Dig deep through centuries of history to find out the secrets archaeology can reveal. Fascinating insights into daily life, from farming and food to clothing and jewelry, as well as stories of rulers, religion, and conflict, can be gained at sites around the world. This book explores an exciting selection of archaeological greats, including the buried Roman city at Pompeii, the discovery of the splendors of Tutankhamen's tomb, early American settlement at Cahokia, and battlefield archaeology at Little Bighorn.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Reviewed with Richard Platt's Communication.
Gr. 4-6. Combining high-interest topics with colorful, eye-catching graphics, these sweeping surveys in the Kingfisher Knowledge series are tailor-made for hooking middle-graders, casual browsers, and reluctant older readers. In Archaeology, Barnes talks up the excitement of hands-on study of the past in a whirlwind tour of renowned finds, from Catal Huyuk to Great Zimbabwe. Platt offers quick looks at communications media, from bee dances to DVDs, before closing with vague comments on the perils of censorship and advertising. In both volumes, text blocks and big color photos or reconstructed scenes occupy roughly equal space on topical spreads, which are grouped into chapters, each of which concludes with a terse chapter summary plus sparse assortments of book citations, URLs, and brief definitions of relevant careers. Despite a predictable skimpiness of detail, plus a few factual errors (the screw in an image of Gutenberg's press is threaded the wrong way), these make potentially popular, if not quite essential, additions. John Peters
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
About the Author
Trevor Barnes is an award winning presenter of many BBC Television documentaries on the subject of religion, as well as BBC World Service news broadcasts, radio shows, and live chat shows. He is also the author of several books including Archaeology in the Kingfisher Knowledge series, The Wounded City, a book about the people of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a biography of Terry Waite, Man With A Mission.
Popular actor and history enthusiast Tony Robinson is the presenter of the BBC's archaeology series Time Team.
Popular actor and history enthusiast Tony Robinson is the presenter of the BBC's archaeology series Time Team.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A nice introductory book for young readers,
By
This review is from: Archaeology (Kingfisher Knowledge) (Hardcover)
This is the sort of book that excites students and encourages them to dig deeper, great for engaging classroom discussions about civilizations of the past. The photo layout is excellent and the graphics, maps and models are wonderfully informative. The easy-to-read text is adequate for general overviews but has not been carefully edited - some glaring typos (like the "3000 A.D." Mesopotamia on page 11) make me doubt the accuracy of the reporting. That said, this reasonably-priced book is still an excellent choice for elementary and middle school libraries, and casual and beginning researchers will find this book scintillating and inspiring.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Informative Book!,
By Lynn Ellingwood "The ESOL Teacher" (Webster, NY United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Archaeology (Kingfisher Knowledge) (Hardcover)
Despite some typos, there is some really good information in the book. I like the way it covers the world and leads up to a more modern era. Archeology has had an important effect on the world and its knowledge about the past.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Archaeology is partially about things but mostly about people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Rose, Angkor Wat, Qin Shi Huangdi, Sutton Hoo, Howard Carter, Native American, Palace of Knossos, Templo Mayor, Bronze Age, Great Zimbabwe, Machu Picchu, Mexico City, Middle East, Stone Age New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Archaeology is partially about things but mostly about people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Rose, Angkor Wat, Qin Shi Huangdi, Sutton Hoo, Howard Carter, Native American, Palace of Knossos, Templo Mayor, Bronze Age, Great Zimbabwe, Machu Picchu, Mexico City, Middle East, Stone Age New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 5
books:
- Valley of the Kings by Elizabeth E. Carter on page 31
- Pompeii and Herculaneum (Digging Up the Past) by Peter Hicks on page 52
- Awesome Archaeology (Knowledge) by Nick Arnold on page 16
- Archaeology: Discovering the Past by John Orna-Ornstein on page 16
- The Valley of the Kings (Digging for the Past) by Stuart Tyson Smith on page 52
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
