Southwest Indian Rock Art Discussion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

Contact:

Michael Kloberdanz

Sun Valley Lodge

Phone (623) 933-0137

Fax (623) 933-5846

mike@sunvalleylodge.org

www.sunvalleylodge.org

 

 

Southwest Indian Rock Art Discussion

 

Sun City, Arizona – Monday, March 10, 2014 – Sun Valley Lodge is hosting a free presentation entitled “Set in Stone But Not in Meaning: Southwest Indian Rock Art” on Thursday, March 13^th at 10:30 AM.  The program will be presented by archaeologist Allen Dart and is part of the Lodge’s Discover Arizona series.  The series is made possible through a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council. 

 

Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans themselves? Archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives.

 

Allen Dart has worked full-time and volunteered as a professional archaeologist in New Mexico and Arizona since 1975, for government, private companies, and nonprofit organizations. He is employed as an archaeologist for the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service in Phoenix. He also works part-time as Executive Director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, a Tucson not-for-profit organization that he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology and culture. A Registered Professional Archaeologist, he has been a recipient of the Arizona Governor’s Award in Public Archaeology.

 

The Discover Arizona series consists of four programs that each feature a different aspect of Arizona history presented by an accomplished speaker.  Programs are scheduled for every Thursday in March at 10:30 AM. 

 

All of the programs are free and open to the public.  Sun Valley Lodge is located at 12415 N. 103^rd Avenue in Sun City.  For more details please call 623-933-0137.

 

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Sun Valley Lodge is a nonprofit organization and has been providing independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care in Sun City, Arizona for over 40 years.