Events
Ronald Towner – “The Forests and the Trees: Sourcing Construction Timbers at Aztec Ruins, New Mexico”
Obtaining materials from distant landscapes is a hallmark of the Chacoan world. For great houses in Chaco Canyon such as Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl, flaked stone, ceramics, and other raw materials were unavailable locally. The movement of materials into Chacon Canyon, and around the Chacoan sphere, has fascinated archaeologists for decades. Large construction timbers, […]
Tour of the University of Arizona Tree Ring Laboratory
Bannister Tree Ring Laboratory 1215 E Lowell St, Tucson, ArizonaJoin us for a tour of the world's first laboratory dedicated to dendrochronology, or tree-ring science. Learn how dendrochronology solved the secrets of the southwest by dating pueblo sites in 1929. What can trees tell us about fire history? What can we learn about past societies from trees? Can trees help us develop strategies for dealing […]
AAHS Used Book Sale
Arizona State Museum 1013 E University Ave, Tucson, AZ, United StatesAAHS will hold their annual book sale to benefit the Arizona State Library on Friday October 12 from 11 am to 5 pm and Saturday October 13 from 10 am to 3 pm. This year will include a large number of books donated by the estate of Lex Lindsay. Prices are very reasonable, many a […]
J. Homer Thiel – “A drear bleak, desolate place” The Archaeology of the Court Street Cemetery”
Drawing of a decorative plaque from the 1905 Chattanooga Coffin Company catalog. An identical plaque was found on a recently excavated coffin in the Court Street Cemetery. The village of Tucson’s council closed the National Cemetery (also called the Alameda-Stone Cemetery) in 1875 and opened a new graveyard at the southwest corner of N. Stone […]
Rock Art of the Silver Creek Area of Arizona
Trip full - waiting list only A distinctive and intriguing style of rock art, known as Palavayu Linear Style, is found around Silver Creek in northeast Arizona between Snowflake and Woodruff. Palavayu, a Hopi term meaning “red river,” is a name applied to several style designations of a kind of rock art that is only […]
Casa Grande Ruins Back Country Tour
Casa Grande National Monument 1100 W Ruins Drive, Coolidge, AZ, United StatesTRIP FULL - WAITING LIST ONLY November is the perfect time to visit the iconic Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, the nation’s first archaeological preserve. On Saturday, November 10, we will take in the four story “Great House”, built by Hohokam in the 14th century, and then walk into the park’s backcountry area that is […]
Nancy N. Odegaard – “Our Human Heritage: A conservators participation with Kennewick, poisons, and repatriation “
NAGPRA provides a process for museum and federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items. Nancy Odegaard has been involved with the repatriation process at the Arizona State Museum since the law was enacted. She was also entrusted with the remains known as the Kennewick Man, the remains known as Lucy, and was influential […]
The CCC and Saguaro National Park West
Saguaro National Park Red Hills Visitor Center 2700 N Kinney Road, Tucuson, United StatesFrom 1933 to 1941 the Civilian Conservation Corps was extremely active in what was to become Saguaro National Park. Their work provided the opportunity to develop a usable public park at a time when the economy wouldn't have supported it. The CCC workers built roads, trails and five picnic areas with ramadas, fire pits, tables and […]
Holiday Party and Research Slam
Come Celebrate Research! Monday, December 17th 6:00 pm Petroglyphs, 228 S. Park Ave in the Lost Barrio Bring a dish to share. The drinks are on us. The AAHS Holiday Party and Research Slam is being revived and will be hosted again at Petroglyphs in the Lost Barrio just south of Broadway on Park Ave. […]