Summer solstice sunset viewed through circular window in an upper story of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (Photo by Allen Dart) On Saturday, July 22, 2017, archaeologist Allen Dart will present "Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" at the Phippen Museum, 4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott, Arizona, from 1-2:30 pm.  Read more…

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" on Thursday, September 21, 2017, 6-8:30pm will feature archaeologist Dr. Aaron M. Wright who will present “Hohokam/Patayan to O'odham/Yuman: The Cultural Landscape of the Lower Gila River.” The lower Gila River is a complicated cultural landscape. Though for many this remote region in southwestern Arizona is Read more…

Tree-ring cross-section photo courtesy of The University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner will feature the presentation “Great Moments in Dendrochronology: Important Achievements of Tree-Ring Science” by dendrochronologist Dr. Paul R. Sheppard at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, Arizona, from Read more…

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner featuring “Who Are the Sobaípuri O’odham: The Sobaípuri Legacy at the San Xavier/Wa:k Community” presentation and video by Deni J. Seymour, Tony Burrell, and David Tenario at U-Like Oriental Buffet Restaurant, 5101 N. Oracle Rd. (at River Rd.), Tucson; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities. This free Read more…

An excavated and reconstructed Hohokam ballcourt at the Pueblo Grande archaeological site in Phoenix; photograph provided by Todd W. Bostwick Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner on Thursday, January 18, 2018, from 6:00-8:30 pm, will feature the presentation “The Ancient Hohokam Ballgame of Arizona” by Dr. Todd Bostwick. The ancient Hohokam Read more…

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner featuring “Cochise and Bascom, How the Apache Wars Began” free presentation by historian Doug Hocking at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant, 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Oro Valley, Arizona, from 6:00 to 8:30 pm; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities. In 1861, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Chiricahua Apache leader Read more…

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner featuring the presentation “El Camino del Diablo” by Charles R. “Butch” Farabee at a Tucson-area restaurant to be announced. This free presentation is from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. **** Description coming. Reservations are required: info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM OLD PUEBLO THAT Read more…

Deceptive desolation of El Camino del Diablo, photo provided by Butch Farabee. On Thursday March 15, 2018, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner will feature the presentation “El Camino del Diablo, The Devil's Highway” by retired National Park Service Superintendent Charles R. “Butch” Farabee at El Molinito Mexican Restaurant, 10180 N. Read more…

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: “Canoa Speaks O’odham” free lectures and video presentation on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, Arizona. Co-sponsored by the Friends of Canoa, Arizona Humanities, and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. This event will be held from 1:00-2:30 p.m., with a $10 suggested Read more…