# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros Hohokam Village
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Event Description**: Friday March 20, 2026: Marana & Tucson Mountains, AZ
        Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros Hohokam Village & Picture Rocks Petroglyph Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departing from near Silverbell Rd and Linda Vista Blvd in Marana, Arizona
        8-11:30 am. $45 donation per person ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members) supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.


Equinox “sun dagger” on spiral petroglyph
at Picture Rocks site, Pima County, Arizona,
photo by Tom Herrick

        The 2026 vernal equinox occurs on Friday March 20, 2026 at 7:46 AM Mountain Standard Time (2:46 pm Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people's recognition of equinoxes and other calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker and depict dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock images made by Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at the site exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.
        Registration and prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday March 18, whichever is earlier: info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
        IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to info@oldpueblo.org with “Send Spring Equinox Tour flyer” in your email subject line.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Marana
- **state**: AZ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Los Morteros Est
- **lat**: 32.379631
- **long**: -111.141676
- **full address**: Los Morteros Est, Marana, Arizona, United States

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- **organizer**: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center (https://allevents.in/org/old-pueblo-archaeology-center/26845253)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Los Morteros Est, Marana, Arizona, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** calendar, nonprofit
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