YoungArchaeologistsbyMichaelColeillustratedbyAlanFlinnbyMichaelColeillustratedbyAlanFlinnCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinChinaISBN10:0-15-351530-9ISBN13:978-0-15-351530-9OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-351214-8(Grade4AdvancedCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-351214-8(Grade4AdvancedCollection)ISBN10:0-15-358120-4(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-358120-5(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891098512111009080706YoungArchaeologistsCharactersNarratorLeoProfessorSoniaLaurenRosaVictorAlyssaMaxSetting:CampMaya,anarchaeologycampNarrator:It’sthefirstmorningatCampMaya.AgroupoffourthgradersaresittinginacircleonthegrasslisteningtoProfessorSonia.ProfessorSonia:GoodmorningandwelcometoCampMaya!Overthenextfewdays,you’regoingtolearnwhatit’sliketobeanarchaeologist.Max:Arewereallygoingtofindthingsthatarethousandsandthousandsofyearsold?ProfessorSonia:Absolutely!Undermyguidance,myuniversitystudentsputtogetherasiteforyouwithobjectsfromaMayantownweexcavated,ordugup,lastwinter.DoesanyoneknowwhotheMayanswere?3Rosa:Iknowtheylivedalongtimeago.ProfessorSonia:That’sright.TheMayanslivedinCentralAmerica.Theircivilizationflourishedforcenturiesbeforetheirempirefinallydeclinedinthe1500s.Theyleftbehindaric...
