Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities

by Richard Panchyk

Overview

This activity book features 25 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, teaches kids the techniques that unearthed Neanderthal caves, Tutankhamun’s tomb, the city of Pompeii, and Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire. Kids will delight in fashioning a stone-age tool, playing a seriation 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556523953
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Series:	Chicago Review Press For Kids Series , #13
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	372,165
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Richard Panchyk is coauthor of Engineering the City. He holds a master’s degree in anthropology and has taught college-level archaeology.

What People are Saying About This

Natale, Kathryn

This is an excellent book for young people.
— Garvies Point Museum

Vetter, John

A very approachable version of humankind's discovery of its own past.
— Department of Anthropology, Adelphi University

Editorial Reviews

Kids will dig . . . this book.

Circle Reader

Attractive volume

Courier-News

Clear and fascinating to read

Colorado Kaleidoscope

An enjoyable history lesson and science project all in one

Today's Librarian

Much more than a run-of-the-mill activity guide.

Science News

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 in Archaeology for Kids: 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. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Gr 5-9-In a comprehensible, often-conversational text well larded with small photos, engravings, and diagrams, Panchyk presents an introductory overview of the field, including methodology, a basic run-through of eras, information boxes on interesting sidelights, and activities perfect for classroom reinforcement. Not an in-depth source by any means, this survey will be useful to students intrigued by the science of uncovering the past or merely looking for another source for report material. For the teacher looking for resources to create an archaeology curriculum, or to spice up an ancient history unit already in place, it will be valuable. In the hands of enthusiastic adults, and combined with other less textbookish works, such as W. John Hackwell's Digging to the Past (Scribner's 1986; o.p.), Michael Avi-Yonah's Dig This! How Archaeologists Uncover Our Past (Runestone, 1993), or Xavier Hern ndez's handsome Lebek: A City of Northern Europe through the Ages (Houghton, 1991; o.p.), it may open a wide window on the pageant of human history stretching behind our present.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

...an enjoyable history lesson and science project all in one.

Missoula Independent