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September 2025
The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” 14-session Online Adult Education Class
Each Wednesday from September 3 to December 10, 2025 (skipping October 22), from 6:30-8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time through Oct. 29), Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart will teach “The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona” class. This 14-session online adult education class will explore the archaeology of the ancient Hohokam culture of the American Southwest, which includes Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction…
Find out more »“A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” Presentation
On September 18, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program featuring the presentation “A Cat’s Tale: How Domestic Cats Came to the Americas” by archaeologist Martin H. Welker, Ph.D. This free online Zoom program will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). The domestic cat (Felis catus) is both one of the most popular pets and companion animals, and one of the least studied domesticated animals. Cats are variably…
Find out more »“Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites”
Join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Autumn Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart on Monday, September 22, 2025. This tour will depart at 8:00 am from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. There is a $45 requested donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. The 2025 autumn equinox occurs on Monday September 22, 2025 at…
Find out more »Dragoon Springs Stage Station & Cochise-Howard Treaty Sites Tour
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Saturday, September 27, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Dragoon Springs Stage Station & Cochise-Howard Treaty Sites Tour” guided by archaeologist Dr. Deni J. Seymour and historian Bill Mapoles. The tour will be from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and begins/ends at south side of Interstate-10 Exit 312 (Sybil Road) about 9 miles east of Benson, Arizona. This tour to the historic Dragoon Springs Stage Station and Cochise-Howard Treaty archaeological sites in the foothills…
Find out more »October 2025
“Archaeological Investigations in Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park” In-person Presentation
Join archaeologist Allen Dart on October 3, 2025, for a free in-person presentation about “Archaeological Investigations in Marana's Crossroads at Silverbell District Park.” This will be held at the Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Branch Library Community Room, 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Marana, AZ from 2:00-4:00 pm. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's executive director, archaeologist Allen Dart, will give this free presentation that begins with discussion and illustration of the artifacts, architecture, and other material culture of southern Arizona's ancient Hohokam culture.…
Find out more »Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop
On Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, you can learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native…
Find out more »Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour
On Saturday, October 11, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is sponsoring the “Yuma Wash Hohokam Village and Bojórquez-Aguirre Ranch Archaeological Sites Tour” to be led by archaeologist Allen Dart. The tour will be from 3:00-5:00 pm, with participants meeting at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Marana, AZ. Archaeological investigations along Silverbell Road and in the Town of Marana’s Crossroads at Silverbell District Park revealed numerous cultural features and artifacts of the ancient Yuma Wash Hohokam village…
Find out more »Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche, Hernán Cortés, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations”
On Thursday, October 16, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation will feature “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche, Hernán Cortés, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations” by historian Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time ). Dr. Michael Brescia establishes the nature and scope of biography as a tool to uncover the historical experiences of Indigenous peoples and Spaniards…
Find out more »November 2025
“Park of Four Waters, S’eḏav Va’aki, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals, Platform Mound, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour”
TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Sunday, November 2, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Park of Four Waters, S'eḏav Va'aki, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals, Platform Mound, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologists Christopher Schwartz, Ph.D and Aaron Wright, Ph.D, starting at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ. The tour will be from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, with a $75 requested donation per person ($60 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members), which covers the…
Find out more »“An Expedition Torn Asunder: O’odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” Presentation
On Thursday, November 20, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's "Third Thursday Food for Thought" presentation will feature “An Expedition Torn Asunder: O'odham Responses to the Coronado Expedition” by archaeologist Deni J. Seymour, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Research on the Coronado expedition in southeastern Arizona has revealed that the O'odham were central to the way the expedition moved across the landscape. Usually focus is on how disruptive…
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