This exploratory excavation at the Harris site exposed the hearth and entryway of a Three Circle phase kiva and provided evidence that the site's residents "ritually retired" this kiva before building a much bigger one. Photo courtesy of Barbara J. Roth. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner featuring presentation "Kiva Rituals, Read more…

This free presentation will be given by Wesley Miles and Kyle Woodson as part of the 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, at 1:00 PM* The Gila River Indian Community’s Cultural Resource Management Program (CRMP) has conducted a long-term study of canal irrigation along the middle Gila Read more…

This free presentation will be given by Danielle Phelps, sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America’s Central Arizona Society and the Arizona Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, at 6:00 PM.* On the exterior western wall of Luxor Temple is a carved battle scene amongst Read more…

This free presentation will be given by Professor Steven C. Caton at the 24th annual Sabbagh Lecture at Tucson Marriott University Park, 880 E. 2nd St., Tucson at 7:00 PM.* Our idea of the Arabian Peninsula might be that of an uninhabited (and inhospitable) desert but this obscures a more complex reality encompassing desert oasis, Read more…

This free presentation will be given by Craig M. Fertelmes as part of the 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix at 1:00 PM.* Discover the process of how prehistoric peoples of the Salt-Gila Basin in Arizona acquired vesicular basalt for the manufacture of grinding tools, such Read more…

William L. Deaver photo of Hohokam Tanque Verde Red-on-brown lobed “squash” jar, smudged with fire clouds This free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart will be held at Red Rock State Park, 4050 Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Arizona from 2 - 3 PM, cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities* The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in Read more…

The Arizona Archaeology Expo is the main event of the annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month in March. Held in a different community each year, the Expo features archaeology-related hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, and other fun and educational events. The theme for this year’s event is “Heritage Matters: The Past Begins Today.” The Expo Read more…

Summer solstice sunset viewed through circular window in an upper story of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. This free presentation will be given by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Archaeology Expo at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona at 2:30-3:30 PM; sponsored by Arizona State Read more…

This free presentation will be given by Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Center for English as a Second Language, on the University of Arizona campus at 1100 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson at 7:00 pm.* One of our greatest historians, Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto discusses our Hispanic past with insight and Read more…

An Ancient Family? Photograph by Arthur W. Vokes of Hohokam figurines carved from seashell. The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for Read more…