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Fall 2009: American Archaeology Series

AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY is a series of books about historic sites right here in America. Lots of archaeology is being done here at home with exciting discoveries about our own past. 

The Vikings

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American Archaeology Uncovers the Vikings tells about the sole Viking site ever to be discovered in the Americas.  It is located on a large island off Canada called Newfoundland.
Reading level:
Ages 9-12
Library Binding

Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books (NY) (September 2009)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0761442707
ISBN-13:
978-0761442707

The Dutch Colonies

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American Archaeology Uncovers the Dutch Colonies explores 17th Century Dutch sites in North America.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding

Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books (NY) (September 2009)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0761442634
ISBN-13:
978-0761442639

The Earliest English Colonies

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American Archaeology Uncovers the Earliest English Colonies highlights 17th Century English sites in North America.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding
Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books (NY) (September 2009)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0761442642
ISBN-13:
978-0761442646

The Westward Movement

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American Archaeology Uncovers the Westward Movement is about archaeology at early fort sites and trails.
Reading level:
Ages 9-12
Library Binding

Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books (September 2009)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0761442650
ISBN-13:
978-0761442653

The Underground Railroad

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American Archaeology Uncovers the Underground Railroad explains mostly 19th-century discoveries along American Slave routes to freedom.
Reading level:
Ages 9-12
Library Binding

Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books (September 2009)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0761442677
ISBN-13:
978-0761442677

Molly Brant: A Legacy of Her Own

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Published by Old Fort Niagara Press
Molly Brant was the Mohawk Indian wife of the powerful Indian trader, Sir William Jonson, who lived in the Mohawk Valley of New York Colony in the 18th century. Molly's story has been ignored but, by researching the Johnson Papers and records in Canadian archives, we were able to discover her important role in history. ISBN: 0-941967-18-2
Availalable at www.OldFortNiagara.org, Museum shop

Forthcoming in 2010

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The American Revolution: Stories from the Front
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