Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Presents Two Great Events!

March 6: Free Archaeological Site Tour in Tucson  

From 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, archaeologist Allen Dart (M.A. Arizona, 1983) leads Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Vista del Rio Archaeological Site” free educational tour at the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park, 7575 E. Desert Arbors St. (at Dos Hombres Road), Tucson. Vista del Rio was a village of the Hohokam archaeological culture inhabited between 1000 and 1150 CE. Reservations are required by 5:00 p.m. March 4: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org. Learn more about the event with this flyer from Old Pueblo. 

Archaeologist Lekson Discusses Mimbres vis à vis Hohokam, Chaco, and Casas Grandes Cultures

Archaeologist Steve Lekson presents “Mimbres in Context: Hohokam, Chaco, Casas Grandes” via Zoom for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s March 18, 7:00–8:30 p.m. MST Third Thursday Food for Thought dinnertime series. Southwestern New Mexico’s ancient Mimbres people were interesting not only for their famous pottery but also as “players” in the ancient Southwest’s larger cultural context of Hohokam up to about 1000 CE, Chaco from 1000 through 1150, and the run-up to Paquimé/Casas Grandes from 1150 through 1250. The Zoom registration link is https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SX6CKc5dTxGpCHJEuhfc2g; view the event flyer here.

Anthro News Digest date: 02/19/2021