November/December 2011

November 19: Todd Weber, John Wesley Powell historian, reenactor, will be our speaker at

this meeting. The program entitled, “Dear Emma”, and sponsored by the Arizona Humanities

Council, will have Todd portraying John Wesley Powell writing a letter to his wife, Emma, the

night before embarking on his 1869 journey of exploration into the “Great Unknown” which

was the Grand Canyon.

We also wish to honor Scott Wood, recipient of the 2011 AAS State Professional

Archaeologist Award!! Congratulations, Scott, for this well-deserved award for many years of

service as Tonto Forest Heritage Archaeologist and at Pueblo Grande and other venues.

Scott has also graciously accepted becoming our Professional Archaeology Advisor as Penny

Minturn accepted work in Hawaii in October.

Scott received the AAS Award at the October AAS State meeting in Benson, AZ, but our

Chapter wishes to show our appreciation in a special way at this meeting.

Following the meeting, members will be able to hike to a little know and rarely visited

petroglyph site. This will be a moderate 1.5 mile round trip hike led by BoB and Del

Wright from a trail head about 6 miles west of Payson.

Meet at the Church of the Holy Nativity at 10:00 AM. The address is 1414 Easy Street, at the

corner of Easy and Bradley, Payson. We meet in the Fellowship Hall there.

AAS State Meeting, Benson, AZ notes:

The Prehistory of the Southwest course offered by AAS is now updated and available for

members on a pdf file. Perhaps we can offer this course to members, especially new members

again. One can take this course with or without certification requirements.

Membership Renewals for 2012 are at the November and December meetings. Please make

every effort to renew at those times. Carolynn Walter will be accepting renewals!!

Single membership: $35, Dual membership: $40