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  • Third Thursday Food for Thought – “University Indian Ruin: A Classic Period Center in the Eastern Tucson Basin”

    Photo of partly excavated Hohokam horno (earth oven) with heating stones, at University Indian Ruin, courtesy of Paul and Suzanne Fish. On Thursday, October 17, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner will feature “University Indian Ruin: A Classic Period Center in the Eastern Tucson Basin” Read more…

  • University Indian Ruin Archaeology Education Tour

    Photo of the excavated "Bison Room" at University Indian Ruin, courtesy of Paul and Suzanne Fish. NOW FULL - WAITING LIST AVAILABLE. On Saturday November 2, 2019 from 10 a.m. to noon, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “University Indian Ruin Archaeology Education Tour” will be held with Professors Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish. This Read more…

  • Upper San Pedro Valley Paleoindian, Petroglyphs, and Historic Sites Tour

    Mammoth remains excavated at the Naco Mammoth archaeological site in 1952, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona photo courtesy of Vance Holliday. Photo by Ron Stewart of some petroglyphs along the BLM's interpretive trail at the Millville historic and prehistoric site. TOUR FULL - WAITING LIST. On Saturday November 16, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to Read more…

  • Third Thursday Food for Thought – “Excavations at the Creekside Village Archaeological Site near Tularosa, New Mexico”

    U-Like Oriental Buffet Asian Cuisine 5101 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Photo of the Rio Tularosa, courtesy of David Greenwald. Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner on November 21, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., featuring “Excavations at the Creekside Village Archaeological Site near Tularosa, New Mexico” presentation by archaeologist David Greenwald, at U-Like Oriental Buffet Asian Cuisine, 5101 N. Oracle Read more…

  • “Sears Point, Painted Rock, and Gatlin: Patayan and Hohokam Petroglyphs and Archaeology” Tour

    Interstate 8, Exit 78, 39 miles west of Gila Bend, AZ Gila Bend, AZ, United States

    Photograph of a Sears Point petroglyph panel courtesy of Aaron M. Wright TOUR FULL - WAITING LIST. On Saturday, December 7, 2019, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s "Sears Point, Painted Rock, and Gatlin: Patayan and Hohokam Petroglyphs and Archaeology” tour will be guided by archaeologist Dr. Aaron M. Wright. This tour will start at Interstate 8 Read more…

  • Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson, AZ, United States

      Some projectile points made by flintknapping class instructor Sam Greenleaf. On Saturday, December 14, 2019, flintknapper Sam Greenleaf will be at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center (2201 W. 44th St, Tucson) teaching a workshop on arrowhead-making and flintknapping. From 9:00 a.m. to noon, learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts Read more…

  • “Feminist Theory and an Engendered Archaeology: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going”

    Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center 7101 W. Picture Rocks Rd., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Female ceramic figurine photo courtesy of Suzanne Eckert. On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner will feature a presentation titled “Feminist Theory and an Engendered Archaeology: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going” by archaeologist Suzanne Eckert, Ph.D., in the Dining Hall and Petroglyph Auditorium of Read more…

  • Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites

    Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Depart from NE corner of Silverbell Rd/Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, AZ, Marana, AZ, AZ, United States

      Photo by Tom Herrick of an equinox “sun dagger” phenomenon on a Hohokam petroglyph in Pima County, Arizona On Saturday, December 21 from 8:00 to noon, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center for the Winter Solstice tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs archaeological sites. To celebrate the Winter Solstice, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s Read more…

  • “Dragoon Springs Stage Station-Cochise/Howard Treaty Site” Tour

    Photo of Apache wickiup rings identified at the Cochise-Howard Treaty site, courtesy of Deni J. Seymour On Saturday, January 4, 2020, join us for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center‘s “Dragoon Springs Stage Station-Cochise/Howard Treaty Site" tour, which will be led by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour and historian Norman Wisner. This tour will depart at 9:00 Read more…

  • “Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” Adult Education Classes

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson, AZ, United States

    “Golden Valley” watercolor by C. Kemper depicting the Hohokam building canals to bring life-giving water to the barren desert. Beginning Wednesday, January 8 through Wednesday, March 25, 2020, archaeologist Allen Dart, RPA, will be teaching "Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona" 12-session adult education classes at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Read more…


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