People have been living in the Tucson Basin, at one time or another, for the past 12,000 years. By creating the Rio Neuvo District, Tucson has chosen to embrace the past as part of our shared cultural heritage.

There are many ways of looking at the past, and views of the past may differ from culture to culture. Hopefully the past we choose to celebrate in the Rio Nuevo District will honor this diversity of views.

The options on the left reflect the way archaeologists view the physical evidence of human life in the Tucson Basin. Choose a date or time period and explore a bit of Tucson's past.