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PETROGLYPHNewsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society

Volume 44, Number 9 www.AzArchSoc.org May 2008

AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY IS BEING OFFERED THIS FALLFOR AAS MEMBERS INTERESTED IN CERAMIC ANALYSIS

On Saturday, October 4, Dr. Patrick Lyons, Head of Collections at Arizona State Museum, will lead a tour of the PotteryProject at ASM, featuring the Arnold and Doris Roland Wall of Pots, the state-of-the-art new conservation laboratory and abrand new interpretive gallery which includes the interactive, multi-media Virtual Vault.

A rare opportunity to visit and work on ceramics in the Pottery Vault (which at more than 20,000 vessels contains the largestand most comprehensive collection of Southwest ceramics) will be included. Dr.Lyons, a noted authority on ceramics, will provide additional insight into analyzingWhite Mountain Redware, using sherds and whole vessels from ASM's collection.

This tour will be limited to 15 participants, and a $20.00 per person donation to theMuseum is requested. Previous instruction or experience in ceramic analysis isrecommended.

To sign up for this tour, or for further information, contact:

Brenda Poulos, [email protected], 480-471-2454OrJoan Clark, [email protected], 480-488-9793

IN THIS ISSUE…

2 — Chapter Meeting Calendar3 — Fielder Fund Update4 — Upcoming Events7 — Chapter News5 — Navajo Textiles

11 — Spring State Meeting

Next deadline is at noon Sunday,May 18th, for the June issue.

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

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CHAPTER MEETINGS

Chapter Location Date & TimeAgave House Black Mesa Ranger Station Conf. Rm. 4th Wednesday of each month

2748 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,December thru AprilBusiness Meeting: 6:30 pmSpeaker: 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 Tuesday 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 Sept. thru JunePhoenix 7:30 pm

Tubac/Santa Cruz The Historic Lowe House 3rd Thursday of each monthCounty

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

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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. The goal is tobuild a fund large enough that its annual interest alone can pay for publication of The Arizona Archaeologist andpossibly other publications. Contributions to the fund are welcome from chapters and individuals. The name honors the So-ciety’s first publications team, Marje and Herb Fielder.

$35, 834.99

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 our AAS treas-urer, 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.

Petroglyph E-mail Delivery Benefits

Get the Petroglyph early Get it in color when photographs are included Save a tree Help reduce AAS costs

To sign up send an e-mail to [email protected] with “e-mail delivery” in the subject line.

REMINDER: STATE BOARD OF DIRECTORSVOTING TO TAKE PLACE AT STATE MEETING

At the Spring State Meeting on May 31, a vote will be taken by the Board of Directors involving a state fee increase.Chapters are reminded that the Board of Directors consists of seven officers from each affiliated Chapter of AAS. Istrongly urge those Board members to attend the State Meeting, and if unable to attend, let this serve as a reminder tosubmit your proxy. Please refer to the State by-laws on the website to refresh your memory concerning voting.(Article I, Section 6)

The $5.00 increase in fees was discussed at the Winter State Meeting on Jan 26, 2008. The State has been operating inthe red for several years. The cost of Publications has risen in the past few years. Increases in the cost of printing andpostage, which increased again on May 1, have contributed to the budget woes facing the AAS.

Proxies should be given to the Chapter President or Chapter Board member who is attending the meeting, or contactSylvia Lesko [email protected], (480)497-4229.


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Upcoming EventsMay 1, 7 pm, AMNH, Mesa - SWATMeeting: The Olmec Culture, byBarbara Stark, Prof. of Anthropology,SHESC, ASU. AMNH Theater, 53 N.Macdonald, Mesa, AZ 85201

May 7, 7:30 pm, Phoenix - PGMAuxiliary Meeting: The SouthMountain Rock Art Project by AaronWright. Aaron will discuss the natureof this project, its goals, and howresearching and preserving the SouthMountains will lead to a betterunderstanding of Hohokam prehistory.This lecture is free and open to thepublic.

May 19, 7:30 pm, ASM, Tucson -AAHS Lecture: A Gaze at Glaze: WhatGlaze-Decorated Pottery Revealsabout Pueblo IV Social Dynamic byDeborah Huntley, Center for DesertArchaeology. Duval Auditorium,University Medical Center, 1501 NorthCampbell Avenue. For more info, seetheir website atwww.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml.

May 22–26, Farmington, N. M. -ARARA’s 35th Annual Conference. To

download the registration packet, go towww.arara.org/arara2008_info_packet.pdf.Pre-Registration Deadline: May 12,2008.

May 31 – June 1, Flagstaff: AASSpring State Meeting at the Museum ofNorthern Arizona. See April issue ofThe Petroglyph for registration formand details.

June 4, 7:30 pm, PGM, Phoenix -PGM Auxiliary Meeting: Lost Beneaththe Lake: Excavations in the TontoBasin by Glenn Rice. From 1989 to2003 Glen Rice, in collaboration witha number of colleagues at ArizonaState University, directed theexcavation of 139 Classic Period sites(A.D. 1250 to 1450) in the TontoBasin, including five platform moundsand the surrounding settlements. Thisgenerated a large data set about theorganization of Classic Period platformmound communities showing that thedevelopment of Hohokam complexitywas based on ritual rather than eco-nomic integration. This lecture is freeand open to the public.

July 21–25, ASM, Tucson -Archaeology Summer Camp for Adults.The Arizona State Museum is thestate’s official repository for allarchaeological materials uncovered onpublic lands. With ever-expandingurban development, thousands ofobjects are brought in every day.Before an object becomes part ofASM’s world-renowned collections, itfirst gets processed in the museum’srepository - the largest and busiest non-federal facility in the country.Through hands-on work, you will learnhow objects are in-processed,accessioned, recorded, packaged, andstored. Lectures and tours round outyour week-long experience. $300,$270 ASM members. For moreinformation, see their site atwww.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/archcamp/index.shtml.

Aug. 7 – 10, Flagstaff: 2008 PecosConference. Seewww.swanet.org/2008_pecos_conference/index.html for more information.

The Verde Valley Chapter will be offering the AAS certification course "Archaeoastronomy of the Southwest" startingon Saturday, September 6. The course will run from 9:30 am to Noon on nine Saturdays on the Camp Verde campus ofYavapai College, 1-1/2 miles off the Montezuma Castle exit of I-17. The class, taught by Ken Zoll, will cost $75,which includes all course materials including a copy of the new book "Chaco Astronomy" by Anna Sofer. At least onesession will be a field trip to one or more archaeoastronomy sites in the Verde Valley to observe the vernal equinox,weather permitting.

This class will review the current literature on archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest, discuss important issuesrelating to the naked eye observation of celestial objects in the night sky, and cover basic recordation techniques andmethods. This class will sample a small portion of a large body of literature on archaeoastronomy. Mesoamericanarchaeoastronomy will be included because of the influence of Mesoamerican cultures on the Southwest and becauseof the advanced state of archaeoastronomy studies in Middle America.

Class size is limited to 24 participants. The course will be open to the public, but priority will be given to AASmembers, so advanced registration is strongly recommended. The course outline and registration form is available atwww.sinaguasunwatchers.com or by contacting Ken at [email protected].

— Ken Zoll

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Many Colored WeavesNavajo Textiles from the Collection of the Museum of Northern Arizona

Coconino Center for the Arts – Flagstaff, ArizonaMNA/FCP Members’ Reception: Friday, June 13, 2008, 6–8pm

Navajo Rug Auction: Saturday, June 14, 2008Exhibition Open to the Public: June 14 – August 9, 2008

Navajo legend tells the story of humankind’s progression through successive worlds. Each world previous to the currentone was associated with a particular color. The current world, on the other hand, which is variously known as the“glittering,” “sparkling,” or “many-colored world,” is associated with a multitude of hues. The Navajo weaver’s artreflects the multi-colored aspect of this environment.

Flagstaff Cultural Partners (FCP) and the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) have joined forces to present a newexhibition at the Coconino Center for the Arts this summer. Many Colored Weaves, which features selections fromMNA’s collection of Navajo textiles, will be open to the public from June 14 through August 9, 2008. There will be aPreview Reception for FCP and MNA members on Friday, June 13, at 6 p.m.

Navajo weaving is a holistic practice that brings together the many-colored strands of life to create beauty. Theindividual weaving stands as a concrete expression of the interconnectedness—the interwoven nature and harmoniousrelationship—of the diverse elements of the world. In this exhibition, Navajo weavers share their reflections on theprocesses and practices of weaving and how they are meaningful to them.

Many Colored Weaves will feature 36 textiles from both the early and late twentieth century. The textiles arerepresentative of various regions producing quality works during that period. The exhibition’s curator is JenniferMcLerran, director of the Northern Arizona University Art Museum and Assistant Professor of Art History at NAU.

“This exhibition represents some of the finest work in the exquisite collection of weavings at the Museum of NorthernArizona,” says John Tannous, executive director of Flagstaff Cultural Partners. “This partnership between the Museumof Northern Arizona and Flagstaff Cultural Partners provides the community its first opportunity to view this culturallysignificant artwork in the spacious setting of the Coconino Center for the Arts gallery.”

The Navajo weaver brings beauty into the world, providing a model of right behavior and right relationship to theenvironment. Like the culture heroes of Navajo legend, whose tales are told in healing ceremonies and traditional chants,the weaver’s artistic practice constitutes a journey of discovery through which the harmony-generating potential and thehealing capacity of the plants and animals that populate this world are explored and demonstrated. The knowledge thatsustains this practice requires a nuanced understanding of the physical world that allows weavers to produce objects ofbeauty and affords them the opportunity to serve as models of the individual’s proper place in the world

Traditionally, Navajo weavers gained their dyes from plants in their immediate environment. Many of these were thesame plants as those used in healing ceremonies. They gained their wool from their own or other family members’sheep, animals that were seen as gifts from the holy people, provided to them for their spiritual and physical sustenance.

With the advent of a Euro-American market for Navajo textiles, weavers turned to artificial dyes and commercial wools.While this increased output made weavings more affordable, thus engendering a wider market for them, the intimateconnection of the weaver to their environment was compromised in important ways. The quality of their product—manybelieve—diminished, as well.

A number of efforts have been mounted over the past 75 to 80 years to revive the use of natural dyes in Navajo weaving.Sometimes motivated by a desire to improve the quality—and thus marketability—of Navajo weaving and other timesby a wish to restore a right relationship of the weaver to their physical and cultural environment, these efforts haveenjoyed varied degrees of success. The Many Colored Weaves exhibition examines the history of these efforts, providingexamples of weavings produced.

FCP and MNA will also host Flagstaff’s first Navajo Rug Auction on Saturday, June 14, 2008. The Auction will be held

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Terra Cotta Warriors on Display May 18 - Oct 12Bowers Museum, Santa Ana CA

at the Coconino Center for the Arts and feature 300 unique Navajo weavings on sale throughout the fast-paced event.The R.B. Burnham & Co. Trading Post will serve as auctioneers. A preview of all weavings in the auction begins at 10a.m. and continues until 4 p.m. The auction itself begins at 5 p.m. All proceeds from this event will provide support forFlagstaff Cultural Partners and the Museum of Northern Arizona.

This 65.16 inch long by 40.55 inch wide Wide Ruins Style Navajo rug by Janine Thomas is dated c. 1984 and is made ofvegetal-dyed wool. It won a first prize ribbon at the Museum of Northern Arizona's 1986 Navajo Show.

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For Further Information, contact: Heather Williams at 928-779-2300 x108 or [email protected].

20 complete life-sized terra cotta figures, itemsof court officials and two recently discoveredbronze chariots and life sized bronze animals.

The Bowers Museum is in Santa Ana, California,in Orange County. It has existed for nearly 70years, although its purpose and collections haveconsiderably changed over that time. It is one ofonly 750 museums in America accredited by theAmerican Association of Museums, and is theonly museum in the United States to partner withthe British Museum. Currently, it has on displaypermanent collections of Central American na-tive artifacts and paintings of local, Californianscenes. It also has a large temporary exhibitionspace, a courtyard, a children's museum section,and a restaurant.

(Picture from Bowers Museum Web site.)


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CHAPTER NEWSAgave HouseChapter

Agave House held its March meetingon the 26th at Black Mesa RangerStation. There will be an outing onApril 12th at Fossil Creek. The groupwill meet there at 8:00 am. Themorning session will be mostlydriving from spot to spot; in theafternoon, those who wish to mayhike the area. Several speakers havebeen lined up for future meetings,including Peter Pillis, Bill Parker, andDavid Wilcox. The club will hold arummage and bake sale at the Mixonresidence on May 16th and 17th.

Miles Gilbert was scheduled to speakto us, but was unable to due to a deathin the family. Ben Mixon filled in forhim and talked about the early historyof the Little Colorado and the SilverCreek Basin. It was essentially ahistory of those of us living in theHeber/Overgaard area. There isevidence that people have lived herefor more than 6000 years. Ben iswriting a paper on the history of thearea and shared much of his researchwith us. We learned about the variousIndian groups that lived here and howthey lived. Were they herders orwanderers or farmers? Pictographs inChevelon Canyon show us thatherding became a way of life for thesepeople after the Spaniards passedthrough with their livestock. Bencontinued with the history andsettlement of area towns, includingForest Lakes, Show Low, Heber andOvergaard. Refreshments followed thepresentation.

The next meeting will be held onApril 23rd at the Black Mesa RangerStation at 6:30 pm. Those wishing tomay join us at the Red Onion fordinner at 5:00 pm. All are welcome.If you have any questions, call RalfKurzhals at 928-536-3056.

— Diane Collins

Agua FriaChapter

Our April speaker, Mr. Cliff Hersted,had two fascinating and thought-provoking lectures about pronghornhunting walls and a map petroglyphon, or near, Perry Mesa. Mr. Herstedhas identified nine pronghorn wallsystems in a variety of configurationsand petroglyph panels nearby thatseem to support the hunting strategy.Mr. Hersted will take AAS memberson a hike to one of the wall systems.The second lecture provided anoverlay on an actual petroglyph thatcorresponded to the locations of themajor settlement groups on PerryMesa. Mr. Hersted signed his newbooklet, Mind, Muscle & Stone inPrehistory: Capturing Pronghorn onthe Agua Fria Grassland. It is wellresearched and has very graphicdescriptions and photos of thepronghorn walls.

Mr. David Morris, a member of theChoctaw Nation in Oklahoma, andcurrently the Visitors ServicesCoordinator at the Pueblo GrandeMuseum, will lecture at the May 13th

meeting on Harvest of the Desert. Hislecture will explore how plants wereused for food, building, medicine andmagic. Dr. David Doyel had to cancelhis lecture because of a last minutetraining exercise in California.

The Chapter hike to Brazaletes Pueblowas awesome. Lila Elam providedthe group with site plans and gave agreat commentary, along with ShelleyRasmussen, on the hilltop pueblo andsurrounding area. Lila then took thegroup to two other sites; a previouslyexcavated pit house community and avery interesting and mysterious site ona small knoll with petroglyphs aroundthe perimeter.

Dinner with the speaker is at 5:00 pmat Applebee’s, the NE corner of 59th

Ave. and Peoria on May 13th. Pleasejoin us.

— Sandy Gauthier

Desert FoothillsChapter

Our April speaker, Joe Vogel fromPrescott, gave us A Birds-Eye View ofthe Agua Fria National Monument.Joe took us on an aerial tour of muchof the Aqua Fria, allowing us to seemany sites and features that couldonly be appreciated from above theground, including walls, forts andhabitation sites. Vogel believes wehave only mapped about 25% of thesites in the National Monument andhis extensive photo mapping will easethe way for identifying many more ofthose not yet recognized sites.

The final meeting of our springspeaker series is May 14. RichardLange, of the Arizona State Museum,will be giving an intriguingpresentation on his work at the cliffdwellings at Sierra Ancha, where hehas done extensive fieldwork. He isthe author of Echoes in the Canyons:The Archaeology of the SoutheasternSierra Ancha, Central Arizona.

Don’t forget that the last meeting ofthe season is when members bringtheir most decadent goodies for ourDessert Potluck! Make sure you bringsome of your favorites to share. Beprepared to go off your diet for anevening.

Take advantage of the opportunity tobuy your own AAS Chambray shirt,Chapter T-shirt, DFC hat, and AASdecal - all will be on sale at the meet-ing. Our meetings are at the Churchof Good Shepherd of the Hills Episco-pal Church Hall, at 6502 E CaveCreek Road, Cave Creek.



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The Chapter hosted an excellent fieldtrip to the Brazaletes Hilltop site inthe Tonto National Forest on April 5th.This is an outstanding site and we hadsome of our best veterans keyingpeople in on some of the extraordinarythings to be found there.

Our next field trip is on May 3rd, whenwe get a tour of treasures in thestorage rooms of the Museum ofNorthern Arizona. Please contact LilaElam at 928-668-0330 to reserve yourspot and for more information.

Chapter members are considering atour of major Maya sites in Palenque(Mexico), Tikal (Guatemala), andCopan (Honduras), plus other quitespecial sites in the January-March2008 time period. The trip would beabout 7-10 days long. The tour is openright now to members of AAS fromall chapters. If you are interested inbeing part of the trip and would likemore information, please email JayChatzkel at [email protected].

— Jay Chatzkel

Mohave Chapter

On March 28th, several members ofour chapter participated in theArchaeology and Cultural HeritageWeek program held by the Hualapaitribal school in Peach Springs. We setup a mock archaeological excavationwhich was a hit with the children whoused trowels to unearth previouslyseeded “artifacts”. Informationalposters were also displayed.

Retired high school teacher, formermuseum volunteer, and chaptermember Loren Wilson has written andrecently published a book titledKingman History: 50 Stories ofKingman. The stories describe someof the interesting events andindividuals who have helped shape

local Kingman history.

Field trips to prehistoric sites in theSeligman and Williams areas arebeing planned with exact dates to beannounced.

Mohave Chapter meetings are held at7 pm on the second Tuesday of eachmonth in the community room atGrace Lutheran Church, 2101Harrison Ave in Kingman. Our nextmeeting will be held on May13th. Formore information, please contact JohnAinlay at 928-753-2600 [email protected].

— Gale Dom

Phoenix Chapter

On April 10th, Beth Bagwell, fromDesert Archaeology, talked about herdissertation research in Cueva Bringasand Cueva el Aguage, two cliffdwellings in the Sierra Alta ofnortheastern Sonora, Mexico. Eachcliff dwelling consisted of 40-room,two-story adobe structures. Sheanalyzed every measurable detail oftheir construction and concluded thatthe sites appeared to have beenproduced by four groups over a periodof less than a year. Because the siteswere so similar, the groups may havebeen sent to these locations to formnew colonies. For more information,see Archaeology Southwest Vol. 21,No. 2.

On May 8th, the Phoenix Chapter willhold its 2nd Annual Pre-MeetingSocial to recognize the SouthMountain Rock Art Recording Projectvolunteers. A free buffet dinner anddrinks will be offered from 6 to 7:15pm in the PGM Community Room.Two speakers will be featured, withthe talks starting at 7:30 pm. AaronWright will discuss Styles ofHohokam Petroglyph Production inthe South Mountains and Will Russell

will discuss Examination of SouthMountain Petroglyphs in the Contextof Hopi Clan Symbols.

We will not have a regular Junemeeting in Phoenix; however, we areworking on a field trip to either theHomolovi Ruins or the Rock ArtRanch in Chevelon Canyon for Juneor July. Details will be sent to themembership as soon as plans arecompleted.

Holly Young, Curator of Collectionsat PGM, will teach a Hohokamceramics class on Friday nights atPGM from 6:30 to 9:00 pm from Sept.26th through Dec. 12th. If youhaven’t signed up yet, you can do soat the next meeting.

The chapter meets on the secondThursday of each month in theCommunity Room at the PuebloGrande Museum, 4619 E. WashingtonSt. in Phoenix, starting at 7:30 pm.We usually take the speaker to dinnerat 5:30 pm at Monti’s La Casa Viejaon Mill and Rio Salado in Tempe. Ifyou are interested in having dinnerwith the speaker, please call or emailMarie (480-827-8070 [email protected]) so that she can re-serve a large enough table.

— Ellie Large

Rim Country Chapter

The monthly chapter meeting washeld on Saturday, April 19th, at 10 amin the Fellowship Hall of The Churchof the Holy Nativity in Payson. Ourguest speaker was Ekkehart Malotkiand his topic was Rock Art of Arizona.His presentation included a slideshow, followed by a short Q&Aperiod. The meeting was open to thepublic.



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Ekkehart Malotki is professoremeritus of languages at NorthernArizona University where he taughtGerman, Latin, and Hopi from 1977until 2004. For more than twenty-fiveyears, his work as an ethnolinguist hasfocused on the preservation of Hopilanguage and culture. In addition toover a dozen bilingual works on Hopisemantics and oral literature, he haspublished three children’s booksbased on authentic Hopi stories.

During the last fifteen years, hispassion for rock art has taken him tothe Sahara, to the Paleolithic caves inFrance, to Sweden, Norway, andMexico, and twice to Australia. Inaddition, he has devoted much of histime to the photography andinterpretation of the rock art of theAmerican Southwest.

Two members of our Chapter havecompleted training in surveys for Dr.David Wilcox’s Museum of NorthernArizona hilltop surveys project. It isanticipated that the chapter’s firstopportunity to participate in thesurveys will take place in late April orearly May.

Two field trips were conducted in lateMarch and early April to the TontoNational Monument National Park.Eddie Colyoot, National Park ServiceRanger, conducted the tours to theupper cliff dwelling ruins. Eddie’sknowledge and experience with theruins were an added enhancement to aworthwhile visit to the park.

The next field trip will take placefrom April 28th to May 4th and willinclude Zuni, Chaco Canyon, MesaVerde, and several points in between.

Tubac/Santa CruzCounty Chapter

The Historic Lowe House was

bursting at the seams with an overflowcrowd attending the presentation byChapter Advisor, Deni Seymour onSan Cayetano del Tumacacori - FirstJesuit Mission in Southern Arizona.

Two chapter members, MiesenNelson, and Ann Peachy McQueen,have properties near San Cayetano delTumacacori and invited Deni to take alook to see if there were indications ofSopaipuri habitation there. Memberswere eager to learn more about how toidentify possible Sobaipuri sites andDeni offered to instruct the group in afuture program.

JJ and Mike Golio, coming in fromMesa, and Alan Sorkowitz, comingfrom Tucson, shared with the grouptheir experiences working with Deniat Terrenate presidio. JJ and Mikehave worked with Deni for three yearsand are still enthusiastic. Working atTerrenate with Deni was Alan’s firstexperience excavating and he ishooked. Deni said there will be a tourof the site May 3rd and that she wouldneed help backfilling on May 4th.Members interested in receivingnotices for volunteering need to letDeni know by e-mailing her at deni-jseymour@aol. For more detailedinformation and updates of the workshe and her volunteers are doing,check out her very fine website atseymourharlan.com.

Deni’s work in the Valley, as well astours of the Barrio Barrio de TubacArchaeological Preserve, according toBarbara Ruppman, chapter memberand VP of the Tubac HistoricalSociety, are anticipated to be slowingdown during the summer months dueto weather and accessibility concerns.However, keep checking in with themjust in case volunteers are needed.

It doesn’t look like the chapter will beslowing down for the summer,however, as members were bursting

with ideas for keeping the momentumrolling throughout the summermonths. Members voted to continuemeeting regularly, volunteered forplanning hikes, tours, and schedulingprograms, and agreed to havecommittees meet to consider and planupcoming activities, options andopportunities.

Members Bill Cox and Phil Halpennyvolunteered to explore the possibilityof using a portion of some space in abuilding currently being consideredfor construction as a “museum” forrepresenting the region’sarchaeological and cultural heritageand possibly exhibiting artifactsproperly curated from sites in theValley.

Nancy Valentine shared with thegroup her findings about what isrequired for hosting a state meeting.She thanked AAS members Peter VanCleve, Marie Britton, Judy Rounds,and Sylvia Lesko for giving her theinside scoop on what it takes. With ashow of hands, the majority ofmembers expressed interest incontinuing to explore the idea and todetermine if the group is ready andable to take on this responsibility.

Jim Farley and Bill Cox joined MaryDahl, Deni Seymour and Alan Sor-lowitz as members of the EducationCommittee. Gwen Griffin joinedHugh Holub and Sharon Sevara on theOutreach and Advocacy Committee.

One of the unexpected issues needingto be taken up by committees thissummer is looking for a larger spacefor chapter meetings and programs.Nancy, as chapter president, was ofcourse delighted to be facing thechallenge. It’s hard to believe that lessthan a year ago the Tubac/SCCChapter, which started with just 3members, now has 21 members and is





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growing by leaps and bounds. Withmembers of the public attendingmonthly programs as well, the oldHistoric Lowe House is bursting at theseams. Oh to have such a problem!

— Nancy Valentine

Verde ValleyChapter

The chapter held its March meeting atthe Sedona Public Library on the 27th.Our speakers were Ron and KarenPeters, who have established thespecial wildlife and archaeologicalpreserve of Partridge CreekPetroglyph Park. This site contains800 petroglyphs, from the EarlyArchaic up to and including theCohonino cultures. Ron and Karengave us a warm and intimate look intothe compatible relationships they feelin their home amidst the wildlife,birds, and rock art of Partridge CreekPetroglyph Park.

Our April meeting will be held at theSedona Elks Lodge, 110 AirportRoad, at 7:00 pm. Our speaker will beJerry Ehrhardt, the 2007 recipient ofthe Governor's Archaeology AdvisoryCommission's Award for AvocationalArchaeologists. Jerry will present hisstudy of aboriginal trails throughcentral Arizona, the discovery of 155previously unknown prehistoricSouthern Sinagua and Honanki Phasesites, and the line-of-sightcommunications network connectingthese sites.

The Perry Mesa Rock Art RecordingProject, located at Brooklyn Bridge,will take place from May 16 to May18, with Bud Henderson as coordina-tor. Bud can be reached at (928) 649-0412, or [email protected].

Marlene Conklin announced that

progress has resumed on the manyprojects of Dr. Dave Wilcox at theMuseum of Northern Arizona. Severalworkdays were given over to thehousekeeping and painting necessaryfor the process of accreditation for theMuseum.

Peter Pilles has also given us a list ofprojects we can help with over thefollowing months. A partial listing isas follows: (1) digital photography ofthe V-V petroglyphs; (2) thecompletion of the V-V survey and sitecards, as well as setting upInterpretive Signage; (3) V-Vhistorical survey, includingconstruction of a platform and trail;(4) finishing the excavation holes at V-V; (5) a study of Sacred Mountain,including its check dams and forms ofirrigation; and categorizing the Eldenand Honanki artifacts.

Have you ever wondered how to getthe younger generations interested andinvolved in archaeology? A smallgroup of VVAS volunteers decided tostart up a 2-day program teachingstudents at the Beaver CreekElementary School the life skills ofthe Verde Valley's native cultures. Joyand Bud Henderson, Claire Swain,Jennifer White, and Kit Stack did theclassroom interaction, with the muchappreciated behind-the-scenes work ofRJ and Jeanne Smith, and BerthaCook, who provided some of her pot-tery for a classroom activity. Thestudents received a hands-oneducation in grinding corn, weavingcordage from yucca fibers, designingpetroglyphs, and tool-making, as wellas learning respect for ancient culturesand the need to preserve the valley'shistoric heritage.

A field trip report was given by LindaKrumrie and Jim Graceffa: (1) Thereare a few spaces left for the Peru trip.Please contact Jim Graceffa at (928)639-0604, or

[email protected]. (2) Wehad a fun field trip to the west side ofPrescott recently. We were joined by anumber of members of the PrescottChapter. Charlie Steger was theleader. (3) April 26th is the date of theBotany field trip, to be led by PhyllisLindberg. (4) A field trip to PartridgeCreek will be held in the latter part ofJune or early July. Details later.

The Pottery Analysis Class of VerdeValley pottery has now concluded.Members of the class are nowinvolved in the analysis of potteryfrom Honanki, under the leadership ofJim and Diane Graceffa.

The Chapter will be offering the AAScertification courseArchaeoastronomy of the Southwest,starting on Sept. 6th. The class, taughtby Ken Zoll, will cost $75 for nineSaturday sessions, including fieldtrips. Classes will start at 9:30 a.m. atthe Camp Verde campus of YavapaiCollege off the Montezuma Castleexit of I-17. Class size is limited to 24,with advanced registration required.For the course outline, registrationform or more information, pleasee-mail Ken [email protected].

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

— Louise Fitzgerald

Yavapai Chapter

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

Dr. Michael Ruddell’s presentation onApril 17th carried the dry title of





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Bioarchaeology of the Willow LakeSite Project 06:13 Site: N:7:16, but itwas anything but dry. His expertise isin the field of forensic analysis, andhis joy is uncovering the story thatbones tell us about how people lived.He conducted the analysis of thehuman remains at the Willow Lakesite (Neural Site), where severalchapter members worked withPaleowest, LLC. Using plastic castsof skulls, and pelvises, Mikedemonstrated how he determinesgender and gathers other insights.One male had deep dental caries in allhis teeth and severe osteoarthritisthroughout his entire body, leadingone to imagine his life without Aleve.

At the May 15th meeting, DaveHaleric with the Coronado National

Forest will give us a look atarchaeology on the Arizona-Mexicoborder. Because of border fenceconstruction activities, CNFarchaeologists have been workingthere extensively, and in light ofcurrent events, their findings are ofinterest to all Arizonans.

Before the meetings, all are invited tojoin speakers and fellow chaptermembers at the Prescott BrewingCompany at 5:30 pm for dinner.

On March 29th, chapter membersvisited the V-V Heritage Site, once alarge cattle operation from the 1920s,and now preserving over 1,000petroglyphs created by the SouthernSinagua. Our guide, Ken Zoll,provided a fascinating look, not just atthe incredible petroglyphs, but at

several unusual features not ordinarilyaccessible to the general public.

Our April 26th field trip will be anexploration of sites in the SanFrancisco Wash, east of Flagstaff,with visits to pueblos, caves and a ballcourt. Charley Steger, former YavapaiChapter member and docent at theRed Rocks/Palatki site in Sedona, willbe our guide.

If you are planning on taking thecertification class on Rock ArtRecording, it is critical that you getword to Susan Jones,[email protected] by May 1. Theclass, taught by Barbara Gronemann,will be held each Saturday in June.Contact Susan for further information.

— Susan Jones



The Northern Arizona Chapter in Flagstaff will host the May meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Society at theBranigar-Chase Discovery Center. The meeting will take place Saturday May 31st and Sunday June 1.

Attendees will have the privilege of visiting the Museum’s exhibits during the day Saturday, so this will be anadditional benefit of meeting attendance. The therazinosaur exhibit is an especially exciting exhibit for anyone whohasn’t had the opportunity to see it.

We are very fortunate that Dr. Robert Breunig, MNA director, will be our after- dinner speaker. Dr. Breunig is anexcellent speaker whose schedule does not often allow him to address an audience. His talk will cover informationabout the Museum of Northern Arizona and its vision for the Colorado Plateau, its peoples, cultures and resources.Members who are not familiar with the state of the art collections center being constructed on the MNA campus willbe excited about its role in the geology, paleontology, anthropology and archaeology of northern Arizona.

The Museum of Northern Arizona is located on Highway 180 three miles north of town on the highway to the GrandCanyon. Registrants for the meeting will be sent maps and information about the MNA parking area we will use and aFlagstaff Visitor’s guide if they need one. You can also view and print the map at www.musnaz.org/Planning%20your%20Visit/images/campus_map2.pdf.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Flagstaff has a multitude of motel accommodations in all price ranges. There are also twohistoric hotels, the Monte Vista and the Weatherford, in downtown Flagstaff which have character and comfort andprovide the opportunity to explore the historic downtown area. For detailed information about accommodations, aswell as restaurants and other services, please visit the Flagstaff Visitor Center website at www.flagstaffarizona.org orcall the Visitor Center at 800-842-7293, or 928-774-9541.

Any questions? Contact Peggy Taylor at [email protected], Lisa Edmonson at [email protected], TomWoodall at 928-607-2840, or any of the other Northern Arizona officers whose contact information is listed on thewebsite.

Spring State Meeting Reminder


Arizona Archaeological SocietyBox 9665

Phoenix, Arizona 85068

NONPROFIT ORG.US POSTAGE PAID

PHOENIX AZPermit No. 645

Dated material:Please deliver promptly.

Thank you!

Silvia Lesko, Chair865 S. Oak StreetGilbert, AZ [email protected]

Jim Graceffa, 1st. Vice Chair1580 Panorama WayClarksdale, AZ [email protected]

Ron Robinson, 2nd Vice Chair5510 Angel TearPrescott, AZ [email protected]

Judy Rounds, TreasurerP.O. Box 1401Carefree, AZ [email protected]

Ginger Johnson, Secretary1298 Leslie StreetPrescott, AZ [email protected]

Sylvia Lesko, Membership865 S. Oak Street

Gilbert, AZ [email protected]

STATE OFFICERS

Bob Lindsay, Acting Chair1039 E. Seminole DrivePhoenix, AZ [email protected]

Mike Magnan, Treasurer1517 W. Impala AvenueMesa, AZ [email protected]

Sandy Carson, [email protected]

Susan Jones, [email protected]

Roger Haase, Recorder8157 E. LaJuntaScottsdale, [email protected]

CERTIFICATION DEPARTMENTPUBLICATIONS

Ellie Large, Petroglyph Chair andEditor945 N. Pasadena #5Mesa, AZ [email protected]

Linda Dorsey, Petroglyph [email protected]

June Freden, AZ Archaeologist [email protected]

Alan Ferg, AZ Archaeologist EditorTucson, [email protected]

Objectives of AASTo foster interest and research in the archaeology ofArizona

To encourage better public understanding andconcern for archaeological and cultural resources

To protect antiquities by discouraging exploitation ofarchaeological resources

To aid in the conservation and preservation ofscientific and archaeological data and associated sites

To serve as a bond between the professionals and theavocational non-professionals

To increase knowledge and improve the skill ofmembers in the disciplines of archaeology

To participate in investigations in the field ofarchaeology and to put the information so obtainedinto published form

To publish a journal and such monographs as thepublications committee deems appropriate

Lobbyist

Kevin J. Palmer

[email protected] contact the webmaster of the AAS Website,

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ADVISORS

Charlie GilbertGary StumpfJohn Hohmann, Ph.DGrace SchoonoverAlan Ferg

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