April 2007 (111.2)

Print Book Reviews

Book Reviews April 2007

The following book reviews were published in the printed AJA only and are available for purchase on JSTOR. For more information, see access options.


Colour in the Ancient Mediterranean World (pp. 371–373)
By Liza Cleland, Karen Stears, and Glenys Davies 
Reviewed by Deborah Ruscillo

Il villaggio dell'Età del Bronzo Medio di Portella a Salina nelle Isole Eolie (pp. 373–374)
By Maria Clara Martinelli 
Reviewed by Gianmarco Alberti

Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals (pp. 374–375)
By R. Hope Simpson and D.K. Hagel 
Reviewed by Christopher Mee

Cretan Bronze Age Pithoi: Traditions and Trends in the Production and Consumption of Storage Containers in Bronze Age Crete (pp. 375–376)
By Konstandinos S. Christakis 
Reviewed by Peter Pavúk

The Plain of Phaistos: Cycles of Social Complexity in the Mesara Region of Crete (pp. 376–377)
By L.V. Watrous, D. Hadzi-Vallianou, and H. Blitzer
Reviewed by Giorgos Vavouranakis

The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt: Description de l'Égypte. The Monuments and Customs of Egypt, Selected Engravings and Texts (p. 377)
By Terrence M. Russell
Reviewed by J.G. Manning

La peinture décorative antique en Russie méridionale: Saint-Pétersbourg 1913–1914 (pp. 377–378)
By M.I. Rostovtseff and A. Barbet 
Reviewed by J. Andrew Overman

Les hautes terres de Carie (pp. 378–379)
By Pierre Debord and Ender Varinlioğlu
Reviewed by Duane W. Roller

The Athenian Woman: An Icongraphic Handbook (pp. 379–381)
By Sian Lewis 
Reviewed by Adele C. Scafuro

Italy and Cyprus in Antiquity, 1500450 B.C.: Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, November 16–18, 2000 (pp. 381–382)
By Larissa Bonfante and Vassos Karageorghis 
Reviewed by John K. Papadopoulos

Bridging the Tiber: Approaches to Regional Archaeology in the Middle Tiber Valley (pp. 382–384)
By Helen Patterson 
Reviewed by Gretchen E. Meyers

The Architecture of Roman Temples: The Republic to the Middle Empire (pp. 384–385)
By John W. Stamper 
Reviewed by John Robert Senseney

Sculpture: The Assemblage from the Theater (pp. 385–386)
By Mary C. Sturgeon
Reviewed by Peter Stewart

Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology (pp. 386–387)
By Bruce Routledge 
Reviewed by Charlotte Whiting

A Historical and Economic Geography of Ottoman Greece: The Southwestern Morea in the 18th Century (pp. 387–388)
By Fariba Zarinebaf, John Bennet, and Jack L. Davis 
Reviewed by Uzi Baram

Book Reviews April 2007

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 111, No. 2 (April 2007), pp. 371-388

© 2007 Archaeological Institute of America