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Buell, Janet.

Ice maiden of the Andes / Janet Buell. - 1st ed. - New York : Twenty-First Century Books, 1997. - 63 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 26 cm. - Time travelers .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-60) and index.

Discusses the discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of a young girl on a mountain top in the Andes and how this discovery has increased our knowledge of the ancient South American civilization of the Incas.

ISBN: 0805051856 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 97023372

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Incas--Funeral customs and rites--Juvenile literature.
Incas--Religion--Juvenile literature.
Incas--Antiquities--Juvenile literature.
Ice mummies--Juvenile literature.--Peru--Ampato, Mount (Arequipa)
Excavations (Archaeology)--Juvenile literature.--Peru--Ampato, Mount (Arequipa)
Incas--Antiquities.
Indians of South America--Antiquities.
Mummies.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru.
Archaeology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ampato, Mount (Arequipa, Peru)--Antiquities--Juvenile literature.
Peru--Antiquities.

Subjects--Index Terms: Ice maiden (Ampato, Mount, Peru)

LC Class. No.: F3429.3.M8 / B84 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 985/.32