Presentations
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Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation “Crossing the Akimel to Snaketown: The Ancestral Connection to Modern Day O’Odham”
OnlineOld Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “Crossing the Akimel to Snaketown: The Ancestral Connection to Modern Day O’Odham” by archaeologist Reylynne Williams (Akimel O’Odham). This free Zoom online program will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The O’Odham village of Snaketown is Read more…
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“An Incredible Family History Unearthed: How a Search for the Past Can Redefine the Present and Future” Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation
OnlineOn Thursday, April 17, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program featuring “An Incredible Family History Unearthed: How a Search for the Past Can Redefine the Present and Future” by historian Blanca Carrasco. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Read more…
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Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Archaeological Humbugs: Exposing Frauds, Busting Myths, and Solving Mysteries”
OnlineOn Thursday, May 15, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “Archaeological Humbugs: Exposing Frauds, Busting Myths, and Solving Mysteries” by archaeologist Kenneth L. Feder, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Is the Read more…
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“Beyond Any One Scholar’s Expertise: The Story of the Safford Valley Grids Archaeology Project” Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation
OnlineOn June 19, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” will present “Beyond Any One Scholar’s Expertise: The Story of the Safford Valley Grids Archaeology Project” by archaeological geographer William E. Doolittle. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time). Read more…
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Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “The Great Rock-Art of Chaco Canyon”
OnlineOn 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 Read more…
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Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest, Mexican Northwest, and Mesoamerica”
OnlineOn 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, Read more…
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“A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” Presentation
OnlineOn September 18, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program featuring the presentation “A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” by archaeologist Martin H. Welker, Ph.D. This free online Zoom program will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The domestic Read more…
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“Archaeological Investigations in Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park” In-person Presentation
Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Marana, AZ, United StatesJoin 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, Read more…
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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”
OnlineOn 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 Read more…
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“An Expedition Torn Asunder: O’odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” Presentation
OnlineOn Thursday, November 20, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" presentation will feature “An Expedition Torn Asunder: O'odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Research on the Coronado expedition Read more…
