Archaeology & Anthropology documents the twin disciplines that extended history beyond the written record and beyond Europe. Heinrich Schliemann’s dramatic excavation narratives, Arthur Evans’s Cretan discoveries, and the foundational anthropological writings of Edward Tylor and Lewis Henry Morgan all appear here as free EPUB downloads, representing the era when archaeology and anthropology first took shape as systematic sciences.
The shelf spans the excavation of ancient cities, the comparative study of religion and myth, and the early ethnographic accounts of non-Western peoples — sources that must be read critically but remain indispensable for understanding how modern scholarship arrived at its methods. Works on prehistoric Europe, Mesoamerican civilizations, and the archaeology of Egypt and the Near East give the collection global reach.
- Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents. Band 2.Alexander von Humboldt
- A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)Georges Perrot
- Anzeiger für Kunde der deutschen Vorzeit (Jg. 26, 1879) / Neue FolgeVarious
- Cornish Characters and Strange EventsS. Baring-Gould
- Cités et ruines américaines: Mitla, Palenqué, Izamal, Chichen-Itza, UxmalEugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
- Nederlandsche VolkskundeJos. Schrijnen
- The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2R. V. Russell
- Evolution, Old & New / Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, / as compared with that of Charles DarwinSamuel Butler
- Pagan and Christian RomeRodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
- Ancient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyJohn D. Baldwin
- Folklore as an Historical ScienceGeorge Laurence Gomme
- The Philippine Islands / A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish RuleF.R.G.S. John Foreman
- WerwolvesElliott O'Donnell
- India and the IndiansEdward Fenton Elwin
- Egyptian Literature / Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
- The Evolution of the DragonGrafton Elliot Smith
- Archæological Essays, Vol. 1James Young Simpson
- Man And His Ancestor: A Study In EvolutionCharles Morris
- Two Years with the Natives in the Western PacificFelix Speiser
- Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval ForestsJohann Jakob von Tschudi
- Myths of the Cherokee / Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American EthnologyJames Mooney
- Totem und Tabu / Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der NeurotikerSigmund Freud
- Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano 1895-96 / Vol. 29 Num. 62Various
- The Bronze Age in IrelandGeorge Coffey
- The Indian To-day: The Past and Future of the First AmericanCharles A. Eastman
- The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)the Elder Pliny
- On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An EssayHugh E. Seebohm
- The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851Various
- Demonology and Devil-loreMoncure Daniel Conway
- Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring PartyMartin Robison Delany
- The Idea of God in Early ReligionsF. B. Jevons
- The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and ReligionJames George Frazer
- The History of LondonWalter Besant
- History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent DiscoveryL. W. King
- Farthest North, Vol. I / Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896Fridtjof Nansen
- Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos / Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. IAdolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
- Die Philippinen und ihre Bewohner / Sechs SkizzenC. Semper
- Indian ConjuringL. H. Branson
- Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic ArtWalter Woodburn Hyde
- An Account of EgyptHerodotus
- Totem and tabooSigmund Freud
- The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)the Elder Pliny
- The Curious Lore of Precious Stones / Being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination. Crystal gazing, birth-stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetaryGeorge Frederick Kunz
- The Fairy-Faith in Celtic CountriesW. Y. Evans-Wentz
- An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology / Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.John W. Mollett
- Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex / with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya GlyphsWilliam Gates
- The magic of jewels and charmsGeorge Frederick Kunz
- The passing of the great race; or, The racial basis of European historyMadison Grant
- The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and EthnographyJoseph Deniker
- Essays of an Americanist / I. Ethnologic and Archæologic. II. Mythology and Folk Lore. III. Graphic Systems and Literature. IV. Linguistic.Daniel G. Brinton
- Omens and Superstitions of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
- In BarbaryE. Alexander Powell
- The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in AnthropologyMargaret Alice Murray
- The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) / Literally Translated, with NotesStrabo
- The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 – Volume 40 of 55, 1690-1691 / Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
- Finger-ring loreF.S.A. William Jones
- Malay Magic / Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay PeninsulaWalter William Skeat
- JapanDavid Murray
- Adair's History of the American IndiansJames Adair
- The Solomon Islands and Their NativesH. B. Guppy
- 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 IllustrationsSamuel Hearne
- English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
- The Evolution of ManErnst Haeckel
- The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations / A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical SystemsZelia Nuttall
- The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2) / Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical AntiquityJulius Rosenbaum
- Cave Hunting / Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of EuropeWilliam Boyd Dawkins
- Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley / Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. I.E. G. Squier
- The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine TribeFay-Cooper Cole
- Beast and Man in India / A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the PeopleJohn Lockwood Kipling
- The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration / With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric TimesThomas Wilson
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific / An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New GuineaBronislaw Malinowski
- Influences of Geographic Environment / On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-GeographyEllen Churchill Semple
- Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling / Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and talesCharles Godfrey Leland
- Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient LifeL. W. Yaggy
- Seven Mohave MythsA. L. Kroeber
- Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.Frank Cowan
- Pompeii, Its Life and ArtAugust Mau
- The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 3R. V. Russell
- The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) / Literally Translated, with NotesStrabo
- The MikirsEdward Stack
- Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions / Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and MeaningT. W. Doane
- The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1R. V. Russell
- Origin of Cultivated Plants / The International Scientific Series Volume XLVIIIAlphonse de Candolle
- Japanese Homes and Their SurroundingsEdward Sylvester Morse
- Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire / A Wayfarer's Notes in the Palatine Counties, Historical, Legendary, Genealogical, and Descriptive.James Croston
- The history of human marriageEdward Westermarck
- The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsPaul B. Du Chaillu
- The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. / Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.Elisée Reclus
- Bantu Beliefs and Magic / With particular reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba tribes of Kenya Colony; together with some reflections on East Africa after the warC. W. Hobley
- Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume I.active approximately 150-175 Pausanias
- The Babylonian Legends of the CreationSir E. A. Wallis Budge
- The foundations of JapanJ. W. Robertson Scott
- Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))James Mooney
- Bible animalsJ. G. Wood