Discovering the Iceman
Subtitle: what was it like to find a 5,300-year-old mummy?
By: by Shelley Tanaka ; illustrations by Laurie McGaw.
Contributors: McGaw, Laurie, ill.
Publisher: Hyperion Books For Children
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Copper age -- Italy -- Trentino-Alto Adige -- Juvenile literature.; Mummies -- Italy -- Trentino-Alto Adige -- Juvenile literature.; Prehistoric peoples -- Juvenile literature.; Prehistoric peoples.; Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy) -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Description: Recounts the discovery and examination of a 5,300-year-old man whose remains were found by hikers in the Alps in 1991 and explores how this discovery provides clues about the everyday life of our ancestors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).
"I was there book."
"A Hyperion/Madison Press book."