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Grade 5-8. One of the earliest prehistoric European sites found, Skara Brae is located on the coast of one of Scotland's Orkney Islands. It was inhabited from 3100 to 2500 B.C., then abandoned; the settlement lay buried for centuries until it was uncovered by a storm in 1850. In an accessible and interesting manner, Arnold describes the finding of the village, as well as what its excavation has shown about daily life in the Stone Age. She also discusses nearby tombs and stone circles. The book's format is straightforward with abundant and appealing full-color photographs (the Arnolds seem to have happened upon a rare period of sunny weather). Olivier Dunrea's Skara Brae (Holiday, 1986) is illustrated with clear drawings, but is fictionalized and is for slightly younger children.?Pam Gosner, formerly at Maplewood Memorial Library, NJ
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 4^-7. This handsome book introduces the ancient village of Skara Brae on Scotland's Orkney Islands. Inhabited from 3100 to 2500 B.C., Skara Brae lay buried by shifting sands until uncovered by a storm in 1850. Today the site includes the stone walls of several small, interconnected houses buttressed by mounds of midden (trash mixed with soil and plant matter) that are overgrown with grass. As Arnold describes the ruins and the neolithic culture they suggest, she carefully distinguishes between what is known and what is surmised about the people who lived at Skara Brae. Brightening nearly every page, full-color photographs show details of Skara Brae as well as its idyllic surroundings and other nearby neolithic sites such as a burial mound, a cooking rough, and two Orkney monuments of giant standing stones. The photos' clear images, subtle colors, and pleasing compositions give the book its pervasive sense of beauty. A well-crafted presentation. Ilene Cooper
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Grade 5-8. One of the earliest prehistoric European sites found, Skara Brae is located on the coast of one of Scotland's Orkney Islands. It was inhabited from 3100 to 2500 B.C., then abandoned; the settlement lay buried for centuries until it was uncovered by a storm in 1850. In an accessible and interesting manner, Arnold describes the finding of the village, as well as what its excavation has shown about daily life in the Stone Age. She also discusses nearby tombs and stone circles. The book's format is straightforward with abundant and appealing full-color photographs (the Arnolds seem to have happened upon a rare period of sunny weather). Olivier Dunrea's Skara Brae (Holiday, 1986) is illustrated with clear drawings, but is fictionalized and is for slightly younger children.?Pam Gosner, formerly at Maplewood Memorial Library, NJ
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 4^-7. This handsome book introduces the ancient village of Skara Brae on Scotland's Orkney Islands. Inhabited from 3100 to 2500 B.C., Skara Brae lay buried by shifting sands until uncovered by a storm in 1850. Today the site includes the stone walls of several small, interconnected houses buttressed by mounds of midden (trash mixed with soil and plant matter) that are overgrown with grass. As Arnold describes the ruins and the neolithic culture they suggest, she carefully distinguishes between what is known and what is surmised about the people who lived at Skara Brae. Brightening nearly every page, full-color photographs show details of Skara Brae as well as its idyllic surroundings and other nearby neolithic sites such as a burial mound, a cooking rough, and two Orkney monuments of giant standing stones. The photos' clear images, subtle colors, and pleasing compositions give the book its pervasive sense of beauty. A well-crafted presentation. Ilene Cooper
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