基本信息出版社：Kingfisher Books Ltd
页码：64 页
出版日期：2006年10月
ISBN：0753410567
条形码：9780753410561
版本：New Ed
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Kingfisher Knowledge
外文书名：考古学
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Dig deep through centuries of history to find out the secrets archaeology can reveal. Fascinating insights into daily life, from farming and food to clothing and jewelry, as well as stories of rulers, religion, and conflict, can be gained at sites around the world. This book explores an exciting selection of archaeological greats, including the buried Roman city at Pompeii, the discovery of the splendors of Tutankhamen's tomb, early American settlement at Cahokia, and battlefield archaeology at Little Bighorn. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
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. . . packed with information and superb images. They are great weapons to have in your homework-busting amoury --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
专业书评 From Booklist
Reviewed with Richard Platt's Communication.
Gr. 4-6. Combining high-interest topics with colorful, eye-catching graphics, these sweeping surveys in the Kingfisher Knowledge series are tailor-made for hooking middle-graders, casual browsers, and reluctant older readers. In Archaeology, Barnes talks up the excitement of hands-on study of the past in a whirlwind tour of renowned finds, from Catal Huyuk to Great Zimbabwe. Platt offers quick looks at communications media, from bee dances to DVDs, before closing with vague comments on the perils of censorship and advertising. In both volumes, text blocks and big color photos or reconstructed scenes occupy roughly equal space on topical spreads, which are grouped into chapters, each of which concludes with a terse chapter summary plus sparse assortments of book citations, URLs, and brief definitions of relevant careers. Despite a predictable skimpiness of detail, plus a few factual errors (the screw in an image of Gutenberg's press is threaded the wrong way), these make potentially popular, if not quite essential, additions. John Peters
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