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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2006
Gr 4-6 In these handsomely designed volumes, color photographs of sites and artifacts are supplemented by detailed drawings of re-created structures and scenes from the past. Numerous sidebars provide additional information. Cartoon archaeologists in ever-changing garb at the bottom of alternate pages highlight -Did You Know? - tidbits. "Mesa Verde" explains how these ancient people reached North and South America using the land bridge and settled down to farm in the Four Corners area. Quigley uses the term -Ancestral Puebloans - rather than the sometimes derogatory -Anasazi - and explains w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More