The Illustrated history of humankind

The Illustrated history of humankind /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Museum of Natural History
Other Authors: Burenhult, Göran
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, -©1994.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Human evolution.
Civilization.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. The first humans
  • v. 2. People of the Stone Age
  • v. 3. Old World civilizations
  • v. 4. New World and Pacific civilizations
  • v. 5. Traditional peoples today.
  • Volume 4. The emergence of civilization in Mesoamerica / Richard E. Blanton. Mesoamerican writing / Joyce Marcus
  • The ancient Zapotec capital of Monte Albán / Richard E. Blanton
  • The Maya / William L. Fash. Copán : the Classic Maya center / William L. Fash
  • Maya hieroglyphic writing / David Stuart
  • The wall paintings of Bonampak / Mary Ellen Miller
  • The rise of the Aztecs / Richard E. Blanton. Aztec trade : a marketplace tradition / Mary G. Hodge
  • The Codex Mendoza : a window into the past / Frances Berdan
  • Aztec art / Emily Umberger
  • Civilizations in the Andes / Terence N. D'Altroy. Moche crafts / Christopher B. Donnan
  • The Nasca lines / Terence N. D'Altroy
  • The role of metals in middle Sicán society / Izumi Shimada
  • Chan Chan / John R. Topic
  • The Inka state / Craig Morris. Inka textiles / Vuka Roussakis
  • The Inka road system / John Hyslop
  • Inka architecture and carved stone / Craig Morris
  • Constructing Japan / Mark J. Hudson. The Nakamichi tomb cluster / Mark J. Hudson
  • The Ritsuryo state and bonito from Izu / Mark J. Hudson
  • Kusado Sengen : a medieval town on the inland sea / Akira Matsui
  • The occupation of the Pacific islands / Atholl Anderson. Prehistoric fishing in Oceania / Foss Leach
  • The Polynesian voyaging canoe / Ben Finney
  • The Roy Mata burial, Vanuatu / José Garanger
  • Moa hunting in New Zealand / Atholl Anderson
  • Stone-built monuments of the South Pacific / Göran Burenhult. Easter Island : a world apart / Patrick C. McCoy
  • The stone money of Yap / Göran Burenhult
  • Prehistoric ways of life of Native Americans / David Hurst Thomas. The Southern Cult / David Hurst Thomas
  • Hunters and herders of South America / John W. Rick
  • The Plains Indians / David Hurst Thomas
  • Hunter-farmer relationships / Katherine A. Spielmann
  • The clash of cultures / Henry F. Dobyns. The spread of infectious diseases / Ann F. Ramenofsky
  • Maize : gift of the New World gods / Wendy J. Bustard and Ann F. Ramenofsky.
  • Volume 5. The evolution of races, populations, and cultures / Wulf Schiefenhövel and Frank Kemp Salter. DNA : the code of life / Lutz Roewer
  • Who owns the past? / J. Peter White and David Hurst Thomas
  • Traditional peoples of the Asian continent / E. Pendleton Banks. The Wakhi : living on the roof of the world / Hermann Kreutzmann
  • Worshipers of the sacred bear / E. Pendleton Banks
  • The Naga : headhunters of the Assam highlands / E. Pendleton Banks
  • Traditional peoples of southeast Asia / Mary Hawkins, P. Bion Griffin, and Thomas N. Headland. The Badui of West Java / Boedhihartono, Boedhisantosa, and Mary Hawkins
  • Life and death among the Toraja / Göran Burenhult
  • Indonesian woven textiles : tradition in a changing world / Christina Sumner
  • The Tasaday : the most elaborate hoax in scientific history? / Thomas N. Headland
  • Aboriginal Australia / Lee Sackett. The Palawa of Tasmania / Grag Lehman
  • Bark paining in Arnhem land / Wally Caruana
  • The art of urban and rural Aborigines / Wally Caruana
  • Pacific peoples in the modern world / Dan Jorgensen. The Iatmul of the Sepik River basin / Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
  • The Kula Ring / Göran Burenhult
  • A singsing in New Ireland / J. Peter White
  • Traditional peoples of Africa / M.C. Jedrej. Madagascar : island of mystery / M.E.F. Bloch
  • The Bushmen : a tale of survival / Wilhelm Östberg
  • The Pygmies of central Africa / Serge Bahuchet
  • Northern peoples / Bruce Grant and Susan Rowley. The Nivkhi of Sakhalin Island / Bruce Grant
  • The Saami : a people of four countries / Louise Bäckman
  • Shamanism : an ancient tradition of spirit mediums / Åke Hultkrantz
  • Traditional peoples of North America / Frederick E. Hoxie. Chiefly feasts : artifacts and masks of the potlatch / Aldona Jonaitis
  • Indian Centers : cultural oases in the urban wilderness / C.B. Clark
  • Powwow : a powerful cultural revival / George P. Horse Capture
  • Traditional peoples of South America / Robert L. Carneiro. Manioc : the reigning crop / Robert L. Carneiro
  • The blowgun : the silent, deadly tube / Robert L. Carneiro
  • The Yanomami : Amazon survivors in peril / Gabriele Herzog-Schröder
  • The future of humankind / Frank Kemp Salter, Wulf Schiefenhövel, and Göran Burenhult. The first time I saw your place with my own eyes / Tomalala Moluboda
  • The urban world / Roland Fletcher
  • Male and female: why are we different? / Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill.

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