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July 2014 (118.3)

Books Received

List of Books Received

Ángeles, María, Magallón Botaya, and Pierre Sillières, eds. Labitolosa: Une cité romaine de lHispanie citérieure (Mémoires 33). Pp. 499, figs. 408, plans 8. Ausonius Éditions, Pessac 2013. €70. ISBN 978-2-35613-086-0 (cloth).

Aylward, William, ed. Excavations at Zeugma. 3 vols. Vol. 1. Pp. xii + 279, figs. 191, color pls. 169, tables 7, plans 2; vol. 2. Pp. vi + 174, b&w pls. 109, tables 24; vol. 3. Pp. vi + 449, figs. 466, tables 75. The Packard Humanities Institute, Los Altos, Calif. 2013. Price not available. ISBN 978-1-938325-29-8 (cloth).

Bahn, Paul, ed. The History of Archaeology: An Introduction. Pp. xxii + 255, figs. 76. Routledge, New York 2014. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-415-84172-6 (paper).

Barbet, Alix, and Annie Verbanck-Piérard, eds. La villa romaine de Boscoreale et ses fresques. Pp. 608, figs. 342, color pls. 52. Éditions Errance, Arles 2013. €69. ISBN 978-2-87772-469-2 (paper).

Barham, Lawrence. From Hand to Handle: The First Industrial Revolution. Pp. xiv +  357, figs. 53, tables 5. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $150. ISBN 978-0-19-960471-5 (cloth).

Borg, Barbara E. Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation). Pp. xx + 308, figs. 140, color pls. 10, tables 3. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $185. ISBN 978-0-19-967273-8 (cloth).

Bredholt Christensen, Lisbeth, Olav Hammer, and David A. Warburton, eds. The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe (European History of Religions). Pp. xiv + 456, figs. 55. Acumen Publishing, Durham, England 2013. $140. ISBN 978-1-84465-709-4 (cloth).

Brill, Robert H., and Colleen P. Stapleton. Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses. Vol. 3, The Years 2000–2011, Reports, and Essays. Pp. 727, figs. 111. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y. 2012. $99. ISBN 978-0-87290-190-2 (cloth).

Brysbaert, Ann, ed. Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks Through Technology: A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean (Routledge Studies in Archaeology 3). Pp. xii + 215, figs. 25, tables 8. Routledge, New York 2011. $130. ISBN 978-0-415-89616-0 (cloth).

Burmeister, Stefan, Svend Hansen, Michael Kunst, and Nils Müller-Scheeßel, eds. Metal Matters: Innovative Technologies and Social Change in Prehistory and Antiquity (Menschen–Kulturen–Tradition 12,  Forschungscluster 2). Pp. viii + 282, figs. 188, tables 5. Verlag Marie Leidorf, Raden 2013. €79.80. ISBN 978-3-86757-392-4 (paper).

Burnett Grossman, Janet. Funerary Sculpture (Agora 35). Pp. xxxii + 239,  figs. 22, b&w pls. 128, tables 12, plans 2. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2013. $150. ISBN 978-0-87661-235-4 (cloth).

Charlesworth, James H., eds. The Tomb of Jesus and His Family? Exploring Ancient Jewish Tombs Near Jerusalems Walls. Pp. xx + 585, figs. 84, tables 6. William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2013. $48. ISBN 978-0-8028-6745-2 (paper).

Cornish, Paul, and Nicholas J. Saunders, eds. Bodies in Conflict: Corporeality, Materiality, and Transformation. Pp. xx + 228, figs. 49, tables 3. Routledge, New York 2014. $130. ISBN 978-0-415-83422-3 (cloth).

Coutsinas, Nadia. Défenses crétoises: Fortifications urbaines et défense du territoire en Crète aux époques classiques et hellénistique (Cahiers archéologique de Paris 1). Pp. 541, figs. 119, tables 17, maps 33. Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris 2013. €35. ISBN 978-2-85944-763-2 (paper).

Cowan, Ross. Roman Guardsman 62 BC–AD 324 (Warrior 170). Pp. 64, figs. 61. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2014. $18.95. ISBN 978-1-78200-925-2 (paper).

Cunliffe, Barry. Britain Begins. Pp. xii + 553, figs. 292. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-967945-4 (paper).

Cusumano, Nicola, Valentino Gasparini, Attilio Mastrocinque, and Jörg Rüpke, eds. Memory and Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World (Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 45). Pp. 223, figs. 24. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2013. €53. ISBN 978-3-515-10425-8 (paper).

Damm-Meinhardt, Ursula, and Tobias Mühlenbruch. Baubefunde und Stratigraphie der Unterburg und des nordwestlichen Stadtgebiets (Kampagnen 1976 bis 1983). Die ausgehende Palastzeit (SH III B2) und die mykenische Nachpalastzeit (SH III C). Dokumentation zu den Bänden XVII 1 und 2 (Tiryns 17[3]). Pp. 7, b&w pls. 75, Beilagen 8, plans 59. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2013. €98. ISBN 978-3-89500-850-4 (cloth).

Danti, Michael. Hasanlu V: The Late Bronze and Iron I Periods (Hasanlu Excavation Reports 3). Pp. xxviii + 483, figs. 162, b&w pls. 46, tables 6, map 1. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia 2013. $89.95. ISBN 978-1-934536-61-2 (cloth).

Dark, Ken, and Ferudun Özgümüş. Constantinople: Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis. Final Report on the Istanbul Rescue Archaeology Project 1998–2004. Pp. xvi + 181, figs. 104, color pls. 41. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2013. $99.95. ISBN 978-1-78297-171-9 (cloth).

Davis, Andrew R. Tel Dan in Its Northern Cultic Context. Pp. xvi + 209, figs. 27. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2013. $32.95. ISBN 978-1-58983-928-1 (paper).

de Vos Raaijmakers, Mariette, and Redha Attoui. Rus Africum. Vol. 1, Le paysage rural antique autour de Dougga et Téboursouk: Cartographie, relevés et chronologie des établissements (BibAr 30). Pp. 413, b&w pls. 171, maps 8, CD-ROM 1. Edipuglia, Bari 2013. €70. ISBN 978-88-7228-703-3 (paper).

Dusinberre, Elspeth R.M. Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia. Pp. 397, figs. 131, tables 3, maps 20. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013. $84. ISBN 978-1-107-01826-6  (cloth).

Eaverly, Mary Ann. Tan Men/Pale Women: Color and Gender in Archaic Greece and Egypt. A Comparative Approach. Pp. xi + 181, figs. 25. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2013. $65. ISBN 978-0-472-11911-0 (cloth).

Ensor, Bradley E. The Archaeology of Kinship: Advancing the Interpretation and Contributions to Theory. Pp. x + 353, figs. 34, tables 3. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2013. $60. ISBN 978-0-9165-3054-0 (cloth).

Fischer, Peter M. Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the Jordan Valley. Vol. 3, The Iron Age (Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie 76, Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 34). Pp. 558, figs. 467, tables 82. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2013. €139. ISBN 978-3-7001-7332-8 (paper).

Fowler, Chris. The Emergent Past: A Relational Realist Archaeology of Early Bronze Age Mortuary Practices. Pp. xii + 333, figs. 24, charts 6, tables 25, maps. 14. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $135. ISBN 978-0-19-965637-0 (cloth).

Grajetzki, Wolfram. Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom: The Archaeology of Female Burials. Pp. 254, figs. 106. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2014. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-8122-4567-7 (cloth).

Graves-Brown, Paul, Rodney Harrison, and Angela Piccini, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World. Pp. xxviii + 823, figs. 138, tables 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $135. ISBN 978-0-19-960200-1 (cloth).

Hall, Jonathan M. Artifact and Artifice: Classical Archaeology and the Ancient Historian. Pp. xviii + 258, figs. 52, tables 10, maps 2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2014. $45. ISBN 978-0-226-09698-8 (paper).

Hamilakis, Yannis. Archaeology and the Senses: Human Experience, Memory, and Affect. Pp. xiv + 255, figs. 26. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013. $99. ISBN 978-0-521-83728-6 (cloth).

Haour, Anne. Outsiders and Strangers: An Archaeology of Liminality in West Africa. Pp. xiv + 206, figs. 13. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $99. ISBN 978-0-19-969774-8 (cloth).

Haynes, Ian. Blood of the Provinces: The Roman Auxilia and the Making of Provincial Society from Augustus to the Severans. Pp. xviii + 430, figs. 49, tables 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $150. ISBN 978-0-19-965534-2 (cloth).

Hendon, Julia A., Rosemary A. Joyce, and Jeanne Lopiparo. Material Relations: The Marriage Figurines of Prehispanic Honduras. Pp. xvi + 200, figs. 69, tables 11. University of Colorado Press, Boulder 2014. $70. ISBN 978-1-60732-277-1 (cloth).

Henriksen, Christer, ed. Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum et Latinarum Upsaliensis: The Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Collections of Uppsala University (ActaRom 8˚, 23). Pp. 130, figs. 24. Svenski Institutet i Rom, Stockholm 2013. Price not available. ISBN 978-91-7042-181-5 (paper).

Hopkins, Heather, ed. Ancient Textiles, Modern Science: Re-creating Techniques Through Experiment. Proceedings of the First and Second European Textile Forum 2009 and 2010. Pp. x + 133, figs. 102. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2013. $65. ISBN 978-1-84217-664-1 (paper).

Jazwa, Christopher S., and Jennifer E. Perry, eds. Californias Channel Islands: The Archaeology of Human-Environment Interactions (The Anthropology of Pacific North America). Pp. x + 204, figs. 43, tables 20. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 2013. $65. ISBN 978-1-60781-271-5 (cloth).

Knüsel, Christopher, and Martin J. Smith, eds. The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict (Routledge Handbooks). Pp. xlvi + 704, figs. 214, tables 69. Routledge, New York 2014. $225. ISBN 978-0-415-84219-8 (cloth).

Kristensen, Troels Myrup. Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity 12). Pp. 297, figs. 100. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 2013. $56. ISBN 978-87-7124-089-4 (cloth).

Lawall, Mark L., and John Lund, eds. The Transport Amphorae and Trade of Cyprus (Gösta Enbom Monographs 3). Pp. 244, figs. 165, tables 6. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 2013. $40. ISBN 978-87-7124-213-3 (cloth).

Lecuyot, Guy. Fouilles dAï Khanoum. Vol. 9, lHabitat (Mémoires de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan 34). Pp. xxiv + 255, figs. 122, b&w pls. 54. De Boccard, Paris 2013. €85. ISBN 978-2-7018-0348-7 (cloth).

Lister, Adrian. Mammoths and Mastodons of the Ice Age. Pp. 128, figs. 128. Firefly Books, Richmond Hill, Canada 2014. $29.95. ISBN 978-1-77085-315-7 (cloth).

Ma, John. Statues and Cities: Honorific Portraits and Civic Identity in the Hellenistic World (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation). Pp. xxvi + 378, figs. 56, plans 17. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $185. ISBN 978-0-19-966891-5 (cloth).

Malgieri, Angealea. La bottega delle immagini parietali (I sec. a.C.–I sec. d.C) (Fecit te 3). Pp. xii + 144, b&w pls. 29, tables 3. Scienze e Lettere, Rome 2013. €35. ISBN 978-88-6687-0357 (paper).

Manassa, Colleen. Imagining the Past: Historical Fiction in New Kingdom Egypt. Pp. xx + 339, figs. 20, b&w pls. 11. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $74. ISBN 978-0-19-998222-6 (cloth).

Marzano, Annalisa. Harvesting the Sea: The Exploration of Marine Resources in the Roman Mediterranean (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy). Pp. xvi + 365, figs. 46. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $150. ISBN 978-0-19-967562-3 (cloth).

McGuire, Kelly, William Hildebrandt, Amy Gilreath, Jerome King, and John Berg. The Prehistory of Gold Butte: A Virgin River Hinterland, Clark County, Nevada (University of Utah Anthropological Papers 127). Pp. xiv + 240, figs. 102, tables 100. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 2013. $50. ISBN 978-1-60781-305-7 (paper).

Mühlenbruch, Tobias. Baubefunde und Stratigraphie der Unterburg und des nordwestlichen Stadtgebiets. Kampagnen 1976 bis 1983. Die mykenische Nachpalastzeit (SH III C) (Tiryns 17[2]). Pp. xx + 426, figs. 30. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2013. €68. ISBN 978-3-89500-849-8 (cloth).

Naerebout, Frederick G., and Henk W. Singor. Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context. Pp. xiv + 450, figs. 47, maps 28. Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, England 2014. $49.95. ISBN 978-1-4443-5137-2 (paper).

Nance, C. Roger, Jan de Leeuw, Phil C. Weigand, Kathleen Prado, and David S. Verity. Correspondence Analysis and West Mexico Archaeology: Ceramics from the Long-Glassow Collection. Pp. xxii + 253, figs. 45, graphs 71, tables 49, maps 8. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2013. $75. ISBN 978-0-8263-5393-1 (cloth).

Nativ, Assaf. Prioritizing Death and Society: The Archaeology of Chalcolithic and Contemporary Cemeteries in the Southern Levant (Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology). Pp. xiv + 301, figs. 46, tables 30. Acumen Publishing, Durham 2014. $120. ISBN 978-1-84465-751-3 (cloth).

Núñez Muley, Francisco. Vincent Barletta, trans. A Memorandum for the President of the Royal Audiencia and Chancery Court of the City and Kingdom of Granada. Pp. x + 122, figs. 2, map 1. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2013. $17.50. ISBN 978-0-226-10303-7 (paper).

Nylander, Carl, Börje Blomé, Lars Karlsson, Angela Bizzarro, Giuseppe Tilia, Stefano Tilia, and Alessandro Tilia. The Borgo: Excavating an Etruscan Quarter. Architecture and Stratigraphy (San Giovenale 5[1], ActaRom 4˚, 26). Pp. 189, figs. 160, b&w pls. 43, plans 2. Svenska Institutet i Rom, Stockholm 2013. SEK 636. ISBN 978-91-7042-180-8 (cloth).

Papadopoulos, Angelos, ed. Recent Research and Perspectives on the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean (Talanta 44). Pp. 336, figs. 71, tables 6. Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society, Amsterdam 2013. Price not available. ISBN 978-90-72067-16-6 (paper).

Pevnick, Seth D., ed. Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life. Pp. 199, figs. 210. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa 2014. $49.95. ISBN 978-1-970804-30-4 (cloth).

Poblome, Jeroen, ed. Exempli Gratia: Sagalassos, Marc Waelkens and Interdisciplinary Archaeology. Pp. 222, figs. 34. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2013. €69.50. ISBN 978-90-5867-979-6 (cloth).

Podany, Amanda H. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction. Pp. xx + 148, figs. 11. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014. $11.95. ISBN 978-0-19-537799-6 (paper).

Pouzadoux, Claude. Éloge dun prince daunien: Mythes et images en Italie méridionale au IVe siècle av. J.-C. (BÉFAR 352). Pp. xii + 403, figs. 186, color pls. 32.  Écoles Françaises de Rome, Rome 2013. €77. ISBN 978-2-7283-0937-5 (paper).

Quilter, Jeffrey. The Ancient Central Andes (Routledge World Archaeology). Pp. xvi + 336, figs. 48. Routledge, New York 2014. $130. ISBN 978-0-415-67309-9 (cloth).

Ray, J.D. Demotic Ostraca and Other Inscriptions from the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara (Texts from Excavations 16). Pp. 392, figs. 395. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2013. £90. ISBN 978-0-85698-217-0 (paper).

Rice, Prudence M. Space-Time Perspectives on Early Colonial Moquegua. Pp. xx + 378, figs. 59, tables 32. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2013. $70. ISBN 978-1-60732-275-7 (cloth).

Robb, John, and Oliver J.T. Harris, eds. The Body in History: Europe from the Palaeolithic to the Future. Pp. xxiv + 266, figs. 105, color pls. 8, tables 8. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013. $115. ISBN 978-0-521-19528-7 (cloth).

Rotroff, Susan I. Industrial Religion: The Saucer Pyres of the Athenian Agora (Hesperia Suppl. 47). Pp. xx + 228, figs. 126, tables 15. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2013. $75. ISBN 978-0-87661-547-8 (paper).

Schaefer, Mary M. Women in Pastoral Office: The Story of Santa Prassede, Rome. Pp. xxiv + 469, figs. 31, tables 7. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $74. ISBN 978-0-19-997762-8 (cloth).

Schöne-Denkinger, Angelika. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Germany 95. Berlin 15: Attisch rotfigurige und schwarzgefirnisste Peliken, Loutrophoren und Lebetes Gamikoi. Pp. 82, color pls. 80, Beilagen 16. C.H. Beck, Munich 2014. €98. ISBN 978-3-406-66145-7 (cloth).

Schoors, Antoon. Michael Lesley, trans. The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E. (Biblical Encyclopedia 5). Pp. xvi + 299, figs. 10, map 1. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2013. $35.95. ISBN 978-1-58983-264-0 (paper).

Scott, Michael. Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World. Pp. xviii + 422, figs. 49, maps 3. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2014. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-691-15081-9 (cloth).

Segal, Arthur. Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman East: Religious Architecture in Syria, Iudaea/Palaestina and Provincia Arabia. Pp. xii + 380, figs. 383. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2013. $99. ISBN 978-1-84217-526-5 (cloth).

Shanower, Eric. Betrayal. Pt. 2 (Age of Bronze 3B). Pp. 176. Image Comics, Berkeley, Calif. 2013. $18.99. ISBN 978-1-60706-757-3 (cloth).

Smith II, Andrew M. Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation. Pp. xx + 293, figs. 45. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013. $85. ISBN 978-0-19-986110-1 (cloth).

Vranich, Alexei, and Abigail R. Levine, eds. Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology. Vol. 2 (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Monograph 77). Pp. xii + 208, figs. 126, tables 19. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, University of California, Los Angeles 2013. $65. ISBN 978-1-931745-72-7 (cloth).

Walsh, Justin St. P. Consumerism in the Ancient World: Imports and Identity Construction (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies). Pp. xx + 218, figs. 45, tables 4. Routledge, New York 2014. $125. ISBN 978-0-415-89379-4 (cloth).

Weiss, Zeev. Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine (Revealing Antiquity 21). Pp. xiv + 361, figs. 53. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2014. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-674-04831-7 (cloth).

Woolf, Greg. Tales of the Barbarians: Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West (Blackwell Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition). Pp. viii + 167. Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, England 2014. $32.95. ISBN 978-1-118-78510-2 (paper).

Zarmakoupi, Mantha. Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE–79 CE) (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation). Pp. xxii + 315, figs. 135, tables 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014. $160. ISBN 978-0-19-967838-9 (cloth). 

List of Books Received

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 118, No. 3 (July 2014)

Published online at www.ajaonline.org/books-received/1805

DOI: 10.3764/ajaonline1183.BooksReceived