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January 9, 2010
The Agua Fria National Monument is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an open house and fair on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at the Horseshoe Ranch from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. There will be demonstrations of atlatl throwing, pottery making, cotton spinning, flint knapping, fire starting, Native wildlife exhibits and tours. Booths will offer arts and crafts, environmental archaeology as well as other informational booths.
The Agua Fria National Monument is located 40 miles north of Phoenix, east of Interstate 17 at Bloody Basin Road (exit #259).
More on Horseshoe Ranch => http://www.horseshoeranch.org/
More on Agua Fria National Monument => http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_sp ... afria.html
More on Arizona Archeological Society => http://www.azarchsoc.org/news.htm
Monthly Meeting of Phoenix Chapter of AAS meets Thursday 1/14 @ 7:30pm Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington, Phoenix AZ.
Brian Culpepper, Archeologist for the
Agua Fria N.M., will be the speaker
for the Jan. 14th meeting and will lead
a hike to Pueblo La Plata on Saturday,
Jan. 16th. High clearance vehicles are
needed, but they don’t have to be 4 x
4. The hike won't be very long, around
2.5 miles, and it isn’t difficult. From
the parking area to Pueblo La Plata is
about 500 meters, where he'll spend
some time, and then he will lead a
hike around the mesa top, pointing out
several outlying structures. He will
visit Fort Silver on the tip of the mesa,
and then point out some of the agricultural
features. Duration will be 2
to 2.5 hours. More details will be
available at the Jan. 14th meeting.
