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  • “Recreating Ancient Salado Pottery Workshop”

    Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park 150 Jesse Hayes Road, Globe, AZ, United States

    A 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…

  • 39th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology (SOE)

    University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, United States

    On 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…

  • 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 States

    Photo 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…

  • 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 States

    Old 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…

  • “Hard Times in Dry Lands: Apocalypse in the Ancient Southwest or Business as Usual?”

    UMC Duval Auditorium 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ, United States

    The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society meeting will feature Debra Martin. This free presentation will be held on Monday March 21, 2016 at 7:30-9 PM at Banner University Medical Center DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson. Description of presentation will be provided later. This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event. No reservations Read more…

  • “Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave and Petroglyphs”

    Pima Community College 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, AZ, United States

    Marc Severson photograph of some of the petroglyphs at Picture Rock. On Saturday March 26, 2016 (Easter weekend), in an educational adventure into Native American culture, this tour meets in Tucson (Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave) at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation for visits to the Picture Read more…

  • “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”

    Maricopa County Library, White Tank Branch 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

    Photo by Tom Herrick of an equinox "sun dagger" phenomenon on a Hohokam petroglyph in Pima County, Arizona. This free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart will be held on Monday, March 28, 2016 from 10:00 to 11:30 am at the Maricopa County Library District’s White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, Read more…

  • Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces

    Maricopa County Library, White Tank Branch 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

    Summer 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 at the Maricopa County Library District’s White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Rd., Waddell, AZ at 10-11:30 AM ; cosponsored by Read more…

  • Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop

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

    Flintknapping instructor Sam Greenleaf forming an arrowhead out of stone. Flintknapping instructor Sam Greenleaf will be conducting this workshop on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center (2201 W. 44th St, Tucson) from 9 am to noon. Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples Read more…

  • “Native in a Strange Land: The Life of Mike Burns, Indian Scout”

    Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

    This free presentation will be given by Gregory McNamee and sponsored by the nonprofit Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary (PGMA) at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 7:30-9 pm.** Mike Burns lived a long life in two worlds. Born in about 1862 into the Kwevkepaya Read more…


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