HUMAN WORKS: A SAMPLER
---See below for more information about the series included on
the CD-Rom.---
For the first time, a collection of images of humankind and its works is now
available on a CD-Rom. We have culled our collection of over 7,000 pictures and
compiled a unique anthology of more than 250 images and descriptive texts
for teachers, archaeology enthusiasts and those with a passion for learning.
Photographed and annotated by professional archaeologists, anthropologists,
historians, and art historians, comprehensive, detailed images of archaeological
sites and their artifacts have been available only to museums, universities and
secondary schools throughout the world for over 25 years.
The cost of the sampler is
$17.50 + shipping and handling.
To place your
order.
This CD-Rom includes images from the Pictures of Record, Inc. sets listed
below. To view the complete list of works in any series, click on the
link.
North American
Series: Ranging
from coastal Maine to the Dominican Republic, west to Louisiana, the American
Southwest, the Northwest Coast, to Alaska, these images represent the works and
lives of North Americans from the 11th and 12th millennia B.C. through the 17th,
18th and 19th centuries.
Mexican
Series: These are the
great non-Maya cultures from the Olmecs on the Gulf Coast before 1500
B.C., through the great urban center, Teotihuacan, in central Mexico, to
Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, conquered by the Spanish in 1519.
Maya Series: Remnants
of the Mayan civilization, one of the two great civilizations of the New World,
persisted in Mesoamerica until the 17th century, around the time of the founding
of Harvard University. These images come from the earliest precursors of the
Maya sites through the magnificent complexes of Tikal, Copan, Palenque and others,
to the last strongholds of the civilization.
South American
Series: The
great Andean Inca empire was only one of the many cultures of South America. The
images of the Easter Island statues, the textiles of Paracas and the
architecture of the Andean Colonial period give a glimpse
into the others.
Aegean Series: Mycenae
and Phaistos, Knossos and Delphi are integral to the development of Western culture--in
art, literature and mythology.
Near East Series:
Ranging from the early Neolithic of the Natufian culture from around 12,400
years
before the present to 6th and 7th century Byzantine mosaics in Jordan, these
images represent the sites of the origins of Western civilization.
Ethnoarchaeology
and Ethnology Series: The material culture of Australian
hunter-gatherers, Chinese traditional potters, and modern American life are
represented in these images.
Historical
Archaeology Series: Images of historical shipwrecks, a 19th century New
England house site, artifacts from DeSoto's 1540 expedition into Florida,
Russian-Aleut interaction and Andean colonial architecture are included.
Early
Man Series: Images of stages of human evolution and tool use.
Ethnic
Images: These images
powerfully demonstrate how mass marketing perpetuates ethnic stereotypes. A
major resource for analyzing perception and prejudice in America; Black and
American Indian studies, American history, and ethnic studies.
Physical
Anthropology Series: Images of paleopathology, forensic studies, origins
of disease and dental anthropology.
