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By Johannes Loubser, Archaeology the Comic<\/i> (Altamira Press, 2003) is an introductory archaeology text in the form of a graphic novel. The book follows the adventures of Squizee, a teenager and would-be archaeologist, and her mentor, a museum archaeologist named Dr. Holmes. Various chapters cover excavation techniques, dating methods, artifact cataloging and analysis, and a host of archaeological studies and controversies. A nice presentation for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gods-graves-scholars-203x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n C.W. Ceram\u2019s archaeological classic, Gods, Graves, and Scholars<\/i> (Bantam, 1976), is an information-filled tale of adventure, romance, history, and science. The book is divided into four main sections: \u201cThe Book of the Statues,\u201d which covers Pompeii, Troy, Mycenae, and Crete; \u201cThe Book of the Pyramids\u201d (Egypt); \u201cThe Book of the Towers\u201d (Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumeria); and \u201cThe Book of the Temples\u201d (Aztecs, Mayas, and Toltecs). Chapters have such irresistible titles as \u201cEvans: Crete and the Minotaur,\u201d \u201cChampollion: Treason and Hieroglyphics,\u201d and \u201cLayard: A Dilettante Outwits a Pasha.\u201d A great read for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/in-search-of-trojan-war-237x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Michael Wood\u2019s books \u2013 chatty and addictive mixes of archaeology and history \u2013 include In Search of the Dark Ages<\/i> (BBC Books, 2007), In Search of the Trojan War<\/i> (University of California Press, 1998), In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great<\/i> (University of California Press, 2001), and In Search of England<\/i> (University of California Press, 2001). Wood\u2019s titles have all (or almost all) been made into excellent film documentaries.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/in-small-things-forgotten-195x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n James Deetz\u2019s In Small Things Forgotten<\/i> (Anchor Books, 1996) surveys the archaeology of early American life as revealed through such small and often-forgotten artifacts as doors and porches, chairs, grave markers, and pottery shards. A classic for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/martins-hundred-200x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Ivor Noel Hume\u2019s Martin\u2019s Hundred<\/i> (University of Virginia Press, 1991) is a fascinating account of the excavation of Martin\u2019s Hundred, a 17th<\/sup>-century English settlement in Virginia. Hume, for many years director of archaeological research at Colonial Williamsburg, is a terrific writer and the author of many excellent books on archaeology. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/time-detectives-200x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Brian Fagan\u2019s Time Detectives<\/i> (Simon & Schuster, 1996) is a detailed account of how modern archaeologists use technology. (\u201cToday archaeologists can identify Chinese silk from a single fabric strand, conjure up ancient landscapes from handfuls of tiny seeds and pollen grains, and use carbon isotopes to reconstruct prehistoric diets.\u201d) The science behind the archaeology for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n INDIANA JONES AND CO.<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/escape-from-pompeii-234x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n Isabel Soto \u2013 dauntless archaeologist and world explorer \u2013 is the star of a series of graphic novels published by Capstone Press\u2019s Graphic Library. Titles, variously by Terry Collins and Agnieszka Biskup, include Egypt\u2019s Mysterious Pyramids<\/i>, Uncovering Mummies<\/i>, Escape from Pompeii<\/i>, The Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellers<\/i>, and Exploring Titanic<\/i>. (Isabel also occasionally goes farther afield, as in Tracking Bigfoot<\/i> and Searching for UFOs<\/i>.) For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/motel-of-mysteries-231x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n In David Macaulay\u2019s Motel of the Mysteries<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1979), the year is 4022 and archaeologist Howard Carson is excavating what he believes to be a sacred burial chamber, lying just past a crumbling DO NOT DISTURB sign hung on an ancient doorknob. A clever spoof for ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crocodile-on-sandbank-198x300.jpg\") <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n | Elizabeth Peters\u2019s Crocodile on the Sandbank<\/i> (Grand Central Publishing, 2013) is the first of an extensive mystery series set in the late 19th<\/sup> century and starring feisty Egyptologist Amelia Peabody. (The author knows her stuff; she herself has a doctorate in Egyptology.) Among the subsequent titles are The Curse of the Pharaohs<\/i>, The Mummy Case<\/i>, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |