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Rock Art and Archaeology of Ventana Cave
Pima Community College 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, AZ, United StatesPhoto by Allen Dart of Ventana Cave, from the inside looking out. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is offering this early-morning carpool tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National Historic Landmark site on Saturday February 20, 2016. During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil Read more…
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“To Shake or Not to Shake: A New Interpretation of a Devastated Foreign Landscape Depicted at Luxor Temple”
Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United StatesThis free presentation will be given by Danielle Phelps, sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America’s Central Arizona Society and the Arizona Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, at 6:00 PM.* On the exterior western wall of Luxor Temple is a carved battle scene amongst Read more…
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“Oasis, Coast, and Mountain: Land/Waterscapes of Culture and History in the Arabian Gulf”
Tucson Marriott University Park 880 E. 2nd St., Tucson, AZ, United StatesThis free presentation will be given by Professor Steven C. Caton at the 24th annual Sabbagh Lecture at Tucson Marriott University Park, 880 E. 2nd St., Tucson at 7:00 PM.* Our idea of the Arabian Peninsula might be that of an uninhabited (and inhospitable) desert but this obscures a more complex reality encompassing desert oasis, Read more…
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“Vesicular Basalt Provisioning Practices among the Prehistoric Hohokam of the Salt-Gila Basin, Southern Arizona”
Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United StatesThis free presentation will be given by Craig M. Fertelmes as part of the 5th Annual Arizona Scitech Festival at the Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix at 1:00 PM.* Discover the process of how prehistoric peoples of the Salt-Gila Basin in Arizona acquired vesicular basalt for the manufacture of grinding tools, such Read more…
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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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