The book I reviewed was about basic archaeology. I thought it was very good and well-designed. The topic of the book was very interesting, as someday I hope to be an archaeologist too. I think that anyone could read it, but they should have a slight interest in archaeology and be prepared for the material the book covers.
     The book is full of technical information about what archaeologists do when they are studying different periods in human history. Each section includes several activities and games you can do for fun, but many are experiments and techniques that real archaeologists use themselves. For example, to see how the First People lived, there are projects to learn how to make a small fire by striking flint and how to make a little stone tool. For the activities, there was a good combination of fun and very interesting things to do.
    For the book itself, I liked the pictures the best. Some of them were fascinating, like one of a buried house in Pompeii. I actually can say that I can’t think of one bit of the book I didn’t like.
     The book was very informative, and I learned a lot, like the eight steps of archeology, what a perforating tool is (look it up!), and how to measure brain capacity. In one word, I’d describe the book as “bursting” because it is bursting with information. Out of 10, it gets a 10.

(Originally published in the Sept/Oct 2002 issue of YES Mag.)