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The intriguing hilltop archaeological sites known as ?cerros de trincheras span almost three millennia, from 1250 BC to AD 1450. Archaeologists have long viewed them as a unitary …
Best known for its cactus-studded deserts and the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon, Arizona boasts even more natural features that surprise visitors and continue to amaze longtime …
Deep in the heart of the Sonoran Desert lies an oasis of ebony mountains, golden poppies, stately saguaros and the organ pipe cactus, "a prickly octopus turned on its head." A …
Empowered examines Arizona's recent political history and how it has been shaped and propelled by Latinos. It also provides a distilled reflection of U.S. politics more broadly, …
In November of 1977, Terry Lee Farmer, a white inmate at Arizona State Prison in Florence, walked up to black prisoner Waymond Small in front of sixty witnesses and stabbed him in …
As you wind your way up the Catalina Highway, it doesn t matter whether you?re a first-time visitor or a native Tucsonan; you know you?re on the way to someplace special.The Santa …
For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold of Geronimo. For others, they are a birdwatcher's paradise. But the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona are more …
Cities in the arid West would not be what they are today without water and the technology needed to deliver it to users. The history of water development in Arizona goes hand in …
Published more than forty years ago, The Desert Smells Like Rain remains a classic work about nature, how to respect it, and what transplants can learn from the longtime residents …
For thirty years, the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School at Grasshopper a 500-room Mogollon pueblo located on what is today the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in …