G
- Donna Gabaccia on the immigrant paradigm.
- Joan Gero on distinguishing the past from the present.
- Michael Goodchild on maintaining intellectual depth.
- Stephen J. Gould on creationism.
- Maxim Gorky on taking the past for a ride.
- Paul Grobstein on being progressively less wrong.
- the Guanzi on understanding the present.
- John Guare on history and amnesia.
H
- Heinrich Harke and Bettina Arnold on coping with political reality.
- L. P. Hartley on our alien past.
- William Least Heat-Moon on the lack of yesterdays on the road.
- Robert Heinlein on the effects of ignoring history.
- Robert Heinlein on human capabilities.
- Edward F. "Ned" Heite on dirty truths
- Patrick Henry on the lamp guiding his feet.
- Heinrich Himmler on doing archaeology right.
- Jennfier Hochschild on true science.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes on how humans are omnibuses.
- John Hoopes on the future of the past.
- Terry Hunt on the genocide on Easter Island
- David Hurst-Thomas on the meaning of discovery.
- Aldous Huxley on living high.
- T. H. Huxley on choosing one's grandfather.
- Hypatia of Alexandria on preparation for tomorrow.
I
- W. R. Inge on why history is a terrific occupation.
- Von Igelfeld (Alexander McCall Smith) on German archaeology
J
- Shirley Jackson on why there's always been a lottery.
- Randall Jarrell on seeing the world through gold-colored glasses.
- B. S. Johnson (Terry Pratchett) on the future of architecture.
- Andrew Jones on perceiving the Neolithic.
- Indiana Jones on why archaeology will never make a good movie lot.
- James Joyce (as Stephen Dedalus) on how he feels about history.
- Rosemary Joyce on the illusory 'Ancient Maya'.
K
- Timothy Kaiser on the politics of archaeology in the Balkans
- Alice Beck Kehoe on the tolerance of ambiguity.
- Walt Kelly on the view behind us.
- Khufu's Law for projects worth doing well.
- Gusti Kollman on historic ironies.
- A. L. Kroeber on the charm of anthropology.
L
- Stephen H. Lekson on influential mythologies.
- Jill Lepore on history in seven words.
- Tea Leoni on how she almost became an anthropologist.
- Levi-Strauss on the value of the past.
- Sinclair Lewis on authenticity among scientists.
- Nathan Light on the mental prison of modern myths.
- Penelope Lively on howling landscapes.
- Kristin Lord and Vaughn Turekian on the Diplomacy of Science
- What George Lucas said when he first saw Tikal.
- R. Lee Lyman on a seat at the high table in anthropology
M
- Domenica Macdonald [Alexander McCall Smith] on the soft life of some anthropologists.
- René Magritte on the odors of the present.
- Max Mallowan on why Agatha Christie married him.
- Mao ZeDong on the struggles of society.
- Tommaso Marinetti on our most dangerous prevaricator.
- William H. Marquardt on unearthing support for archaeology.
- Lisa Maurizio on the meaning of the Oracle at Delphi.
- A Maya elder on the importance of remembering the past.
- Alexander McCall Smith (Prof. Von Igelfeld) on German archaeology
- John C. McEnroe on discussing the past
- Herman Melville on the textbook of tyrants.
- Lynn Meskell on the hope for archaeology.
- Catherine Morland [Jane Austen] on the torment of reading history
- Margaret Murray on a welter of flint chips.
