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February 2025
“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” Car-caravan Cultural Sites Tour
On Saturday, February 8, 2025, 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 the Santa Cruz River Park ramada at 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on south side of Irvington just west of the Santa Cruz River). The tour will last from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm with a requested donation of $35 per person ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation “The Closest Neighbors of Paquimé”
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online program featuring the presentation “The Closest Neighbors of Paquimé” by archaeologist Paul Minnis, PhD. This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). Paquimé, also known as Casas Grandes, was one of the major pre-Hispanic centers in the US Southwest and northwestern Mexico. Despite the historical neglect of this site and its surrounding region by archaeologists, researchers…
Find out more »March 2025
Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Free Tour
RESERVATIONS CLOSED On Saturday, March 1, 2025, from 9:00-11:00 am, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Free Tour” guided by archaeologist Allen Dart at the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson. To celebrate Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers this free tour by its executive director, archaeologist Allen Dart, to Vista del Rio – an ancient village that was inhabited between…
Find out more »Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
On Saturday, March 8, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop" will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, at 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson. 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…
Find out more »Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites
TOUR FILLED - WAITING LIST Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart on Thursday, March 20, 2025, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. Guests will be departing from near Silverbell Rd. and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. The 2025 vernal equinox occurs on Thursday March 20, 2025 at 2:01 am Mountain Standard Time (9:01 am Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation “Crossing the Akimel to Snaketown: The Ancestral Connection to Modern Day O’Odham”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “Crossing the Akimel to Snaketown: The Ancestral Connection to Modern Day O’Odham” by archaeologist Reylynne Williams (Akimel O’Odham). This free Zoom online program will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The O’Odham village of Snaketown is located on the Gila River Indian Community and situated north of the Gila River within the respective District Four Stotonic Community. When Akimel O'Odham archaeologist…
Find out more »April 2025
“An Incredible Family History Unearthed: How a Search for the Past Can Redefine the Present and Future” Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program featuring “An Incredible Family History Unearthed: How a Search for the Past Can Redefine the Present and Future” by historian Blanca Carrasco. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time). Blanca Monica Marina Garza Enriquez Espinoza Perez Crispin Tijerina Cortez Salinas, who was born in Torreón, Mexico and has lived in El…
Find out more »May 2025
Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Archaeological Humbugs: Exposing Frauds, Busting Myths, and Solving Mysteries”
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). Is 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…
Find out more »June 2025
Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
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. 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…
Find out more »“Beyond Any One Scholar’s Expertise: The Story of the Safford Valley Grids Archaeology Project” Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation
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). Expansive 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…
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