Charles Adam Rogers PhD will speak at Arizona Archaeology Society – Desert Foothills Chapter (AAS-DFC) meeting.
Chevron Canyon Petroglyphs.
By Roger Kearney
The Wednesday, Oct. 12th talk is titled From Rock Art Ranch to Homol’ovi: 13,000 Years of Migration in the Middle Little Colorado River Valley. This talk traces this fascinating history of population movement that truly made the area a cultural crossroads. There are refreshments available at 7 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m., usually ending prior to 9:00 p.m. Meetings are held in the community building (Maitland Hall) at The Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, 6502 East Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331 (near the Dairy Queen).
Chevron Canyon Petroglyphs.
Six years of research on Rock Art Ranch near Winslow, AZ, by Arizona State Museum archaeologists, have documented human use going back to Clovis times. The ranch was also a focus of intensive hunting, gathering, and small-scale agriculture during the Basketmaker II (early agriculture) period from 1000 BCE to 500 CE.
During the 1200s Mogollon groups from the south built numerous small pueblos throughout the region and later joined Pueblo groups from the north to build and occupy the large Homol’ovi pueblos along the Little Colorado River. Evidence of this lengthy use is etched in the walls of Chevelon Canyon.
About the Speaker
Since 1985, E. Charles (Chuck) Adams has been Curator of Archaeology, Arizona State Museum (ASM) and Professor, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson. Since arriving at the UA, he has directed the Homol’ovi Research Program (HRP) for ASM, which involved extensive survey and excavation of numerous Homol’ovi pueblos in Homolovi State Park. Since 2011, HRP has conducted survey and excavations on and near Rock Art Ranch 25 miles southeast of Winslow with work wrapping up there this past summer.
2015 Field School Group at Rock Art Ranch, Charles Adams Seated Lower Right.
About AAD-DFC
Desert Foothills Chapter of the Arizona Archaeology Society (AAS) is based in Cave Creek. AAS is a 501-C celebrating more than 50 years of existence in 2016. The Desert Foothill Chapter is a youngster at 40-years of age. The chapter meets September through May on the second Wednesday of each month in Cave Creek and features well-known guest lecturers during these meetings. The meetings are open to the general public at no cost with the exception of the December Christmas Party that is members only.
Related Website
AAS-DFC website www.azarchsoc.org/desertfoothills Website
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