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"Sacred Objects and Sacred Places combines native oral histories, photographs, drawings, and case studies to present current issues of cultural preservations vital to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Complete with commentaries by curators, native peoples, and archaeologists, this book discusses the repatriation of human remains, the curation and exhibition of sacred masks and medicine bundles, and key cultural compromises for...
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Examines the organization of ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) communities in the Mesa Verde region of the American Southwest. Focuses on thirteenth-century settlement in the Sand Canyon locality of southwestern Colorado. Provides a detailed case study of community organization and change in the decades preceding the abandonment of the Mesa Verde region. Includes descriptions of excavated sites and comparative studies. Covers artifacts, pollen, and macrobotanical,...
1505) Ancient Aegean
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Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they explore the mysteries of the ancient Minoan civilization.
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Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery - the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them - as the Fargos are about to find out.
1507) Ancient computer
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An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes.
1509) The Shackleton sabotage
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Following clues provided by the secretive Reddimus Society, the four Alden siblings travel to a dingo sanctuary in Australia and to Shakleton's hut in Antarctica to deliver the fifth and sixth artifacts, and then they work to unmask the traitor traveling with them.
1513) Garden of the Gods
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Since prehistoric times, the Garden of the Gods has been a source of fascination. This geologic formation in Colorado Springs was a seasonal camping site and source of spiritual significance for Ute Indians. Later, scientists studied the formation and found evidence of dinosaurs, prehistoric cultures, and unusual biological associations. Artists, writers, and photographers have been inspired by the beauty of this geologic wonder, and tourists and...
1514) Ghosts of Teller County
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A guide to the ghost towns and mining camps of the Teller County, Colorado
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"A dynamic social history commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. General readers and history buffs alike have made bestsellers of books like A History of the World in 100 Objects. In that tradition, this handsome commemorative volume gives a unique perspective on one of the most pivotal and volatile events of modern history. In World War I in 100 Objects, military historian Peter Doyle shares a fascinating collection of items,...
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Mesa Verde National Park is rich in treasures from the past. The mesa top villages and cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde provide a wealth of knowledge about the ancient people who lived here. Their story, however, did not end when they left this area. Their descendants are the Pueblo Indians who live the the southwest today. Narrator Raoul Trujillo, a Pueblo Indian from New Mexico, speaks eloquently for his people and presents the puebloan view of...
1519) Ancient treasures
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This book, in graphic novel format, describes the excavation of Hissarlik in a search for Troy, the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, and the discovery of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's terra-cotta army.