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Archaeologists Uncover Iowa City's Beginnings on UI campus

Iowa Public Radio
Published February 11, 2014 at 5:36 AM CST
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Project archeologists sift through dirt in a heated tent set up in Hubbard Park.
Durrie Bouscaren / Iowa Public Radio
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Project Lead Melody Pope (left) and Educaction Director Elizabeth Reetz sift through recent finds at the Office of the State Archaeologist.
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Pope holds a piece of glass found on the site, thought to be a broken piece of whale-oil lantern.
Durrie Bouscaren / Iowa Public Radio

Construction on the University of Iowa campus has uncovered the foundations of homes dating back to Iowa City’s earliest settlers.

Archeologists are now racing against the clock to dig out what they can at the Hubbard Park site, as Iowa Public Radio’s Durrie Bouscaren reports. 

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