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SUMMARY:“The American Upper Paleolithic and Evidence from the Gault Archaeological Site” Online Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Be sure to join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program on Thursday\, June 18\, 2026\, featuring “The American Upper Paleolithic and Evidence from the Gault Archaeological Site” by archaeologist D. Clark Wernecke\, 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). \nSince the 1970s the archaeology of the earliest peoples in the Americas has gone through a major paradigm shift. The idea that the Clovis technological culture was representative of the first peoples in the Western Hemisphere has been refuted by numerous sites containing culturally dissimilar stone tools and with dates much older. Early estimations of those first migrations of 3\,000 years ago were replaced by 10\,000 and then 13\,700 years ago and now are being pushed back even further to perhaps 30\,000 to 35\,000 years ago. A number of factors suggest multiple migrations over time and the very real possibility of people arriving in the New World in boats along the coasts. The Gault site in central Texas is one of those archaeological discoveries with dates as old as 20\,000 years ago that are beginning to help us understand the ancient past and build new hypotheses regarding the first modern humans in the Americas. Dr. D. Clark Wernecke recently retired as Director of the Prehistory Research Project at The University of Texas at Austin and as Executive Director for the Gault School of Archaeological Research. He is a director of the Texas Historical Foundation and on the editorial boards of several history and archaeology magazines and journals. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HszxiMafRlaEt96O8xD3Gg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260618(v1)ThirdThursday_ClarkWernecke_TheAmericanUpperPaleolithic\nCaption: 16\,000-20\,000-year-old tools from the Gault site\, photo courtesy of Clark Wernecke
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/the-american-upper-paleolithic-and-evidence-from-the-gault-archaeological-site-online-presentation/
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SUMMARY:“The History and Future of America’s Public Land” Online Presentation
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, July 16\, 2026\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program will feature “The History and Future of America’s Public Land” by National Park Service Superintendent (retired) Walt Dabney. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nDiscover the untold story of America’s public land. Many Americans use public lands for recreation and business but don’t understand where they came from or why they are the birthright of every citizen. Now-retired National Park Service Superintendent and Texas State Parks Director Walt Dabney will give an eye-opening presentation showing how America’s public lands came to be\, why most are in the West\, the economic value of these lands\, and what we all stand to lose if they are transferred out of our common ownership. These lands belong to all of us. Learn how and why that matters now more than ever. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hTj–F8qSo-9F-e2vSBvkg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260716(v1)ThirdThursday_WaltDabney_ America’sPublicLand\nCaption: Some American public land gems\, photos courtesy of Walt Dabney
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/the-history-and-future-of-americas-public-land-online-presentation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260820T190000
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SUMMARY:“Indigenous Trail Networks and the Engineering of Cultural Landscapes of the Sonoran Desert” Online Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program presents “Indigenous Trail Networks and the Engineering of Cultural Landscapes of the Sonoran Desert” by preservation anthropologist Aaron M. Wright\, Ph.D. This free Zoom online presentation will be given on Thursday\, August 20\, 2026 from 7:00-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nArchaeology has long fixated on places – settlements\, ceremonial centers\, the bounded spaces where people congregated. But what about the spaces between? This presentation turns attention to movement itself\, examining how ancestral O’odham and Yuman communities built and traveled the trail networks that connected their world. Drawing on recent fieldwork in southern Arizona\, the talk argues that these routes were far more than footpaths worn into desert soil. Evidence of planning\, construction\, and sustained maintenance points to a deliberate built infrastructure – corridors that organized travel\, transport\, and communication across a vast and deeply interconnected landscape. To follow these trails is to see the desert not as empty space\, but as a cultural environment actively engineered by the people who lived within it – and to broaden our understanding of Indigenous infrastructure well beyond monumental architecture. Aaron M. Wright is a preservation anthropologist with Archaeology Southwest in Tucson. This presentation will not be recorded. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PhtiWS2ZSfGcI8ngeFcWwg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260820(v2)ThirdThursday_AaronWright_IndigenousTrailNetworks&EngineeringOfCulturalLandscapes\nCaption: A constructed trail corridor atop desert pavement in southwestern Arizona\, photo by Aaron Wright
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/indigenous-trail-networks-and-the-engineering-of-cultural-landscapes-of-the-sonoran-desert-online-presentation/
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SUMMARY:“The Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers: Courage\, Service\, and Impact on American History” Online Presentation
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, September 17\, 2026\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program which will feature “The Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers: Courage\, Service\, and Impact on American History” by Charles W. Young. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:00 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nThe Buffalo Soldiers were African American soldiers who served primarily on the Western frontier following the Civil War. Established in 1866\, these regiments – most notably the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry – were among the first Black units in the regular U.S. Army. Their legacy is one of courage\, resilience\, and unwavering dedication to duty. The Buffalo Soldiers not only helped shape the American West\, but they also paved the way for future generations of African American men and women in the U.S. military. Their story is a testament to the power of perseverance and the ongoing struggle for equality and recognition within the fabric of American society. Charles Young is a “Living History Presenter” and historical researcher focusing on the “Black Western Experience” involving Buffalo Soldiers\, cowboys\, lawmen\, and women who played key roles in settling the West. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CH80fopfQQ6Rt5e4K8bxFQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260917(v1)ThirdThursday_CharlesYoung_BuffaloSoldiers\nCaption: Presenter Charles Young in Buffalo Soldier regalia
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/the-legacy-of-the-buffalo-soldiers-courage-service-and-impact-on-american-history-online-presentation/
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SUMMARY:“Padre Kino\, Scientist” Online Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program will feature the presentation “Padre Kino\, Scientist” by astronomer Christopher J. Corbally\, S.J.\, Ph.D. This free Zoom online presentation will be held on Thursday\, November 19\, 2026 from 7:00-8:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. \nThere is a statue of the Jesuit missionary and explorer Padre Kino in Tucson. He is on horseback. The head of his horse is drooping. It has been a long and hot day of travel in the Sonoran desert. But Kino sits upright\, and he has a “blue shell” clutched to his chest by his right hand. He clearly has had a brilliant idea. That idea connects his early expedition to Baja California\, to where he has just met the O’Odham\, in Tucson. That idea needed his travels and his science. \nFather Chris invites\, “Let us\, via his grasp of science\, connect the dots and understand his great insight. His science covered many disciplines. Kino was a mathematician\, an astronomer\, an instrument maker\, a map maker\, an agriculturalist\, and a cattleman. So it is going to be a wide-ranging story. As a Jesuit and an astronomer\, I find the story a fascinating one. Please join me for the telling of it on Thursday\, November 19.” \nChristopher Corbally is a Jesuit priest and an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory Research Group and an Adjunct Associate Astronomer at the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy. He ministers to a wide variety of Catholics\, including Native Americans\, in Tucson\, Arizona. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iuJL189lTj6t2prQI2OfhQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20261119(v1)ThirdThursday_ChristopherCorbally_PadreKinoScientist\nCaption: Equestrian statue of Padre Kino on a street in Tucson\, photo by Christopher J. Corbally\, S.J.
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