The San Tan Chapter formed in May 2008 and was formally chartered as a member of The Arizona Archaeological Society on October 4, 2008. The Arizona Archaeological Society is an independent nonprofit corporation. Members are eligible to participate in field trips, excavations, surveys, lab work, and other areas of archaeological interest. Each member also receives a copy of the annual publication of the Society, The Arizona Archaeologist, together with the monthly newsletter, The Petroglyph. The San Tan Chapter meets at 7 PM, the second Wednesday of each month September through May, at the San Tan Historical Museum located at 20435 S Old Ellsworth Rd, Queen Creek 85142. Monthly meetings are free and open to the public.
We encourage you to pay membership fees directly to the San Tan Chapter by check or cash. This enables the STC to receive its portion of the dues in a timely manner. Fees are used for guest speakers, group activities, and our annual potluck.
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WHILE WE WAIT, ENJOY SOME OF THESE TIDBITS
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"These Are 7 of The Strangest Experiments Humans Have Ever Done in Space"
https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-space-experiments-conducted-by-humans
"6 Fun Riddles for You to Solve and Enjoy"
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"Boggle Your Brain With The Best Illusion Of The Year Contest 2020"
https://www.iflscience.com/brain/boggle-your-brain-with-the-best-illusion-of-the-year-contest-2020/
"800-YEAR-OLD PUEBLO INDIAN BLANKET MADE OUT OF 11,500 TURKEY FEATHERS"
https://archaeology-world.com/800-year-old-pueblo-indian-blanket-made-out-of-11500-turkey-feathers/
"Native American Turquoise Jewelry Through History and Today"
"The Hidden Color Code in Mimbres Pottery"
https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/mimbres-pottery-color/
"Mary Weahkee makes a turkey feather blanket"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L4qRn3RIDc
"Making a Basket from PINE NEEDLES"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWoYF2Kfg8
"18 Random but Interesting Maps of America"
https://didyouknowfacts.com/18-random-but-interesting-maps-of-america/
"Here’s Why Americans Refrigerate Their Milk While Much of the World Doesn’t"
"Geoscientists discover Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201118080741.htm
"The life and death of one of America’s most mysterious trees
The north wall and room block of Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the great houses in Chaco Canyon. Pueblo Bonito is considered widely as the center of the Chaco world. CREDIT Thomas Swetnam "
"Astronauts have conducted nearly 3,000 science experiments aboard the ISS
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03085-8
"Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Past with New International Carbon Dating Standard
The new and improved tool will allow scientists to learn more about ancient civilizations, the past environment and even the history of the sun."
"Meet Skybalonyx skapter, the newest prehistoric reptile to be found in Arizona"
"Scientists Analysed Twinkies Kept in a Basement For 8 Years, And Got a Surprise"
Which dinosaur roamed in your neighborhood ?
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#170
"The Story of How McDonald’s First Got Its Start "
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-story-of-how-mcdonald-s-first-got-its-start
"Interactive Map Shows Which Tribal Land You’re Living On"
' “For example, if you put in The White House, you’ll see that America’s most famous residence sits on land that belonged to the Anacostan and Piscataway tribes. Jumping to the other coast, you’ll find that California’s iconic Hollywood Sign is on land that belonged to the Chumash, Tongva and Kizh people.” '
https://www.simplemost.com/interactive-map-shows-which-tribal-land-you-live/
" Navajo Code Talker Samuel F. Sandoval talks about 'making a Navajo code' "
Potato Travelogue : A month-long journey into the flavors and traditions of Peru’s favorite food
https://emergencemagazine.org/story/papas-nativas/
The Hunt by Sanjay Rawal with A-dae Romero-Briones
"This short film The Hunt, by Sanjay Rawal, follows two characters from his feature film Gather—Chef Nephi Craig of the White Mountain Apache Nation and master forager Twila Cassadore of the San Carlos Apache Nation—as they work with Indigenous foodways to promote processes of healing and recovery from historical trauma. The following op-ed written by Sanjay and the film’s executive producer A-dae Romero-Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa) emphasizes the power of strengthening traditions and relationships with the land."
https://emergencemagazine.org/story/the-hunt/
'Blood amber' may be a portal into dinosaur times, but the fossils are an ethical minefield for palaeontologists
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/world/blood-amber-myanmar-fossils-scn/index.html
"University of Arizona archaeologists discover secrets of ancient past"
https://www.kold.com/2020/06/10/university-arizona-archaeologists-discover-secrets-ancient-past/
Article written by Dr. Takeshi Inomata Professor of Anthropology University of Arizona :
Monumental architecture at Aguada Fรฉnix and the rise of Maya civilization
"Giant 2,000-Year-Old Cat Is Newly Discovered Addition To Peru’s Nazca Lines"
Melting Alpine Glaciers Yield Archaeologic Troves, but Clock Ticking
Educational Resources | New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies
"how to make a bow" , "how to make an arrow"
http://nmarchaeology.org/education-outreach/educational-resources.html
" The Final Passage -- Your journey to the 36,000 year old Chauvet painted cave begins now
Free viewings offered to you by the Filmmakers, the Rock Art Network and all the Friends of the Film "
{ The Mind In The Cave book provides solid analysis of the mysterious cave paintings }
https://www.missingmatter.info/tara-expo
"Two Surgeries, 800 Years Apart"
https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/ancient-surgery/
"Wildfire Archaeology and the Burning American West"
https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/wildfire-archaeology/
"Whoa: This Is What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Enough Water"
ARIZONA MEMORY PROJECT -- Use of potsherds in an archaeological survey in the Southwest
https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/medallion/id/809/rec/8
Preservation50 - Making Archaeology Public
https://preservation50.org/mapp/#
"What a Basket Can Hold --A Tohono O’odham contemporary basket weaver on facing the climate crisis "
https://borderlore.org/what-a-basket-can-hold/
"What Are We Going to Weave With -- An Akimel O’odham basketweaver on how a changing climate is impacting plant materials
https://borderlore.org/what-are-we-going-to-weave-with/
Excellent Site containing short videos to Learn about : Yucca Plant (Takwi) Harvesting, Saguaro Harvesting, Basket Weaving, Mesquite Bean Harvesting, Prickly Pear Harvesting
https://www.facebook.com/tucsonindiancenter/
"The Archaeology of Those Weird Metal Things That Open Your Soda Can"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archaeology-of-cans
"Sometimes Trash Is Treasured in America’s National Parks"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/historic-trash-national-parks
Junior Ranger Archaeology Program
https://www.nps.gov/articles/junior-ranger-archeology-program.htm
From Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) -Emil W. Haury AAHS Roots of Southwestern Archaeology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru36myaje24
Pottery Southwest -- "Experimental Archaeology for Ceramics in the American Southwest" -Andy Ward
https://potterysouthwest.unm.edu/PDFs/PSW-35-3-4.pdf
"Non-tobacco plant identified in ancient pipe for first time"
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/wsu-npi062620.php
"Archaeologists Don't Always Need to Dig—They've Got Drones"
https://www.wired.com/story/archaeologists-dont-always-need-to-digtheyve-got-drones/
"Drones Transform Archaeology"
https://insideunmannedsystems.com/drones-transform-archaeology/
Ancient Irrigation Techniques in the US Southwest - from the Grant County Archaeology Society ( N. Mex)
"Monsoon season has arrived in the US Southwest, a good time to ponder the logistical achievements of Native tribes of the past. During the period from 600 CE - 1450 CE the Hohokam established a complex canal system that reliably harnessed scarce water sources, enabling their communities to thrive for centuries. It encompassed an area of roughly 100,000 acres within the Salt River basin in what is now the greater metropolitan area of Phoenix, Arizona. It is North America's largest prehistoric irrigation canal system.
To learn more about this vast array of archaeological features, enjoy some short videos (less than 2 minutes each) presented by the City of Phoenix in their "Ancient Waterways" series and featuring local archaeologists:"
https://www.gcasnm.org/news/2020/07/ancient-irrigation-us-sw.html
Cochise - Strong Apache Leader
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-cochise/
Critical Thinking Development: A Stage Theory
https://www.criticalthinking.org/resources/articles/ct-development-a-stage-theory.shtml
Medicine Wheel & the Four Directions - Legends of America
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The Four Southern Tribes and the Hohokam Of The Phoenix Basin
" ... The focus of this assessment is the relationship of cultural affiliation that exists between the prehistoric Hohokam and the people of the modern Four Southern Tribes: Gila River Indian Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community, and Tohono O’odham Nation, with particular emphasis on the connections between the prehistoric Hohokam of the Phoenix Basin (from Gillespie Dam in the west to the Lower Tonto Basin in the east, and from Picacho in the south to the Lower Verde in the north) and the people of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) ... "
https://www.tempe.gov/home/showdocument?id=6431
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See the priceless monument of world material culture, entered in 1978 on the First UNESCO World Heritage List.
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The Best of Archaeology on WEB & Social Media (Lockdown Edition)
"Essential knots: how to tie the 20 knots you need to know" by Popular Science
Indigenous Archaeologist Mary Weahkee Makes Mogollon Sandals from Yucca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCN6S8wZPGE
5 Mysterious Ancient Cities That Were Built UNDERGROUND
https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/2018/06/12/5-mysterious-ancient-cities-that-were-built-underground/
Prickly Pear Cactus by DesertUSA
https://www.desertusa.com/cactus/prickly-pear-cactus.html
"How to Start a Fire with Sticks" by John Yost of Yost Survival Skills
http://yostsurvivalskills.com/how-start-fire-with-sticks/
"The Simple Truth Behind Reading 200 Books a Year"
https://observer.com/2017/01/the-simple-truth-behind-reading-200-books-a-year/
BBC - Culture - How the fake Beatles conned South America
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20200423-how-the-fake-beatles-conned-south-america
"The Food That Could Last 2,000 Years"
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200330-which-foods-are-best-to-eat-after-the-apocalypse
"Stuck at home? View cultural heritage collections online "
http://www.openobjects.org.uk/2020/03/stuck-at-home-view-cultural-heritage-collections-online/
"Childern are doing archaeology and becoming experts who enrich whole communities"
Petrified Opal Tree Situated In Arizona Its About 225 Million Years Old
" Long Before Tex-Mex, a 15,000-Year-Old Cuisine Left Its Mark"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/texas-mexican-food
"20 Sad Facts Behind America's Abandoned Truck Stops"
https://www.thethings.com/sad-facts-behind-americas-abandoned-truck-stops/
"Apollo 13 at 50:How NASA turned near-disaster at the moon into a 'successful failure' in space"
https://www.space.com/apollo-13-nasa-successful-failure-50th-anniversary.html
"Daring Darlings: 6 Stunt Women You Ought to Know"
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Chapter Officers
2020 Office | Office Holder | Contact Information |
President | Marie Britton | |
Vice-President | open | xxx@xxx.xxx xxxx |
Treasurer | Jim Britton | |
Secretary | Maggie Dawley | |
Director1/Program Director | Carlos Acuna | chickenrancher@earthlink.net |
Director2/ | Marie Renner | |
Director3/Archivist | Keith Johanson | wildflowerboy@gmail.com |
Membership | Marie Britton | |
Archaeological Advisor | Chris Loendorf |
ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY ON WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.archaeological-analytics.com/arizona-archaeology-on-web-and-social-media
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HOSTED BY THE AAS SAN TAN CHAPTER : if you would like to participate/volunteer please contact San Tan Chapter President Marie Britton at mbrit@cox.net
WHEN : MARCH 28, 2020
TIME : 10 AM - 2 PM
1 PM TO 2 PM GUEST SPEAKER DR. JAY FRANKLIN OF ECOPLAN WILL PRESENT:
"Hohokam and Salado Archaeology Along US 60 Near Superior, Arizona"
WHERE : SAN TAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM - QUEEN CREEK ,ARIZONA
TABLES and DEMONSTRATIONS
1) ANCIENT SKILLS AND TOOLS DEMONSTRATION BY "STUDY OF ANCIENT LIFEWAYS AND TECHNOLOGIES" (S.A.L.T.) https://saltskills.com/ The Primitive Knife below made by Ron M. of S.A.L.T. The cordage comes from the Agave Plant and the knife holder is from the Saguaro Cactus plant. The blade is from Elk bone.
a) How to Start a Fire with Your Bare Hands: video by Dr. Bill Shindler Washington College
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/primitive-technology-fire
b) How to Make Stone Tools: video by Dr. Bill Shindler Washington College
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/how-to-make-stone-tools
2)MAKE YOUR OWN MINIATURE ADOBE BRICK LED BY JIM BRITTON AAS AVOCATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST AWARD RECIPIENT IN 2016
How to make mud bricks, and why you might want to by Austin Bailey
https://www.heifer.org/blog/how-to-make-mud-bricks-and-why-you-might-want-to.html
3)MAKE YOUR OWN PETROGLYPH/PICTOGLYPH HOSTED BY THE SAN TAN CHAPTER AAS
Best Places to see Rock Art in Arizona by Tim Hull
https://www.moon.com/travel/arts-culture/rock-art-arizona/
4) ARIZONA SITE STEWARD PROGRAM
To promote the monitoring and preservation of cultural resources
https://azstateparks.com/arizona-site-stewards-volunteer-program/
5) SAN TAN MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK - Nikki Bunnel, Park Ranger
6) FLINT KNAPPING - Don Raker
Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the process of lithic reduction to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls, and flushwork decoration. -- from Wikipedia
Obsidian-Sourcing-Brief by the National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/sagu/learn/historyculture/upload/Obsidian-Sourcing-Brief.pdf
7) POTTERY DEMONSTRATION - GLENN DOTSON
Traditional Southwest Pottery
https://www.andywardpottery.com/category/pottery/
8) Archaeological Presentation by Dr. Jay D. Franklin Director of Cultural Resources of ECOPLAN
Presentation: Hohokam and Salado Archaeology Along US 60
Abstract
... an overview of archaeological investigations by EcoPlan Associates, Inc. for ADOT along a four mile stretch of US 60 just east of Superior. I will briefly discuss overall project chronology, culture history, and results of several kinds of analyses with particular attention to the pottery found. Previous work west of this area revealed mostly Hohokam sites. During this project we found both Hohokam and Salado sites – sometimes at the same location. We have the opportunity to examine the transition from the late pre-Classic to Classic periods (AD 900 – 1450) here along Queen Creek and to examine the social environments and interaction spheres of Hohokam and Salado populations in the early Classic Period. This work provides new information on the upper Queen Creek corridor between the more intensely investigated Phoenix Basin and Tonto Basin/Globe Highlands.
Jay Franklin is Director of Cultural Resources and a Principal Investigator for EcoPlan Associates, Inc. headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Franklin works in EcoPlan’s Tucson office. He was
awarded his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee in 2002. His primary research interests include prehistoric hunter gatherers, cave and rock art, and prehistoric stone tools and pottery. Franklin has more than 26 years of experience in archaeology and cultural resource management. He is certified by the Arizona State Museum as a principal investigator and project director. His archaeological experience spans the southeastern United States, Missouri, North Dakota, Texas, Arizona, and France. He has worked extensively in academia and cultural resource management to design and conduct large and small projects from archaeological surveys to large excavation projects. Franklin has been a professor, archaeology director, project manager. He taught courses in introductory archaeology, human osteology and paleontology, Native American cultures, prehistoric stone tool technologies, Paleolithic archaeology, cultural resource management, archaeological curation, and archaeological ceramics, among others, at East Tennessee State University, the University of Memphis, Pellissippi State Technical Community College, and the University of Tennessee. Franklin’s research has been presented at professional conferences and published in several leading archaeological and scientific journals from state to international levels.
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LOVE HISTORY?
LIKE TO LEARN MORE?
Join one of our meetings for a closer look at:
San Tan Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society
Learn about Arizona Prehistory!
Meet Professional Archaeologists! Participate in field trips and classes
Meetings are free and open to the public
The Second Wednesday of each month
September through May, meetings start at 7 p.m.
We meet at the San Tan Historical Society Museum
(The Historic Rittenhouse School)
Southeast Corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek Roads
Source : Imagery (C) 2017 DigitalGlobe U.S. Geological Survey USDA Farm Service Agency. Map data (C) 2017 Google United States
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ARIZONA'S NATIVE AMERICANS
ARIZONA'S TIMELINE IN PARALLEL WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD (from ED407285.pdf https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED407285)
"The prehistory of southern Arizona did not exist in a vacuum. Events were happening all over the world at the same time things were going on here. This will give you some idea of the many events that happened during prehistoric times, from about 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 1540.
15,000-12,000 B.C.: People throughout the northern hemisphere hunted mammoth and other large animals. People crossed over the Bering Land Bridge. Mammoths, ground sloths, and dire wolves roamed through the Southwest.
10,000 B.C.: People in Turkey began to grow wheat. The Paleo-Indian big game hunters moved south and moved into the Southwest.
8,000 B.C.: The Ice Age ended, glaciers began to recede, water levels rose around the world,cutting off the Bering Land Bridge. Early farming and town life began in the eastern Mediterranean. Pa leo-Indians hunted big game on the Great Plains and in the Southwest. In the area that is now California, Nevada, and Utah, people began to gather plant foods and hunt smaller game the Archaic culture began.
7,000 to 6,000 B.C.: Around the world, the climate fluctuated a lot; droughts and floods, long,cold winters and hot summers caused problems for plants and animals. Mammoths, sloths, dire wolves, and other animals became extinct. Farming began in Egypt and Greece and cattle, goats,pigs, and sheep were domesticated. The land bridge between Great Britain and France was cutoff, making Great Britain an island. Farming began in South America and possibly in Mexico.The Archaic culture began in the Southwest.
6,000 to 3,000 B.C.: Farming spread as far north as the Netherlands. Horses were domesticated. In Mesopotamia, writing was developed and the first cities were built. Farming began in China. Llamas were domesticated in South America.
3,000-2,000 B.C.: The Sumerians invented cuneiform writing. Hieroglyphics were developed in Egypt. Judaism began. People in the Middle East and India began to work with metal. Village life began in Mexico and Central and South America.
1,000 B.C.-500 B.C.: The great cultures of the Mediterranean and Middle East flourished. Wars became large-scale and mass migrations occurred. Phoenicians developed an alphabet. The Aryan culture was at its peak in India. Buddhism was founded in India. Dynasties ruled feudal towns in China. The Olmec culture arose in Mexico. Corn and bottle gourds were brought into the U.S. Southwest, and people began to farm.
500 B.C.-A.D. 0: Greek culture flourished. Alexander the Great conquered large amounts of territory in the Middle East. Wars were common in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The caste system developed in India. The Great Wall of China was built. The town of Teotihuacan,in the Valley of Mexico, was built. People in southern Arizona began to live in villages.
A.D. 0-300: Christianity originated and spread. Rome ruled the Mediterranean and Europe.Buddhism was introduced to China. The Nazca culture flourished in Peru. Villages developed in Maya country. The Hopewell culture (mound builders) began along the Mississippi. People in the American Southwest began making pottery. The Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi cultures began.
A.D. 300-700: Islam began. Rome was destroyed by Vandals. The black plague spread through Europe. Gunpowder was invented in China. The Hohokam culture spread through the Sonoran Desert region.
A.D. 700-900: The Dark Ages began in Europe. The Arabs were in control of land from Portugal to China. Charlemagne lived. The Vikings attacked much of northern Europe. Mayan civilization flourished in Central America. Effigy mounds were built in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. The Anasazi began to build above-ground structures. Ball courts were built throughout the Hohokam region.
A.D. 900-1000: The Holy Roman Empire was founded. Mayan civilization collapsed. The Anasazi built the pueblos in Chaco Canyon. The Hohokam started to build platform mounds.
A.D. 1000-1100: The Crusades began. Leif Erickson went to Vinland, which was in eastern North America. William the Conquerer invaded England. Sunset Crater near Flagstaff erupted several times.
A.D. 1100-1300: Marco Polo traveled throughout Asia. The Mongols attacked Europe. Many European cathedrals were built and several universities were founded. The Crusades ended.Temple mounds were built in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. People on the Plains lived in villages and farmed. Chaco Canyon was abandoned. Cliff dwellings and pueblos were built throughout the Southwest by Anasazi and Mogollon peoples. The Hohokam began to build villages with compounds.
A.D. 1300-1539: The European Renaissance occurred. The Europeans began exploring the world, in search of riches. The ancestors of the Apaches moved south onto the Plains, and theUtes became an identifiable group in the Great Basin. The Anasazi and Mogollon (now known as Western Pueblo) congregated in villages on the Hopi Mesas, at Zuni, and in the Rio Grande Valley. The Hohokam culture "disappeared." Columbus "discovered" America. Hernan Cortez and his army conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. Francisco Pizarro and his army invaded Peru and conquered the Incas. The Spanish started to make slave raids into northern Mexico.
A.D. 1539-1540: Prehistory ended when Marcos de Niza, Estevan, and Coronado entered the United States Southwest."
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Arizona | MesoAmerica | The Old World |
Circa 10,000 BCE spear and large projectile points being used | ||
Prehistoric Paleo Inhabitants of Arizona | ||
Circa 7,000 BCE | ||
Agriculture Emerges | ||
Circa 3,000 BCE | ||
Ancient Egypt Begins | ||
Circa 2,770 BCE | ||
Great Pyramid of Giza Construction begins | ||
Circa 2,000 BCE | ||
Cochise Man begins farming primitive corn | ||
Circa 1,700 BCE | ||
Construction of Stonehenge begins | ||
Circa 1,500 BCE | ||
Origin of Olmec & Mayans | ||
Circa 1,200 BCE | ||
The Anasazi come to the Four Corners area | City of Troy falls to the Greek Army |
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Circa 500 BCE | ||
Roman Republic Founded | ||
Circa 400 BCE | ||
Epic Olmec Culture | ||
Circa 300 BCE | ||
Hohokam settle in southern Arizona | ||
Circa 10,000 BCE (Before Common Era) | ||
Basketmaker Period: pottery starts to show up, bow & arrow introduced | ||
Circa 100 CE | ||
Teotihuacan Apogee | ||
Circa 250 CE | ||
Mayan Empire Apogee | ||
Circa 300 CE | ||
Hohokam engineers design and help built irrigation canals | ||
Circa 410 CE | ||
Roman Empire Invaded | ||
Circa 476 CE | ||
Roman Empire Falls | ||
Circa 500 CE | ||
The Sinagua farm near San Francisco Peaks | ||
Circa 700 CE | ||
Anasazi Culture starts to evolve into Pueblo Period w/complex structures & ceremonial chambers |
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Circa 1044 CE | ||
China Invents Gunpowder | ||
Circa 1064 CE | ||
A volcanic eruption in Flagstaff creates what is now called Sunset Crater |
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Circa 1096 CE | ||
Crusades Start | ||
Circa 1100-1500 CE | ||
Navajo and Apache arrive | ||
Circa 1115 CE | ||
Mexicas leave Aztlan | ||
Circa 1276-1299 CE | ||
Great drought in Arizona | ||
Circa 1300 CE | ||
Casa Grande is built near the Gila River | Black Plague Eurasia | |
Circa 1325 CE | ||
Tenochtitlan Founded | ||
Circa 1400 CE | ||
Cultural decline of pre-historic groups, Hohokam culture disappears |
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Circa 1440 CE | ||
Gutenberg Press Invented | ||
Circa 1492 CE | ||
Columbus Arrives | ||
500 CE (Common Era) |
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GET OUT AND EXPERIENCE ARIZONA:
Archaeological Parks and Prehistoric Native American Ruins of Central Arizona
https://www.ajpl.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Arch-20171114.pdf
Platform Mounds of the Arizona Desert
https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/35-1/Rice.pdf
Tonto Basin
https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/pdf/Jacobs-Tonto-Basin.pdf
Passport in Time -- http://www.passportintime.com/
Caretaking Kentucky Camp Arizona Coronado N.F.
"The goal of PIT is to preserve the nation's past with the help of the public. As a PIT volunteer, you contribute to vital environmental and historical research on public lands. Your participation helps us not only to protect and conserve the sites, memories, and objects that chronicle our collective past, but also to understand the human story in North America and ensure that story is told to our children and grandchildren. We cannot do it without you!"
Will Reed
PIT National Coordinator
US Forest Service
These 12 Unbelievable Ruins In Arizona Will Transport You To The Past --- compiled by Monica Spencer
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/arizona/az-ruins/
These 12 Trails In Arizona Will Lead You To Extraordinary Ancient Ruins --- compiled by Monica Spencer
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/arizona/az-ruins-hiking-trails/
Archaeology for the public from the SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY (SAA):
Visit the SAA web site for information on Archaeology:
Methods of Gathering Data
The methods used by archaeologists to gather data can be applied to any time period, including the very recent past. One archaeologist in the U.S. has become known for his study of the garbage discarded by the people of Tuscon, Arizona in the 1970s! This “garbology” project proved that even recent artifacts can reveal a lot about the people who used and discarded them.
Over the past 150 years archaeologists have developed many effective methods and techniques for studying the past. Archaeologists also rely upon methods from other fields such as history, botany, geology, and soil science.
In this section of Methods of Gathering Data you will learn how archaeologists gather and analyze information by utilizing historical research techniques, field methods for data recovery, and laboratory analyses.
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Links available from the SAA web site:
" Archaeology for Kids Online "
" Ancient Egypt "
" Maya Adventure "
Archaeology for Kids
https://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_maya_inca.php
https://archaeology.mrdonn.org/stone_bronze_ironage.html
"I Am the Grand Canyon is the story of the Havasupai people. From their origins among the first group of Indians to arrive in North America some 20,000 years ago to their epic struggle to regain traditional lands taken from them in the nineteenth century, the Havasupai have a long and colorful history. The story of this tiny tribe once confined to a toosmall reservation depicts a people with deep cultural ties to the land, both on their former reservation below the rim of the Grand Canyon and on the surrounding plateaus.
In the spring of 1971, the federal government proposed incorporating still more Havasupai land into Grand Canyon National Park. At hearings that spring, Havasupai Tribal Chairman Lee Marshall rose to speak. “I heard all you people talking about the Grand Canyon,” he said. “Well, you’re looking at it. I am the Grand Canyon!” Marshall made it clear that Havasu Canyon and the surrounding plateau were critical to the survival of his people; his speech laid the foundation for the return of thousands of acres of Havasupai land in 1975.
I Am the Grand Canyon is the story of a heroic people who refused to back down when facing overwhelming odds. They won, and today the Havasupai way of life quietly continues in the Grand Canyon and on the surrounding plateaus."
--- copied from goodreads.com"Denise Lajimodiere's interest in American Indian boarding school survivors stories evolved from recording her father and other family members speaking of their experiences. Her research helped her to gain insight, a deeper understanding of her parents, and how and why she and her siblings were parented in the way they were. That insight led her to an emotional ceremony of forgiveness, described in the last chapter of Stringing Rosaries.
The journey to record survivors stories led her through the Dakotas and Minnesota and into the personal and private space of boarding school survivors. While there, she heard stories that they had never shared before. She came to an understanding of new terms: historical and intergenerational trauma, soul wound.
Stringing Rosaries presents a brief history of the boarding school programs for Indigenous Americans, followed by sixteen interviews with boarding school survivors, and ending with the author's own healing journey with her father."
--- copied from goodreads.com"Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals.
Since its discovery, cave art has provoked great curiosity about why it appeared when and where it did, how it was made, and what it meant to the communities that created it. David Lewis-Williams proposes that the explanation for this lies in the evolution of the human mind. Cro-Magnons, unlike the Neanderthals, possessed a more advanced neurological makeup that enabled them to experience shamanistic trances and vivid mental imagery. It became important for people to "fix," or paint, these images on cave walls, which they perceived as the membrane between their world and the spirit world from which the visions came. Over time, new social distinctions developed as individuals exploited their hallucinations for personal advancement, and the first truly modern society emerged.
Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skillfully interwoven here with the still-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries and research. The Mind in the Cave is a superb piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors while strengthening our wonder at their aesthetic achievements."
--- copied from goodreads.comCrazy Horse, the military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose personal power and social nonconformity set him off as "strange," fought in many famous battles, including the one at the Little Bighorn. He held out boldly against the government's efforts to confine the Sioux on reservations. Finally, in the spring of 1877 he surrendered, one of the last important chiefs to do so, only to meet a violent death. Mari Sandoz, the noted author of Cheyenne Autumn and Old Jules, both available as Bison Books, has captured the spirit of Crazy Horse with a strength and nobility befitting his heroism.
"Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was really won."
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Frank Hamilton Cushing was an American Anthropologist and Ethnologist. He made pioneering studies of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico by entering into their culture; his work helped establish participant observation as a common anthropological research strategy. Wikipedia
"A thorough history of the weapons and tools our prehistoric ancestors used to survive, this book reveals a world that will fascinate anyone interested in outdoor skills, ancient weapons or anthropology. Thomas Wilson explains the many types of arrowheads, spears and knives used by the people of the Paleolithic period across Western Europe and the early days of America. He details the materials from which these were made, how and where they were manufactured, and the purposes for which they were crafted--from hunting and cutting to scraping and grindings. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of drawings of these tools, including microscopic details of the flint and other stones from which they were crafted, this is a rare look into what seems like mankind's not so-distant past."
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written by Gregonis, Linda M.; Fratt, Lee
U.S. Department of Education / Educational Resources Information Center ( ERIC )
This guide, a revision of the 1985 manual, Archeology Is More than a Dig, is designed to help teachers use archaeology in the classroom and can be used with several disciplines to integrate learning in the elementary classroom. Designed for fifth-grade students, the lessons can be adapted to fit the appropriate skill level of students. Divided into eight sections, section 1, "Archaeology and Archaeologists," discusses the discipline of archaeology and how and why people become archaeologists. Section 2, "Doing Archaeology," explains how archaeology is done, from survey to excavation to analysis and interpretation. Section 3, "Cultures of the Past," is a summary of the prehistoric and historic cultures in southern Arizona. Section 4, "Teaching Archaeology," discusses concepts that can be emphasized in the classroom. Section 5, " Protecting Our Heritage," discusses the responsibilities of all citizens in protecting the past. Section 6, "Resources," includes an annotated list of suggested reading and audiovisual materials, as well as references used in preparing the text. Section 7, "Glossary," defines archaeological terms. Section 8, "Activities," includes instructions for activities that can be used in the classroom and answers to questions on illustrations for sections 1 and 2. (EH)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Students; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Tucson Unified School District, AS. Cooper Environmental Science Campus.
Naturalist and NPR commentator Childs (Soul of Nowhere, 2002, etc.) chronicles his research trips following in the footsteps of a native population that flourished, then mysteriously disappeared, in pre-Columbian America.
His subject: the Anasazi, ancestors of today’s Hopi. These Southwestern hunters and farmers lived in some of North America’s most unforgiving terrain, blisteringly hot and dauntingly arid, yet they developed a rich culture that survived hundreds of years and multiple migrations. The author travels along those migratory routes, pursuing the Anasazi over a period of years with many different companions, including his wife, infant son and stepfather, as well as various archaeologists and a few modern-day desert-rats. He battles fire, infernal summer temperatures, brutal winter cold and wind. Water tends to be either absent or overabundant; at one point, he allows a flash flood to transport him, sans clothes, downstream to his destination. He begins at Chaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico and meanders through Colorado, Utah, Arizona and northwest Mexico, where his quest ends in a recently plowed field choked with potsherds hundreds of years old. The author has interviewed (and frequently traveled with) numerous authorities on the pottery, geology, architecture and agriculture of these enigmatic people. His text is rich in geographical and archaeological detail about raising corn, breeding macaws, beheading turkeys and more. Childs considers conventional thinking, then weighs in with his own theories, earned the old-fashioned way, by walking tough terrain to sites untouched for centuries. Evoking these places where people ground corn, procreated, celebrated and slaughtered one another, he displays surpassing curiosity and profound reverence. "
Winner of the Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize
The “abandonment” of Mesa Verde and the formation of the Rio Grande Pueblos represent two classic events in North American prehistory. Yet, despite a century of research, no consensus has been reached on precisely how, or even if, these two events were related. In this landmark study, Scott Ortman proposes a novel and compelling solution to this problem through an investigation of the genetic, linguistic, and cultural heritage of the Tewa Pueblo people of New Mexico.
Integrating data and methods from human biology, linguistics, archaeology, and cultural anthropology, Ortman shows that a striking social transformation took place as Mesa Verde people moved to the Rio Grande, such that the resulting ancestral Tewa culture was a unique hybrid of ideas and practices from various sources. While addressing several long-standing questions in American archaeology, Winds from the North also serves as a methodological guidebook, including new approaches to integrating archaeology and language based on cognitive science research. As such, it will be of interest to researchers throughout the social and human sciences. --- copied from amazon.com
Hidden Scholars:Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest by Dr. Nancy Parezo
Women scholars, writers, curators, and philanthropists have played important roles in the study of Native American cultures of the Southwest. For much of the twentieth century, however, their work has been overlooked. The essays in this book, which grew out of the landmark conference known as Daughters of the Desert, help to rectify the appropriation, erasure, disparagement, and invisibility that many women anthropologists have suffered.
A number of essays are biographical or intellectual histories, such as Parezo on Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Hieb on Elsie Clews Parsons, Babcock on Ruth Benedict, Lamphere on Gladys Reichard, and Lange on Esther Goldfrank. Others provide an overview of women archaeologists (Cordell), philanthropists (McGreevy), and popular writers (Tisdale). Still others assess the contributions of women to a particular subfield, such as Sand on the Yaquis and Hinton on women linguists. This volume goes beyond celebration, however, to provide a critical contribution to anthropological history. --- copied from amazon.com
The Lost World of the Old Ones by David Roberts
"For more than 5,000 years the Ancestral Puebloans—Native Americans who flourished long before the first contact with Europeans—occupied the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. Just before AD 1300, they abandoned their homeland in a migration that remains one of prehistory's greatest puzzles. Northern and southern neighbors of the Ancestral Puebloans, the Fremont and Mogollon likewise flourished for millennia before migrating or disappearing. Fortunately, the Old Ones, as some of their present-day descendants call them, left behind awe-inspiring ruins, dazzling rock art, and sophisticated artifacts ranging from painted pots to woven baskets. Some of their sites and relics had been seen by no one during the 700 years before David Roberts and his companions rediscovered them.
In The Lost World of the Old Ones, Roberts continues the hunt for answers begun in his classic book, In Search of the Old Ones. His new findings paint a different, fuller portrait of these enigmatic ancients—thanks to the breakthroughs of recent archaeologists. Roberts also recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in the backcountry with the verve of a seasoned travel writer. His adventures range across Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado, illuminating the mysteries of the Old Ones as well as of the more recent Navajo and Comanche.
Roberts calls on his climbing and exploratory expertise to reach remote sanctuaries of the ancients hidden within nearly vertical cliffs, many of which are unknown to archaeologists and park rangers. This ongoing quest combines the shock of new discovery with a deeply felt connection to the landscape, and it will change the way readers experience, and imagine, the American Southwest. " --- copied from goodreads.com
Wolfkiller: Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd
recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill / compiled by Harvey Leake
"Fascinating history and compelling storytelling make Wolfkiller, the memoir of a Navajo shepherd man who lived in the Monument Valley region of the Southwest, a page-turning epic. In these stories compiled by Harvey Leake, Wolfkiller shares the ancient wisdom of the Navajo elders that was passed to him while a boy growing up near the Utah/Arizona border. Wolfkiller's story was recorded and translated by pioneer trader Louisa Wade Wetherill, an unlikely pairing that came together when she moved to this remote area of southern Utah in 1906. Wetherill recognized that Wolfkiller was a man of exceptional character, with lessons and wisdom of the Navajo that deserved to be recorded and preserved for the benefit of future generations.
Over the course of many years, Wolfkiller told his stories to Wetherill who translated them into English. When the manuscript was completed in 1932, modern society was simply not ready for it. Rejected by publishers, the document languished in the family archives until today, long after Wolfkiller and Mrs. Wetherill were gone, it can now be recognized as a unique and profound book that speaks to modern culture's compulsive rush away from nature.
Included are photographs of Wolfkiller and the Wetherills, all taken from about 1906 to 1926. More than forty other historical photographs are also included.
"If Mrs. Wetherill could be persuaded to write on the mythology of the Navajos, and also on their present-day psychology-by which somewhat magniloquent term I mean their present ways and habits of thought-she would render an invaluable service. She not only knows their language; she knows their minds. . . ." Theodore Roosevelt, after visiting the Wetherill trading post in 1913 " --- copied from Amazon.com
From : Doug Craig, Archaeologist Northland Research
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed written by Jared Diamond
Content: Collapse arose as an attempt to understand why so many past societies collapsed, leaving behind ruined or abandoned temples, pyramids, and monuments as romantic mysteries to baffle subsequent visitors and modern tourists. Why did societies that were as powerful as the Khmer Empire, and as brilliantly creative as the Maya, abandon the sites into which they had invested such enormous effort for so many centuries? Archaeological and paleoclimatic studies of recent decades have documented a role of environmental ------- Jared Diamond
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus written by Charles C. Mann
"Riveting and fast-paced ... masterfully assembles a diverse body of scholarship into a first-rate history of Native America" — Publishers Weekly •"A journalistic masterpiece"— New York Review of Books •"Marvelous ... a sweeping portrait of human life in the Americas before Columbus"— New York Times •"A landmark of a book that drops ingrained images of colonial America into the dustbin one after the other"— Boston Globe
https://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/wp/index.php/artifacts/pottery/
https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/free-resources/fact-sheets/
https://source.wustl.edu/2019/12/lost-crops-could-have-fed-as-many-as-maize/
https://www.gcasnm.org/news/2020/01/more-comparative-petroglyph-musings.html#more
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/art/analemma.html
https://azbigmedia.com/lifestyle/adventures/10-top-discoveries-in-arizona/
https://www.nps.gov/Archeology/PUBS/Harris/index.htm
https://www.tripsavvy.com/pronounce-tribes-of-arizona-2677579
more in Richard Burril's book ISHI Rediscovered
https://activenorcal.com/the-story-of-lassens-ishi-the-last-wild-native-american/
https://www.thoughtco.com/native-american-inventions-1991632
https://www.thoughtco.com/stone-boiling-ancient-cooking-method-172854
https://www.heddels.com/2017/04/navajo-blankets-and-rugs/
https://www.crystalinks.com/azteculture.html
https://onezero.medium.com/the-high-tech-future-of-the-ancient-science-of-archaeology-391bf290efde
https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/fresh-look-at-mysterious-nasca-lines-in-peru/
https://archaeology.uiowa.edu/ancient-technology-series
https://www.thoughtco.com/midden-an-archaeological-garbage-dump-171806
https://www.thoughtco.com/arrowheads-and-other-points-facts-167277
https://www.interactivedigs.com/
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180516-arizonas-mysterious-clock-of-ancient-times
http://discovermagazine.com/2015/may/18-sands-of-time
https://www.thoughtco.com/kiva-ancestral-pueblo-ceremonial-structures-171436
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-hohokam-canal-masters-of-the-american-southwest/
http://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/wp/
www.thoughtco.com/bp-how-do-archaeologists-count-backward-170250
"University of Cincinnati archaeologist Alan Sullivan is challenging the idea that prehistoric people in the Southwest subsisted on maize. Instead, his research suggests they set ground fires to promote wild foods." http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/corn.html
How Aerial Thermo Imagery is Revolutionizing Archaeology -- Dartmouth
Chaco Canyon petroglyph may represent ancient total eclipse
http://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/08/08/chaco-canyon-petroglyph-may-represent-ancient-total-eclipse
Tracing social interactions in Pleistocene North America via 3D model analysis of stone tool asymmerty
The Three Sisters - Ancient Cornerstone of American Farming
'The "Three Sisters" plants as pre-historic Indians grew them corn, squash, and bean. These food sources, were the foundation of so many Indian cultures across North America, including the Hohokam here. Until the Spanish introduced wheat, and domestic animals, the Three Sisters, supplemented with Mesquite pods, agave, and hunting game, were all they had to eat.' (source K.Johanson)
http://www.almanac.com/content/three-sisters-corn-bean-and-squash
https://www.thoughtco.com/three-sisters-american-farming-173034
From the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies :Pottery Typology Project
From the U.S. BLM and the Society of Historical Archaeology : Historic Glass Bottle Identification and Information Website
Maya Sites - Science Museum of Minnesota ----:) link
https://www.smm.org/sln/ma/sites.html
Radiocarbon Dating ( source arizonaruins.com ) ----:) link http://www.arizonaruins.com/articles/radiocarbon.html
The Hohokam ( source arizonaruins.com ) ----:) link
http://www.arizonaruins.com/articles/hohokam/hohokam.html
Dating Techniques - e-learning platforms La "Sapienza" University of Rome -:) link
https://elearning2.uniroma1.it/pluginfile.php/397219/mod_resource/content/1/dating%20techniques.pdf
WHAT'S OLD IS NEWS: ( source; various )
"Prehistoric Parents Let Their Babies Teethe On These Bone Spoons" by Kristina Killgrove
Amazonian Tribe Complies 500-page Traditional Medicine Encylcopedia -American Botanical Council
Research Team Discovers Oldest Know Plant Virus at Ancient Settlement - Penn State University
Underwater Archaeologists Find Surprising Artifacts from Major Roman Naval Battle - LiveScience
https://www.livescience.com/64734-underwater-rome-carthage-battle-artifacts.html
Mapping the Maya: Laser Technology Reveals Secrets of Ancient Civilization to Ithaca Archaeology Professor
Archaeologist discovers Copper Arrowhead in the Yukon Territory
https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/01/lucky-find-gives-archaeologists-glimpse.html
"World's Longest Underwater Cave System Discovered in Mexico May Shed Light on Mayan Rituals"
Ancient water bottle use and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure among California Indians: a prehistoric health risk assessment.
https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-017-0261-1
Downtown Phoenix grocery store construction site yields prehistoric artifacts--Arizona Republic http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/04/01/downtown-phoenix-grocery-store-construction-site-yields-prehistoric-artifacts/99707310/
A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v544/n7651/full/nature22065.html
ASU scientist finds advanced geometry no secret to prehistoric architects in US Southwest
Dr. Sherry Towers, a professor with the ASU Simon A. Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center, uncovered these findings while spending several years studying the Sun Temple archaeological site in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, constructed around A.D. 1200.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/asu-asf012317.php
Gallery:Archaeological mysteries hidden in satellite images by Sarah Parack a 2016 TED Prize winner
http://ideas.ted.com/gallery-archaeological-mysteries-hidden-in-satellite-images/
How Do We Know When a Hunk of Rock is Actually a Stone Tool by Maggie Koerth-Baker ---:) link
http://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/archaeology/
Computer Models Find Ancient Solutions to Modern Problems - Washington State University
https://news.wsu.edu/2016/12/20/computer-models-find-ancient-solutions-modern-problems/
Inner Workings: Ancient teeth reveal clues about microbiome evolution ----:) link
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/21/5764
Virus-detected-ancient-pottery ----:) link
Montezuma Castle ----:) link
http://westerndigs.org/new-evidence-reveals-violent-final-days-at-arizonas-montezuma-castle/
Ritual Drinks in the Pre-Hispanic US Southwest and Mexican Northwest ---:) link
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/37/11436.full.pdf
A Secret Tunnel Found in Mexico May Finally Solve the Mysteries of Teotihuacรกn ---:) link
A Pendant Fit for a King ---:) link UC San Diego
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/a_pendant_fit_for_a_king
2020 San Tan Chapter
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The San Tan Chapter meetings are held at the San Tan Historical Society Museum at 20435 S Old Ellsworth Rd in Queen Creek (on the corners of Queen Creek Rd and Ellsworth Loop Rd.) They are held the second Wednesday of each month from September to May. The presentation begins at 7 PM. For more information on our chapter, contact Marie Britton at mbrit@cox.net.
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The San Tan Chapter meetings are held at the San Tan Historical Society Museum at 20425 S Old Ellsworth Rd in Queen Creek
Upcoming Schedule: 2021
February 10,2021 :Dr. Michelle Turner Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Cortez Colorado
Topic: Aztec Ruins National Monument