Digging Up History
- ISBN-10
- 0794528139
- ISBN-13
- 9780794528133
- Series
- Digging Up History
- Category
- Archaeology
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-06-01
- Publisher
- Usborne Pub Limited
- Author
- Lisa Jane Gillespie
Description
Discusses how archaeologists find artifacts and what they can learn from them.
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