Brian M. Fagan is one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Nadia Durrani is a Cambridge University-trained archaeologist, with a PhD from University College, London, in Arabian archaeology. She is the former editor of Britain’s best-selling archaeology magazine, Current World Archaeology, and has written and edited many articles and books on archaeology from every corner of the globe.

• PART I Archaeology: Studying Ancient Times; 1 Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory; 2 The Record of the Past; 3 Acquiring the Record; 4 How Did People Live?; PART II Ancient Interactions; 5 Individuals and Interactions; 6 Studying the Intangible; 7 Explaining the Past; PART III The World of the First Humans; 8 Human Origins; 9 African Exodus; PART IV Modern Humans Settle the World; 10 The Great Diaspora; PART V The First Farmers and Civilizations; 11 The Earliest Farmers; 12 The First Civilizations; 13 Early Asian Civilizations; PART VI Ancient America; 14 North America; 15 Mesoamerican Civilizations; 16 Andean Civilizations; PART VII Finale; 17 What remains to be done: Archaeology and You

Brian M. Fagan is one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Nadia Durrani is a Cambridge University-trained archaeologist, with a PhD from University College, London, in Arabian archaeology. She is the former editor of Britain’s best-selling archaeology magazine, Current World Archaeology, and has written and edited many articles and books on archaeology from every corner of the globe.

• PART I Archaeology: Studying Ancient Times; 1 Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory; 2 The Record of the Past; 3 Acquiring the Record; 4 How Did People Live?; PART II Ancient Interactions; 5 Individuals and Interactions; 6 Studying the Intangible; 7 Explaining the Past; PART III The World of the First Humans; 8 Human Origins; 9 African Exodus; PART IV Modern Humans Settle the World; 10 The Great Diaspora; PART V The First Farmers and Civilizations; 11 The Earliest Farmers; 12 The First Civilizations; 13 Early Asian Civilizations; PART VI Ancient America; 14 North America; 15 Mesoamerican Civilizations; 16 Andean Civilizations; PART VII Finale; 17 What remains to be done: Archaeology and You

Brian M. Fagan is one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Nadia Durrani is a Cambridge University-trained archaeologist, with a PhD from University College, London, in Arabian archaeology. She is the former editor of Britain’s best-selling archaeology magazine, Current World Archaeology, and has written and edited many articles and books on archaeology from every corner of the globe.

• PART I Archaeology: Studying Ancient Times; 1 Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory; 2 The Record of the Past; 3 Acquiring the Record; 4 How Did People Live?; PART II Ancient Interactions; 5 Individuals and Interactions; 6 Studying the Intangible; 7 Explaining the Past; PART III The World of the First Humans; 8 Human Origins; 9 African Exodus; PART IV Modern Humans Settle the World; 10 The Great Diaspora; PART V The First Farmers and Civilizations; 11 The Earliest Farmers; 12 The First Civilizations; 13 Early Asian Civilizations; PART VI Ancient America; 14 North America; 15 Mesoamerican Civilizations; 16 Andean Civilizations; PART VII Finale; 17 What remains to be done: Archaeology and You