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Classes, Workshops, and Events December 2008 through August 2009 Some programming requires payment and/or pre-registration. Click on the highlighted program title to bring up the online registration system.

December 2008

Archaeology for Kids #50490 Saturday, December 6, 2008 Time:    9:30am – 12:30pm Cost:    $12 for Non-Members or $10 for members Ages:    7-12 Become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pit house. Learn about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.  Advance registration is required. Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Lecture Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest speaker: Dorothea Sunn-Avery, Holly Young Topic: Something About Dirt Presenters Dorothea Sunn-Avery, Pee-Posh potter, and Holly Young, Pueblo Grande Museum Curator of Collections will discuss Maricopa pottery, past and present. Dorothea Sunn comes from a long line of traditional Pee-Posh potters. Her grandmother was Mabel Sunn, and her mother was Theroline Bread, both renowned traditional potters. Early on, Dorothea worked with her grandmother and with her mother. She developed her own style of traditional pottery, always keeping focused on Pee-Posh culture. Her work includes miniature vessels and full-sized pottery. Holly Young has worked a Pueblo Grande Museum for 18 years, where she first fell in love with Maricopa (Pee-Posh or Piipaash) pottery. Her areas of expertise include the curation and management of archaeological collections and archives, the preservation of museum collections, material culture research and interpretation, and the archaeology and culture history of the Southwestern United States. The lecture is free and open to the public. Preserving Your Family Photographs and Documents Workshop #52108 Sunday, December 7, 2008 Instructor: Steve Hoza Time: 1pm to 4pm Cost: $20 for non members and $15 for members Ages: 18+ Maximum Limit: 20 Pre-registration required. Please join the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary for a workshop by professional conservator Steve Hoza on how family photographs and paper documents should be handled and stored in order to preserve them for future generations. Attendees will be shown examples of the kinds of damage that can happen to cherished family treasures and how to prevent it. The first part of the program will be a PowerPoint program with examples of man-made and environmental damage, along with hands-on examples that can be examined closer. Handouts of the PowerPoint program will be provided along with lists of companies where conservation supplies can be purchased. The second part of the program will be a demonstration of the humidification and flattening of rolled, curled or creased paper and encapsulation on a rigid mat board mount. We will break for a one hour lunch.  This will be an excellent start to preserving your family memories for generations to come! Spaces are limited so sign up today! 32nd Annual Pueblo Grande Indian Market Saturday, December 13, 2008 and Sunday, December 14, 2008 Location: South Mountain Park Time: 9:30am to 5pm on Saturday and 9:30am to 4pm on Sunday Cost: $8, children 12 and under FREE Please join Pueblo Grande Museum and the Auxiliary as we hold the 32nd Annual Indian Market at South Mountain Park on Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14, 2008.  The Indian Market features over 300 top Native American artists featuring items such as paintings, sculptures, jewelry, baskets and much more.  There will be music and dance performances scheduled throughout the event, artist demonstrations, and a children’s craft area.  Also, enjoy traditional Native American Foods.  Admission is $8 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Petroglyph Discovery Hike #50496 Saturday, December 20, 2008 Location: Mormon Trail at South Mountain Difficulty: Difficult Time: 8:00am to 11:00am                                                           Ages: 7 to adult Cost: $5 for Non-Museum Members, free for Museum Members An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike.  Pueblo Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes!  Advance registration is required.  Park of Four Waters Tour #50531 Saturday, December 27, 2008 Time: 10:00am to 11:00am Cost: General Admission prices apply. The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately 450AD to 1450AD.  They were an agricultural society, growing corn, beans, squash and cotton.  In order to support their extensive agricultural system, the Hohokam people constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields.  The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems.

January 2009

Archaeology for Kids #52594 Saturday, January 3, 2009  Time:    9:30am – 12:30pm Cost:    $15 for Non-Members or $10 for members Ages:    7-12 Become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pit house. Learn about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.  Advance registration is required. Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest speaker: Andy Seagle Topic: Tim's Cave: The discovery of three large, intact Sinaguan clay pots in a cave near Sedona Petroglyph Discovery Hike #52596 Saturday, January 10, 2009 Location: Hieroglyphic Springs at Superstition Mountains Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Time:    8am – 11am Cost:    $5 for Non-Members free for Members. An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike.  Pueblo Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes!  Advance registration is required.  Docent (Tour Guide) Training #52611 Thursdays, January 15th – March 5th Time:    9:00am to 12:00pm Cost:    One time fee of $25.00 for an 8-week course, Museum membership included. Become a Docent (Tour Guide) at Pueblo Grande Museum and share your knowledge with others!  This training course is the first training course needed before advancing on to specific areas such as education, tour guide, collections, exhibits, library, store, etc and will provide you with an introduction to the Hohokam people, archaeology and cultural interpretation.  Advance registration is required. Flintknapping (arrowhead making) Workshop #53058 Saturday, January 17, 2009 Instructor: Michael Robbins Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm Cost: $35 for non members and $30 for members Ages: 14 to adult Maximum Limit: 8 Pre-registration required. Please join Pueblo Grande Museum and flintknapper Michael Robbins in a flintknapping, or arrowhead making, workshop.   The class will begin with an introduction to basic knapping techniques and materials, including direct percussion, pressure flaking, bipolar reduction, and raw material types. Participants will learn how to fashion a basic primitive stone tool kit, as well as how to make the necessary knapping tools. From here students will learn some more advanced techniques, such as bifacial reduction. Most people find these techniques very difficult to learn, so each student will receive a ground pre-form from which, in most cases, even the patient beginner can make a passable arrow head. The class will conclude with an introduction to hafting using primitive pitch glue and sinew.  Pre-registration is required and spaces are limited. Fire by Friction Workshop #52600 Saturday, January 24, 2009 Instructor: Vincent Pinto Time: 9am to 3pm Cost: $65 for non members and $60 for members Ages: TBA Maximum Limit: 10 Pre-registration required. Could you build a fire without the use of matches or a lighter?  Would you know what to look to start a fire or how to build a fire for warmth versus cooking?  In this workshop instructor Vincent Pinto carefully guides participants in how to construct fire using materials and tools found only in nature.  Participants will cover hearths, fire structures, fire safety, the stone-age uses of fire (including demonstrations of several skills), safely transporting fire (i.e. slow matches) and creating fire without matches.  As we learn the art of "rubbing 2 sticks together", we'll cover the hand-drill, bow-drill, fire-plow, and fire-saw.  Each participant will take home a fire-by-friction kit as well as several stone-age tools.  Pre-registration is required. Park of Four Waters Tour #52603 Saturday, January 31, 2009 Time:  10:00am to 11:00am Cost: General admission prices apply The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately 450 AD to 1450 AD.  They were an agricultural society, growing corn, beans, squash and cotton.  In order to support their extensive agricultural system, the Hohokam people constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields.  The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems.

February 2009

Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest Speaker: Ronald Towner Topic: Tree Rings and Archaeology: Beyond Just Telling Time in the Prehistoric Southwest Join Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary and Dr. Ronald Towner as he presents “Tree Rings and Archaeology”.  Dendroarchaeology, the use of tree-ring data to address archaeological issues, has played an important role in the archaeology of the Southwest. Tree-ring dates are precise and accurate to the year, and sometimes season, and have been used to calibrate other methods of dating archaeological sites. In addition to precise chronological data, tree-ring dates also contain information about past human behaviors and environmental conditions. This presentation discusses the use of tree-rings from a variety of sites in the Southwest to explore the timing and struggles on various past societies in the area. Ronald H. Towner received his PH.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona, an M.A. in Anthropology from Washington State University, and a B.A. in History from Lewis & Clark College. He has more than 25 years experience in archaeology of the western United States in contract, academic, and volunteer settings. For the past 10 years he has been a Research Associate/Assistant professor of dendrochronology at Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research in Tucson. This lecture is free and open to the public. Archaeology for Kids #52592 Saturday, February 7, 2009 Time:    9:30am – 12:30pm Cost:    $15 for Non-Members or $10 for members Ages:    7-12 Become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pit house. Learn about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.  Advance registration is required. Pieces of the Puzzle: New Perspectives on the Hohokam February 13, 2009 to ?? public opening Did the Hohokam vanish?  Opening on February 13, 2009, Pueblo Grande Museum will present an exhibit focusing on modern-day archaeological techniques - techniques that give us new perspectives on the Hohokam and how their culture changed in the 15th century.  This dynamic exhibit will explore methods for dating and analyzing existing archaeological materials, showcase how geographical information systems (GIS) help better determine population growth and decline, and present new viewpoints on just what happened to this ancient culture prior to European settlement. Petroglyph Discovery Hike #52597 Saturday, February 21, 2009 Location: Mormon Trail at South Mountain Difficulty: Difficult Time:    8am – 11am Cost:    $5 for Non-Members free for Members. An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike.  Pueblo Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes!  Advance registration is required.  Park of Four Waters Tour #52604 Saturday, February 28, 2009 Time: 10:00am to 11:00am Cost: General Admission prices apply. The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately 450AD to 1450AD.  They were an agricultural society, growing corn, beans, squash and cotton.  In order to support their extensive agricultural system, the Hohokam people constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields.  The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems.

March 2009 Archaeology Awareness Month

Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest Speaker: TBA Topic: TBA Archaeology for Kids #52593 Saturday, March 7, 2009 Time:    9:30am – 12:30pm Cost:    $15 for Non-Members or $10 for members Ages:    7-12 Become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pithouse. Learn about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.  Advance registration is required. Archaeology Expo and Ancient Technology Day Saturday, March 14, 2009, 10am to 3pm Sunday, March 15, 2009, 10am to 3pm Cost: FREE Pueblo Grande Museum will be hosting the 2009 Arizona Archaeology Expo as part of the 26th Annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month put on by Arizona State Park’s State and Historic Preservation Office. This event is an excellent opportunity for professionals, archaeology and history enthusiasts and the general public to discover what resources Arizona has to offer regarding archaeology, history, preservation and the many rich cultures that helped shape our state. Learn why it is important to preserve archaeological and historic sites. Discover what it is archaeologists, historians, native tribes and cultural centers do to preserve, understand and present Arizona’s past. The event will feature archaeological hands-on activities, craft and ancient technology demonstrations, tours, lectures and much more for all ages and interests. Don’t forget to purchase some frybread, an Arizona favorite.  Petroglyph Discovery Hike #52598 Saturday, March 21, 2009 Location: Kiwanis Ramadas, South Mountain Difficulty: Moderate Time:    7am – 10am Cost:    $5 for Non-Members free for Members. An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike.  Pueblo Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes!  Advance registration is required.

April 2009 Volunteer Recognition Month

Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest speaker: Paul Fish Topic:  Mesoamerica and Hohokam Symbolism, Public Architecture, and Ideology Please join the Pueblo Grande Museum and Professor Paul Fish as he presents his lecture on “Mesoamerica and Hohokam Symbolism, Public Architecture and Ideology.”  Precursors in ancient western Mexico are known for many of the stylistic and symbolic expressions of the Hohokam.  Ballcourts and platform mounds, the forms of monumental architecture used by the Hohokam, are prime examples, as are more ordinary kinds of buildings such as courtyard groups and adobe houses.  Similarities in the iconography incorporated into Hohokam pottery, jewelry, and ritual objects suggest that ideologies as well as material styles were shared.  Archaeological cases raise questions of how related material culture and symbolic systems are transmitted and assimilated among distant and differing societies. Paul R. Fish is the Curator for the Arizona State Museum and Professor for the Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona.  His areas of archaeological specialization include prehispanic settlement patterns and political and social organization in lowland South America and the arid southwest U.S. and northwest Mexico.   Fish’s current research examines the emergence of complex leadership strategies in middle range societies among intensive agricultural societies in the Sonoran Desert and among early fishermen along the southern Brazilian coast.   Recent books include The Hohokam Millennium (2009, edited with Suzanne Fish), Trincheras Sites in Time, Space and Society (2007, edited with Suzanne Fish), and The Archaeology of Global Change (2005, edited with Charles Redman, Steve James, and Daniel Rogers). This lecture is free and open to the public. Archaeology for Kids #52595 Saturday, April 4, 2009 Time:    9:30am – 12:30pm Cost:    $15 for Non-Members or $10 for members Ages:    7-12 Become a Junior Archaeologist and discover the science of archaeology by doing a simulated excavation of a Hohokam pit house. Learn about mapping, recording and other archaeological methods and concepts.  Advance registration is required. Stone Art and Tools Workshop #52601 Saturday, April 11, 2009 Instructor: Vincent Pinto Time: 9am to 3pm Cost: $65 for non members and $60 for members Ages: TBA Maximum Limit: 10 Pre-registration required. The Hohokam culture used a variety of stone tools for harvesting, building, and more.  In this workshop instructor Vincent Pinto, leads participants in a hands-on workshop on crafting and using a wide variety of stone hunter-gatherer tools.  Participants will learn how to scavenge existing tools in the landscape (non-artifacts) and then progress to making their own stone tool kit. The kit will include: stone knife, stone saw, digging stick, animal trap trigger, plant rope, a woven pouch, a pecked stone bowl, an awl, a hand-drill fire set and more! Petroglyph Discovery Hike #52599 Saturday, April 18, 2009 Location: Box Canyon at South Mountain Difficulty: Easy Time:    7am – 10am Cost:    $5 for Non-Members free for Members. An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike.  Pueblo Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes!  Advance registration is required.  Park of Four Waters Tour #52607 Saturday, April 25, 2009 Time: 10:00am to 11:00am Cost: General Admission prices apply The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately 450AD to 1450AD.  They were an agricultural society, growing corn, beans, squash and cotton.  In order to support their extensive agricultural system, the Hohokam people constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields.  The Park of Four Waters tour will take you on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems.

May 2009

Ostrich Egg Water Canteen Workshop #52610 Saturday, May 2, 2009 Instructor: Vincent Pinto Time: 9am to 3pm Cost: $65 for non members and $60 for members Ages: TBA Maximum Limit: 10 Pre-registration required. Cultures throughout the world utilized their environment to make unique items in various ancient technologies.  For example, the Hohokam culture used gourd canteens.  Other cultures, like those native to Botswana, used items such as ostrich eggs.  Historically, ostriches were raised in Arizona beginning about the turn of the century.  This workshop, with instructor Vincent Pinto, fuses a number of skills into one amazing result - a beautiful and functional water container made from the world's largest egg.  Each participant will learn about the traditional uses of ostrich eggs and then craft their own water jug to take home.  Along the way they will make a shoulder sling for the canteen, crafted of plant rope of their own making.  Mineral paints will be used to adorn the egg with scrimshaw along with buckskin, shells and other natural objects. Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest speaker: TBA Topic: TBA Workshop TBA Saturday, May 9, 2009 Instructor: TBA Time: TBA Cost: $25 for non members and $20 for members Ages: TBA Maximum Limit: TBA Pre-registration required. International Museum Day Saturday, May 16, 2009 In honor of International Museum Day Pueblo Grande Museum will be offering free admission.  Workshop TBA Saturday, May 30, 2009 Instructor: TBA Time: TBA Cost: $25 for non members and $20 for members Ages: TBA Maximum Limit: TBA Pre-registration required. CLOSED Monday May 25, 2009 due to the Memorial Day Holiday.

June 2009

Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Meeting Wednesday June 3, 2009 Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm Guest speaker: TBA Topic: TBA

July 2009

CLOSED Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Observance of Independence Day. Hohokam Experience Summer Camp This three week summer camp is for children ages 7 to 12.  These programs run July 14-July 30 from 8:30am to 12pm.  Various topics on the Hohokam people and Native peoples of the Southwest are discussed.  Pre-registration and payment are required. Cost:    Non-member 3 day - $65             Member 3 day - $60 Max Limit per week: 25 Week 1:           July 14-16         #52613 Week 2:           July 21-23         #52614 Week 3:           July 28-30         #52615 Storytelling This program is for children ages 3 to 6.  Offered on Friday’s for four weeks from 9:30am to 11:30am.  Children will participate in a story telling and activities related to the various topics.  Pre-registration and payment are required. Cost:    Non-member - $15             Member - $10 Max Limit per week: 20             Week 1                        July 17             #52616 Week 2                        July 24             #52617 Week 3                        July 31             #52618

August 2009

No programming at this time

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ADDITIONAL REGULAR PROGRAMMING

Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) - Phoenix Chapter Arizona Archaeological Society monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month, September through June. Meetings begin at 7:30pm in the Community Room and admission is free and open to the public. Meetings generally feature a guest speaker on archaeology or a related topic. Visit www.azarchsoc.org for more information on AAS. Return to Calendar of Events Platform Mound Stabilization Help in the preservation of the Pueblo Grande platform mound ruin by participating in an ongoing stabilization program. Call Jim Britton at (480) 827-8070 for more information. Volunteers needed every third Saturday of every month, September through June. Dates are subject to change without notice, please call if you are interested. Training provided.

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