Libby Romero - National Geographic Readers: What Is an Archaeologist? (L3)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Romero, Libby, author.

Title: National Geographic readers : what is an
archaeologist? / by Libby Romero.

Other titles: What is an archaeologist?

Description: Washington, DC : National Geographic
Kids, [2019] | Series: National Geographic readers |
Audience: Grades K-3. | Audience: Ages 6-9.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018057777 (print) | LCCN 2018058696
(ebook) | ISBN 9781426335143 (e-book + audio) |
ISBN 9781426335112 (pbk.) |
ISBN 9781426335129 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: ArchaeologistsJuvenile literature. |
ArchaeologyJuvenile literature.

Classification: LCC CC107 (ebook) | LCC CC107 .R66 2019
(print) | DDC 930.1dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018057777

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge the
content review of this book by Debora Trein, program
officer, Human Journey, National Geographic Society,
and the literacy review of this book by Mariam Jean
Dreher, professor of reading education, University of
Maryland, College Park.

Authors Note

The word archaeology comes from the Greek word
arkhaios, which means ancient. Archaeology became
a field of scientific study about 150 years ago. But people
have been digging things up for thousands of years.
They wanted to understand the mysteries people before
them had left behind. One mystery that still hasnt been
solved can be found on Easter Island (or Rapa Nui),
Polynesia, pictured on the title page. Long ago, people
there built about 900 giant stone statues called moai.
Nobody knows how or why the islanders carved them.

On the table of contents page, the artifact pictured is a
Native American arrowhead.

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