Now Then: Digging Up the Past

by Francis Pryor

Based on the children's TV series on the BBC, this book introduces archaeology to the younger reader. Each section takes a different site somewhere in the British Isles, ranging in date from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution, and explains what was going on there, what life was like - and how we know. As well as the history, some of the methods and techniques of archaeology are clearly explained. Included among the illustrations are many of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713472901
• ISBN13: 9780713472905
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10