(3) YA Digging Up the Past series. Archaeological sites and finds are explored in this series, which touches on scientific, cultural, legal, and political implications of the discoveries; research; and preservation. Sidebars expand the thorough main text, while ample photographs of excavations and artifacts will spur the curiosity of readers with interest in ancient civilizations or archaeology. Solid bases for further study. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Digging Up the Past titles: Chaco Canyon, �-tzi the Iceman, Machu Picchu, and King Tut's Tomb.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) YA Digging Up the Past series. Archaeological sites and finds are explored in this series, which touches on scientific, cultural, legal, and political implications of the discoveries; research; and preservation. Sidebars expand the thorough main text, while ample photographs of excavations and artifacts will spur the curiosity of readers with interest in ancient civilizations or archaeology. Solid bases for further study. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Digging Up the Past titles: Chaco Canyon, �-tzi the Iceman, Machu Picchu, and King Tut's Tomb.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) YA Digging Up the Past series. Archaeological sites and finds are explored in this series, which touches on scientific, cultural, legal, and political implications of the discoveries; research; and preservation. Sidebars expand the thorough main text, while ample photographs of excavations and artifacts will spur the curiosity of readers with interest in ancient civilizations or archaeology. Solid bases for further study. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Digging Up the Past titles: Chaco Canyon, �-tzi the Iceman, Machu Picchu, and King Tut's Tomb.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) YA Digging Up the Past series. Archaeological sites and finds are explored in this series, which touches on scientific, cultural, legal, and political implications of the discoveries; research; and preservation. Sidebars expand the thorough main text, while ample photographs of excavations and artifacts will spur the curiosity of readers with interest in ancient civilizations or archaeology. Solid bases for further study. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Digging Up the Past titles: Chaco Canyon, �-tzi the Iceman, Machu Picchu, and King Tut's Tomb.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. Beginning with the 1961 excavation of Fort Ward, this book details fifty years of archaeological discovery related to colonial America, including a Quaker household's water filtering system and a large button repository in the free black neighborhood of Hayti. Art includes period and modern photographs, maps, and pictures of the artifacts. Co-author Cressey has been the Alexandria city archaeologist since 1977. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. The book (co-written by a Mexican archaeologist) begins with a fascinating look at the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, upon which Mexico City was built after the Spanish conquest. Later chapters examine major archaeological finds of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The text is dense, but vivid reproductions help break it up while capturing the artifacts' peculiar beauty. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. Clearly, accurately, and respectfully, these authors reveal the history of the Cahokia Mounds in southern Illinois, covering the Woodland Indians who built the mounds in stages beginning around 1000 CE, the developers who wanted to bulldoze them, and the scientists who worked to save and interpret them. Photographs and re-created representations illustrate the text. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. This engaging book, coauthored with a working archaeologist, examines the ancient Minoan civilization of Knossos, Crete, revealed through the excavation work of Sir Arthur Evans in the early 1900s. Plenty of photographs of artifacts, archival reproductions, and illustrations contribute to this book's usefulness in school curriculums. Maps, reading list, related sites, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. The books in this series are co-authored by working archaeologists. The body of the accessible text covers the history of archaelogical activities at the site and includes information about modern-era excavations. Well-captioned though somewhat small, photos archival material, and illustrations enhance the useful volumes. Maps, reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Digging for the Past titles: Stonehenge and Valley of the Kings.]

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. The books in this series are co-authored by working archaeologists. The body of the accessible text covers the history of archaelogical activities at the site and includes information about modern-era excavations. Well-captioned though somewhat small, photos archival material, and illustrations enhance the useful volumes. Maps, reading list, timeline. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Digging for the Past titles: Stonehenge and Valley of the Kings.]

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. Detailing the excavation of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico from 1888 to the present, the authors explore how our knowledge of ancient civilizations changes as archaeological techniques advance. The search for clues about the early Anasazi people is well explained. Along with photos and diagrams, the text makes clear that archaeology is an on-going process. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth