ARCHAEOLOGY (Gr 5-8)
This is a Certificate Course.
You will be awarded an Archaeology 'certificate of program completion' after obtaining a grade of 80% or higher.


SECTION I:   In this series, young scientists have archaeological adventures as they travel the earth searching for treasure, discovering dinosaur bones, and uncovering ancient mysteries.  If you have ever day-dreamed about discovering a lost city that no one ever knew existed, or finding a set of ancient footprints and trying to solve the mystery of who (or what) left them, then this is the career for you. Hop aboard a time machine and visit ancient worlds, mysterious ruins, and famous archaeological digs. Not only is Archaeology an exciting series, it also tells how archaeologists find and study the clues that tell us all about prehistoric eras.  You'll be getting a head start on the science courses you'll take in high school by learning how scientists think and work as they solve the puzzles of the past.

SECTION II:   Readers can analyze soil, make an oil lamp like those used by the Greeks and Romans, and emulate the work of Mary Leakey, who estimated the height of ancient animals by examining fossilized footprints: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past by Richard Panchyk. Each chapter offers an overview of a historical epoch then describes the pioneering efforts of archeologists who, in later years, worked to uncover the period. This survey will be useful to students intrigued by the science of uncovering the past or merely looking for another source for report material.  Twenty-five projects such as making a surface survey of a site, building a screen for sifting dirt and debris at a dig, tracking soil age by color, and counting tree rings to date a find teach kids the techniques that unearthed Neanderthal caves, Tutankhamun's tomb, the city of Pompeii, and Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire. Students will delight in fashioning a stone-age tool, playing a serialization game with old photographs of cars, "reading" objects excavated in their own backyards, and using patent numbers to date modern artifacts as they gain an overview of human history and the science that brings it back to life.

SECTION III:   The Eyewitness series is the best thing to happen to reference books since the encyclopedia was invented, and this volume on archaeology is no exception. Lushly illustrated with the crispest, most detailed full-color photographs imaginable, this book makes archaeology look fun and interesting. Twenty-six two-page spreads cover everything from the basics ("Why Excavate?") to the mysterious ("Mounds and Monuments") to the gruesomely cool ("Human Remains").  Topics are global, from Pompeii to the American Southwest.  This series is like visiting a museum of archeology, and adults will get as much out of it as student.  This series touches on aspects of archaeology in many locations around the world.  Each double-page spread examines one or two concepts: preservation and decay, excavation, clues to the past, human remains, fakes and forgeries, etc. Full-color photographs are scattered across the spreads with brief, museumlike labels that offer tidbits of random.

SECTION IV:   A comprehensive reference series geared toward curious young people with an interest in archaeology or anthropology. It's packed with great photographs and illustrations. The series introduces human evolutionary concepts as background for a chronological sequence of significant archaeological discoveries. Well-written chapters cover introductory subjects such as "What Is Archaeology," "When Did It Happen," "Saving Our Heritage," "Underwater Archaeology," and "Ethnoarchaeology." More specific treatments of the advent of agriculture and the ancient civilizations of India, Egypt, Greece, and Mexico show how we get clues about the daily lives of our ancestors. Excellent photographs bring the subject matter to life, from the mammoth-bone houses of ancient Ukraine to the gardens of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. Thorough and intricate, this series will help an inquisitive student explore the fascinating world of archaeology. For anyone looking for report topics covering the most significant finds of the 19th and 20th centuries, this will be the place to start. Especially worthwhile are the descriptions of various forms of dating materials, ranging from tree rings to carbon 14 to thermoluminescence. Subsequent chapters deal with some of the more famous excavations: Pompeii, Stonehenge, the tomb of Tutankhamun, and the prehistoric cave paintings of France and Spain. The greatest value to young researchers, however, will be the chapters that treat lesser known but just as fascinating discoveries such as the city of Mohenjodaro on the Indus River, one of the first cities to have developed a comprehensive system of plumbing, or the only Viking settlement uncovered in North America at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. The stunning full-color photographs and illustrations found on every page will entice browsers of a wide age group, but the text is sophisticated.




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