This free presentation by Dr. Jaime Awe for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, will be held at the Foothills Community Foundation (Holland Community Center), 34250 N. 60th St. Building B, Scottsdale, Arizona at 7:00 PM* In Maya cosmology, few locations were (and are) considered more sacred or ritually charged than caves.  Representing portals to Read more…

This free presentation by Andrea Gregory and John Jones will be held at the 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix at 1:00 PM* Archaeological data recovered from excavations at the Hohokam village sites of Pueblo Grande and La Plaza during the Valley Metro Light Rail Corridor project Read more…

The public is invited to visit the historic Fort Lowell neighborhood and relive Tucson's bygone days at the 35th annual Fort Lowell Day celebration from noon - 4:00 PM. Events in Fort Lowell Park include high-speed cavalry drills, a regimental band concert, and hands-on activities such as adobe-brick making and games children would have played while living Read more…

Archaeologist Dr. David Abbott will give this free presentation at the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting, Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson on Monday, February 15, 2016 from 7:30-9:00 pm. This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No reservations needed. For details visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact John Read more…

This presentation will be given by archaeologist Dr. Charles Adams for Verde Valley Archaeology Center at Cliff Castle Casino Hotel, Camp Verde, Arizona at 6:30 PM * Dr. Charles Adams is the Curator of Archaeology for the Arizona State Museum.  He is also Director of the Homolovi Research Program and a professor of archaeology at Read more…

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…