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Journey to the Ice Age: discovering an ancient world
Par Peter L. Storck. 2004
Archaeologist's autobiographical account of fieldwork in Ontario that revealed early human settlements near the Great Lakes. Senior curator of the…
Royal Ontario Museum discusses his thirty-year career, including his study of stone-knapping techniques and painstaking work uncovering and correlating artifacts, and describes the challenges Paleo-Indians faced 11,500 years ago. 2004Every bone tells a story: Hominin discoveries, deductions, and debates
Par Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw. 2010
Discusses the scientific knowledge derived from four human ancestors: Africa's Turkana Boy, Portugal's Lapedo Child, Washington state's Kennewick Man, and…
an Italian glacier's Iceman. Covers these fossil skeleton discoveries and examines both deductions based on advanced laboratory-technology findings and ongoing archaeological debates. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2010American archeology uncovers the Dutch colonies (American archaeology)
Par Lois Miner Huey. 2010
Discusses archaeological finds at sites in New York and Delaware colonized by the Dutch between 1609 and 1664. Explains what…
scientists have learned from the garbage of ordinary settlers who lived in forts, towns, and farms. For grades 4-7. 2010If stones could speak: unlocking the secrets of Stonehenge
Par Marc Aronson, National Geographic Kids. 2010
Traces the history of archaeological excavation at 4,500-year-old Stonehenge in England. Discusses a Madagascar scientist's belief that the circle of…
stones was a memorial to the dead, rather than a temple, and British archaeologists' subsequent work to substantiate that opinion. For grades 5-8. 2010The lost tombs of Thebes: life in paradise
Par Zahi Hawass, Zahi A Hawass, Sandro Vannini. 2009
Egyptologist examines noblemen's tombs--including advisers to the pharaohs, an army commander, an architect, and palace officials--from the New Kingdom (approximately…
1550 to 1100 BCE). Discusses the excavation of these newly discovered tombs and details of daily existence and religious beliefs derived from their murals. 2009Las profecías mayas (Best seller (Debolsillo (Firm)))
Par Maurice Cotterell, Gilbert Cotterell. 2010
An author and a scientist explore the Mesoamerican civilization of the Maya. They analyze Mayan history, cosmology, and astronomy, with…
an emphasis on concepts of time and the predictions that the world will end in 2012. Translated from English. Spanish language. 2009Before Columbus: the Americas of 1491
Par Charles C. Mann. 2009
Portrays Native American societies in North, Central, and South America--their governments, agriculture, trade, and engineering feats. Discusses the age of…
the "New World," the military success of Europeans against larger armies, and whether the Americas were really a wilderness. Based on 1491 (DB 61198). For grades 5-8. 2009Three stones make a wall: the story of archaeology
Par Eric H. Cline, Glynnis Fawkes. 2017
Eric Cline is an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience. Though archaeology began as an amateur pursuit,…
over the last century, it has become a cutting-edge science. In his newest book, Cline shares stories of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries, as well as addressing the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? And Who gets to keep what is found?Texas Gulf Coast stories (American chronicles : a History Press series)
Par C. Herndon Williams. 2010
The middle Texas coast, known locally as the Coastal Bend, is an area filled with fascinating stories. From as early…
as the days of Cabeza de Vaca and La Salle, the Coastal Bend has been a site of early exploration, bloody conflicts, legendary shipwrecks and even a buried treasure or two. However, much of the true history has remained unknown, misunderstood and even hidden. For years, local historian C. Herndon Williams has shared his fascinating discoveries of the area's early stories through his weekly column, "Coastal Bend Chronicle". Now he has selected some of his favorites in Texas Gulf Coast Stories. Join Williams as he explores the days of early settlement and European contact, Karankawa and Tonkawa legends and the Coastal Bend's tallest of tall talesFrom the marbled halls of the Library of Congress to the depths of Fort Knox, the secret wartime journey, in…
1941, of America's priceless founding documents, including original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address, is expertly toldAn introduction to the study of Southwestern archaeology (The Lamar Series in Western History Ser.)
Par Alfred Vincent Kidder, Douglas W. Schwartz. 2000
Kidder's study, a classic of New World archaeology, remains unsurpassed as a summary of Pueblo archaeology. It provides an excellent…
guide to historic and prehistoric sites of the Southwest, as they were known at the time, as well as a preliminary account of Kidder's excavation at Pecos. Kidder was pioneering in approaches to the study of potteryRiddle of the bones: politics, science, race, and the story of Kennewick Man
Par Roger Downey. 2000
The discovery of Kennewick Man, who was buried on the banks of the Columbia River over 9,000 years ago, set…
off a free for all that lasted for years. Disputes arose among scientists, Native Americans, and the federal government with bruising resultsNative Seattle: histories from the crossing-over place (Weyerhaeuser environmental books)
Par Coll Thrush, Coll-Peter Thrush. 2007
Native Americans greeted the settlers who founded Seattle, and have been part of the fabric of the city ever since.…
The author uses Native American oral traditions and place names to show how they viewed the land and adapted to urbanizationTheir skeletons speak: Kennewick man and the Paleoamerican world
Par Sally M. Walker, Douglas W. Owsley. 2012
On July 28, 1996, two young men stumbled upon human bones in the shallow water near the shore of the…
Columbia River. Was this an unsolved murder? What was the story behind the skeleton? For grades 6-9Plunder of the ancients: a true story of betrayal, redemption, and an undercover quest to recover sacred Native American artifacts
Par Lucinda Delaney Schroeder, Lucinda Schroeder. 2014
An undercover investigation to recover sacred Native American artifacts. Illegal trafficking in tribal artifacts for huge sums of money peaked…
in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1998. Schroeder's task was to bring criminals--at all levels--to justice, and to recover the artifacts and return them. Forces were at work to undermine--even destroy--her mission. Contains some strong languageNative universe: voices of Indian America
Par Kevin Gover. 2008
Indian scholars, writers, and leaders celebrate their cultural heritage through three main topics: "Our Universes" examines the diversity of beliefs…
and ceremonies, "Our Peoples" probes historical events such as the arrival of Christopher Columbus, and "Our Lives" offers stories and poems on contemporary identity. 2008Spokane & the Inland Empire: an interior Pacific Northwest anthology
Par David H. Stratton. 2005
Digging Deep: How Science Unearths Puzzles from the Past
Par Laura Scandiffio. 2019
Poisons, ice men, and graves, oh my! Every archeological find adds to our understanding of the world, but sometimes a…
discovery is made that is so startling and different that it changes the way we view history. Digging Deep showcases the most exciting examples of these lost puzzle pieces and how recent advances in science brought them to light. From the new clues about life in the Stone Age gleaned from Ötzi the Ice Man, to new opinions about King Richard III’s villainous reputation deduced from the discovery of his long-lost tomb, Digging Deep is full of fascinating examples of how modern science has disrupted the status quo. Sidebars and illustrations with easy-to-follow explanations of radio-carbon dating, DNA, and other scientific topics provide further reading to satisfy readers with an interest in STEM.The murder of King Tut: the plot to kill the child king : a nonfiction thriller
Par James Patterson, Martin Dugard. 2009
Research into the life and death of eighteen-year-old Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen, the stepson of Queen Nefertiti. Discusses Tut's marriage…
to his half sister and suggests reasons for his demise. Details the activities of British Egyptologist Howard Carter, who discovered Tut's tomb in 1922. Bestseller. 2009Written in bone: buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
Par Sally M. Walker. 2009
Discusses forensic scientists' examination of Chesapeake Bay colonial-era skeletons to determine gender, ethnicity, age, social status, and cause of death.…
Explains the procedures used to identify a teenaged boy, a ship's captain, a wealthy family, an African slave girl, and an indentured servant. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2009