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April 2024
Third Thursday Food for Thought Zoom Presentation: “Interaction on the Northern Mogollon Frontier: Perspectives from the Cañada Alamosa”
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “Interaction on the Northern Mogollon Frontier: Perspectives from the Cañada Alamosa” by archaeologist Karl W. Laumbach. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The Cañada Alamosa is a spring-fed canyon located on the northeastern edge of the Mimbres Mogollon world. The Ojo Caliente or Warm Spring supplies 2,000 gallons per…
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“The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-Session Online Adult Education Class
Beginning May 8 to August 7, 2024, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will have “The Mogollon Culture of the US Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart. These classes will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time) each Wednesday. There is a requested donation of $109 per person ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “’Of Noble Kings Descended’: Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest”
On Thursday May 16, 2024, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" presentation will feature “’Of Noble Kings Descended’: Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest” by archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, PhD. The free Zoom online program will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m., ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Early Spanish and Mexican records may have much to tell us about the ancient Southwest. Those records, of course, recount events and conditions of their times, but many…
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“Overview of Hohokam Pottery Wares and Types” Online Adult Education Class
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen Dart will be teaching "Overview of Hohokam Pottery Wares and Types" on Tuesdays, June 11, 18, and 25, 2024. This three-session Zoom adult education class will be held from 4:00-5:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time) each Tuesday. Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart teaches this class in three 1½-hour sessions to familiarize participants with the main kinds of pottery found in southern Arizona archaeological sites of the Hohokam culture. The…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “The Gypsum Overlook Paleo-Archaic Archaeological Site in New Mexico’s White Sands”
On Thursday, June 20, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Zoom online program featuring the presentation “The Gypsum Overlook Paleo-Archaic Archaeological Site in New Mexico’s White Sands” by archaeologist Matthew Cuba, MA. This free online program will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time - same as Pacific Daylight Time. Gypsum Overlook is an archaeological site on southern New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, situated in the Tularosa Basin on the eastern shore of…
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“Tour of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research”
On Saturday, July 13, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Tour of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.” The tour group will meet at 7:45 a.m. in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson, AZ. The tour will end back at this same location around 12:30 p.m. This Old Pueblo Archaeology Center summer tour visits two TOO-COOL environmental-science laboratories in Tucson – the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “Envisioning a Cultural Landscape”
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Zoom online program featuring the presentation “Envisioning a Cultural Landscape” by cultural astronomy researcher Greg Munson. This free online presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time - same as Pacific Daylight Time). Greg Munson (Society for Cultural Astronomy in the American Southwest) will discuss new ways to record, document, and visualize the cultural landscape of the Greater American Southwest. The program emphasizes…
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Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf will be held on Saturday, August 10, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson, AZ. There is a $35 requested donation to participate ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points,…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “An Embarrassment of Riches: Tree-Ring Dating and the (Mis-)Interpretation of Southwestern Archaeology”
On Thursday, August 15, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Zoom online program featuring the presentation “An Embarrassment of Riches: Tree-Ring Dating and the (Mis-)Interpretation of Southwestern Archaeology” by archaeologist Stephen E. Nash, PhD. This free online presentation will be held from 7:00-8:00 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time - (same as Pacific Daylight Time). In December 1929, National Geographic Magazine published new tree-ring dates for a small, select group of archaeological sites in the American Southwest.…
Find out more »“Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” Guided Tour at Tucson Museum of Art
On Saturday, August 31, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” tour led by Mary Jo McMullen and Allen Dart at Tucson Museum of Art (TMA), 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson. This tour will be held from 1:00-3:30 p.m. with a requested donation of $25 ($20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Sidestepping Tucson’s…
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