The trip will begin mid-morning on Saturday with a visit to Casamero Ruin and the Dittert Site, two Chacoan Outliers located near Grants, New Mexico (about a 7 hour trip for Tucson) although far smaller than the Great Houses of Chaco Canyon, these two sites illustrate the architectural characteristics and settlement patterns that link over […]

This field trip is free and open to the public but you must preregister. Click here to Preregister.  Hidden in the sierras of Baja California, in some of the most forbidding terrain, are thousands of brilliantly painted images and deeply etched petroglyphs that have survived for centuries in remote caves and shelters. Designated as a […]

This field trip has been CANCELLED This upcoming AAHS field trip is a walking tour through the historic Willo Neighborhood, located near Midtown Phoenix. The Willo neighborhood contains outstanding examples of early 20th century residential architecture. Phoenix experienced rapid growth in the 1920s, leading to a construction boom of new homes, including a series of […]

Our December field trip will be lead by retired Forest Archaeologist Bill Gillespie to tour of the Marijilda Site in the Safford Basin. This site is a large masonry pueblo founded in the 1300s by Ancestral Pueblo migrants. Marijilda has never been formally excavated, but features over 40 rooms, three plazas, a diverse ceramic assemblage, […]

Representatives of the Friends of Kentucky Camp and Coronado National Forest will be leading a tour of the Kentucky Camp Historic District located approximately an hour and a half southeast of Tucson, near the community of Sonoita. Beginning in the 1870s the eastern hills of the Santa Rita Mountains were the site of extensive gold […]

Join us for a trip to Silver City and the Mimbres Valley led by Mimbres scholar Pat Gilman. We will plan to spend Friday and Saturday nights in Silver City. For those who are able to arrive in Silver City before 3:30 on Friday, there is the option of visiting the Mimbres pottery collection (probably the […]

Bob Graham, a local Phoenix architect with expertise in historic preservation, will be leading a walking tour of the historic Roosevelt Neighborhood in downtown Phoenix. Roosevelt is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and features a wide variety of historic commercial and residential structures. This neighborhood encapsulates the growth and development of Phoenix […]

Join the Arizona Archeological and Historical Society for a two-day in-depth tour of Southern Sinagua sites in the Verde Valley. Ken Zoll, director emeritus of the Verde Valley Archaeology Center (VVVAC) will provide an all-day tour event focused on Southern Sinagua sites. On day two, Lucas Hoedal, Montezuma Castle National Monument Archaeologist, will provide a […]

 Join AAHS for a 2-day in-depth tour of historic sites from Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Village. State Park Rangers, Forest Archeologists, Grand Canyon National Park Historical Architects, and NAU Archeology Field School Director and graduate students will provide insight into sites in northern Arizona. Highlights will include a tour of the historic Milton site in […]

Join AAHS current president and retired Arizona State Museum Archaeologist, Rich Lange, for a 2-day tour of the Ancestral Puebloan sites at Homolovi State Park and petroglyphs at Rock Art Ranch. Rich conducted survey and research at Homolovi from 1983-2008. On Sunday, September 10th, the group will meet at noon at Homolovi State Park. This […]