Reviews for Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our past,25 Activities

The average rating for Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our past,25 Activities based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-27 00:00:00 Jefferson Cox Although the details presented by Richard Panchyk in his Archaeology of Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past is both interesting and very much educational (and that I really do appreciate both Panchyk's easy to understand, non scientific jargon heavy writing style and the included twenty-five activities which really do demonstrate to the intended audience, to older children from about the age of ten of so onwards that archaeology is actually something concrete and not just a theoretical entity one cannot grasp and understand), I have in fact also found that after the (and indeed, rather brilliant) opening chapter on how archaeology in general works, much of Archaeology of Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past is more (and in my humble opinion) a detailed analysis on the history of mankind than specifically on archaeology as a scientific discipline. For albeit what Richard Panchyk in Archaeology of Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past has penned about how humans emerged from their ape-like ancestors and finally became Homo sapiens sapiens (and then how we developed into many different and various civilisations, from the Stone Age, to Greece and Rome and not to forget the civilisations of the so-called New World, such as the Maya and the Inca) is enlightening and certainly well researched and presented, I guess that I was kind of hoping for a bit more specifics on how today's archaeologists not only discover the past, but how they (and very much in specific detail) go about unearthing and showing this (which of course is mentioned in Archaeology of Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past but not with enough detail for my reading tastes and wants and with a bit too much of a focus on the actual past and not enough in my opinion on how we move the past from below ground to above ground). Still, I do definitely think that Archaeology of Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past provides a very decent and enlightening junior level introduction to archaeology (and with the glossary, the websites to explore and the detailed bibliography being an appreciated even if in fact also expected added bonus), but that text-wise, I have indeed been a trifle disappointed with Richard Panchyk's writing and do find that he sometimes rather seems to eschew archeology in order to focus more on history (which I actually enjoy, as I am a history buff, but yes, I was kind of expecting more on archaeology and on how it is done in Archaeology of Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past).

Review # 2 was written on 2008-11-11 00:00:00 John Quadrino This series of books ("for kids") is wonderful. They are geared toward an older child (9 and up, say) but with a parents help they are adaptable to a younger child who has an interest in the topic. I should say, this one is adaptable. I also got the Thomas Edison one from the library and it was fascinating and the activities looked wonderful, but a young kid wouldn't probably be able to understand them. I'll get it when my son is older though.