We live in a state with deep, dramatic human roots — and Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month offers an opportunity to connect with people of the distant past. Events throughout March ...

Patiently digging for several minutes, Alexa Hankish, 9, discovered the jaw of what appeared to be a coyote’s skull. The great discovery didn’t stop her search for more artifacts, and while squatting ...

Money or history? Culture or expediency? When it comes to Arizona’s underfunded State Parks, the choice seems to be trampling our archaeological legacy in favor of some niceties visitors will pay for ...

With its movie theater, chain restaurants, new car dealerships and retail stores, Mesa Riverview is about the last place you’d expect to find evidence of an ancient culture. But buried beneath the ...

Sedona is a place of legend, fantasy and lore. Situated in the upper Sonoran Desert of Northern Arizona, the town has become like a mythical siren, luring adventurers to deep canyons and high buttes.

It was a September morning in 2020, and Deni Seymour, an archeologist, was searching for artifacts along the Santa Cruz River near Nogales. She had been exploring the area a few months, looking for ...

Willow Bend Environmental Education Center is celebrating Arizona Archaeology Month with three events Saturday, March 19. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Willow Bend will have free hands-on archaeology ...

Petroglyphs, the Instagram posts of an earlier civilization, abound in the Kaibab National Forest. And one of the most popular sites around these parts — for good or ill — is the Keyhole Sink ...

PHOENIX — A Tempe street improvement project is back on track after operations were paused for several years following the discovery of a 1,200-year-old Native American site in the construction area.

Books will be all around the University of Arizona this March. This is because the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society are in support of the Arizona State Museum organizing the Benefit Book ...

WASHINGTON — The construction of President Trump’s border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could damage — or even destroy — up to 22 archaeological sites at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in ...