Lectures
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society presents timely lectures on current research in southwestern archaeology as part of the society’s monthly meeting. Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, at 7:30 PM, in the University Medical Center’s Duval Auditorium, 1500 N Campbell Blvd, Tucson. Meetings are free and open to the public.
Identity and Social Transformation in the Prehispanic Cibola World - Matthew Peeples
21 May at 7:30 pm
St. Johns Polychrome bowl from the Scribe S site in the El Morro Valley, New Mexico. Since the early days of anthropological archaeology in the Southwest, archaeologists have been fundamentally interested in relating rapid changes in settlement and material culture to transformations in cultural identity. In this talk, using data from the Cibola region of the [...] » Read more
Hands on Prehistory - Allen Denoyer
18 June at 7:30 pm
Allen Denoyer demonstrating flintknapping at Casa Grande Ruins Experimental archaeology provides a wealth of information that helps archaeologists reconstruct the past. Information gained from experimental studies is often crucial for understanding prehistoric technologies, especially those technologies that are no longer practiced by living people. In addition to providing information useful to archaeologists for an academic understanding [...] » Read more"Chacoan Immigration and Influence in the Middle San Juan" - Paul Reed
15 October at 7:30 pm
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Joshua D Reuther & Ben Potter - "Upward Sun River site: Climate change, geoarchaeology and human land use in Ice Age Alaska"
19 November at 7:30 pm
2011 Excavation at the Upward Sun River Site, interior Alaska – photo by Ben A. Potter The Tanana River Valley region in interior Alaska has one of the longest archaeological records in North America dating back to 14,000 calendar years ago, at the end of the Ice Age. Several multi-component sites including Upward Sun River, Gerstle [...] » Read more