Archaeology; Juvenile Bibliography

By Inez Ramsey

Please be sure to visit your school or public library to locate books. Remember your public library can get you books on interlibrary loan. Links are to Amazon Book Company.

Aliki. Fossils Tell of Long Ago. Rev. ed. HarperCollins, 1990. Ages 4-8.

Review online. Simple book on how fossils are made.

Avi-Yonah, Michael. Dig This! How Archaeologists Uncover Our Past. Runestone Press, 1993. First volume in Buried Worlds Series.Ages 9-12. [Grades 5-8 from Booklist].

Review available online. Good introduction to archaeology and its methods with survey of ancient civilizations.

Depue, Anne. Climb Your Family Tree; A Genealogy Detective's Kit. Illus. by Doug Keith. Hyperion, 1996. 48p. Ages 9-12.

Review online. Kit which helps children develop their own family trees.

Duke, Kate. Archaeologists Dig for Clues. HarperCollins Juvenile Books, 1997. 32p. Ages 4-8. Let's Read-And-Find Out Science. Stage 2.

Review available online. Introduction to archaeological work and what clues from the past can be found in chipped rocks, charred seeds and fossiziled bone.

Footsteps in Time Series. Children's Press, 1997. Ages 4-8.

Reviews available. The Plains People by Sally Hewitt; The Inuit by Ruth Thompson

Fradin, Dennis S. and Dennis Brindell Fradin. Archaeology.Children's Book Press, 1983. Ages 4-8. pa 48p.

Discusses techniques and tools archaeologists use o locate and study artifacts from the past and highlights milestones in the history of archaeology.

Laden, Nina. My Family Tree Chronicle Books, 1997. Ages 4-8.

Review online. Helps children develop their family trees.

Laubenstein, Karen. Archaeology Smart Junior; Dicovering History's Buried Treasurrs.1st ed. Princeton Review, 1997. 208p. ages 9-12

Young scientists have archeological adventurs as they travel the earth searching for treasures such as dinosaur bones.

Livoti, Sandy and Jon Kiesa. Adventures in Stone Artifacts; A Young Beginners Guide to Arrowheads & Other Artifacts.Adventure Publications, 1997. 300p.

Review available online. A unique compendium on arrowhead hunting, prehistory and other interesting topics.

McIntosh, Jane. Archeology. A. A. Knopf, 1994. Eyewitness Books. 63p. ages 9-12.

Native American Culture Series, Rourke Publishing Group, 1994. Includes Barbara McCall The European Invasion; L. Sonneborn, Arts and Crafts; Leigh Hope Wood, Child Rearing; Barbara McCall, Daily Life; G. S. Prentzas, Tribal Law

Oryx American Family Tree Series Oryx Press, 1996. Young Adult.

Review available. How to do genealogical research. Series includes Native Americans; Germans; Irish; etc.

Palmer, Douglas. Fossils. Dk Publishing, 1996. 1st ed. Dk Pockets. Young adult

Review online. Study of how fossils are made and why they are important.

Paul, Taylor. Fossil. 1st American ed. Random Library, 1990.

Review online.Photo essay about different types of fossils. Eyewitness Book.

Pirotta, Saviour. Fossils and Bones. Raintree/Steck Vaughn, 1997. 48p. ages 9-12. Remarkable World Series.

Review available. Fossils of prehistoric and modern land and sea animals.

Pope, Joyce. Fossil Detective. Illus. by Chris Forsey.Troll Comm., 1993. Nature Club Series.

Review available online. Discusses nature and origin of fossils; their study and collection.

Samford, Patricia and Davbid L. Ribblett. Archaeology for Young Explorers; Uncovering History at Colonial Williamsburg.Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995. 67p. Ages 9-12.

Scheller, William. Amazing Archaeologists and Their Finds Oliver Press, 1994. Grades 6-10.

Reviews available online. One chapter each on major archaeological finds and the archaeologists who made the discoveries.

Snow, Dean R. The Archaeology of North America Designed by Frank W. Porter. Indians of North America Series. 143p. Young Adult. Available from Amazon Book Company. No reviews available.

Discusses origins of Native Americans, their myths and their culture.

Weitzman, David. Human Culture. Scribner's, 1995. 288p. Great Lives Series. Ages 9-12

Review online. Biographies. Documents lives of 27 outstanding archaeologists and anthropolgists.

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