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Message from the State ChairA big gold star to the Desert Foothills Chapter for hosting the Fall State Meeting. A full week-end of activitiesincluded a wine tasting at the Cave Creek Museum, and the Phoenix Herpetological Live Exhibit helped usbetter understand the desert dwellers that we meet in the desert. John Gunn from the Spur Cross RanchConservation Area gave a very informative talk on mines in the Cave Creek Area. The pictures showing thevarious types of tunnels amazing. Thank you again Desert Foothills, it was great!

We have a new Chapter from the Queen Creek area. The San Tan Chapter has 15 very enthusiastic members.President of the group is Mel Marshall, who currently is learning the ins and outs of acquiring speakers,learning about classes, etc. They meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month . A big Arizona Archaeologicalwelcome!

The webmaster is currently accepting any and all information for web pages. Pictures would be a great helpand would go a long way towards perking up the site. Many Chapters have several months of speakers linedup. Getting this information posted would help to let people know who is speaking where. A reminder:December is election time for the AAS. Please make a note to update your web page with new officers.

Plans are under way to improve our website. A new page aimed at non-members who are interested in AAS,and want to see what we are about, is in the process of being developed. Do you have an idea that you thinkwould make a good addition to our site? If so, please contact the webmaster at [email protected].

The winter state meeting will be held in Gila Bend and will be hosted by the Agua Fria Chapter. They havepromised to show us sites that have rarely been seen. Should be a great time. Mark your calendars for January

24, 2009.Its that time of the year to be thinking of all those ProfessionalArchaeologists who do so much to help our chapters. Do you knowsomeone who has been helpful to the society and to avocationalarchaeology? Refer to the chapter manual, read up on the requirements,and send in your nomination.

— Sylvia LeskoChair, Arizona Archaeological Society

PETROGLYPHNewsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society

Volume 45, Number 3 www.AzArchSoc.org November 2008

IN THIS ISSUE…

2 — Chapter Meeting Calendar3 — Fielder Fund Update4 — Upcoming Events5 — Winter State Meeting7 — Chapter News

Next deadline is at noon onTuesday, November 18th, forthe December issue.

T H E P E T R O G L Y P H / November 2008

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CHAPTER MEETINGS

Chapter Location Date & Time

Agave House Black Mesa Ranger Station Conf. Rm. 4th Wednesday of each month2748 Hwy. 260, Overgaard 6:30 pm

Agua Fria Glendale Public Library Auditorium 2nd Tuesday of each month59th Avenue & Brown, Glendale Meeting: 7:00-9:00 pmOne light so. of Peoria on 59th September thru May

Ajo/Why Ajo Salazar Library 1st Wednesday of each month,Dec. thru April; Bus. Meetingat 6:30 pm, Talk at 7:00 pm

Desert Foothills Church of Good Shepherd of the Hills 2nd Wednesday of each monthEpiscopal Church Hall 7:00 pm6502 E Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek September thru May

Homolovi Homolovi Ruins State Park 3rd Thursday of each monthVisitors Center 7:00 pm

Little Colorado River Casa Malpais Museum 3rd Monday of each monthSpringerville 7:00 pm

Mohave The Grace Lutheran Church 2nd Wednesday of each month2101 Harrison Ave., Kingman. 7:00-9:00 pm

Northern AZ The Peaks (Senior Living Community) 3rd Tuesday of each month"Alpine Room", 3150 N. Winding Brook Sept. to Nov., Jan. to JuneRoad, Flagstaff (Hwy 180 north of 7:00 pmFlagstaff, just before MNA)

Phoenix Pueblo Grande Museum 2nd Thursday of each month4619 E. Washington, Phoenix Sept. thru June; 7:30 pm

Tubac/Santa Cruz The Historic Lowe House 2nd Thursday of each monthCounty

San Tan Queen Creek Historical Museum 2nd Wednesday of the monthSE corner of Ellsworth & Rittenhouse Rds 7:00 pm

Rim Country Church of the Holy Nativity, The Cottage 3rd Saturday of each month1414 North Easy Street 10:00 am

Verde Valley Sedona Public Library 4th Thursday, Sept. thru May3250 White Bear Road, Sedona except 3rd Thursday, Nov &

Dec. 7:00 pm

Yavapai Pueblo of the Smoki Museum 3rd Thursday of each month147 North Arizona St., Prescott 7:30 pm

November 2008 / Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society

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Fielder Fund: Your Chance to Endow AAS Publications

Established by the Society in 1996, the Fielder Fund was created to help inform the public about archaeology,anthropology, and the history of the American Southwest through the support of publications and other media. Thegoal is to build a fund large enough that its annual interest alone can pay for publication of The ArizonaArchaeologist and possibly other publications. Contributions to the fund are welcome from chapters andindividuals. The name honors the Society’s first publications team, Marje and Herb Fielder.

Thanks again to William Henry!

$36, 207.01

For more information, or to contribute, contact Alan Ferg, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson85721-0026; phone 520-621-2970 or email [email protected], or you can send contributions directly to ourAAS treasurer, Judy Rounds, P.O. Box 1401, Carefree 85377. Please include your chapter affiliation.

The Petroglyph is published 10 times a year as a service to the membership of the Arizona Archaeological Society. Addresscorrespondence for the newsletter to Editors at [email protected] or mail to Elinor Large, 945 N. Pasadena #5, Mesa, AZ 85201.Call Ellie at 480.461.0563. Send address changes to the membership chair, Sylvia Lesko, at [email protected]. Submissions aresubject to approval by the editors, advisory committee, or members, and may be edited to best represent the scientific, educational, andorganizational objectives of the AAS. Deadline: 18th of each month, at noon.

Pueblo Grande Museum Gift Shop Needs Volunteers

Come see, shop, and become a Volunteer at the new and improved, remodeled Pueblo Grande Museum Gift Shop! Joinour dedicated group of Volunteers who work to make shopping at the Gift Shop a highlight of every Museum visit.Volunteers not only sell authentic tribal merchandise, they meet interesting museum visitors of all ages from all over theworld, learn and share information about ancient and modern Native American cultures, art, and artifacts, and help raisemoney to maintain and support museum programs. PGMA Gift Shop Volunteers learn to operate a user-friendly point ofsale system. Volunteers usually work one half-day shift a week, either mornings from 9:30 am to 1 pm or afternoonsfrom 1 to 4:30 pm; days and shifts are flexible. If you would like to be a PGM Auxiliary Gift Shop Volunteer, please callVisitor Services Supervisor Stacey Mays at 602-495-0901 or e-mail [email protected].

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Upcoming Events

Nov. 5, 7:30-9 pm, PGM, Phoenix –PGM Auxiliary Lecture: An Overview ofRock Art in China by Dr. Peter Welshfrom DVRAC.

Nov. 5, 7-8 pm, SHESC, ASU, Tempe -Lecture: Moundville: Archaeology of aPre-Columbian Ceremonial Center inAlabama by Vincas Steponaitis, Dept. ofAnthropology, Univ. of North Carolina atChapel Hill. Sponsored by Sigma Xi. InMurdock Hall 201, ASU main campus.

Nov. 8, 8 -11 am, PGM, Phoenix – Hike:Petroglyph Discovery Hike #50492. Anexperienced guide will lead participantson a 3-mile long, 3-hour interpretivehike. Advance registration is required.Kiwanis-Ramada Trail at SouthMountain; difficulty is moderate; ages 7to adult. Cost is $5 for non-museummembers, free for museum members.

Nov. 9, 1 - 4 pm, PGM, Phoenix –Workshop: Preserving Your FamilyPhotographs and Documents Workshop#52107 by professional conservator SteveHoza. Attendees will be shown examplesof the kinds of damage that can happen tocherished family treasures and how toprevent it. Cost is $20/$15 (nonmembers/members); for ages 18 and up.Pre-registration required.

Nov.11, 11am - 4pm, PGM, Phoenix:Veterans Day Gourd Dance and Potluck.The public is invited to attend the annualVeterans Day Gourd Dance and Potluckat Pueblo Grande Museum. Join us tohonor the memory of all Veterans whoserved our nation. Gourd Dancing startsat 11:30am. Event is free and open toeveryone. Bring your favorite potluckdish to share. No registration required.

Nov. 11, 7-8 pm, Patagonia – Lecture:Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:Southwestern Indian Rock Art - freepresentation for Friends of Sonoita Creekby archaeologist Allen Dart. Cospon-sored by the Arizona Humanities Council.No reservations needed. For meetingdetails, contact Park Ranger JenniferParks at [email protected] or520-287-2791 at the Sonoita Creek park;for info about the presentation, contactAllen Dart at Tucson 520-798-1201 [email protected]. See OPAC’s webpage for directions. At Sonoita CreekState Natural Area Visitor Center.

Nov. 12, 6-7:30 pm, Az. WesternCollege, Yuma – Lecture: Arts andCulture of Ancient Southern ArizonaHohokam Indians by archaeologist AllenDart. Cosponsored by the ArizonaHumanities Council. Free, noreservations needed. For meeting info,email [email protected] orcall Maria E. Aguirre in Yuma at928-344-7791; for info about thepresentation, contact Allen Dart atTucson 520-798-1201 [email protected]. Arizona WesternCollege is located at 2020 S. Avenue 8E,Yuma, Arizona (in Campus Unionbuilding's upper-level Palo Verde Room;best parking locations are P13, P14, orP15).

Nov. 13, 6-7:30 pm, Tubac - Lecture: Artsand Culture of Ancient Southern ArizonaHohokam Indians by Old PuebloArchaeology Center's director,archaeologist Allen Dart, for the AASTubac/Santa Cruz County Chapter.Cosponsored by the Arizona HumanitiesCouncil. Free. Before the talk the publicis also invited to attend the potluck dinner

and AAS Chapter meeting at 5 p.m. Noreservations needed. For meeting details,contact Nancy Valentine at 520-245-9222or [email protected] in Tubac; forinformation about the presentation,contact Allen Dart at 520-798-1201 [email protected]. Meeting will be inOtero Hall at Tubac Presidio StateHistoric Park, 1 Presidio Drive, Tubac,Arizona.

Nov. 15, 1 – 4 pm, PGM, Phoenix,Workshop: Knotless Netting Workshop#50521 by Albert Abril. KnotlessNetting, an ancient way of making fabricwithout a loom, is done by looping intoprevious loops. A precursor to knittingand crochet, this technique produces astrong textile that you can shape as youcreate it. Preregistration is required andspaces are limited. Cost is $25/$20 (non-members/members); ages 16 to adult.

Nov. 15, OPAC Guided Tour - WhiteTank Mountains Petroglyphs of WaterfallCanyon & Mesquite Canyon. Guided“flex-tour” with Allen Dart and ShelleyRasmussen, with choice of 7 am vantransport from OPAC in Tucson ormeeting the van tour group at 9 am atWhite Tank Mountain Regional ParkVisitor Center, 13025 N. White TankMountain Rd in Waddell. Van transportgroup returns to Tucson at 6:30 pm. Feeincluding van transport is $89/$71.20(non-members/OPAC&PGM members);fee without van transport is $25/$20 (non-members/OPAC&PGM members) plus$6 per vehicle White Tank MountainRegional Park entrance fee payableseparately at park Bring your own picniclunch and water, wear comfortable hikingshoes. Advance reservations required:

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GUIDE TO LOCATIONSAAHS 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. Meets in ASU’s Life Sciences Bldg, Room A191 (www.centralazaia.ning.com)DVRAC Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix (shesc.asu.edu/dvrac)OPAC Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8, NW Tucson area. (www.oldpueblo.org/index.html)PGM Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix (www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PARKS/pueblo.html).PCC Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., TucsonSHESC ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change (shesc.asu.edu/events)SWAT Southwest Archaeology Team, Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald St., Mesa

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Winter State Meeting in Gila BendJanuary 24-25 2008

Gila Bend Community Center202 N. Euclid

Gila Bend, Arizona

Saturday, January 24

7:30 am Registration begins; Continental Breakfast (park on the north side of the building)8:30 am Presidents/Officers Meeting9:15 am General Business Meeting

10:45 am Agua Fria Chapter Report11:00 am Speaker — Dave Morris: ”Harvest of the Desert”12:00 am Lunch

1:00—4:00 pm Field Trips

Gatlin — Dave Doyel

Red Rock Canyon — Roy Pierpoint

Agua Caliente Historic Site & Gila Bend Museum (Self Guided tours)

5:00 pm Social Hour at America’s Choice Inn and Suites — Presidential Suite #2026:15 pm Dinner7:15 pm Silent Auction & Raffle7:30 pm Speaker — Dave Doyel: “The Archaeology of the Gila Bend Frontier”

Sunday, January 25

FIELD TRIPS:

Gunnery Range Sites – Adrianne Rankin.

Painted Rocks and Hummingbird Point Petroglyph Sites – Cheryl Blanchard

Pierpoint and Enterprise Site — Bob Lindsay

Gillespie Dam Petroglyph Site — Roy Pierpoint

ACCOMMODATIONS:

We recommend that you make reservations as soon as possible—January is “snowbird” season in Gila Bend!

HOTELS :

America’s Choice Inn and Suites, 288 Butterfield Trail, Gila Bend (877) 778-3789Travel Lodge, 1046 E. Pima Street, Gila Bend (928) 683-6303Best Western Space Age Lodge, 401 E. Pima Street, Gila Bend (928) 683-6303

R.V. PARKS & CAMPGROUNDS:

Augie’s Quail Trail RV Park, 800 Butterfield Trail, Gila Bend (928) 683-2850, [email protected]


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January 2009 State Meeting Registration

For further information, please contact: Sandy Haddock 480-481-0582

January 2009 State Meeting Registration

Sack Lunch: TBD

Meals have not been finalized, see the December issue of The Petroglyph for details.

Dinner Buffet: TBD

Meals have not been finalized, see the December issue of The Petroglyph for details.

Please make your checks payable to: Agua Fria Chapter, AAS

Mail along with your meal selections to: PO Box 87208, Phoenix, AZ 85080

For further information, please contact: Sandy Haddock, 480-481-0582, [email protected]

Please send in your reservations by Jan. 5th even if you are not ordering meals -we need to know how many people will be attending for seating arrangements.

Names ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

City _____________________________________________________________________ State ________ Zip_______________

Phone _____________________________________________Email ____________________________________________________


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CHAPTER NEWSAgave HouseChapter

On Sept. 24th, Dr. Miles Gilbert,Archaeologist with the Natural ResourcesConservation Services of the U. S. Dept.of Agriculture, spoke to us on the topic“What is an Anthropologist?” His mostinteresting presentation included a vastnumber of examples covering a broadrange of subjects. An anthropologiststudies human beings and their cultures,where they are from and to whom they arerelated. As a physical anthropologist,Miles informed us of similarities anddifferences in the cranial features ofAnglo-Americans, Europeans, NativeAmericans, Afro-Americans and malesas opposed to females. From examiningskeletons, a paleopathologist candetermine if a person has had diseasessuch as tuberculosis, valley fever orsyphilis. A tooth abscess or bullet exithole more than likely would indicate theprobable cause of death. Some skeletonshave cranial malformations such ascradleboard flattening and some haveextra fingers or toes. Warfare andcannibalism may be indicated by cutssimilar to those made in the butchering oflarge animals. Sometimes forensicpathologists apply modeling clay to skullsto aid in victim identification.

Miles mentioned that the Mesoamericancalendar of 13 months, each containing 20days, is still being used today by PuebloIndian tribes in Arizona. Miles alsobriefly touched on a few archaeologicalsites, including the Pueblo Bonito Ruin,five stories high with 32 kivas, in NewMexico’s Chaco Canyon, and CasaMalpais, up to three stories high, atSpringerville.

In addition to its pueblo, Casa Malpais,built about 1250 A.D., has a large squarekiva and kneeling bins for grinding corn.Unique astronomical features at CasaMalpais are the gates positioned tocapture sunrises or sunsets during thesolstices or equinoxes, with shadowsbeing cast through gates on the oppositeside. Frank Cushing first visited this sitein the early 1880’s.

There will be a field trip on Saturday, Oct.24th, to the fossil quarry at the Petrified

Forest. Participants are to meet at themain office at 9 am. Those wishing tomay meet for breakfast at 7 am at theWestside Inn in Snowflake prior to thefield trip.

The next meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 22,at the Black Mesa Ranger Station at 6:30pm. The speaker will be the Curator ofthe Museum of Northern Arizona,Flagstaff, who will bring us current onnew developments at the Museum. Thosewho choose may join us for dinner at 5pm at the Red Onion.

—Virjean Svoboda for Diane Collins

Agua Fria Chapter

Our Chapter Advisor, Dr. David Doyel,was the speaker for our Septembermeeting. He gave a PowerPointpresentation made from the original slidesfrom his dissertation work at the EscalanteSite, a Hohokam site near Coolidge,which he began in January 1973. Itincluded the study of the irrigation canalsystems in the middle Gila Valley, thedomestic pit and residential structures,and the organization of the Escalantecommunity as well as the evolution of theEscalante platform mound.

This was a fascinating look at earlier workand a nostalgic look back as Dr. Doyelincluded humorous antidotes and a myriadof facts associated with his work. "It'sbeen fun for me," Doyel stated after hesaid he had not given the presentation for35 years, "it was a wonderful experi-ence." It was also a wonderful experiencefor those of us fortunate enough to hearthis lecture.

For our October meeting, Dr. RobertStokes gave us a fascinating look at theexcavations at the Hayden Flour Mill inTempe, which encompassed prehistory,history, archival records and oral history.The original Hayden house was built in1870; the original adobe mill building wasbuilt in 1874, burned in 1917, and thenwas rebuilt and added onto several times.Power to operate the mill machinery wasprovided by water from a canal off theSalt River that flowed into a penstock,and then dropped 50 feet onto a turbine.Attached to the turbine was a rod thatwent up to the top of the mill, with other

rods coming off at each floor. The grainwas processed many times before itbecame flour. After each cycle, the grainwas blown up into the silos that were builtin 1951. The mill closed in 1997 with allthe equipment left inside. Tempe hasplans to develop this property into ashopping/dining/museum spot. They alsouncovered a small 2-story calaboose (jail)on the property that was used until 1915, a1920-1960 era gas station, and numerousbuildings and warehouses.

The Nov. 10th speaker will be BrianCulpepper, the AFNM archaeologist, whowill present his account of the 4-½ yearsthat he spent at Keet Seel on the NavajoNational Monument.

The Second Annual Christmas Party willbe Dec. 6th at Bill Johnson’s Big Apple.We will have a gift exchange, same as lastyear. This was a lot of fun, bringing outthe ruthless sides of folks wantingsomeone else’s gift.

Roy Pierpoint will lead the Nov. 22nd hiketo Red Rock Canyon north of Gila Bend.The drive to the Pierpoint farm takesabout 2 hours. Car-pooling from Phoenixwould be advised. We will arrive at thefarm at 9 am and drive to the site. Thehike to the petroglyphs is about ¼ mileand to the shelter/ceramics area about 1mile. We will be hiking in a wash. TheDecember hike to Cottonwood Wash hasbeen cancelled.

Shelley Rasmussen will not be with theChapter next year and we need people toreplace her for the raffle and as a hikeleader if we want these activities tocontinue. Contact Sandy Haddock if youare interested.

Please join us on Nov. 10th for dinner withthe speaker at Applebee’s, 59th Ave. &Peoria at 5 pm. The Nov. 10th meeting ison a Monday because Tuesday isVeteran’s Day.

— Sandy Gauthier

Desert FoothillsChapter

The Desert Foothills chapter hosted a suc-cessful and memorable state meeting in



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Cave Creek on Oct. 4-6. In addition tothe general meeting, The HerpetologicalSociety gave an excellent presentation(with a variety of Arizona snakes and adesert tortoise) to a rapt audience. Otherevents that showed the special characterof the Cave Creek area included a talk byJohn Gunn on the history of the CaveCreek mining district as well as field tripsto historic mine, settlement andpetroglyph sites. The Chapter’s book sale,silent auction and raffle also were enjoyedby everyone who attended.

— Jay Chatzkel

Mohave Chapter

At our October meeting, plans to resumesurvey and recording activities at thehistoric mining town of Signal, Arizona,were discussed. This will include anattempt to trace the freight roads leadingfrom the McCracken Mine to the stampmills located at Signal.

In conjunction with the Bureau of LandManagement, Kingman Office, ourchapter is sponsoring an Oct. 21st eveningpresentation by BLM Archaeologist BrianCulpepper of the Agua Fria NationalMonument. Culpepper will discuss thearchaeology, prehistory, and landscape ofthe 71,000-acre monument. Thepresentation is open to the general publicand will be held at the Kingman BLMoffice.

Our regular monthly business meetingdate has been changed to 7 pm on thesecond Wednesday of each month atGrace Lutheran Church, 2101 HarrisonAvenue, in Kingman. Our next meetingwill therefore be held on Nov.12th. Formore information, please contact JohnAinlay at 928-753-2600 [email protected] .

— Gale Dom

Phoenix Chapter

On Oct. 9th, Will Russell, from ASU’sArchaeological Research Institute andthe South Mountain Rock Art Project,discussed “The Potential Utility of FishAvoidance as an Identity Indicator within

the Hohokam Archaeological Record.”While studying the Mimbres culture, Willnoticed that although fish are depicted ontheir ceramic vessels, fish bones are rarelyrecovered from Mimbres archaeologicalsites. For various reasons, including foodtaboos and myths that indicate water issacred, it is possible that the Mimbreshonored fish but did not consume them.Fish bones are also rare in Hohokam sitesdespite their proximity to both rivers andcanals, suggesting that they, too, mayhave had a taboo against consuming fish.

The PGM Auxiliary is inviting ourmembers to a special opening of its giftshop on Thursday, Nov. 13th, prior to thestart of our meeting from 6 pm to 7:15pm. They are offering a 10% discount toAAS members with a 2008 membershipcard for this one night only. As noted inlast month’s Petroglyph, the PGMAuxiliary Gift Shop is looking forvolunteers to help them keep their doorsopen. Contact Evelyn Partridge for moreinformation at 480-367-9465 or [email protected].

Sarah Herr, from Desert Archaeology,will be our speaker for the Nov. 13th

meeting. She will talk about “The LandBetween: The State Route 260 Payson toHeber project.” Project results, to date,show that small populations made a life inthe rugged Arizona Transition Zone forover 3000 years. This talk will describethat long history, and introduce the manyquestions raised by nine years of researchon the people who lived “between” thePueblo communities of the Colorado Pla-teau and the Hohokam residents ofsouthern and central Arizona. OnDec.11th, Andy Seagal, from MesaCommunity College, will bring lots ofphotographs to accompany his talk on thediscovery of Tim’s Cave near Sedona andthe recovery of its artifacts. It will also beour annual holiday potluck and election ofboard members for 2009.

The Hohokam Ceramics Class began onSept. 26th at Pueblo Grande Museum.We are working on arranging both newclasses and additional hikes and fieldtrips. If anyone has suggestions on eitherclasses they would like to take or placesthey would like to visit as either a hike ora weekend field trip, please contact MarieBritton at [email protected] or any member

of the board (see the AAS website for thephone numbers and email addresses of therest of the Phoenix Chapter Board).The Phoenix Chapter meets on the secondThursday of each month in theCommunity Room at the Pueblo GrandeMuseum, 4619 E. Washington St. inPhoenix, starting at 7:30 pm. We usuallytake the speaker to dinner at 5:30 pm. Ifyou are interested in having dinner withthe speaker, please call or email Marie(480-827-8070 or [email protected]) to findout the location.

— Ellie Large

Rim Country Chapter

Scott Wood, Forest Archaeologist/Heritage Program Manager from theTonto National Forest, and MaryMcMullen, Parks & Recreation Grantwriter for the Town of Payson, met withfifteen members of our Rim CountryChapter on Oct. 17th to discuss the GoatCamp Master Plan. The Master Plan forGoat Camp Ruins in Payson has been inthe development stage for over 10years. SHPO has approved the MasterPlan and we are all hoping the PaysonCity Council will do so in order for properimplementation can proceed to protectand interpret this important site.

On the same day, Scott Wood gave a 4-hour Ceramics Identification Workshop atour Church Cottage. This educationalworkshop was attended by 12 of ourmembers and we plan on a secondinstallment with other Chapter membersin the near future.

October's featured speakers were JimBritton and Dr. Penny Minturn, whohighlighted the work done at Risser Ruin,also in the Town of Payson. Jim hasdevoted countless hours to stabilizationwork there and at Pueblo Grande and QRanch.

Upcoming speakers will be: Nov. 15 -Eddie Colyott, National Park ServiceRanger at Tonto National MonumentSpeaking about native plants and theiruses at TNM. Dec.20 - Annual ChristmasPotluck, Chuck Howell, RCCAASmember presenting his experiencesbrewing native corn beer. The title of his

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talk will be: Corn Beer - a PrehistoricParty beverage. The monthly meetings areheld at the Church of the Holy Nativity,1414 Easy Street, in Payson.

Some of our RCCAAS members will beenjoying a trip to Mata Ortiz,Mexico. The Mexico portion of the trip iswith Elderhostel and before and after wewill be camping at Kartchner Caverns,Tombstone and Chiricahua. We will alsovisit historic Ft. Bowie and the AmerindFoundation. Please contact Ed Spicer ifinterested in the camping portions of thetrip at [email protected] andcontact Elderhostel Snapshot Program#4008 directly if you can still get in. Thetrip dates for Elderhostel are Nov. 13-16. The camping portions are Nov. 12and Nov. 16-18.

— Monte McCord

Tubac/Santa CruzCounty Chapter

At our Oct. 9th meeting Bill Deaver sharedwith us another technique contributing toour better understanding of the when,where, who, how and whys of the AncientPeoples of our Valley. One of only ahandful of archaeologists who are expertsin the field of archaeomagnetic dating,Bill discussed the technique and his use ofit in his extensive work in the region.He explained how he adapted the datingtechnique, established in Europe in the1960s, to build a data base of findingsthat corroborated established findings andat the same time challenged thearchaeological community’s knowledgeof Ancient Peoples in our region.

We learned that archaeomagnetic dating isbased on the constancy of magneticcharges held or frozen in non-organicmatter (such a burned walls, fired hearths)when fired and their relationship to theearth’s known magnetic field at thatparticular location and time. Citingexamples from his work on West Branch,a site in Tucson along the west branch ofthe Santa Cruz River, Deaveremonstrated that when samplestaken from fire pits werearchaeomagnetically dated, a highlyprecise date of its final use (e.g., when it

was abandoned) was accessible.

Deaver’s talk provoked a lot of discussionand raised questions from ourmembership and the public when heshared his archaeomagnetic datingfindings and discussed design changeson pottery samples found at WestBranch. The pattern of growth andrapid decline of the community betweenAD 950 to 1050 led him to believe thatthe Hohokam were not the ancestors ofthe later peoples who populated theTucson Basin after all.

And so it goes - the quest to knowcontinues. One important aspect of histalk became clear - the importance ofderiving what knowledge we can fromexcavation of sites now, then backfillingthem and leaving them for futuregenerations of archaeologists with newtechniques, to gain deeper knowledge.

Hosting the May 2009 AAS StateMeeting: After discussions with officersand committee members, we have decidedto postpone our Chapter’s hosting of anAAS State Meeting until a later date.We’ve decided to focus our attentions,programs and activities on building up ourmembership base with folks who are in abetter position to volunteer their time andenergies to make it happen. Lots offactors were taken into consideration , notthe least of which is the impact of thedown turn in the economy and what that isrequiring of our core volunteers. Anothercontribution to the decision was the newsthat Allen Sorkowitz, who was heading upthe committee, has family health mattersthat make his dedication to the effortsomewhat uncertain. The State AASmeets three times a year, so we’ll haveplenty of opportunity to host the gatheringand strut our stuff at a later date.

Tour of ASM Pot Room: A date is beingscheduled for Arthur Vokes’ (Curator ofthe ASM Repository) behind-the-sceneslook at the Set-In Stone exhibit and PotRoom. I’d appreciate hearing from thosewho’ve signed up whether a week day orweekend day is preferable. I’ll keep youposted.

Opportunities to Excavate Santa CruzValley Archaeological Sites:Archaeologist Deni Seymour, the Tubac/

SCC AAS Chapter Advisor, will be backworking on sites in the region and Valleyby the end of the month. Volunteers willhave the opportunity under hersupervision to participate in anexcavation, learn hands-on techniques,and assist with data gathering andidentification. We’re looking forward toseeing what exciting new findings Deniand her helpers will be coming up withthis year! To get on Deni’s volunteers list,e-mail her at [email protected].

Upcoming Meetings: On Nov. 13th, AllenDart from Old Pueblo Archaeology willtalk about the Art & Culture of AncientHohokam Indians and Artifact Exhibit.This long-awaited talk and exhibitby Allen Dart should be great! Hope youall can make it, and spread the word!Thanks to the Arizona HumanitiesCouncil for helping bring this excitingprogram to us and our community. OnDec. 11th we’ll have a Happy HolidaysParty, and then on Feb.12th, 2009, JaneKolber, will talk on the Rock Art ofSouthern Arizona.

A possible rock art field trip to La ProveEdora, Caborca, Mexico is in the veryearly, early planning stages. We’re aimingfor a February or March bussed day trip. Icould use some help planning this. Let meknow.

Welcome to new member MackCarpenter! Mack is a junior at the Univ.of Arizona studying anthropology. He’salready plugged in with Deni Seymour tohelp out on excavations this fall to getsome hands on experience.

Thanks to Jim Farley for volunteering tobe our chapter’s rep for the State AASCertification Dept. We’re looking to Jimto not only keep us apprised, but with hisvast experience, to help us plan classeshere that can lead to our members’ andthe community’s broader knowledge andexpertise.

Again, Thank You to the Set-up andBreakdown Team - Ahnuit, Lyle, Randy,Mary and Hugh and to potluckcontributors Barbara, Ahnuit, Pixie andthose I didn’t see bringing theircontributions in, a yummy thank you. Weall sure enjoyed them. Special thanks to





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Joe Martinez, Manager at Tubac PresidioState Historic Park, who even when shortstaffed and in the midst of assisting withputting up a new exhibit, laid out a line oflighting to help us find our way after dark.

—Nancy Valentine

Verde ValleyChapter

At our Sept 25th meeting at the SedonaPublic Library, our speaker was Dr. PennyMinturn, Bioarchaeologist and Advisor tothe Rim Country Chapter. Her topic was"Cannibalism: A Look at HumanViolence and Modern Reactions toIt." We learned the definition ofcannibalism, the minimal criteria forcannibalism, various differences betweenconsiderate burials and those resultingfrom cannibalism, and were givenexamples of cannibalism around theworld.

Our Oct. 23rd meeting will be held at theSedona Elks Club. The speaker will beDr. Steve Harvath, Executive Director ofthe Ringing Rocks Foundation inSedona. Dr. Harvath received his BA inAnthropology from the Univ. of NewMexico, his doctorate in Anthropologyfrom Brown University and was aWeatherhead Scholar at the School ofAmerican Research. Over the years hehas conducted ethnohistorical andarchaeological research and contractarchaeological projects, developededucational programs and exhibits, andbeen an administrator and fund raiser atCenturies Research, the Laboratory ofAnthropology/Museum of India Arts andCulture, the Arizona Historical Society,and the Arizona State Museum.

Steve Harvath will speak about the rockart of the Bushman of South Africa. TheBushman culture goes back tens ofthousands of years as a continuoustradition - perhaps the oldest in theworld. In the mountains of the EasternCape of South Africa, Bushman artistsrecorded their universe on the walls ofrock shelters and caves. The paintings areincredible works of beauty, full ofmovement, delicacy, and color. They also

describe in detail the ways of Bushmanhealers and doctors as they navigatethrough spiritual realms to heal the sickand commune with ancestors andGod. Because this is still a living andvibrantly alive culture today, it is possibleto understand what the rock art is tellingus.

The first speaker of our Memorial SpeakerFund has been arranged for the Aprilmeeting, which will be held at the SedonaCreative Life Center. Dr. Brian Fagan haspublished more than forty books onarchaeology, including The GreatWarming, which he will discuss at themeeting.

Marlene Conklin extended heartfeltthanks to all those who volunteered at thePecos Conference in Flagstaff. She alsomentioned that the Museum of NorthernArizona will be processing the artifactsfound at the Grand Canyon. In addition,she alerted us to the need of Travis Bone,District Archaeologist, for some volunteerhelp.

Jerry Ehrhardt has announced the datesfor the upcoming site surveys: Oct. 21and 28, and Nov. 4, 18, and 25. He wouldalso like to have at least one Saturdayexploratory hike, the date to beannounced.

Linda Krumrie has announced the fieldtrip schedule for the remainder of2008. In early November our Treasurer,Dr. Ron Krug, will lead us on a trip toChavez Pass. In mid-November SharonOlsen will lead us to Sacred Mountain andthe Jackson Ranch. In early DecemberDr. Dave Wilcox will lead us to BrownSprings, on the west side of the VerdeRiver.

At the September meeting we learned ofthe passing of long-time regular memberand former Treasurer Dick Brynilsen. Hewill be remembered fondly by many ofus. Expressions of condolences can besent to 370 Birch Blvd., Sedona, AZ86336.

Contact is Ken Zoll (928) 284-1228, [email protected].

— Louise Fitzgerald

Yavapai Chapter

The Prescott Daily Courier published anarticle Oct. 14th about the newarchaeology study unit at Mile HighMiddle School, crediting the collaborationbetween teachers and Yavapai Chapter’soutreach committee. Several membersgave lectures and field trips to the eighthgrade classes during the two-weekprogram.

At the September meeting, membersgained insight into the “how” ofpetrographic analysis from our chapteradvisor, Dr. Andrew Christenson. He hasbeen studying use-wear patterns of lithictools under his specialized microscopes,as well as working to determine thesource of the temper used in PrescottCulture ceramics.

On Oct. 16, Chapter VP Gloria Grimditchkept her audience intrigued, detailing herexperience at the Rutgers University FieldSchool located on the east side of LakeTurkana, Kenya. Excavating at Ileret lastsummer, she and the rest of her teamfound humanoid foot prints in Pleistocenestrata dated to over 1.5 million years ago.Leading up to the excavation were manydays of field lectures and mind-numbingmemorization of details on bones, teeth,hominid evolution, lithics, etc., plus labexperiences such as measuring the size oftracks in mud holes at a game preserve.It’s not every day one of our own canreport back on such an experience!

No November speaker has yet beenannounced. The December meeting is our

annual potluck on the 2nd Thursday,Dec.11, in the Smoki Museum’s pueblo.

2009 MEETING TIME CHANGE:Beginning Jan.15, chapter meetingswill begin at 7 p.m. This is in responseto suggestions made by respondents tolast month’s survey. Thank you to allwho took time to reply.

Twenty chapter members visited the YoloRanch site on Sept. 27th. With a hilltopstone (fort) structure as its centerpiece,this complex site northwest of Prescott





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(continued from page 4)Nov. 16, Noon - 3 pm, OPAC, Tucson -Workshop: Arrowhead-making and Flint(continued from page 4) knappingWorkshop. Flintknapper Sam Greenleafteaches hands-on workshop on makingarrowheads and spearpoints out of stoneto better understand how ancient peoplemade and used stone artifacts. Advancereservations required: 520-798-1201 [email protected]. Cost is $35/$28(non-members/OPAC&PGM members).

Nov.16, 8 am – 5 pm, PGM, Phoenix -Van Tour: Casa Grande Ruins andPetroglyphs Van Trip #51179. Join PGMstaff Dave Morris and Renee Aguilar fora one-day van trip through Hohokamhistory in Arizona. Includes a morninghike near Maricopa followed by a tour ofthe Casa Grande ruins in Coolidge. Priceof van tour includes transportation, tourfees, water and snacks. Lunch is on yourown. Ages 13 to adult; $75/$70 (non-members/members); preregistrationrequired by 11-7-08.

Nov 17, 7:30 pm, AAHS, Tucson -Lecture: Hohokam Rituals: TheMeso-American Connection by StephanieWhittlesey, SWCA EnvironmentalServices.

Nov.18, 8 am - 6 pm, Pima CC, Tucson –Study Tour: Ventana Cave and TohonoO'odham Nation Archaeology and Cul-ture, ST146 with archaeologist AllenDart via passenger van. Departs fromPCC. Cost is $79. Bring your own picniclunch and water, wear comfortable hikingshoes. Advance reservations required:520-206-6468.

Nov. 20, 6-7 pm AIA, Tempe – Lecture:Death in Motion: Funeral Processions inthe Roman Forum by Dr. Diane Favro.In Murdock Hall 201 on ASU’s maincampus.

Nov. 20, 7:30 - 9 pm, OPAC, Tucson –Lecture: In the Aftermath of AncestralPuebloan Migrations to SouthernArizona with archaeologist Anna Neuzil,Ph.D. No reservations needed. For moreinfo call 520-798-1201 or [email protected]. Free.

Nov. 21, 7 pm, PGM, Phoenix - Lecture:PGM will be hosting a lecture and rugpreview featuring Auctioneers BruceBurnham, owner of the Burnham TradingPost in Sanders, Arizona and trader HankBlair. He and his family are organizingthe rug auction and have brought inexquisite examples of what will beauctioned off.

Nov.22, 10 am, PGM, Phoenix - Auction:3rd Annual Navajo Rug Auction. TheNavajo Rug Auction will begin at 10amwith a preview and bidding will begin at12 noon. A portion of the proceeds fromthe auction will go to benefit the PuebloGrande Museum and ArchaeologicalPark Auxiliary. Free museum admission,beautiful rugs and fry bread.

Nov. 29, 10-11 am, PGM, Phoenix –Tour: Park of Four Waters Tour,#50524. The Park of Four Waters tourwill take you on a tour throughundeveloped, natural desert to the ruinsof some of the ancient Hohokam canalsystems. General admission prices apply.

Dec.2, 8 am - 5 pm, Pima CC, Tucson –Study Tour: Casa Grande Ruins andMiddle Gila Valley Archaeology and

History (ST147) with archaeologist AllenDart. Via passenger van departing PCC.Cost is $79. Bring your own picnic lunchand water. Advance reservationsrequired: 520-206-6468.

Dec. 4, 6-7 pm, AIA, Tempe – Lecture:Ancient Andean States throughBiogeochemistry and Bioarchaeology byKelly J. Knudson, an assistant professorin ASU's SHESC. Knudson will discussthe rise and fall of the Middle Horizon(AD 500-1100) Tiwanaku polity ofsouthern Peru, western Bolivia andnorthern Chile by integrating data frombioarchaeology and biogeochemistrywith other lines of archaeological data.

Dec. 4, 7 pm, SWAT, Mesa - Talk:Under the Runways - Uncovering thePast by Todd Bostwick, City Archaeolo-gist, PGM.

Dec. 6, OPAC Guided Tour: Deer Valley& Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs.Guided fundraising “flex-tour” withAllen Dart and Shelley Rasmussen, withchoice of van transport from OPAC inTucson at 8 am or meeting the van tourgroup at 10 am at the DVRAC. Vantransport group returns to Tucson 5:30p.m. Fee including van transport is $89/$71.20 (non-members/OPAC&PGMmembers); fee without van transport is$25/$20 (non-members/OPAC&PGMmembers) plus $6.50 per person.DVRAC entrance fee payable in advanceto Old Pueblo + $6 per vehicle SpurCross Ranch Regional Park entrance feepayable separately at park. Bring yourown picnic lunch and water, wearcomfortable hiking shoes. Advancereservations required: 520-798-1201 [email protected].

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also has many adjacent features, includingseveral pithouse outlines, some probableterraces, and a grinding slick, and lots ofground stone, lithics, and ceramics.

The Oct. 25th field trip will be to theAntler site, near Cordes Junction, one ofthe largest Colonial period Hohokam sites

excavated in Arizona. The tour will beconducted by the staff from EcoPlanAssoc., the CRM firm doing the excava-tion.

Contacts: President Fred Kraps(928)778-0653 [email protected]: Vice-president GloriaGrimditch (928) 443-8881

[email protected] trips: Tom [email protected].

— Susan Jones



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