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Archaeology & Anthropology

Step into a world where ruined temples, tribal memory, seafaring expeditions, and ancient rites all whisper clues about who we are and where we came from. This bookshelf ranges from the myths of magic and serpent worship to firsthand journeys across North America, Africa, the Pacific, and the ancient Mediterranean, tracing humanity through custom, language, belief, and buried history. It’s a grand expedition into the origins of culture—part detective story, part voyage, part time machine.

1831 Audiobooks

A New Voyage to Carolina Containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc.

A New Voyage to Carolina Containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc.

by John Lawson

The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula

by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II.

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II.

by John L. Stephens

A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.

A Key Into the Language of America, or an Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New-England Together with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners, and Worships, &c. of the Aforesaid Natives, etc.

by Roger Williams

The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398

The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398

by James Mooney

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.

by John L. Stephens

Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

by Bronislaw Malinowski

Ancient society : or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery, through barbarism to civilization

Ancient society : or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery, through barbarism to civilization

by Lewis Henry Morgan

The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

by Alfred Russel Wallace

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

by T. L. (Thomas Livingstone) Mitchell

The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198

The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198

by Cosmos Mindeleff

The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300

The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300

by Walter James Hoffman

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration, Vol. 1

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration, Vol. 1

by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

by Carl Lumholtz

An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape

An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape

by Robert Knox

Canyon de Chelly: The Story of Its Ruins and People

Canyon de Chelly: The Story of Its Ruins and People

by Zorro A. Bradley

The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts

The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Totem und Tabu Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker

Totem und Tabu Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker

by Sigmund Freud

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

by Robert Stephen Hawker

The Old Red Sandstone; or, New Walks in an Old Field

The Old Red Sandstone; or, New Walks in an Old Field

by Hugh Miller

The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland.

The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland.

by J. H. (James Henry) Kerry-Nicholls

The Story of Switzerland

The Story of Switzerland

by Lina Hug, Richard Stead

Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story

Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story

by Waheenee, Gilbert Livingstone Wilson

Maori Religion and Mythology Illustrated by Translations of Traditions, Karakia, &c., to Which Are Added Notes on Maori Tenure of Land

Maori Religion and Mythology Illustrated by Translations of Traditions, Karakia, &c., to Which Are Added Notes on Maori Tenure of Land

by Edward Shortland

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4

by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

Versuch einer Ethnographie der Philippinen

Versuch einer Ethnographie der Philippinen

by Ferdinand Blumentritt

Contribucion Para El Estudio de los Antiguos Alfabetos Filipinos

Contribucion Para El Estudio de los Antiguos Alfabetos Filipinos

by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

El Folk-lore Filipino (Tomo I)

El Folk-lore Filipino (Tomo I)

by Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino

Der Unterkiefer des Homo Heidelbergensis: Aus den Sanden von Mauer bei Heidelberg

Der Unterkiefer des Homo Heidelbergensis: Aus den Sanden von Mauer bei Heidelberg

by Otto Schoetensack

Transhimalaja: Löytöjä ja seikkailuja Tibetissä. 2 (of 2)

Transhimalaja: Löytöjä ja seikkailuja Tibetissä. 2 (of 2)

by Sven Anders Hedin

Relatorio de uma viagem ás terras do Changamira

Relatorio de uma viagem ás terras do Changamira

by Joaquim Carlos Paiva de Andrada

A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations

A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations

by Samuel Hearne

Welt- und Lebenanschauungen; hervorgegangen aus Religion, Philosophie und Naturerkenntnis

Welt- und Lebenanschauungen; hervorgegangen aus Religion, Philosophie und Naturerkenntnis

by Max B. (Max Bernhard) Weinstein

Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien - 2. Band

Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien - 2. Band

by Gerhard Rohlfs

Etimología de los Nombres de Razas de Filipinas

Etimología de los Nombres de Razas de Filipinas

by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes arabes

Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes arabes

by Dorothée Chellier

Kansantaruja Laatokan luoteis-rannikolta: kesällä 1879

Kansantaruja Laatokan luoteis-rannikolta: kesällä 1879

by Theodor Schvindt

The Evolution of Man

The Evolution of Man

by Ernst Haeckel

Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs

Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs

by J. M. W. (Jacob Mortimer Wier) Silver

Die Inzestscheu Über einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker I

Die Inzestscheu Über einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker I

by Sigmund Freud

Indian Boyhood

Indian Boyhood

by Charles A. Eastman

Spiro Mounds: Prehistoric Gateway ... Present-Day Enigma

Spiro Mounds: Prehistoric Gateway ... Present-Day Enigma

by Don G. Wyckoff, D. E. (Dennis E.) Peterson

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline

by Faxian

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3

by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland

An Attempt to Explain the Origin and Meaning of the Early Interlaced Ornamentation Found on the Sculptured Stones of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man

An Attempt to Explain the Origin and Meaning of the Early Interlaced Ornamentation Found on the Sculptured Stones of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man

by Gilbert J. (Gilbert James) French

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea

by John Lort Stokes

Griechische Altertumskunde

Griechische Altertumskunde

by Richard Maisch

Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.

Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.

by Joseph Dalton Hooker

Камено доба

Камено доба

by Jovan Zujovic

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge

Custom and Myth

Custom and Myth

by Andrew Lang

Bible Studies: Essays on Phallic Worship and Other Curious Rites and Customs

Bible Studies: Essays on Phallic Worship and Other Curious Rites and Customs

by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler

How to Observe in Archaeology Suggestions for Travellers in the Near and Middle East

How to Observe in Archaeology Suggestions for Travellers in the Near and Middle East

by British Museum

The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348

The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348

by Cosmos Mindeleff

Omzwervingen door de eilandenwereld van den Grooten Oceaan: De Fidji-eilanden De Aarde en haar Volken, 1888

Omzwervingen door de eilandenwereld van den Grooten Oceaan: De Fidji-eilanden De Aarde en haar Volken, 1888

by Anonymous

Suomen maan Meripedot: maalikuvilla selitetyt

Suomen maan Meripedot: maalikuvilla selitetyt

by Gustaf Erik Eurén

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes

by Strabo

The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1

The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1

Grundzüge der Paläontologie (Paläozoologie). 1. Abteilung: Invertebrata.

Grundzüge der Paläontologie (Paläozoologie). 1. Abteilung: Invertebrata.

by Karl Alfred von Zittel

Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska

Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska

by Merrill J. Mattes

Storia comparata degli usi nuziali in Italia e presso gli altri popoli indo-europei Seconda edizione riveduta e ampliata dall'autore

Storia comparata degli usi nuziali in Italia e presso gli altri popoli indo-europei Seconda edizione riveduta e ampliata dall'autore

by Angelo De Gubernatis

Aus halbvergessenem Lande. Culturbilder aus Dalmatien

Aus halbvergessenem Lande. Culturbilder aus Dalmatien

by Theodor Schiff

Zeugnisse für die Stellung des Menschen in der Natur

Zeugnisse für die Stellung des Menschen in der Natur

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2) : Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2) : Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

by Edward B. (Edward Burnett) Tylor

The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries

The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries

by Stephen Salisbury

De afstamming van den mensch Naar voordrachten in populair-wetenschappelijken vorm bewerkt

De afstamming van den mensch Naar voordrachten in populair-wetenschappelijken vorm bewerkt

by Jan Boeke

Om det nord-tschudiska språket Akademisk afhandling

Om det nord-tschudiska språket Akademisk afhandling

by Elias Lönnrot

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 02 of 12)

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 02 of 12)

by James George Frazer

The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks

The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks

by Charles E. Moldenke

Kino und Erdkunde Lichtbühnen-Bibliothek Nr. 7

Kino und Erdkunde Lichtbühnen-Bibliothek Nr. 7

by Hermann Häfker

Im Morgenlicht. Kriegs-, Jagd- und Reise-Erlebnisse in Ostafrika

Im Morgenlicht. Kriegs-, Jagd- und Reise-Erlebnisse in Ostafrika

by Hans Paasche

Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres Schilderungen von der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition

Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres Schilderungen von der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition

by Carl Chun

Inscripções portuguezas

Inscripções portuguezas

by Luciano Cordeiro

Elämänpuu: Uskontotieteellisiä tutkielmia

Elämänpuu: Uskontotieteellisiä tutkielmia

by Uno Harva

Demonology and Devil-lore

Demonology and Devil-lore

by Moncure Daniel Conway

Seventeen trips through Somáliland A record of exploration & big game shooting, 1885 to 1893

Seventeen trips through Somáliland A record of exploration & big game shooting, 1885 to 1893

by H. G. C. (Harald G. C.) Swayne

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

by Lafcadio Hearn

Un Turc à Paris, 1806-1811 Relation de voyage et de mission de Mouhib Effendi, ambassadeur extraordinaire du sultan Selim III (d'après un manuscrit autographe)

Un Turc à Paris, 1806-1811 Relation de voyage et de mission de Mouhib Effendi, ambassadeur extraordinaire du sultan Selim III (d'après un manuscrit autographe)

by Bertrand Bareilles

The Iroquois Book of Rites

The Iroquois Book of Rites

by Horatio Hale

Iets oor die Boesmankultuur 'n Lesing gehou voor die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie op Stellenbosch, Januarie 1920, en gedruk op las van die Akademie

Iets oor die Boesmankultuur 'n Lesing gehou voor die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie op Stellenbosch, Januarie 1920, en gedruk op las van die Akademie

by Reenen J. Van Reenen

Indernas föreställningar om verldsskapelsen Jemförda med Finnarnes

Indernas föreställningar om verldsskapelsen Jemförda med Finnarnes

by Otto Donner

The Position of Woman in Primitive Society: A Study of the Matriarchy

The Position of Woman in Primitive Society: A Study of the Matriarchy

by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

Voyages dans la basse et la haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 et 1799

Voyages dans la basse et la haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 et 1799

by Vivant Denon

In an Unknown Prison Land An account of convicts and colonists in New Caledonia with jottings out and home

In an Unknown Prison Land An account of convicts and colonists in New Caledonia with jottings out and home

by George Chetwynd Griffith

Noções elementares de archeologia

Noções elementares de archeologia

by Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva

Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona (1959)

Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona (1959)

by United States. National Park Service

Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552

Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552

by Garrick Mallery

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12)

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12)

by James George Frazer

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales

by T. L. (Thomas Livingstone) Mitchell

Notes on the Iroquois or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

Notes on the Iroquois or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

A Suse : Journal des fouilles, 1884-1886

A Suse : Journal des fouilles, 1884-1886

by Jane Dieulafoy

The Human Drift

The Human Drift

by Jack London

Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Compleet

Reize naar Surinamen en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana — Compleet

by John Gabriel Stedman

Reconocimiento del fuerte del Carmen del Rio Negro

Reconocimiento del fuerte del Carmen del Rio Negro

by Ambrosio Cramer

The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina Containing a Description of the Countries That Lie on Both Sides of the River Missisippi

The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina Containing a Description of the Countries That Lie on Both Sides of the River Missisippi

by Le Page du Pratz

The Testimony of Tradition

The Testimony of Tradition

by David MacRitchie

New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America

New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America

by John L. (John Lambert) Cotter, J. Paul Hudson

Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166

Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166

by Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee) Henshaw