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December 2024
Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Chichilticale in 1539: The Long-Sought Coronado Expedition Site in Arizona”
On Thursday, December 19, 2024, please join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online program featuring the presentation “Chichilticale in 1539: The Long-Sought Coronado Expedition Site in Arizona” by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, PhD. This free Zoom online presentation is from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). Chichilticale has been the most sought-after site of the Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Expedition in Arizona. One reason for this is because it was a named place that was…
Find out more »Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites”
On Saturday, December 21, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart. This tour will depart from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona at 8 am and will last until 12:00 noon. There is a requested donation of $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members), which helps cover Old Pueblo’s tour expenses and supports its education…
Find out more »January 2025
“Encore Chukui Kawi/Cerro Prieto ֍ Inscription Hill ֎ Pan Quemado: Yoeme Sacred Mountain, Hohokam Trincheras, and Petroglyphs” Car-caravan Cultural Sites Tour
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Encore Chukui Kawi/Cerro Prieto ֍ Inscription Hill ֎ Pan Quemado: Yoeme Sacred Mountain, Hohokam Trincheras, and Petroglyphs” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina and archaeologist Allen Dart, will be held on Saturday, January 4, 2025 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Guests will meet at McDonald’s restaurant, 13934 N. Sandario Rd., Marana, Arizona (near Interstate 10 Exit 236). There is a donation request of…
Find out more »“San Pedro Valley Paleoindians, Petroglyphs, and Prospectors” Archaeology and History Tour
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST On Saturday, January 11, 2025, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (or later), join the “San Pedro Valley Paleoindians, Petroglyphs, and Prospectors” archaeology and history tour with Vance Holliday, Merle Kilpatrick, and Allen Dart. This tour is sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Tucson, and Friends of the San Pedro River (FOTSPR), and will be starting in Sierra Vista, Arizona. A suggested donation of $50 per person ($45 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “If the Shoe Fits: Subarctic-style Moccasins and the Apachean Journey from the Northern Dene Homeland to the Precontact Southwest”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “If the Shoe Fits: Subarctic-style Moccasins and the Apachean Journey from the Northern Dene Homeland to the Precontact Southwest” by HDR Archaeologist Kevin P. Gilmore, PhD. This free online Zoom presentation will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). The timing and routes taken by the ancestors of the modern Ndee (Apache) and Diné (Navajo) on their journey south from…
Find out more »“Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-Session Zoom Adult Education Online Class
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Allen Dart will be teaching “Archaeology of the Southwest,” a 14-session online adult education class, beginning Wednesday evening January 22, 2025 through April 23, 2025. These Wednesday evening classes will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). The requested donation is $109 ($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…
Find out more »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…
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