PETROGLYPH
Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society
Volume 51, Number 2
www.AzArchSoc.org
October 2014
A MESSAGE FROM THE STATE CHAIR
The Executive State Board together with the hosting Phoenix Chapter welcomes everyone this month to the
AAS 50th Annual Meeting, the weekend of October 24, 25 and 26, 2014. Reservations may still be made as long
as they are received by the October 10th deadline (the reservation form is in the September issue).
A draft of the proposed By-Laws revision that will be voted upon on October 25 is available on our website,
www.azarchsoc.org. Log on and scroll to the Members Only Section, click on “planning committee” and scroll
down to “DRAFT Revision AAS 2014 Bylaws” to review.
And as a reminder, early renewals for 2015 membership are now being taken by your chapter’s membership
chair. 2014 memberships actually expire January 1, 2015.
See you all October 25th?
--Glenda A. Simmons, State Chair
ANNUAL ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS ON OCT. 25. 2014
The annual election of State Officers will take place on Oct. 25th at the 2014 State Meeting in Phoenix. We
now have a full slate of officers since Sandy Gauthier volunteered for the position of Secretary. Thank you,
Sandy!
State Chair:
Glenda Simmons
2nd Vice Chair:
1st Vice Chair: Sandy Haddock
Treasurer:
Secretary: Sandy Gauthier
Scott Newth
Ron Krug
--Sylvia Lesko, Chair, Nominations Committee
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IN THIS ISSUE…
SILENT AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
State Meeting Field Trips
AAC Conference
Int’l Archaeology Day
Chapter News
Upcoming Events
Meeting Calendar
Next deadline is 5 pm,
We still need Silent Auction Items for the State Meeting. If you have art, jewelry,
books, or anything else you think people will bid on, please consider donating
them for the Silent Auction. Contact Nancy Unferth at 602-371-1165 or
[email protected], or contact Ellie Large at 480-461-0563 or [email protected].
Sunday, Oct. 19th
--State Meeting Committee
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AAS 2014 State Meeting Field Trips and Tours
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sign-Up Sheets and Handouts with directions will be available at the meeting.
Tour of Cave Creek Museum: Tour begins at 1 pm and will be led by an experienced tour guide. Limited to 15
people. Cost is $5; parking is free. Go to http://cavecreekmuseum.org for more information.
Tour of Mesa Grande Cultural Park & Arizona Museum of Natural History: A guided tour of the newly opened
Mesa Grande Cultural Park followed by a tour of the Arizona Museum of Natural History, both in central
Mesa, led by archaeologists Jerry Howard and Tom Wilson.
Field Trip to Eagletail Mountains Petroglyphs: Led by Doug Newton, Agua Fria Chapter. Hike is limited to 15
people. The site is about 80 miles west of Phoenix and 15 miles south of I 10. Four-wheel drives with highclearance needed. Car-pooling is requested. Field Trip to Hieroglyphic Canyon in South Mountain Park: Led by Vince Waldron. Moderately challenging
with a short section of steep ascent; some scrambling down a rocky wash. Near 20th St. & Dobbins.
Field Trip to Historic Cemeteries in Phoenix: Led by archaeologist K. J. Schroeder. This tour will start with the
the Pioneer and Military Memorial Park in downtown Phoenix, and if there is time and energy, will continue
to the Cross-Cut Cemetery and/or the Sotelo-Heard Ranch Cemetery.
Field Trip to Palo Verde Ruin, Casa de Las Piedras, Calderwood: Led by archaeologist Mark Hackbarth. This
field trip will begin at the Palo Verde Ruin in Peoria, followed by a tour of the area in and around Casa de
Las Piedras, ending at Calderwood. Mostly flat terrain.
Field Trip to the Shaw Butte Hilltop Site, a Prehistoric Hohokam Observatory, led by archaeologist Todd
Bostwick. For a preview, see the video at http://youtu.be/JGkiCuSVs1Q. Moderate difficulty. Near 7th St.
and Thunderbird Road in Phoenix.
RV PARKING FOR THE STATE MEETING
Parking for campers and RVs may be available in the Pueblo Grande Museum parking lot on Saturday night,
Oct. 25. If anyone is interested in parking there overnight, please email me at [email protected] so that I can
send you more information when I receive it from PGM.
--Ellie Large
2014 Fall Arizona Archaeological Council Conference
November 7, 8 am - 4:30 pm,
Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa,
The 2014 AAC Fall Conference will be held at the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa. The theme is
Celebrating 50 Years of the National Historic Preservation Act in Arizona. Details will be posted as they
become available on the conference webpage at http://www.arizonaarchaeologicalcouncil.org/page-1167606.
If you would like to receive The Petroglyph by e-mail:
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your name and chapter. (Of course your dues must be current!)
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INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY - OCTOBER 18, 2014
Join the Central Arizona Society of the AIA and the Pueblo Grande Museum
for a fun, unique, educational, and hands-on archaeology experience that’s great
for all ages: MUDSLINGING!
Our version of Mudslinging has nothing to do with politics; instead, it is a stabilization technique for earthen structures and has been employed for decades to shore
up and repair the ancient Hohokam platform mound at Pueblo Grande Museum
and Archaeological Park in Phoenix. It’s very important work at this time of year,
as the mound suffers from erosion during the monsoon rains!
Calling all volunteers - come get your hands dirty and help preserve the site!
Master Mudslinger Jim Britton will be on hand to explain the history of preservation of the mound, discuss the ingredients and process for making and applying the
mud, and direct volunteer efforts. You can also visit the museum and learn about
the Hohokam if you don’t want to get muddy. For more information or to sign up
for the Mudslinging, please RSVP by email to Mike Zajac at
[email protected].
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM, TUCSON
October 18, 2014–March 31, 2015
Regarding Curtis: Contemporary Indian Artists Respond to the Imagery
of Edward S. Curtis
For more information, go to http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/
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CHAPTER NEWS
Agave House Chapter
July: Our July speaker, Bob Montgomery, better known as Ranger Bob, has more than 40 years with the Forest Service at the Black Mesa Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. From Memorial Day
weekend and each Friday and Saturday night until Labor Day, Ranger Bob shows movies at Canyon Point
and gives talks about the forest, the animals and the history of the area. In his off-season he also teaches a 10week outdoor education class in the Phoenix area covering all aspects of prehistoric American Indian life,
southwestern art appreciation, hands on pottery making, animal recognition, and sign language, creating an
environment to learn respect for all cultures. Thank you Ranger Bob for your outstanding devotion, and exciting talks. You are always welcome at our meetings.
August: Joe Martin, our own Archaeologist on the Black Mesa Ranger District, gave our group a talk to delight the senses by a PowerPoint presentation of 25 of his favorite Western artists. Afterwards I looked up all
of the artists on the internet and found several had websites; my favorite is www.ernestberkeart.com. The
website has a marvelously developed slide show of the artist’s works along with music provided by R. Carlos
Nakai’s album “Canyon Trilogy” courtesy of Canyon Records. All of the artists have stunning photos of their
works on the internet which you can access by using Google or Yahoo. Just type in the name of the artist and
choose the link for images and for a further delight, pop in a CD by R. Carlos Nakai, Douglas Spotted Eagle,
or John Huling or other Native American artist while you are browsing. You’ll be glad you did!!
Here is a list of artists that were covered:
1. Ernest Berke (1921-2010)
2. Oscar Berninghaus (1874-1952
3. W. Herbert Dunton (1878-1936)
4. Henry Farny (1847-1916); born in France
5. Martin Grelle (1954-); Texas
6. Harold Von Schmidt (1893-1982); California
7. John Hauser (1859-1913); Ohio
8. Herbert M. Herget (1885-1950; Missouri
9. Walt Haskell Hinton (1886-1980); Illinois
10. Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939); Iowa
11. Roy Kerswill (1925-2002); England
12. Mort Kunstler (1931-); www.mortkunstler.com
13. William R. Leigh (1866-1955)
14. Z. S. Liang (Zhou Shu Liang) (1953-); born in China; www.liangstudio.com
15. Frank C. McCarthy (1924-2002); NYC
16. Thomas Moran (1837-1926); England
17. John Moyers (1958-); Georgia
18. Jim C. Norton (1953-); Utah
19. Frederick Remington (1861-1909); New York
20. Robert McGinnis (1926-)
21. Charles Russell (1864-1926); St. Louis, Mo.; www.cmrussell.org
22. Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912); NYC
23. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)
24. Howard Terpning (1927-); Illinois
25. Harold Von Schmidt (1893-1982); California.
Enjoy!
--Era Harris
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Agua Fria Chapter
September: Our September Speaker was Andrew Salywon, PhD, from the Desert Botanical Garden. He spoke at
length about the different domesticated Agave varieties found throughout Arizona. The plant was an important
part of prehistoric life used for food, medicinal and textile needs.
October: Next month our own Walter "Dutch" Duering will talk about the insights gained from the Calderwood
Ceramics Lab Work. Most notable is the discovery of a sophisticated stone tool used to modify sherds for other
uses. It will be an extremely informative talk.
We start our hiking season with a trip to Black Mesa. The hike will be led by Nigel Reynolds, author and tour
guide who will take us to the "walls" on Black Mesa. We leave from Sunset Point Rest area at 8 am on Oct.
18th. We are limited to 25 people.
This year the chapter can look forward to the October State Meeting, a "dig" in Peoria and another delightful
class taught by Maurice Shoger.
--Paulette Gehlker
Desert Foothills Chapter
September: We began the 2014-2015 season with Wayne Ranney, an Arizona Humanities speaker, who presented a talk on The Footsteps of Martha Summerhayes. Martha followed her husband, Lt. John Summerhayes, to
various Army posts in the Arizona Territory beginning in 1874. The historic presentation was very interesting.
Surprisingly, the presentation also reflects the rapid transportation developments in the Arizona territory within
a decade from marginal (at best) to more modern standards (not counting air travel). Also, Wayne had extensive
interface with the family descendants to add depth to the presentation.
October: The Sears Point Archaeological District is an extensive complex site across terraces south of the Gila
River and west of present day Gila Bend with over 2000 panels of petroglyphs. There are thousands of petroglyph elements and archaeological elements including geoglyphs, rock piles, rings, alignments, cleared areas,
trails, and historic features from the 1800s as well as temporary habitations. Sears Point was most likely a major prehistoric gathering location for collection of food resources and regional ceremonies. Prehistoric cultures
represented are probably Desert Archaic, Patayan, and Hohokam, with a strong possibility of a Paleo Indian
presence. Evelyn Billo is CEO and founder (1997) of Rupestrian CyberServices which provides technical services for rock art site managers and others. She has studied Rock Art for over 30 years. Robert Mark earned his
PhD in Geology from Stanford in 1972. He joined Rupestrian CyberServices in 1998 and is the Chief Scientist.
Their presentation on the Sears Point complex should be outstanding after a 4-year project and the resulting final report and analysis on file with the Yuma Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
Special-1: This year’s Holiday Party will be a potluck on Wednesday, Dec. 10th, at 6 pm in the community
building (Maitland Hall) at the Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, Cave Creek. Early reservations
are strongly suggested due to limited room and possible seating configurations, no walk-ins can be accommodated this year. Please respond to Kathy Queen, 5311 E. Evans Dr., Scottsdale, AZ 85254 by Nov. 29th. Remit
your non-refundable check ($5.00 per person) to assist with the cost of your entrée, non-alcoholic beverage,
rolls, condiments, and place settings. Reservations can also be completed at the Sept. 10th, Oct. 8th, and Nov.
12th meetings. Last names beginning with A through E are asked to contribute salads, F through M are responsible for side dishes, and N through Z bring deserts. BUCKLE UP and celebrate another successful year, share
experiences, and review 2014. Joan Young volunteered to be our coordinator again this year and we look forward to her many surprises, questions 623.551.1085.
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Website: After the summer break, catch up with chapter news and scheduling on the DFC website. The newly
introduced 2014 Activities Calendar provides full calendar year content, as well as event section updates. A
shortcut is http://www.azarchsoc.org/desertfoothills and you bypass the steps necessary through the regular
AAS website primary address.
Classes and Workshops: Mary Kearney is the primary contact for classes and workshops at [email protected]
and the only place to sign up or get more information. Please remember classes and workshops are open to
AAS members only and DFC members have priority. There is NO registration on the day of the activity.
Sears Point Class/Trip: Enjoy a 2-day trip (Oct. 6th and 7th) in the Gila Bend general area with Evelyn Billo
and Robert Mark. Day 1 is to Howard Wells Site and Day 2 is to Sears Point. The trip includes thousands of
petroglyphs and other features such as alignments and historic canals. There is a possibility that BLM archaeologist, Thomas K. Jones may join us. The cost is $85 per member and no refunds. Camping, hotels, food, etc.
are on your own. There are still openings. All AAS members are welcome with this trip closely following summer holidays away from the Valley of the Sun. The trip dovetails nicely to the DFC’s monthly meeting topic
on October 8th. For all details concerning this trip contact, please contact [email protected].
Geology Workshop and Field Trip to the Middle Verde Valley: Wayne Ranney gives a talk from 8:30 am to
11:00 am in the Verde Valley Archaeology Center classroom (Camp Verde) and leads a carpool from 11:30
pm to 3:30 pm to points of interest in the Verde Valley. The cost is $65 with a class size limitation of 20 adults
on Friday October 24, 2014. This is currently “wait list” status only, contact [email protected]. PLEASE note
slight time changes!
--Roger Kearney
Little Colorado River Chapter News
Our September Field Trip was Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, to the Rock
Art Ranch, a private ranch outside of Holbrook. Archeologists claim
three are over 3,000 petroglyphs on the canyon walls. The ranch has
the last remaining bunkhouse of the Hashknife Cattle Company, one
of the largest ranching operations in Arizona in the 19th Century. Native Americans once built and lived in an old rock house and corral
located on the Ranch. This is where the U. S. Calvary camped just before the last battle with the Apaches at Apache Butte.
It was a bit on the warm side, but the ranch was outstanding, a real
western ranch in the middle of an area that one would picture as the
old west, because that is exactly what we saw—red dirt and big vistas, ranch house, farming equipment and cattle. We saw buffalo, old
style irons and wash boards, old-time stoves, an early washing machine, saddles, covered wagons and so much more; Native American
pottery from the early 1400’s; hundreds of projectile points. Many
items were preserved behind glass, well-loved and taken care of. The
re-mudded sweat lodge that would allow three Native Americans to
enter at one time was in good shape.
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The canyon, at this time of year, contained water for wading and many,
many petroglyphs. The hike down to the Canyon was good, but the heat
made the hike back up, strenuous. When the day was over, all agreed it was a wonderful time and a good learning experience.
Our regular meetings are Held on the 3rd Monday of each month in the Udall
Room of the Springerville Town Hall complex. The business meeting is at 6:30 pm
and our speaker/presentation follows the conclusion of the meeting. You may contact Lynette Cross for more information at 928-551-4119 or
[email protected]
--Billye Wilda
Phoenix Chapter
October: Our Oct. 9th speaker will be Doug Newton, Site Steward & Agua Fria Chapter Member, who will be
showing us slides of the Eagletail Mountain Petroglyphs. Doug has been a site steward since 1992, and for the
first 15 years of that time was assigned to monitor the archaeological sites in the Eagletail Mountains, thus acquiring knowledge of the region. He also had the opportunity to work with Boma Johnson, the Bureau of Land
Management archaeologist, as that area was in his region. Since that time he has become the regional site steward for the Tonopah region and is also the regional site steward for the Central Arizona region, mainly Pinal
County. He retired in 2002 and completed a master's degree in Plant Biology at ASU with his area of research
providing a flora of the Eagletail mountain region. Doug will be leading a tour to see the Eagletail Mountain Petroglyphs on Sunday, Oct. 26. Be sure to sign up at the State Meeting on Oct. 25th!
September: Dr. Emily Early, Assoc. Curator, Mesa Grande Cultural Park (Arizona Museum of Natural History),
gave a very interesting presentation on the research that she is conducting in the Tugen Hills in Kenya. She identifies mammal bones in order to identify shifts in mammalian species which correspond with periods of known
global climate change in the Pliocene in order to better understand the environment in which hominids evolved.
Upcoming Speakers:
Nov. 13- Ric Alling, ASU Marston Theater, Archaeoastronomy in the Southwestern U. S.
Dec. 11 - Todd Bostwick, Interpreting the Nazca Lines: Enigmatic Images of the Peruvian Desert.
Volunteers Needed! The Phoenix Chapter hosts the 50th Anniversary of the Arizona Archaeological Society on
Oct. 25th and 26th at the Pueblo Grande Museum. See pages 2 - 4 in the September Petroglyph for the agenda and
the list of tours and field trips. We need many volunteers to help us with the tasks required to make this a memorable occasion. Please contact Ellie large ([email protected] or 461-0563), Marie Britton (480-390-3491), Nancy
Unferth (602-371-1165), Ellen Martin (820-1474) or Phyllis Smith (623-694-8240) if you would like to help.
The Phoenix Chapter meets at 7 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Community Room at the Pueblo
Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix. We take the speaker to dinner at 5:30 pm at the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant on 44th Street and Washington just northwest of the museum. If you are interested in having dinner with the speaker, please call or email Marie (480-827-8070 or [email protected]) so that she can reserve a large
enough table.
--Ellie Large
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Rim Country Chapter
September: We had an excellent turnout at our monthly meeting. And all who attended were treated to an interesting presentation by our guest speaker, Jane Kolber. Jane's presentation took us around the world, defining her
Rock Art experiences in such places as China, India, the Middle East, Africa, South and Central America.
Thank you, Jane!
Our monthly hike took us to an archaeology site known as Indian Farms, located several miles east of the small
town of Gisela. The twenty to thirty room site sits just up slope from Tonto Creek. A rough trip, but a beautiful
location.
October: Our monthly meeting in October will feature guest speaker Doctor Douglas B. Craig. His subject; Debating the Hohokam Collapse. A number of theories have been advanced concerning the disappearance of the
Hohokam people. Doctor Craig will define and elaborate on the various possibilities.
Oct. Field Trip - Last chance! If you want to participate in the October field trip to Skull Valley, contact Activities Coordinator Ed Spicer asap. We'll be caravanning to 'Skull' to participate in an old fashioned ice cream social, taking a special tour of the railroad depot museum, and visiting a number of local southwestern arts and
crafts vendors.
It's time to dig! Excavation of the Goat Camp Indian Ruin begins again this month. Volunteers are needed. If
you wish to participate, contact Scott Wood, our Chapter archaeologist or Ed Spicer, Activities Coordinator.
And we've been told the "I Dig Goat Camp Ruin" T-shirts will be available at the October RCC general meeting.
--Lee Alonzo
San Tan Chapter
September: The speaker for our Sept. 10th meeting was Don Ryden, architect, planner, and historical preservationist at Ryden Architects, Inc. Don gave us his view of how prehistoric and historic home construction show
how to design and build comfortable and sustainable homes in the Arizona desert. He took what worked well for
them and used their ideas in some of his current projects with moderate success.
October: Our speaker for Oct 8th will be our chapter advisor Gina Gage, a professional archaeologist with more
than 25 years of archaeological experience in the Southwest. She is a Project Director and Historical Archaeologist for Northland Research in Tempe, where she has worked the past 11 years. Gina is also working on her
Master’s Degree in history (online) at the University of Nebraska, Kearney, and will graduate in December
2015. Her Master’s thesis focuses on historical ranching along the Big Sandy River in Mohave County. Gina is
also a proud founding member of the San Tan Chapter and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to come back
and visit her home group! We look forward to big turn-out for Gina!
The San Tan Chapter meetings are held at the San Tan Historical Society Museum at 20425 S Old Ellsworth Rd
in Queen Creek (on the corners of Queen Creek Rd and Ellsworth Loop Rd.). They are held the second Wednesday of each month from September to May. The presentation begins at 7:30 pm. For more information on our
chapter, contact Marie Britton at 480-827-8070 or [email protected], or Earla Cochran at 489-655-6733
--Marie Britton
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Verde Valley Chapter
October: Our Oct. 23rd meeting will be held at 7 pm at the Village of Oak Creek Association Community Center. Our speaker will be Allen Dart, M.A., Registered Professional Archaeologist, co-sponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council. His topic will be Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art. He
will discuss the ways in which the same symbol in petroglyphs/pictographs may be interpreted differently from
popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives. He has extensive experience supervising cultural resource projects at Archaic, Hohokam, Patayan, Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, protohistoric O'odham and
historical archaeological sites. He has been employed by the Arizona State Museum, the Museum of New Mexico, the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and private consulting firms developing archaeology contract and grant
proposals, budgets, research designs, National Register nominations, and publications for both professional and
avocational archaeologists. An active community volunteer, he donates his time to other archaeology and history organizations including the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, Arizona Archaeological Council,
Arizona Archaeological Society, the State Historic Preservation Office, and the United Way.
In Memoriam: Steven Carl has passed on. The Chapter would like to acknowledge Steven and the fact that we
have received a number of contributions into our Memorial Speaker Fund in his name.
Anniversary: The 50th Anniversary of AAS is coming up at Pueblo Grande in Phoenix. The program looks really good, with great speakers and outstanding field trips to different places in the area. The registration fee of
$40 covers all of Saturday's meals and supports the Speakers involved. Come out and support your Chapter and
the parent organization.
Field Trip: Don't forget the 3-day field trip to the Tucson area on Nov. 7-9. On the 7th there will be a tour of
the ASM Archaeology Lab with Dr. Charles Adams, and in the afternoon a tour of the Museum's Archaeological Collections. The next two days will be to area prehistoric habitation and rock art sites, led by Bill Doelle,
PhD., Archaeologist, President and CEO of Archaeology Southwest, and Janine Hernbrode, Volunteer Docent
with Archaeology Southwest.
Volunteers Needed: Several officers and a director need to be replaced in the coming year. Also, there are
many activities which the Chapter engages in which could use more help. On the job training will be provided!
For more information, please contact Chuck Jenkins at [email protected].
--Louise Fitzgerald
Yavapai Chapter
September: At the chapter’s Sept. 18th meeting, chapter member Betty Higgins presented her unique view of
Chaco Canyon. Betty has visited sites in the canyon, as well as outlying sites, many times, taking scores of
photographs, many of them from the air. These visuals, accompanied by her expertise in several archaeological
specialties—Betty holds three AAS certifications—provided the perfect overview of Chaco both for those just
learning about the area and culture, and for the nearly 50 chapter and AAS members going on an extended field
trip there the following week. Additionally, members received copies of an illustrated guide booklet written by
Charly Gullett, another chapter member and author of two books about Chaco architecture.
October: October’s meeting will feature William Litzinger, a retired Prescott College professor, who has conducted research into Mayan culture and botany. He’ll talk about the little-known elevated roadbeds the Mayans
used to transport people and goods around Mexico’s Yucatan region and perhaps in trade with many cultures
from our own Four Corners area into Central America.
--Bill Burkett
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UPCOMING EVENTS
GUIDE TO ABBREVIATIONS
AAHS
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. Meets in Duval Auditorium, Univ. Medical Center,
1501 N. Campbell Avenue, north of Speedway, www.az-arch-and-hist.org.
AIA
Archaeological Institute of America, chapters at ASU and UA
PGM
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix; 602-495-0901, www.pueblogrande.com.
PGMA
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary, www.pueblogrande.org.
OPAC
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 520-798-1201; https://www.oldpueblo.org/
State Parks Go to the Arizona State Parks Event Calendar for more information: azstateparks.com/find/calendar.html.
VVAC
Verde Valley Archaeology Center, 385 S Main St, Camp Verde; www.verdevalleyarchaeology.org.
Oct. 1, 7:30 pm, PGMA, Phoenix, Lecture: Early Archaeology at Pueblo Grande Museum by Todd Bostwick, PhD, Sr.
Research Archaeologist at PaleoWest Archaeology and Director of Archaeology, VVAC, Camp Verde. Free.
Oct. 2, 6-7 pm, Buckeye Valley Museum, Buckeye, Lecture: Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian
Rock Art by archaeologist Allen Dart, cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council. Free.
Oct. 5, 11, 12, 19, 25 & Nov. 1, 11 am-1:30 pm, Homolovi State Park, Winslow, Tour: Homolovi IV Pueblo Guided
Tour. Limited to 15 participants, weather permitting. Call to reserve a spot 928-289-4106. A park ranger will lead the tour
starting with an introduction at Homolovi State Park’s visitor center. Attendees will caravan in their own vehicles the 12
miles to Homolovi IV (last .25 miles is dirt road). The walking distance is approx. .3 miles on uneven ground (easy trail).
Oct. 12-Nov. 23, 2-5 pm, OPAC, Tucson, Workshop: Traditional Pottery Making Workshop with Andy Ward at
OPAC, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson. Fee $79 ($63.20 for OPAC & PGMA members) includes all materials. Reservations
required: 520-798-1201 or [email protected].
Oct. 15, 6 pm, AIA, Tempe, Lecture: The World of the Ancient Greek Potters: Their Places, Practices, and Prayers
by Dr. Eleni Hasaki, U. of Arizona. In Schwada Building, SCOB 152. Free.
Oct. 16, 6-8:30 pm, OPAC, Tucson, Dinner & Talk: The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey by award-winning historian and author Erik Berg. Free. Restaurant TBD.
Oct. 18, 9 am-4:45 pm, PGM, Phoenix, Special Event: International Archaeology Day. Free admission for archaeology
demonstrations, children’s activities, and tours. A special one-hour program, A Historical Presentation: Pueblo Grande
Museum (1929-2014), will be presented in the Community Room by the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary.
Oct. 18, 10 am, Homolovi State Park, Winslow, Talk: Hopi Pottery Talk. Join Park Ranger and Hopi Potter Gwen Setalla
for a discussion and demonstration of traditional Hopi pottery.
Oct. 18, 10 am-1 pm, Homolovi State Park, Winslow, Tour: Petroglyph Tour. Join a Park Ranger in a tour of Homolovi's
petroglyph sites in your own vehicle. Approx. 1.5 miles of walking on uneven terrain. Make reservations in advance at 928
-289-4106 or by email at [email protected]. Day use-fee $7.
Oct. 8 & 22, 2-2:30 pm, PGM, Phoenix, Tour: Behind the Scenes Tour of the museum with Curator of Collections Holly
Young. Learn about the artifacts that are not on display in the museum and see how museums care for their collections.
Space is limited. Sign up at the front desk to reserve your spot.
Oct. 20, 7:30 pm, AAHS, Tucson, Lecture: Homes of Stone, Place of Dreams: The Ancient People of Flagstaff by
Christian E. Downum, PhD, Professor, Northern Arizona University.
Oct. 26, 11:30 am-12:45 pm, AHC, Green Valley, Talk: Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians by archaeologist Allen Dart, for Canoa Anza Days at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road.
Oct. 26, Noon, AHC, Green Valley, Talk: Canoa-Area Pioneers and Settlers; Southern Arizona’s Mexican Land
Grants by historian Jim Turner for Canoa Anza Days at Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley.
Oct. 31, 10-11 am, PGM, Phoenix, Tour: The Park of Four Waters Tour takes you through undeveloped, natural desert
to the ruins of some of the Hohokam canal systems. This is a first-come, first-served tour. Space is limited. Sign up at the
front desk to reserve your spot. General admission prices apply.
Nov. 1, 9 am-4:45 pm, PGM, Phoenix, 9th Annual Navajo Rug and Indian Art Auction. Preview at 9 am, Auction from
noon to 5 pm. Enjoy fry bread and other native foods available for sale during the day along with coffee and breakfast
treats in the morning. The auction is free and open to the public. Standard museum admission rates for visitors.
Nov. 5, 7:30 pm, PGMA, Phoenix, Lecture: The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey, by award-winning historian and author Erik Berg.
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October 2014 / Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society
Fielder Fund: Your Chance to Endow AAS Publications
The Fielder Fund was created by the Society in 1996 to inform the public about American Southwest history, archaeology, and anthropology through the support of publications and other media. The goal is to build a fund large
enough that its annual interest can pay for publication of The Arizona Archaeologist and other publications. The name
honors the Society’s first publications team, Marje and Herb Fielder.
Thanks to William Henry for his $50 monthly donation.
Balance: $42,012.50
To contribute or for more information, contact our AAS treasurer: Trudy Mertens, P. O. Box 819, Wickenburg, AZ
58358 or email [email protected]. Please include your chapter affiliation.
Chapter
Location
CHAPTER MEETING SCHEDULE
Date & Time
th
Membership
Agave House
Black Mesa Ranger Station Conf. Rm.
2748 Hwy. 260, Overgaard
4 Wed., 6:30 pm
Gloria Kurzhals
928-536-3056
Agua Fria
West Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
5904 W. Cholla St. , Glendale
2nd Mon., 7 pm
Sept. thru May
Chris Reed
623-561-9161
Desert Foothills
The Good Shepherd of the Hills
Community Building,
6502 E Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek
2nd Wed., 7 pm
Sept. thru May
Glenda Simmons
928-684-3251
Homolovi
Winslow Chamber of Commerce
523 W. 2nd Street, Winslow
3rd Thurs., 7 pm
Karen Berggren
928-607-1836
Little Colorado
River
Casa Museum, 418 East Main
Springerville
3rd Mon., 7 pm
Sheri Anderson
928-536-2375
Northern Arizona
The Peaks "Alpine Room"
3150 N. Winding Brook Road
Flagstaff
3rd Tues., 7 pm
Sept. thru Nov.,
Jan. thru June
Peggy Taylor
928-526-8963
Phoenix
Pueblo Grande Museum
4619 E. Washington, Phoenix
2nd Thurs., 7 pm
Sept. thru May
Bob Unferth
602-371-1165
Rim Country
Church of the Holy Nativity, The Cottage
1414 North Easy Street, Payson
3rd Sat., 10 am
Carolyn Walter
928-474-4419
San Tan
San Tan Historical Society Museum
Ellsworth & Queen Creek Roads
Queen Creek
2nd Wed., 7:30 pm
Sept. thru May
Marie Britton
480-827-8070
Verde Valley
Sedona Public Library
3250 White Bear Road
Sedona
4th Thurs., 7 pm,
Sept. thru May
3rd Thurs., 7 pm,
Nov and Dec.
Ron Krug
928-284-9357
928-477-3020
Yavapai
Pueblo of the Smoki Museum
147 North Arizona St., Prescott
3rd Thurs., 7 pm
Sept. thru Nov.
Jan. thru June.
Sue Ford
928-778-5795
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T H E P E T R O G L Y P H / October 2014
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PHOENIX AZ
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Arizona Archaeological Society
Box 9665
Phoenix, Arizona 85068
Dated material:
Please deliver promptly.
Thank you!
OR CURRENT RESIDENT
STATE OFFICERS
CERTIFICATION
DEPARTMENT
Glenda Simmons, Chair
PO Box 780
Wickenburg, AZ 85358
928-684-3251
Fax 928-684-3259
[email protected]
Trudy Mertens, Treasurer
P.O. Box 819
Wickenburg, AZ 85358
928-684-0077
[email protected]
Sandy Haddock, 1st Vice Chair
6901 East Windsor Avenue
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
480-481-0582
[email protected]
Ron Krug, Secretary
PO Box 20969
Sedona , AZ 86341
(928) 284-9357 or 477-3020
[email protected]
Trudy Mertens, Treasurer
P.O. Box 819
Wickenburg, AZ 85358
928-684-0077
[email protected]
Scott Newth, 2nd Vice Chair
P.O. Box 20969
Sedona, AZ 86341-0969
928-274-7773
[email protected]
Sylvia Lesko, Membership
865 S. Oak Street
Gilbert, AZ 85233
480-497-4229
[email protected]
Allen Dart, Advisor
520-798-1201
[email protected]
Alan Troxel
Archivist, Historian and Collections
[email protected]
PUBLICATIONS
Ellie Large, Publications Chair and
Petroglyph Editor,
[email protected]
Linda Dorsey, Webmaster
[email protected]
Chuck Jenkins, Chair
15 Amberly Drive
Sedona, AZ 86336
[email protected]
LEGISLATIVE
LIAISON
Kevin J. Palmer
480-515-2211
[email protected]
Arizona Archaeologist Series Editor
To be determined
ADVISORS
Joan Clark
Alan Ferg
John Hohmann, Ph.D.
Gary Stumpf
Ken Zoll, Arizona Archaeologist
Series Production Editor
[email protected]
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OBJECTIVES OF AAS:
To foster interest and research in the
archaeology of Arizona
To encourage better public
understanding and concern for
archaeological and cultural resources
To protect antiquities by discouraging
exploitation of archaeological
resources
To aid in the conservation and
preservation of scientific and
archaeological data and associated
sites
To serve as a bond between the
professionals and the avocational nonprofessionals
To increase knowledge and improve
the skill of members in the disciplines
of archaeology
To participate in investigations in the
field of archaeology and to put the
information so obtained into published
form
To publish a journal and such monographs as the publications committee
deems appropriate