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October 2023
Third Thursday Food for Thought Program Presents “Scientific Evidence for Tonto Basin Salado Polychrome Pottery Production and Exchange”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought program will feature “Scientific Evidence for Tonto Basin Salado Polychrome Pottery Production and Exchange” by Mary F. Ownby, PhD. This free Zoom online presentation, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time). The importance of Salado Polychrome pottery for understanding fourteenth-century population dynamics in the Southwest cannot be underestimated. This ware was…
Find out more »November 2023
Indigenous Interests Program to Feature “Wa’alupe: Yaqui Village in Phoenix Urban Sprawl”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Indigenous Interests" program will feature “Wa’alupe: Yaqui Village in Phoenix Urban Sprawl” presentation by Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui), PhD. This free Zoom online will be held on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time). Yaqui Indian families came from Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona’s Salt River Valley in the 1880s to labor in the agricultural fields, railroads, and mines. They formed their villages on the outskirts of cities. This is how Guadalupe…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Program Presents “How it All Comes Together: The Role of the State Historic Preservation Office in the Federal Preservation Network”
On Thursday, November 16, 2023 join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought” presentation “How it All Comes Together: The Role of the State Historic Preservation Office in the Federal Preservation Network” by Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn Leonard. This free Zoom online presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time). How do individual and local efforts to preserve archaeological resources relate to the federal preservation program? Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Kathryn…
Find out more »“Salado, Whatever that Means” Tour
TOUR CANCELLED Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Salado, Whatever that Means” tour with archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart on Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18, 2023. On Friday (Day 1), tour guests will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the northwest corner of the Walmart parking lot at 1695 N. Arizona Blvd., Coolidge, Arizona. The tour will end Saturday (Day 2) around 1:00 p.m. or later. Archaeologists Rich Lange and Al Dart lead this car-caravan educational tour to central…
Find out more »December 2023
“Religion on the Red Rocks Tour”
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Saturday, December 2 and Sunday, December 3, 2023, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Religion on the Red Rocks Tour” with Scott Newth and Al Dart starting at the Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona. The tour will begin on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. and end on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. A $109 donation per person is requested ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members), which…
Find out more »December 6 is the last day to get tickets from Old Pueblo for “The December 14 Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle”
OLD PUEBLO’S TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! You could win a 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor valued at $76,580, or two first-class round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the world, or $5,000 cash in “The Jim Click Millions for Tucson Raffle” on December 14! Ticket sales benefit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and other southern Arizona charities so get your tickets from Old Pueblo before 5 pm Wednesday December 6! Cost: $25 per ticket. On Thursday December 14, 2023, Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive…
Find out more »“Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites”
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Thursday, December 21, 2023, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart. Guests will depart at 8:00 a.m. from near Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. Tour will end around 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…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – ““Healing and Health in Hopi, Mayan and Andean (Yauyo) Cultures: Symbiosis with Western Medicine”
Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought presentation on “Healing and Health in Hopi, Mayan and Andean (Yauyo) Cultures: Symbiosis with Western Medicine” by anthropologist Sharonah Fredrick, PhD. This free online Zoom presentation will be held on Thursday, December 21, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time). Archaeological finds, colonial Spanish chronicles, and most importantly, the living memories of tribal elders in Central America, South America, and the American Southwest demonstrate not only extraordinary botanical…
Find out more »January 2024
“Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-Session Online Adult Education Class
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, will be held on Wednesdays from January 3-April 3, 2024. Each Wednesday evening class will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time), with a requested donation of $109 ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society , 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 the recommended…
Find out more »Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
On Saturday, January 6, 2023, join flintknapper Sam Greenleaf as he leads the “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop,” from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 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…
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