The hidden past /
Peter Hicks.
- Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1997.
- 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
- The remarkable world .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Explains how records of life become hidden and the efforts people have made to reconstruct past civilizations by examining their artifacts, caves, shipwrecks, and burial sites.