Kingfisher Knowledge is a groundbreaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Lively, engaging text, packed with information, accompanies stunning photographs that enhance each chapter. Amazing, state-of-the-art digital artwork guides readers into the fascinating heart of the subject.

Kingfisher Knowledge is a groundbreaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Lively, engaging text, packed with information, accompanies stunning photographs that enhance each chapter. Amazing, state-of-the-art digital artwork guides readers into the fascinating heart of the subject. This learning adventure does not stop there - information panels throughout lead the reader to further discovery. Each chapter offers website links, book lists, places to visit and career information. Archaeology explores the fascinating science of excavating and examining the debris of centuries of daily human life, from the earliest Iron Age axe-heads to the mass-produced objects of more recent history, and from the smallest Roman coins to the largest archaeological sites. It describes the history and techniques of archaeology, overviews some of the important historical themes and periods on which it has shed light, and includes a section which looks closer at some of the most exciting archaeological sites around the world. The book as a whole introduces readers to the treasure-trove that archaeology offers us, and begins to put it into its wider historical context.

1 Half Title
2-3 Title
4-5 Imprint &
Contents
6 Foreword
7 Chapter One: What is archaeology? 8-9 What is archaeology? 10-11 What do archaeologists do? 12-13 Where is archaeology? 14-15 Bits and pieces
16-17 Famous finds
18-19 Changing times
20-21 Where next? 22 Summary of chapter one and information panel
23 Chapter Two: Touching the past
24-25 Sites around the world (with map)
26-27 Catal Huyuk
28-29 Giant stones of northern Europe
30-31 Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
32-33 Ur and Babylon
34-35 The palace at Knossos
36-37 The tomb of Tutankhamun
38-39 The Acropolis at Athens
40-41 The terracotta army
42-43 Pompeii
44-45 Angkor Wat
46-47 Cahokia
48-49 Kingdoms of west Africa
50-51 The Aztecs' great temple (Tenochtitian)
52-53 The warship Mary Rose
54-55 The Battle of Little Bighorn
56-57 City of London O-present
58 Summary of chapter two and information panel
59-61 Glossary
62-63 Index
64 Acknowledgements