Origins. In the beginning / Hamlet Petrosyan -- Symbols of Armenian identity. The world as a garden ; The sacred mountain ; The temple ; Writing and the book ; The khachkar or cross-stone / Hamlet Petrosyan -- Settlements, dwellings, and inhabitants. Home as the world / Harutyun Marutyan -- Artifacts and artisans. Wood / Harutyun Marutyan ; Clay / Hamlet Petrosyan and Harutyun Marutyan (with material on salt jars and salt by Levon Abrahamian ... [et al.] ) ; Copper / Hamlet Petrosyan and Harutyun Marutyan ; Carpets / Ashghunj Poghosyan ; Needle arts / Anush Sharambeyan -- Personal adornment. Costume / Svetlana Poghosyan ; Jewelry / Hrachya Margaryan -- Fight, feast, and festival. The blacksmith / Aghasi Tadevosyan and Hamlet Petrosyan ; Festival and feast / Hripsime Pikichian (with material on royal feasts by Hamlet Petrosyan) ; The call of zurna / Hripsime Pikichian ; The wedding tree / Hripsime Pikichian.