Archeology Information for Kids

Here are some books on some archeological topics that are awesome!  Ask your parents or a librarian to help you find them in the library.

General

Cork, Barbara and Struan Reid. The Young Scientist Book of Archaeology. London: Usborne Publishing Co., 1984.

Cowley, Marjorie. Dar and the Spear Thrower. New York: Clarion, 1994.

Dewey, Jennifer Owings. All About Arrowheads and Spear points. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1989.

Dewey, Jennifer Owings. Stories on Stone: Rock Art Images from the Ancient Ones. Boston: Little and Brown and Company, 1996.

Hackwell, John. Digging to the Past. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1986.

James, Carolyn. Digging Up the Past: The Story of an Archaeological Adventure. New York: Franklin Watts, 1990.

Nichols, Peter and Belia Nichols. Archaeology: The Study of the Past. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1988.

Nichols, Peter and Belia Nichols. Mastadon Hunters to Mound Builders. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1992.

Snow, Dean. The Archaeology of North America. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.

Zapper, George and Helen Simons. The Years of Exploration. Austin, TX: The Office of the State Archaeologist, Texas Historical Commission, 1984.

Native Americans

Baylor, Byrd. When Clay Sings. New York: Aladdin, 1972.

Fisher, Leonard Everett. Anasazi. New York: Atheneum, 1997.

Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. New York: Barron's, 1995.

McCall. Barbara. The Apaches. Vero Beach, CA: Rourke, 1990.

Pierce, Trudy Griffin. The Encyclopedia of Native America. New York: Viking, 1995.

Sattler, Helen Roney. The Earliest Americans. New York: Clarion Books, 1993.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Apaches. New York: Holiday House, 1997.

Iceman of the Alps

Getz, David. Frozen Man. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1994.

Tanaka, Shelley. Discovering the Iceman. New York: Hyperion/Madison Press, 1996.

Marine Archaeology

Ballard, Robert D. Exploring the Titanic. New York: Scholastic, 1988.

Hackwell, John W. Diving into the Past: Recovering Ancient Wrecks. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986.

Macaulay, David. Ship. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Texas

Acker, G. Elaine. Life in a Rock Shelter: Prehistoric Indians of the Lower Pecos. Dallas, TX: Hendrick-Long, 1996.

Bennett, Carolyn M. The First Texans. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1995.

Perry, Ken (ed.). Indian Life in the Texas Big Bend. Dallas, TX: Hendrick-Long, 1978.

Warren, Betsy. Indians Who Lived in Texas. Dallas, TX: Hendrick-Long, 1981.

Zappler, George. Learn about Texas Indians. Austin, TX: Texas Parks and Wildlife Press, 1996.