The atlas of world archaeology

Pt. 1. First Humans

Earliest Hominids / Anne Thackeray

First Humans / Anne Thackenay

First Toolmakers / Anne Thackeray

African Genesis / Anne Thackeray

Spread of Archaic Humans / John Hoffecker

Neandertals / John Hoffecker

Spread of Modern Humans / John Hoffecker

Specialized Hunters / John Hoffecker

Ice Age Art / Paul Bahn

After the Ice / Peter Bogucki

Pt. 2. Postglacial Revolutions

Emergence of Farming / Christopher Edens

Pyrotechnology: Kiln and Forge / Peter Bogucki

Further Advances in Farming / Peter Bogucki

Early Cities and State Societies / Christopher Edens

Development of Writing / Christopher Edens

Pt. 3. Rise of Civilizations

Europe & Western Asia: Regional Introduction / Peter Bogucki

Foragers of the Mesolithic / Peter Bogucki

First Farmers of the Near East / Christopher Edens

Early Farmers of Eurasia / Peter Bogucki

First Cities of the Near East / Christopher Edens

Developed Farmers of Europe / Simon Kaner

Megalith Builders / Simon Kaner

Cooper Age of Eastern Europe / Peter Bogucki

Sumerians and Akkadians / Christopher Edens

Bronze Age Trade of Western Asia / Christopher Edens

Early Empires of Mesopotamia / Christopher Edens

Bronze Age Social Elites / Peter Bogucki

Aegean Place Civilizations / Louise Steel

Rival Empires of the Near East / Christopher Edens

Trade in the Late Bronze Age / Steven Snape

Philistines and Israelites / Christopher Edens

Phoenician Empire / Louise Steel

Assyrian Empire / Christopher Edens

Southern Arabia / Christopher Edens

Expanding Greek World / David Gill

Western Mediterranean / David Gill

Iron Age Europe / Peter Bogucki

Classical Age of Greece / David Gill

Hellenistic Near East / David Gill

Spread of the Roman Empire / David Gill

Communications and Trade / David Gill

Frontiers of the Empire / David Gill

Central, South & East Asia: Regional Introduction / Jane McIntosh

Forager Groups of East Asia / Simon Kaner

Origins of Rice Cultivation / Charles Higham

Indus Civilization / Jane McIntosh

Earliest Dynasties of China / Simon Kaner

Bronze Age of Southeast Asia / Charles Higham

First Empires of China / Simon Kaner

Early States of Korea and Japan / Simon Kaner

Iron Age of Southeast Asia / Charles Higham

Later States of South Asia / Jane McIntosh

Scythians and Steppe Nomads / Peter Bogucki

Persian Empire / Christopher Edens

Greeks in Asia / Christopher Edens

Empires on the Silk Route / Christopher Edens

Africa: Regional Introduction / Anne Thackeray

Hunters and Herders / Anne Thackeray

Predynastic Egypt / Steven Snape

Egypt in the Old Kingdom / Steven Snape

Middle Kingdom Egypt / Steven Snape

New Kingdom Egypt / Steven Snape

Kingdoms of the Upper Nile / Steven Snape

Iron Age Sub-Saharan Africa / Anne Thackeray

Americas: Regional Introduction / Paul Bahn

Archaic Hunter-gatherers / Philip Duke, Geoffrey McCafferty and Karen Wise

Origins of Farming / Philip Duke, Geoffrey McCafferty and Karen Wise

Bison Hunters of North America / Philip Duke

North American Mound Builders / Philip Duke

Pueblo Dwellers of the Southwest / Philip Duke

Formative Period of Mesoamerica / Geoffrey McCafferty

Classic Highland Civilizations / Geoffrey McCafferty

Maya States of Central America / Geoffrey McCafferty

Postclassic Transformation / Geoffrey McCafferty

Aztecs of Central Mexico / Geoffrey McCafferty

Pre-civilizations of South America / Karen Wise

Andean States and Empires / Karen Wise

Inca Empire / Karen Wise

Australia & the Pacific: Regional Introduction / Caroline Bird

Ice Age Peoples of Australia / Caroline Bird

Australia: Later Hunter-gatherers / Caroline Bird

Early Settlement of Melanesia / Caroline Bird

Colonizing the Pacific / Caroline Bird

Easter Island / Paul Bahn

Maori Settlement of New Zealand / Tom Higham.