Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes discography.

Volume I -- Georgia in the past : the most important events at a glance -- Pre-Christian era -- Christian era: Overview -- Christian era: Plates -- The art of Georgian sacred chant -- Volume II -- Folk music -- Eastern Georgian folk music by region -- Western Georgian folk music by region -- Georgian urban folk music -- Georgian folk musical instruments and instrumental music -- Georgian folk dance -- Selections from the history of the recording and study of Georgian folk music -- Essays on Georgian ethnology -- Historical and ethnographic regions of Georgia -- Vernacular architecture -- Georgian towers and fortifications -- Symbolism in Georgian folk ornaments -- Traditional Georgian pottery -- Stonemasonry in Georgia -- Gravestones and lamentation poems -- Traditional metallurgy in Georgia -- Viticulture and viniculture in Georgia -- Horticulture and animal husbandry -- Felting in Georgia -- Traditional Georgian textile arts -- Traditional Georgian attire.