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“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians”
Red Rock State Park 4050 Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, AZ, United StatesWilliam L. Deaver photo of Hohokam Tanque Verde Red-on-brown lobed “squash” jar, smudged with fire clouds This free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart will be held at Red Rock State Park, 4050 Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Arizona from 2 - 3 PM, cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities* The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in Read more…
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Arizona Archaeology Expo
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, AZ, United StatesThe Arizona Archaeology Expo is the main event of the annual Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month in March. Held in a different community each year, the Expo features archaeology-related hands-on activities, craft demonstrations, and other fun and educational events. The theme for this year’s event is “Heritage Matters: The Past Begins Today.” The Expo Read more…
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Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, AZ, United StatesSummer solstice sunset viewed through circular window in an upper story of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. This free presentation will be given by archaeologist Allen Dart for the Arizona Archaeology Expo at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 1100 W. Ruins Drive, Coolidge, Arizona at 2:30-3:30 PM; sponsored by Arizona State Read more…
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“Our America”
Center for English as a Second Language University of Arizona, 1100 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson, AZ, United StatesThis free presentation will be given by Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Center for English as a Second Language, on the University of Arizona campus at 1100 James E. Rogers Way, Tucson at 7:00 pm.* One of our greatest historians, Dr. Felipe Fernández-Armesto discusses our Hispanic past with insight and Read more…
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Open House at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Arizona State Museum 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ, United StatesCome get to know your State Museum! On Saturday, March 12, 2016, in celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, you'll have the opportunity to meet curators, visit laboratories, and tour collections areas in the largest and busiest state-run archaeological repository in the nation. Also, browse the Friends of the ASM Collections group’s annual Read more…
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Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians
Museum of Casa Grande 110 W. Florence Blvd., Casa Grande, AZ, United StatesAn Ancient Family? Photograph by Arthur W. Vokes of Hohokam figurines carved from seashell. The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona from the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture, and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for identifying where the Hohokam lived, interpreting how they adapted to the Sonoran Desert for Read more…
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“Recreating Ancient Salado Pottery Workshop”
Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park 150 Jesse Hayes Road, Globe, AZ, United StatesA Gila Polychrome reproduction made and photographed by Andy Ward. Andy Ward will be presenting this pottery workshop from Sunday, March 13 to Thursday, March 17, 2016 at Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park, 150 Jesse Hayes Road, Globe, Arizona. This intensive five-day workshop will focus on recreating the beautiful pottery of the Salado culture that Read more…
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39th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology (SOE)
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, United StatesOn March 16-19 (Wed-Sat), 2016, the annual Society of Ethnobiology (SOE) Conference will bring together people from an extraordinarily rich variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and geographic locations, all seeking to understand the myriad interactions of human cultures with plants and animals, past and present, worldwide. It attracts academics, students, museum staff, government and non-governmental agency Read more…
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Third Thursday Food for Thought “Hohokam Rock Art, Mountain Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley”
U-Like Oriental Buffet Asian Cuisine 330 S. Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ, United StatesPhoto by Aaron Wright of a complex Hohokam petroglyph panel. This Third Thursday Food for Thought presentation will be given by archaeologist Dr. Aaron Wright on Thursday March 17, 2016 at 6-8:30 PM at U Like Asian Buffet Restaurant (330 S. Wilmot Rd., Tucson). The South Mountains in Phoenix encompass the largest concentration of rock Read more…
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Spring Equinox 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 StatesOld Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. Time: 8 a.m. to noon. Fee: $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). The 2016 vernal equinox Read more…
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