Book Reviews January 2009

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

The Rash Adventurer: A Life of John Pendlebury (p. 135)
By Imogen Grundon
Reviewed by William M. Calder III

Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean (pp. 135–136)
By Andrew Bevan
Reviewed by Philip P. Betancourt

The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period: Islands, Landscape, Death, and Ancestors (pp. 136–137)
By Mercourios Georgiadis
Reviewed by Kazimierz Lewartowski

Chronologia Comparata: Vergleichende Chronologie von Südgriechenland und Süditalien von ca 1700/1600 bis 1000 v. u. Z. (pp. 138–139)
By Reinhard Jung
Reviewed by Jeremy B. Rutter

Olive Cultivation in Ancient Greece: Seeking the Ancient Economy (pp. 139–140)
By Lin Foxhall 
Reviewed by Bradley A. Ault

Great Moments in Greek Archaeology (pp. 140–141)
By Vasileios Petrakos, George F. Bass, Alberto G. Benvenuti, George C. Chourmouziadis, Christos Doumas, Stella Droughou, Spyros Iakovides, Evangelos C. Kakovoyiannis, Vassos Karageorghis, Susan W. Katzev, Helmut Kyrieleis, Colin F. Macdonald, Fani Mallouchou-Tufano, Dominique Mulliez, Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Aliki Samara-Kauffman, Marina Sophronidou, Georgios Steinhauer, Jutta Stroszeck, Harry E. Tzalas, Panos Valavanis, and David Hardy 
Reviewed by John Griffiths Pedley

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Deutschland 83. Göttingen 3: Archäologisches Institut Der Universität. Attisch Schwarzfigurige Keramik (pp. 141–142)
By Norbert Eschbach
Reviewed by Matthias Steinhart

Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares (pp. 142–143)
By Susan I. Rotroff
Reviewed by Anelia Bozkova

Jebel Kahlid on the Euphrates. Vol. 2, the Terracotta Figurines (pp. 143–144)
By Heather Jackson
Reviewed by Adi Erlich

Amphores d'Égypte de la Basse Époque à l'Époque Arabe (pp. 144–145)
By Sylvie Marchand and Antigone Maragou
Reviewed by John Lund

Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide (pp. 145–146)
By Filippo Coarelli, James J. Clauss, and Daniel P. Harmon 
Reviewed by James C. Anderson, Jr.

Zwischen Kult und Gesellschaft: Kosmopolitische Zentren des Antiken Mittelmeerraumes als Aktionsraum von Kultvereinen und Religionsgemeinschaften. Akten eines Symposiums des Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Hamburg, 12–14 Oktober 2005 (pp. 147–148)
By Inge Nielsen 
Reviewed by Jinyu Liu

Ceramics of the Merv Oasis: Recycling the City (pp. 148–149)
By Gabriele Puschnigg
Reviewed by Joel T. Walker