Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. Time: 8 a.m. to noon. Fee: $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). The 2016 vernal equinox Read more…

Marc Severson photograph of some of the petroglyphs at Picture Rock. On Saturday March 26, 2016 (Easter weekend), in an educational adventure into Native American culture, this tour meets in Tucson (Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave) at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation for visits to the Picture Read more…

Kino mission church and campo santo at Oquitoa, Sonora; photograph by Dale Brenneman This Kino Missions Tour into Sonora, Mexico is sponsored by the Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC), and will be conducted April 8-10 (Fri-Sun), 2016.* More than 300 years ago, a tireless Jesuit priest by the name of Eusebio Francisco Kino made countless Read more…

Bring the whole family for a short, one-mile, Hohokam petroglyph discovery hike at South Mountain for an easy but petroglyph-rich hiking experience on Saturday, April 16, 2016 from 8-9 am. An experienced Museum guide will lead participants on a quick one-hour interpretive hike, perfect for all ages and busy schedules.  Please dress for the weather, Read more…

People of the Hohokam culture lived in the Salt River Area from approximately AD 450 to 1450. They were an agricultural society, growing corn, beans, squash and cotton. In order to support their extensive agricultural system, they constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields. On Friday, Read more…

Photo by Jim Diers of Mimbres pottery sherds at one of the sites visited during the June tour. A Mimbres petroglyph at the Pony Hills site, New Mexico. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" archaeology education tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, June 9-13, 2016 (Thursday-Monday). Drive your Read more…

Photo by Tom Herrick of equinox "sun dagger" on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site, Pima County, Arizona. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director, archaeologist Allen Dart, will lead this tour to two of the Tucson area’s premier archaeological sites - Los Morteros and Picture Rocks site, on Thursday, September 22, 2016, 8 am to Read more…

Archaeologist Dr. Suzanne K. Fish in an ancientrock-outlined structure at the Tumamoc Hill archaeological site. A massive trinchera (built-up rock terrace) near the crown of Tumamoc Hill. On Saturday, December 3, 2016, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will host the “Tumamoc Hill Trincheras Site” site tour with archaeologists Dr. Paul R. Fish and Dr. Suzanne K. Read more…

To explore ancient people's recognition of solstices and other calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, Read more…

Photograph of some of the petroglyphs at Picture Rock. TOUR FILLED. WAITING LIST STARTED. Archaeologist Allen Dart will lead this car-caravan educational tour to sites in and near Topawa, Arizona, departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson on Saturday, January 7, 2017. In an educational adventure into Native American culture, this tour Read more…