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The secrets of Vesuvius / [electronic resource] by Sara Bisel with Jane Bisel and Shelley Tanaka ; historical consultant, Paul Denis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Time quest bookPublication details: New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., c1990.Description: 64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0590438506 :
  • 9780590438506
  • 0590438514
  • 9780590438513
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 937/.7 20
LOC classification:
  • DG70.H5 B57 1991
Online resources: Summary: By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.
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"A Scholastic/Madison Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 64).

By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.

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