This lecture is brought to you by AAHS@Home and Zoom. It is free and open to the public but you must REGISTER HERE.  Between about A.D. 850 and 1140, the archaeology of Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico reveals the rapid construction of large communal structures where smaller settlements had existed previously and shows that […]

Our annual fall used book sale will be held in the lobby of the Arizona State Museum, Friday October 21 from 10 to 4 and Saturday October 22, from 10 to 2. Ninety percent of the proceeds go to support the Arizona State Museum. All books are half price on Saturday from 12 to 2. […]

Our annual fall used book sale will be held in the lobby of the Arizona State Museum, Friday October 21 from 10 to 4 and Saturday October 22, from 10 to 2. Ninety percent of the proceeds go to support the Arizona State Museum. All books are half price on Saturday from 12-2. We have […]

This lecture is free and open to the public but you must pre-register at: https://bit.ly/2022NovParezoREG  In 1983 I began a research project to document and honor the over 1600 women who have worked in the American Southwest between 1870 and 1940 and published articles about what they learned. We knew much about the most famous […]

This lecture is free and open to the public but you must pre-register at:     https://bit.ly/2022DecFortonREG Petrified Forest National Park, located a few hours east of Flagstaff, is world renowned for its deposits of Triassic-era petrified wood. This landscape also contains a rich cultural history, with over 10,000 years of human habitation and use preserved […]

Join us for the AAHS Winter Party and Fundraiser through Zoom Webinar to be with family, friends, colleagues and others interested in the archaeology, history and cultures of the Southwest for a celebration of who we are.    The committee has added three fun spontaneous debates for your education and entertainment that will occur during […]

THIS LECTURE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT YOU MUST CLICK HERE TO PREREGISTER The Old Leupp Boarding School was a federal Indian boarding school in operation on the southwest Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona from 1909-1942, but after the school closed, the United States War Department reused the OLBS as a Japanese Citizen Isolation Center in […]

  We will be set up in front of the Arizona State Museum during the Tucson Festival of Books on March 4th and 5th. Lots of new titles especially history and biography as well as archaeology. As always the sale supports the Arizona State Museum library. Please stop by, browse and buy.  

AAHS Used Book Sale March 4th and 5th We will be set up in front of the Arizona State Museum during the Tucson Festival of Books on March 4th and 5th. Lots of new titles especially history and biography as well as archaeology. As always the sale supports the Arizona State Museum library. Please stop […]

This event is open to the public. To register CLICK HERE Trincheras archaeological sites of northwestern Sonora (A.D. 200 – 1450) are located in the lower Sonoran Desert, along the Magdalena, Altar, and Asunción/Concepción river drainages and adjacent volcanic hills. The Trincheras tradition is characterized by terraced hill-sides with stairs, ramps, and pathways connecting the […]