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January 2024
Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation: “The Perils of Dyhydrogen Monoxide – Challenging Hembrillo Canyon 1880 Myths of the Apache Wars”
On Thursday, January 18, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation with historian Robert N. Watt, PhD, who will discuss “The Perils of Dyhydrogen Monoxide – Challenging Hembrillo Canyon 1880 Myths of the Apache Wars.” This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time). This month’s Third Thursday presenter Dr. Robert N. Watt, University of Birmingham, UK, completed his trilogy on the Victorio Campaign of 1877-1881 in 2019 after almost…
Find out more »“Archaeological Sites of the Marana Hohokam Platform Mound Community” Guided Tour
TOUR FULL - WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Archaeological Sites of the Marana Hohokam Platform Mound Community tour,” guided by archaeologists Paul and Suzanne Fish, will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024, from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon. The tour group will meet at and depart from 13961 N. Sandario Rd., in Marana, Arizona. University of Arizona archaeologists Dr. Paul R. Fish and Dr. Suzanne K. Fish lead this tour to selected archaeological sites in one of southern…
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“Badger Springs Pueblo and Petroglyphs Archaeology and Geology Tour”
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST On Saturday, February 10, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Badger Springs Pueblo and Petroglyphs Archaeology and Geology Tour” with JJ Golio and Allen Dart in Agua Fria National Monument. This tour will start at 8:30 am at Badger Springs Trailhead parking area ca. 1 mile east of Interstate-17 Exit 256 (Badger Springs), and end at 3:30 pm. Agua Fria National Monument, located approximately 40 miles north of central Phoenix, was established in 2000…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation: “Recent University of New Mexico Research at Chaco Canyon with some Background and Future”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation will feature “Recent University of New Mexico Research at Chaco Canyon with some Background and Future” by archaeologist W. H. Wills, PhD. This free Zoom online program will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2024, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, Mountain Standard Time. In Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s February Third Thursday presentation Dr. W. H. Wills, Professor of Anthropology and Regents' Lecturer, University of New Mexico, will offer a…
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Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Free Tour
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST On Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., 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. In celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) leads this tour to Vista del Rio, an ancient village of the…
Find out more »Vista del Rio Archaeological Site ENCORE Free Tour
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is providing a free ENCORE tour of the Vista del Rio Archaeological Site on Saturday March 2, 2024 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The earlier Vista del Rio Archaeological Site Free Tour from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m., celebrating Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, filled so quickly after it was announced that archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) is offering this second, same-day opportunity to tour the site from 1-3 pm. Vista del…
Find out more »“Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites”
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. The tour group will meet at and depart from Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. The 2024 vernal equinox occurs on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 8:06 pm Mountain Standard Time (Mar. 20, 3:06 am Greenwich Mean Time).…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought – “In Search of a Borderland: Archaeological Patterns of Northwest Mexico and Neighbors”
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought program presents “In Search of a Borderland: Archaeological Patterns of Northwest Mexico and Neighbors” by archaeologist Matthew C. Pailes, PhD. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). In this presentation Matthew Pailes will review recent archaeological research in Northwest Mexico, a region frequently invoked as a tierra incognita in grand schemas of continental…
Find out more »April 2024
“Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, and Camp Naco: Pictographs, Archaeology, and History” Tour
On Saturday, April 6, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, and Camp Naco: Pictographs, Archaeology, and History” tour with archaeologist Stanislava Romih and historic architect R. Brooks Jeffery. This tour will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm and will begin at the Van Deman Gate Visitor Control Center, Hatfield St., Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Located on the historic Fort Huachuca Army Post, the Garden Canyon site is a precontact American Indian settlement near where the…
Find out more »Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 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…
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