Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities by Richard Panchyk
Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities by Richard Panchyk
Publisher: Chicago Review Press | Number Of Pages: 160 | Publication Date: 2001-10-01 | ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1556523955 | PDF | 127 Mb
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. Kids 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.