这是一本古老印地安陶器为主轴的书，作者以沙漠中，印地安孩子偶然发现的古陶片为始，运用童诗的写法，融合印地安爸妈对于孩子诉说的传说，带领读者进入一个神秘且美丽的古老氛围，目睹精彩的印地安文化传承。

       除了优美的文字外，书中的图画，包含了四个印地安族的图腾，无论人物、动物、线条都带有浓浓原味古风。

       考古，是一个艰辛的工作，也是一个充满想像的工作。想像如何在考古中妥善的运用，对于小朋友来说，也许很难理解。透过本书的阅读，我们看到即使是已支离破碎的陶片，在传说的故事中、想像的奔驰里，却可以看到在遥远的年代，它们活生生存在的图像。

      当黏土在唱歌，孩子、陶片、图腾、传说与想像，随着如诗般的文字韵律，在书中交织成交织成古老的乐章。如果你觉得考古好遥远、好艰涩，不妨一起来听听这首迷人的考古之歌，随着文字行走，肯定会发现意想不到的美好与感动。

Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect -- "Every piece of clay is a piece of someone's life," they say. And the children try to imagine those lives that took place in the desert they think of as their own.
Clay has its own small voice, and sings. Its song has lasted for thousands of years. And Byrd Baylor's prose-poem as simple and powerful as the clay pots, sings too.