GLYPHS The Monthly Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society An Affiliate of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona Founded in 1916
Vol. 62, No. 9 Tucson, Arizona March 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE President’s Message ...... 2 Before Lake Powell: Memories of Glen Canyon, William D. Lipe ...... 4 The Cornerstone ...... 8
Glen Canyon
Next General Meeting: March 19, 2012 7:30 p.m., Duval Auditorium, University Medical Center www.az-arch-and-hist.org Page 2 Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of ...... The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Page 3
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE informed. Considering the cost of pro- people to use them—seems short- tecting archaeological resources on sighted, at best. And the idea that the public lands, or even the cost of find- solution to a state budget shortfall ecent news in south- and September–November). This is ing out what archaeological re- should include closing the state ern Arizona has in- a far cry from its old, pre-shortfall R sources might exist on public lands, parks that are least able to pay for cluded two related items schedule, but anyone who has en- the idea that certain public lands are themselves—the motivation for clos- about access to public lands joyed Oracle State Park in the past is “non-developed,” and thus, have no ing Oracle State Park in 2009—seems that remind me of how privi- undoubtedly grateful. costs associated with them—and altogether regrettable. leged I am to live where I live, but also It’s hard to argue with the idea thus, should not require fees for —Scott O’Mack, President of how tenuous some of that privi- that people should have free access lege is. to public lands, especially when the First is the news that a federal ap- agency managing those lands has peals court in San Francisco has de- not invested anything in recreational cided in favor of some folks who were development, but I was never both- not happy with having to pay a fee to ered by having to pay a fee to hike AAHS LECTURE SERIES the Forest Service to park along the the Catalina Mountains. I knew the All meetings are held at the University Medical Center, Duval Auditorium highway from Tucson to Mount money would be put to good use by Third Monday of the month, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Lemmon solely for the purpose of pic- the Forest Service in one way or an- Mar. 19, 2012: William Lipe, Before Lake Powell: Memories of Glen Canyon nicking, enjoying a scenic overlook, other. And I would not be bothered Archaeology or accessing a hiking trail. The court by having to pay—in higher taxes or concluded that the federal Recreation higher admission—to keep Oracle Apr. 16, 2012: Ben Nelson, Power, Distance, and Mesoamerican-U.S. Enhancement Act, passed in 2004, State Park and other state parks open Southwestern Interaction clearly prohibits charging a fee for the year-round. Considering the plea- May 21, 2012: Matthew Peeples, Identity and Social Transformation in the use of “non-developed” public sure and edification that I inevitably Prehispanic Cibola World lands, and the places people stop experience when I visit protected along the highway to Mount public lands, whether state parks or Lemmon apparently qualify as “non- national forests or county preserves, developed”—even though this is any fees or taxes I have paid to help surely the most traveled road in the maintain these lands amount to a NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE AAHS Coronado National Forest, and it bargain. CUMMINGS AND STONER AWARDS seems to include all kinds of devel- We are, as U.S. residents, lucky to The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is oped facilities like picnic tables, park- have a national system of public once again accepting nominations for the Byron S. ing areas, toilets, and signage, not to lands and land management that Cummings and Victor R. Stoner awards. The mention the highway itself. can, when permitted, provide protec- Cummings Award recognizes outstanding research The related news item is that tion even to resources that would and contributions to knowledge in Southwestern archae- Oracle State Park is open once again, never survive a hasty or poorly in- ology, anthropology, ethnology, or history. The Stoner after closing in October 2009, due to formed judgement of what should Award celebrates the promotion of historic awareness the state budget shortfall. Thanks to remain and what might just as well and is given to someone who brings Southwestern an- a local organization, Friends of be destroyed. Archaeological sites thropology, archaeology, ethnology, or history to the public over an ex- Oracle State Park, the park will once are, of course, among the most perti- tended period of time. These awards are presented annually at the Pecos again be open to the general public, nent resources in this regard, because Conference in August. Please forward nominations by April 15, to Patrick although just one day a week and just so many are unrecognizable as any- Lyons at 520.621.6276 or [email protected]. for parts of the year (February–April thing except to the archaeologically Page 4 Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of ...... The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Page 5
Suggested Reading: Tracking Ancient Footsteps: William AAHS HAPPENINGS D. Lipe’s Contributions to Southwest- Fowler, Don D. ern Prehistory and Public Archaeology, TOPIC OF THE MARCH 19 GENERAL MEETING 2011 The Glen Canyon Country: A Personal edited by R. G. Matson and T. A. Memoir. University of Utah Press, Kohler, pp. 29-43. Washington Salt Lake City. State University Press, Pullman. Before Lake Powell: Memories of Glen Canyon Geib, Phil R. 2006 Glen Canyon Archaeology, Then and by William D. Lipe Now: Contributions in Hindsight. In
hen the Glen Canyon Speaker Bill Lipe is Professor Emeritus at Washington State University and a Trustee of WDam was completed in the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado. Except for brief forays into the 1963, Lake Powell started to fill, archaeology of New York state and Idaho, he has worked in the Four Corners region of the eventually extending more than Southwest since the mid-1950s. From 1995–1997, he was President of the Society for Ameri- 180 miles up the Colorado River can Archaeology, and in 2010, he received the Alfred Kidder Award from the American in Arizona and Utah. Named by Anthropological Association, for achievement in American archaeology. Recent publications John Wesley Powell in 1869, include a chapter in the book Leaving Mesa Verde (edited by Tim Kohler et al.; University Glen Canyon lay at the heart of of Arizona Press, 2010) and junior editorship (with Lynne Sebastian) of Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management (School of Advanced Research Press, 2009). the most remote, rugged, and least-populated area in the American Southwest. The region’s character was trans- formed by Lake Powell, which UPCOMING AAHS FIELD TRIPS now attracts nearly two million AAHS membership is required to participate in field trips. Prospective visitors a year. The flooding of members may attend one AAHS field trip prior to joining. Glen Canyon contributed to the Tumamoc Hill growth of the environmental March 24, 2012 movement and the cancellation Tumamoc Hill, just west of the Santa Cruz River in downtown Tucson, is a of dams planned for Marble and trincheras site, with occupations extending back to 500 B.C. There are also a Grand Canyons. large number of Hohokam petroglyphs. Our leaders will be Paul and The Glen Canyon Archaeo- Suzanne Fish and Gayle Hartmann. To register, email David McLean at logical Project (GCP) was the “mega-project” of its day, with crews in the field [email protected]. We will carpool to the top of the hill. The tour in- from 1957 through 1963. It recorded more than 2,000 sites, documenting inter- volves a small amount of walking over fairly smooth terrain. The trip is mittent episodes of occupation, from Archaic through historic times, in re- limited to 20 people. sponse to climatic shifts and to cultural and demographic changes in adjacent upland regions. I was a crew chief on the University of Utah portion of the Early People of the Colorado Plateau GCP from 1958 to 1960, and a crew member in summer of 1961, after I had April 27–29, 2012 returned to graduate school. The project set me on course for a career in ar- Join us as we journey to northern Arizona to learn more about the early chaeology, as it did for many others. populations who inhabited portions of the Colorado Plateau country. We The talk reviews some of the archaeological contributions of the GCP, as begin our journey on Friday afternoon, April 27, 2012, meeting at the Mu- well as its logistical challenges and political context. It is illustrated with seum of Northern Arizona (MNA) at 1:00 p.m., where we will join one of the digitized versions of slides and film clips taken during the project. One of the curators for a “behind the scenes” tour of some of the special artifacts that episodes shows excavations at Defiance House, a well preserved but then difficult-to-access cliff dwelling that is now a Park Service visitor attraction. (continued on page 6) Page 6 Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of ...... The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Page 7
(continued from page 5) SOUTHWEST ARCHAEOLOGY’S are not typically exhibited. Thank you, David McLean, for arranging this for ARCHAEOLOGY CAFÉ us! Participants can then spend the night in Flagstaff or journey onward to outhwest Archaeology and Casa Vincente invite you to the Archaeology Winslow for the evening. S Café, a casual discussion forum dedicated to promoting community en- On Saturday, we will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Rock Art Lodge, located just gagement with cultural and scientific research. Meetings are the first Tuesday southeast of Winslow and owned by Brantley Baird; it is also the location of of each month from September to May, at 6:00 p.m. Casa Vicente is located at the University of Arizona Field School for 2011–2013, which is being con- 375 S. Stone Avenue. The café is free and open to the community. ducted by Rich Lange and Dr. Chuck Adams. We will go into Chevlon Can- The remainder of the 2011–2012 season includes the following presentations: yon (depending on water level of Chevlon Creek) to look at the amazing Mar. 6: Lydia Otero, La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a petroglyphs left by the early populations of the area, dating from the Ar- Southwest City chaic period through the Ancestral Puebloan period. Our tour will be led by Darlene Brinkerhoff, one of the individuals who recorded the site several Apr. 3: Jeff Reid, Prehistory, Personality, and Place: Emil W. Haury and the years ago. We will then travel around the ranch to view some of the other Mogollon Community sites that are being investigated and recorded. This portion of the trip will May 1: Natalia Martínez Tagüeña and Vance Holliday, El Fin del Mundo, take most of the day, so bring lunch, snacks, and water. Sonora, Mexico: Clovis Archaeology at the End of the World Sunday morning, we will meet at the visitor center at Homo’lovi State Park at 9:00 a.m., where we will join Rich Lange for a tour of some of the Homo’lovi pueblos. We should finish by noon for those folks who need to drive back to Tucson. If you cannot meet us Friday for the MNA tour, you can still meet up with us Saturday morning in Winslow for the rest of the field trip. Once you have CHACO ROCK ART TOUR signed up for the trip, more detailed information will be furnished. Inclem- he Friends of Chaco Rock Art tour is scheduled for May 3–7, 2012. ent weather will cancel the trip, as the road to the ranch is a dirt road. The Activities begin Thursday evening with dinner and an orientation. contact for this trip is Chris Lange, [email protected] or 520.792.1303. T The following day, the park ar- chaeologist will lead an introduc- University of Arizona’s Tree-Ring Lab tory tour of architectural struc- May 5, 2012 tures. Participants will also visit Established in 1937, the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is the world’s the related rock art sites. premier and largest center devoted to dendrochronology—the study of envi- The following two days will be de- ronments and cultures using tree rings. Beyond the use of dendrochronol- voted to visiting rock art sites that ogy in archaeology, with which AAHS members are most familiar, the lab are closed to the public. also pursues multidisciplinary applications of dendrochronology in clima- tology, ecology, geology, hydrology, and other fields, which are equally fas- The cost, $850 per person, is par- cinating. Join us on an exploration of this work, including a tour of the sub- tially tax deductible, because the stadium warehouses containing material from archaeological digs through- profits are being used to help pre- out the Southwest. serve the resources. The tour is limited to nine (9) people. For detailed information, contact either Jane Kolber at 520.432.3402 or Tour limited to 20 people. Meet at 9:00 am for a three-hour tour. Registrants [email protected], or Donna Yoder at 520.882.4281 or donnayoder@ will be given location and parking directions. Contact Lynn Ratener at cox.net. 520.299.3317 or [email protected]. Page 8 Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of ...... The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Page 9
THE CORNERSTONE torical analysis in a manner unfet- than the scarcity that marks the dry tered by international boundaries, expanse of the Southwest—mitigates Traversing the Continent in Fulbright Style, nation-states, and cultural boxes. My the juridical tensions between the Part 1: Canada students rose to the challenge and two legal traditions. Hydrology and by Michael M. Brescia, Arizona State Museum began to ask smart, comparative ques- ecology are just as important, there- tions of the historical evidence that fore, as jurisprudence. I left Canada t was a poignant moment for me they uncovered in the archives and with a better appreciation of the as I drove my Jeep Liberty on library, which also pushed them to myraid ways in which Mother Na- I Last spring, Dr. Brescia was granted revisit conventional wisdom and ture fashions the tempo of law and Interstate 90 into western New the Fulbright-Carlos Rico Award for posit new hypotheses about the simi- its application to natural resource York to start the Canadian por- North American Studies under the tion of my North American categories of teaching and research. larities and differences in the Cana- management. dian, Mexican, and U.S. experiences. My family and I left Ontario for Fulbright. The vineyards on my As the Fulbright-Carlos Rico Visiting In addition to my teaching duties, Tucson in mid-December; we saw right were ripe with Concord Research Chair for North American grapes on the peak of harvest, Studies the University of Western I also met with historians, political just enough snow and experienced while on my left, the shores of Ontario, Brescia taught a research scientists, librarians, and law faculty just enough cold to say, unequivo- Lake Erie produced gentle seminar on the comparative history to discuss my research into the his- cally, that we don’t miss the ‘Arctic’ breezes. You could hear the occa- of North America. At the same time, torical tensions between the Anglo temperatures of the northeastern cor- sional sound of seagulls above the he conducted research there for his common law and European civil law ridors of the continent. We do miss project, “Water Rights and Compet- din of the numerous tractor trail- traditions in North America, tensions Tim Hortons coffee, however, not to ing Legal Traditions in North ers that monopolized the road- which continue to play out in the mention the wide availability and America: Historical Perspectives,” American Southwest when disputes varied uses of maple syrup, the eclec- way. I had spent the first five years which examines the historical arise over access to, and control of, tic nature of the local farmers mar- of my professional life teaching at tensions between common law and a small liberal arts college in the civil law in adjudication of property water sources. Folks who have vis- ket, and the sincere friendliness that area, so this trip was a homecom- rights, particularly water rights, on the ited the Arizona State Museum and Canadians exhibit toward newcom- ing of sorts for me and my family. continent. walked through the Many Mexicos and ers. We might learn a thing or two We visited with old friends, drove Having completed a semester Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo exhibits from Canadian efforts to recognize through the campus, walked the teaching in Canada, Brescia is now know that the U.S. courts are sup- the value of bilingualism and beach, and frequented our favor- in Puebla Mexico, conducting even posed to act as surrogates for the old multiculturalism. Next stop on our ite ice cream shop every day of our more research in the Biblioteca Spanish colonial property law. What Fulbright adventure: Puebla, Mexico. stay. I allowed the nostalgia to Palafoxiana, a rare book library about our neighbors north of the in- founded in 1646. He returns to ASM take hold just enough so it ternational border? How have Cana- late this summer. wouldn’t overwhelm the senses. dians navigated the differences be- The Cornerstone is presented by: Crossing the border into tween the French civil law in Québec Darlene F. Lizarraga, Marketing Coordinator and the English common law that Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona Canada consumed a mere 25 minutes of our time. How often does that happen P.O. Box 210026, Tucson, AZ 85721-0026 at the southern border? Armed with my Fulbright letter and passport, I re- operates in the rest of the country? Phone: 520.626.8381, FAX: 520.621.2976 quested a work permit so I could teach at the University of Western Ontario, a Interestingly enough, the relative www.statemuseum.arizona.edu medium-sized research university of approximately 33,000 students located abundance of water sources—rather [email protected] in the city of London, about two hours from Niagara Falls and an hour from Port Huron, Michigan. My Fulbright project has a teaching component to it; I offered to teach a research seminar on comparative methodology to graduate Follow AAHS on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/pages/Tucson-AZ/ and undergraduate students. 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AAHS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE AWARENESS MONTH ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY & HERITAGE EXPO Membership is open to all persons who are interested in the prehistory and history of Arizona and the Southwest and who support the aims of the Society. Each member- The kick-off event for Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month is ship runs for a full year beginning July 1 and continuing through June 30, and covers all individuals living in the same household. the ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY & HERITAGE EXPO, March 3, 2012; 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monthly meetings are free and open to the public. Society field trips require member- ship. Members may also purchase an annual JSTOR subscription to Kiva back issues The Expo will offer many educational attractions for archaeology and for $20 through the AAHS website. history buffs, and it will be held on the lawns in front of the Senate and House buildings at the Arizona State Capitol. The event is open to the Membership Categories public and is FREE. $50 Kiva members receive four issues of the Society’s quarterly journal Kiva and 12 issues of Glyphs The Expo provides a special opportunity for visitors to learn more about $40 Glyphs members receive Glyphs why it is important to preserve archaeological sites and historic places, $35 Student Kiva members receive both Kiva and Glyphs what archaeologists, historians, and tribal members do in their jobs, and $75 Contributing members receive Kiva, Glyphs, and all current benefits about the prehistory and history of Arizona. Archaeology- and/or his- $120 Supporting members receive Kiva, Glyphs, and all current benefits $300 Sponsoring members receive Kiva, Glyphs, and all current benefits tory-related, hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, and other fun and $1,000 Lifetime members receive Kiva, Glyphs, and all current benefits educational events will be featured. For memberships outside the U.S., please add $20. Special displays and booths by archaeological and historical organiza- For institutional membership, contact AltaMira Press at
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