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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…
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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…
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“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 »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…
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