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Author
Series
Report volume 2
Publisher
Department of Publications, University of Iowa
Pub. Date
1971]
Language
English
144) Persephone's garden
Author
Publisher
Secret Acres
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A children's song inspires a love of Greek mythology in a young girl. A young woman finds a career in archeology and illustration. A young mother sees her daughter become a woman, as her own mother's memories are lost. Persephone's Garden is a deeply personal story and an inventive study of girlhood, womanhood and motherhood, through memory, history and mythology."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
2006]
Language
English
Description
Few sources before have dealt with the archaeology of African American settlements outside the Atlantic seaboard and the southern states. This book describes in detail the archaeological investigations conducted at the town site of Buxton, Iowa, a coal mining community inhabited by a significantly large population of blacks between 1900 and 1925. David Gradwohl and Nancy Osborn present the archaeology of Buxton from the ground up
Author
Publisher
Bear & Company
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"The real history of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled to the Americas long before 1492. Provides more than 300 photographs and drawings, including Celtic runes in New England, Gaelic inscriptions in Colorado, and Asian symbols in the West. Reinterprets many archaeological finds, such as the Ohio Serpent Mound. Reveals Celtic, Hebrew, Roman, early Christian, Templar, Egyptian, Chinese, and Japanese influences in...
Author
Series
Dead Sea chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Worthy
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Archaeologist Nicole Berman is the first woman to be awarded a permit to lead a dig in Saudi Arabia. Nicole has a hunch that the artifacts she hopes to discover have the power to rewrite world history. She assembles a team that will ultimately surprise - and in some cases - betray her. Will she find what she believes to be the key to unifying the three major religions before a dangerous enemy gets to her? Meanwhile, in a parallel storyline, readers...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Traces the discovery of the famed terracotta warriors against a backdrop of what is currently known about the Qin Dynasty, offering scholarly insights into the surprising theories about the creation of the Qin Emperor's remarkable third-century B.C.E. mausoleum.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2002
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IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts events surrounding the mysterious sinking of the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, and its recent recovery from deep in the waters off the coast of South Carolina.
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