Spanish Peaks Library District

This book showcases nearly six hundred items, from classics to modern innovations, from the affordable to the rare, in nearly one hundred beautiful color photographs.

Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edged objects for slicing meat, making the first knives. This discovery resulted in a good meal, and eventually changed the fate of our species and our planet. With So Much Stuff, archaeologist Chip Colwell sets out to investigate why humankind went from self-sufficient primates to nonstop shoppers, from needing nothing to needing everything. Along the...

Find out why where a tribe lived affected how a tribe lived, and how the introduction of horses drastically changed the ways of Native Americans.

"Covers the inventions and technology of the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya and how their ideas influenced technology today"--Provided by publisher.

They’re all around us. We use them daily, pass them by, and it never occurs to us to stop and think about where they came from. What, you ask? The most ordinary things in the world, of course! Shoes, umbrellas, toothbrushes, toothpicks, socks, dolls, and so on and so forth. How did they come to be? Who invented them? How did they develop and change over time? To learn the answers to these questions, peek behind the curtain that drapes the most ordinary...

"Preserving Western History is the first college reader to address public history in the American West. These comprehensive essays explain the research and work that public historians do and the complicated issues of historic site preservation and interpretation." "The contributors' writings document the application of public history to specific Western themes, places, and personalities. Subjects range from the Little Bighorn Battlefield to Route...

Describes easy-to-make crafts that replicate the arts of the ancient Hebrews. Includes historical material, a timeline, a glossary, and resources.