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  1. article What's Up UA? - Students Practice Excavation Skills at University Indian Ruins

    Wednesday, March 13, 2013 3:45 pm

    The average person driving through the Indian Ridge Estates neighborhood on the east side of Tucson probably doesn't give much thought to the people who lived there thousands of years before.

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  2. article Eagle Rock excavating; Resurfacing planned between River Road and Craycroft Road

    Thursday, August 9, 2012 9:08 am

    Beginning Saturday, Aug. 11, through Monday, Aug. 13, Eagle Rock Excavating will begin a resurfacing project on River Road between Craycroft Road and Calle Rosario as part of the offsite improvement agreement for the new Basis School on River Road. This portion of River Road will receive a slurry seal pavement treatment on the new right-turn lane on eastbound River Road to southbound Calle Rosario. The work and schedule is as follows:

  3. Silverbell dig's almost done

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Jeff Eighmy takes samples from the remnants of a hearth at one of the pit houses.

  4. Silverbell dig's almost done

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, A crew of five archeological field technicians excavates a pit house last week along side Silverbell road. An estimated 100 to 200 people lived in the area from 1100 to 1400 A.D.

  5. Uncovering an ancient city

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Stephanie Ratcliffe, with Desert Archaeology, scoops dirt from of an ancient Hohokam pit house at the southeast corner of Ina and Silverbell roads. A team of archaeologists was brought in to excavate the area near the Silverbell roadway project.

  6. A big dig for Twin Peaks

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, A track excavator ceremoniously breaks ground for the Twin Peaks Interchange project Monday morning. The $50.5 million project has been 15 years in the making.

  7. Ina dig reveals early irrigation practices

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Archaeologist James Vint holds a metate found during excavation at Pima County's Ina Road wastewater treatment facility. It is suspected the metate was used to grind pigments.

  8. Uncovering an ancient city

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Stephanie Ratcliffe, with Desert Archaeology, scoops dirt from of an ancient Hohokam pit house at the southeast corner of Ina and Silverbell roads. A team of archaeologists was brought in to excavate the area near the Silverbell roadway project.

  9. Uncovering an ancient city

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Desert Archaeology field supervisor Greg Whitney takes notes on a pit dig last week near Silverbell and Ina roads.

  10. Silverbell dig's almost done

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Rob Ciaccio, the site's crew chief, takes a closer look at a cross-section from a dried-up water canal unearthed during the archeological dig near Cortaro and Silverbell roads.

  11. Silverbell dig's almost done

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Archeology field technician Estee Rivera last week sifted through gravel from one of dozens of pit houses along Silverbell Road. Archeologists have about two weeks to finish their work.

  12. Uncovering an ancient city

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, A shell that had been fashioned into a bird-shaped bead was found along Silverbell Road. The Hohokam used similar trinkets for trading with other settlers throughout the Southwest.

  13. Uncovering an ancient city

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Marana Cultural Resources manager Su Benaron (left) and Debbie Swartz, of Desert Archaeology, sift through a wheelbarrow filled with thousands of artifacts from the archaeological dig near the Silverbell road project.

  14. article Silverbell dig's almost done

    Tuesday, October 7, 2008 11:00 pm

    Only about two weeks remain for the archeological dig along Silverbell Road.

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  15. article ROAD CLOSURE - Mona Lisa and Magee

    Thursday, January 5, 2012 4:09 pm

    Starting Monday, January 9, through Friday, January 13, 2012, the Pima County Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation Authority and their contractor Ashton Company will be closing Mona Lisa Road at Magee Road starting at 8:00 am to excavate the intersection and prepare the intersection for paving.

  16. article Road report

    Wednesday, December 22, 2010 12:00 am

    University of Arizona

  17. article Road report

    Tuesday, June 8, 2010 11:00 pm

    Twin Peaks Road at Coachline Boulevard

  18. article What's up UA - Arizona State Museum hosts Archaeology Camp for adults

    Friday, July 27, 2012 10:41 am

    Campers are working on organizing and cataloging thousands of pottery specimens during the week-long camp.

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  19. article Marana dedicates its Silverbell road, sewer improvements

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:00 pm

    Marana celebrated completion of the Silverbell sanitary sewer interceptor and roadway improvement project at a recent ribbon-cutting.

  20. article ˆCouncil approves town center to surround Hohokam preserve

    Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:00 pm

    April 12, 2006 - The development plan for the Vistoso Town Center got final approval from the Oro Valley Town Council in an April 5 council meeting that also gave approval to a fare increase for the Coyote Run transportation service.

  21. article Road report

    Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:00 pm

    Oro Valley pavement work

  22. article Uncovering an ancient city

    Tuesday, July 1, 2008 11:00 pm

    The white-colored outlines of rectangular shapes could very well be the markings of a construction site, albeit one that was undertaken more than 700 years ago.

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  23. article Briefly

    Wednesday, January 2, 2013 4:00 am

    Vote in the explorer’s 2013 best of the Northwest

  24. article This week in Arizona history

    Tuesday, September 9, 2008 11:00 pm

    On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1916, Glendale and Phoenix were flooded when the Arizona, Grand and Maricopa canals were breached by flood waters.

  25. article On the surface, it's a road project

    Tuesday, September 7, 2010 11:00 pm

    On the surface, reconstruction of La Cañada Road from Calle Concordia to Ina is a $13.2 million road improvement.

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