PETROGLYPH Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society Volume 48, Number 2 www.AzArchSoc.org Oct 2011 AAS State Meeting (Also called the AAS Annual Board of Directors Meeting) October 14-16, Benson, Arizona Checklist for the Benson meeting: _____ Register (see the May and June Petroglyphs for information and the registration form, or go to http://www.AzArchSoc.org/annualmeeting _____ Chapter officers: remember Friday evening meeting. Bring a dish to share. RSVP to Judy Rounds. _____ Bring something for the Silent Auction. _____ Chapter Presidents or representatives, bring proxies for election. _____ Tables are available for Chapters, artists, or authors. Let Judy know. _____ Pack your luggage, include your boots, hat and hiking stick. _____ Have a safe trip. AAS Completes Second Season of Work at Homol’ovi State Park. Our second season of stabilization work at Homol'ovi State Park was completed on Sept. 17 & 18. During 2010 and 2011 twenty-three AAS members from eight different AAS chapters worked a total of 10 days doing actual mud work. We also worked additional days doing soil tests, photography and documentation. As of Sept. 18th, these members contributed 1165 hours toward completing this project. (Continued on page 3) IN THIS ISSUE... Video on Hohokam Archaeology on Youtube. 2 - Upcoming Events 3 - AAC Fall Conference Earlier in the year, the AAS collaborated with the Museum of Northern Arizona 3 - Homolovi IV Tours to obtain a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council for the publication of a 4 - Chapter News 9 - State Park Events video taken during a seminar on Hohokam Archaeology. Presentations by Dr. 10 - AAHA Month David Wilcox and others were videotaped and are now available on Youtube. 11 - Meeting Calendar You can view them at www.youtube.com/hohokamarchaeology. Next deadline is noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18th Ron Robinson, Chair T H E P E T R O G L Y P H / Oct 2011 UPCOMING EVENTS GUIDE TO LOCATIONS AAHS Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. Meets in Duval Auditorium, Univ. Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, north of Speedway (www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml). AIA Archaeological Institute of America, Central Az. Chapter, www.centralazaia.ning.com/ ASM Arizona State Museum, UA Campus,1013 E. Univ. Blvd., Tucson, www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/index.shtml DVRAC Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix 623-582-8007, dvrac.asu.edu. IHO Institute for Human Origins, ASU, Tempe, 727-6580, iho.asu.edu. OPAC Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson, 520-798-1201, www.oldpueblo.org. MNA 3101 N. Ft. Valley Rd., Flagstaff, 928-774-5213, www.musnaz.org/, PGM Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix 602-495-090, www.pueblogrande.com. PGMA Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary, www.pueblogrande.org. SHESC ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Main Campus, Tempe, Anthropology Bldg, Rm 340. shesc.asu.edu/events Oct. 4-Dec. 6, 6:30-8:30 pm, Tuesdays, Tucson, Class: Prehistory their own niche within the changing landscape of early Africa, of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona, with which in turn became essential to their survival, evolution, and archaeologist Allen Dart, at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. ultimate expansion into the rest of the world. In the Carson Ball- room, Old Main, ASU Tempe. The Anthropology Museum of will Oct 5, 7:30-9 pm, PGMA, Phoenix, Talk: Mesa Grande Platform be open immediately after this lecture (approx.6:45 to 7:45 pm). Mound Opening by Jerry Howard, Curator of Anthropology, and Tom Wilson, Director, of the Arizona Museum of Natural History. Oct. 12 & 26, 2-2:30 pm, PGM, Phoenix, Tour: Behind the Mesa Grande will soon open to the public on a regular basis for Scenes Tour with Curator of Collections Holly Young. The tour is the first time. The new interpretive trail will be presented and the open to walk in visitors with paid admissions. This tour is an op- plans for the new Welcoming Center will be unveiled. Dr. Howard portunity to learn about the artifacts that are not on display on the and Dr. Wilson will talk about the history of Mesa Grande, the museum and see how museums care for their collections. This is a efforts to preserve it, to open the site to the public and to create a first come, first serve tour. very different visitor experience. Oct 15, 9 am-2pm, PGM, Phoenix, Fair: 8th Annual Native Oct. 5, 3-3:45 pm, ASM, Tucson: Coffee with the Curators. En- Foods and Craft Fair. Shop for produce, visit the pumpkin joy a cup of coffee and informal conversation with Cass Fey, cura- patch, try your luck at the watermelon eating contest, stop by the tor of education at UA Center for Creative Photography, who will free Kid's Crafts area. Native American artists and craftspeople discuss portraits, still lifes, architecture, and landscapes shot in will demonstrate traditional arts and crafts. Frybread and other Mexico during the 1920s by renowned American photographer refreshments will be available for sale. Free &open to the public. Edward Weston. Free, ASM lobby. Oct. 17, 7:30 pm, AAHS, Tucson, Lecture: What’s in the Bag? Oct. 6, 6-7 pm, AIA, Tempe, Talk: Digital Modeling of Roman A New Look at Ancient Bags through Museum Collections and Cities by Thomas Morton, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. of Architecture, Rock Art by Janet Lever-Wood and Laurie Webster. A rock-art ASU. By using Roman Africa as a test case, this lecture examines researcher and an archaeological perishables specialist team up to the ‘individuality within regularity’ of Roman cities, from the end explore a variety of questions related to bags. of the Roman Republic to the Late Empire. It concentrates primar- Oct. 21, 3:30-5 pm, SHESC, Colloquium: Talk by Herman ily on the province of Africa Proconsularis (Tunisia and Libya) Pontzer, Dept.of Anthropology, Washington University, on Physi- and looks at famous cities such as Carthage and Lepcis Magna as cal Anthropology, Topic TBA. In SHESC 340. well as little known cities such as Meninx (Jerba, Tunisia). Spatial modeling analyses of select cities in Africa Proconsularis will be Oct. 20, 6-8:30 pm, OPAC, Tucson: OPAC’s 3rd Thursday Food presented. Neeb Hall 105 for Thought: Debating Hohokam Collapse with archaeologist Douglas B. Craig, Ph.D. Free (Order your own dinner off the res- Oct. 6, 7 pm, SWAT, Mesa, Talk: Homol’ovi State Park Stabili- taurant’s menu). Reservations are due by 3 pm Wed., Oct. 19. zation Project, by Jim Britton. Jim will discuss the recent stabili- Call 520-798-1201 or [email protected] zation work at Homol’ovi State Park in Winslow. Jim will present the history of the Park and the project, showing before and after Oct.22, 7-10 am, PGM, Phoenix, Hike: Petroglyph Discovery photos of the areas stabilized including the Homol’ovi II Great Hike with an experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead Kiva, Five Room Block, and the Small Clan Kiva, and work done participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike on Hol- at Homol’ovi I. He will also discuss the reopening of the Park. bert Trail, South Mountain. Advance registration is required. Go AzMNH Theatre, 53 N. Macdonald (Enter from First Street) to their web site for more details and to register. Oct.28, 10-11am, PGM, Phoenix, Tour: Park of Four Waters Oct.6, 5:30-7 pm, IHO, Tempe, Lecture: Origin of the Genus Tour. This tour will take you on a tour through undeveloped, Homo by Leslie Aiello, Pres., Wenner Gren Foundation. Drawing natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems. Tour is on the fossil record and comparative evidence from humans and included with museum admission, advanced registration is re- other living animals, it is becoming clear that cooperation must quired. Go to their web site for more details and to register. have evolved early and was one of the most important factors in the evolution of Homo. Through cooperation, hominins created 2 Oct 2011 / Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society (Continued from page 1) AAS Completes Second Season of Work at Homol’ovi State Park Work was conducted on the east side of the Little Colorado River at Homol'ovi I and II. At Homol'ovi I, Structure 1 and several wall alignments were stabilized. At Homol'ovi II, the Great Kiva, the Five Room Block, and the Small Clan Kiva were stabilized. This completes the work outlined in the "Scope of Work" which was approved by the Arizona State Parks and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Much good will and appreciation have been received from the AZ State Parks staff and the Hopi tribe, which con- tributes funds to this ancestral Hopi park, as well as the professional archaeologists involved with the park. Now that work on the park area east of the Little Colorado, the primary public visitation area, is complete, discussions are beginning about the possibility of working at Homol’ovi IV on the west side of the river. This is a mesa-top site with views of the Hopi Mesas to the North and the San Franciscan Peaks to the West. Thanks go out to those who have participated in this public service project! Ron Robinson, Chair Arizona Archaeological Council 2011 Fall Conference, Oct. 28, 2011, Tucson & 69th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference Oct. 26-29, 2011, Tucson The 2011 AAC Fall Conference, From Without and Within: Long-Distance Interactions, Culture Change, and Culture Contact in Arizona, will take place on Friday, Oct.28, 2011, at the Arizona Historical Society Museum, Tucson, Arizona.