A tremendously important and well-researched book, this should be the new standard for basic information regarding pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas.
I tore through this in a couple of days, which says something about how readable I found it. This is the kind of science writing I like, clear enough to be accessible to a non specialist, but not so simplified that I feel like I'm being talked down to or like I'm missing half the data. The writer ...