Mammoths and Empires: A History of Indigenous Discovery, Civilization, and Adaptation in the Americas

An absorbing, eye-opening narrative that looks through the lens of deep time and invites us rethink human history—and our shared future.

Long before the arrival of Columbus and other Europeans, Indigenous peoples were exploring continents, engineering ecosystems, and building powerful empires across the Americas. In Mammoths and Empire, archaeologist Todd Braje reveals the sweeping, often overlooked story of more than 15,000 years of human history in the Americas—beginning with Ice Age explo...