"From Hohokam to Salado: The Kayenta Diaspora in the Southwest" dinner presentation with Dr. Jeffery J. Clark on Decemeber 17, 2015, 6-8:30 PM at U-Like Oriental Buffet Asian Cuisine, 5101 N. Oracle Rd. (at River Rd.) in Tucson. Dr. Clark will discuss and illustrate how an estimated 5,000 to 7,500 Kayenta people from northeastern Arizona Read more…

Andy Ward firing pottery at the 2015 Southwest Kiln Conference; photo by Pam Herring. Andy Ward will be give this free presentation and pottery firing demonstration on Museum Day (December 19, 2015) at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, 3711 W Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm. In the late thirteenth century a Read more…

This free presentation by R. Kyle Bocinsky at the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting will be held on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Banner University Medical Center Duval Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson from 7:30-9:00 PM. For more information visit www.az-arch-and-hist.org or contact John D. Hall at 520-205-2553, jhall@sricrm.com.

On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, a free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Heard Museum Guild's "history of pottery" series will be held at the Heard Museum's Steele Auditorium, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix from 10:00-11:00 AM. Dart will show Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in the U.S. Southwest prior to Read more…

"Apaches and Their Horses" dinner presentation will be given by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour on Thursday, January 21, 2016 (restaurant to be determined later), 6:00-8:30 PM. A traditional Apache story goes that the people did not become the Apache until the adoption of the horse - which is said to have triggered the raiding Read more…

This free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart, which is sponsored by Arizona Humanities and the Pima County Public Library, will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2016 from 11:00 to noon at the Joel Valdez Main Library (101 N. Stone Ave., Tucson). The deep time perspective that archaeology and related disciplines provide about natural hazards, Read more…

Pottery made by students in a previous Old Pueblo Archaeology Center - Andy Ward workshop (photo by Andy Ward). Saturdays January 23 & 30, February 6 & 13, 2016. “Basic Traditional Pottery Making Workshop” with Andy Ward at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of Read more…

This free presentation will be given by Dr. Gary Huckleberry at the 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix at 1:00 PM.* As scientists watch the development of possibly the strongest El Niño in almost 20 years, the question arises as to how often such weather events happened Read more…

Summer solstice sunset viewed through a west-wall opening in the "Great House" at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - Photo by Allen Dart This is a free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Public Library at Salazar-Ajo Branch, 15 W. Plaza St. #179, Ajo, Arizona at 1:30-2:30 PM; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities.* Native Read more…

An Ancient Family? Photograph by Arthur W. Vokes of Hohokam figurines carved from seashell. This free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart will be held at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona from 12 noon to 1 PM; cosponsored by Arizona Humanities.* The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona Read more…