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May 2025
“The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-session Zoom Adult Education Class
On Wednesdays, May 7-August 13, 2025 (skipping July 9th), Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart will be teaching the “The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” class. This 14-session online class will explore the archaeology of the ancient Mogollon culture of the American Southwest. The class covers the history of Mogollon archaeology, Mogollon origins, the complex subregional Mogollon “branches,” chronology of habitation, subsistence and settlement patterns through time, artifacts, rock art, religious and social organization, depopulation and movement, and descendant peoples.…
Find out more »July 2025
Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “The Great Rock-Art of Chaco Canyon”
On July 17, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" program will present “The Great Rock-Art of Chaco Canyon” by rock-art specialist Jane Kolber. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m., ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The reason for “The Great” in the title of this presentation is because the Chaco Canyon region has Great Rock-Art panels in addition to Great Houses and Great Roads. Hundreds of books and articles…
Find out more »August 2025
Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest, Mexican Northwest, and Mesoamerica”
On August 21, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" program presents “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest, Mexican Northwest, and Mesoamerica” by archaeologist José Luis Punzo Díaz, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The emergence of metallurgy, especially copper, took place in western Mesoamerica a little over a thousand years ago. This new type of objects was quickly appreciated by the societies…
Find out more »September 2025
The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session Online Adult Education Class
Each Wednesday from September 3 to December 10, 2025 (skipping October 22), from 6:30-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time through Oct. 29), Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart will teach “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” class. This 14-session online adult education class will explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American Southwest, which includes Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction…
Find out more »“Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites”
Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart on Monday, September 22, 2025. This tour will depart at 8:00 am from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. There is a $45 requested donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. The 2025 autumn equinox occurs on Monday September 22, 2025 at…
Find out more »Dragoon Springs Stage Station & Cochise-Howard Treaty Sites Tour
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Saturday, September 27, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Dragoon Springs Stage Station & Cochise-Howard Treaty Sites Tour” guided by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour and historian Bill Mapoles. The tour will be from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and begins/ends at south side of Interstate-10 Exit 312 (Sybil Road) about 9 miles east of Benson, Arizona. This tour to the historic Dragoon Springs Stage Station and Cochise-Howard Treaty archaeological sites in the foothills…
Find out more »October 2025
“Archaeological Investigations in Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park” In-person Presentation
Join archaeologist Allen Dart on October 3, 2025, for a free in-person presentation about “Archaeological Investigations in Marana's Crossroads at Silverbell District Park.” This will be held at the Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Branch Library Community Room, 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Marana, AZ from 2:00-4:00 pm. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director, archaeologist Allen Dart, will give this free presentation that begins with discussion and illustration of the artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of southern Arizona's ancient Hohokam culture.…
Find out more »Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour
On Saturday, October 11, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is sponsoring the “Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour” to be led by archaeologist Allen Dart. The tour will be from 3:00-5:00 pm, with participants meeting at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Marana, AZ. Archaeological investigations along Silverbell Road and in the Town of Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park revealed numerous cultural features and artifacts of the ancient Yuma Wash Hohokam village…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche, Hernán Cortés, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations”
On Thursday, October 16, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation will feature “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche, Hernán Cortés, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations” by historian Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time ). Dr. Michael Brescia establishes the nature and scope of biography as a tool to uncover the historical experiences of Indigenous peoples and Spaniards…
Find out more »November 2025
“Park of Four Waters, S’eḏav Va’aki, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals, Platform Mound, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour”
On Sunday, November 2, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Park of Four Waters, S'eḏav Va'aki, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals, Platform Mound, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologists Christopher Schwartz, Ph.D and Aaron Wright, Ph.D, starting at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ. The tour will be from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, with a $75 requested donation per person ($60 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members), which covers the per-person S’eḏav Va’aki Museum and…
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