antiquities

Describes historic places in the United States associated with Native American history and culture, including Little Big Horn Battlefield, Alcatraz Island, and Nez Perce National Historic Park.

Presents the story of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck and of Ballard's rediscovery and study of the sunken ship.

Presents a tour of the Anasazi cliff dwellings in Colorado through the eyes of some of the people who lived and visited there nearly 800 years ago.

Jade played a crucial role in the culture of the Maya and other ancient Americans who treasured it above all things. But the Spanish wanted gold and within fifty years of the Spanish conquest, the sources of Maya jade had been forgotten. Centuries later archaeologists excavating Maya cities uncovered numerous jade carvings and statues and wondered where the stone had come from.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Hiram Bingham, a Yale historian, set out to discover the final resting place of the Incas. His rediscovery of the ancient citadel Machu Picchu inspired the first modern studies of the Incas.

Examines the history, culture, and people of the ancient Mayan and Aztec civilizations; and covers topics including their political and social systems, warfare and rulers, and the construction of their cities.

Argues that Viking reached America before Christopher Columbus, and chronicles one couples discovery of Viking artifacts which prove Vikings landed in the United States more than one thousand years ago.

Presents an examination of the geographic, cultural, and human landscape of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492, and includes information from historical and archaeological perspectives that offers a new view of pre-Columbian America.

Presents an historical atlas of Ancient America containing detailed maps, photographs, and illustrations on the civilizations of over three thousand years of Mesoamerican society, commerce, political, and social development, and describes the Toltecs, Zapotecs, Mixtee, Mayans, and Aztecs.

Provides historical background on the land and people of Easter Island, and discusses what researchers have learned about the mysterious giant statues, carved of lava rock, that populate the isolated island.