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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has made it his life's work to find out--and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest to a stunning conclusion. Weve been taught that North and South America were empty of humans until around 13,000 years ago amongst the last great landmasses on...
4) National geographic investigates ancient Maya: archaeology unlocks the secrets to the Maya's past
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
As Europe endured its Dark Ages, the Maya mapped the heavens and mastered mathematics. They constructed vast cities in jungle landscapes, leaving legacies in stone at places like Palenque and Uxmal. In overgrown sites, archaeologists now piece together this civilization with the aid of satellite technology. Modern-day experts provide windows into the Mayan world by interpreting ancient messages, inscribed for future generations.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Did a race of ancient giants once inhabit the Americas? Analyzing the historical and archaeological evidence, this title provides ample proof that our ancestors in the ancient Americas were much taller and a lot more mysterious than we imagine. Their exploits inspired the Native Americans to keep oral accounts of these mysterious giants who left behind strange artifacts, massive cities of burial mounds, and the remains of a vast copper-mining network....
6) Excavation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting; where earth-shattering discoveries -- and wealth beyond imagining -- could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown. Here where the perilous journey ends, in the cold, shrouded heart of a breathtaking necropolis; something created by Man, yet not humanly possible. Something wondrous. Something terrifying.
Author
Publisher
School for Advanced Research Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
According to archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies. This book challenges and reconfigures these accepted notions by telling two parallel stories, one about the development, personalities, and institutions of Southwestern archaeology and the other about interpretations of what actually happened in the ancient past. While many works...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Draws on recent archaeological discoveries to trace the mythical journey of Gudrid, a Viking women who was thought to have sailed off the edge of the known world more than five hundred years before Christopher Columbus made his historic journey, and explores what Viking society was like in her time and the reasons for its collapse.
10) Dig to disaster
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Miss Mallard investigates a headless demon and a series of mysterious accidents that threaten Dr. Dusty Duck's archeological expedition in the jungles of Central America.
Author
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Language
English
Description
Carved from cliffs and canyons, buried in desert rock and sand are pieces of the ancient past that beckon thousands of visitors every year to the American Southwest. Whether Montezuma Castle or a chunk of pottery, these traces of prehistory also bring archaeologists from all over the world, and their work gives us fresh insight and information on an almost day-to-day basis.
Descriptions of long-ago people are balanced with tales about the archaeologists...