Footprints found in dirt floor of a house excavated at Santa Cruz de Terrenate, photo courtesy of Deni J. Seymour. On October 15, 2020, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Zoom webinar will feature “Revisiting Santa Cruz de Terrenate Presidio” with archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour. This free online presentation will be Read more…

Example of prisoners’ workmanship at a drainage feature on the Catalina Highway (Coronado National Forest photo). On November 19, 2020, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online presentation will feature “People and Politics behind the Construction of the Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon.” This presentation will be given by archaeologist Read more…

A view from the inside: Looking out into Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona, from one of its namesakes (Jonathan Patt photo). On Thursday, December 10, 2020, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday on the Second Thursday Food for Thought” dinner presentation will feature “Paint it Here, but Never There: Landscapes of Reverent Avoidance in the Chiricahua Read more…

Maps showing southwestern environmental change through time provided by Dr. Gauthier On Thursday January 21, 2021 you are invited to attend Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free online Zoom program featuring “Droughts and Floods Structured Social Interaction in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest.” This free presentation by Dr. Nicolas E. Gauthier, will be Read more…

On Thursday, February 18, 2021, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online Zoom program will feature “¡Buen Provecho! A Multicultural History of Mexico and the Borderlands through Food and Taste” by historian Dr. Michael Brescia. This free presentation will be held at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Arizona/Mountain Standard Time. This presentation examines Read more…

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought" free Zoom online dinnertime program will feature “Mimbres in Context: Hohokam, Chaco, Casas Grandes” presentation by archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson. This free presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (MST). The ancient Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico were interesting not only for their famous pottery, Read more…

On Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7:00-8:30 p.m. (MST), Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” free Zoom online program will feature “A History of Arizona State Museum Research around Homol’ovi and at the Ancestral Hopi Village of Homol’ovi II” presentation by archaeologist Richard C. Lange. Rich Lange, who served as Associate Director of Read more…

Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak’s hiking photo On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's first in a series of Indigenous Interests presentations beginning with “Tohono O’odham Philosophy and Ethics” by Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak (Tohono O’odham). This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Read more…

May 11, July 13, September 14, & November 9, 2021; and January 11 & March 8, 2022 The “Indigenous Interests” online presentations series is a collaboration between Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Arizona Humanities. It is designed to provide an avenue for communication between Native Americans and non-Indians that can result in more understanding of Read more…