Ancient civilizations-2

Archaeological and historical studies

Gordon R. Willey, An Introduction to American Archaeology, 2 vol. (1966–71); and Gordon R. Willey and Jeremy A. Sabloff, A History of American Archaeology, 2nd ed. (1980), provide overviews of all of New World prehistory and place the Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations into the larger cultural–historical setting. See also Leslie Bethell (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, vol. 1 (1984).