Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona

8 a.m. to noon. $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members)

Some of the Hohokam petroglyphs at the Picture Rocks site; photo courtesy of Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center, Tucson

As part of the annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month celebration, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between AD 650 and 1450.

Reservations required by Wednesday March 18. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.