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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260416T203000
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation - “Ghost Canals of the Phoenix Area”
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 16\, 2026\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation featuring “Ghost Canals of the Phoenix Area” by archaeologist Daniel Garcia. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nDan Garcia\, archaeologist for central Arizona’s Salt River Project not-for-profit public power and water utility\, presents the fascinating history of the oldest territorial irrigation canals in the Phoenix-Tempe metropolitan area\, including the Salt River Valley\, Maricopa\, Hayden\, and the San Francisco canals. His presentation will take you on a virtual ghost-hunt for the telltale persistent patterns of historic canals that have been incorporated into the urban landscape but can still be traced when you know just what to look for. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_78dUCNv6S5qtX5uVabOLZA. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260416(v1)ThirdThursday_DanielGarcia_GhostCanalsOfThePhoenixArea\nCaption: Left\, the Salt River Valley Canal in downtown Phoenix ca. 1920s; center\, portion of a General Land Office plat map showing some canals in the original Phoenix townsite; right\, traces of the historic Maricopa Canal in Phoenix; photos courtesy of Dan Garcia and Salt River Project \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation-ghost-canals-of-the-phoenix-area/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260320T113000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
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SUMMARY:Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros Hohokam Village & Picture Rocks Petroglyph Sites
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, March 20\, 2026\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros Hohokam Village & Picture Rocks Petroglyph Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart. This tour will be held from 8:00 to 11:30 am\, departing from near Silverbell Rd and Linda Vista Blvd in Marana\, Arizona. Requested donation is $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThe 2026 vernal equinox occurs on Friday March 20\, 2026 at 7:46 AM Mountain Standard Time (2:46 pm Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people’s recognition of equinoxes 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\, bedrock mortars\, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks\, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker and depict dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock images made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at the site exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox\, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight. \nRegistration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday March 18\, whichever is earlier: info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260320(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksSpringEquinoxTour \nCaption: Equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona\, photo by Tom Herrick
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/spring-equinox-tour-to-los-morteros-hohokam-village-picture-rocks-petroglyph-sites/
LOCATION:Silverbell Rd/Linda Vista Blvd
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260319T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20260308T204713Z
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation - “A Globalized Past? Long-Distance Exchange and Interaction in the US Southwest and Mexican Northwest”
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, March 19\, 2026\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation featuring “A Globalized Past? Long-Distance Exchange and Interaction in the US Southwest and Mexican Northwest” by archaeologists Christopher W. Schwartz\, Ph.D. and Ben Nelson\, Ph.D. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.  ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time) and sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, P.O. Box 40577\, Tucson AZ 85717. \nExchange is a fundamental human behavior. While today people rapidly exchange goods and information over great distances\, in the past long-distance exchange required the mobilization of vast networks of interaction. This talk examines the long-distance relationships between people living in the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest (SW/NW) with people living to the south in Mesoamerica and West Mexico. Specifically\, it will explore the material evidence (or lack thereof) for long-distance interaction at SW/NW archaeological sites\, the significance of those objects and materials\, and the larger intellectual debates surrounding this topic. Dr. Christopher Schwartz is the City of Phoenix Archaeologist and holds a Visiting Faculty appointment at Arizona State University. Dr. Ben A. Nelson is Professor Emeritus\, School of Human Evolution and Social Change\, Arizona State University. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_77TI8ibqRLuHq3fUU9Xahg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260319(v1)ThirdThursday_ChristopherSchwartz&BenNelson_AGlobalizedPast\nCaption: Scarlet macaw remains in U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest archaeological sites suggest important social relationships with Mesoamerica; photo courtesy of Christopher Schwartz \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation-a-globalized-past-long-distance-exchange-and-interaction-in-the-us-southwest-and-mexican-northwest/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260219T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260219T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T040412Z
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation - "But is it Art?"
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 19\, 2026\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center invites you to attend the “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Zoom program featuring the presentation “But Is It Art? Historical Debate and Indigenous Perspectives on Rock Imagery” by anthropologist Aaron M. Wright\, Ph.D. This free presentation will be held at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time). \nOver the past 75 years\, the study of petroglyphs and pictographs has developed into an independent field\, supported by its own organizations\, publications\, and shared terminology. During this time\, the term “rock art” became widely used to describe human-made images and markings on stone surfaces. However\, this label has prompted ongoing debate. Many people – particularly Indigenous communities – question whether the word “art” accurately reflects the meaning\, purpose\, or cultural significance of these images. While some researchers\, land managers\, and descendant communities accept the term for practical reasons\, others view it as misleading\, limiting\, or disrespectful. \nDrawing on recent research\, this presentation addresses the issue through two studies. A review of publication titles since 1865 shows that “rock art” is just one of many terms used by professionals and is relatively recent. A survey of federally recognized Tribes further reveals broad\, though not universal\, dissatisfaction with applying the term to ancestral petroglyphs and pictographs. The take-away message is that\, in an era when decolonizing scholarship is a moral imperative\, researchers and organizations should work with Tribes to develop language that is accurate\, respectful\, and meaningful to all. \nDr. Aaron M. Wright is a preservation anthropologist with Archaeology Southwest\, a nonprofit organization based in Tucson. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ePzBxoVHQKK-9MArg0ZvSg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260219(v1)ThirdThursday_AaronWright_ButIsItArt \nCaption: “But Is It Art?” Photo credits: Barrier Canyon Style pictograph mural in Horseshoe Canyon\, southeastern Utah: John Fowler\, Wikimedia Commons. Picture frame: www.pikpng.com. Label plate\, www.clipartmax.com.
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation-but-is-it-art/
LOCATION:AZ
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260207T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
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SUMMARY:Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 7\, 2026\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour” with archaeologist Allen Dart. The tour will be held from 3:00-5:00 pm\, starting at the Crossroads at Silverbell District Park\, 7688 N Silverbell\, Marana\, Arizona. The requested donation is $20 per person (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members $15)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nArchaeological investigations along Silverbell Road and in the Town of Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park revealed numerous cultural features and artifacts of the ancient Yuma Wash Hohokam village site and the turn-of-the-twentieth-century Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Executive Director Allen Dart leads this tour to portions of these sites still preserved in the district park. \nRegistration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday February 4\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260207(v1)YumaWash-BojórquezAguirreRanchTourFlyer \nCaption: Excavation scenes and selected artifacts encountered at the Yuma Wash site (above) and at the Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch site\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center photos
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/yuma-wash-hohokam-village-and-bojorquez-aguirre-ranch-archaeological-sites-tour-3/
LOCATION:Crossroads at Silverbell District Park\, Marana\, Marana
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260131T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T210937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T210937Z
UID:3188-1769846400-1769878800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” Cultural Sites Tour
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, January 31\, 2026\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina\, starting in Santa Cruz River Park\, 1317 W. Irvington Road\, Tucson\, AZ. The tour will be held from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm\, with a $45 requested donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nFelipe S. Molina was taught the Indigenous language\, culture\, and history of the Yoemem (Yaqui Indians) by his maternal grandfather and grandmother\, his grandmother’s cousin\, and several elders from Tucson’s original Pascua Village. A steady stream of Yoeme migrated into southern Arizona to escape the Mexican government’s war on and deportations of the Yoeme in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. \nBy 1940 there were about 3\,000 Yoeme in Arizona\, mostly living in the well-established villages of Libre (Barrio Libre) and Pascua (Barrio Loco) in Tucson\, Yoem Pueblo and Wiilo Kampo in Marana\, and others near Eloy\, Somerton\, Phoenix\, and Scottsdale. Mr. Molina will lead this tour to places settled historically by Yoeme in the Tucson and Marana areas including Bwe’u Hu’upa (Big Mesquite) Village\, the San Martin Church and plaza in the 39th Street Community (Barrio Libre)\, Pascua\, Ili Hu’upa\, Wiilo Kampo\, and his home community of Yoem Pueblo including its San Juan Church and plaza. Participants provide their own transportation. \nRegistration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday January 28\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20260131(v1)Tucson&MaranaYoeme(YaquiIndian)CommunitiesFlyer \nCaption: Typical home in Yoem Village\, Marana\, Arizona\, in 1936: Homes were built with railroad ties\, saguaro cactus ribs\, metal roofing and mud; R. B. Spicer photo courtesy of Felipe Molina
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/tucson-and-marana-yoeme-yaqui-indian-communities-cultural-sites-tour/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz River Park\, 1317 W. Irvington Rd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
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SUMMARY:“Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-Session Online Adult Education Class
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday evening from January 21 through April 22\, 2026\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). The requested donation of $109 ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS]\, and Arizona Site Stewards members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership. \nArchaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its 14 evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences\, dating systems\, subsistence strategies\, development of urbanization\, depopulation of different areas at different times\, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13\,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest\, the class can be taken for certification in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. (It is a prerequisite for certification in all of the AAS’s other courses offered.) Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603. \nDonations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday January 19\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20260121-0422(v1)ArchaeologyOfTheSouthwestOnlineClassFlyer \nCaption: Photo credits\, clockwise from upper left: Gwen Buttrill; Archaeology Southwest/Desert Archaeology; Bureau of American Ethnology/Cosmos Mindeleff;  University of Nevada-Las Vegas; National Park Service/Russ Bodnar
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-of-the-southwest-14-session-online-adult-education-class-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20251212T212052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T212052Z
UID:3264-1768503600-1768509000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation - “Petroglyphs\, Pottery\, and Painting in the Ancient Southwest“
DESCRIPTION:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s 20th anniversary of “Third Thursday Food for Thought” will feature “Petroglyphs\, Pottery\, and Painting in the Ancient Southwest“ by archaeologist Kelley Hays-Gilpin\, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held on Thursday\, January 15\, 2026 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (Mountain Standard Time). \nPlease join us this month in celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” public presentations series! The first presentation in the series was “Hohokam Ruins\, Reservoir\, & Canals along Silverbell Road in Marana [Arizona]” by archaeologist Arthur MacWilliams\, on January 19\, 2006! (But\, historical note: the Third Thursday series was an outgrowth of an earlier “First Mondays” series that began on November  1\, 2004 with a presentation titled “American Indian Elders: Our Birthright!” by Arizona Humanities guest speaker Evangeline Parzons-Yazzie.) \nFor this January 2026 twentieth anniversary Third Thursday presentation\, inquiring minds at Old Pueblo (and probably elsewhere) wanted to know about the similarities\, or lack thereof\, of visual imagery (aka “art”) on pottery vs rock imagery (rock paintings and engravings\, petroglyphs) in the archaeological record of the Southwest. Archaeologist and prolific author Dr. Kelley Hays-Gilpin will explore this question using design examples from across Arizona and New Mexico in the period from the earliest painted pottery on the Colorado Plateau through the 1300s\, and will discuss some ideas about what the overlaps and differences in visual design repertoire might tell us about community organization and interactions. Spoiler: textile images are important as well. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m_Clj43rRjuTCIHylJI-mQ. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260115(v1)ThirdThursday_KelleyHaysGilpin_PetroglyphsPottery&PaintingInTheAncientSouthwest \nCaption: Photos provided by Kelley Hays-Gilpin\, clockwise from upper left: Shalako petroglyph on Hopi Second Mesa; Shalako image on Sikyatki Polychrome bowl (Field Museum of Natural History); petroglyphs with textile patterns near Holbrook AZ; Cibola White Ware jar with textile design (Museum of Northern Arizona)
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation-petroglyphs-pottery-and-painting-in-the-ancient-southwest/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260110T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260110T120000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20251212T211205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T211205Z
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SUMMARY:Los Morteros Hohokam Village and Signal Hill Petroglyphs & CCC Architecture Tour
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, January 10\, 2026\, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm\, join archaeologist Allen Dart for the “Los Morteros Hohokam Village and Signal Hill Petroglyphs & CCC Architecture Tour.” This tour departs from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana – below is the link for the tour. \nTo highlight ancient and not-so-ancient people’s art and achievements\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director Allen Dart leads this tour to two exemplary archaeological sites northwest of Tucson. The first\, Los Morteros\, is an ancient village site in Marana that includes one of the largest Hohokam ballcourts known plus bedrock mortars\, other archaeological features\, and artifacts. From Los Morteros we’ll caravan into the foothills of the Tucson Mountains to the Signal Hill site\, which includes ancient spiral\, animal\, and human-like petroglyph figures created by the Hohokam as well as historic architectural features constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. Participants provide their own transportation. \nRequested donation is $45 per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday January 7\, whichever is earlier: info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20260110(v1)LosMorteros&SignalHillTour \nCaption: Some archaeological and historic features at Los Morteros and Signal Hill\, photos courtesy of Pima County\, John Scheuring\, Jordan Camp\, and https://livingnewdeal.org/ \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/los-morteros-hohokam-village-and-signal-hill-petroglyphs-ccc-architecture-tour/
LOCATION:Silverbell Rd/Linda Vista Blvd
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251218T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20251022T202249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T203237Z
UID:3248-1766084400-1766089800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Inhabitants of an Archaeological and International 'Frontier': The Precolonial History of the Santa Cruz Valley and the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands”
DESCRIPTION:Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation on Thursday\, December 18\, 2025\, featuring “Inhabitants of an Archaeological and International ‘Frontier’: The Precolonial History of the Santa Cruz Valley and the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands” by archaeologist Hunter M. Claypatch\, Ph.D. This free program via online Zoom will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. \nSouthern Arizona’s Santa Cruz River valley was one of the most important regions in the precolonial Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. In the arid Sonoran Desert\, this nearly 300-kilometer river provided an oasis for early hunter-gatherers and later sedentary populations. While the northern portion of the Santa Cruz cross-cuts present-day Tucson and has been subject to considerable archaeological research\, the majority of the river’s southern portion has been little-studied. In this presentation\, Dr. Hunter Claypatch highlights the rich cultural history of the river’s southern portion\, or Upper/Middle Santa Cruz. This portion of the river crosses the U.S.-Mexico border\, has evidence for material culture that spans several thousand years\, and served as a “contact zone” for precolonial Hohokam and Trincheras populations. \nUsing excavated ceramics\, Dr. Claypatch gives special attention to the region’s occupation between 700 and 1300 CE. During this time local inhabitants were dynamically shaped by regional cultural interactions but also created their own unique cultural florescence and forms of expression. \nDr. Hunter Claypatch is a ceramicist who has worked extensively with precolonial pottery on both sides of the U.S. and Mexico international border. He specializes in the Trincheras tradition of northern Sonora and the precolonial inhabitants of present-day Santa Cruz County\, Arizona. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0aPpBP5mQfOBSad66Tu03Q. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251218(v1)ThirdThursday_HunterClaypatch_SantaCruzValley \nCaption: San Martin Purple-on-brown jar\, Sonoita Street site (Nogales) and Nogales Polychrome bowl sherds (Paloparado site)\, photos courtesy of Hunter Claypatch
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presents-inhabitants-of-an-archaeological-and-international-frontier-the-precolonial-history-of-the-santa-cruz-valley-and-the-arizona-sonora-borderlands/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251213T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251213T120000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250930T194407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T194407Z
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SUMMARY:Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 13\, 2025\, you can learn how to make arrowheads\, spear points\, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop\, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. This workshop will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, located at 2201 W 44th Street in Tucson. A $45 donation is requested ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nLimited to six registrants. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday December 11\, whichever is earlier: info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251213(V1)ArrowheadMaking&FlintknappingWorkshop \nCaption: Some projectile points made by workshop instructor Sam Greenleaf
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/arrowhead-making-and-flintknapping-workshop-23/
LOCATION:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, 2201 W. 44th St.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85713\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251206T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T210050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T213134Z
UID:3183-1765011600-1765040400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Amerind Museum and Dragoon Mountains Pictographs Tour”
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST   On Saturday\, December 6\, 2025\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Amerind Museum and Dragoon Mountains Pictographs Tour” with archaeologists Eric Kaldahl and William Gillespie\, starting at the Amerind Museum\, 2100 N. Amerind Rd.\, Dragoon\, Arizona. This fundraising event will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm\, with participants paying their own Amerind Museum entry fee and a separate requested donation to Old Pueblo to help cover its tour expenses and support its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThe Amerind Museum\, situated amid the rugged boulder formations of Texas Canyon in southeastern Arizona’s rugged Dragoon Mountains\, was incorporated in 1937 as the Amerind Foundation on the private ranch property of Connecticut native William Shirley Fulton to support archaeological research on a major scale. Eventually the Amerind Foundation was developed into the Amerind Museum\, Library\, and Art Gallery\, which encompasses one of the finest private museum collections of ethnographic and archaeological materials in North America. \nAmerind’s best known research project is its 1959-1962 ground-breaking work in collaboration with the Mexican government at Paquimé\, northern Chihuahua\, one of the largest ancient sites in the greater Southwest\, under the direction of Amerind’s first professional director\, archaeologist Dr. Charles C. Di Peso. Amerind’s current director\, archaeologist Dr. Eric Kaldahl\, will personally guide us through the Amerind during the first part of this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center tour. \nAfter a picnic lunch at the Amerind\, we will drive in a caravan to the Dragoon Mountains’ famous Council Rocks area and West Stronghold Canyon to view ancient pictographs with Bill Gillespie\, who knows the archaeology of the region well from having been the Coronado National Forest archaeologist for 35 years. \nThe pictographs\, which show a diversity of elements\, paint colors\, and styles\, likely were painted by both Mogollon and later Apache residents. The greatest concentration of these pictographs are in the area where the great Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise is known to have lived in the 1870s. \nTour registrants are responsible for providing their own transportation\, picnic lunch\, snacks\, drinking water\, footwear and clothing appropriate for hiking\, and any lodging needed. Visiting the pictographs requires moderately strenuous hiking a little less than 2 miles over rugged\, rocky\, and brushy terrain with minimal trails. \nRegistration and Old Pueblo donation are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday December 3\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251206(v2)AmerindMuseum-DragoonMountainsPictographsTourFlyer \nCaption: Photos of Amerind Main Gallery and pictographs at Council Rocks and West Stronghold\, Dragoon Mountains\, courtesy of the Amerind and Bill Gillespie\, respectively \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/amerind-museum-and-dragoon-mountains-pictographs-tour/
LOCATION:Amerind Museum\, 2100 N. Amerind Rd.\, Dragoon\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraising Event,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251203T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T204954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T204954Z
UID:3179-1764781200-1764781200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Deadline for the 2025 Jim Click “Millions for Tucson Raffle”
DESCRIPTION:Get your raffle tickets now because Wednesday\, December 3\, 2025\, at 5:00 pm is the deadline for getting those from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the 2025 Jim Click “Millions for Tucson Raffle\,” for which the prizes are a 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX Prestige SUV valued at $54\,510 (MSRP)\, two first-class round-trip airline tickets to nearly anywhere in the world\, and $5\,000 cash. \nOn Thursday December 11\, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away a full-size 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX Prestige SUV in a raffle to raise $Millions for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona nonprofit organizations. With your contribution you could win this slick but rugged 2025 vehicle\, or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to almost anywhere in the world (some restrictions apply)\, or $5\,000 in cash! Old Pueblo Archaeology Center gets to keep all revenues from the tickets we sell\, so please get yours from Old Pueblo before we sell all the ones that have been allotted to us! The tickets are 5 for $100 or $25 per ticket\, and 100% of what you contribute to us for tickets will go directly to Old Pueblo’s education programs! \nOld Pueblo’s raffle rules: To be entered in the raffle Old Pueblo Archaeology Center must receive your request for tickets and your donation for them no later than 5 pm Wednesday December 3 so we can turn in all of our sold tickets to the raffle manager the next day. Old Pueblo must account for all tickets issued to us and must return all unsold tickets\, so advance payment for tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased through the ****PayPal “Donation” button on Old Pueblo’s www.oldpueblo.org home page or by calling 520-603-6181 to provide your Visa\, MasterCard\, Discover\, or American Express card payment authorization. Once payment is received\, Old Pueblo will enter your name and contact information on your ticket(s)\, enter your ticket(s) into the drawing\, and mail you the correspondingly numbered ticket stubs with a letter acknowledging your contribution. \nWinners consent to be photographed and for their names and likenesses to be used by the Jim Click Automotive Team and/or the Russell Public Communications firm for publicity and advertising purposes. \nFor tickets or more information about Old Pueblo’s involvement in the raffle contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. For more information about The Jim Click Automotive Team’s Millions for Tucson Raffle itself visit www.millionsfortucson.org. \nFlyer: 20251211(V1)OldPueblo-JimClickMillionsForTucsonRaffleFlyer \nCaption: A 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX Prestige SUV and other great prizes will be given away on December 11 to support Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona charities
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/deadline-for-the-2025-jim-click-millions-for-tucson-raffle/
LOCATION:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, 2201 W. 44th St.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85713\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraising Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20251022T200714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T203303Z
UID:3244-1763823600-1763830800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour”
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, November 22\, 2025\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour” with archaeologist Allen Dart. This tour will be held from 3:00-5:00 pm\, starting in the Crossroads at Silverbell District Park\, 7688 N Silverbell\, Marana\, Arizona. Archaeological investigations along Silverbell Road and in the Town of Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park revealed numerous cultural features and artifacts of the ancient Yuma Wash Hohokam village site and the turn-of-the-twentieth-century Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Executive Director Allen Dart leads this tour to portions of these sites still preserved in the district park. \nThere is a requested donation of $20 per person (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members $15)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday November 19\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251122(v1)Yuma Wash-BojórquezAguirreRanchTourFlyer \nCaption: Excavation scenes and selected artifacts encountered at the Yuma Wash site (above) and at the Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch site\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center photos
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/yuma-wash-hohokam-village-and-bojorquez-aguirre-ranch-archaeological-sites-tour-2/
LOCATION:Crossroads at Silverbell District Park\, Marana\, Marana
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250909T214644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T214644Z
UID:3210-1763665200-1763670600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“An Expedition Torn Asunder: O'odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” Presentation
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 20\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “An Expedition Torn Asunder: O’odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour\, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. \nResearch on the Coronado expedition in southeastern Arizona has revealed that the O’odham were central to the way the expedition moved across the landscape. Usually focus is on how disruptive the expedition was to Native populations\, but this presentation explores how effective forms of culturally specific O’odham resistance impacted the expedition.  Impacts were clearly reciprocal\, but the role of the O’odham has been underestimated. In her previous presentations and articles\, Dr. Seymour laid out an initial framework for interpreting documented events using new data. Further revelations are now available on the resistance mounted within O’odham and expeditionary contexts.  This presentation delves even deeper into the circumstances of the first series of contacts between the Sobaípuri O’odham and the Coronado expedition. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68TDeAIvQ8iZx0ypBFYDTw. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251120(v1)ThirdThursday_DeniSeymour_AnExpeditionTornAsunder_O’odhamResponsesToTheCoronadoExpedition \nCaption: Coronado-era copper and iron crossbow-bolt points and aglets\, copper bells from horse trappings\, and caret-head nails from various Coronado expedition sites in Arizona (Image by Deni Seymour)
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/an-expedition-torn-asunder-oodham-responses-to-the-coronado-expedition-presentation/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251102T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251102T153000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T204109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T193725Z
UID:3173-1762077600-1762097400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Park of Four Waters\, S'eḏav Va'aki\, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals\, Platform Mound\, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour”
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Sunday\, November 2\, 2025\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Park of Four Waters\, S’eḏav Va’aki\, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals\, Platform Mound\, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologists Christopher Schwartz\, Ph.D and Aaron Wright\, Ph.D\, starting at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum\, 4619 E. Washington St.\, Phoenix\, AZ. The tour will be from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm\, with a $75 requested donation per person ($60 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members)\, which covers the per-person S’eḏav Va’aki Museum and Park entry fees and supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThis tour targets archetypal sites\, artifacts\, petroglyphs\, and interpretations of southern Arizona’s ancient Hohokam/Ancestral Sonoran Desert People. In the morning\, City of Phoenix Archaeologist Dr. Christopher Schwartz will lead us into the Park of Four Waters\, where remnants of the largest precontact Hohokam canals still lie dormant and mostly undisturbed. These are the canal intakes near where they drew water out of the Salt River\, so visitors will be amazed at how big the canals are. (The longest one\, which extended 27 miles out from the river\, has a huge intake area.) Next\, Chris will lead us through S’edav Va’aki Archaeological Park where we will view a preserved Hohokam ballcourt and replicas of Hohokam pithouses before walking to the top of the Hohokam culture’s biggest platform mound (a stepped pyramid also called va’aki\, “great house”). The paved and handicap-accessible va’aki trail goes partway around the mound before it heads upslope toward the mound crest\, and has interpretive stops along the way. Once you reach the top you can view a large portion of the Salt River Valley to get a perspective on the setting in which the Hohokam lived at S’edav Va’aki. After the mound visit\, participants will have time to browse the exhibits and information in the S’eḏav Va’aki Museum before we break for a bring-your-own picnic lunch in the park’s picnic area. \nAfter lunch we will drive in a caravan to the City of Phoenix’s South Mountain Park\, where Archaeology Southwest Research Anthropologist Dr. Aaron Wright will lead us to some of the park’s outstanding precontact petroglyph sites in Pima Canyon. Aaron is the author of Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art\, Ritual Practice\, and Social Transformation\, an acclaimed study of the Hohokam petroglyphs in the South Mountains (see Old Pueblo Archaeology bulletin 77 at www.oldpueblo.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20160820141opa77_AReorientationInUnderstandingHohokamRockArt.pdf for a synopsis)\, so he will have lots to tell us about the petroglyphs there. \nParticipants are responsible providing their own transportation\, lodging\, picnic lunches\, and water. Registration and donation prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday October 29\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251102(v3)ParkOf4WatersSedavVaakiSouthMountainParkCanalsMoundMuseumPetroglyphsTourFlyer \nCaption: Top\, Park of Four Waters sign at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum; left\, a portion of the S’edav Va’aki Hohokam pyramid; right\, petroglyphs in Pima Canyon\, South Mountain Park (Photos by Allen Dart\, National Park Service\, and Aaron Wright\, respectively)
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/park-of-four-waters-se%e1%b8%8fav-vaaki-and-south-mountain-park-hohokam-canals-platform-mound-museum-and-petroglyphs-tour/
LOCATION:S’edav Va’aki Museum\, 4619 E. Washington St.\, Phoenix\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251016T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250513T000338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T000338Z
UID:3150-1760641200-1760646600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche\, Hernán Cortés\, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations”
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 16\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation will feature “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche\, Hernán Cortés\, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations” by historian Michael M. Brescia\, Ph.D. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time [same as Pacific Daylight Time]). \nDr. Michael Brescia establishes the nature and scope of biography as a tool to uncover the historical experiences of Indigenous peoples and Spaniards in the early days of cross-cultural contact and exchange\, followed by the violence of conquest\, demographic collapse of Native communities due to Old World diseases\, and the racial and cultural mixing (mestizaje) that took place in its aftermath. As an exemplar\, he will examine the lives of Malintzin – often called La Malinche in history textbooks – the Indigenous woman who served as an interpreter and was the mistress of the Spanish conquistador\, Hernán Cortés\, and how their relationship revealed the complexities of Mesoamerica and early modern Spain. \nThis presentation will not be recorded. To register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iy89B7ekS9yxQKh2_YSu-A. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20251016(v1)ThirdThursday_MichaelBrescia_ReconstructingBiographiesOfCulture&PowerInConquestMexico \nCaption: Malinche and Cortés\, Codex Durán\, 16th century\, Biblioteca Nacional\, Madrid (Image courtesy of Michael Brescia)
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presents-reconstructing-the-biographies-of-culture-and-power-in-conquest-mexico-malinche-hernan-cortes-and-the-origins-of-indigenous-spanish-relations/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251011T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250512T235413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T235413Z
UID:3145-1760194800-1760202000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, October 11\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is sponsoring the “Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour” to be led by archaeologist Allen Dart. The tour will be from 3:00-5:00 pm\, with participants meeting at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library\, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.\, Marana\, AZ. \nArchaeological investigations along Silverbell Road and in the Town of Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park revealed numerous cultural features and artifacts of the ancient Yuma Wash Hohokam village site and the turn-of-the-twentieth-century Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Executive Director Allen Dart leads this tour to portions of these sites still preserved in the district park. \nRequested donation is $20 per person (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members $15)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday October 8\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20251011(v1)Yuma Wash-BojórquezAguirreRanchTourFlyer \nCaption: Excavation scenes and selected artifacts encountered at the Yuma Wash site (above) and at the Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch site\,Old Pueblo Archaeology Center photos \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/yuma-wash-hohokam-village-and-bojorquez-aguirre-ranch-archaeological-sites-tour/
LOCATION:Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library\, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.\, Marana\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251003T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251003T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T202350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T202419Z
UID:3168-1759500000-1759507200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Archaeological Investigations in Marana's Crossroads at Silverbell District Park” In-person Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Join archaeologist Allen Dart on October 3\, 2025\, for a free in-person presentation about “Archaeological Investigations in Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park.” This will be held at the Wheeler Taft Abbett\, Sr. Branch Library Community Room\, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.\, Marana\, AZ from 2:00-4:00 pm. \nOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director\, archaeologist Allen Dart\, will give this free presentation that begins with discussion and illustration of the artifacts\, architecture\, and other material culture of southern Arizona’s ancient Hohokam culture. Mr. Dart will then discuss and illustrate the archaeological excavations that were conducted at the Yuma Wash Hohokam village site and the Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch historic site near the Abbett Library in the Crossroads at Silverbell District Park and along Silverbell Road. \nNo reservations required. For more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20251003(v1)LibraryTalk_AllenDart_ArchaeologyInMarana’sCrossroadsAtSilverbellPark \nCaption: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center photos of a Tanque Verde Red-on-brown pottery jar from the Yuma Wash Hohokam site and an aqua glass beverage bottle from the Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch historical archaeological site
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeological-investigations-in-maranas-crossroads-at-silverbell-district-park-in-person-presentation/
LOCATION:Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library\, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.\, Marana\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250927T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250927T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250127T221552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T193530Z
UID:3093-1758963600-1758988800@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Dragoon Springs Stage Station & Cochise-Howard Treaty Sites Tour
DESCRIPTION:TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST   On Saturday\, September 27\, 2025\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Dragoon Springs Stage Station & Cochise-Howard Treaty Sites Tour” guided by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour and historian Bill Mapoles. The tour will be from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and begins/ends at south side of Interstate-10 Exit 312 (Sybil Road) about 9 miles east of Benson\, Arizona. \nThis tour to the historic Dragoon Springs Stage Station and Cochise-Howard Treaty archaeological sites in the foothills of southern Arizona’s Dragoon Mountains will be led by archaeologist Dr. Deni Seymour\, whose lifelong research has focused largely on the Protohistoric and Historic period Native American and Spanish cultures of the United States’ “southern Southwest\,” and historian and firearms expert Bill Mapoles\, who is especially knowledgeable about the Dragoon Springs site. Dragoon Springs\, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, served the “Jackass Mail” and Butterfield Overland mail companies during the 1850s and 1860s\, and was the site of altercations in which construction workers and soldiers of both the Confederate and Union armies were killed\, allegedly by Apaches. Debate surrounding the burials will be incorporated into the discussion. A second site\, the Cochise-Howard Treaty location\, is where Brigadier General Oliver Otis Howard met with the Apache leader Cochise in October 1872 to negotiate the surrender and relocation of Cochise’s Chokonen Apache band. The place of that meeting\, which culminated in a peace treaty between Cochise’s band and the U.S. government\, has been published by Dr. Seymour based on photographs of unique boulder formations\, written historical descriptions of the landscape\, and archaeological evidence that she will discuss during our visit. Detailed historical accounts and archaeological investigations enrich our understanding of the location. \nThis is a fundraising tour – each registrant is asked to make a donation to help cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and support its education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Tuesday September 23. 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nCaption: Dragoon Springs Stage Station ruins (left); and Apache wickiup rings at the Cochise-Howard Treaty site\, photos by Allen Dart and Deni J. Seymour\, respectively \nFlyer: 20250927(v2)DragoonSprings_Cochise-HowardTreatySitesTourFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/dragoon-springs-stage-station-cochise-howard-treaty-sites-tour/
LOCATION:Interstate-10 at Sybil Road\, Interstate-10 at Sybil Road\, Benson\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraising Event,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250922T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250402T215810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T215854Z
UID:3133-1758528000-1758540600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites”
DESCRIPTION:Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart on Monday\, September 22\, 2025. This tour will depart at 8:00 am from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana\, Arizona. There is a $45 requested donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. \nThe 2025 autumn equinox occurs on Monday September 22\, 2025 at 11:19 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; 6:20 pm Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people’s recognition of equinoxes 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\, bedrock mortars\, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks\, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker and depict dancing human-like figures\, whimsical animals\, and other rock images made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at Picture Rocks exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox\, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight. \nRegistration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Saturday September 20\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20250922(v1)LosMorteros&PictureRocksAutumnEquinoxTourFlyer \nCaption: Equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph at Picture Rocks site\, Pima County\, Arizona\, photo by Tom Herrick
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/autumn-equinox-tour-to-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-sites-6/
LOCATION:Silverbell Rd/Linda Vista Blvd
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250918T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250807T223234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T213010Z
UID:3194-1758222000-1758227400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” Presentation
DESCRIPTION:On September 18\, 2025\, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program featuring the presentation “A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” by archaeologist Martin H. Welker\, Ph.D. This free online Zoom program will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm\,  ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nThe domestic cat (Felis catus) is both one of the most popular pets and companion animals\, and one of the least studied domesticated animals. Cats are variably portrayed as cute and fuzzy pets\, lauded for their effectiveness as mousers\, or vilified for their role in the decline and extinction of small native species. Despite their popularity and impacts on human society\, they have received relatively limited study by archaeologists. In many ways\, this likely reflects cats’ own independence and solitary nature. For much of human-cat coexistence\, cats have been left to their own devices\, hunting the mice and rats drawn to human settlements at will. As sailors began undertaking longer and longer voyages\, they came to rely on cats to keep down the mice and rats aboard ships. Because of this\, cats were likely one of the earliest Eurasian domesticates to catch sight of the New World. In this lecture we will explore the domestication of cats in the Near East\, their spread in Europe\, and their arrival in the New World. Dr. Martin Welker is the Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology for the Arizona State Museum and an Associate Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QnAgXGbISwumggNu8TEa1A. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20250918(v2)ThirdThursday_MartinWelker_ACatsTale_ComingToTheAmericas \nCaption: “Kitty on a Galleon” doctored photo of a segment of Cornelis Verbeeck’s 1650 painting “A Naval Encounter between Dutch and  Spanish Warships” in the National Gallery of Art
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/a-cats-tale-how-domestic-cats-came-to-the-americas-presentation/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250903T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20251210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250127T220644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T220644Z
UID:3090-1756924200-1765398600@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session Online Adult Education Class
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday from September 3 to December 10\, 2025 (skipping October 22)\, from 6:30-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time through Oct. 29)\, Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart will teach “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” class. This 14-session online adult education class will explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American Southwest\, which includes Hohokam origins\, subsistence and settlement systems\, social and organizational systems\, material culture including ceramics\, other artifacts\, and architecture\, interaction within and beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries\, and ideas on religion and exchange. Minimum enrollment 10 people. \nThe class meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Training\, Certification and Education program’s “Advanced Southwest Archaeology–Hohokam” course. To qualify for the AAS Certification the student must submit a brief written or video research report. The AAS basic “Archaeology of the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. For information on the AAS and its certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603. \nThere is a requested donation of $109 per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, Arizona Archaeological Society\, Arizona Site Stewards\, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include costs of recommended text (The Hohokam Millennium by Paul R. Fish and Suzanne K. Fish\, editors) or of the optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment. Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 12 pm Arizona time Tuesday September 2nd\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nCaption: Hohokam irrigation paintings by Charles O. Kemper courtesy of Salt River Project \nFlyer: 20250903-1210(v2)TheHohokamCultureOfSouthernArizonaClassFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/the-hohokam-culture-of-southern-arizona-14-session-online-adult-education-class-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250821T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T201351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T201351Z
UID:3164-1755802800-1755808200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation - “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest\, Mexican Northwest\, and Mesoamerica”
DESCRIPTION:On August 21\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program presents “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest\, Mexican Northwest\, and Mesoamerica” by archaeologist José Luis Punzo Díaz\, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm\, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nThe emergence of metallurgy\, especially copper\, took place in western Mesoamerica a little over a thousand years ago. This new type of objects was quickly appreciated by the societies of the time and integrated into long-standing exchange networks that spanned thousands of kilometers from the earliest production sites in western Mexico to the southwestern United States. In this presentation\, we will explore the exchange networks for these objects and how they changed over time\, with special emphasis on the relationships between the southwestern U.S. and Mesoamerica. Dr. Punzo Díaz has been an archaeology researcher for Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH\, the National Institute of Anthropology and History) since 2004. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HpXYeO5-T4mCAUcpW0UvZg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20250821(v2)ThirdThursday_PunzoDíaz_PrecontactCopperNetworks \nCaption: Some Mexican archaeological copper artifacts\, photos courtesy of José Luis Punzo Díaz (not all shown at the same scale)
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation-copper-networks-in-the-u-s-southwest-mexican-northwest-and-mesoamerica/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250717T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250717T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250626T200613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T200613Z
UID:3160-1752778800-1752784200@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation - “The Great Rock-Art of Chaco Canyon”
DESCRIPTION:On July 17\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program will present “The Great Rock-Art of Chaco Canyon” by rock-art specialist Jane Kolber. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m.\, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nThe reason for “The Great” in the title of this presentation is because the Chaco Canyon region has Great Rock-Art panels in addition to Great Houses and Great Roads. Hundreds of books and articles have been written about Chaco Canyon and its archaeological treasures. It is renowned throughout the world. However\, until recently Chaco rock-art has been almost completely ignored. Why is that? \nA partial answer is its invisibility. Southwestern U.S. rock-art is often created on surfaces with a dark coating\, which emphasizes the images carved into the rocks. In contrast\, very few of the cliff walls and boulders in Chaco Canyon have patinated surfaces so images on them are difficult to see. In addition\, many of the most impressive panels are located high on cliff faces where an observer rarely looks. \nIn this presentation Jane Kolber will show and discuss a nearly 30-year research project\, still on-going\, that has shown that Ancient Chaco rock-art is unadorned and dominated by the spiral and animal motifs\, that there also is significant later Navajo (Diné) rock-art in Chaco Canyon\, and that Chaco rock-art continues to be damaged. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pHJyyP3QS-esirVI7Q3VbA. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20250717(v3)ThirdThursday_JaneKolber_TheGreatRock-ArtOfChacoCanyon \nCaption: Examples of Ancestral Pueblo (outer photos) and Diné (Navajo) petroglyphs recorded during the  Chaco Reassessment Recording Project (Photos courtesy of Jane Kolber)
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation-the-great-rock-art-of-chaco-canyon/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250712T074500
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250712T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250127T215012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T193020Z
UID:3082-1752306300-1752323400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Tour of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nOn Saturday\, July 12\, 2025\, from 7:45 am to 12:30 pm\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center summer tour visits TOO-COOL University of Arizona (UA) environmental-science laboratories in Tucson – the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR). Tour guests will meet at Mercado San Agustin\, 100 S. Avenida del Convento\, Tucson\, AZ. The Tumamoc Desert Laboratory began its existence in 1903 as the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory established by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Tree-Ring Lab also has a venerable record of research in archaeology\, astronomy\, and environmental sciences\, created in 1937 by the founder of dendrochronology as a science: UA Professor of Astronomy Andrew Ellicott Douglass. Tour presenters and guides will include archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish\, the Tumamoc Lab’s Robert Villa\, and LTRR docent Donna MacEachern. The drive from the Mercado San Agustín meeting place to the Tumamoc Lab is limited to five vehicles so tour is limited to 20 people and carpooling is required. After returning to the Mercado\, all participants can take their own vehicles in a caravan to the LTRR. \nYour $35 donation for this tour ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday July 9\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nPhoto 1 Caption: Tumamoc Desert Laboratory photo from the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill website\nPhoto 2 Caption: Photo by John Kay of giant sequoia tree cross-section at The University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research \nFlyer: 20250712(v1)TumamocDesertLab-TreeRingLabTourFlyer \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/tour-of-the-desert-laboratory-on-tumamoc-hill-and-the-laboratory-of-tree-ring-research-2/
LOCATION:Mercado San Agustin\, 100 S. Avenida del Convento\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250619T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250619T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250402T214557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T233722Z
UID:3129-1750359600-1750365000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“Beyond Any One Scholar’s Expertise: The Story of the Safford Valley Grids Archaeology Project” Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation
DESCRIPTION:On June 19\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” will present “Beyond Any One Scholar’s Expertise: The Story of the Safford Valley Grids Archaeology Project” by archaeological geographer William E. Doolittle. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time\, same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nExpansive tracts of rock-bordered grids atop Pleistocene terraces north of the Gila River in the Safford Valley\, Arizona mystified archaeologists and others for nearly a century. From 1994-1998 a team of multidisciplinary scholars sought to uncover their age and function. Unlike most archaeological presentations\, this one discusses that project from the perspectives of people involved. The findings of the Safford Grids project are interesting and important\, but perhaps not as much as how this project was conceived and carried to fruition for what can only be described as bargain basement funding. \nBill Doolittle is the Erich W. Zimmermann Regents Professor Emeritus\, Department of Geography and the Environment\, The University of Texas at Austin. He has conducted archaeological and geographical research in the American Southwest and México\, authoring four books and scores of journal articles and book chapters. \nJim Neely is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology\, The University of Texas at Austin. He is recognized worldwide for his research on ancient water management in Iraq\, the Tehuacán Valley in México\, and in the American Southwest. Among his greatest discoveries were the Perron Dam caves containing the earliest evidence of maize cultivation and miles of travertine-encrusted relic canals. Jim also participated in the University of Arizona’s last archaeological field school at Point of Pines and excavated canals with Richard Woodbury at the Park of Four Waters in Phoenix. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GMkDywG9ScWx7ybhO2uL_A. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20250619(v3)ThirdThursday_Doolittle&Neely_ABiographyOfTheSaffordValleyGridsArchaeologicalProject \nCaption: Some ancient rock-bordered grids in the Safford Valley\, photo courtesy of Bill Doolittle
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/beyond-any-one-scholars-expertise-the-story-of-the-safford-valley-grids-archaeology-project-third-thursday-food-for-thought-presentation/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250614T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250614T120000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250512T234655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T234713Z
UID:3142-1749891600-1749902400@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf on Saturday\, June 14\, 2025 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. This workshop will be held at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, located at 2201 W. 44th Street\, Tucson\, AZ. \nLearn how to make arrowheads\, spear points\, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop\, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Limited to six registrants. \nRequested donation is $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday\, June 12\, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nFlyer: 20250614(V1)ArrowheadMaking&FlintknappingWorkshop \nCaption: Some projectile points made by workshop instructor Sam Greenleaf
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/arrowhead-making-and-flintknapping-workshop-21/
LOCATION:Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, 2201 W. 44th St.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85713\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250515T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250127T213650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T225706Z
UID:3079-1747335600-1747341000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Archaeological Humbugs: Exposing Frauds\, Busting Myths\, and Solving Mysteries”
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, May 15\, 2025\, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “Archaeological Humbugs: Exposing Frauds\, Busting Myths\, and Solving Mysteries” by archaeologist Kenneth L. Feder\, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm\, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). \nIs the archaeological record of North America a lot weirder than traditional researchers would have you believe? Is there\, for example\, archaeological evidence that giant human beings lived just outside of Syracuse\, New York\, in antiquity? And what do Mark Twain\, L. Frank Baum\, and P.T. Barnum have to say about it? Did a contingent of the Lost Tribes of Israel visit New Mexico\, maybe a couple of thousand years ago\, marking their presence by etching the Ten Commandments in Hebrew onto a boulder southwest of Albuquerque? Or maybe did ancient Jews leave Hebrew inscribed artifacts in an Ohio burial mound? Did Native Americans paint pictographs depicting a pterodactyl and maybe also extraterrestrial aliens in Utah? Archaeologist Kenneth Feder\, PhD\, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology\, Central Connecticut State University in New Britain\, will reveal the shocking\, hidden truth underlying these archaeological mysteries. Dr. Feder is the author of Frauds\, Myths\, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology (Oxford University Press\, 2020\, 10th edition); The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory (Oxford University Press\, 2020\, 9th edition); Native American Archaeology in the Parks (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2023); Archaeological Oddities: A Field Guide to Forty Claims of Lost Civilizations\, Ancient Visitors\, and Other Strange Sites in North America (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2019)\, and several other books. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RGsaXYHZQ6exeatF2qJ3rw. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201. \nFlyer: 20250515(v1)ThirdThursday_KennethFeder_ArchaeologicalHumbugs_ExposingFraudsBustingMyths&SolvingMysteries \nCaption: Archaeologist Ken Feder with Fremont culture petroglyph panel\, Dinosaur National Monument\, Utah (Photo provided by Dr. Feder) \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/third-thursday-food-for-thought-presents-archaeological-humbugs-exposing-frauds-busting-myths-and-solving-mysteries/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250507T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250813T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T235608
CREATED:20250127T212430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T215548Z
UID:3072-1746642600-1755117000@www.oldpueblo.org
SUMMARY:“The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-session Zoom Adult Education Class
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesdays\, May 7-August 13\, 2025 (skipping July 9th)\, Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart will be teaching the “The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” class.  This 14-session online class will explore the archaeology of the ancient Mogollon culture of the American Southwest. The class covers the history of Mogollon archaeology\, Mogollon origins\, the complex subregional Mogollon “branches\,” chronology of habitation\, subsistence and settlement patterns through time\, artifacts\, rock art\, religious and social organization\, depopulation and movement\, and descendant peoples. Minimum enrollment 10 people. \nThe class\, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, meets the requirements of the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Training\, Certification and Education program’s “Advanced Southwest Archaeology – Mogollon” course. To qualify for the AAS Certification the student must submit a brief written or video research report. The AAS basic “Archaeology of the Southwest” class is recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor. For information on the AAS and its certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603. \nRequested donation is $109 donation per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, Arizona Archaeological Society\, Arizona Site Stewards\, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members)\, which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of optional AAS membership or AAS Certification Program enrollment.  Reservations and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday May 5\, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. \nCaption: Some Mogollon pottery\, clockwise from upper left: Mimbres Black-on-white\, Four Mile Polychrome\, Reserve Black-on-white\, Mogollon Red-on-brown\, and San Francisco Red\, photos courtesy of Office of Archaeological Studies\, New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture \nFlyer: 20250507-0813(v2)TheMogollonCultureOfTheUSSouthwestFlyer
URL:https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/the-mogollon-culture-of-the-us-southwest-14-session-zoom-adult-education-class/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Class
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