American Journal of Archaeology | The Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America
You are here
List of Books Received
April 2013 (117.2)
List of Books Received
Anderson, David G., and Kenneth E. Sassaman. Recent Developments in Southeastern Archaeology: From Colonization to Complexity (SAA Contemporary Perspectives). Pp. vi + 285, figs. 19, tables 4. Society for American Archaeology Press, Washington, D.C. 2012. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-932839-44-2 (paper).
Arnauld, Marie-Charlotte, Linda R. Manzanilla, and Michael E. Smith, eds. The Neighborhood as a Social and Spatial Unit in Mesoamerican Cities. Pp. x + 344, figs. 65, tables 10. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2012. $60. ISBN 978-0-8165-2024-4 (cloth).
Atalay, Sonia. Community-Based Archaeology: Research with, by, and for Indigenous and Local Communities. Pp. xiv + 312, figs. 21. University of California Press, Berkeley 2012. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-520-27336-8 (paper).
Baird Jackson, Jason, ed. Yuchi Indian Histories Before the Removal Era. Pp. xxxvi + 246, figs. 8, tables 6, maps 6. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 2012. $30. ISBN 978-0-8032-4041-4 (paper).
Belozerskaya, Marina. Medusa’s Gaze: The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese (Emblems of Antiquity). Pp. xix + 38. Oxford University Press, New York 2012. $21.95. ISBN 978-0-19-973931-8 (cloth).
Cavaliere, Barbara, and Jennifer Udell, eds. Ancient Mediterranean Art: The William D. and Jane Walsh Collection at Fordham University. Pp. 343, figs. 352. Fordham University Press, New York 2012. $75. ISBN 978-0-8232-4452-2 (cloth).
Chapdelaine, Claude, ed. Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast (Peopling of the Americas). Pp. xvi + 247, figs. 119, tables 24. Texas A&M University Press, College Station 2012. $68. ISBN 978-1-0344-790-4 (cloth).
Coolidge Rousmaniere, Nicole. Vessels of Influence: China and the Birth of Porcelain in Medieval and Early Modern Japan (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology). Pp. 192, figs. 11, maps 3. Bristol Classical Press, London 2012. $24. ISBN 978-0-7156-3463-9 (paper).
Cordell, Linda S., and Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, eds. Potters and Communities of Practice: Glaze Paint and Polychrome Pottery in the American Southwest, A.D. 1250–1700 (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona 75). Pp. xi + 194, figs. 63, tables 24. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2012. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8165-2992-6 (paper).
de Rojas, José Luis. Tenochtitlan: Capital of the Aztec Empire (Ancient Cities of the New World). Pp. xiv + 225, figs. 43. University of Florida Press, Gainesville 2012. $74.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-4220-6 (cloth).
du Plessis, Paul. Studying Roman Law (Classical World Series). Pp. 125. Bristol Classical Press, Bristol 2012. £12.99. ISBN 978-1-78093-026-8 (paper).
Ebbeler, Jennifer. Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s Letters (Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity). Pp. xii + 254. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $74. ISBN 978-0-19-537256-4 (cloth).
Ellenblum, Roni. The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072. Pp. xii + 270, figs. 14, tables 2, maps 7. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012. $99. ISBN 978-1-107-02335-2 (cloth).
Fachard, Sylvian. La défense du territoire: Étude de la “chôra” érétrienne et de ses fortifications (Eretria 21). Pp. 358, figs. 241. École Suisse d’Archéologie en Gréce, Athens 2012. $100. ISBN 978-2-88474-410-2 (paper).
Fischer, Moshe. Horvat Mesad: A Way-Station on the Jaffa-Jerusalem Road (Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology 30). Pp. xii + 300, figs. 152, tables 32. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 2012. $60. ISBN 978-965-266-033-6 (cloth).
Fisher, Marjorie M., Peter Lacovara, Salima Ikram, and Sue D’Auria, eds. Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile. Pp. xx + 452, figs. 200. University of Cairo Press, New York 2012. $59.95. ISBN 978-977-416-478-1 (cloth).
Freund, Richard A. Digging Through History: Archaeology and Religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust. Pp. x + 268, figs. 33. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md. 2012. $39. ISBN 978-1-4422-0882-7 (cloth).
Gauer, Werner. Der Zorn des Zeus und die klassische Kunst der Griechen: Einladung zu einer Griechenlandreise. Pp. 208, figs. 24, b&w pls. 27. Franz Philipp Rutzen, Ruhpolding 2012. €29.80. ISBN 978-3-447-06741-1 (paper).
Gibbon, Guy. Archaeology of Minnesota: The Prehistory of the Upper Mississippi River Region. Pp. x + 263, figs. 57, maps 26. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 2012. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-8166-7909-6 (cloth).
Hodges, Richard. Dark Age Economics: A New Audit. Pp. xiv + 160, figs. 23. Bristol Classical Press, London 2012. £18.99. ISBN 978-0-7156-3679-4 (paper).
Holt, Frank L. Lost World of the Golden King: In Search of Ancient Afghanistan (Hellenistic Culture and Society 53). Pp. xxi + 343, figs. 29, color pls. 10, maps 3. University of California Press, Berkeley 2012. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-520-27342-9 (cloth).
Iamoni, Marco. The Late MBA and LBA Pottery Horizons at Qatna: Innovation and Conservation in the Ceramic Tradition of a Regional Capital and the Implications for Second Millennium Syrian Chronology (Studi Archeologici su Qatna 2). Pp. 358, figs. 60, b&w pls. 71, tables 8. Forum, Udine 2012. €65. ISBN 978-88-8420-729-6 (paper).
Juliano, Annette L. Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China. Pp. xv + 175, figs. 146. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass. 2012. $45. ISBN 978-0-300-17967-5 (paper).
Just, Bryan R. Dancing into Dreams: Maya Vase Painting of the Ik’ Kingdom. Pp. 252, figs. 206. Yale University Press, New Haven 2012. $50. ISBN 978-0-300-17438-0 (cloth).
Kefalidou, Evrydiki, and Despina Tsiafaki, eds. Kεραμέως παίδες: Αντίδωρο στον καθηγητή Μιχάλη Τιβέριο από τους μαθητές του. Pp. 383, figs. 105. Εταιρεία Ανδρίων Επιστημόνων, Thessaloniki 2012. Price not available. ISBN 978-960-89087-2-7 (paper).
Kirch, Patrick Vinton. A Shark Going Inland is My Chief: The Island of Civilization of Ancient Hawai’i. Pp. xvii + 346, figs. 25, maps 4. University of California Press, Berkeley 2012. $45. ISBN 978-0-520-27330-6 (cloth).
Lazrus, Paula K., and Alex W. Barker, eds. All the King’s Horses: Essays on the Impact of Looting and the Illicit Antiquities Trade on Our Knowledge of the Past. Pp. iv + 164, figs. 10, table 1. Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2012. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-932839-44-2 (paper).
Loránd Dészpa, Mihály. Peripherie-Denken: Transformation und Adaption des Gottes Silvanus in den Donauprovinzen (1.–4. Jahrhundert n. Chr.) (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 35). Pp. x + 312, b&w pls. 13. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2012. €62. ISBN 978-3-515-09945-5 (paper).
MacLean Rogers, Guy. The Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos: Cult, Polis, and Change in the Graeco-Roman World. Pp. xxv + 500, figs. 29, maps 11. Yale University Press, New Haven 2013. $45. ISBN 978-0-300-18270-5 (cloth).
Martin, Thomas R., and Christopher W. Blackwell. Alexander the Great: The Story of an Ancient Life. Pp. xiv + 193, maps 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012. £15.99. ISBN 978-0-521-14844-8 (paper).
Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth, and Ann Horsburgh. DNA for Archaeologists. Pp. 233, figs. 23. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, Calif. 2012. $32.95. ISBN 978-1-59874-681-5 (paper).
McDonald, Jo, and Peter Veth, eds. A Companion to Rock Art (Blackwell Companions to Anthropology). Pp. xxxiv + 680, figs. 128, color pls. 30, tables 19. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 2012. $195. ISBN 978-1-4443-3424-1 (cloth).
Mierse, William E. Temples and Sanctuaries from the Early Iron Age Levant: Recovery After Collapse (History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant 4). Pp. xvi + 480, figs. 137. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2012. $59.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-246-4 (cloth).
Mithen, Steven. Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World. Pp. xvii + 347, figs. 66, maps 11. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2012. $25.95. ISBN 978-0-674-06693-6 (cloth).
Moholy-Nagy, Hattula. Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala (Tikal Report 37). Pp. xvii + 98, figs. 76, tables 3, CD-ROM 1. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2012. $59.95. ISBN 978-1-934536-47-6 (cloth).
Moholy-Nagy, Hattula, and William R. Coe. The Artifacts of Tikal: Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material (Tikal Report 27A). Pp. xv + 260, figs. 246, CD-ROM 1. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2008. $100. ISBN 978-1-931707-94-7 (cloth).
Morrisson, Cécile, ed. Trade and Markets in Byzantium (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia). Pp. ix + 459, figs. 140, tables 2, maps 49. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 2012. $85. ISBN 978-0-88402-377-7 (cloth).
Nichols, Deborah L., and Christopher A. Pool, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology. Pp. xv + 979, figs. 173. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $175. ISBN 978-0-19-539093-3 (cloth).
Oland, Maxine, Siobhan M. Hart, and Liam Frink, eds. Decolonizing Indigenous Histories: Exploring Prehistoric/Colonial Transitions in Archaeology (The Archaeology of Colonialism in Native North America). Pp. vi + 312, figs. 23, tables 4. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2012. $55. ISBN 978-0-8165-0408-4 (cloth).
Olsen, Bjørnar, Michael Shanks, Timothy Webmoor, and Christopher Witmore. Archaeology: The Discipline of Things. Pp. ix + 255, figs. 26. University of California Press, Berkeley 2012. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-520-27417-4 (paper).
Olshausen, Eckart, and Vera Sauer, eds. Die Schätze der Erde: Natürliche Ressourcen in der antiken Welt. Stuttgarter Kolloquium zur Historischen Geographie des Altertums 10, 2008 (Geographica Historica 28). Pp. 425, figs. 55, tables 10, CD-ROM 1. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2012. €64. ISBN 978-3-515-10143-1 (paper).
Pala, Elisabetta. Acropoli di Atene: Un microcosmo della produzione e distribuzione della ceramica attica (Supplementi e Monografie della Rivista Archeologica Classica 8). Pp. 430, figs. 137, b&w pls. 31. L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome 2012. €160. ISBN 978-88-8265-625-6 (paper).
Parker, Bradley J., and Catherine P. Foster, eds. New Perspectives on Household Archaeology. Pp. xii + 572, figs. 169, tables 21. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2012. $69.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-252-5 (cloth).
Pauketat, Timothy R. An Archaeology of the Cosmos: Rethinking Agency and Religion in Ancient America. Pp. xv + 230, figs. 84, tables 8. Routledge, New York 2013. $38.95. ISBN 978-0-415-52129-1 (paper).
Perry, Megan A., ed. Bioarchaeology and Behavior: The People of the Ancient Near East (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives). Pp. xiv + 211, figs. 50, tables 16. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2012. $74.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-4229-9 (cloth).
Porter, Anne. Mobile Pastoralism and the Formation of Near Eastern Civilizations: Weaving Together Society. Pp. x + 389, figs. 33, tables 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012. £65. ISBN 978-0-521-79443-8 (cloth).
Reader, John. Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins. Pp. xvii + 538, figs. 69. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-19-927685-1 (cloth).
Rieche, Anita. Von Rom nach Las Vegas: Rekonstruktionen antiker römischer Architektur 1800 bis heute. Pp. 239, figs. 136. Reimer, Berlin 2012. €29.95. ISBN 978-3-496-01457-7 (paper).
Ruffini, Giovanni R. Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History. Pp. x + 295, figs. 8, map 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $74. ISBN 978-0-19-989163-4 (cloth).
Schlögl, Hermann A. Nofretete: Die Wahrheit über die schöne Königin. Pp. 128, figs. 33, plans 2. C.H. Beck, Munich 2012. €8.95. ISBN 978-3-406-63725-4 (cloth).
Sekunda, Nicholas. Macedonian Armies After Alexander 323–168 BC (Men-at-Arms 477). Pp. 48, figs. 48. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2012. $17.95. ISBN 978-1-84908-714-8 (paper).
Shirai, Noriyuki. The Archaeology of the First Farmer-Herders in Egypt: New Insights into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic (Archaeological Studies Leiden University 21). Pp. xii + 389, figs. 216, tables 92. Leiden University Press, Leiden 2010. $65. ISBN 978-9-08728-079-6 (paper).
Skaff, Jonathan Karam. Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors: Culture, Power, and Connections, 580–800 (Oxford Studies in Early Empires). Pp. xix + 400, figs. 5, maps 6. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $85. ISBN 978-0-19-973413-9 (cloth).
Skinner, Joseph E. The Invention of Greek Ethnography: From Homer to Herodotus (Greeks Overseas). Pp. xi + 343, figs. 16. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012. $85. ISBN 978-0-19-979360-0 (cloth).
Sterman, Baruch, and Judy Taubes Sterman. The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered. Pp. xiii + 305, b&w figs. 26, color figs. 23. Lyons Press, Guilford, Conn. 2012. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-7627-8222-2 (cloth).
Stevens, Anna. Akhenaten’s Workers: The Amarna Stone Village Survey, 2005–2009. Vol. 1, The Survey, Excavations and Architecture (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir 100). Pp. 468, figs. 73, b&w pls. 206, tables 24. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012. £65. ISBN 978-0-85698208-5 (cloth).
Stevens, Anna. Akhenaten’s Workers: The Amarna Stone Village Survey, 2005–2009. Vol. 2, The Faunal and Botanical Remains, and Objects (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir 101). Pp. 398, figs. 59, b&w pls. 46, tables 42. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012. £65. ISBN 978-0-85698209-5 (cloth).
Stewart, James R. Corpus of Cypriot Artefacts of the Early Bronze Age. Pt. 4 (SIMA 3). Pp. xxxiv + 240, figs. 383, b&w pls. 26, tables 26. Paul Åströms Förlag, Uppsala 2012. €90. ISBN 978-91-7081-245-3 (cloth).
Talbert, Richard J.A., ed. Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome (The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography). Pp. ix + 264, figs. 107, color pls. 9. University of Chicago Press, 2012. $65. ISBN 978-0-226-78937-8 (cloth).
Thomas, Michael L., and Gretchen E. Meyers, eds. Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture: Ideology and Innovation. Pp. xiii + 184, figs. 57, tables 10, map 1. University of Texas Press, Austin 2012. $60. ISBN 948-0-292-73888-1 (cloth).
Thorndike Martin, Geoffrey. The Tomb of Maya and Meryt. Vol. 1, The Reliefs, Inscriptions, and Commentary (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir 99). Pp. xxiii + 81, figs. 5, b&w pls. 132, color pls. 2. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012. £80. ISBN 978-0-8569-8206-4 (cloth).
Wolverton, Steve, and R. Lee Lyman, eds. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology. Pp. viii + 241, figs. 30, tables 20. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2012. $55. ISBN 978-0-8165-2113-5 (cloth).
List of Books Received
American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 117, No. 2 (April 2013)
Published online at http://www.ajaonline.org/books-received/1533
DOI: 10.3764/ajaonline1172.BooksReceived