What is the author's style in Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay?

The point of view of the book is told from the third person perspective. It is not an omniscient third person, because the author does not know everything. For example he does not know the truth behind what the great catastrophe was. He is simply reporting what is known in his time's collective knowledge of history. Because this is supposed to be a history book, the third person point of view works very well for Macaulay. He is a researcher who has done his homework on the Motel of the Mysteries and compiled different sources to write about the discovery of the site and what it tells future people about that past.

While Macaulay attempts to have the book read like a history book, it is a history book with an opinion and humor. He gives a very descriptive explanation of the facts and evidence that Carson finds but also pokes fun of Carson throughout the narrative. Most objective non biased history books would not do this. Supposedly, these texts are not to place judgment subjects of the past.