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  • Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”

    El Molinito Mexican Restaurant 10180 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Some pueblo rooms exposed during recent excavations at the Elk Ridge site: photograph courtesy of Barbara Roth On Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 6-8:30 pm, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner presentation will feature “New Insights into Mimbres Pueblo Communities: Excavations at the Elk Ridge Site” by archaeologist Barbara Roth at Read more…

  • “Ventana Cave, Rock Art & Tohono O’odham Children’s Shrine”

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

    Ancient pictographs inside Ventana Cave. On Saturday, February 18, 2017 from 6 am to 4 pm, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will sponsor a car-caravan educational tour with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from Tucson at the Park & Ride parking lot at I-10 and Ruthrauff Rd. at 6 am (northeast corner of the I-10 westbound Frontage Read more…

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

    Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite) site 1317 W. Irvington Rd., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Pascua Yoeme community circa 1938, photograph courtesy of the Southwest Center, The University of Arizona On Saturday, February 25, 2017, from 8 am to noon, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center will lead a car-caravan cultural sites tour with Yoeme historian Felipe S. Molina, starting at Bwe'u Hu'upa (Big Mesquite) site, 1317 W. Irvington Road, Tucson (on 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, March 11, 2017 from 9 am to 12 noon, there will be an “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf  at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,  2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in Tucson Unified School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Read more…

  • Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought”

    U-Like Oriental Buffet Asian Cuisine 330 S. Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Examples of ancient southwestern Patayan, Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblo Native American pottery; courtesy of Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Museum, and Amerind Foundation Museum. On Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 6-8:30 pm, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner presentation will feature “Ancient Southwestern Native American Pottery” by archaeologist Allen Read more…

  • “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site” Tour

    Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson, AZ, United States

    An artifact made from Laevicardium seashell at the Vista del Rio archaeological site in Tucson. On Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 9-10 am, in celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director) will lead this free tour of Vista del Rio, an ancient village of the Read more…

  • “Third Thursday Food for Thought”

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

    Footprints of a forgotten era about 2,500 years ago along the Santa Cruz River; photo by Maggie Evancho, SWCA Environmental Consultants. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner will feature the presentation “Footprints along the Santa Cruz: 3,000 Years of Farming Where the Rillito Meets the River” Read more…

  • “Petrified Forest Petroglyphs and Pueblos”

    Unnamed Venue Holbrook, AZ, United States

    David Daniel photographs of petroglyphsin the Martha’s Butte, Patio House,and Puerto Pueblo localities ofPetrified Forest National Park(For more David Daniel photos visit http://www.photosofrockart.com/arizonapetrified.html) TOUR FILLED. WAITING LIST! On April 23-29, 2017 (Sunday-Saturday), join a car-caravan tour with archaeologist Dr. William Reitze and rock art photographer David Daniel, departing from Petrified Forest National Park Visitor Center, Read more…

  • “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”

    Phippen Museum 4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott, AZ, United States

    Summer solstice sunset viewed through circular window in an upper story of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (Photo by Allen Dart) On Saturday, July 22, 2017, archaeologist Allen Dart will present "Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces" at the Phippen Museum, 4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott, Arizona, from 1-2:30 pm.  Read more…

  • “Third Thursday Food for Thought”

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

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" on Thursday, September 21, 2017, 6-8:30pm will feature archaeologist Dr. Aaron M. Wright who will present “Hohokam/Patayan to O'odham/Yuman: The Cultural Landscape of the Lower Gila River.” The lower Gila River is a complicated cultural landscape. Though for many this remote region in southwestern Arizona is Read more…


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