AJA 113.1 (January 2009)
Adams, Russell B., ed.
Jordan: An Archaeological Reader.
Pp. xvi + 581, figs. 165, tables 23. Equinox Publishing Limited, London 2008. $49.95. ISBN 978-1-84553-037-2 (paper).
Åström, Paul, Karin Nys, eds.
The Swedish Cyprus Expedition 80 Years: Proceedings of the Symposium in Honour of the Memory of Einar Gjerstad Held in the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm, 28 September 2007 (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature).
Pp. 207, b&w figs. 9, color figs. 60, fold out map. Paul Åströms förlag, Sävedalen 2008. $81.40. ISBN 978-91-7081-239-2 (cloth).
Ballard, Robert D., ed.
Archaeological Oceanography.
Pp. x + 283, b&w figs. 8, color figs. 170. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2008. $ 45. ISBN 978-0-691-12940-2 (cloth).
Barnard, Hans, Willeke Wendrich, eds.
The Archaeology of Mobility: Old World and New World Nomadism (Cotsen Advanced Seminar Series).
Pp.xi + 603, figs. 134, tables 25. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles 2008. $55. ISBN 978-1-931745-49-9 (paper).
Barringer, Judith M.
Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece.
Pp. xiii + 267, b&w figs. 159. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $27.99. ISBN 978-0-521-64647-5 (paper).
Bechtold, Babette, ed by Roald F. Docter.
Carthage Studies 2: Observations on the Amphora Repetoire of Middle Punic Carthage.
Pp. 146, b&w figs. 17, color figs. 6, tables 28, pls 5. Gent, Belgium 2008. €27. ISBN 9789078848028 (paper).
Bendall, Marie.
Economics of Religion in the Mycenaean World: Resources Dedicated to Religion in the Mycenaean Economy.
Pp. iv + 369, tables 72. Oxford University School of Archaeology, Monograph Number 67, 2007. $80. ISBN 978-1-905905-02-7 (paper).
Reviewed by M.L. Galaty AJA 113.2 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews.
Biella, Maria Cristina.
Impasti Orientalizzanti con Decorazione ad Incavo Nell’italia Centrale Tirrenica (Archaeologica 146).
Pp. 279, figs. 43, pls 45. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2007. €148. ISBN 978-88-7689-226-5 (paper).
Böhlendorf-Arslan, Beate, Ali Osman Uysal, Johanna Witte-Orr, eds.
Çanak: Late Antique and Medieval Pottery and Tiles in Mediterranean Archaeological Contexts (Byzas 7).
Pp. 558, figs. 326, tables 4, pls 31. Ege Yayınları 2007. €75. ISBN 978-975-807-197-5 (paper).
Βοκοτόπουλου, Παναγιώτου Λ.
Παντάνασσα Φιλιππιάδος.
Pp. 85, b&w figs. 5, color figs. 63, plans 1, maps 1. ‘Η ἐν ’Αθήναις ’Αρχαιολογικὴ ‘Εταιρεία, Athens 2007. **. ISBN 978-960-8145-65-8 (paper).
Borges, O.E., H.A.G. Brijder.
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum (The Netherlands – Fascicule 11 Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam Fascicule 5 – 2007): Attic Black-Figure Amphorae, Pelikai, Kraters, Hydriai, Olpai, Oinochoai, and Tripod Kothon.
Pp. xii + 87, figs. 45, pls 286. Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam 2007. **Publisher’s Website Does Not List Book. ISBN 978-90-71211-42-3 (cloth).
Bouzek, Jan, Jiří Musil, Kazim Abdulaev, Ladislav Stančo.
Studia Hercynia IX.
Pp. 275, figs. 109, pls 39. Nakladatelství AMU, Prague 2004. **. ISSN 1212-5865-9 (paper).
Bouzek, Jan, Lidia Domaradzka, and Zofia Halina Archibald, eds.
Pistiros III: Excavations and Studies.
Pp. 286, numerous b&w figs, tables 5, pls. 68. Charles University, Prague 2007. **. ISBN 978-80-7308-182-9 (paper).
Bowens, Amanda ed.
Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice (Second Edition).
Pp. xiv + 226, figs. 132, pls. 52. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Mass. 2008. $45. ISBN 978-1-4051-7591-3 (paper)
Cabanes, Pierre.
Etudes Epigraphiques 2: Corpus des Inscriptions Grecques d’Illyrie Méridionale et D’Épire 2.
Pp. 333, tables 35, pls 100. Foundation D. et É. Botzaris, École françqise d’Athènes 2007. **. ISBN 2-86958-206-4 (paper).
Canosa, Maria Giuseppina.
Una Tomba Principesca da Timmari (Miscellanea – volume XI).
Pp. 234, figs. 32, pls 61, tables 17, fold-out plans 2. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2007. €180. ISBN 978-88-7689-224-9 (paper).
Challis, Debbie.
From the harpy Tomb to the Wonders of Ephesus: British Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire 1840-1880.
Pp. xii + 211, figs. 53. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London 2008. $ 33. ISBN 978-0-7156-3757-9 (paper).
Chuipka, Jason P., and James M. Potter.
Animas-LaPlata Project: Volume III – Blue Mesa Excavations (SWCA Anthropological Research Paper Number 10).
Pp. xvi + 250, b&w figs. 24, color figs. 43, tables 124, plans 26, maps 30. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Phoenix, 2007. $35. ISBN 978-1-931901-17-8 (paper)
Ciaraldi, Marina.
People & Plants in Ancient Pompeii: A New Approach to Urbanism From the Microscope Room (Accordia Specialist Studies on Italy Volume 12).
Pp. 183, b&w figs. 75, tables 17. Accordia Research Institute, London 2008. £36. ISBN 978-1873415-30-6 (paper).
Reviewed by R.I. Curtis AJA 113.3 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Colivicchi, Fabio.
Materiali in Alabastro, Vetro, Avorio, Osso, Uova di Struzzo (Archaeologoica 145).
Pp. 258, figs. 53, pls 8. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2007. €200. ISBN 978-88-7689-231-1 (paper).
Conwell, David H.
Connecting a City to the Sea: The History of the Athenian Long Walls (Mnemosyne Supplementa History and Archeology of Classical Antiquity Vol 293).
Pp. xiv + 267, figs. 8. Brill, Leiden 2008. €99. ISBN 978-90-04-16232-7 (cloth).
Corbin, Annalies, Bradley Rodgers.
The Steamboat Montana and the Opening of the West: History, Excavation, and Architecture.
Pp. xx + 143, figs. 50. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 2008. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3254-2 (cloth).
Cromarty, Robert James.
Burning Bulls, Broken Bones: Sacrificial Ritual in the Context of Palace Period Minoan Religion (BAR International series).
Pp. 157, figs. 77, maps 2. Archeopress, Oxford 2008. £32. ISBN 978-1-4073-0208-5 (paper).
Cunliffe, Barry.
Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC – AD 1000.
Pp. ix + 518, b&w figs. 58, color figs 227. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn 2008. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-300-11923-7 (cloth)
Reviewed by J.E. Levy AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Damaskos, Dimitris, Dimitris Plantzos, eds.
A Singular Antiquity: Archaeology and Hellenic Identity in twentieth-century Greece (Mouseio Benaki 3rd Supplement).
Pp. 418, figs. 135, tables 3. Benaki Musaem, Athens 2008. €18. ISBN 978-960-8347-96-0 (paper).
D’Ercole, Maria Cecilia.
Ambres gravés: du déparment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques.
Pp. 123, figs. 28, tables 1, pls 32. Bibliothéque nationale de France 2008. €36. ISBN 978-2-7177-2394-6 (paper).
Dimo, Vangjel, Philippe Lenhardt, François Quantin.
Apollonia D’Illyrie: 1 Atlas Archéologique et Historique (Collection de L’École Française de Rome).
Pp. xxxi + 352, figs. 246, foldout maps 3. École française d’Athènes 2007. €135. ISBN 978-2-86958-221-8 (paper).
Doig, Allan.
Liturgy and Architecture: From the Early Church to the Middle Ages (Liturgy, Worship, and Society).
Pp. xv + 224, b&w figs. 48, color pls. 10. Ashgate, Burlington, VT 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-7546-5274-8 (paper).
Edmondson, Jonathan, Alison Keith, ed.
Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture.
Pp. xviii + 373, b&w figs. 57. University of Toronto Press, Toronto 2008. $85. ISBN 978-0-8020-9319-6 (cloth).
Emerson, Mary.
Greek Sanctuaries: An Introduction.
Pp. xii + 172, figs. 79. Bristol Classical Press 2007. $ 24. ISBN 978-1-85399-689-4 (paper).
Fassone, Alessia, Enrico Ferraris.
Egypt (Dictionaries of Civilization).
Pp. 384, b&w figs. 34, color figs. 320, maps 2. University of California Press 2008. $24.95. ISBN: 978-0-520-25648-4 (paper).
Fenwick, Corisande, Meredith Wiggins, Dave Wythe, eds.
TRAC 2007: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference London 2007.
Pp. vi + 162, figs. 44, tables 6. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008. $56. ISBN 978-1-84217-322-0 (paper).
Fields, Nic, illustrated by Peter Dennis.
Syracuse 415-413 BC: Destruction of the Athenian Imperial Fleet.
Pp. 96, numerous color and b&w figs. Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford 2008. $19.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-258-5 (paper).
Flourentzos, Pavlos.
The Sarcophagus of Palaipafos.
Pp. 50, figs. 40, tables 1, graphs 6, plans 1. Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2007. Price Forthcoming. ISBN 978-9963-36-444-2 (cloth).
FOURRIER, Sabine.
La Coroplastie Chypriote Archaïque: Identités Culturelles et Politiques á l’époque des Royaumes.
Pp. 196, figs. 9, tables 257, pls 24. Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, Paris 2007. €25. ISBN 978-2-903264-66-6 (paper).
Reviewed by J. Henke AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Gilpin, Dennis.
Animas-LaPlata Project: Volume V – Miners, Railroaders, and Ranchers: Creating Western Rural Landscapes in Ridges Basin and Wildcat Canyon, Southwestern Colorado (SWCA Anthropological Research Paper Number 10).
Pp. xx + 318, b&w figs. 75, color figs. 29, tables 19. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Phoenix 2007. $35. ISBN 978-1-931901-20-8 (paper)
Gilpin, Dennis. .
Animas-LaPlata Project: Volume VI – Historic Site Descriptions (SWCA Anthropological Research Paper Number 10).
Pp. ix + 162, b&w figs. 103, color figs. 1, tables 13. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Phoenix 2007. $30. ISBN 978-1-931901-19-2 (paper)
Gallazzi, Claudio, Bärbel Kramer, Salvatore Settis, eds.
Il Papiro di Artemidoro (P. Artemid.).
Pp. 630, figs. 67, b&w pls. 24, color pls. 16, b&w pullout pls. 2, color pullout pls. 2. DVD. LED Edizoni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto, Milano 2008. € 480. ISBN 978-88-7916-380-4 (cloth).
Reviewed by A. Verhoogt AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Gillings, Mark, Joshua Pollard, David Wheatley, Rick Peterson.
Landscape of the Megaliths: Excavation and Fieldwork on the Avebury Monuments, 1997-2003.
Pp. xiv + 402, b&w figs. 217, color figs. 10, tables 84. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008. $80. ISBN 978-1-84217-313-8 (cloth)
Gillis, Carole, Birgitta Sjöberg.
Crossing Borders: Trade and Production in Premonetary Greece – Proceedings of the 7th, 8th, and 9th International Workshops Athens 1997-1999 (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature).
Pp. 308, b&w figs. 113, tables 6. Paul Åströms förlag, Sävedalen 2008. $81.40. ISBN 978-91-7081-233-0 (paper).
Grandjean, Catherine, ed.
Le Péloponnése d’Epaminondas á Hadrien (Études 21).
Pp. 424, figs. 50, tables 5, pls 8. Ausonius 2008. €35. ISBN 2-910023-89-3 (cloth).
Groover, Mark D.
The Archaeology of North American Farmsteads (The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective).
Pp. xviii + 151, figs. 34, tables 6. The University Press of Florida, Gainsville, Fla. 2008. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3263-4 (paper).
Hally, David .
King: The Social Archaeology of a Late Mississippian Town in Northwestern Georgia.
Pp. xxv + 589, figs. 91, tables 87, CD-ROM. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2008. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-5460-2 (paper)
Harker, Andrew.
Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt: The Case of the Acta Alexandrinorum.
Pp. vi + 256. Cambridge University Press 2008. $ 99. ISBN 978-0-521-88789-2 (cloth).
Hedman, Mathew.
The Age of Everything: How Science Explores the Past.
Pp. 249, figs. 100, tables 8. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2008. $16. ISBN 978-0-226-32293-3 (paper).
Held, Winfried.
Gergakome: Ein ‘altehrwürdiges’ Heiligtum im kaiserzeitlichen Karien (Istanbuler Forschungen Band 49).
Pp. xi + 220, figs. 250, Beilage 1. Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 2008. €35. ISBN 978-3-8030-1770-3 (cloth).
Höricht, Lucia Amalia Scatozza.
Pithecusa: Materiali Votivi da Monte vico e Dall’area di Santa Restituta (Archaeologica 147).
Pp. 116, tables 2, pls 28. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Roma 2007. €95. ISBN 978-88-7689-225-7 (paper).
Hülden, Oliver.
Gräber und Grabtypen Im Bergland Von Yavu (Zentrallykien) Studien zur Antiken Grabkultur in Lykien (Antiqu0itas 3).
Vol 1 – Pp. xxii + 353. Vol 2 – Pp. x + 263, pls 140, pullout map 1. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn 2006. €35. ISBN 978-3-7749-3425-2 (cloth).
Jaeggi, Othmar.
Die Griechischen Porträts: Antike Repräsentation – Moderne Projektion.
Pp. 170, figs. 64. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2008. €39. ISBN 9783496-01392-1 (cloth)
Jones, Paula Louise.
Moving Heaven and Earth: Landscape, Death and Memory in the Aceramic Neolithic of Cyprus (BAR International Series).
Pp. vii + 162, figs. 48, tables 2. Archeopress, Oxford 2008. £32. ISBN 978-1-4073-0283-6 (paper)
Karavites, Peter.
Homer and the Bronze Age: The Reflection of Humanistic Ideals in Diplomatic Practices.
Pp. xv + 242. Gorgias Press, NJ 2008. $107. ISBN 978-1-59333-985-2 (cloth).
Killion, Thomas W. ed.
Opening Archaeology: Repatriation’s Impact on Contemporary Research and Practice (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series).
Pp. ix + 274, b&w figs. 1, tables 8. School For Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-1-930618-93-0 (paper).
Kitchen, K.A. trans.
Ramesside Inscriptions Translated and Annotated: Volume V Setnakht, Ramesses III, & Contemporaries (Translations).
Pp. xxiv + 523. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Mass. 2008. $400. ISBN 978-0-631-18431-7 (cloth)
Koch, Guntram, ed.
Akten Des Symposiums Des Sarkophag-Corpus 2001: Marburg, 2.-7. Juli 2001.
Pp. xii + 354, figs. 32, pls 120. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz 2007. €98.50. ISBN 978-3-8053-3501-0 (cloth).
Koukouli-Chryssanthaki, Haïdô, René Treuil, Laurent Lespez, Dimitria Malamidou.
Dikili Tash, Village Préhistorique de Macédoine Orientale: Recherches Franco-Helléniques Dirigées par la Société Archéologique D’Athénes et L’École Française D’Athénes (1986-2001) (Bibliothéque de la Société Archéologique D’Athénes No 254).
Pp. 416, figs. 88. La Société Archéologique D’Athénes 2008. €80. ISBN 978-960-8145-68-9 (paper).
Kousoulis, P, K. Magliveras, eds.
Moving Across Boarders: Foreign Relations, Religion and Cultural Interactions in the Ancient Mediterranean (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 159).
Pp. xxii + 369, figs. 41. Peeters Publishing & Department of Oriental Studies, Leuven, Belgium 2007. €74. ISBN 978-90-429-1871-9 (cloth).
Kühne, Hartmut, Rainer M. Czichon, Florian Janoscha Kreppner, eds.
Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient near East (29 March – 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin): Volume 1: The Reconstruction of Enviroment: Natural Resources and Human Interrelations through Time Art History: Visual Communication. Volume 2: Social and Cultural Transformation: The Archaeology of Transitional Periods and Dark Ages, Excavation Reports. Vol. 1: Pp. xxxv + 641, figs. 435, pls 6, tables 25, graphs 7. Vol. 2:
Pp. xxxiii + 446, figs. 252, pls 5, tables 7, graphs 2, maps 2. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2008. €98. ISBN vol 1: 978-447-05703-5 vol 2: 978-3-447-05757-8 (cloth).
Lavan, Luke, Ellen Swift, Toon Putzeys, eds.
Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity (Late Antique Archaeology Vol. 5).
Pp. viii + 741, figs. 135, tables 2. Brill, Leiden 2007. $204. ISBN 978-90-04-16550-2 (cloth).
Lear, Andrew, Eva Cantarella.
Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys were their Gods.
Pp. xvii + 262, b&w figs. 111. Routledge, New York 2008. $115. ISBN 978-0-415-22367-6 (cloth).
Reviewed by J. Robson AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Leskov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich.
The Maikop Treasure.
Pp. x + 294, numerous b&w and color figs., tables 4. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PE 2008. $75. ISBN 978-1-934536-04-9 (cloth).
Reviewed by E. Neva and A. Naymark AJA 113.3 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Lillios, Katina T.
Heraldry for the Dead: Memory, Identity, and the Engraved Stone Plaques of Neolithic Iberia.
Pp. xi + 218, b&w figs. 115. University of Texas Press, Austin 2008. $60. ISBN 978-0-292-71822-7 (cloth).
Μαχαιρα, Βασιλικης.
Το Ιερο Αφροδιτης Και Ερωτος Στην Ιερα Οδο.
Pp. xvi + 211, figs. 23, b&w pls. 42, color pls. 8. ‘Η ἐν ’Αθήναις ’Αρχαιολογικὴ ‘Εταιρεία, Athens 2008. **. ISBN 978-960-8145-67-2 (paper)
Macdougall, Doug.
Nature’s Clock: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything.
Pp. xi + 271, figs. 26, maps 1. University of California Press 2008. $25.95. ISBN 978-0-520-24975-2 (cloth).
Margueron, Jean-Claude, Olivier Rouault, Pierre Lombard, eds.
Akh Purattim 2 (Akh Purattim – Les Rives De L’Euphrate: Mémoires d’archéologie et d’histoire régionales interdisciplinaires).
Pp. 337, figs. 216, tables 7. Maison De L’Orient et De La Méditerranée Minitére Affaires Étrangéres, Lyon 2007. €35. ISBN 978-2-903264-96-3 (paper).
McGinn, Thomas A.J.
Widows and Patriarchy: Ancient and Modern.
Pp. vii + 230. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London 2008. $80. ISBN 978-0-7156-3743-2 (cloth).
Meagher, Robert Emmet, Elizabeth Parker Neave.
Ancient Greece: An Explorer’s Guide.
Pp. ix + 355, numerous b&w and color figs. Interlink Publishing Group, Inc, Mass 2008. $24. ISBN 978-1-56656-682-7 (paper).
Mills, Barbara J., William H. Walker, eds. contributors, Susan D. Gillespie, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lisa J. Lucero, Lynn Meskell, Barbara J. Mills, Axel E. Nielsen Timothy R. Pauketat, Joshua Pollard, Ann B. Stahl, William H. Walker. Memory Work: Archaeologies of Material Practices (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series).
Pp. xiv + 300, figs. 45, tables 21. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe 2008. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-930618-88-6 (paper).
Mitteilungen: Die Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Athenische Abteilung (Band 120 – 2005).
Pp. viii + 431, figs. 25, pls 62. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz 2006. €51. ISBN 978-3-8053-3702-1 (cloth).
Neuzil, Anna A.
In the Aftermath of Migration: Renegotiating Ancient Identity in Southeastern Arizona.
Pp. v + 124, fig. 32, tables 51. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Ariz. 2008. $17.95. ISBN 978-0-8165-2736-6 (paper)
Nicolle, David.
Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050: The Middle East and Central Asia (Fortress).
Pp. 64, b&w figs. 40, color figs. 21, color pls. 7, maps 3. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2008. $18.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-115-1 (paper).
Nowicki, Krzysztof.
Monastiraki Katalimata: Excavation of a Cretan Refuge Site, 1993—2000.
Pp. xxv + 296, b&w figs. 91, b&w pls. 39. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2008. $70. ISBN 978-1-931534-24-6 (cloth).
Nur, Amos, Dawn Burgess.
Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God.
Pp. xi + 309, figs. 97. Princeton University Press 2008. $26.95. ISBN 978-0-691-01602-3 (cloth).
Pollard, A. Mark, Carl Heron.
Archaeological Chemistry.
Pp. xvii + 438, figs. 111, tables 29. RSC Publishing, Cambridge 2008. £39.95. ISBN 978-0-85404-262-3 (cloth).
Pollard, Joshua, ed.
Prehistoric Britain (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology).
Pp. xv + 367, figs. 61, tables 3. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Mass. 2008. $45. ISBN 1405125462 (paper).
Pretzler, Maria.
Pausanias: Travel Writing in Ancient Greece (Classical Literature and Society).
Pp. xiv + 225, figs. 13. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London 2007. $33. ISBN 978-0-7156-3496-7 (paper).
Queyrel, François.
Le Parthénon: Un Monument dans l’Histoire.
Pp. 235, b&w figs. 3, color pls. 7, plans 1, beilage 1. Bartillat, Paris 2008. 22€. ISBN 978-2-84100-435-5 (paper).
Ramsay, William M., Gertrude L. Bell.
The Thousand and One Churches.
Pp. xxxiv + 580, figs. 386, plans 1, maps 3. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2008. $49.95. ISBN 978-1-934536-05-6 (cloth)
Ratto, Stefania.
Greece (Dictionaries of Civilization).
Pp. 384, b&w figs. 37, color figs. 323, maps 2. University of California Press 2008. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-520-25647-7 (paper).
Reid, Judith.
Minoan Kato Zakro: A Pastoral Economy (BAR International Series 1713).
Pp. ii + 185, b&w figs. 122, color maps 2. Archeopress, Oxford 2007. ₤40. ISBN 978-1-4073-0157-0 (paper).
Rowman, Yorke M, Jennie R. Ebeling.
New Approaches to Old Stones: Recent Studies of Ground Stone Artifacts.
Pp. xvi + 379, figs. 149, tables 33. Equinox Publishing Limited, London 2008. $140. ISBN 976-1-84553-044-0 (cloth).
Ruppenstein, Florian.
Kerameikos XVIII: Die Submykenisce Nekropole Neufunde und Neubewertung (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut).
Pp. xi + 305, pls 48, beilage 18, fold-out plans 1. Hirmer GmbH, Müchen 2007. €110. ISBN 978-3-7774-3525-1 (cloth).
Rutherford, Sarah.
The Victorian Asylum.
Pp. 56, b&w figs. 12, color figs. 52, tables 1. Shire Publications, Oxford 2008. ₤5.99. ISBN 978-0-7478-0669-1 (paper)
Sabottka, Michael.
Das Serapeum in Alexandria: Untersuchungen zur Architektur und Baugeschichte des Heiligtums von der frühen ptolemäischen Zeit bis zur Zerstörung 391 n. Chr (Études alexandrines 15 – 2008).
Pp. xxvi + 520, figs. 86, tables 12, pls 185. Institut Français D’Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire 2008.**. ISBN 978-2-7247-0471-6 (paper).
Schlanger, Nathan, Jarl Nordblandh, eds.
Archives Ancestors Practices: Archaeology in the Light of its History.
Pp. xix + 356, figs. 89, pls 16. Berghahn Books, New York 2008. $90. ISBN 978-1-84545-066-3 (paper).
Reviewed by A.J.M. Colson AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Searight, Ann, Julian Reade, Irving Finkel.
Assyrian Stone Vessels and Related Material in the British Museum.
Pp. viii + 68, b&w figs. 68. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008. $130. ISBN 978-1-84217-312-1 (cloth)
Shaw, Justine M.
White Roads of the Yucatán: Changing Social Landscapes of the Yucatec Maya.
Pp. 226, fig. 27. University of Arizona Press 2008. $45. ISBN 978-0-8165-2678-9 (cloth).
Slawisch, Anja.
Die Grabsteine der römischen Provinz Thracia.
Pp. 208, b&w figs. 246. Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2007. €79. ISBN 978-3-937517-80-3 (cloth).
Soren, David.
An Ancient Roman Spa at Mezzomiglio: Chianciano Terme, Tuscany(Archaeological Excavations 1995-2001). 1 Vol.
Pp. ix + 416, figs. 399. John & Erica Hedges Ltd., Oxford 2007. ₤42. ISBN 1-84058-008-9 (paper).
Stamper, John W.
The Architecture of Roman Temples: The Republic to the Middle Empire.
Pp. xv + 287, figs. 162. Cambridge University Press 2008. $32.99. ISBN 978-0-521-72371-8 (paper).
Stout, Adam.
Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-war Britain.
Pp. ix + 318, figs. 33. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Mass. 2008. $55. ISBN 978-1-4051-5505-2 (paper).
Wells, Peter S.
Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered.
Pp. xv + 240, figs 35. W.W. Norton Company Inc., New York 2008. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-393-06075-1 (cloth).
Yoder, Thomas D., James M. Potter, eds.
Animas LaPlata Project: Volume IV – Ridges Basin Excavations: Eastern Basin Sites (SWCA Anthropological Research Paper Number 10).
Pp. xxviii + 422, b&w figs. 92, color figs. 72, tables 259. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Phoenix 2007. $45. ISBN 978-1-931901-18-5 (paper)
Zanker, Paul, ed.
Konservieren Oder Restaurieren: Die Restaurierung griechischer Vasen von der Antike bis heute (Beihefte Zum Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Band III).
Pp. 164, figs. 164, pls 22. C.H. Beck, München 2007. €59.90. ISBN 978-3-406-56482-6 (cloth).
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AJA 113.2 (April 2009)
Alizadeh, Abbas.
Choga Mish, Volume II: The Development of a Prehistoric Regional Center In Lowland Susiana, Southwestern Iran: Final report on the last Six Seasons of Excavations (Oriental Institute Publications Volume 130).
Pp. xliv + 395, b&w figs. 99, pls. 31, tables 14. University of Chicago, Chicago 2008. $90. ISBN 978-1-885923-52-3 (cloth).
Algaze, Guillermo.
Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization: Evolution of an Urban Landscape.
Pp. xviii + 230, b&w figs. 17, tables 1, maps 9. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2008. $35. ISBN 978-0-226-01377-0 (cloth).
Arnold, Dean E.
Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community.
Pp. xxx + 351, b&w figs 85, tables 40. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2008. $65. ISBN 978-0-87081-923-0 (cloth).
Avanzini, Alessandra ed.
A Port in Arabia Between Rome and the Indian Ocean, 3rd C. BC – 5th C. AD (Khor Rori Report 2).
Pp. 742, b&w figs. 114, pls. 185, color pls. 6, maps 2. “L’Erma” de Bretschneider, Rome 2008. €450. ISBN 978-88-8265-469-6.
Reviewed by P. Yule, AJA 113.2 (2009) 303-04.
Baines, John, John Bennet, and Stephen Houston eds.
The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication.
Pp. xviii + 378, b&w figs 61, tables 8. Equinox Publishing Ltd., London 2008. $95. ISBN 978-1-84553-013-6 (cloth).
Barham, Lwarence, and Peter Mitchell.
The First Africans: African Archaeology From The Earliest Toolmakers to Most Recent Foragers (Cambridge World Archaeology).
Pp. xvii + 601, b&w figs. 117, tables 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008. $36. ISBN 978-0-521-61265-4 (paper)
Barlow, Shirley A.
The Imagery of Euripides: Third Edition.
Pp. xxviii + 169. Bristol Classical Press, London 2008. $29.95. ISBN978-1-85399-710-5 (paper).
Beard, Mary.
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii lost and Found.
Pp. vii + 360, b&w figs. 134, color pls. 23. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. $26.95. 978-0-674-0297-7 (cloth).
Bell, Sinclair, and Inge Lyse Hansen.
Role Models in the Roman World: Identity and Assimilation.
Pp. xi + 316, B&w figs. 95. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2008. $85. ISBN 978-0-472-11589-1 (cloth).
Biehl, P.F., and Y. Ya. Rassamakin.
Import and Imitation in Archaeology (Zentrum für Archäolgie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes).
Pp. 252, b&w figs. 45, b&w pls. 57, tables 1. Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2008. €55. ISBN 978-3-937517-95-7 (paper).
Bodiou, Lydie, Dominique Frère, and Véronique Mehl eds.
Parfums et Odeurs Dans L’Antiquité.
Pp. 279, b&w figs. 192, tables 4. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2008. €23. ISBN 978-2-7535-0638-1 (paper).
Bowes, Kim.
Private Worship, Public Values, and Religious Change in late Antiquity.
Pp. xvi + 363, b&w figs 53. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008. $95. ISBN 978-0-521-88593-5 (cloth).
Brooks, James F., Christopher R.N. DeCorse, and John Walton eds.
Small Worlds: Method, Meaning, and Narrative in Mocrohistory (School For Advanced Reasearch Advanced Seminar Series).
Pp. x + 332, b&w figs. 27, tables 2. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe 2008. **. ISBN 978-1-930618-94-7 (paper)
Buora, Maurizio, and Stefan Seidel eds.
Fibule Anitche del Friuli (Cataloghi e Monografie Archeologiche Dei Civici Musei di Udine – 9).
Pp. 237, b&w figs. 939, graphs 3, tables 3, maps 1, CD-ROM 1. L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2008. **. ISBN 978-88-8265-464-1 (paper).
Buora, Maurizio.
Habitus: Identità e integrazione nel mondo antico attraverso lo studio delle fibule.
Pp. 47, b&w figs. 38, color figs. 21, CD-ROM 1. Art Grafiche Friulane, Udine 2007. €3. ISBN 978-88-95752-01-3 (paper).
Campbell-Dunn, Graham.
The African Origins of Classical Civilisation.
Pp. ix + 317, b&w figs. 18. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana 2008. **. ISBN 978-1-4343-5080-0 (paper).
Chaffin, Tom.
The H.L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy.
Pp. xxv + 324, b&w pls. 16, plans 1, maps 2. Hill And Wang, New York 2008. $26. ISBN 978-0-8090-9512-4 (cloth).
Clauss-Balty, Pascale ed.
Hauran III L’habitat dans les campagnes de Syrie du Sud: aux époques classique et médiévale (Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique – Tome 181).
Pp. viii + 347, b&w figs. 84. pls. 92, tables 14. Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beirut 2008. €55. ISBN 978-2-35159-064-5 (paper).
Collins, Billie Jean, Mary R. Bachvarova, and Ian C. Rutherford eds.
Anatolian Interfaces: Hittites, Greeks, and their Neighbors: Proceedings of an International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction, September 17-19, 2004.
Pp. ix + 213, b&w figs. 8, maps 2. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008. $90. ISBN 978-1-84217-270-4 (cloth).
Darvill, Timothy.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology.
Pp. xi + 547, b&w figs. 4, tables 4. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2008. $50. ISBN 978-0-19-953405-0 (cloth).
Davis, Hester A.
Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona 1935 – 1939.
Pp. xxiv + 216, b&w figs. 160, color pls. 8. Peabody Museum Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2008. $18.95. ISBN 978-0-87365-911-6 (paper).
Dentzer-Feydy, Jacqueline, Michèle Vallerin, Thibaud Fournet et Ryad et Anas Mukdad.
Bosra: Aux Portes De L’Arabie.
Pp. xvi + 365, numerous b&w and color figs., 1 beilage. Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beirut 2007. €30. ISBN 978-2-35159-060-7 (paper).
Dimitrova, Nora M.
Theoroi and Initiates in Samothrace: The Epigraphical Evidence (Hesperia Supplement 37).
Pp. xvi + 280, b&w figs 133, tables 1. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2008. $55. ISBN 978-0-87661-537-9 (paper).
Duffy, Seán ed.
Medieval Dublin VIII.
Pp. 328, b&w figs. 82, tables 20. Four Courts Press, Portland 2008. $35. ISBN 978-1-84682-043-4 (paper).
Duhoux, Yves, ans Anna Morpurgo Davies eds.
A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaen Greek Texts and Their World (Volume 1).
Pp. xi + 448, b&w figs. 95, tables 5. Peeters, Leuven 2008. €55. ISBN 978-90-429-1848-1 (paper).
Reviewed by J.G. Younger AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Erlich, Adi, and Amos Kloner.
Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989-1996 Seasons (IAA Reports No. 35).
Pp. x + 189, b&w figs. 14, b&w pls. 51, color pls. 1, tables 19, plans 1. Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem 2008. **. ISBN 978-965-406-212-1 (paper).
Féret, Gaële and Richard Sylvestre.
Les graffiti sur céramique d’Augusta Raurica (Forschungen in Augst 40).
Pp. 323, b&w figs. 61, b&w pls. 100, color pls. 5. Augusta Raurica, Augst 2008. €62. ISBN 978-3-7151-0040-1 (cloth).
Ferrari, Gloria.
Alcman and the Cosmos of Sparta.
Pp. viii + 184, b&w figs. 2, color pls. 20. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2008. $45. ISBN 978-0-226-66867-3 (cloth).
Fiema, Zbigniew T., and Jaako Frösén.
Petra – The Mountain of Aaron: The Church and the Chapel (The Finnish Archaeological Project in Jordan Volume I).
Pp. 447, b&w figs. 323, color figs. 69, graphs 1, tables 45, plans 1. Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki 2008. **. ISBN 978-951-653-364-6 (cloth).
Fitzjohn, Mathew ed.
Uplands of Ancient Sicily and Calabria: The Archaeology of Landscape Revisited (Accordia Specialist Studies on Italy, Vol. 13).
Pp. 237, b&w figs. 76, tables 12. Accordia Research Institute, London 2007. **. ISBN 978-1873415-32-0
Reviewed by J.M. Cooper AJA 113.4 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Flourentzos, Dr. Pavlos Director: Department of Antiquities.
Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus: 2007.
Pp. 493, b&w figs. 113, color figs. 114, b&w pls. 19, color pls. 9, tables 38, maps 1. Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2007. **. ISSN 0070-2374 (cloth).
Forsén, Björn, and Giovanni Salmeri.
The Province Strikes Back: Imperial Dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean (Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens Vol. XIII).
Pp. i + 214, b&w figs. 12, maps 5. Suomen Ateenan-Instituutin säätiö, Helsinki 2008. **. ISBN 978-951-98806-8-6 (paper).
Gabriel, Albert.
Un Architecte Français À Délos Au Temps De La Grande Fouille 1908 – 1911.
Pp. 47, b&w figs. 28, color figs. 28. École françqise d’Athènes, Athens 2008. **. ISBN **** (paper).
Gill, George W. and Rick L. Weathermon eds.
Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology of the Northwestern Plains.
Pp. xvi + 320, b&w figs. 124, tables 70. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 2008. $50. ISBN 978-0-87480-928-2 (cloth).
Gros, Pierre.
La Gaule Narbonnaise: De la conquête romaine au IIIe siècle apr. J.-C.
Pp. 166, b&w figs. 28, color figs. 82. Picard, Paris 2008. €65. ISBN 978-2-7084-0833-3 (cloth).
Hadji-Minaglou, Gisèle.
Les Habitations À L’est Du Temple De Soknebtynis (Tebtynis IV).
Pp. xvi + 250, b&w figs. 219, color figs. 15. Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 2007. **. ISBN 978-2-7247-0468-6 (paper).
Hauser, Mark W.
An Archaeology of Black Markets: Local Ceramics and Economies in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica.
Pp. xxiii + 269, b&w figs. 50, tables 16, maps 14. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2008. $65. ISBN 978-0-8130-3261-0 (cloth).
Jones, Andrew ed.
Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology).
Pp. xv + 378, b&w figs. 93, tables 2. Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, Mass. 2008. $45. ISBN 978-1-4051-2596-3 (paper).
Jordan, Kurt A.
The Seneca Restoration 1715 – 1754: An Iroquois Local Political Economy.
Pp. xiii + 425, b&w figs. 37, tables 16. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2008. $69.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3251-1 (cloth).
Kalaitzoglou, Georg.
Assesos: Ein geschlossener Befund südionischer Keramik aus dem Heiligtum der Athen Assesia (Milesische Forschungen – Band 6).
Pp. xviii + 450, b&w figs. 14, b&w pls. 173, beilage 18, tables 14, diagrams 12. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 2008. €128. ISBN 978-3-8053-3500-3 (cloth).
Keim, Charles J.
Aghvook, White Eskimo.
Pp. xix + 13, b&w figs. 82. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-1-60223-036-1 (paper).
Keith, Alison.
Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure.
Pp. x + 214. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. $33. ISBN 978-0-7156-3453-0 (paper).
Kolb, Frank.
Burg – Polis – Bischofssitz: Geschichte der Siedlungskammer von Kyaneai in der Südwesttürkei.
Pp. xiv + 482, b&w figs. 455, color figs. 30. Philip von Zabern, Mainz 2008. €49.90. ISBN 978-3-8053-3900-1 (cloth).
Lapatin, Kenneth ed.
Papers on Special Techniques in Athenian Vases.
Pp. xii + 242, b&w figs. 46, color figs. 74. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2008. $75. ISBN 978-0-89236-901-0 (paper).
Marcus, Joyce, and Jeremy A. Sabloff eds.
The Ancient City: New Perspectives on Urbanism in the Old and New World (School For Advanced Research Resident Scholar Series).
Pp. xvi + 405, b&w figs. 121, tables 6. The School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe 2008. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-934691-02-1 (paper).
Mitteilungen: Des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Athenische Abteilung.
Pp. xiv + 365, b&w pls. 48. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2008. €69. ISBN 978-3-8053-3861-5 (cloth).
Neils, Jenifer.
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece.
Pp. 191, color figs. 188, maps 1. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-472-03329-4 (paper).
Nelson, Sarah M.
Denver: An Archaeologial History.
Pp. xii + 272, b&w figs. 105. University Press of Colorodo, Boulder 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-87081-935-3 (paper).
Pirenne-Delforge, Vinciane.
Retour à la source: Pausanian et la religion grecque (Kernos Supplément 20).
Pp. 411. Centre International d’Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, Liège 2008. €40. ISBN 978-2-9600717-3-3 (paper).
Pisani, Marcella.
Camarina: le terrecotte figurate e la ceramica da una fornace di V e IV secolo a.C. (Studia Archaeologica 164).
Pp. 249, b&w figs. 22, color figs. 11, b&w pls. 27, color pls. 5, tables 2. L’erma Di Bretschneider, Rome 2008. **. ISBN 978-88-8265-482-5 (cloth).
Porsat, Jean-Claude.
L’art Égéen 1: Grèce, Cyclades, Crète jusqu’au milieu du IIe millénaire av. J.-C. (Manuels d’Art et d’Archéologie antiques).
Pp. 304, b&w figs. 400, color pls. 84, maps 4. Picard, Paris 2008. **. ISBN 978-2-7084-0804-3 (cloth).
Ramage, Nacy H., and Andrew Ramage.
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Rome.
Pp. 192, color fgs. 187. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-472-03245-7 (paper).
Reingruber, Agathe.
Die deutschen Ausgrabungen auf der Argissa-Magula in Thessalien II. Die Argissa Magula. Das frühe und das beginnende mittlere Neolithikum im Lichte transägäischer Beziehungen (Beiträge zur ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie des Mittelmeer-Kulturraumes 35).
Pp. 702, b&w plates 42, color plates 6, maps 2, table 1. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH, Bonn 2008. €98. ISBN 978-3-7749-3553-2 (cloth).
Reviewed by O. Kouka AJA 113.3 (2009) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews
Renfrew, Colin, and Paul Bahn.
Archaeology: Theories Methods and Practice – Fifth Edition.
Pp. 656, numerous b&w figs. Thames and Hudson, London 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-500-28713-2 (paper).
Scheiber, Laura L., and Bonnie J. Clark eds.
Archaeological Landscapes on the High Plains.
Pp. xiii + 296, b&w figs. 57, tables 7. University Press of Colorodo, Boulder 2008. $55. ISBN 978-0-87081-931-5 (cloth).
Schmalzer, Sigrid.
The People’s Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-Century China.
Pp. xix + 346, b&w figs. 24. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2008. $26. ISBN 978-0-226-73860-4 (paper).
Shaw, Ian and Paul Nicholson.
The Princeton Dictionary of Ancient Egypt.
Pp. 368, numerous b&w and color figs. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-691-13762-9 (cloth).
Silliman, Stephen W. ed.
Collaborating at the Trowel’s Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology (Amerind Studies in Archaeology).
Pp. xiii + 305, b&w figs. 15, tables 1. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2008. $65. ISBN 978-0-8165-2722-9 (cloth).
Smith, Joanna S. ed.
Views From Phlamoudhi, Cyprus (Annual of the American schools of Oriental Research, Volume 63).
Pp. xiii + 145, b&w figs. 76. American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston 2008. $74.95. ISBN 978-0-89757-076-3 (cloth).
Stark, Miriam T., Brenda J. Bowser, and Lee Horne eds.
Cultural Transmission and Material Culture.
Pp. xv + 317, b&w figs. 32, tables 17, maps 17. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2008. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-8165-2675-8 (cloth).
Stuart, David and George Stuart.
Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya.
Pp. 272, b&w figs. 140, color figs. 27. Thames and Hudson, London 2008. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-500-05156-6 (cloth).
Talbot, Alice-Mary ed.
Dumbarton Oaks Papers, No. 61.
Pp. 390, b&w figs. 168. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C. 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-88402-352-4 (cloth).
Tiverios, Michalis A.
Perikleische Panathenäen: Ein Krater des Malers von München 2335.
Pp. 154, b&w figs. 1, b&w pls. 33. Computus Druck Statz & Verlag, Gutenberg 2008. €24.90. ISBN 978-3-940598-00-4 (paper).
Tzachili, Iris ed.
Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age.
Pp. 345, b&w figs. 147, color figs. 51, graphs 4, tables 25, diagrams 20. Ta Pragmata Publications, Athens 2008. **. ISBN 978-960-98261-0-5 (paper).
Vickers, Michael.
Sophocles and Alcibiades: Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature.
Pp. x + 205. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-8014-4732-7 (cloth).
Van Houtte, Hans, Bart Delmartino, Iasson Yi, and Hans Das.
Post-War Restoration of Property Rights under International Law Volumes I & II.
Pp. xxii + 377 and xix + 295. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008. $280. ISBN 978-0-521-89831-7 (cloth).
Waxman, Sharon.
Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World.
Pp. xiv + 414, b&w figs. 34, color figs. 18. Times Books, New York 2008. $30. ISBN 978-0-8050-8653-9 (cloth).
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim.
Amerkungen über die Geschichte der kunst des Alterthums.
Pp. xxvi + 279, b&w figs. 84. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz 2008. €46. ISBN 978-3-8053-3844-8 (cloth).
Wrede, Henning.
Das Lob der Demokratie am Parthenonfries (21. Trierer Winckelmannsprogram 2004).
Pp. vii + 43, b&w pls. 14, color pls. 15. Verlag Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 2008. **. 978-3-8053-3865-3 (cloth).
Wright, Matthew.
Euripides: Orestes (Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy).
Pp. 176. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. $24. ISBN 978-0-7156-3714-2 (paper).
Worthington, Ian.
Philip II of Macedon.
Pp. xxv + 303, b&w figs. 3, b&w pls. 24, maps 6. Yale University Press, New Haven 2008. $35. ISBN 978-0-300-12079-0 (cloth).
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AJA 113.3 (July 2009)
Aldrete, Gregory S.
Daily Life in The Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia.
Pp. xv + 278, figs. 73, plans 4, maps 6. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 2009. $ 19.95. ISBN 978-0-8061-4027-8 (paper).
Andrefski, William, Jr. ed.
Lithic Technology.
Pp. xviii + 339, b&w figs. 112, tables 28. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $95. ISBN 978-0-521-88827-1 (cloth).
Antípoda 4.
Violencia, Reparación y Tecnologías del Recuerdo:Perspectivas Desde África y América Latina (Revista de Antropolgía y Arqueología No. 4, Enero-Junio).
Pp. 280. Universidad De Los Andes, Bogotá 2007. $15. ISSN 1900-5407 (paper).
Baltussen, Han.
Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius: The Methodology of a Commentator.
Pp. xii + 292, tables 2. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. $80. ISBN 978-0-7156-3500-1 (cloth).
Barbanera, Marcello and Agneta Freccero.
Collezione di Antichità di Palazzo Lancellotti ai Coronari (Studi Miscellanei 34).
Pp. 312, b&w figs. 288, color figs. 15, tables 2, plans 1, maps 1. L’erma di Bretschneider, Rome 2008. $**. ISBN 978-88-8265-485-6 (cloth).
Bateman, Nick, Carrie Cowan and Robin Wroe-Brown.
London’s Roman Amphitheatre: Guildhall Yard, City of London (Molas Monograph 35).
Pp. xviii + 241, b&w figs. 57, color figs. 100, tables 12, plans 11, maps 8, CD-ROM 1. Museum of London Archaeology Service, London 2008. £29.95. ISBN 978-1-901992-71-7 (cloth).
Beisaw, April M. and James G. Gibb eds.
The Archaeology of Institutional Life.
Pp. xi + 249, figs. 17, tables 4, plans 6, maps 5. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2009. $28.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-5516-6 (paper).
Binder, Susanne.
The Gold of Honour in New Kingdom Egypt (The Australian Centre for Egyptology: Studies 8).
Pp. viii + 424, b&w figs. 97, color figs. 27, tables 37. Aris and Phillips, Ltd., Oxford 2008. $96. ISBN 978-0-85668-899-7 (paper).
Βλίζδος, Σταύρος ed.
Ἡ ΑΘήνα Κατά Τὴ Ρωμαϊκή Εποχή´: Πρόσφατες ανακαλύψεισ, νέες έρευνες (Μουσείο Μπενάκη 40 Παράτημα).
Pp. 488, figs. 412, maps 32. Μουσείο Μπενάκη, Athens 2008. $**. ISBN 978-960-476-002-2 (paper).
Blix, Göran.
From Paris to Pompeii: French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology.
Pp. 310, figs. 16. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philidelphia 2008. $59.95. ISBN 978-08122-4136-5 (cloth).
Bouras, Laskarina and Maria Parani.
Lighting in Early Byzantium (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications 11).
Pp. xiii + 118, b&w figs. 8, color figs. 81. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 2008. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-88402-317-3 (paper).
Briant, Pierre, Wouter Henkelman and Matthew Stolper.
L’Archive des Fortifications de Persépolis: État des questions et perspectives de recherches (Persika 12).
Pp. 574, figs. 126, pls. 11, charts 8, tables 28, plans 2, maps 1. De Boccard, Paris 2008. **. ISBN 978-7018-0249-7 (paper).
Bragantini, Irene, Rosa De Bonis, Anca Lemaire, and Renaud Robert.
Poseidonia – Paestum V: Les maisons romaines de l’Îlot Nord. Pp. xv + 348, b&w figs. 189, color figs. 72, tables 16, plans 12. École française de Rome, Rome 2008. **. ISBN 978-2-7283-0803-3 (paper).
Cahill, Nicholas D. ed. Love for Lydia: A Sardis Anniversary Volume Presented to Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. (Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Report 4).
Pp. xvi + 288, figs. 203, pls. 20, plans 5, maps 2. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2008. $50. ISBN 978-0-674-03195-1 (cloth).
Carver, Martin, Catherine Hills and Jonathan Scheschkewitz.
Wasperton: A Roman, British, and Anglo-Saxon Community in Central England (Anglo-Saxon Studies 11).
Pp. x + 372, figs. 64, pls. 2, tables 45, plans 7.The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2009. $**. ISBN 978-1-84383-427-4 (cloth).
Cawthorn, Katrina.
Becoming Female: The Male Body in Greek Tragedy.
Pp. x + 188. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. $80. ISBN 978-0-7156-3712-8 (cloth).
Chase, Philip G., André Debénanth, Harold L. Dibble and Shannon P. McPherron.
The Cave of Fontéchevade:Recent Excavations and Their Paleoanthropological Implications.
Pp. xviii + 270, figs. 81, tables 48, maps 1. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $95. ISBN 978-0-521-89844-7 (cloth).
Christakis, Kostandinos S.
The Politics of Storage: Storage and Sociopolitical Complexity in Neopalatial Crete (Prehistory Monographs 25).
Pp. xviii + 236, figs. 35, tables 10, maps 1. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2008. $60. ISBN 978-1-931534-50-5 (cloth).
Clancy, Flora Simmons.
The Monuments of Piedras Negras, an Ancient Maya City.
Pp. xi + 228, figs. 64, maps 2. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2009. $45. ISBN 978-0-8263-4451-9 (cloth).
Clarie, Thomas C.
Pharos: A Lighthouse for Alexandria.
Pp. xxv + 249, figs. 78, pls. 26, maps 6. Back Channel Press, Portsmouth 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-1-934582-12-1 (paper).
Cottier, M., M.H. Crawford, C.V. Crowther, J.-L. Ferrary, B.M. Levick, O. Salomies, and M. Wörrle.
The Customs Law of Asia (Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents).
Pp. xxii + 370, figs. 14, tables 1, maps 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2008. $120. ISBN 978-0-19-955151-4 (cloth).
Crow, James, Jonathan Bardill and Richard Bayliss.
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople (Journal of Roman Studies Monograph No. 11).
Pp. xiv + 272, figs 152, tables 9, maps 18. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London 2008. $**. ISBN 978-0-907764-36-6 (cloth).
Csapo, Eric and Margaret C. Miller eds.
The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond.
Pp. xxii + 440, figs. 102. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $45. ISBN 978-0-521-74833-9 (paper).
Cuno, James ed.
Whose Culture? The Promise of Museums and the Debate Over Antiquities.
Pp. xii + 220, figs. 43. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2009. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-691-13333-1 (paper).
Damaszener Mitteilungen (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Orient-Abteilung, Band 15).
Pp. viii + 460, figs. 149, pls. 68. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz Am Rhein 2008. $**.
ISBN 978-3-8053-3855-4 (cloth).
Δανιηλιδου, Δεσποινας.
Ανασκαφες Μυκηνων: ΙΙ. Το Εργαστηριο Των Μυκηνων (Βιβλιοθηκη Της Εν Αθηναις Αρχαιολογικης Εταιρειας Αρ. 258).
Pp. 446, figs. 204, b&w pls. 89, color pls. 4, tables 27, plans 1, maps 3. Αθηναις Αρχαιολογικη Εταιρεια, Αθηναι 2008. $**. ISBN 978-960-8145-72-6 (paper).
Darbandi, Seyed Mohammad Reza and Antigoni Zournatzi eds.
Ancient Greece and Ancient Iran: Cross-Cultural Encounters.
Pp. xxix + 377, b&w figs. 42, color figs. 120, maps 12. National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 2008. **. ISBN 978-960-930955-4 (paper).
Davis, Oliver, Niall Sharples and Kate Waddington eds.
Changing perspectives on the first millennium BC: Proceedings of the Iron Age Research Student Seminar 2006 (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology).
Pp. vii + 248, figs. 69, tables 19, maps 16. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008. $70. ISBN 978-1-84217-326-8 (paper).
De Cazanove, Olivier.
Civita Di Tricarico I: Le Quartier de la Maison du Monolithe et L’enceinte Intermédiaire (Collection de L’école Française de Rome-409).
Pp. xii + 687, b&w figs. 202, color figs. 74, pls. 61, tables 16, plans 21, maps 3. École française de Rome, Rome 2008. $**. ISBN 978-2-7283-0787-6 (paper).
Degryse, P. and M. Waelkens eds.
Sagalassos VI:Geo- and Bio-Archaeology at Sargalassos and in its Territory.
Pp. viii + 328, figs. 146, tables 54, maps 15. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2008. $89.50. ISBN 978-90-5867-661-0 (paper).
Dennell, Robin.
The Paleolithic Settlement of Asia (Cambridge World Archaeology).
Pp. xxiii + 548, figs. 166, tables 47. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $50. ISBN 978-0-521-61310-1 (paper).
Dessel, J. P.
Pottery and Politics: The Halif Terrace Site 101 and Egypt in the Fourth Millenium B.C.E. (Lahav I).
Pp. xxi + 231, b&w figs. 45. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana 2009. $59.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-157-3 (cloth).
Fantalkin, Alexander and Assaf Yasur-Landau eds.
Bene Israel: Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages in Honour of Israel Finkelstein (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East).
Pp. xx + 306, figs. 102, maps 2. Brill, Leiden 2008. $144. ISBN 978-90-04-15282-3 (cloth).
Finkel, I.L. and M.J. Seymour.
Babylon.
Pp. 238, b&w figs. 17, color figs. 195, tables 1, maps 5. Oxford University Press, New York 2008. $40. ISBN 978-0-19-538540-3 (cloth).
Fitzsimmons, James L.
Death and the Classic Maya Kings.
Pp. xix + 281, figs. 64, pls. 7, tables 6. University of Texas Press, Austin 2009. $60. ISBN 978-0-292-71890-6 (cloth).
Foss, Clive.
Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, With a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications 12).
Pp. xiv + 149, figs. 541, tables 3, maps 4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-88402-318-0 (paper).
Galanidou, Nena and Liv Helga Dommasnes.
Telling Children About the Past: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.
Pp. xi + 324, figs. 41, tables 15. International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor 2007. $25. ISBN 978-1-879621-40-4 (paper).
Gamble, Lynn H.
The Chumash World at European Contact: Power, Trade, and Feasting Among Complex Hunter-Gatherers.
Pp. xiv + 361, figs. 39, tables 24, maps 10. University of California Press, Berkeley 2008. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-520-25441-1 (cloth).
Gleba, Margarita.
Textile Production in Pre-Roman Italy (Ancient Textile Series 4).
Pp. xxv + 269, figs. 120, tables 10, maps 12. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2008. $70. ISBN 978-1-84217-330-5 (cloth).
Gleba, Margarita and Hilary Becker eds.
Votives, Places and Rituals in Etruscan Religion: Studies in Honor of Jean MacIntosh Turfa (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World).
Pp. xliii + 291, figs. 50, tables 2, plans 3, maps 1. Brill, Leiden 2009. $154. ISBN 978-90-04-17045-2 (cloth).
Goff, Barbara.
Euripides: Trojan Women (Duckworth Companion to Greek and Roman Tragedy).
Pp. 173. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London 2009. $24. ISBN 978-0-7156-3545-2 (paper).
Hale, John R.
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy.
Pp. xxi + 397, figs. 8, maps 21. Viking, New York 2009. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-670-02080-5 (paper).
Hayes, John W.
Roman Pottery Fine-Ware Imports (The Athenian Agora, Vol. XXXII).
Pp. xli + 489, figs. 56, pls. 91, tables 4, plans 2. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens 2008. $150. ISBN 978-0-87661-232-3 (cloth).
Henry, Oliver with preface by Pierre DeBord.
Tombes de Carie: Architecture Funéraire et Culture Carienne VIE-IIE Siècle Av. J.-C. (Archéologie & Culture).
Pp. 288, figs. 111, pls. 16, tables 1, plans 44, maps 15. Presses Universitaires De Rennes, Rennes 2009. € 28. ISBN 978-2-7535-0758-6 (paper).
James, T.G.H.
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt.
Pp. 208, b&w figs. 5, color figs.163, maps 2. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2005. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-472-03137-5 (paper).
Kehoe, Alice Beck.
Controversies in Archaeology.
Pp. 256, figs. 42, tables 3, maps 4. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-1-59874-062-2 (paper).
Kourelis, Kostis ed.
The Archaeology of Xenitia: Greek Immigration and Material Culture (The New Griffon 10).
Pp. 75, b&w figs. 4, color figs. 20. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens 2008. $15. ISBN 978-960-86960-6-8 (paper).
Kowalewski, Stephen A., Andrew K. Balkansky, Laura R. Stiver Walsh, Thomas J. Pluckhahn, John F. Chamblee, Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza, and Charlotte A. Smith.
Origins of the Nuu: Archaeology in the Mixteca Alta, Mexico.
Pp. xxv + 516, figs. 260, tables 123. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $65. ISBN 978-0-87081-929-2 (cloth).
Kwas, Mary L. with foreward by Jay S. Miller.
Digging for History at Old Washington.
Pp. xiii + 135, b&w figs. 7, color figs. 79, maps 5. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville 2009. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-55728-898-4 (cloth).
Kyle, Donald G.
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World.
Pp. xvii +403, figs. 21, tables 3, maps 3. Blackwell Publishing, Malden 2007. $**. ISBN 978-0-631-22971-1 (paper).
Landwehr, Christa.
Idealplastik, Bacchus und Gefolge; Masken, Fabelwesen, Tiere, Bukranien, nicht benennbare Figuren (Die Römischen Skulpturen Von Caesarea Mauretaniae, Band III).
Pp. xvi + 127, figs. 11, pls. 80, beilage 32. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 2006. $75.80. ISBN 978-3-8053-3441-9 (cloth).
Langdon, Susan.
Art and Identity in Dark Age Greece, 1100-700 B.C.E.
Pp. xviii + 388, figs. 119, tables 4. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $90. ISBN 978-0-521-51321-0 (cloth).
Lenik, Edward J.
Making Pictures in Stone: American Indian Rock Art of the Northeast.
Pp. xix + 251, figs. 130, maps 1. The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2008. $36. ISBN 978-0-8173-5509-8 (paper).
Mainfort Jr., Robert C.
Sam Dellinger: Raiders of the Lost Lost Arkansas.
Pp. xvii + 144, b&w figs. 44, color figs. 181, maps 2. The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville 2009. $39.95. ISBN 978-1-55728-886-8 (cloth).
Malagardis, Nassi and Athéna Tsingarida.
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. France 41. Louvre 27: Céramique attique archaïque, goblets “mastoids” à figures noires et rouges.
Pp. 107, figs. 31, b&w pls. 39, color pls. 2. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris 2008. **. ISBN 2-87754-201-2 (cloth).
Maniscalco, Laura.
Il Santuario dei Palici: Un Centro di Culto Nella Valle del Margi (Collana d’Area No. 11).
Pp. xii + 411, b&w figs. 36, color figs. 171, pls. 15, tables 21. Regione Siciliana, Assessorato dei beni culturali, ambientali e della pubblica istruzione, Dipartimento dei beni culturali, ambientali e dell’educazione permanente, Area Soprintendenza per i beni culturali e ambientali di Catania, Palermo 2008. $**.
Mattern, Torsten and Andreas Vött.
Mensch und Umwelt im Spiegel der Zeit: Aspekte Geoarchäologischer Forschungen im östlichen Mittelmeergebiet (Philippika, Marburger altertumskundliche Abhandlungen 1).
Pp. 197, figs. 19, tables 30, plans 1, maps 5. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009. €48. ISBN 978-3-447-05877-3 (paper).
Morris, Ian and Walter Scheidel eds.
The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium.
Pp. xviii + 381, figs. 3, tables 5, maps 7. Oxford University Press, New York 2009. $85. ISBN 978-0-19-537158-1 (cloth).
Muhly, Polymnia.
The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou IV: Animal Images of Clay (Library of the Archaeological Society at Athens No. 256).
Pp. xxii + 289, figs. 6, b&w pls. 64, color pls. 5, tables 3. Archaeological Society at Athens, Athens 2008. $**. ISBN 978-960-8145-71-9 (paper).
Nelis-Clément, Jocelyne and Jean-Michel Roddaz eds.
Le Cirque Romain Et Son Image (Mémoires 20).
Pp. 584, b&w figs. 153, color figs. 116. Ausonius, Bordeaux 2008. $120. ISBN 9782356130013 (cloth).
Palagia, Olga ed.
Greek Sculpture: Function, Materials, and Technique in the Archaic and Classical Periods.
Pp. xxiii + 326, figs. 94, pls. 8. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $36.99. ISBN 978-0-521-73837-8 (paper).
Picton, Janet, Stephen Quirke, and Paul C. Roberts eds.
Living Images: Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum.
Pp. 318, b&w figs. 17, color figs. 92, pls. 10, tables 2. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $45. ISBN 978-1-59874-251-0 (paper).
Pietilä-Castrén, Leena and Vesa Vahtikari eds.
Grapta Poikila II: Saints and Heroes (Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens vol. XIV).
Pp. i + 132, b&w figs. 14. Foundation of the Finnish Institute at Athens, Helsinki 2008. **. ISBN 978-951-98806-9-3 (paper).
Rice, Prudence M. and Don S. Rice eds.
The Kowoj: Identity, Migration, and Geopolitics in Late Postclassic Petén, Guatemala.
Pp. xxii +458, figs. 59, tables 43, maps 37. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $65. ISBN 978-0-87081-930-8 (cloth).
Robson, Eleanor.
Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History.
Pp. xvii + 441, b&w figs. 75, tables 60. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2008. $49.50. ISBN 978-0-691-09182-2 (cloth).
Sabloff, Jeremy A.
Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology in the Modern World.
Pp. 151, figs. 16, maps 1. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $21.95. ISBN 978-1-59874-089-9 (paper).
Sampson, Adamantios.
The Cave of the Cyclops: Mesolithic and Neolithic Networks in the Northern Aegean, Greece. Volume 1: Intra-site Analysis, Local Industries, and Regional Site Distribution (Prehistory Monographs 21).
Pp. xxii + 461, figs. 129, pls. 76, tables 33, maps 13. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2008. $80. ISBN 978-1-931534-20-8 (cloth).
Sanz, Inés Domingo, Dánae Fiore, and Sally K. May eds.
Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, Identity (One World Archaeology 55).
Pp. 280, figs. 63, tables 10, maps 2. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $79. ISBN 978-1-59874-264-0 (cloth).
Saunders, Timothy.
Bucolic Ecology: Virgil’s Eclogues and the Environmental Literary Tradition.
Pp. viii + 184. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London 2008. $33. ISBN 978-0-7156-3617-6 (paper).
Scheid, John ed.
Pour Une Archéologie du Rite: Nouvelles Perspectives de L’archéologie Funéraire (Collection de L’école Française de Rome 407).
Pp. 358, b&w figs. 220, color figs. 4, tables 14, plans 23, maps 3. École Française de Rome, Rome 2008. **. ISBN 978-2-7283-0816-3 (paper).
Scheltema, Gajus.
Megalithic Jordan: An Introduction and Field Guide (American Center of Oriental Research Occasional Publication No. 6).
Pp. 142, b&w figs. 11, color figs. 67, maps 2. American Center of Oriental Research, Amman 2008. **. ISBN 978-9957-8543-3-1 (paper).
Schepartz, Lynne A., Sherry C. Fox and Chryssi Bourbou eds.
New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece (Hesperia, supplement 43).
Pp. xix + 284, figs. 114, plans 1, tables 58, maps 4. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens 2009. $75. ISBN 978-0-87661-543-0 (paper).
Schörner, Günther and Darja Sterbenc Erker eds.
Medien religiöser Kommunikation im Imperium Romanum (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 24).
Pp. 148, figs. 14. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2008. $**. ISBN 978-3-515-09188-6 (paper).
Shelmerdine, Cynthia W.
The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age.
Pp. xxxvi + 452, figs. 50, pls. 67, maps 7. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $29.99. ISBN 978-0-521-89127-1 (paper).
Sjögren, Lena.
Fragments of Archaic Crete: Archaeological Studies on Time and Space (Boreas. Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations 31).
Pp. 258, figs. 23, plans 11, maps 4. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala 2008. $**. ISBN 978-91-554-7373-0 (paper).
Smith, Kevin E. and James V. Miller.
Speaking with the Ancestors: Mississippian Stone Statuary of the Tennessee-Cumberland Region.
Pp. xvii + 234, figs. 121, tables 3, maps 1. The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2009. $38.50. ISBN 978-0-8173-5465-7 (paper).
Stewart, Andrew.
Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art.
Pp. xviii + 358, b&w figs. 109, color figs. 64, maps 4. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $28.99. ISBN 978-0-521-61835-9 (paper).
Storey, Ian C.
Euripides: Suppliant Women (Duckworth Companion to Greek and Roman Tragedy).
Pp. 160, plans 1, maps 1. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London 2008. $90. ISBN 978-0-7156-3626-8 (paper).
Tanasi, Davide.
La Sicilia e l’arcipelago maltese nell’eta del Bronzo Medio (Progetto Kasa 2).
Pp. xi + 141, b&w figs. 50, color figs. 11. Officina di studi medievali, Palermo 2008. $**. ISBN 88-88615-76-8.
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Tomber, Roberta.
Indo-Roman Trade: From Pots to Pepper (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology).
Pp. 216, figs. 11, maps 10. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. $24. ISBN 978-0-7516-3696-1 (paper).
Tronzo, William ed.
The Fragment: An Incomplete History (Issues and Debates).
Pp. viii + 222, b&w figs. 43, color figs. 57, tables 5, maps 1. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles 2009. $50. ISBN 978-0-89236-926-3 (cloth).
Trow, Stephen, Simon James and Tom Moore.
Becoming Roman, Being Gallic, Staying British: Research and Excavations at Ditches ‘Hillfort’ and Villa 1984-2006.
Pp. xv + 224, figs. 54, tables 39. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2009. $40. ISBN 978-1-84217-336-7 (paper).
Walsh, David.
Distorted Ideals in Greek Vase Painting:The World of Mythological Burlesque.
Pp. xxx + 420, figs. 109. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $95. ISBN 978-0-521-89641-2 (cloth)
Waldron, Tony.
Palaeopathology (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology).
Pp. xvii + 279, figs. 38, Cambridge University Press, New York 2009. $28.99. ISBN 978-0-521-67855-1 (paper).
Wallace-Hadrill Andrew.
Rome’s Cultural Revolution.
Pp. xxi + 502, figs. 145., color pls. 31, tables 1. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. $49.00. ISBN 978-0-521-72160-8 (paper).
Welch, Katherine E.
The Roman Amphitheatre: From Its Origins to the Colosseum.
Pp. xxii + 355, figs. 206, pls. 18. Cambridge University Press, New York 2007. $85. ISBN 978-0-521-80944-3 (cloth).
Wells, Peter S.
Image and Response in Early Europe (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology).
Pp. 168, figs. 19, maps 1. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. $24. ISBN 978-0-7156-3682-4 (paper).
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Adovasio, J.M., Olga Soffer and Jake Pace.
The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the Roles of Women in Prehistory.
Pp. xvii + 302, figs. 18, maps 3. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2009. $19.95. ISBN 978-1-59874-390-6 (paper).
Aliquot, Julien.
Inscriptions Grecques et Latines de la Syrie: Tome 11-Mont Hermon (Liban et Syrie) (Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique-Tome 183).
Pp. 168, figs. 93, tables 1, plans 1, maps 4. Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Beyrouth 2008. $**. ISBN 978-2-35159-079-9 (paper).
Beck, Charlotte, and George T. Jones.
The Archaeology of the Eastern Nevada Paleoarchaic, Part 1: The Sunshine Locality (University of Utah Anthropological Papers No. 126).
Pp. xviii + 262, figs. 145, tables 150, maps 6. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 2009. $40. ISBN 978-0-87480-939-8 (paper).
Boone, James L.
Lost Civilization: The Contested Islamic Past in Spain and Portugal (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology).
Pp. 176, figs. 12, tables 2, maps 13. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2009. $24. ISBN 978-07156-3568-1 (paper).
Brysbaert, Ann.
The Power of Technology in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean: The Case of the Painted Plaster (Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology 12).
Pp. xiv + 258, figs. 4, pls. 12, tables 26, maps 5. Equinox Publishing, London 2008. $100. ISBN 978-1-84553-433-2 (cloth).
Bradley, Richard.
Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art.
Pp. xv + 260, figs. 83, tables 2, maps 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009. $**. ISBN 978-0-19-953385-5 (cloth).
Brandt, Olof, ed.
Unexpected Voices: The Graffiti in the Cryptoporticus of the Horti Sallustiani and Papers From a Conference on Graffiti at the Swedish Institute in Rome, 7 March 2003 (Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Rom: Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae, Series In 4º, LIX).
Pp. 190, b&w figs. 141, color figs. 24, plans 5, maps 5. Svenska Institutet i Rom, Stockholm 2008. $**. ISBN 978-91-7042-175-4 (paper).
Brey, Ilaria Dagnini.
The Venus Fixers: The Untold Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy’s Art During World War II.
Pp. 305, some b&w figs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2009. $25. ISBN 978-0-374-28309-4 (paper).
Bru, Hadrien, François Kirbihler, and Stéphane Lebreton.
L’Asie Mineure dans l’Antiquité: Échanges, populations et territoires (Histoire).
Pp. 484, figs. 19, tables 10, maps 29. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2009. € 24. ISBN 978-2-7535-0776-0 (paper).
Bukowiecki, Évelyne, Hélène Dessales and Julien Dubouloz.
Ostie, L’eau Dans La Ville: Châteaux D’eau et Réseau D’adduction (Collection de L’école Française de Rome 402).
Pp. xiii + 260, b&w figs. 57, color figs. 47, b&w pls. 14, color pls. 7, tables 13, plans 12, maps 1. École Française de Rome, Rome 2008. **. ISBN 978-2-7283-0817-0 (paper).
Byers, A. Martin.
Cahokia: A World Renewal Cult Heterarchy.
Pp. xiv + 600, figs. 33, tables 25, plans 16, maps 4. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2006. $ 34.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3386-0 (paper).
Cameron, Catherine M.
Chaco and After in the Northern San Juan: Excavations at the Bluff Great House.
Pp. xx + 341, figs. 118, tables 45, plans 13, maps 2, CD-ROM 1. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2009. $75. ISBN 978-0-8165-2681-9 (cloth).
Cartmill, Matt and Fred H. Smith.
The Human Linegae (Foundations of Human Biology).
Pp. xiv + 609, figs. 309, tables 68, maps 8. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Hoboken 2009. $100. ISBN 978-0-471-21491-5 (cloth).
Claassen, Jo-Marie.
Ovid Revisited: The Poet in Exile.
Pp. xii + 292, tables 7. Gerald Duckworth and Co. Ltd., London 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-7156-3783-8 (paper).
Creighton, Oliver H.
Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages.
Pp. viii + 256, figs. 3, b&w pls. 33, color pls. 12, plans 29, maps 1. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2009). $**. ISBN 978-1-84383-446-5 (cloth).
Curran, Brian A., Anthony Grafton, Pamela O. Long, and Benjamin Weiss.
Obelisk: A History.
Pp. 384, figs. 114. The MIT Press, Cambridge 2009. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-262-51270-1 (paper).
Delgado, James P.
Khubilai Khan’s Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada.
Pp. xi + 225, b&w plates 23, maps 4. University of California Press, Berkeley 2009. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-520-25976-8.
Desmond, Lawrence Gustave, with foreward by Claire L. Lyons.
Yucatán Through Her Eyes: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Writer and Expeditionary Photographer.
Pp. xxvii + 387, figs. 67, plans 4, maps 4. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2009. $45. ISBN 978-0-8263-4595-0 (cloth).
DiCesare, Catherine R.
Sweeping the Way: Divine Transformation in the Aztec Festival of Ochpaniztl.
Pp. xvi + 229, figs. 39. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $55. ISBN 978-0-87081-943-8 (cloth).
Donderer, Michael.
Die Mosaizisten der Antike II: Epigraphische Quellen – Neufunde und Nachträge (Erlanger Forschungen, Reihe A, Geisteswissenschaften, Band 116).
Pp. 172, b&w pls. 32. Universitätsbund Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 2008. $**. ISBN 978-3-930357-88-8 (cloth).
Dumasy, Françoise and François Queyrel, eds.
Archéologie et Environnement Dans la Méditerranée Antique (École Pratique des Hautes Études Sciences Historiques et Philologiques III: Hautes Études du Monde Gréco-Romain 42).
Pp. x + 294, figs. 69, pls. 16, plans 10, maps 18. Librarie Droz S.A., Genéve 2009. $**. ISBN 978-2-600-01342-0 (paper).
Farrokh, Kaveh.
Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War.
Pp. 320, b&w figs. 17, color figs. 103, maps 12. Osprey, Oxford 2004. $21.95 ISBN 978-1-84603-473-2 (paper).
Fields, Nic.
The Roman Army of the Principate 27 BC-AD 117 (Battle Orders 37).
Pp. 96, b&w figs. 29, color figs 40, maps 2. Osprey, Oxford 2009. $25.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-386-5 (paper).
Freeman, L.G., with foreword by Francis B. Harrold.
Anthropology Without Informants.
Pp. xviii + 376, figs. 39, tables 9. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $55. ISBN 978-0-87081-947-6 (cloth).
Friedenberg, Daniel M.
Sasaninan Jewelery and Its Culture: A Lexicon of Jewish and Related Seals.
Pp. iv + 76, figs. 64. University of Illinois Press, Champaign 2009. $40. ISBN 978-0-252-03367-4 (cloth).
Garman, Alex G.
The Cult of the Matronae in the Roman Rhineland: An Historical Evaluation of the Archaeological Evidence.
Pp. vii + 174, figs. 6, maps 2. The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-7734-5224-4 (cloth).
Govaars, Marylinda, Marie Spiro and L. Michael White.
Field O: The “Synagogue” Site (The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports Volume IX).
Pp. xviii + 287, figs. 115, tables 6, plans 17, maps 1. American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston 2009. $84.95. ISBN 978-0-89757-077-0 (cloth).
Grieder, Terence, James D. Farmer, David V. Hill, Peter W. Stahl, and Douglas H. Ubelaker.
Art and Archaeology of Challuabamba, Ecuador.
Pp. x + 221, figs.115, pls. 8, tables 9, maps 3. University of Texas Press, Austin 2009. $75. ISBN 978-0-292-71892-0 (cloth).
Gunning, Lucia Patrizio.
The British Consular Service in the Aegean and the Collection of Antiquities for the British Museum.
Pp. x + 224, figs. 12, maps 3. Ashgate, Surrey 2009. **. ISBN 978-0-7546-6023-1 (cloth).
Hollenbach, Kandace D.
Foraging in the Tennessee River Valley: 12,500 to 8,000 Years Ago.
Pp. xiv + 298, figs. 38, tables 31, maps 11. The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2009. $34.95. ISBN978-0-8173-5522-7 (paper).
Horning, Audrey and Marilyn Palmer, eds.
Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks? Future Directions in the Archaeological Study of Post-1550 Britain and Ireland (The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Monograph 5).
Pp. xiv + 416, figs. 86, pls. 8, tables 8, plans 1, maps 6. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2009. $**. ISBN 978-1-84383-434-2 (cloth).
Howell, Peter.
Martial (Ancients in Action).
Pp. 126. Bristol Classic Press, London 2009. **. ISBN 978-1-85399-702-0 (paper).
Ingvarsson-Sundström, Anne.
Asine III, Fasc. 2 (Supplementary Studies on the Swedish Investigations 1922-1930): Children Lost and Found: A Bioarchaeological Study of Middle Helladic Children in Asine with a Comparison to Lerna ( Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen: Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series In 4º, XLV:2).
Pp. 156, figs. 28, b&w pls. 1, color pls. 1, tables 14, plans 2. Svenska Institutet i Athen, Stockholm 2008. $**. ISBN 978-91-7916-056-2 (paper).
Jaro, Benita Kane.
Betray the Night: A Novel About Ovid.
Pp. 312. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Mundelein 2009. $**. ISBN 978-0-86516-712-4 (paper).
Kenrick, Philip.
Tripolitania (Libya Archaeological Guides).
Pp. vii +224, b&w figs. 10, color figs. 47, plans 39, maps 12. Silphium Press, London 2009. £15. ISBN 978-1-900971-08-9 (paper).
Klein, Richard G.
The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Third Edition.
Pp. xxx + 989, figs. 267, plans 3, maps 1. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2009. $75. ISBN 978-0-226-43965-5 (cloth).
Landwehr, Christa.
Die Römischen Skulpturen Von Caesarea Mauretaniae (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Porträtplastik Band IV).
Pp. xx + 290, figs. 32, pls. 114, beilage 11. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 2008. **. ISBN 978-3-8053-3940-7 (cloth).
Lapp, Nancy L.
Shechem IV: The Persian-Hellenistic Pottery of Shechem/Tell Balâtah (American Schools of Oriental Research Archaeological Reports No. 11).
Pp. xiv + 337, figs. 55, pls. 58, tables 1. American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston 2008. $74.95. ISBN 978-0-89757-079-4 (cloth).
LeBlanc, Steven A. and Lucia R. Henderson.
Symbols in Clay: Seeking Artists’ Identities in Hopi Yellow Ware Bowls (Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 84).
Pp. x + 172, color figs. 24, b&w figs. 200, maps 2. Peabody Museum Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2009. $35. ISBN 978-0-87365-212-4 (paper).
Leshikar-Denton, Margaret E. and Pilar Luna Erreguerena eds.
Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Carribean (One World Archaeology 56).
Pp. 316, figs. 45, tables 10, plans 1, maps 5. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $79. ISBN 978-1-59874-262-6 (cloth).
Liber Annus: LVII (2007).
Pp. 775, figs. 123, b&w pls. 4, color pls. 8, tables 6, plans 4, maps 2. Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem 2008. $**. ISBN 978-88-6240-004-6 (paper).
Marchant, Jo.
Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets.
Pp. 328, figs. 3, pls. 8. Da Capo Press, Cambridge 2009. $25. ISBN 978-0-306-81742-7 (cloth).
Mert, Ibrahim Hakan.
Untersuchungen Zur Hellenistischen und Kaiserzeitlichen Bauornamentik von Stratonikeia (Istanbuler Forschungen, Band 50).
Pp. xiv + 285, figs. 316, tables 7, plans 5, maps 2. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen 2008. $**. ISBN 978-3-8030-1771-0 (cloth).
Nesbitt, John, ed. with Cécile Morrisson.
Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art: Emperors, Patriarchs of Constantinople, Addenda, Vol. 6.
Pp. xii + 234, figs. 270. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 2009. $45. ISBN 978-0-88402-338-8 (cloth).
Opuscula 1, 2008: Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome (Svenska Instituten I Athen Och Rom: Institutum Atheniense Atque Institutum Romanum Regni Sueciae).
Pp. 200, b&w figs. 128, color figs. 12, tables 1, plans 17, maps 3. Svenska Institutet i Athen och Svenska Institutet i Rom, Stockholm 2008. $**. ISBN 978-91-9777-98-0-7 (paper).
Paschalidis, Constantinos.
The LMIII Cemetery at Tourloti, Siteia: The ‘Xanthoudias Master’ and the Octopus Style in East Crete (BAR International Series 1917).
Pp. 106, figs. 101, pls. 9, tables 1, plans 1. Archaeopress, Oxford 2009. £31. ISBN 978-1-4073-0400-7 (paper).
Potter, David.
Ancient Rome: A New History.
Pp. 352, b&w figs. 42, color figs. 93, maps 27. Thames & Hudson, New York 2009. $**. ISBN 978-0-500-28786-6 (paper).
Revell, Louise.
Roman Imperialism and Local Identities.
Pp. xiii + 221, figs. 33. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009. $80. ISBN 978-0-521-88730-4 (cloth).
Rubertone, Patricia E., ed.
Archaeologies of Placemaking: Monuments, Memories, and Engagement in Native North America (One World Archaeology 59).
Pp. 256, figs. 40, tables 4, maps 8. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $79. ISBN 978-1-59874-155-1 (cloth).
Sagona, Antonio and Paul Zimansky.
Ancient Turkey (Routledge World Archaeology).
Pp. xii + 420, figs. 105, tables 3, plans 31, maps 23. Routledge, London 2009. $**. ISBN 978-0-415-48123-6 (paper).
Scott, Douglas, Lawrence Babits and Charles Haecker.
Fields of Conflict: Battlefield Archaeology from the Roman Empire to the Korean War.
Pp. 450, figs. 93, tables 3, plans 4, maps 45. Potomac Books, Washington D.C. 2009. $ 24.95. ISBN 978-1-59797-276-5 (paper).
Shishlina, Natalia.
Reconstruction of the Bronze Age of the Caspian Steppes: Life Styles and Life Ways of Pastoral Nomads (BAR International Series 1876).
Pp. xiii + 299, figs. 105, tables 31, plans 22, maps 34. Archaeopress, Oxford 2008. £47. ISBN 978-1-4073-0356-7 (paper).
Smith, Laurajane and Emma Waterton.
Heritage, Communities and Archaeology (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology).
Pp. 174, figs. 4. Duckworth, London 2009. $24. ISBN 978-0-7156-3681-7 (paper).
Stresser-Péan, Guy.
The Sun God and the Savior: The Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico.
Pp. xxxi + 627, figs. 208, pls. 14, tables 7, maps 10, DVD 1. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $75. ISBN 978-0-87081-932-2 (cloth).
Stuart, David E.
The Ancient Southwest: Chaco Canyon, Bandelier, and Mesa Verde.
Pp. xii + 142, figs. 35, maps 7. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2009. 18.95. ISBN 978-0-8263-4638-4 (paper).
Szuchman, Jeffrey, ed.
Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Oriental Institute Seminars No. 5).
Pp. xvi + 288, figs. 53, tables 7, plans 7, maps 8. The University of Chicago, Chicago 2009. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-885923-61-5 (paper).
Taylour, W.D. and R. Janko.
Ayios Stephanos: Excavations at a Bronze Age and Medieval Settlement in Southern Laconia (Supplementary Volume No. 44).
Pp. xxvii + 708, figs. 223, pls. 60, charts 15, tables 136, plans 41, maps 2, CD-Rom 1. The British School at Athens, Athens 2008. $300. ISBN 978-0-904887-587 (cloth).
Tilley, Christopher with the assistance of Wayne Bennett.
Body and Image: Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 2.
Pp. 288, figs. 85, tables 6, plans 10, maps 1. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek 2008. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-59874-314-2 (paper).
Thomas, Suzie and Peter G. Stone, eds.
Metal Detecting and Archaeology (Heritage Matters, Volume Two).
Pp. x + 224, figs. 59, pls. 7, tables 3, maps 6. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2008. $95. ISBN 978-1-84383-415-1 (cloth).
Thompson, E.A., with foreword by Michael Kulikowski.
The Visigoths in the Time of Ulfila: Second Edition.
Pp. xxxiii + 186, 1 map. Gerald Duckworth and Co., Ltd., Oxford 2008. **. ISBN 978-0-7156-3700-5 (paper).
Trümper, Monika.
Die ‘Agora des Italiens’ in Delos: Baugeschichte, Architektur, Ausstattung und Funktion einer späthellenistischen Porticus-Anlage (Internationale Archäologie 104).
2 Vols. Vol. 1, Text. Pp. xv + 531; Vol. 2, Abbildungen und Tafeln. Pp. 387, figs. 31, plans 131, b&w pls. 212, color pls. 10, beilage 1. Marie Leidorf GmbH, Rahden/Westf. 2008. **. ISBN 978-3-89646-376-0 (cloth).
van Dommelen, Peter and Carlos Gómez Bellard.
Rural Landscapes of the Punic World (Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology 11).
Pp. xvi + 283, figs. 38, tables 4, plans 14, maps 32. Equinox Publishing, London 2008. $100. ISBN 978-1-84553-270-3 (cloth).
Vaughn, Kevin J.
The Ancient Andean Village: Marcaya in Prehispanic Nesca.
Pp. xiii + 209, figs. 28, tables 11. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2009. $50. ISBN 978-0-8165-2706-9 (cloth).
Wallace, Rex E.
Zikh Rasna: A Manual of the Etruscan Language and Inscriptions.
Pp. xxiii + 271, figs. 10, maps 2. Beech Stave Press, Ann Arbor 2008. $64.95. ISBN 978-0-9747927-4-3 (paper).
Weeks, John M.
The Carnegie Maya II: The Carnegie Institution of Washington Current Reports, 1952-1957.
Pp. xxviii + 625, figs. 162, tables 2, plans 40, maps 4, CD-ROM 1. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $225. ISBN 978-0-87081-958-2 (cloth).
Weeks, John M., Frauke Sachse and Christian M. Prager.
Maya Daykeeping: Three Calendars from Highland Guatemala.
Pp. xiv + 221, figs. 6, tables 17, maps 1. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2009. $55. ISBN 978-0-87081-933-9 (cloth).
Wiegandt, Herbert Carl Lebrecht.
Die Griechischen Siegel Klassischer Zeit: Ikonographischer Vergleich.
Pp. iv + 485, numerous b&w figs., pls. 156. Herbert Wiegandt, Frankfurt am Main 2009. **. ISBN 978-3-9806362-2-3 (cloth).
Yon, Jean-Baptiste and Pierre-Louis Gatier.
Choix D’inscriptions: Grecques et Latines de la Syrie (Guide Archéologique nº 6).
Pp. 223, b&w figs. 67, color figs. 58, tables 1, maps 6. Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Amman 2009. $**. ISBN 978-2-35159-080-5 (cloth).
Zimmermann, Martin, ed.
Extreme Formen von Gewalt in Bild und Text des Alterums (Münchner Studien zur Alten Welt 5).
Pp. 350, figs. 51. Herbet Utz, München 2009. **. ISBN 978-3-8316-0853-9 ( cloth).
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