This course is an expansion of the program that the VVAC conducts for the Road Scholar Program of Northern Arizona University.

At the conclusion of the course, attendees are expected to understand:

1.The Archaeologists – How we know what we “think” we know - tools and techniques

2.The Paleoindian and Archaic People – the first people of the area

3.The Sinagua/Hisatsinom – their arrival and departure

4.The Hopi and their ancestral ties to the area

5.The Yavapai-Apache entrance to the area

A member discount has been incorporated into the class fee.

INSTRUCTOR: 

Ken Zoll, Executive Director Emeritus
NAU Road Scholar Presenter

SUGGESTED READING (available at the VVAC Museum Store or online)

Material will be provided in the course but the following items are also suggested:

The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona

Ancient Verde Valley Family Life: The Sinagua at the Dyck Cliff Dwelling

Surviving Conquest: A History of the Yavapai Peoples

Guide to Heritage Sites