2022
27
Apr
Hands-On Archaeology at Sabino Canyon
Join Archaeology Southwest on Wednesday, April 27th from 9 am - 2 pm near the Visitor’s Center in Sabino Canyon.
Through a partnership agreement with Archaeology Southwest to improve public outreach and interpretation of cultural resources, Coronado National Forest is proud to offer a series of...
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2022
19
Apr
Hands-On Archaeology at Sabino Canyon
Join Archaeology Southwest on Tuesday, April 19th from 9 am - 2 pm near the Visitor’s Center in Sabino Canyon.
Through a partnership agreement with Archaeology Southwest to improve public outreach and interpretation of cultural resources, Coronado National Forest is proud to offer a series of ...
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2022
19
Mar
How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools?
Experience the ancient art of flintknapping. Join Allen Denoyer for his Hands-On Archaeology class, "How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools?" In each of these beginner classes, you will use ancient techniques and replica tools to create a stone projectile point. You will also learn more about how p...
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2022
19
Feb
How Did People Make and Use Atlatls?
In this class, you will make a replica atlatl and an expedient dart. Hunters in the distant past used the atlatl to propel the dart and shaft. Patterned after archaeological examples known from the Southwest, our atlatls will be made of oak. Our darts will be very simple, so that participants have a...
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2022
15
Jan
How Did People Haft A Knife?
In this class, you will learn the process of hafting a stone knife blade into a wood handle. There are very few examples of hafted knives preserved in the Southwest. The style of hafting we will do in this class is based on Basketmaker and Pueblo knives that have been found in rock shelters across t...
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2022
13
Jan
Hands-On Archaeology: How to Make a Cruciform
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(January 14, 2022)—Cruciforms are artifacts people made by flaking and then grinding stone. In the Southwest, archaeologists find them in sites dating to the Early Agricultural period, particularly those of the Cienega ph...
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2021
18
Dec
How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools?
Experience the ancient art of flintknapping. Join Allen Denoyer for his Hands-On Archaeology class, "How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools?" In each of these beginner classes, you will use ancient techniques and replica tools to create a stone projectile point. You will also learn more about how p...
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2021
20
Nov
How Did People Make Stone and Shell Jewelry?
In this class, we will make jewelry using the same kinds of stone tools people used in the past. Participants may choose to work with stone (argillite and steatite) or shell. Students will grind their items on sandstone slabs and drill holes with flaked-stone drills. We will use stone flakes to inci...
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2021
30
Oct
How Did People Carve Bone Tools?
In this class we will explore some techniques people used to make tools out of bone. Participants will make a bone awl using only stone tools. After using a flake to cut out a bone awl blank, we will then grind the blank on a sandstone slab to shape it out. Instructor Allen Denoyer will provide ston...
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2021
16
Oct
How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools?
Experience the ancient art of flintknapping. Join Allen Denoyer for his Hands-On Archaeology class, "How Did People Make and Use Stone Tools?" In each of these beginner classes, you will use ancient techniques and replica tools to create a stone projectile point. You will also learn more about how p...
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2021
08
Sep
What’s the Point: Folsom Technology, 12,800 to 10,200 BP
This is the third post in a new series called "What's the Point?" Allen Denoyer and other stone tool experts will be exploring various aspects of technologies and traditions.
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(September 9, 2021)—Folsom points are one o...
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2021
24
Apr
Hands-On Archaeology at Mission Garden
Join ancient technologies expert Allen Denoyer for our Hands-On Archaeology program at Mission Garden, Tucson’s birthplace. Explore our replica pithouse and learn about ancient technologies.
On Saturday, April 24, Allen will demonstrate how to make ground stone pendants using traditional method...
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