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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Rock Art with Allen Dart

July 29, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

FREE

Ancient American Indian petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) and pictographs (rock paintings) 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? Archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates how petroglyph and pictograph styles changed through time and over different parts of the U.S. Southwest both before and after non-Indian peoples entered the region, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives.

This event is cohosted by Butterfly Lodge Museum. This is an in-person event.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 for federal and state governments, private companies, and nonprofit organizations. He is the executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology, history, and cultures. Mr. Dart has received the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award, the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology, and other honors for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.

Details

Date:
July 29, 2023
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost:
FREE
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Website:
https://butterflylodgemuseum.org/

Organizer

Butterfly Lodge Museum
Phone
928-735-7514
Email
manager@butterflylodgemuseum.org
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Venue

Butterfly Lodge Museum’s Applewhite Pavilion
4 county road 1126
Greer, AZ 85927 United States
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Phone
928-735-7514
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