“WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ARROWHEAD VERSUS A PROJECTILE POINT?” That’s a pretty common question heard in the Archaeology Wing of the Cave Creek Museum.  What regular people call [...]

The Sweet Family only resided in Cave Creek from 1945 through 1949, but in those four years, George Sr and his wife Mary, daughter, Lyn and son George Jr., [...]

The Cave Creek Museum is proud to house and exhibit an extensive collection of prehistoric pottery, much of it collected from local and regional sites, at first by interested [...]

You may have heard of Harper’s Bazaar and Harper’s Weekly, but what about Harper’s Young People? Harper’s Young People was a children’s magazine that was published over 100 years ago.  The first issue [...]

This unusual pitcher with a dog effigy or figurine for a handle is called a St. John’s Polychrome, manufactured around A.D. 1150 to 1300.  It’s one of the White [...]

February’s artifact is a cast iron toy locomotive found at the Ocotillo Road site in Cave Creek.  The property is now a private residence. When the archaeologists began working [...]

February’s artifact features wedding apparel which is only fitting since February is when we celebrate love. Our exhibit includes delicate slippers dating from 1845 plus a wedding veil and [...]

To celebrate Archaeology Month in Arizona, we selected one of the Museum’s beautiful prehistoric pots for the Artifact of the Month exhibit. The displayed pot is a type called [...]