Archaeology Lab - Bibliography of Children's Books
Nonfiction Selections
Atkinson, Linda Goldenberg. Little People and a Lost World: An Anthropological Mystery. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books, 2007. (Includes bibliographical references. Archaeologists discovered a small human like skull on the Flores Island during a 2003 dig. Was this an ancestor to us all or just a very small human being?) Avi-Yonah, Michael. Dig This! : How Archaeologists Uncover Our Past. Minneapolis: Runestone Press, 1993. (A look at archeology: what it is, how it is conducted, important historical figures in the field, and what has been learned from the study of remains of past human life.) Barnes, Trevor and Tony Robinson. Archeology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. (Kingfisher Knowledge Series. Explores the science of excavating and examining the debris of centuries of human life, from Iron Age to recent history.) Barrett, Tracy. Growing Up in Colonial America. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1995. (An overview of the life of a typical child of Plymouth and Virginia and describes the early homes, care of infants, clothing, chores, education, food, and recreation.) Duke, Kate. Archaeologists Dig for Clues. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Series. Archaeologists on a dig work very much like detectives at a crime scene. In this information packed book, the author explains what scientists are looking for, how they find it, and what their finds reveal.) Ford, Barbara. Underwater Dig. The Excavation of a Revolutionary War Privateer. New York: William Murrow, 1982. (An account of the exploration of a shipwreck in Penobscot, Maine, highlights the new science of nautical archaeology and illuminates a disastrous, overlooked defeat in American naval history.) Fradin, Dennis B. Archaeology: New True Book. Chicago: Children's Press, 1983. (Briefly discusses the techniques and tools archaeologists use to locate and study artifacts from the past and highlight milestones in the history of archaeology.) Fradin, Dennis. Massachusetts. Chicago: Children's Press, 1991. (An introduction to the history, geography, important people and interesting sites in Massachusetts.) Lauber, Patricia. Who Came First: New Clues to Prehistoric Americans. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2003. (Presents recent archaeological findings about the first people to settle the Americas, how they got here and from what continent they came.) Marx, Robert F. The Lure of Sunken Treasure: Under the Sea with Marine Archaeologists and Treasure Hunters.New York: McKay, 1973. (Discusses some of the most significant discoveries made by underwater archaeologists and treasure hunters in recent years.) McIntosh, Jane. Eyewitness: Archaeology. New York: D.K. Publishing, Inc., 2000. (The methods of archaeology as well as some of the ways the past is preserved- e.m., in ash, in ice, in peat. Examples of artifacts extend beyond the well-known structures and statuary; chapters review the preservation of ancient documents and industrial archaeolgy.) Panchyk, Richard. Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past: 25 Activities. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2001. (Twenty-five activities support an overview of the science of archaeology as well as some secrets it has revealed from ancient civilizations throughout the world.) Samford, Patricia and David Ribblett. Archaeololgy for Young Explorers: Uncovering History as Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995. (Young explorers can investigate Williamsburg's colonial capital along with archaeologists. They will lwarn why artifacts end up in the ground, how archaeologists know where to dig, what they find when they excavate, what they do with those findings, and what they learn from their discoveries.) Fiction Selections Casanova, Mary. Jess. Middleton, WI: Pleasant Co. Publications, 2006. (American Girl Today Series. Jess and her family are spending five months at an archaeological dig of ancient Maya ruins in teh Central American country of Belize. The story line is well thought out and the factual information about dig sites and Maya culture are integrated into the text. Age Level: 8 & up.) Erickson, John R. Discovery at Flint Springs. New York: Viking, 2004. (When Dr. Montrose visits their Texas ranch in the summer of 1927, fourteen-year-old Riley and his twelve-year-old brother Coy are drawn into an archaeological advwenture.) Hobbs, Will. Wild Island Man. New York: Harper Collins, 2002. (After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive encounters with unexpected animal and human inhabitants and looks for traces of the earliest prehistoric immagrants to America.) Orabone, Laura. Elenda and the Coin: Exploring Tucson's Presidio Heritage. Tucson: Desert Archaeology, Incorporated, 1999. (This charming story is aimed at elementary school children, and tells the story of a girl who visits an archaeological site and is transported back into the past vy what she finds there. The story revolves around excavations at the Presidio, a military fort built in 1775 in present-day Tucson, Arizona.) Starnes, Gigi. Grandma's Tales: Storm of Darkness. New York: Eakin Press, 1996. (Age: 8-10. Jen and her friend Darcy go on an archaeological dig somehwere in the Southwest where Jen's grandmother is the head archaeologist.) Archaeology Lab: Bibliography of Teachers' Books Branigan, Keith. Archaeology Explained. London: Duckworth, 1988. (A simple guide to the basic elements of archaeology.) Cefrey, Holly. Archaeologists: Life Digging Up Artifacts. New York: Rosen Central, 2004. (Examines the careers available in the field of archaeology, discussing the necessary education, training and on-the-job duties.) Cochran, Judith and Gayle Seaber Harvey. Archaeology: Digging Deeper to Learn About the Past: A Middle School Unit of Study. Nashville: Incentive Press, 1999. Davis, Margo. Archaeology in the Classroom: A Teacher Resource Manual. Boston: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2001. (An American state-by-state resource guide to museums' archaeological collections and organizations with details of courses, information packs and content details.) Devereux, Paul. Archaeology: The Study of Our Past. Milwaukee: Gareth Publishing, 2002. (Examines the science of archaeology and how it reveals the evolution of human history by uncovering and studying the physical remains of the past.) McMillan, Bill. Archeology Handbook: A Field Manual and Resource Guide. New York: Wiley, 1991. (An introduction to archaeology for amateurs that covers archaeological techniques, excavation methods, tools, and lists important archaeological sites and agencies throughout the world.) Porell, Bruce. Digging the Past: Archaeology in Your Own Backyard. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1979. (Stories, suggested activities and games introduce the many facets of and the people involved in archaeology.) Smardz, Karolyn E. and Shelley J. Smith. Archaeology Education: Sharing the Past With Kids. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press, 2000. IFor anyone who has faced or might face a group of fourth graders with the charge of teaching them about archaeology, 35 veterans in archaeological education suggest techniques and provide multiple examples of exemplary programming that meets the needs of students, educators and archaeologists in a realistic manner.) Steiner, Melanie. Approaches to Archaeological Illustrations: A Handbook. Portland: David Brown Book Company, 2005. (This guide for students and practitioners presents a variety of approaches for producing high-quality illustrations of archaeological artifacts. Sample drawings from leading professional illustrators are organized into sections corresponding to type of material or object (i.e., bone glass, copper, metal work, carved stone, etc..) Books Specific to Colonial Blacksmiths
Fisher, Leonard Everett, The Blacksmiths (Colonial Craftsmen series). (New York: Benchmard Books, 2000.)
Tunis, Edwin, Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginnings of American Industry. (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1965.)
Wilds, Mary C., A Colonial Craftsman (The Working Life series). (Detroit, etc.: Thompson-Gale, 2005.)
