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FIELDER FUND THANK-YOUS !!

So far in 2007, a number of folks have made generous contributions to theFielder Fund, moving it slowly but surely towards the goal of $100,000 as a self-renewing source of funding for publication of THE ARIZONAARCHAEOLOGIST. We would like to thank Allen Dart and Janet Chumbleyof the Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson, Evelyn Partridge of theDesert Foothills Chapter, Sue and Dick Mueller of the Desert Foothills Chapter,and our ever-constant cornucopia of monthly checks, William Henry, inMaryland. Thank you one and all.

— Alan Ferg, Editor The Archaeologist

PETROGLYPHNewsletter of the Arizona Archaeological Society

Volume 44, Number 3 www.AzArchSoc.org November 2007

IN THIS ISSUE…

2 — Chapter Meeting Calendar3 — Fielder Fund Update5 — Upcoming Events6 — Periodical Reviews Part II8 — Winter State Meeting9 — Chapter News

Next deadline is at noon Sunday,November 18th, for the Decemberissue.

Chapter Treasurers Reminder

Please prepare to create & submit your chapter IRS Form 990 no later than January 15, 2008. These will be sent to AASFinancial Advisor, Mike Magnan. Thank you for addressing this in a timely matter. For more information contact the AASState Treasurer, Judy Rounds. Thank you for addressing this in a timely manner.

Judy E. Rounds, AAS State TreasurerP. O. Box 1401, Carefree, AZ 85377602.363.6985

Hedgpeth Hills Winter Festival

The festival will take place on Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 10am to 3pm at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center.It is a free day at the museum, featuring fun activities and attractions for the whole family.

They will have guided tours on their petroglyph trail with Public Educator Desert Little Bear, hands-on activities andstorytelling for children, book signing by children’s author Conrad Storad, Native American art demonstrations andartwork for sale, special guest exhibitors, ancient spear throwing, musical performances, farmer’s market vendors, andup to 25% discounts on selected items in our gift store!

Plus the Center is opening a new exhibit featuring award-winning photographs of rock art with a special lecture byElisabeth Culley.

Deer Valley Rock Art Center is located at 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, approximately two miles north of Highway 101and two miles west of I-17.

For more details about the Hedgpeth Hills Winter Festival, please call (623) 582-8007 or visit:www.asu.edu/clas/shesc/dvrac

REMINDER:If you would like to receive yourPetroglyph by e-mail, contactJerry Mead at [email protected]

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CHAPTER MEETINGSChapter 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 November thru May

Cochise Cochise College Library Conf. Rm. 2nd Tuesday of each monthSierra Vista, AZ

Desert Foothills Cave Creek Town Hall 2nd Wednesday of each month37622 N. Cave Creek Road 7:00 pmCave 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 Friday 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

Rim Country To be determined 3rd Saturday of each month10:00 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 othermedia. The goal is to build a fund large enough that its annual interest alone can pay for publication of TheArizona Archaeologist and possibly other publications. Contributions to the fund are welcome from chaptersand individuals. The name honors the Society’s first publications team, Marje and Herb Fielder.

$35, 069.78

For more information, or to contribute, contact Alan Ferg, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona,Tucson 85721-0026; phone 520-621-2970 or email [email protected], or you can send contributionsdirectly to our AAS treasurer, Judy Rounds, P.O. Box 1401, Carefree 85377. Please include your chapteraffiliation.

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 her address above. 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.

To make contributions to the Fielder Fund, please copy the following form and send it along with your check, madeout to AAS Fielder Fund, to either:

Alan Ferg, Judy RoundsArizona State Museum AAS TreasurerUniversity of Arizona P. O. Box 1401Tucson, AZ 85721-0026 Carefree, AZ 85377

Contribution for the Fielder Fund

I/We would like to contribute $___________ to the Fielder Fund .

Name(s): ___________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________

City:______________________ State: ________ Zip:_________

Chapter:____________________________________________________


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AAS Certification Department Position Opening

The AAS Certification Department is still seeking a Certification Manual Manager. The duties of this position are:

1. Maintain a computer database with the source documents for the Certification Manual.2. Update the Certification Manual as new courses are approved or when changes are made in the manual.3. Maintain a database of Certification Manual holders.4. Distribute Certification Manual updates to Certification Manual holders.5. Maintain a list of revisions to the Certification Manual, and poll the list of instructors for a given course to solicit

recommended changes.6. Attend Departmental meetings and submit a status report of activities at each meeting.7. Deliver updated Manual information expeditiously to all Manual holders.

If anyone can recommend a candidate for this position or wishes to volunteer, please contact members of the nominatingcommittee: Robert Lindsay ([email protected]), Acting Chair; Sylvia Lesko ([email protected]); Alan Troxel([email protected]); or Jerry Erhardt ([email protected]).

— Bob Lindsay, Acting ChairAAS Certification Department

Listen Live: The Dig

The Dig airs Sundays at 2:00 pm AZ MST, on 1480 KPHX in Phoenix, flagship station of the Nova M Radio network.

The Dig Modern Solutions from the Ancient Mind"The dig” is what anthropologists call an on-site field investigation into the mysteries of humankind’s deeply-buried andfascinating past. Little by little, clues are unearthed that begin to tell the story of a people and place, lost in time. Thediscoveries that result from a dig help us to understand not only the lives of our ancient ancestors, but ourselves, how wecame to be who and what we are, our place in the world, and where the future may lead. The word “anthropology”means study of humans, and that’s what The Dig does: from mythology and politics, to culture, relationships, and theenvironment, anthropologist Katarina Lang combines ancient wisdom with real-world applications, resulting in an smartand engaging weekly broadcast from 1480 KPHX, the Phoenix home of Air America Radio and flagship station of theNova M Radio Network, as The Dig with Katarina Lang™ (http://www.thedigradio.com)

Katarina Lang is an anthropologist whose fieldwork has spanned several continents. In addition to anthropology, sheholds numerous degrees including culinary arts, Italian language, and psychology. Katarina's first book will bepublished in 2008.

The Dig with Katarina LangPO Box 10711Phoenix, AZ [email protected]

Where:The Cave Creek Museum, Corner of Basin and Skyline inCave Creek, 480.488.2764 orwww.cavecreekmuseum@org

When: Sunday November 11, 2007Time: 2:00pmSpeaker: Mark Hackbarth

CAVE CREEK MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE

An invitation to all AAS members to an Open House at The Cave Creek Museum.Come view the refurbished Archaeology Room, enjoy refreshments and hear Mark Harkbarth speak about thearchaeology of the area.


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Upcoming Events

Nov. 6, 7 pm, ASU, Tempe, AIA Lec-ture: Current Controversies in BiblicalArchaeology: The Search for Davidand Solomon by Dr. Lisa Cole, Glen-dale Community College. ASU MainCampus, Life Sciences Bldg. A, Room191.

Nov. 7, 7:30 - 9:00 pm, PGM, Phoe-nix: PGM Auxiliary Meeting: PuebloGrande Museum Auxiliary Meeting:Arizona Site Stewards: Protecting Ari-zona's Cultural Heritage, by Mary Es-tes, Resource Protection Specialist,Arizona State Parks/SHPO. Ms. Esteswill discuss how over 800 volunteersspend thousands of hours a year moni-toring Arizona's unique cultural re-sources, --the sacred places of Ameri-can Indians. They report both naturaland human-made impacts to the landagencies who manage the land. Atten-dees will learn about the history of theArizona Site Steward Program, thetypes of vandalism most commonlyseen that destroy the footprints of Ari-zona's first peoples and what you cando to help preserve archaeological sitesfor future generations to enjoy.

Nov. 7, 8-11 am, PGM PetroglyphHike: Hieroglyphic Canyon, SouthMountain. Difficult. Advance registra-tion is required. Fee is $5 for Non-Members, and free for Members.

Nov. 9, 3:30-4:30 pm, ASU, Tempe:SHESH Colloquium: Hohokam Econ-omy: Large-Scale Intensified Agricul-ture in the Absence of Social Complex-ity by Robert C. Hunt, Brandeis Uni-versity. ASU Main Campus, Anthro-pology Building, Rm. 340.

Nov. 10, 8-11 am, PGM, PetroglyphHike: Beverly Canyon/Javelina, SouthMountain. Moderate. Advance regis-tration is required. Fee is $5 for Non-Members, and free for Members.

Nov. 10-11, 10 am-5 pm, Heard Mu-seum, Phoenix: The Heard Museum

Spanish Market. Strolling mariachisand artwork by nearly 70 Hispanic art-ists from Arizona and New Mexicohighlight this festive, casual andfriendly annual marketplace. Chat withartists as they sell a range of distinctiveartwork. With art in every price range,Spanish Market offers buyers a wideselection of objects from Hispanic tra-ditions including santos, pottery, col-cha embroidery, furniture making,painting, printmaking and silver andtinwork. Free admission. Museum ad-mission additional. Heard Museum,2301 N. Central Avenue (Central &Encanto), Phoenix, AZ 85004; opendaily from 9:30 am-5 pm. For moreinformation call 602.252.8848 or go totheir web site at www.heard.org.

Nov. 25, 8-11 am, PGM: PetroglyphHike - Mormon Trail, South MountainDifficult Advance registration is re-quired. Fee is $5 for Non-Members,and free for Members.

Nov. 11, 11am- 4pm, PGM: VeteransDay Gourd Dance and CommunityPotluck. Join us to honor the memoryof all Veterans who served our nation.Gourd Dancing starts at 11:30am.Event is free and open to everyone.Bring your favorite potluck dish toshare. No advanced registration re-quired.

Nov. 16, 7 pm, PGM, Navajo Rug Lec-ture and Rug Preview featuring Auc-tioneers Bruce Burnham, owner of theBurnham Trading Post in Sanders, Ari-zona and trader Hank Blair. Over theyears as an Indian Trader Mr. Burn-ham has gained recognition for hisdedication to the Navajo people andtheir art and is often called upon tolecture on Navajo culture and their artsand crafts. He and his family are orga-nizing the rug auction and havebrought in exquisite examples of whatwill be auctioned off on Nov. 17.

Nov. 17, 10 am, PGM, Navajo Rug

preview and Auction. The Navajo RugAuction will begin at 10am with a pre-view and bidding will begin at 12noon. A portion of the proceeds fromthe auction will go to benefit thePueblo Grande Museum and Archaeo-logical Park Auxiliary. The auctionwill be a wonderful event with freemuseum admission, beautiful rugs andfrybread. Come and enjoy the sites andsounds and have a traditional NativeAmerican frybread taco!

Nov. 19, 7:30 pm, ASM, Tucson:AAHS Lecture: Recent ArchaeologicalWork on the Colonial Period in theTucson Basin, by Eric Klucas. DuvalAuditorium, University Medical Cen-ter, 1501 North Campbell Avenue(north of Speedway. For further infor-mation and directions to the audito-rium, see their website at http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml.

Nov. 24, 10-11 am, PGM: Park ofFour Waters Tour. This tour will takeyou through undeveloped, natural de-sert to the ruins of some of the Hoho-kam canal systems. General Admissionprices apply.

Dec. 3, 7 pm, ASU, Tempe, AIA Lec-ture: Egypt’s Earliest Kings and TheirCourtiers: Sacrifices for the State? ByDr. Brenda J. Baker, ASU. ASU MainCampus, Life Sciences Bldg. A, Room191.

Dec. 6, 7 pm, AMNH, Mesa, SWATMeeting: The geomorphology of a Ho-hokam site near Williams Field, byBruce Phillips, EcoPlan Associates,Inc. This is also the annual potluckdinner and members meeting.

Dec. 8-9, 9:30am-5:00pm, 30th AnnualPueblo Grande Museum Indian Mar-ket, Steele Indian School Park, Phoe-nix. For more information, see http://

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Archaeology - bi-monthly magazine,$21.95; color and B & W;Archaeology, Subscription Services,PO Box 549, Mt. Morris IL 61054-0549, tel. 877-275-9782, websitewww.archaeology.org

This is the Archaeological Institute ofAmerica’s magazine, in contrast to thescholarly American Journal ofArchaeology, which I tried, butdiscontinued because of its Old Worldfocus. The popular version providesplenty of general coverage. TheSeptember/October issue had topicsranging from Thracian chariot burialsin Bulgaria to the origins of Chinesepurple dye to the Ice Age CulturalRevolution in the Alps (art thought tobe as early as 40,000 BP). Anotherpiece focused on Utah’s Nine MileCanyon, whose rock art galleries arethreatened by BLM-permitted energydevelopment and associated miningvibrations, rumbling trucks, heavydust and chemical road spraying. Inoticed fewer reviews and lists ofmuseum exhibits in this issue than inthe past; perhaps these are online?

Archaeology Southwest - quarterlybulletin; primarily color illus; part ofCenter for Desert Archaeologymembership at several price levels.CDARC, 300 East UniversityBoulevard, #230, Tucson AZ 85705,tel. 520-882-6946, websitewww.cdarc.org

Published by the non-profit arm of theCRM firm Desert Archaeology, issuescontain a variety of brief articles onwork in the Southwest, which includesNorthwestern Mexico, or thematicissues such as Salmon Ruins or CasasGrandes, Chihuahua. I especially likethe regional focus, great for keepingup with current archaeological work.

Current World Archaeology - Digs &Discoveries from Around the World -

bi-monthly magazine, $24.95; colorand B & W illus; British publicationavailable in the US via CWA, PO Box457, Mt. Morris IL 61054-9940,website www.archaeology.co.uk

Similar in format to Archaeology, butreflecting British and Europeanviewpoints, it includes articles, news,fieldwork opportunities, bookreviews, and exhibits. It’s relativelynew (about four years); Border’scarries it, if you’d like to take a look. Ifound it strange to see the recentfeature article on original and recentwork at the Folsom Site, acondensation of David Meltzer’sFolsom: New ArchaeologicalExcavations of a Classic PaleoindianBison Kill (2006, University ofCalifornia) before finding comparablematerial in US publications.

International Newsletter on Rock Art -

three times per year, $20 US check toARARA (American Rock ArtResearch Association), c/o DonnaGillette, 1642 Tiber Court, San JoseCA 95138; published by the Ministerede la Culture, Paris, France, websitewww.inoraonline.org. Englishversions of recent issues are alsoavailable online through the BradshawFoundation, based in South Africa atwww.bradshawfoundation.com/inora/index.html. (There are links to otherrock art sites on the BradshawFoundation’s homepage.)

INORA is edited by Dr. Jean Clottes,well known for his work in the IceAge caves of Europe. It’s bilingual inFrench and English and includesnews, papers, techniques (digitalmodeling, for example), internationalconferences and recent publications;most papers include bibliographies.Issue #48 has an interesting piece on“Split-Frame Movement in PaleolithicArt,” a reply to one in issue #43. Whatmay appear to be mistakes and/or

multiple lines in an image may bedeliberate depictions of movement,much like old-fashoned flip-pagecomic books. The range of articlesdepends on contributions; material onthe Americas pops up from time totime.

Kiva: the Journal of SouthwesternAnthropology and History - quarterly;rates from $30, depending on the typeof membership, all of which includethe monthly Arizona Archaeologicaland Historical Society Glyphsnewsletter; some choices includeKiva. Information available throughAAHS, Arizona State Museum, POBox 210026, University of Arizona,Tucson AZ 85721-0026, websitewww.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/aahs.shtml.

In case Kiva is new to you, it’s acollection of scholarly papers relatingto the whole Southwest, whichincludes the northern Mexican statesof Chihuahua and Sonora. Contentsusually vary, but there’s an occasionalthematic issue; two recent onesconcentrated on textiles andBasketmaker II, the latter one withrock art variation in the Four Cornersarea. I tend to read it cover to cover.

La Pintura: the Official Newsletter ofthe American Rock Art ResearchAssociation - quarterly, withmemberships beginning at $35.ARARA, Box 210026, Tucson AZ85721-0026, website www.arara.org.Membership now includes the annualAmerican Indian Rock Art, with mostpapers those presented at the previousyear’s annual meeting.

The newsletter promotes responsiblestewardship and recording of rock artsites and includes articles submittedby members, committee updates, bookreviews, calls for papers, and


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information on the annual meeting,usually held over Memorial Dayweekend; the 2008 one will be inFarmington NM. Optional field tripsare usually outstanding. The web sitecontains details on membership andcommittees, conference forms, as wellas links to other rock art organizationsand sites, worldwide.

Latin American Antiquity - quarterlyjournal in Spanish and English. SeeAmerican Antiquity.

Mammoth Trumpet - quarterlynewsletter; subscriptions start at $25,with higher levels including the annualCurrent Research in the Pleistocene.Center for the Study of FirstAmericans, now located at Texas A &M University, Department ofAnthropology, 4352 TAMU, CollegeStation TX 77843-4352, tel.979-845-4046, websitewww.centerfirstamericans.com.

I wasn’t impressed with earlier issues(skinny and unattractive) until I sawSanta Fe’s 1999 Clovis and BeyondConference displays of stunningbifaces, points, enormous blanks, andfabulous caches and learned moreabout early people’s movement,mitochondrial DNA, etc. These folksnot only appreciated, and traveled/traded long distances to obtain primetool stone, but chose beautifullypatterned and colored pieces as well; Iwas impressed! The newsletter is asimple publication that wouldn’t winany awards for aesthetics, but I like thecontents, focusing on the peopling ofthe Americas, with updates on sites,dating and controversies, technology,and new migration theories. TCFSFAalso publishes and sells a variety ofbooks on Ice Age peoples and sites.

Old Pueblo Archaeology - quarterlybulletin available as a subscription for$10 or with memberships of $25 ormore. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577, tel. 520-798-1201, website

www.oldpueblo.org.

Reports focus on Tucson Areaarchaeology, much of it done by OldPueblo’s professional arm. Most of itsefforts, including tours, are intended tofund its non-profit children’sprograms, workshops and classes,public archaeological activities, talks.If you are on the ArizonaArchaeological Council list-serve,you’ll find events listed there.Contributions encouraged.

Ornament: the Art and Craft ofPersonal Adornment - magazinepublished five times a year, $26; colorand B & W illus; Ornament, PO Box2349, San Marcos CA 92079-2349 tel.800-888-8950, websitewww.ornamentmagazine.com.

I stumbled onto this 20+ years ago inthe Heard Museum Library. It satisfiesboth the cultural anthropologist andartist parts of me with a wonderful mixof folk, ethnic, vintage and modernbeads, jewelry and clothing. Theco-editors often travel to theexhibitions and ancient sites they writeabout, whether in Asia or theSouthwest. One recent issue featuresthe Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos,with its exceptional collection ofvintage and contemporary Indianjewelry; it also has a travel piece onMontezuma Castle and Tuzigoot, withbeautiful photos of artifacts. Anothercopy might discuss Turkomen(Afghani) clothing and metalwork.Many items fall into the art or one-of-akind realm, with some pieces not ex-actly “wearable” - but intriguinganyway. You can often find olderissues at Bookman’s.

Piecework: Needlework’s LivingLegacy - bi-monthly magazine,$29.95; color and B & W illus;Interweave Press LLC, 201 East 4thStreet, Loveland CO 80537-5655, tel.800-340-7496, websitewww.interweave.com.

It’s not obvious in the title, but

Piecework emphasizes historical and/or ethnic/folk background more thanactual techniques, though eachmagazine contains several projects.July/August 2006 covered UzbecDowry Cloths, Estonian mittens, andthe paisley motif. There are sections ontextile tours (Asia, Andes, ColonialRevival Quilts), history ofmanufacturing processes, regionalstyles and collections, calendar ofexhibits. This publication would bevaluable if you collect or work withhistorical, ethnic or folk-art textiles orin historic house museums.

Saudi Aramco World - bi-monthlymagazine and online editions; colorand B & W; free fromwww.saudiaramcoworld.com/about.us/subscriptions or send a signed requestto SAW, PO Box 469008, EscondidoCA 92046-9008

For those interested in Arab andMuslim cultures worldwide (Africa,Indonesia, Spain, the Americas, as wellas the Middle East), this is a greatwindow to architecture, water controland agrigulture, arts, archaeology, rockart, ethnic clothing and jewelry,history, music. Each issue includes achildren’s activity page, related books,events and exhibitions. Indexedannually. One recent copy had afascinating report on Asian Silk Roadikat textiles, with their ancient andcomplex dyeing and weavingtechniques; Western Hemisphere ikats,such as Guatemalan cottons, seem tohave developed independently.

Think Spanish!/¡Piensa en Español! -monthly Spanish language magazine,$45.95; with optional audio CD,$119.95; call or write for a freesample: Second Language Publishing,2323 Broadway, Studio 204, SanDiego CA 92102, tel. 800-741-0773.Check website for special offers andback issues: www.thinkspanish.com

It’s designed to help you brush up onyour reading skills via one or two page

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articles on celebrations and traditions,news, travel, history (including ar-chaeological sites), grammar, recipesfrom Spanish-speaking countries.Each article stresses unusual words inbold print and lists these vocabularywords and meanings alongside eachpage of text. One recent issue dis-cussed the meaning and origins of ElDía de los Muertos; another includedbackground material on Teotihuacán.I’ve seen copies at Bookman’s. If youhave a year or so of formal Spanishbehind you, you can handle it.

I’ve omitted many organizations likethe Arizona Archaeological Counciland the New Mexico ArchaeologicalCouncil, both with good websites, list-serves, newsletters, workshops, con-ferences, and occasional publications;check the Internet. Those in the Phoe-nix area might want to considerSWAT, the Southwest ArchaeologyTeam, an active group that meets atthe Mesa Southwest Museum; checkthe web or call the museum. Tucson-area residents have their own ArizonaArchaeological and Historical Society(see Kiva).

There are numerous magazines andjournals that publish archaeologicalpieces occasionally. Check your li-braries, newsstands, etc. for ArizonaHighways, Discover, New MexicoMagazine, Scientific American,Smithsonian.

I also know there are members withdifferent specializations and intereststhan mine, so why don’t YOU writesomething up and share it with the restof us; submit to Ellie Large, the Petro-glyph editor.


REGISTRATION

WINTER STATE MEETINGIn Phoenix

JANUARY 26/27, 2008

PUEBLO GRANDE MUSEUM, 4619 E. WASHINGTON ST., PHOENIX

Name(s):_______________________________Chapter:________________

Address:_______________________________________________________

City:_________________________State:________________Zip:_______

Phone: ____________________ email: ____________________________

Box Lunch from Cousin’s Subs

Italian____Beef____Chicken____Veggie_____ $7.00 per person

Dinner will be a catered buffet with beef and chicken entrée’s, a salad, vegetable, potato and dessert. $25 per person

Quantity:__________

Guest speaker: Dr. William Doelle, Desert Archaeology

Make checks payable to: Phoenix Chapter, AAS

Mail checks to: Sylvia Lesko, 865 S. Oak St., Gilbert 85233No later than January 11, 2008

Saturday, January 26, 20088:00 a.m. Registration8:30 a.m. Presidents meeting9:15 a.m. Business meeting



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Agave HouseChapter

The Sept. 26th meeting was called toorder by Ralf Kurzhals, who led us inthe Pledge of Allegiance. Gloria gavea report on the Oktoberfest booth,which netted us $177 on the raffle andbake sale.

Our originally scheduled speaker fromthe Petrified Forest could not attend,and Jeanne Schofer, archeologist forthe Lakeside District of the Apache-Sitgreaves Forest, kindly filled in.She talked about the making of PuebloIV Period ceramics in Arizona's WhiteMountains. Her research project wasconducted through the U of A, aftershe was given permission by the tribeto research Forestdale Valley. Hertalk covered several types of ceramics,who made them, how they were made,and what temper was used. Welearned about the 4 major wares:Corrugated Plain Ware, Cibola White,White Mountain Red, and RooseveltRed. She talked about comparisonsbetween Kinishba Polychrome andJeddito Yellow Ware. Refreshmentsfollowed the interesting presentation.

The next meeting is Oct. 24th, startingwith dinner at Pizza Time at 5:00 pm,followed by the meeting at BlackMesa Ranger Station at 6:30 pm. Allare welcome. If you have questions,please call Ralf Kurzhals at928-536-3056.

— Diane Collins

Agua FriaChapter

Dr. Sarah Herr’s October presentationon the State Route 260 - Payson toHeber Project was great. Thearchaeological investigations in thepast 8 years have identified 3000years of occupation from Archaichouses to 8th century AD villages and

fields, 17th century Apache fallharvesting camps, 19th century wagonroads and one of Arizona’s early BoyScout camps.

Professor Ekkehart Malotki will beour speaker at the Nov. 13th meetingand his topic will be about ArchaicRock Art. He will have copies of hislatest book available.

The next Pierpoint field workday willbe Nov. 18th. Contact Bob Lindsay,602-866-3649 or [email protected] more information. ShelleyRasmussen will lead a hike on Nov.17th through the Cave Creek Park toview petroglyphs and then on to theShoger Site. Contact Shelley at928-684-1670 for more information.

There is another opportunity to assistASU with survey work on Perry Mesathis season. Will Russell hasidentified additional racetracks onPerry Mesa and needs volunteers tohelp “ground-truth” them. ContactLinda Dorsey (623-974-3683 [email protected]) if you areinterested.

If you would like to join the speakerfor dinner at The Black Bear Diner,6039 W. Bell Rd. at 5:00 pm beforethe Chapter meeting, please phone oremail Linda Dorsey at 623-974-3683or [email protected].

— Sandy Haddock & Sandy Gauthier

Cochise Chapter

The Cochise Chapter welcomed JesseBallenger of the San Pedro Project,University of Arizona Department ofAnthropology to our October meeting.Jesse presented a fascinatingintroduction to the Clovis andMammoth sites in Cochise County.Several members of our chapter havehad the opportunity to assist Jessewith excavations this summer. Jesseexplained the history of big game

hunting, past and present, in relationto these sites.

Chapter member Suzanne Arnold willbe talking about Thailand at ourNovember meeting - .more informa-tion on that in the next Petroglyph.

— Denise A. Agnew

Desert FoothillsChapter

We begin the month with a hike onNov. 3rd led by our advisor, ScottWood, archaeologist for the TontoNational Forest. We will be on theTonto Forest in the New River area.

The Cave Creek Museum, in the townof Cave Creek, has invited all AASmembers to an open house on Sunday,Nov. 11th, beginning at 2:00pm. Theywould like all of us to see theArchaeology Room, which wascompletely redone this summer. A lotof the volunteer work on it was doneby Desert Foothills Chapter membersled by our own Grace Schoonover.We will be able to tour the museumand have refreshment, and then MarkHackbarth will speak on thearchaeology of the foothills area. Itshould be a really good event that Ihope many of you will be able toattend. Come into Cave Creek earlyin that day as the town is celebratingWild West Days with lots ofactivities.

Our speaker at our regular monthlymeeting on Wednesday, Nov. 14th isDr. David Wilcox, the Senior Curatorof Anthropology at the Museum ofNorthern Arizona. We're reallylooking forward to having him at ourmeeting. Our meetings begin at 7pmwith refreshments. We meet at CaveCreek Town Hall, 37622 Cave CreekRoad, in the Town of Cave Creek.

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Little ColoradoRiver Chapter

The October meeting was the venuefor a presentation of Pre-Roman andRoman archeology of the region ofsouthern France known as Provence,by President Dave Rohlader and hiswife, Dorothy, just returned fromFrance. Provence, and particularly thetown of Arles and its vicinity were thefocus, revealing first century BCactivity, up to the fourth century bathsconstructed by Emperor Constantine.Included in the presentation wereslides and information about the Gallo-Roman site beneath the square infront of the Cathedral of Notre Dame,on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris.

The LCRC meets each third Monday,at 7:00 PM at the Casa MalpaisMuseum. For more information callDavid Rohlader at 928 333 0521 or928 245 3356 (Cell).

— David W. Rohlader

Phoenix Chapter

On Oct. 11th, Dr. Brenda Baker fromASU’s School of Human Evolutionand Social Change gave us aPowerPoint presentation on“Archaeological Fieldwork at theFourth Cataract of the Nile River inSudan.” Archaeological survey of theriverbanks south of the fourth cataractof the Nile River in Sudan, in an areathat had largely been considered ofonly marginal archaeological interest,has revealed settlements, cemeteriesand rock art that span four millennia.The survey work was undertaken totry to learn as much as possible aboutthe area before it is inundated by theconstruction of a new and massivedam on the Nile at Meroe. The

massive new Meroe Dam willdisplace more than 50,000 people, aswell as submerge tens of thousands ofancient archaeological sites as early asnext year.

Dr. Robert Stokes fromArchaeological Consulting Serviceswill talk about ACS’ recentarchaeological investigations at theHayden Flour Mill at out Nov. 8th

meeting, and Dr. Barbara Stark willupdate us on “The Debate about theOlmec Legacy in Mesoamerica” at ourDec. 13th holiday potluck.

On the weekend of Nov. 10th, TomHarvey will lead a field trip to visitthe Blythe Intaglios and then go tolesser known sites within about 10miles of the more well knownfeatures. Most of the features arewithin a mile of highway 95, so theyare reachable with short, cross-countryhikes over relatively easy terrain.Tom knows the locations of about 55of the lesser known intaglios, and alsoknows of lithic scatters and rockalignments that should also be worthtrying to find. Ancient trails can alsobe found near some of the intaglios.For more information, see Tom’swebsite athttp://home.att.net/~tbharvey/.

The 2007 PGM Indian Market will beheld on Dec. 8 & 9 at Steele IndianSchool Park in Phoenix. The ChiliBooth committee is now acceptingvolunteers to work on both days.Please contact Sylvia Lesko480-497-4229 for information on howto get your name on the list.

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. If

you are interested in having dinnerwith the speaker, please call or emailSylvia (480-497-4229 [email protected]) so that she canreserve a large enough table.

— Ellie Large

Verde ValleyChapter

The VVAS held its Septembermeeting at the Sedona Public Libraryon the 27th. The speakers were Steveand Lois Hirst, long-time residentswith the Havasupai, who are called bythe Hopi "the Guardians of theCanyon." In his book “I Am theGrand Canyon,” Steve chronicles thelife of the Havasupai in the canyonduring the winter, and their muchfreer life, hunting, farming, andgrazing their animals, on the higherplains during the summer. He alsospoke of the many sacrifices made bythe Havasupai, as more and more landwas taken from them. Finally,however, they triumphed, and hadtheir land restored to them, and theyare now trying to rebuild their tribeaccording to many of the old ways.

Our October meeting will be held onthe 25th, at the Keep Sedona BeautifulBuilding at 7:00 p.m. Our speakerwill be Jonathan S. Day, a second-generation Indian trader who grew upin and around the Hopi reservation.His subject will be "The Role ofKachina Dolls and Other Artifacts inHopi Culture." Jonathan is the authorof “Traditional Hopi Kachinas: ANew Generation of Carvers.”Jonathan has opened his own tradingpost in Flagstaff. He was recentlyfeatured on NPR's Morning Edition,and in Sunset Magazine.

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continuing in the process ofinventorying. The excavations from theGrand Canyon should be arriving on10/24 or 10/31, ready for processing.Almost 1300 photos have been taken ofthe pottery in the Babbitt Collection.

Jerry Ehrhardt has announced theresumption of the site surveys. InNovember there will be two dates: the20th and the 27th and in December therewill be three dates: the 4th, the 11th, andthe 18th.

The field trip to Laughlin is coming upsoon. Please make your reservationsquickly, if you have not already doneso. Jim Graceffa and Roy Eversole arebusy planning the 14-day trip to Peru inthe spring. We had our First AnnualBBQ and Pot Luck Picnic on the 29th ofSept. The members of the VVASdemonstrated their skills in theCulinary Arts Department, withespecially scrumptious desserts.

Contact is Bud Henderson(928) 649-0412, [email protected].

— Louise Fitzgerald

Yavapai Chapter

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

[email protected]

Yavapai Chapter members werefascinated by Ken Zoll’s talk inSeptember on the petroglyphs at theV-Bar-V site and elsewhere. He hasstudied the movement of the sun and itscorrelation to petroglyphs and found anabundance of calendar markers aroundArizona.

Future speakers include: Oct. 18th,Rem Hawes, the new director of theAgua Fria National Monument, on theresources and future plans in themonument; Nov. 15th, Dr. JohnHohmann, archaeologist with LouisBerger and Associates and principalinvestigator at Q Ranch Pueblo, a 220-room Mogollon site, on the work at thatsite; Dec. 13th potluck meeting with Dr.Sandra Lynch, curator of Anthropologyof Sharlot Hall Museum, on NativeAmerican instruments and music.

October’s field trip on Oct. 27th letmembers discover the inside story ofanother National Monument,Montezuma’s Well and Castle, wherethe monument archaeologist, JohnSchroeder, will lead the group.Monthly field trips continue, thanks tothe work of Tom Garrison. InSeptember, he led thirteen chaptermembers to The Ladders, a two-story,probable Sinagua cliff dwelling in theVerde Valley. While the access waschallenging, the group enjoyed seeingthe views, the structure, artifacts, andecofacts. For Nov. 17th, Tom has linedup a trip to Perry Mesa to view some

probable antelope hunting walls andpetroglyphs, and, time permitting, theRosalie Mine pueblo group. The tripwill be led by Cliff Herstad, a YavapaiChapter member who has doneextensive research in this area and whospoke at last fall’s AAC symposiumabout these sites.

A public thank you to the manymembers who have helped pack, load,drive, and unload display cases andmultitudes of boxes. By the time youread this issue, all our lab supplies andartifacts should be in the rented storagelocker until our new quarters at SharlotHall Museum are available.

So what kind of jewelry did kids wearprehistorically? This is one of themany questions put to RosemaryHartner and Mark Millman when theymade the first of their classroom visitsin early October to schools in SkullValley and Kirkland. They receivedkudos from the teachers for animaginative and informativepresentation that kept the students en-gaged. The next step is to develop atraining module to involve morechapter members in this importantoutreach project.

Nine chapter members participated inthe Brooklyn Basin rock art project onPerry Mesa the weekend of Oct. 6th and7th. It was wonderful to have thisopportunity to train on how to recordpetroglyphs.

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Dec.17, 7:30 pm, ASM, Tucson: AAHS Lecture:Preservation Archaeology at Casa Malpais, Doug Gann,CDA. Duval Auditorium, University Medical Center,1501 North Campbell Avenue. For further informationand directions to the auditorium, see their website athttp://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aahs/lectures.shtml.

(Continued from page 5)12:00p.m. Lunch1:00 p.m. Guest speaker, Aaron Wright, will speak about hiswork at the Terrace Gardens in the South Mountains2:00 p.m. Aaron will lead a field trip to the Terrace Gardens5:00 p.m. Happy Hour at Pueblo Grande Ramada6:00 p.m. Dinner7:30 p.m. Guest speaker: Dr. William Doelle

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