Publication Subvention Grants Deadline 2023
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) is pleased to announce the 2023 competitive subvention grant program for AAHS members. The purpose of this program is to provide money in […]
Applicants sought for Kiva Editor for Volumes 91-93. For details go to the Kiva page under the Publications Menu
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) is pleased to announce the 2023 competitive subvention grant program for AAHS members. The purpose of this program is to provide money in […]
Cultural chronologies in the desert basins of the Southwestern U.S. rely on radiocarbon dates and ceramic sequences that are limited in terms of resolution. More precise dating methods, such as dendrochronology, have not been traditionally applied here due to the limited number of datable trees in arid locales.
Join us for a private tour of San Xavier del Bac led by Starr Herr-Cardillo. San Xavier’s spectacular baroque interior and ambitious dome and vault construction make it a unique […]
Distributed amidst the petroglyphs at three of the largest Ancestral O’odham (Hohokam) petroglyph sites in Southern Arizona are assemblages of boulders that resonate when struck producing distinct bell-like sounds. The visual traces of sound-making on large bell rocks and adjacent bedrock indicate they were not only chimed with percussion strikers to resonate with sound but also were abraded with a grinding motion to produce volumes of sound.
For over 100 years, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society has supported the archaeology and history of the US Southwest and Northern Mexico in many ways. One of the most […]
Join AAHS on December 9th, from 10:00 am- 11:30 am for a tour of the Murray Springs Clovis Kill Site north of Sierra Vista. The site is one of the […]
Lectures are offered in a hybrid format, presented in person at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Building ENR2, Agnese Nelms Haury Lecture Hall, Room 107, and simultaneously through Zoom. […]
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society and Arizona Archaeological Council sponsor the annual Julian D. Hayden Paper Competition, named in honor of long-time southwestern scholar Julian Dodge Hayden. The winning […]
The 2024 AAHS Winter Party will take place at Fort Lowell Park, Ramada 2 near the Fort Lowell Museum, on Saturday, January 20th. This year, the party will include walking […]
This annual $5,000 grant honors two of AAHS’s benefactors: Carryl B. Martin and F. Lewis Orrell Jr. whose bequests to the Society made this award possible. A single grant of […]