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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Explores scientists' efforts to study the ancient bodies revealed by the modern receding of glaciers around the world and examines how these studies reveal more about the Earth as it was thousands of years ago. Includes full-color photographs and further reading sources.
Author
Publisher
Capstone High-Interest Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes ice mummies, how they are formed, some of the most famous ice mummies, where they were found, how scientists study them, and what they can teach us about the past.
4) Iceman
Publisher
Nght, LLC and WGBH Education Foundation
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
He's been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last 20. Yet Otzi the Iceman, the famous mummified corpse pulled from a glacier in the Italian Alps, continues to keep many secrets. Now, through an autopsy like none other, scientists will attempt to unravel mysteries about the ancient mummy, revealing not only the details of Otzi's death but also an entire way of life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title takes readers up into the Otzal Alps to the place Otzi the iceman was discovered. Fascinating and historical images, maps, and more facts complete this title. This series is at a Level 3 and is specifically written for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards." --
Author
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From discovery to excavation, explore the story of each dig. Learn who the important leaders were and what techniques they used. Investigate how their findings have changed our understanding of history. Delve into these discoveries and uncover secrets of the past!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
In 1991 The world was electrified by the chance discovery of the body of a man trapped in a glacier in the Otztaler Alps on the Austrian-Italian border. The corpse was almost perfectly preserved. Preliminary tests showed that this was the body of a Neolithic hunter who died some 5,300 years ago. The results of further investigations have been awaited with great excitement throughout the world. In The Man in the Ice, Dr. Konrad Spindler, the leader...