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List of Books Received

January 2016 (120.1)

Books Received

List of Books Received

Aveni, Anthony F., ed. The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia). Pp. x + 315, figs. 120. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 2015. $75. ISBN 978-0-88402-403-3 (cloth).

Badoud, Nathan. Le temps de Rhodes: Une chronologie des inscriptions de la cité fondée sur l’étude de ses institutions (Vestigia 63). Pp. xvii + 542, figs. 148. C.H. Beck, Munich 2015. €108. ISBN 978-3-406-64035-3 (cloth).

Balandier, Claire. La défense de la Syrie-Palestine des Achéménides aux Lagides: Histoire et archéologie des fortifications à l’ouest Jourdain de 532 à 199 avant J.-C. Avec appendices sur Jérusalem et sur les ouvrages fortifiés de Transjordanie et du nord du Sinaï. Vol. 1, Synthèse historique. Vol. 2, Catalogue et appendices. Pp. vii + 718, figs. 183, maps 4. Gabalda, Pendé 2014. €120. ISBN 978-2-85021-234-5 (paper).

Barringer, Judith M. The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Pp. xx + 438, figs. 484, table 1, maps 9. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2014. $95. ISBN 978-0-521-17180-9 (paper).

Bayley, Justine, Ian Freestone, and Caroline Jackson, eds. Glass of the Roman World. Pp. xxvi + 204, figs. 151, tables 12. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2015. $70. ISBN 978-1-78297-744-2 (cloth).

Boardman, John. The Greeks in Asia. Pp. 240, figs. 208. Thames & Hudson, London 2015. $50. ISBN 978-0-500-25213-0 (cloth).

Cannatà, Maurizio. La colonia latina di Vibo Valentia (Archaeologica 171). Pp. xxvi + 236, figs. 34, b&w pls. 30, color pl. 1. Giorgio Bretschneider, Rome 2013. $132. ISBN 978-88-7689-281-3 (paper).

Carles, Marjolaine. Delphes avant le sanctuaire d’Apollon. Pp. 153, figs. 10, tables 4. Éditions Safran, Brussels 2014. €29. ISBN 978-2-87457-044-5 (paper).

Carlson, Deborah N., Justin Leidwanger, and Sarah M. Kampbell, eds. Maritime Studies in the Wake of the Byzantine Shipwreck at Yassıada, Turkey (Collection Histoire 7). Pp. xix + 248, figs. 89, tables 18. Texas A&M University Press, College Station 2015. $75. ISBN 978-1-62349-215-1 (cloth).

Caubet, Annie, Sabine Fourrier, and Marguerite Yon. Kition-Bamboula. Vol. 6, Le sanctuaire sous la colline (Travaux de le Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée 67). Pp. 414, figs. 192, tables 14, plans 9. Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée–Jean Pouilloux, Lyon 2015. €44. ISBN 978-2-35668-048-8 (paper).

Cipolla, Craig N., and Katherine Howlett Hayes, eds. Rethinking Colonialism: Comparative Archaeological Approaches. Pp. xiii + 252, figs. 15, maps 10. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2015. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-6070-5 (cloth).

Claassen, Cheryl. Beliefs and Rituals in Archaic Eastern North America: An Interpretive Guide. Pp. xv + 385, figs. 38, table 1. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2015. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-1854-3 (cloth).

Coe, Michael D., and Stephen D. Houston. The Maya. Pp. 320, figs. 213. Thames & Hudson, New York 2015. $26.95. ISBN 978-0-500-29188-7 (paper).

Cosmopoulos, Michael B. Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Pp. xvii + 227, figs. 80. Cambridge University Press, New York 2015. $99.99. ISBN 978-1-107-01099-4 (cloth).

Daehner, Jens M., and Kenneth Lapatin, eds. Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World. Pp. 367, figs. 164. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2015. $65. ISBN 978-1-60606-439-9 (cloth).

Demesticha, Stella, ed. Per terram, per mare: Seaborne Trade and the Distribution of Roman Amphorae in the Mediterranean (SIMA-PB 180). Pp. xxii + 298, numerous figs. Åströms Förlag, Uppsala 2015. €64. ISBN 978-91-7081-215-6 (cloth).

Devlin, Zoë L., and Emma-Jayne Graham, eds. Death Embodied: Archaeological Approaches to the Treatment of the Corpse (Studies in Funerary Archaeology 9). Pp. 174, figs. 29, tables 7. Oxbow Books, Philadelphia 2015. $76. ISBN 978-1-782979-43-2 (paper).

de Vos Raaijmakers, Mariette, and Redha Attoui. Rus Africum. Vol. 3, La via a Karthagine Thevestem, ses milliaires et le réseau routier rural de la région de Dougga et Téboursouk (BibAr 37). Pp. 154, figs. 161, b&w pls. 7. Edipuglia, Bari 2015. €50. ISBN 978-88-7228-765-1 (paper).

Docter, Roald, Ridha Boussoffara, and Pieter ter Keurs, eds. Carthage: Fact and Myth. Pp. 144, figs. 110. Sidestone Press, Leiden 2015. $35. ISBN 978-90-8890-311-3 (cloth).

Favaretto, Irene, and Alessandra Menegazzi. Un museo di antichità nella Padova del Cinquecento: La raccolta Marco Mantova Benavides all’Università di Padova. Pp. xii + 229, figs. 5, b&w pls. 78, tables 2. Giorgio Bretschneider, Rome 2013. $146. ISBN 978-88-7689-278-3 (paper).

Fejfer, Jane, Mette Moltesen, and Annette Rathje, eds. Tradition: Transmission of Culture in the Ancient World (Acta Hyperborea 14). Pp. 493, figs. 130, tables 10, maps 22. Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2015. $72. ISBN 978-87-635-4258-6 (paper).

Fogelin, Lars. An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism. Pp. xii + 250, figs. 43, tables 2. Oxford University Press, New York 2015. £68. ISBN 978-0-19-994823-9 (paper).

Fulford, Michael, and Emma Durham, eds. Seeing Red: New Economic and Social Perspectives on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (BICS Suppl. 102). Pp. xviii + 446, figs. 355, tables 45. Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London 2013. £29.22. ISBN 978-1-905670-47-5 (cloth).

Golden, Mark. Children and Childhood in Classical Athens. Pp. xxii + 243, figs. 17. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2015. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4214-1686-1 (paper).

Graells i Fabregat, Raimon, Michaɫ Krueger, Samuel Sardà i Seuma, and Gabriella Scortino, eds. El problema de las “imitaciones” durante la protohistoria en el Mediterráneo centro-occidental: Entre el concepto y el ejemplo (Iberia archaeologica 18). Pp. 184, figs. 51, tables 9. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 2014. €42. ISBN 978-3-8030-0240-2 (cloth).

Hadjikyriakos, Iosif, and Mia Gaia Trentin, eds. Cypriot Cultural Details: Proceedings of the 10th Post-Graduate Cypriot Archaeology Conference. Pp. vii + 224, figs. 106, tables 12. Oxbow Books, Philadelphia 2015. $66. ISBN 978-1-78570-066-8 (paper).

Hansen, Valerie. The Silk Road: A New History. Pp. xv + 304, figs. 57, color pls. 16, tables 4. Oxford University Press, New York 2015. $21.95. ISBN 978-0-19-021842-3 (paper).

Hekster, Olivier. Emperors and Ancestors: Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation). Pp. xxxii + 395, figs. 109, tables 5. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015. $135. ISBN 978-0-19-873682-0 (cloth).

Herring, Adam. Art and Vision in the Inca Empire: Andeans and Europeans at Cajamarca. Pp. xii + 249, figs. 71, maps 2. Cambridge University Press, New York 2015. $99.99. ISBN 978-1-107-09436-9 (cloth).

Howe, Timothy, E. Edward Garvin, and Graham Wrightson, eds. Greece, Macedon and Persia: Studies in Social, Political and Military History in Honour of Waldemar Heckel. Pp. xiv + 214. Oxbow Books, Philadelphia 2015. £40. ISBN 978-1-78297-923-4 (cloth).

Kerner, Susanne, Rachael J. Dann, and Pernille Bangsgaard, eds. Climate and Ancient Societies. Pp. 351, figs. 81, tables 11. Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 2015. $52. ISBN 978-87-635-4199-2 (cloth).

Lahiri, Nayanjot. Ashoka in Ancient India. Pp. xix + 385, figs. 45, maps 3. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2015. $35. ISBN 978-0-674-05777-7 (cloth).

Lassère, Jean-Marie. Africa, quasi Roma: 256 av. J.-C.–711 apr. J.-C. Pp. 778, figs. 115, color pls. 10. CNRS Éditions, Paris 2015. €45. ISBN 978-2-271-07673-1 (paper).

Levy, Thomas E., Thomas Schneider, and William H.C. Propp, eds. Israel’s Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective: Text, Archaeology, Culture, and Geoscience (Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences). Pp. xxvii + 584, figs. 80. Springer, New York 2015. $129. ISBN 978-3-319-04767-6 (cloth).

Madeleine, Sophie. Le théâtre de Pompée à Rome: Restitution de l’architecture et des systèmes mécaniques. Pp. 339, figs. 109, color pls. 9, tables 5, DVD 1. Presses Universitaires de Caen, Caen 2014. €30. ISBN 978-2-84133-508-4 (paper).

Madsen, David B., Dave N. Schmitt, and David Page. The Paleoarchaic Occupation of the Old River Bed Delta (University of Utah Anthropological Papers 128). Pp. xv + 287, figs. 134. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 2015. $55. ISBN 978-1-60781-393-4 (paper).

McConnell, Brian Evans. Wall Illustrations from the “Grotte” di Caratabia (Mineo, Sicily) (Kώkaλoς Suppl. 22). Pp. 116, figs. 33, b&w pls. 16. Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa 2015. €185. ISBN 978-88-6227-762-4 (paper).

Messier, Ronald A., and James A. Miller. The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. Pp. xiv + 280, figs. 56, maps 11. University of Texas Press, Austin 2015. $55. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5 (cloth).

Nair, Stella. At Home with the Sapa Inca: Architecture, Space, and Legacy at Chinchero. Pp. xx + 268, figs. 160. University of Texas Press, Austin 2015. $45. ISBN 978-1-4773-0250-7 (paper).

Pickup, Sadie, Marianne Bergeron, and Jennifer M. Webb. Cypriote Antiquities in Reading: The Ure Museum at the University of Reading and the Reading Museum. Reading Borough Council (Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities 30, SIMA 20[30]). Pp. viii + 55, figs. 112. Åstrom Editions, Uppsala 2015. €24. ISBN 978-91-7081-201-9 (cloth).

Popa, Cătălin Nicolae, and Simon Stoddart, eds. Fingerprinting the Iron Age: Approaches to Identity in the European Iron Age. Pp. xii + 428, figs. 96, tables 4. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2014. £24. ISBN 978-1-78297-675-2 (cloth).

Rice, Prudence M. Pottery Analysis: A Sourcebook. 2nd ed. Pp. xxxii + 561, figs. 121, tables 49. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2015. $55. ISBN 978-0-226-92321-5 (paper).

Rodning, Christopher B. Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians. Pp. xvi + 257, figs. 20, tables 6. The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2015. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-1841-3 (cloth).

Rush, Laurie, and Luisa Benedettini Millington. The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Property: Saving the World’s Heritage (Heritage Matters Series 17). Pp. xix + 210, figs. 55. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, England 2015. $99. ISBN 978-1-78327-056-9 (cloth).

Sagona, Claudia. The Archaeology of Malta: From the Neolithic Through the Roman Period (Cambridge World Archaeology). Pp. xix + 449, figs. 68, tables 4. Cambridge University Press, New York 2015. $135. ISBN 978-1-107-00669-0 (cloth).

Salapata, Gina. Heroic Offerings: The Terracotta Plaques from the Spartan Sanctuary of Agamemnon and Kassandra. Pp. viii + 393, b&w pls. 25, maps 3. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2014. $70. ISBN 978-0-472-11916-5 (cloth).

Samuels, Kathryn Lafrenz, and Trinidad Rico, eds. Heritage Keywords: Rhetoric and Redescription in Cultural Heritage. Pp. xx + 309, figs. 18, tables 5. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2015. $36.95. ISBN 978-1-60732-383-9 (paper).

Schoelwer, Susan P., ed. The General in the Garden: George Washington’s Landscape at Mount Vernon. Pp. xv + 190, figs. 130. Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Mount Vernon, Va. 2015. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-931917-48-6 (cloth).

Schwartz, Glenn M., ed. Rural Archaeology in Early Urban Northern Mesopotamia: Excavations at Tell Al-Raqa’i (Monumenta archaeologica 36). Pp. xxvii + 662, figs. 541, tables 180. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles 2015. $89. ISBN 978-1-938770-04-3 (cloth).

Seyler, Dorothy U. The Obelisk and the Englishman: The Pioneering Discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes. Pp. 304, figs. 40, color pls. 29. Prometheus Books, New York 2015. $26. ISBN 978-1-63388-036-8 (cloth).

Smallwood, Ashley M., and Thomas A. Jennings. Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding. Pp. x + 364, figs. 30. Texas A&M University, College Station 2015. $50. ISBN 978-1-62349-201-4 (cloth).

Smith, Adam T. Political Machine: Assembling Sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus (Rostovtzeff Lectures). Pp. xv + 242, figs. 50. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2015. $39.50. ISBN 978-1-400-86650-2 (cloth).

Sofaer, Joanna. Clay in the Age of Bronze: Essays in the Archaeology of Prehistoric Creativity. Pp. xii + 214, figs. 39, tables 2. Cambridge University Press, New York 2015. $34.99. ISBN 978-0-521-15536-6 (paper).

Stefanidou-Tiveriou, Theodosia. Die lokalen Sarkophage aus Thessaloniki (Sarkophag-Studien 8). Pp. xviii + 302, figs. 2, b&w pls. 100. Franz Philipp Rutzen, Ruhpolding 2014. €99. ISBN 978-3-447-10240-7 (cloth).

Stig Sørensen, Marie Louise, and Dacia Viejo Rose, eds. War and Cultural Heritage: Biographies of Place. Pp. xx + 291, figs. 60, maps 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2015. $99. ISBN 978-1-107-05933-7 (cloth).

Stoltman, James B. Ceramic Petrography and Hopewell Interaction. Pp. xix + 209, figs. 37, tables 65. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2015. $69.95. ISBN 978-0-8173-1859-8 (cloth).

Van Dyke, Ruth M., and Reinhard Bernbeck. Subjects and Narratives in Archaeology. Pp. 299, figs. 69, online videos 2, online audio file 1. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2015. $23.95. ISBN 978-1-60732-387-7 (paper).

van Gijn, Annelou, John C. Whittaker, and Patricia C. Anderson, eds. Exploring and Explaining Diversity in Agricultural Technology (Early Agricultural Remnants and Technical Heritage [EARTH]: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation 2). Pp. xxi + 383, figs. 285. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2014. £20. ISBN 978-1-84217-515-6 (cloth).

Voorhies, Barbara. An Archaic Mexican Shellmound and Its Entombed Floors (UCLAMon 80). Pp. xviii + 220, figs. 80, tables 16. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles 2015. $55. ISBN 978-1-93877-02-9 (paper).

Werness-Rude, Maline D., and Kaylee R. Spencer, eds. Maya Imagery, Architecture, and Activity: Space and Spatial Analysis in Art History. Pp. xiv + 426, figs. 171. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2015. $75. ISBN 978-0-8263-5579-9 (cloth).

Wilson Jones, Mark. The Origins of Classical Architecture: Temples, Orders and Gifts to the Gods in Ancient Greece. Pp. xvii + 304, figs. 235. Yale University Press, New Haven 2014. $65. ISBN 978-0-300-18276-7 (cloth).

Zborover, Danny, and Peter C. Kroefges, eds. Bridging the Gaps: Integrating Archaeology and History in Oaxaca, Mexico. A Volume in Memory of Bruce E. Byland. Pp. ix + 428, figs. 120. University of Colorado Press, Boulder 2015. $75. ISBN 978-1-60732-328-0 (cloth).

List of Books Received

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 120, No. 1 (January 2016)

Published online at www.ajaonline.org/books-received/2572

DOI: 10.3764/ajaonline1201.BooksReceived