Tim's Cave Reimagined: Stewarding a Cultural Collection
Saturday, April the 25th at 4:00 p.m.
Featuring Guest Speaker Peter J. Pilles, Jr.
Complimentary Reception to Follow
Located at VVAC
This April, the Verde Valley Archaeology Center and Museum will open the exhibit, “Tim's Cave Reimagined: Stewarding a Cultural Collection.”
On behalf of the United States Forest Service and the Museum of Northern Arizona, VVAC is now the permanent custodian to the collection of artifacts and cultural items originating from a dwelling near Sedona, commonly referred to as Tim’s Cave. This exhibit will explore the stories of the Hisatsinom (Sinagua) who inhabited this region and the impressive ceramic ollas they created. Visitors can immerse themselves in a cave-like atmosphere while listening to these prehistoric artifacts tell their timeless stories.
Peter J. Pilles, Jr. will speak about his experience at this site while working as the Forest Archaeologist for Coconino National Forest.
Peter J. Pilles, Jr. received his BA degree from Arizona State University in 1967 and worked at Pueblo Grande Museum from 1965-1967, and the Museum of Northern Arizona from 1967 until 1975, when he became the Forest Archaeologist for the Coconino National Forest. He has presented numerous papers and authored many publications which reflect his specialty areas of central and northern Arizona prehistory, rock art, ceramics, cultural resource management, and public archaeology. Peter has been involved with various site development and interpretive plans and has been an advisor to the National Park Service, the State of Arizona, the Museum of Northern Arizona, US AID, and the Brazilian Institute for Cultural Heritage. An adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University, he has been an instructor in archaeological law enforcement for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and has taught courses in rock art conservation and management for the American Rock Art Research Association, the Rock Art Special Interest Group of the Society for American Archaeology, the J. Paul Getty Conservation Institute, the Instituto Brasileiro do Patrimonio Cultural, and at the VI Simposio Internacional de Arte Rupestre, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. He has also served on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Northern Arizona. For his public archaeology work, he has received awards from the Governor of Arizona, the Secretary of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service, the Hopi Tribe, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, the American Rock Art Research Association, the Arizona Archaeology Advisory Commission, and the Arizona Preservation Foundation. He recently retired.
Following the talk, join us for a complimentary reception with hors d’oeuvres, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages.
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.