Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Prescott Public Library
Founders Suite A & B

Event Details

Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces with Allen Dart. Arizona Humanities Lecture Series. Thursday, July 2, 5 p.m. Ancient Native American cultures of the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons centuries before Old World peoples first entered the region. Dart examines this early archaeological evidence of ancient Southwestern astronomy and calendrical reckoning and suggests how these skills may have related to ancient Native American rituals. Allen Dart holds a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Arizona and is a Registered Professional Archaeologist. He currently serves as a State Cultural Resources Specialist/Archaeologist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and as the Executive Director of the Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Presented with funding from the Friends of the Prescott Public Library.
Event Type(s): Adult Event
Age Group(s): Adults
Presenter: Allen Dart
Normalene Zeeman