Technology in the Ancient Americas

by Charlie Samuels

Book Overview

When the Spanish encountered the native people of South America in the 15th and 16th centuries, they marveled at the abundance of gold and silver. In fact, the ancient peoples of Peru began making things from gold and silver about 3,000 years ago! Readers will be as fascinated as those first Spaniards were with the inventive and useful items the Aztec, Maya, and Inca cultures created before any Europeans arrived in the Americas. From hieroglyphs and...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433996200
• ISBN13: 9781433996207
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6