Welcome to our New Board Members
Eric Klucas – AAHS President
Mattie Tigges – Communications Officer
Barbara Mills – Board Member
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 and premier example of Spanish Colonial art and architecture in the United States. This tour will cover the history of San Xavier del Bac, with […]
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 important ways is helping to fund research conducted by students and colleagues. I know you are getting bombarded this time of year by others asking […]
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 few excavated Clovis sites in North America. The Clovis culture dates from 12,000-14,000 years ago and is a Paleo-American culture characterized by large fluted projectile […]
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. Join in Person or Join by Zoom To register for the Zoom presentation, click the button below: Register Here Archaeological data provide the only direct […]
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 entry will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and publication of the paper in Kiva, The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History.
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 tours, lunch, a professional panel for students and young professionals, and a keynote, with a happy hour to follow. The schedule is as follows: 9:30AM–10AM: […]
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 $5,000.00 will be given annually to a high-quality archaeological or historical research project that focuses on significant questions in the Southwest United States or Northwest […]
AAHS annually awards Research Grants up to $1,000 and Travel Grants up to $500.00. Proposals are accepted between January 1st and February 15th.
CHOOSE HOW YOU WILL ATTEND Join us in person at the University of Arizona Environmental Resources Bldg. # 2 Room 107, Agnese Nelms Haury Lecture Hall, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85719 No registration is required Parking is easy! The 6th Street Parking Garage is right next to ENR2 on the east. There […]
