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List of Books Received

April 2015 (119.2)

Books Received

List of Books Received

Albertz, Rainer, Beth Alpert Nakhai, Saul M. Olyan, and Rüdiger Schmitt, eds. Family and Household Religion: Toward a Synthesis of Old Testament Studies, Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Cultural Studies. Pp. viii + 324, figs. 36, tables 13. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2014. $54.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-288-4 (cloth).

Amedick, Rita, Heide Froning, and Winfried Held, eds. Marburger Winckelmann-Programm 2014. Pp. vi + 162, figs. 210. Eigenverlag des Archäologischen Seminars der Philipps-Universität, Marburg 2014. €89. ISBN 978-3-8185-0513-4 (cloth).

Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes, ed. Space, Place and Identity in Northern Anatolia (Geographica Historica 29). Pp. 271, figs. 60. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2014. €49. ISBN 978-3-515-10748-8 (paper).

Benvenuti, Alberto G., ed. ASAtene 90. Serie 3(12) 2012. Pp. 358, figs. 113, b&w pls. 3. Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, Rome 2013. €150. ISBN 978-960-9559-01-0 (paper).

Betancourt, Philip P. Aphrodite’s Kephali: An Early Minoan I Defensive Site in Eastern Crete (Prehistory Monographs 41). Pp. xxii + 247, figs. 97, tables 30. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2013. $70. ISBN 978-1-931534-71-0 (cloth).

Blake, Emma. Social Networks and Regional Identity in Bronze Age Italy. Pp. xiv + 325, figs. 39, tables 15. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014. $99. ISBN 978-1-107-06320-4 (cloth).

Carpenter, T.H., K.M. Lynch, and E.G.D. Robinson, eds. The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery for Workshops, Markets, and Customs. Pp. xvi + 353, figs. 105. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014. $125. ISBN 978-1-107-04186-8 (cloth).

Carroll, Maureen, and Emma-Jayne Graham, eds. Infant Health and Death in Roman Italy and Beyond (JRA Suppl. 96). Pp. 181, figs. 38, tables 6. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Portsmouth, R.I. 2014. $89. ISBN 978-0-9913730-0-0 (cloth).

Christakis, Kostis S. The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou. Vol. 5, Potters’ Marks from Syme and Other Sites of Bronze Age Crete (Library of the Archaeological Society at Athens 293). Pp. xviii + 264, figs. 27, b&w pls. 21, charts 10, tables 5. The Archaeological Society at Athens, Athens 2014. Price not available. ISBN 978-618-5047-13-9 (paper).

Cojocaru, Victor, and Christof Schuler, eds. Die Außenbeziehungen pontischer und kleinasiatischer Städte in hellenistischer und römischer Zeit. Akten einer deutsch-rumänischen Tagung in Constanta, 20.–24. September 2010 (Alte Geschichte). Pp. 311, figs. 43, tables 7. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2014. €54. ISBN 978-3-515-10737-2 (paper).

Coleman, Joseph Carter, and Alberto Prieto, eds. The Chora of Metaponto 3: Archaeological Field Survey, Bradano to Basento. Pp. 1,648, figs. 481, graphs 3, tables 167. University of Texas Press, Austin 2011. $200. ISBN 978-0-292-72678-9 (cloth).

Courrier, Cyril. La plèbe de Rome et sa culture (fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C–fin du Ier siècle ap. J.-C.) (BÉFAR 353). Pp. xii + 1,030, figs. 12, tables 25. École Française de Rome, Rome 2014. €82. ISBN 978-2-7283-0966-5 (paper).

Decker, Wolfgang. Antike Spitzensportler: Athletenbiographien aus dem Alten Orient, Ägypten und Griechenland. Pp. 201, figs. 62. Arte Verlag, Hildesheim 2014. €34.95. ISBN 978-3-942468-23-7 (cloth).

Duhoux, Yves, and Anna Morpurgo Davies, eds. A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and Their World. Vol. 3 (Bibliothèque des Cahiers de Linguistique de Louvain 133). Pp. viii + 292, figs. 18. Peeters, Leuven 2014. €65. ISBN 978-90-429-2932-6 (paper).

Eckardt, Hella, and Stephen Rippon, eds. Living and Working in the Roman World: Essays in Honour of Michael Fulford on His 65th Birthday (JRA Suppl. 95). Pp. 239, figs. 80. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Portsmouth, R.I. 2013. $99. ISBN 978-1-887829-95-3 (cloth).

Elsner, Jaś, and Michel Meyer, eds. Art and Rhetoric in Roman Culture. Pp. xxii + 504, figs. 122. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014. $115. ISBN 978-1-107-00071-1 (cloth).

Feldman, Marian H. Communities of Style: Portable Luxury Arts, Identity, and Collective Memory in the Iron Age Levant. Pp. xviii + 250, figs. 35, color pls. 20, maps 3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2014. $70. ISBN 978-0-226-10561-1 (cloth).

Fields, Nic. Alesia 52 BC: The Final Struggle for Gaul (Campaign 269). Pp. 96, figs. 83. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2014. $21.95. ISBN 978-1-78200-922-1 (paper).

Gerousi-Bendermacher, Eugenia. Sepulkralkultur auf der Insel Thera (Santorin): Der spätantike Friedhof in Perissa und seine Ausgrabungsfunde unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tonlampen (Marburger Beiträge zur Archäologie 1). Pp. 221, figs. 495. Eigenverlag des Archäologischen Seminars der Philipps-Universität, Marburg 2013. €98. ISBN 978-3-8185-0510-3 (cloth).

Gillis, Anne-Catherine, ed. Corps, travail et statut social: L’apport de la paléoanthropologie funéraire aux sciences historiques (Archaiologia). Pp. 209, figs. 75, tables 6. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, Villeneuve-d’Ascq 2014. €24. ISBN 978-27574-0767-7 (paper).

Gilmour, Garth. Gezer VI: The Objects from Phases I and II, 1964–1974 (Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology 10). Pp. xvi + 407, figs. 50, b&w pls. 52, charts 2, tables 8. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2014. $99.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-213-6 (cloth).

Grove, David C. Discovering the Olmecs: An Unconventional History. Pp. x + 197, figs. 62, maps 5. University of Texas Press, Austin 2014. $55. ISBN 978-0-292-76081-3 (cloth).

Harrison, Ramona, and Ruth A. Maher, eds. Human Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic: A Collaborative Model of Humans and Nature Through Space and Time. Pp. xviii + 234, figs. 35, tables 4. Lexington Books, Lanham, Md. 2014. $85. ISBN 978-0-7391-8547-6 (cloth).

Haviland, William A. Excavations in Residential Areas of Tikal: Non-Elite Groups Without Shrines. The Excavations (Tikal Report 20A). Pp. xxiv + 431, figs. 183. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2014. $89.95. ISBN 978-1-934536-70 (cloth).

Haviland, William A. Excavations in Residential Areas of Tikal: Non-Elite Groups Without Shrines: Analysis and Conclusions (Tikal Report 20B). Pp. xii + 167, figs. 16. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2014. $59.95. ISBN 978-1-934536-73-5 (cloth).

Heimerl, Ferdinand. Nordafrikanische Sigillata, Küchenkeramik und Lampen aus Augusta Vindelicum/Augsburg (Münchner Beiträge zur Provinzialrömischen Archäologie 6). Pp. 155, figs. 17, b&w pls. 17, color pls. 2, tables 2. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2014. €39. ISBN 978-3-95490-028-2 (cloth).

Hoffmeier, James K., ed. Tell el-Borg I: Excavations in North Sinai. Pp. xiv + 520, figs. 589, CD-ROM 1. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2014. $99.50. ISBN 978-1-58506-305-8 (cloth).

Jameson, Michael H. Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece: Essays on Religion and Society. Pp. xxxvi + 362, figs. 35. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014. $99. ISBN 978-0-521-66129-4 (cloth).

Johnson, Marilyn. Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble. Pp. xii + 274. HarperCollins, New York 2014. $25.99. ISBN 978-0-06-212718-1 (cloth).

Jones, Donald W. Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean. Pp. xviii + 584, figs. 269, tables 15. Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, England 2014. $200. ISBN 978-1-118-6787-7 (cloth).

Jordan, Peter. Technology as Human Social Tradition: Cultural Transmission Among Hunter-Gatherers (Origins of Human Behavior and Culture 7). Pp. xii + 412, figs. 72, tables 18. University of California Press, Oakland 2015. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-520-27693-2 (paper).

Joshel, Sandra R., and Lauren Hackworth Peterson. The Material Life of Roman Slaves. Pp. xv + 286, figs. 170, color figs. 26. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014. $99. ISBN 978-0-521-19164-7 (cloth).

Koehl, Robert B., ed. Amilla: The Quest for Excellence. Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday (Prehistory Monographs 43). Pp. xxvii + 439, figs. 237, tables 10. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2013. $80. ISBN 978-1-931534-73-4 (cloth).

Kohl, Philip L., Irina Podgorny, and Stefanie Gänger, eds. Nature and Antiquities: The Making of Archaeology in the Americas. Pp. x + 246, figs. 13, map 1. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2014. $60. ISBN 978-0-8165-3112-7 (cloth).

Kuijt, Ian, Colin P. Quinn, and Gabriel Cooney, eds. Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context (Amerind Studies in Anthropology). Pp. viii + 322, figs. 18, tables 10. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2014. $60. ISBN 978-0-8165-3114-1 (cloth).

Kurapkat, Dietmar, Peter I. Schneider, and Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt, eds. Die Architektur des Weges: Gestaltete Bewegung im gebauten Raum. Internationales Kolloquium in Berlin vom 8.–11. Februar 2012 veranstaltet vom Architekturreferat des DAI (Diskussionen zur Archäologischen Bauforschung 11). Pp. xiv + 462, figs. 440. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2014. €86. ISBN 978-3-7954-2914-0 (cloth).

Laidlaw, Anne, and Marco Salvatore Stella. The House of Sallust in Pompeii (VI 2, 4) (JRA Suppl. 98). Pp. 283, figs. 294, color pls. 23, plans 2. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Portsmouth, R.I. 2014. $109. ISBN 978-0-9913730-2-4 (cloth).

Leriche, Pierre, and Gaëlle Coqueugniot, eds. Europos-Doura: Varia. Vol. 1 (BAHBeyrouth 198). Pp. 279, figs. 219. Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Beirut 2012. €40. ISBN 978-2-35159-375-2 (paper).

Maas, Michael, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila. Pp. xxxii + 495, figs. 10, maps 8. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2015. $99. ISBN 978-1-107-63388-9 (paper).

Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, ed. Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies: Dialogues and Discourses. Pp. x + 239, figs. 39. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2015. $69.95. ISBN 978-0-8122-4642-1 (cloth).

Masson, Marilyn A., and Carlos Peraza Lope. Kukulcan’s Realm: Urban Life at Ancient Mayapán. Pp. xxxvi + 651, figs. 156. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2014. $85. ISBN 978-1-60732-319-8 (cloth).

Mayor, Adrienne. The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World. Pp. xvi + 519, figs. 69, color pls. 14, maps 10. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2014. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-691-14720-8 (cloth).

Navarro-Farr, Olivia C., and Michelle E. Rich, eds. Archaeology at El Perú-Waka’: Ancient Maya Performances of Ritual, Memory, and Power (Native Peoples of the Americas). Pp. x + 278, figs. 67. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2014. $65. ISBN 978-0-8165-3096-0 (cloth).

Norwich, John Julius, ed. Cities that Shaped the Ancient World. Pp. 240, figs. 151. Thames & Hudson, London 2014. $40. ISBN 978-0-500-25204-8 (cloth).

O’Connor, David. The Old Kingdom Town of Buhen (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir 106). Pp. xiv + 338, figs. 110, b&w pls. 65. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2014. £70. ISBN 978-0-85698-215-6 (paper).

Owsley, Douglas W., and Richard L. Jantz, eds. Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton. Pp. x + 669, figs. 328. Texas A&M University Press, College Station 2014. $75. ISBN 978-1-62349-200-7 (cloth).

Porter, Benjamin W., and Alexis T. Boutin, eds. Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East: Recent Contributions from Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Archaeology. Pp. xviii + 261, figs. 36, tables 14. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2014. $70. ISBN 978-1-60732-324-2 (cloth).

Rautman, Alison E. Constructing Community: The Archaeology of Early Villages in Central New Mexico. Pp. xviii + 284, figs. 18, tables 20. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2014. $60. ISBN 978-0-8165-3069 (cloth).

Robinson, Elizabeth C., ed. Papers on Italian Urbanism in the First Millennium B.C. (JRA Suppl. 97). Pp. 242, figs. 113. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Portsmouth, R.I. 2014. $99. ISBN 978-0-9913730-1-7 (cloth).

Rouillard, Pierre, Antonio Espinosa Ruiz, and Jesús Moratalla Javega, eds. Villajoyosa Antique: Alicante, Espagne. Territoire et topographie. Le sanctuaire de la Malladeta (Collection de la Casa de Velázquez 141). Pp. 334, figs. 152, tables 7. Casa de Velázquez, Madrid 2014. €55. ISBN 978-84-15636-62-5 (paper).

Schierup, Stine, and Victoria Sabetai, eds. The Regional Production of Red-Figure Pottery: Greece, Magna Graecia and Etruria (Gösta Enbom Monographs 4). Pp. 358, figs. 266. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 2014. $56. ISBN 978-87-7124-393-2 (cloth).

Starbuck, David R. The Legacy of Fort William Henry: Resurrecting the Past. Pp. xii + 130, figs. 150. University Press of New England, Lebanon, N.H. 2014. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-61168-547-3 (paper).

Stewart, Charles Anthony, Thomas W. Davis, and Annemarie Weyl Carr, eds. Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: Art and Archaeology from Justinian I to the Coeur de Lion (American Schools of Oriental Research Archaeological Reports 20, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute Monograph 5). Pp. xviii + 268, figs. 140, table 1. American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston 2014. $74.95. ISBN 978-0-89757-073-2 (cloth).

Talgam, Rina. Mosaics of Faith: Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land (Treasures of the Past). Pp. xvi + 579, figs. 504. Yad Ben-Zvi Press and Pennsylvania State University Press, Jerusalem and University Park 2014. $129.95. ISBN 978-0-271-06084-2 (cloth).

Wecowski, Marek. The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet. Pp. xxvi + 400, figs. 23, maps 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014. $175. ISBN 978-0-19-968401-4 (cloth).

Wilfong, T.G., ed. Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt (Kelsey Museum Publication 7). Pp. viii + 192, figs. 61. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor 2014. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-9741873-9-6 (paper).

Winroth, Anders. The Age of the Vikings. Pp. 304, figs. 30, color pls. 14, maps 2. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2014. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-691-14985-1 (cloth).

List of Books Received

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 119, No. 2 (April 2015)

Published online at www.ajaonline.org/books-received/2076

DOI: 10.3764/ajaonline1192.BooksReceived