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22) National Geographic investigates ancient Aztec: archaeology unlocks the secrets of Mexico's past
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Describes the work of archaeologists who have uncovered the artifacts of ancient Aztecs of Mexico.
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody volume 13
Language
English
Description
Amelia and her handsome archeologist husband defy German submarines and warring Senussi to embark on another season of exploration and crime solving.
Author
Publisher
New English Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It is becoming impossible to deny that the pervasion of leftist ideology in New England is precipitating a retrogression of race relations among descendants of colonial-era populations. This is exemplified by the Ceremonial Stone Landscape Movement, the central claim of which is that many, if not most, of the stone heaps, walls, and other structures scattered about the region's secondary forests are not vestiges of abandoned historic farmsteads but...
27) Mummies
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
Explains the Egyptian pharaohs' beliefs about life after death, details the technique of mummification, and describes pyramids as burial places.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramidshundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
31) National Geographic investigates ancient Greece: archaeology unlocks the secrets of Greece's past
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Discusses important archeological finds from Greece's past and reveals how archaeologists use the latest technology to discover clues to ancient Greek civilization.
Author
Series
Anthropological papers volume no. 98
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
c1978.
Language
English
39) On the road of the winds: an archaeological history of the Pacific islands before European contact
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, which are home to numerous human societies and cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators, the atoll dwellers of Micronesia, the statue carvers of remote Easter Island, and the famed traders of Melanesia. Decades of archaeological excavations--combined with allied research in historical...
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