Start with high-confidence archaeology books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Rome
Amanda Claridge, Judith Toms
What Makes Civilization?
David Wengrow
Four Lost Cities
Annalee Newitz
Moche Art and Visual Culture in Ancient Peru
Margaret A. Jackson
Kindred
Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Audible Studios
Born in Africa
Martin Meredith
