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July 2023
Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “’O’odham Place Names: Meanings, Origins and Histories”
On Thursday, July 20, 2023, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought presentation featuring “’O’odham Place Names: Meanings, Origins and Histories” by Harry J. Winters, Jr., Ph.D. This free Zoom online program will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time). When he was 14 or 15 years old, Harry Winters, Jr., came across John D. Mitchell’s 1953 book Lost Mines and Buried Treasures along the Old Frontier. Mitchell’s tales…
Find out more »Tour to the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Saturday, July 22, 2023, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Archaeology, Paleontology, and Environmental Sciences Laboratories Tour” will meet in the courtyard at Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson at 8:00 a.m. The tour will end 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 the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR), both administered by The University of…
Find out more »August 2023
“The 1541 O’odham Annihilation of Vázquez de Coronado’s Southern Arizona Townsite and Other New Coronado-Era Discoveries” Online Presentation
On Thursday, August 17, 2023, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program will feature “The 1541 O’odham Annihilation of Vázquez de Coronado’s Southern Arizona Townsite and Other New Coronado-Era Discoveries” presentation by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, Ph.D. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The Arizona Coronado Project continues to astound as expedition sites are found in improbable valleys, as evidence reveals encounters with…
Find out more »“Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins in Mesoamerica and the US Southwest” Tour
TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST On Sunday, August 20, 2023, 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 1:00-2:30 p.m. with a requested donation of $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology…
Find out more »September 2023
“The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-Session Online Adult Education Class
On Wednesdays beginning September 6 through December 6 (skipping October 25 and November 22), 2023, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 12-session online adult education class will be taught by archaeologist Allen Dart. These classes will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time through Nov. 1st), with a requested $99 donation ($80 for members of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society , and Friends of Pueblo Grande…
Find out more »Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour
Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Homol’ovi and Rock Art Ranch Pueblos and Petroglyphs Tour” on Friday, September 8 and Saturday, September 9, 2023. Participants will meet at 12:00 noon on Friday at Homolovi State Park Visitor Center northeast of Winslow (from I-40 Exit 257 it’s 1.5 miles north on AZ-87). This 2-day tour will end on Saturday, September 9th at around 1:00 p.m. (or later). There is a requested donation of $109 per person ($87 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center…
Find out more »“The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites” Presentation
On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Zoom online program will feature “The Historical George McJunkin Reimagined through His Archaeological Sites” by applied anthropologist and archaeologist Brian W. Kenny. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time, same as Pacific Daylight Time). George McJunkin, who is widely known today as the original discoverer of a fossil bone deposit exposed after a devastating 1908 flood in Wild…
Find out more »“Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites”
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart will depart on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. from near Silverbell Rd. and Linda Vista Blvd., Marana. This tour will end 12:00 p.m. noon. The 2023 autumn equinox occurs on September 23 at 12:50 am Arizona/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time; Sept. 23, 6:50 am Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact…
Find out more »October 2023
“Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” Tour
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, 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. This tour will begin at 8:00 a.m. 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), and will end around 1:00 p.m. Felipe S. Molina was taught the indigenous language, culture, and history of…
Find out more »Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
On Saturday, October, 14, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, the “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf will be held at 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…
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