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

    Interstate-10 at Sybil Road Interstate-10 at Sybil Road, Benson, United States

    Photo of Apache wickiup rings identified at the Cochise-Howard Treaty site, courtesy of Deni J. Seymour On Saturday, December 1, 2018, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Dragoon Springs Stage Station and Cochise-Howard Treaty Site" tours (Coronado National Forest) guided by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour and historian Norman Wisner. This tour will depart from south side Read more…

  • Jim Click’s 2018 “Millions for Tucson Raffle” Grand Prize is a Jeep Grand Cherokee

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

    March 4, 2018: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is participating in the 2018 “Millions for Tucson Raffle, which features a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit SUV as the grand prize! Tucson’s Jim Click Automotive Team will give away this sought-after vehicle in a raffle to raise millions of dollars for Old Pueblo and other southern Arizona Read more…

  • Third Thursday Food for Thought – “300 Years After His Death Father Kino’s Sonora and Arizona Missions Live On”

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

    Mission church at Santa Ana Viejo, Sonora, Mexico, viewed from inside a nearby gazebo. Photo by Allen Dart. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Third Thursday Food for Thought dinner presentation will feature "300 Years After His Death Father Kino's Sonora and Arizona Missions Live On" by Father Greg Adolf. This special presentation and dinner will be Read more…

  • “Prehistory of the Southwest” Class

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

    Beginning Tuesday, January 15, 2019 and each Tuesday following through March 19, 2019, archaeologist Allen Dart will be teaching "Prehistory of the Southwest" classes at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, located at 2201 W. 44th St., Tucson, AZ (at Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., 1/2-mile north of John Read more…

  • Third Thursday Food for Thought presentation “Stalking the Lieutenant: The 1871 Juh-Cushing Ambush Site”

    Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant 5252 S. Mission Rd., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Lieutenant Howard Bass Cushing, photo courtesy of Arizona Pathfinders On Thursday, January 17, 2019, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center presents "Third Thursday Food for Thought" dinner featuring the presentation "Stalking the Lieutenant: The 1871 Juh-Cushing Ambush Site” by Dr. Deni J. Seymour. This free presentation will be held from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at Karichimaka Mexican Read more…

  • “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” Tour

    Santa Cruz River Park 1317 W. Irvington Rd., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Pascua Yoeme community circa 1938, photograph courtesy of the Southwest Center, The University of Arizona TOUR FILLED - WAITING LIST. On Saturday, February 2, 2019, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will host the “Tucson and Marana Yoeme (Yaqui Indian) Communities” car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme traditional culture specialist Felipe S. Molina. This tour will meet Read more…

  • “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” Tour

    Park & Ride lot at I-10/Ruthrauff Rd. or 3160 N. Toltec Rd. (Eloy) AZ, United States

    Ancient pictographs at Ventana Cave. On Saturday, February 16, 2019 join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave” car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart, departing at 6:00 am from Tucson at the Park & Ride parking lot at I-10 and Ruthrauff Rd. (northeast corner of the I-10 westbound Frontage Road Read more…

  • “Third Thursday Food for Thought” Presents “Layering Diverse Relationships to Place: A View from the Top of Inscription Rock”

    Karichimaka Mexican Restaurant 5252 S. Mission Rd., Tucson, AZ, United States

    “Paso por aqui” pictograph created in 1605 by Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate on Inscription Rock, now part of El Morro National Monument, photograph by Kelsey Hanson. On Thursday, February 21, 2019, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" dinner featuring the presentation “Layering Diverse Relationships to Place: A View from the Read more…

  • Old Pueblo Archaeology at Science City at Tucson Festival of Books

    University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, United States

    Entrance to last year's Science City at Tucson Festival of Books. Photograph by Rigoberto H. Valencia, courtesy of the University of Arizona. During the Tucson Festival of Books, March 2 & 3, 2019, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will have a free science and activity station at Science City, located at the University of Arizona Mall Read more…

  • Mayor’s Office Proclaims March 2019 as “Old Pueblo Archaeology Month”

    Tucson City Hall 255 W. Alameda St., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Seal of the City of Tucson On Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the biweekly Tucson Mayor and Council meeting, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild will read a Mayoral Proclamation declaring: WHEREAS, Tucson’s many archaeological and historic cultural resources manifest our city’s heritage as the oldest continuously occupied community in the United States; and WHEREAS, March is Read more…


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