A beautifully illustrated, scholarly look into the civilizations before the time of Columbus in America.
This title focuses on three main questions:
- Was the "New World" really new?
- Why were small groups of poorly equipped Europeans able to defeat large Native American societies?
- What impact did the thriving native civilizations leave on the land?
The "Before Columbus" book presents new research in a compelling case that Native Americans created societies that were older, bigger and more highly developed than historians have traditionally thought.