# Good books on the Aztecs and Incas???

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-on-the-aztecs-and-incas/444780 "2008-04-10T17:34:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-on-the-aztecs-and-incas/444780/21 "2008-04-17T17:58:38Z")

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[QUOTE=PetroDude]  
[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus](http://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207852484&sr=8-1) by Charles C. Mann

This covers more than just the Aztecs and Inkas, but it is a very readable summary of much of the new research/discoveries about the Americas.  
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The book’s full of interesting stuff, presented in a somewhat scattershot manner. But I liked it a lot. And it’s a good springboard for further research.

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**Author:** ![Eben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a8b319/32.png) [@Eben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eben)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-books-on-the-aztecs-and-incas/444780/22 "2008-04-17T18:52:04Z")

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Of somewhat tangental interest, what abou the book [Man Corn](http://www.amazon.com/Man-Corn-Cannibalism-Prehistoric-Southwest/dp/087480566X)? I remember reading some reviews about it when it came out, but is it any good?

-Eben

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