McGowen Tom. Adventures in Archaeology

New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1997. — 96 p. — (Scientific American sourcebooks). — ISBN: 0-8050-4688-7.The people of the past shaped the lives we live today. By studying the things these ancient people left behind, archaeologists seek to learn the history of our ancestors.
You may automatically associate archaeology with tombs of Egyptian pharaohs, Roman towns buried by volcanic eruptions, or ruins in Greece. You may not know that exciting archaeological discoveries have been made in every corner of the world—Africa, China, Central America, Europe, India, Japan, North America, South America, and Pakistan.
In all parts of the globe, archaeologists are at work—perhaps uncovering lost cities or re-creating vanished empires. Some of these men and women are examining tombs, graves, bodies, or bones. And others are struggling to unlock the secrets of ancient languages. There’s no telling who will make the next major discovery, or where...