treated as such. “There’s no reason that 570,000 acres should be set aside and not paid for. If so, the trust should be compensated somehow.”
The Cattlemen's Association is run by a 25-member board made up of representatives from every county in Arizona. Bray said it took members around 60 days to come up with their decision, which they didn’t take lightly.
“When a trust owns those lands, and you have to answer to 12 beneficiaries (one of which is the Arizona public school system), you should pay for those lands,” said Bray.
But Graham says the schools will still get revenue from the conservation lands.
“Those people in the education community that have taken the time to understand that the trust is not harmed by this measure are very supportive of it,” he said.
A representative from the office of Gov. Janet Napolitano who attended the meeting said the governor is in support of the initiative. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sent a spokesperson to collect information, though Democrat Giffords has yet to reveal her positions on any of the initiatives up for ballot.
Joining those representing the Nature Conservancy, Cienega Watershed Partnership and Sonoran Institute were ranchers from throughout Santa Cruz and Pima counties, from as far north as Aravaipa Canyon, about 50 miles northeast of Tucson. Many of the ranchers have lands that would be included in the 570,000 acres. Others came just to bring back information to share with their neighbors and fellow cattlemen.
“Many ranchers and environmentalists have the same goals, so why not work together, instead of against one another?” said Mac Donaldson.
“I have a long-term concern for the health of our state — that's why I’m supporting this. And I’m attempting to show that there are grazers here who support it, and have some sense of what the future can bring both for us and for Arizona.”
jrichardson@gvnews.com | 547-9726
A Note From Nicole in Phoenix
Before I left on vacation, we did have the RC retreat meeting, here in Phoenix. The notes from that meeting are attached.
Some updates from those notes:
First, we have hired a new Site Steward Program Coordinator. Her name is Kristin McLean, and she will be starting with us next Monday. It will take a little time to get her set up with phone and e-mail access, so please continue to respond to me until we can get her connected. I will send an e-mail when she is all ready.
Second, we have remade all ID cards. However, the RC's who attended the retreat and were able to sort through their cards, noticed that we really have a lot of problems with our records. So, we are mailing your region ID cards to you, so you can sort through and let us know who is still in the program, who is missing, who is misspelled, etc. We are including envelopes and stamps so that you can mail out the cards to your site stewards once you have reviewed everything. The delay in getting this mailed out to you was due to budget - but I should have a check to purchase stamps tomorrow, and Ruth will mail the packets on Thursday. Thank you so much for your patience with this.
Lastly, we found a packet of the old gold Arizona shaped nametags when we were cleaning up Mary's space last week. Looks like we have at least 30. So, now we need to figure out which stewards qualify for nametags. I think only Pete requested some way back when. So if you know, please e-mail me. If you don't, Kristen and I will try to sort out the last 2 quarters and get back to you. I have to get 3 quotes in order to get them engraved, but at least right now we do not have to get them made! Pete, I will use the vendor you talked with for one quote, and have already talked with another vendor for the second.
Please note - WATCH articles due October 1.
Database and record keeping is still an issue, but we do have a new person on board, so progress is being made! Thank you all once again for your patience and support during this interim time. You guys are awesome. Nic
Some updates from those notes:
First, we have hired a new Site Steward Program Coordinator. Her name is Kristin McLean, and she will be starting with us next Monday. It will take a little time to get her set up with phone and e-mail access, so please continue to respond to me until we can get her connected. I will send an e-mail when she is all ready.
Second, we have remade all ID cards. However, the RC's who attended the retreat and were able to sort through their cards, noticed that we really have a lot of problems with our records. So, we are mailing your region ID cards to you, so you can sort through and let us know who is still in the program, who is missing, who is misspelled, etc. We are including envelopes and stamps so that you can mail out the cards to your site stewards once you have reviewed everything. The delay in getting this mailed out to you was due to budget - but I should have a check to purchase stamps tomorrow, and Ruth will mail the packets on Thursday. Thank you so much for your patience with this.
Lastly, we found a packet of the old gold Arizona shaped nametags when we were cleaning up Mary's space last week. Looks like we have at least 30. So, now we need to figure out which stewards qualify for nametags. I think only Pete requested some way back when. So if you know, please e-mail me. If you don't, Kristen and I will try to sort out the last 2 quarters and get back to you. I have to get 3 quotes in order to get them engraved, but at least right now we do not have to get them made! Pete, I will use the vendor you talked with for one quote, and have already talked with another vendor for the second.
Please note - WATCH articles due October 1.
Database and record keeping is still an issue, but we do have a new person on board, so progress is being made! Thank you all once again for your patience and support during this interim time. You guys are awesome. Nic
The Hohokam World Learning Expedition with Paul and Suzanne Fish
November 5–9, 2008
ASM archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish take you on an in-depth and expertly guided tour of Hohokam sites in southern Arizona. Highlights include behind the scenes with ASM collections and in archaeological laboratories, an ethnobotany walk at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, archaeological site visits, and a traditional Tohono O’odham lunch. Paul and Suzy are co-editors of The Hohokam Millennium, a new popular book published by the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY
Day 1 (11/5/08, Wednesday)
6:30-8:00 p.m.
A roundtable discussion with the authors and editors of The Hohokam Millennium at Arizona State Museum. Room 309, third floor, north building
Day 2 (11/6/08, Thursday)
Morning at Arizona State Museum
Lecture: Introduction to the Hohokam
Workshop: Hohokam ceramics
Tour: Arizona State Museum Hohokam collections
Tour: Borderlands Archaeology Lab
Lunch: Boxed lunch atop Tumamoc Hill—an Early Agricultural period/Hohokam village and trincheras site
Afternoon
Ethnobotany walk at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Picture Rocks petroglyph site
Preclassic period Los Morteros ballcourt village
Day 3 (11/7/08, Friday)
Morning
The Marana Community—an environmental and archaeological transect across a Hohokam landscape
Tacca—a large, late Hohokam village with numerous compounds and reservoirs
Lunch-Boxed lunch at Casa Grande National Monument, Coolidge AZ
Afternoon
Casa Grande National Monument with chapter author Douglas Craig
Adamsville platform mound village along Casa Grande canal
Day 4 (11/8/08, Saturday)
Morning
Cerro Prieto trincheras site
Pueblo Grande platform mound and museum with chapter author David Doyel.
Lunch-The Farm at South Mountain
Afternoon
Mesa Grande (largest platform mound) and Hohokam canals
Huhugam Cultural Center/Museum
Use of Hohokam themes at Gila River Indian Community Hotel
Day 5 (11/9/08, Sunday)
Morning
San Xavier Mission (timed to avoid mass)
Tohono O’odham saguaro camp and other points of interest in Papagueria with chapter author Danny Lopez
Traditional O'odham Lunch
Afternoon
Tohono O’odham Cultural Center/Museum and trading post with O’odham crafts
Return to Tucson mid-afternoon
Reserve your spot today!
$550 ASM members / $600 non members
($200 of the registration fee is tax deductible)
Call Darlene Lizarraga at 520-626-8381 with your credit card or send a check (payable to UA Foundation/ASM) to the address below. If you have questions please email Darlene
Arizona State Museum
Marketing Office
PO Box 210026
Tucson AZ 85721
Events at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
Thursday August 28, 2008
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation at Pima County
Public Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., Tucson. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
Noon to 1 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates and discusses Arizona’s earliest Paleoindians and Archaic
period hunters and foragers, the development of archaeological villages,
the Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan
archaeological cultures, and the connections between those ancient
peoples and Arizona’s historical cultures. Funding for program provided
by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Coni
Weatherford at 520-791-4391 or Coni.Weatherford@pima.gov in Tucson; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or adart@oldpueblo.org.
Sunday September 21, 2008
Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop in Tucson. Address to be
announced.
Noon to 3 p.m. $35; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Flintknapper Sam Greenleaf teaches hands-on workshop on making arrowheads
and spearpoints out of stone to better understand how ancient people made
and used stone artifacts. Class is designed to help modern people
understand how prehistoric Native Americans made and used artifacts, and
is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Class
limited to 8 registrants age 16 and older.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Sundays October 5 through November 16, 2008
Traditional Pottery Making Level 1 Workshop with John Guerin in Tucson.
Address to be announced.
2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $89; $63.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; includes all materials
except clay, which participants will collect during class field trip.
A series of 7 pottery-making class sessions will be offered by artist
John Guerin each Sunday afternoon beginning October 5 and ending November
16, 2008, including a clay-gathering field trip on October 12. The class
is designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native
Americans made and used pottery, and is not intended to train students
how to make artwork for sale. The Level 1 class demonstrates pottery
making techniques the instructor has learned from modern Native American
potters, using gourd scrapers, mineral paints, and yucca brushes instead
of modern potters’ wheels and paint. The course introduces some history
of southwestern Ancestral and Modern Puebloan, Mogollon, and Hohokam
pottery-making, includes a field trip in which participants dig their own
clay, and demonstrates initial steps in forming, shaping and smoothing,
and completion of bowls, jars, canteens, ladles, and rattles of both
smooth and corrugated pottery, by scraping, sanding, polishing, slipping
and painting. The paddle-and-anvil handbuilding method is also
demonstrated. Arizona Archaeological Society certification may be offered
to persons who complete Traditional Pottery Making workshop Levels 1, 2,
& 3 (Levels 2 and 3 offered when there is enough demand); certification
requirements include 60 hours of instruction and hands-on work.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Thursday October 16, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: “The ‘Deep
Structure’ of Early Archaic Rock Art: Human Universals” with Professor
Ekkehart Malotki in Tucson. Address to be announced.
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
On a global scale, all earliest art-making traditions consist of
abstract-geometric motifs and nonfigurative patterns, regardless of
whether they occur on portable objects or on rock surfaces. This is also
true for the rock art of the American West, which houses a wealth of
nonrepresentational images, both painted and engraved. To shed light on
this most enigmatic yet fascinating imagery, which to many rock art
researchers is of little interest since it seems to offer no insights
into the minds of its creators, Professor Malotki resorts to human
universals and cutting-edge ideas gleaned from neuroscience and
evolutionary psychology. In addition to presenting novel ideas, he hopes
to heighten awe and respect for the area's rock art legacy through
striking photographs.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Sunday October 19, 2008
Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop in Tucson. Address to be
announced.
Noon to 3 p.m. $35; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Flintknapper Sam Greenleaf teaches hands-on workshop on making arrowheads
and spearpoints out of stone to better understand how ancient people made
and used stone artifacts. Class is designed to help modern people
understand how prehistoric Native Americans made and used artifacts, and
is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Class
limited to 8 registrants age 16 and older.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Sunday November 16, 2008
Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop in Tucson. Address to be
announced.
Noon to 3 p.m. $35; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Flintknapper Sam Greenleaf teaches hands-on workshop on making arrowheads
and spearpoints out of stone to better understand how ancient people made
and used stone artifacts. Class is designed to help modern people
understand how prehistoric Native Americans made and used artifacts, and
is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Class
limited to 8 registrants age 16 and older.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Thursday November 20, 2008
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursdays" program: "Voices from
Inside a Black Snake: Religious Monuments along Arizona and Sonora
Highways" with anthropologist Dr. James S. "Big Jim" Griffith, Ph.D., in
Tucson. Address to be announced.
7:30 to 9 p.m Free.
Did you ever wonder about all of those white crosses and tiny chapels
that you see along southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico’s highways? Jim
Griffith will provide some fascinating insights about them in this
presentation.
No reservations needed. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Thursday December 11, 2008
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation at Pima County Public Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., Tucson.
Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council.
Noon to 1 p.m. Free.
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
illustrates pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved
or pecked on rocks), and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may
be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native
American perspectives.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Coni
Weatherford at 520-791-4391 or Coni.Weatherford@pima.gov in Tucson; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or adart@oldpueblo.org.
Sunday December 14, 2008
Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop in Tucson. Address to be
announced.
Noon to 3 p.m. $35; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members
Flintknapper Sam Greenleaf teaches hands-on workshop on making arrowheads
and spearpoints out of stone to better understand how ancient people made
and used stone artifacts. Class is designed to help modern people
understand how prehistoric Native Americans made and used artifacts, and
is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Class
limited to 8 registrants age 16 and older.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.