Photograph of the late Norton Allen, avocational archaeologist, courtesy of the Arizona State Museum website, Nov. 1, 2015. This is a free, informal presentation and discussion with Arizona State Museum (ASM) Director Dr. Patrick D. Lyons at the ASM, University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd, Tucson on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 7:00 PM. Read more…

This is a free presentation by Dr. Thomas H. Wilson, sponsored by Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 7:00 pm. The great site of Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico has fascinated the world ever since the visits Read more…

This holiday event is free and sponsored by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) at Petroglyphs Gallery in the “Lost Barrio,” 228 S. Park Avenue, Tucson on Monday, December 14, 2015. Join AAHS in celebrating Research and the Holidays. The party is potluck, so bring a dish to share. AAHS will provide the libations. Read more…

This free presentation is sponsored by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Salt River Community Building, 1880 N. Longmore Road, Scottsdale  (just north of the intersection of McDowell Road and Longmore) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries Read more…

"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…