The Illustrated history of humankind /
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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.