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.