BulletinofOldPuebloArchaeologyCenter March2007,Number48

Old Pueblo Archaeology

Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park Ramada.Photograph courtesy of Paula Takagi.

The Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park

AlltoooftenwehearaboutarchaeologicalsitesbeingdestroyedasnewconstructionprojectseatupmoreandmoreofArizona’sundeveloped lands.TheSeptember2006 issueofOldPuebloArchaeologypresented information abouthowasubstantialpartof theancientHohokamarchaeological sitecalledLosMorteros isbeingpreserved inplacebyPimaCounty,Arizona.OtherissuesofOldPuebloArchaeologyhavedescribedeffortsbytheTownofMaranaandOldPuebloArchaeologyCentertopreservepartsoftheYumaWashHohokamvillagesiteandtheBojórquez-AguirreRanchsitewithintheCortaro-SilverbellDistrictParkthatMaranaisdevelopingalongsidetheSantaCruzRiver.InthisissuewedescribeanarchaeologicalsitepreservationprojectintheeasternpartofTucson:theVistadelRioCulturalResourcePark.

TheVistadelRioCulturalResourceParkisaCityofTucsonparkestablishedin2004betweenTanqueVerdeRoadandtheTanqueVerdeCreek,immediatelynorthofwhereDosHombresRoadintersectsDesertArborsStreet,topreservepartofarchaeologicalsiteAZBB:9:58(ASM),theVistadelRioHohokamvillagesite.Theparkencompassesanareawhereitwasonceproposedthatapublicschoolbeconstructed.Theschoolwasneverbuilt.

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By Allen Dart and Cris Wagner

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THEVISTADELRIOARCHAEOLOGICALSITE

AsdescribedintherecordsoftheArizonaStateMuseum,University ofArizona (ASM), the Vista del Rio archaeo-logicalsiteisalargeHohokamvillagesitespreadoutovernearlyaquarterofasquaremile(upto160acres)alongthesouth edge of the Tanque Verde Creek floodplain. The Vista delRioCulturalResourceParkpreservesonlyasmallfrac-tionofthesite:3.88acres.Mostoftherestofthesitehasbeenimpactedbyhousingdevelopment.Culturalmaterialsobservedonthearchaeologicalsitebefore largepartsof itwere disturbed by construction included ancient artifactsscattered over the entire site, plus some concentrations ofartifacts,apossible“housemound”ruin,andapossibleir-rigationcanal.

The Vista del Rio archaeological site was first recorded for theASMin1970byRobertStewartofTucson.AccordingtoreportsbyarchaeologistsBruceHuckellin1978andDavidDoakin1998,theearliestknownarchaeologicalexcavationconducted there was a very small-scale operation by uni-versity graduate students over a two-day period in Febru-ary1970,todeterminethesite’sageandpotentialforfutureresearch.Theirworkcenteredarounda large trashmoundwithintheareanowincludedintheVistadelRioCulturalResourcePark.Doaksaysthatthe1970excavationsidenti-fied several hearths in an erosion-cut bank on the west side ofwhatisnowtheparkproperty,alongwithacircularringofsome15stones,andthatatestpitwasexcavatedintowhatwas thought tobe aHohokamhousemound in thenorth-westernpartofthepark.Huckell’sreportnotedthatthevol-umeofartifacts recovered in1970suggests thesitewasalargevillage,andthedecoratedpotterytypesrecoveredsug-gestedthesitewasoccupiedbetweenA.D.700and1200,arangethatencompassedtheRillitoandRinconphasesoftheHohokamculturesequence.

In October 1977ASM archaeologist Larry Vogler con-ducted a formal archaeological survey of an area where ahousingsubdivisionwasbeingplannedinthevicinity,tode-terminewhetheranyarchaeologicalsiteswouldbeaffectedby the proposed project. Vogler concluded that the Vistadel Rio archaeological site previously identified by Stewart was a large, prehistoric village ruin that lay partly withinthe boundaries of the proposed homes development, butwasmostlywithinanareasetasideforafutureschooleastofEsselDrive,betweenDesertArborsStreet andCaminoMontaraz.Voglernotedthatthatthewesternportionofthearchaeologicalsite (westofEsselDrive)alreadyhadbeenimpactedbylandlevelingoperations.

InJune1978ASMarchaeologistBruceHuckellconduct-edtestexcavationswithinanapproximately1-acreportionoftheVistadelRiositeatthenortheastcornerofEsselDriveandCaminoMontaraz.Thepropertywherethe1978workwasdoneisimmediatelynorthofwhatisnowtheVistadelRioCulturalResourcePark.Huckell’sexcavationsfocusedonthreeareas.In“Area1,”rectangularexcavationareasto-talingatleast19squaremeterswereexcavatedbyhand,re-vealing a fairly dense cluster of fire-cracked rock and some chipped stone flakes and tools, fragments of animal bone both burned and unburned, and pottery. This rock-and-ar-tifact concentration was designated “Feature 1.” Some oftheFeature1decoratedpotterywasoftheRinconRed-on-browntype,whichmorerecentstudiesdatetobetweenA.D.950and1150.(HuckellgavedatesofA.D.900to1200).

“Area2”of the1978projectwasa largeareawest andnorthwestofArea1.Area2wasexploredwiththeaidofaroadgrader,whichremovedtheupper15centimetersoftop-soilandexposedsomeartifactconcentrationsthathadbeenburied.Agrindingslabwas found in thegradedarea, andrectangularexcavationareastotalingatleast20squareme-terswerealsoexcavatedinArea2resultinginrecoveryofseveral pottery and chipped stone artifacts and the identifica-tion of “Feature 3,” an irregular, shallow pit filled with much pottery,stoneartifacts,andburnedrock.Decoratedpotteryfrom Feature 3 was identifiable to the later part of the Rincon phase,suggestingadatebetweenA.D.1100and1150.

“Area3”inthe1978studywasnorthofArea1andeastofArea2.Area3wasclearedoftopsoilwiththeaidofaroadgrader,andhand-excavationwasdone in rectangularunitstotalingat least16squaremeters. In thisarea thebottom-most remnant of a small pit that had been filled with prehis-torictrashwasfoundanddesignated“Feature2.”DecoratedpotteryassociatedwithFeature2alsodated to theRinconphase.

ArchaeologistHuckellconcluded thatmostof themate-rial found in the 1978 excavations dated “to the very lateendof theRinconphase,”a timethatTucson-areaarchae-ologistsnowidentifyasthe“LateRincon”phasethatdatesfromaboutA.D.1100to1150.However,someofthepot-tery was identified as Rincon Red, a type that has been dated totheMiddleRinconphase(whichisnowbelievedtodatebetweenA.D.1000and1100,althoughtheRinconRedpot-tery type itself probably dates more specifically to the A.D. 1025-1080range).

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Also,asinglesherdofalaterpotterytype,TanqueVerdeRed-on-brown(whichdatesbetweenA.D.1150and1450)wasalsorecoveredinthe1978excavations.OtherceramictypesrecoveredincludedSacatonRed-on-buff(atypefromthePhoenixareathatdatesbetweenA.D.900and1150)andan unidentified pottery sherd with black-painted designs on a redbackground,whichHuckellsuggestedmightbeavariantof the“RinconPolychrome”pottery type thatdates to thesametimeastheRinconRedtype.

OnOctober1998themostextensivearchaeologicalinves-tigationconductedtodateattheVistadelRiositewasdonebyarchaeologistsfromSWCA,Inc.EnvironmentalConsul-tants,withintheareanowcontainedinVistadelRioCulturalResourcePark.

IntheSWCAproject,systematicexcavationof36parallelbackhoetrenchesrevealedatotalof36archaeologicalfea-tures,including15Hohokam“pithouse”structuresinapar-ticularlygoodstateofpreservation,plus12outdoorpits,2thermalfeatures(hearthsorotherburiedfeaturescontainingcharcoalorash),3otheroutdoorfeaturesforwhichfunctioncould not be determined, and 4 human cremation burials.This project largely confirmed that the main part of the site datestotheLateRinconphase,andSWCAestimatedthatasmanyas70prehistoricstructuresandanevenlargernumberofoutdoorpitsandotherassociatedfeaturesarelikelytobepresentjustwithintheparkproperty.

Vista del Rio Cultural Resources Park dedication on June 12, 2004. Those who attended the dedication in the picture above included (front row, from left) Sandy Glockner (Vista del Rio Residents’ Association, VDRRA), Judy Burns (Governing Board, Tucson Unified School District, TUSD), Carol West (Tucson City Council), Pat Wiedhopf (VDRRA), and Fred Ronstadt (Tucson City Council); (back row, from left) Marcus Jones (TUSD), An-drew Greenhill (holding baby; Chief of Staff for Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup), and Robert Just (Tucson Parks & Recreation Project Manager). Arizona’s congressman Jim Kolbe (not shown here) was a featured guest speaker.

Photograph courtesy of Paula Takagi.

The site was blessed by Joseph Antone, Tohono O’odham makai (religious leader), during the Park dedication.

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This aerial photograph was taken in 1998, just prior to the archaeological test-trenching project by SWCA, Inc.

Image is from Pima County Department of Transportation’s Main MapGuide Map web site: www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/maps/mapguide.

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Significant landscape changes have occurred in just the past 10 years in the area where the Vista del Rio archaeological site is located. This aerial

photograph was taken in 2005, after many more houses were built. This later photo shows the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park boundaries and minimal

ramada and trail improvements constructed for site interpretation. Image is from Pima County Department of Transportation’s Main

MapGuide Map web site: www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/maps/mapguide.

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CHECKOUTTHEFREEINTERPRETIVEPROGRAMS

IntheVistadelRioResidents’Association’sinterpretiveprogram,whichgotunderway inFebruary,OldPueblo isprovidingopportunitiesforchildrenandadultstolearnabouttheNativeAmericanprehistoryandhistoryoftheAmericanSouthwest, and, in particular about the native cultures ofsouthernArizonaandTucson’sVistadelRioHohokamar-chaeologicalsite.Theprogramincludesfreepublicpresen-tations aboutArizonaArchaeology, NativeAmerican Cul-tures,andtheVistadelRioHohokamsite;achild-focusededucationprogram in theParkonMarch10, 2007, that isopentothegeneralpublic;andopportunitiesforkindergar-ten through eighth grade classes to go on field trips to the VistadelRiositeandparticipateinhands-onlearningpro-gramsrelatedtotheParkandtheancientHohokamarchaeo-logicalculture.

Tokickoff theVistadelRio interpretiveprograms,OldPueblo hosted award-winning University of Arizona Pro-fessorBarbaraJ.MillsonFebruary20,2007,asDr.Millspresented“ArchaeologyoftheSouthwest”attheMorrisK.UdallCommunityCenter,locatedjustahalf-milesouthwestofthepark.Inherpresentation,ProfessorMillspresentedanoverviewoftheSouthwest’sAncestralPuebloan,Mogollon,andotherprehistoriccultures,includingtheHohokamwhoinhabitedTucsonandsouthernArizona.Tofollowuponthisfirst presentation Old Pueblo has arranged the following four freepublicprogramsaboutArizonaarchaeologyandNativeAmericancultures.

THECITYOFTUCSON’SFIRSTCULTURALRESOURCEPARKANDTHEVISTADELRIORESIDENTS’ASSOCIATION

After SWCA archaeologists had completed their study,thearchaeologicalsitewasdeterminedtobeeligibleforlist-ingintheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlacesbytheStateHistoric Preservation Office (in 2002), and the City of Tuc-son acquired the property where the archaeological studyhad been conducted. Around the same time, a nonprofit neighborhoodassociationofsurroundinghomeowners,theVistadelRioResidents’Association,Inc.,musteredsupporttopreservethearchaeologicalfeaturesinplaceandleavethepropertyinitsnaturalstate.Throughcooperativeeffortsbe-tweentheCityandneighbors,theCitydesignatedtheopenspacethatcontainedthestill-undisturbedportionofthear-chaeologicalsiteasacitypark.Prehistoricandhistoricalar-chaeological sites, historically or architecturally significant structuresorbuildings,historicallandscapes,andtraditionalculturalplacesareallconsideredculturalresources,sotheparkwasnamedthe“VistadelRioCulturalResourcePark.”To preserve archaeological features still present, the Cityhaslimitedparkdevelopmenttoaramada,awalkingtrail,andsomesmallinterpretiveplaques.

But theVistadelRioResidents’Associationdidn’t juststop there. With assistance of a significant grant from the Tohono O’odham Nation, the Residents’ Association hasembarkedonapubliceducationprogram tomakeTucsonresidentsawareofthepark’sexistenceandpurpose,andtoeducatethemodernpopulationaboutthericharchaeologi-cal heritage of Tucson. This past October the Residents’AssociationcontractedOldPuebloArchaeologyCenter toprovideapublicinterpretiveprogramfocusedontheVistadelRioCulturalResourcePark.

View of Vista del Rio.Photograph courtesy of Paula Takagi.

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TuesdayMay15,2007:“HistoryandMythabouttheHohokam”

Place:MorrisK.UdallCommunityCenter,7200E.TanqueVerdeRd.,TucsonTime:7:30-9p.m.

As the archaeologists tell it, the ancient Hohokam cul-tureofTucsonandsouthernArizonaendedsomethingover600yearsago.Thecreation,adventures,anddestructionofthisancientpeopletakeupnearlyallofwhatsomecallthemythology and others call the oral history of theAkimelO’odham(Pima)and theTohonoO’odham(Papago) Indi-ans.According to theO’odham-toldhistory, longago tworivalgodscreatedtwoseparatepeoplesonearth.Lateron,oneofthecreatorman-godswasmurderedandresurrectedbyoneof the createdpeoples, andeventually therewas aconquest and “finishing off” of the second people by the first. In this program anthropologist Donald Bahr, Research AssociateattheUniversityofArizona’sSouthwestCenter,presentsasummaryoftheO’odhamoraltraditionaboutthecreations and the demise of the people archaeologists andO’odhamalikerefertoasthe“Hohokam.”

All of the Vista del Rio programs described above are free and open to the public, with no advance reservations needed.

SaturdayMarch10,2007:“VistadelRioArchaeologyCelebration”

Place:VistadelRioCulturalResourcePark,Tucson(seedi-rectionsattheendofthisarticle)Time:10a.m.-4p.m.

Thisone-dayprogramisdesignedtogetchildren,especial-lyages8to12,interestedinarchaeologicalsitepreservationandintheancientHohokamIndianswholivedattheVistadelRioarchaeological siteandelsewhere insouthernAri-zona.Kidscanparticipateinhands-onactivitiesincludingmakingpotteryartifactstotakehome,grindingcornonanancientmetateandmanoset,learningtomakecordage,andlearning toplay traditionalNativeAmericangames.Therewill also be demonstrations of traditional Native Ameri-canpottery-makingandarrowhead-makingcrafts,andOldPuebloArchaeologyCenter’seducationalstaffwillpresentprogramscalled“LifestyleoftheHohokam”and“WhatisanArchaeologist?”Thehands-onactivities,demonstrations,andinformationalmaterialswillbealongthetrailsthroughthepark.

TuesdayMarch20,2007:“ArtsandCultureofAncientSouthernArizonaHohokamIndians”

Place:MorrisK.UdallCommunityCenter,7200E.TanqueVerdeRd.,Tucson.Time:7:30-9p.m.

Inthisprogram,cosponsoredbytheArizonaHumanitiesCouncil,OldPuebloArchaeologyCenter’sdirector,archae-ologistAllenDart,willillustrateartifacts,architecture,andothermaterialcultureoftheancientHohokamIndianswithPowerpointslidesandactualartifactdisplays,andwilldis-cuss archaeological interpretations of how the HohokamtamedtheSonoranDesertforcenturiesbeforetheirculturemysteriouslydisappeared.

TuesdayApril17,2007:“AncientNativeAmericanPottersofSouthernArizona”

Place:MorrisK.UdallCommunityCenter,7200E.TanqueVerdeRd.,TucsonTime:7:30-9p.m.

OldPueblo’sdirectorAllenDartusesPowerpointslidesandrealartifactstoillustrateNativeAmericanceramicstylesthat were in vogue during specific periods of Arizona’s pre-historyandhistory,anddiscussestheusefulnessofpotteryfordatingarchaeologicalsitesandinterpretingancientlife-ways.TheArizonaHumanitiesCouncilalsocosponsorsthispresentation.

Vista del Rio Program Instructor, Cris WagnerPhotograph by Courtney Rose

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AbouttheAuthors

OldPueblo’sLabisrequestingdo-nations in the form of film vials.These are used in the field to col-lect the more fragile artifacts andecofacts,suchasanimalbone,shell,andprojectilepoints.

Thankyou!

Donations

OldPueblo’seducationalprogramsare

described in our website:www.oldpueblo.org

FreeFieldTripsforSchoolClasses

In addition to the public presentations listed on page 7,OldPuebloArchaeologyCenterhasdevelopeda2-hour,freefield trip program at the Vista del Rio site for children in gradesK-8.InJanuary,OldPuebloArchaeologyCentersentlettersandpromotionalbrochurestoTucsonareaschoolsin-formingthemoftheavailabilityofthisfreeprogram.

In a 2-hour field trip program, children will learn about the lifestyleof theHohokamthroughapresentationbyanOld Pueblo educator and by seeing and handling real andreplicaartifacts,aswellasamodelofaHohokampit-house.Duringtheirtriptheywillhavetheopportunitytotrytheirhandatgrindingcornusingarealmetateandmanoandmak-ingpetroglyph rubbings. Theywill also learnaboutwhatarchaeologistsdo,howtheydoit,andhowtheylearnaboutpeoplethroughtheirwork.Someofthetoolsusedinarchae-ologywillbeavailableforthestudentstoseeandhandle.

As students tour the site,visible archaeological featureswillbepointedoutanddiscussed,aswellasplaceswhereburiedarchaeologicalfeaturesarelikelytobepresent.Stu-dentswilllearnaboutthehistoryoftheVistadelRioarchae-ological site, the relative sizeof the archaeological site inrelationtothatpreservedbytheparkarea,andtheenviron-mentalattributesthatwouldhavemadetheareaattractivetoNativeAmericansandthatcontinuetomakeitattractiveformodernpeople.

The interpreting programs provided by Old PuebloAr-chaeology Center as part of the agreement with the VistadelRioResidents’AssociationshowcaseOldPueblo’smis-sion,whichistoeducatechildrenandadultstounderstandandappreciatearchaeologyandothercultures,tofosterthepreservationofarchaeologicalandhistoricalsites,andtode-velopalifelongconcernfortheimportanceofnonrenewableresourcesandtraditionalcultures.

DIRECTIONSTOVISTADELRIOCULTURALRESOURCEPARK

TheparkislocatednorthofTanqueVerdeRoadbetweenSabino Canyon Road and the Pantano/Wrightstown roadsgrade-separated interchange. To visit the park take DosHombres Road (at the traffic light) north from Tanque Verde RoadtowhereDosHombresendsatDesertArborsStreet.ParkingisavailableonDesertArborsoraroundthecornertothewestonEsselDrive(whichrunsalongthewestsideofthepark).

Barbara C. “Cris” Wagner(B.A.)isaneducationprograminstructorandtourguideforeducationprograms.Sheattend-ed archaeological field school at Southern Utah University andholdsaBachelor’sdegreeinSpanishwithanemphasisin Portuguese and anthropology. Mrs.Wagner’s educationexperience includes working as an education program as-sistantandcuratorial assistantat theCarnegieMuseumofNaturalHistory,Pittsburgh,andasaSpanishtranslatorandinterpreter.

(UniversityofArizona),theMuseumofNewMexico,theU.S.BureauofIndianAffairs, and private consulting firms developing archaeology contract andgrant proposals, budgets, research de-signs, National Register nominations,and publications for both professionalandavocationalarchaeologists.

Allen Dart,RegisteredProfessionalArchaeologist(RPA),OldPueblo’sExecutiveDirector,hasextensiveexperiencesupervisingculturalresourceprojectsatArchaic,Hohokam,Patayan, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, protohistoricO’odham (Piman), and historical archaeological sites. HehasbeenemployedbytheArizonaStateMuseum

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Old Pueblo Says Farewell to Staff Members Christine Jerla and Jennifer DeJongh and Hello to Some Familiar Faces...

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center says farewell to two staff members: Christine Jerla and Jenny DeJongh.

Christine Jerla, who directed the Children’s Educational Archaeology Program from 2001-2006, contrib-uted a great deal using her expertise in education to the OPEN2 (simulat-ed archaeology dig) and OPENOUT (children’s outreach talks in the class-room) programs. Christine recently took a position teaching high school science at Catalina Mountain School.

Jenny DeJongh, who worked at Old Pueblo as project director, crew chief, instructor, and author of “Dear Darla” for this publication, contributed her talents to both the children’s and adult education programs. She re-cently took an archaeology position with Pima Community College here in Tucson.

Both will be missed by Old Pueblo. Good luck in the future

Christine and Jenny

OPEN2 instructor, Jill Doyle teaching students how to make clay pots.Photograph by Courtney Rose

language, and teaching children’s programs at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. She also assists as crew leader for Old Pueblo’s public excavation pro-gram at the CNN Camp Bell site.Instructor Jill Doyle, who has been

with Old Pueblo since 2005, is cur-rently assisting Cris in running and teaching the children’s programs. Jill has a varied background in archaeol-ogy with experience at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and in Chile, South America. Jill has expertise in leading tours and running language schools in England and Italy. She also assists as site interpreter and crew leader for Old Pueblo’s public excava-tion program at the CNN Camp Bell site.

Old Pueblo’s children’s pro-grams are also benefited by the as-sistance of part-time instructors.

Becky Waugh, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Anthropology, spe-cializing in Historical Archaeol-ogy, from the University of Arizona.

Susan Blair has a background in archaeology from Pima Com-munity College and experience

Lead Childrens Program Instruc-tor Cris Wagner, has taken over the operations and management of Old Pueblo’s children’s programs (see photo of Cris on page 7). Cris, who has been with Old Pueblo since 2006, has a background in archaeology,

in excavation and survey.Kathy Lauer has her Master’s in Busi-

ness Adminstration and is currently working towards a degree in archaeol-ogy at Pima Community College.

OPEN2 instructor, Becky Waugh (right) and Kathy Lauer stopping for

lunch on a archaeological survey. Photograph by Courtney Rose

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Old Pueblo CalendarPresentations Sponsored by Arizona Humanities CouncilTuesday,March13:6:30-7:30p.m.“Arts and Culture ofAncient Southern arizona HohokamIndians”freeslidepresentationatCochiseCollegeLibrary,901 ColumboAve., Room 900, SierraVista. CosponsoredbytheArizonaHumanitiesCouncil.OldPuebloArchaeol-ogy Center’s director, archaeologistAllen Dart, illustratesartifacts,architecture,andothermaterialcultureofthean-cientHohokamIndians,anddiscussesarchaeologicalinter-pretations of how these people tamed the Sonoran Desertforcenturiesbeforetheirculturemysteriouslydisappeared.Noreservationsneededandtheprogramisfree.Formeet-ing details contact Karen Peitsmeyer at 520-458-4586 orkpdesertfox1@cox.netinSierraVista.ForinformationaboutthepresentationsubjectmattercontactAllenDartinTucsonat520-798-1201oradart@oldpueblo.org.Friday,March16:3:00-4:00p.m.“WhatDoWeDowithOurAncestors?”freemultimediapre-sentationatCasaGrandeRuinsNationalMonument,1100RuinsDr.,Coolidge.CosponsoredbytheArizonaHumani-tiesCouncil.OldPuebloArchaeologyCenter’sdirector,ar-chaeologistAllen Dart, discusses how human remains aretreatedbypeopleofdifferentculturesandwhatisdonewhenhumanremainsandgraveobjectscometolightinarchaeo-logicalexcavations.Hediscussesthelawsthatspecifywhatmust be done when human remains are discovered. Thisprogram is free andno reservations are needed.FormoreinformationcontactAlanStanzat520-723-3172,ext.38orAlan_Stanz@nps.gov inCoolidgeorAllenDartatTucsontelephone520-798-1201oradart@oldpueblo.org.

March2007

Officers

ClarkI.Bright,PresidentStanfordB.Bernheim,VicePresidentEricJ.Kaldahl,Ph.D.,RPA,SecretaryJoanHood,CPA,TreasurerEmorySekaquaptewa,J.D.,ImmediatePastPresident

Directors

BillH.EnríquezSamuelGreenleafDonaldR.HolliwayMarrilonMallonBuckMcCain

AmaliaA.M.ReyesKarenM.RussoPaulVirginWendellE.Zipse

Advisory Committee

AndreaAamodt,TonyBurrell,JoAnnCowgill,CarolynO’BagyDavis,JeffreyS.Dean,Ph.D.,EdwardEncinas,GayleHarrisonHartmann,DeborahJacob,JeffJacob,JosephT.Joaquin,DawnLashley,JohnLashley,StevenT.Mann,ClaytonN.Niles,FeliciaNuñez,MarcB.Severson,JamesW.Trimbell

OldPuebloBoardmemberandvolunteer,PaulVirgin,excavatingattheCNNCampBellsite.

PhotographbyCourtneyRose

Special Fundraisning Tour with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Allen DartFriday,June22-Tuesday,June26,2007OldPuebloArchaeologyCenter’s“OldPuebloMimbresRu-ins, Rock Art, and Museums” fundraising “flex-tour” with AllenDartfeaturesachoiceofOldPueblo’stransportandhotelorprovide-your-owntransportandlodgingtoclassicMimbresandEarlyMogollonVillagearchaeologicalsites,spectacular petroglypgh sites, and museums with some ofthe finest Mimbres Puebloan pottery collections in the world, allinsouthwesternNewMexico’sSilverCity,Mimbres,andDeming areas. Places tentatively to be visited include theoriginalMogollonVillageandHarrissites; theFryingPanCanyon,PonyHills,andFluoriteRidgerockartsites;andtheWesternNewMexicoUniversityMuseumandDemingLunaMimbresMuseum.DailytouranddepartureplacewillbetheHolidayInnExpressinSilverCity(thelodgingplaceforvantransportgroup).Thefeethatincludestransportandhotel is $750 per person ($725 for Old Pueblo or Pueblo Grande MuseumAuxiliary members). Fee without van orhotel is $200 per person ($175 for members). Call 520-798-1201formoredetailsandreservations.

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Old Pueblo Calendar

Old Pueblo’s “Third Thursdays” Traditional Technology Workshops

Old Pueblo’s Calendar of Events for March: Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month

Thursday,March15,2007Kokopelli:MysteryofaFlutePlayerbyJayCraváth

Kokopelli, that flute-playing fellow of southwestern Indian archaeologyandart,representsnumerousstoriesofArizonafromtraderstothesouthtothemagicalceremoniesoftheHopi.Koko-pellirepresentstheimportanceofmu-sictothewell-beingofourancientcul-tures,includingtheAncestralPuebloanand Hohokam cultures. Jay Craváthexplainsthemythsandtakestheaudi-ence on a journey through the magic,iconography, and story of Kokopelli.Dr.JayCraváthisawriter,scholarandperformer in the field of the arts and humanities. Dr. Craváth received theArizona Humanities Council Distin-guishedScholarAwardandCitizenoftheYear,awardedbytheArizonaCableTVAssociation.Hismostrecentbook,entitledNorthAmericanIndianMusicispublishedbyWatt’sLibrary.

Timetorenew?Ifyoureceivedthisissueinoneofourmass-mailings,an8-digitnumberinyouraddresslabel indicates the year, month, andday your Old Pueblo Archaeology sub-scription will expire. If your labelmonth is the same as or earlier thanthe month of this bulletin issue youneed to renew your subscription ormembershipinordertoreceivemoreissues.

Old Pueblo’s “Traditional Pottery Making” and “Arrowhead Making” workshops are designed to help modern people understand how prehistoric people may have made arti-facts. They are not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale.

TraditionalPotteryMaking(LevelI)Experienced Southwestern potter

and artisan John Guerin teaches OldPueblo’spotteryworkshops.Learnhowto make traditional Indian pottery thewayithasbeenmadeintheSouthwestforovertwothousandyears.Digyourown clay, then hand-make your ownpotsandotherwares.Allequipmentisprovided. Children under 16 may en-roll if aparent enrollswith them.Forworkshopdatesrefertothecurrentac-tivities section at www.oldpueblo.orgor call Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201to register. Sessions are held on Sun-daysatOldPuebloArchaeologyCen-ter,5100W.InaRd.,Bldg.8,Tucson.Thismultisessionworkshopcostsonly$69 ($55.20 for Pueblo Grande or Old Pueblomembers).

ArrowheadMaking&FlintknappingFlintknapperandavocationalarchae-

ologistSamGreenleafwillofferan“Ar-rowhead-MakingandFlintknapping”flaked stone toolmaking workshop to teach you how to make arrowheadsand other stone tools just like prehis-toric southwestern Native Americansdid.Bytakingthisclassyoucanlearnhowprehistoriclifewaysarebetterun-derstoodthroughthestudyandpracticeofancientpeople’stechniquesformak-ingandusingartifacts.All equipmentisprovided.

Thiscourseisdesignedtohelpmod-ernpeopleunderstandhowprehistoricpeoples made and used flaked stone ar-tifacts.

New class dates are March 11 andApril 15, 2007. To register call 520-798-1201. Each class runs from 1 -3p.m.. Minimum age 16 years. Maxi-mum enrollment 8 persons/class.Reg-istration deadline 48 hours before theclassstarts.

Friday,March9,2007“TumamocHillArchaeologyandHistory”departingfromsoutheastparkinglotcornerof Pima Community College CommunityCampus,401N.BonitaAve.,Tucsonat8a.m. Archaeologist Allen Dart leads vantour. Bring a lunch and water. Tour willbe from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.Advance reser-vations required: Call 520-798-1201 orinfo@oldpueblo.org. $89.

Saturday,March10,2007Vista del Rio Archaeology Celebration

atCityofTucson’sVistadelRioCulturalPark, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at DosHombresRoad),Tucson,Arizona.10a.m.to4p.m.Free.Seepage7.

Friday,March16&Saturday,March17.March17,2007The Annual Arizona Archaeology Expo

will be held atYuma Crossing State His-toric Park in Yuma, Arizona. For detailscontact Ann Howard at 602-542-7138 orauh2@azstateparks.gov.

Saturday,March17,2007See How Archaeologists Interpret their

Excavations with Courtney Rose at theCNNCampBellHohokamarchaeologicalsite,3883N.CampbellAve.(justnorthofthenorthwestcornerofCampbellAve.andAllenRd.),Tucson.10a.m.tonoon.Free.

Saturday,March31,2007OntheTrailofFatherKino:HistoricalIn-

dianVillagesandtheTumacacori,Guevavi,and Calabasas Missions educational tourwith archaeologists Deni J. Seymour andJeremyMoss.Inthiscarpool-transporttourcosponsored by Old Pueblo ArchaeologyCenterandTumacacoriNationalHistoricalPark,JeremyMossandotherNationalParkServiceinterpreterswillshowanddiscussthemissionruinsoftheSanJosedeTuma-cacori, Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi,and San Cayetano de Calabasas SpanishmissionsfoundedbyFathersEusebioFran-cisco Kino in 1691 and Francisco XavierPauerin1756,andDr.DeniSeymourwilllead the tour to early Kino-period nativeSobaipuriIndiansitesthatshehasexcavat-ed and identified as native settlements that wereactuallyvisitedbyFatherKino.TourwillbeginatTumacácoriNationalHistori-calPark,1891E.FrontageRd.,Tumacaco-ri,Arizona.8:30to6p.m.Free.

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Locatedat5100WestInaRoad,Buildings6,7,&8inMarana,Arizona

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StudentDanielLevinfromtheFountainof Life Lutheran School excavates atOPEN2, Old Pueblo’s simulated exca-vationsite,withhisdad,Mike,andMs.Ludvigson’sfourthgradeclass.

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