Anthropology & Archaeology

Barton, G, The Royal Inscriptions of Sumer and Akkad, 1929.

Bass, GF, Archaeology Under Water, Praeger, NY, 1966.

Berlitz, Charles, Atlantis: The Eighth Continent, Fawcett, NY, 1984. A classic, short, sweet and easy to read! Skeptics frequently pick on Berlitz.

Bingham, Hiram, Lost City of the Incas. New reprint of a classic.

Birdsell, JB, Human Evolution, Rand-McNally, Chicago, 1972.

Branigan, K, ed., The Atlas of Archaeology, State Mutual, NY, 1982,

Bruce-Mitford, R, The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, London, 1979.

Brunhouse, RL, In Search of the Maya, Albuquerque, NM, 1973.

Burl, Aubrey, A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Burl is a well known authority on the ancient monuments of the British Isles. Straightforward catalogue, no supernatural stuff. Popular.

Childress, David, Lost Cities series. Childress's prolific works are full of FASCINATING info - who built these astounding ruins, when and how? Skeptics abound.
----, Ancient Tonga & the Lost City of Mu'a
----, Lost Cities of Atlantis Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean
----, Lost Cities of China, Central Asia and India : A Traveler's Guide
----, Lost Cities of North & Central America
----, Extra Terrestrial Archaeology
----, Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of Africa and Arabia
----, Lost Cities and Ancient Mysteries of South America
----, Lost Cities of Ancient Lemuria and the Pacific

Churchward, James. Makes a good case for a lost global civilization of the Pacific. Has his skeptics, of course.
----, The Lost Continent of Mu
----, The Sacred Symbols of Mu

Cotterell, Arthur, A Dictionary of World Mythology.

Culbert, TP, ed., The Classic Maya Collapse, Univ. of New Mexico, NM, 1973.

Davenport, David, Atomic Destruction in 2000 B.C., Milan, Italy, 1979.

Davidson, Basil, The Lost Cities of Africa, Atlantic-Little Brown, 1959.

Davidson, D & Aldersmith, H, The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message, 1924/40.

Dempsey, T, Delphic Oracle, Blackwell, London, 1918.

Donnelly, Ignatius, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. Early classic that started the ball rolling!

Edoux, HP, In Search of Lost Worlds, World, NY, 1971.

Eisler, Riane, The Chalice and the Blade. A classic! Learn about the long era when God was a woman.

Emery, Walter, Archaic Egypt, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1961.

Evans, Arthur, The Palace of Minos at Knossos, Macmillan, London, 1936.

Flem-Ath, Rand & Rose, When the Sky Fell : In Search of Atlantis. Develops the theory that "Atlantis" is Antarctica.

Gardiner, AH, The Astarte Papyrus, Griffiths Institute, Oxford, 1936.

Glotz, G, The Aegean Civilization, Kegan Paul, London, 1925.

Grayson, AK, Assyrian and Babylonia Chronicles, 1975.

Grayson, D, The Establishment of Human Antiquity, Academic, NY, 1983.

Great Ages of Man, Time-Life, Alexandria, VA.

Green, AB, The Role of Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East, MT, 1975.

Hadingham, E, Lines to the Mountain Gods: Nazca and the Mysteries of Peru, Random, NY, 1987.

Hagen, Victor von, Search for the Maya, Saxon, England, 1973.

Haining, Peter, Ancient Mysteries, Hutchinson, London, 1977.

Hancock, Graham, Fingerprints of the Gods. Tells a great story while chronicling the astonishing ruins around the globe and the myths that indicate a common culture of the most ancient past.
The Message of the Sphinx : A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind. Hancock & Bauval present tantalizing evidence and enigmas!

Handcock, P, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Macmillan, London, 1962.

Hapgood, CH, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age. Hapgood was one of the first to present this fascinating evidence. A classic!

Harden, Donald, The Phoenicians, Pelican, Ny, 1980.

Hawkins, Gerald, Stonehenge Decoded, Dell, NY, 1965.

Heyerdahl, Thor, Kon Tiki. Heyerdahl proved that ancient man could have circumnavigated the world in remote times.

Higgins, Godfrey, The Celtic Druids, London, 1827.

Higgins, Minoan and Mycenaean Art, Praeger, NY, 1967.

Hinz, Walther, The Lost World of Elam, NYU, NY, 1973.

Hood, Sinclair, The Minoans, Praeger, NY, 1971.

Hughes, JD, Ecology in Ancient Civilizations, Univ. of New Mexico, 1975.

Hutchinson, RW, Prehistoric Crete, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1963.

Jennings, Jess, Ancient Native Americans, Freeman, CA, 1978.

Kingsborough, Lord, The Antiquities of Mexico, London, 1848.

Koldewey, R, The Excavations at Babylon, Macmillan, London, 1974.

Krupp, EC, Echoes of the Ancient Skies: The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations, New American Library, NY, 1983.

Kubler, G, The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Mayan and Andean Peoples, Penguin, London, 1984.

Larousse Encyclopedia of Archaeology.

Layard, AH, Nineveh and Babylon, British Museum, London, 1853.

Leakey, Louis, By the Evidence, Harcourt, NY, 1976.

Lommel, A, Prehistoric and Primitive Man, McGraw Hill, NY, 1966.

Luckenbill, DD, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, Greenwood, CT, 1927.

Magnusson, M, Archaeology of the Bible, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1977.

Mallory, JP, In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archeology and Myth, Thames & Hudson, London, 1989.

Maltz, F, Crete and Early Greece, Metheun, London, 1962.

Marshack, Alexander, The Roots of Civilization, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1972.

Marshall, J, Mohenjo Daro and the Indus Civilization, Probstain, London, 1931.

McNitt, F, Richard Wetherill: Anasazi, Albuquerque, NM, 1966.

Mellaart, James, Earliest Civilizations of the Near East, Thames & Hudson, London, 1965.

Mehta, RJ, Konarak: The Sun Temple of Love, Bombay, 1971.

Metraux, A, Easter Island, Andre Deutsch, London, 1957.

Meyer, KE, The Plundered Past, Atheneum, NY, 1973.

Muck, Otto, The Secrets of Atlantis, 1978. This is the most scientific book on Atlantis that I've ever seen. Difficult to find, though. Amazon will give it a try.

Muckelroy, K, ed., Archeology Under Water: An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites, McGraw, NY, 1980.

National Geographic Society, The Adventure of Archaeology, Washington, 1985.

Noorbergen, Rene, Secrets of the Lost Races, Barnes & Noble, NY, 1977.

Oppenheim, AL, Ancient Mesopotamia, University of Chicago, IL, 1964.

Peach, WA, Stongehenge: A New Theory, Cardiff, 1961.

Perring, JS, The Pyramids of Gizeh, London, 1839-42.

Pritchard, JB, ed., The Ancient Near East, Princeton University, 1958.

Rassam, H, Ashur and the Land of Nimrud, Eaton & Mains, NY, 1897.

Reinhard, John, The Nazca Lines: A New Perspective on Their Origin and Meaning, Editorial Los Pinos, Peru, 1985.

Reverdin, L & Hoegler, R, Crete and its Treasures, Viking, NY, 1961.

Sayce, AH, The Hittites, Story of a Forgotten Empire, London, 1892.

Schmandt-Besserat, D, The Legacy of Sumer, 1976.

Schoch, Robert M., Ph.D, McNally, Robert Aquinas, Voices of the Rocks : A Scientist Looks at Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations. A popular book these days.

Scwartz, Jean-Michel, The Mysteries of Easter Island, Avon, NY, 1975.

Shetelig, H & Falk, H, Scandinavian Archaeology, Oxford, NY, 1937.

Speiser, EA, Mesopotamian Origins, 1930.

Squier, EG & Davis, EH, Ancient Monuments of the Missippi Valley (1948), AMS, NY, 1973.

Stephens & Catherwood, Incidents of Travel In Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Dover, NY, 1969.

Stone, Merlin, When God was a Woman. Excellent research and conclusions - no one can be literate in archaeology without reading this tome.

Stukeley, W, Stongehenge. A Temple Restored, London, 1740.

Talbot Rice, T, The Scythians, Thames, London, 1957.

The Atlas of Archaeology, St. Martin's Press, NY, 1982.

Thompson & Cremo, Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Definitely worth owning and reading, as there have been extremely bizarre finds on this planet. One must also search out the counter-arguments.

Thorndike, J, ed., Discovery of Lost Worlds, American Heritage, NY, 1979.

Tompkins, Peter, Secrets of the Great Pyramid, Harper, NY, 1971.

Treagar, E, The Aryan Maori, Auckland, 1885.

von Daniken, Erich, Chariots of the Gods? von Daniken was widely vilifed for this groundbreaking work. The video is also recommended. Be sure to check out the arguments of debunkers as well.

Wheeler, M, The Indus Civilization, 1968.

Wiseman, DJ, Chronicles of Chaldean Kings, 1956.

Wolkstein, Diane & Kramer, SN, Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer, Harper, NY, 1983.

Woolley, CL, History Unearthed, Ernest Benn, Tonbridge, 1958.
----, Excavations at Ur, Thomas Crowell, NY, 1965.
----, Ur of the Chaldees, 1930.
----, The Ziggurat and Its Surroundings, 1939.

Wright, GE, ed., The Bible and the Ancient Near East, Doubleday, NY, 1961.