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October 2010 (114.4)

Books Received

List of Books Received

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda. Caesars Druids: Story of an Ancient Priesthood. Pp. xviii + 338, figs. 77, plans 3. Yale University Press, New Haven 2010. $40. ISBN 978-0-300-12442-2 (cloth).

Anfinset, Nils. Metal, Nomads and Cultural Contact: The Middle East and North Africa (Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology). Pp. xii + 242, figs. 67, table 1, maps 7. Equinox, London 2010. $120. ISBN 978-1-84553-253-6 (cloth).

Asano, Kazuo, ed. The Island of St. Nicholas: Excavation and Survey of the Gemiler Island Area, Lycia, Turkey. Pp. xxii + 432, figs. 378, b&w pls. 84, color pls. 16, plans 31, maps 5. Osaka University Press, Osaka 2010. Price not available. ISBN 978-4-87259-361-7 (cloth).

Ben-Shlomo, David. Philistine Iconography: A Wealth of Style and Symbolism (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 241). Pp. ix + 232, figs. 92, tables 4. Academic Press, Fribourg 2010. CHF 74. ISBN 978-3-7278-1654-3 (cloth).

Birmingham, Robert A. Spirits of the Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes. Pp. xxiv + 257, figs. 122, tables 2, maps 4. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 2010. $24.95. ISBN 978-029923264-1 (paper).

Blömer, Michael, Margherita Facella, and Engelbert Winter, eds. Lokale Identität im Römischen Nahen Osten (Oriens et Occidens 18). Pp. 340, figs. 124, plans 18, maps 5. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2009. €64. ISBN978-3-515-09377-4 (cloth).

Bowden, Hugh. Mystery Cults of the Ancient World. Pp. 256, b&w figs. 145, color figs. 25, plans 7, maps 2. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2010. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-691-14638-6 (cloth).

Briant, Pierre, translated by Amélie Kuhrt. Alexander the Great and His Empire: A Short Introduction. Pp. xxi + 192, figs. 11, maps 3. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2010. $26.95. ISBN 978-0-691-14194-7 (cloth).

Brodersen, Kai, and Jas Elsner, eds. Images and Texts on the “Artemidorus Papyrus” (Historia Einzelschriften 214). Pp. 171, figs. 70, tables 4. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2009. €50. ISBN 978-3-515-09426-9 (cloth).

Broise, Henri, and Vincent Jolivet. Pincio. Vol. 1, La Villa Médicis et le couvent de la Trinité-des-Monts à Rome: Réinvestir un site antique (Roma Antica 7). Pp. ix + 390, numerous b&w and color figs. École Française de Rome, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, Rome 2009. €138. ISBN 978-2-7283-0835-4 (cloth).

Burns, Bryan E. Mycenaean Greece, Mediterranean Commerce, and the Formation of Identity. Pp. xii + 246, figs. 35, tables 2, plans 3, maps 3. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010. $85. ISBN 978-0-521-11954-2 (cloth).

Byers, A. Martin, and DeeAnne Wymer, eds. Hopewell Settlement Patterns, Subsistence, and Symbolic Landscapes. Pp. ix +406, figs. 59. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2010. $75. ISBN 978-0-8130-3455-3 (cloth).

Camia, Francesco. Roma e le Poleis: L’intervento di Roma nelle controversie territoriali tra le comunità greche di Grecia e d’Asia Minore nel secondo secolo a.C. Le testimonianze epigrafiche (Tripodes 10). Pp. 263, table 1, maps 12. Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, Athens 2009. €50. ISBN 978-960-98397-3-0 (cloth).

Canepa, Matthew P. The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship Between Rome and Sasanian Iran. Pp. xx + 425, figs. 45, maps 5. University of California Press, Berkeley 2009. $60. ISBN 978-0-520-25727-6 (cloth).

Cannan, Fergus. Galloglass 1250–1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior (Warrior 143). Pp. 64, b&w figs. 30, color figs. 18, pls. 7, maps 2. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2010. $18.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-577-7 (paper).

Cline, Eric H., ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean. Pp. xxxvi + 930, figs. 48, tables 10, plans 18, maps 9. Oxford University Press, New York 2010. $175. ISBN 978-0-19-536550-4 (cloth).

Cohen, Ada, and Steven E. Kangas. Assyrian Reliefs From the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II: A Cultural Biography. Pp. xx + 268, b&w figs. 43, color figs. 68, b&w pls. 4, color pls. 22, plans 4, map 1. University Press of New England, Lebanon, N.H. 2010. $40. ISBN 978-1-58465-817-7 (paper).

Contrôle et distribution de l’eau dans le Maghreb antique et médiéval (CÉFR 426). Pp. 294, b&w figs. 73, color figs. 27, tables 2, plans 18, maps 15. École Française de Rome, Rome 2009. €60. ISBN 978-2-7283-0797-5 (paper).

Coralini, Antonella. Cultura abitativa nella Cisalpina Romana. Vol. 1, Forum Popili (Flos Italiae: Documenti di Archeologia della Cisalpina Romana 9). Pp. 344, numerous b&w figs., CD-ROM 1. All’Insegna del Giglio and Borgo S. Lorenzo, Florence 2010. €32. ISBN 978-88-7814-414-9 (paper).

Coralini, Antonella. Vesuviana: Archeologie a confronto. Atti del convegno internazionale (Bologna, 14–16 gennaio 2008) (Studi e Scavi 23). Pp. 896, numerous b&w and color figs., CD-ROMs 2. Ante Quem, Bologna 2009. €90. ISBN 978-88-7849-043-7 (cloth).

Crowson, Andrew. Butrinti Venecian (Venetian Butrint). Pp. 96, b&w figs. 13, color figs. 69, tables 2, plans 2, maps 9. Butrint Foundation, London 2007. $24. ISBN 978-0-9535556-4-2 (paper).

D’Amato, Raffaele. The Varangian Guard 988–1453 (Men-at-Arms 459). Pp. 48, b&w figs. 40, color figs. 8. Osprey, Oxford 2010. $17.95. ISBN 978-1-84908-179-5 (paper).

Douglas, Kirsty. Pictures of Time Beneath: Science, Heritage and the Uses of the Deep Past. Pp. viii + 215, figs. 35, table 1, maps 5. Csiro Publishing, Collingwood, Australia 2010. AUD $89.95. ISBN 978-0-643-0974-9 (paper).

Dyson, Stephen L. Rome: A Living Portrait of an Ancient City. Pp. xv + 467, figs. 44. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2010. $35. ISBN 978-0-8018-9254-7 (paper).

Emery, Kitty F. Dietary, Environmental, and Societal Implications of Ancient Maya Animal Use in the Petexbatun: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on the Collapse (Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology 6). Pp. xviii + 366, figs. 86, tables 78. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville 2010. $69.95. ISBN 978-0-8265-1646-6 (cloth).

Fabre, Georges, and Jean-Louis Paillet. Le Macellum (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges 4). Pp. 272, numerous b&w figs. Études d’Archéologie Urbaine, Bordeaux 2009. €45. ISBN 2-910763-17-X (cloth).

Falconer, Steven E., and Charles L. Redman, eds. Polities and Power: Archaeological Perspectives on the Landscapes of Early States. Pp. x + 277, figs. 11, tables 7, plan 1, maps 18. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2009. $55. ISBN978-0-8165-2603-1 (cloth).

Ferguson, Jeffrey R., ed. Designing Experimental Research in Archaeology: Examining Technology Through Production and Use. Pp. xv + 262, figs. 30, tables 5, map 1. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2010. $29.95. ISBN 978-1-60732-038-8 (paper).

Fields, Nic. Julius Caesar. Pp. 64, b&w figs. 8, color figs. 50. Osprey Publishing, Oxford 2010. $18.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-928-7 (paper).

Frachetti, Michael D. Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia. Pp. xviii + 214, figs. 29, tables 12, plans 2, maps 17. University of California Press, Berkeley 2008. $45. ISBN 978-0-520-25689-7 (cloth).

France, Robert L., with a foreword by Edward L. Ochsenschlager. Wetlands of Mass Destruction: Ancient Presage for Contemporary Ecocide in Southern Iraq. Pp. xv + 195, figs. 21, pls. 31. Green Frigate Books, Sheffield, Vt. 2010. $19.95. ISBN 0-9717468-3-4 (paper).

Garraty, Christopher P., and Barbara L. Stark, eds. Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies. Pp. xviii + 322, figs. 30, tables 8. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2010. $65. ISBN 978-1-60732-028-9 (cloth).

Gillman, Derek. The Idea of Cultural Heritage. Rev. ed. Pp. xii + 204, figs. 18. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010. $27.99. ISBN 978-0-521-12257-3 (paper).

Golden, Jonathan M. Dawn of the Metal Age: Technology and Society During the Levantine Chalcolithic (Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology). Pp. xv + 234, figs. 47, tables 12. Equinox, London 2010. $100. ISBN 978-1-904768-99-9 (cloth).

Hardesty, Donald L. Mining Archaeology in the American West: A View from the Silver State. Pp. xvii + 220, figs. 118, tables 19. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 2010. $45. ISBN 978-0-8032-2440-7 (cloth).

Hemelrijk, J.M. More About Caeretan Hydriae: Addenda et Clarificanda (Allard Pierson 17). Pp. xii + 150, figs. 39, b&w pls. 32, color pls. 16. Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam 2009. €148. ISBN 978-90-71211-44-7 (cloth).

Hodges, Richard. Shkëlqimi dhe rënia e Butrintit bizantin/The Rise and Fall of Byzantine Butrint. Pp. 96, b&w figs. 4, color figs. 84, plans 4, maps 3. Butrint Foundation, London 2008. $24. ISBN 978-0-9535556-7-3 (paper).

Horvat, Jana, and Alma Bavdek. Ocra: The Gateway Between the Mediterranean and Central Europe (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 17). Pp. 248, numerous b&w and color figs., pls. 52. Zalozba ZRC, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2009. Price not available. ISBN 978-961-254-163-7 (cloth).

Hull, Kathleen L. Pestilence and Persistence: Yosemite Indian Demography and Culture in Colonial California. Pp. xiv + 375, figs. 13, tables 7, maps 14. University of California Press, Berkeley 2009. $45. ISBN 978-0-520-25847-1 (cloth).

Kalman, Jason, and Jaqueline S. du Toit. Canada’s Big Biblical Bargain: How McGill University Bought the Dead Sea Scrolls. Pp. xxi + 424, figs. 10. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal 2010. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-7735-3688-3 (cloth).

Kathariou, Kleopatra. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Greece 11. Athens 1: Museum of Cycladic Art (Union Académique Internationale). Pp. 132, figs. 58, pls. 93. Academy of Athens, Athens 2009. Price not available. ISBN 978-960-404-166-4 (cloth).

Kolak, Tatjana, ed. Archaeological Research in Lika and Cave and Karst Archaeology (Croation Archaeological Society Editions 23). Pp. 224, numerous b&w and color figs. Croation Archaeological Society and Museum of Lika Gospić, Zagreb and Gospić 2008. Price not available. ISBN 978-953-7637-02-6 (paper).

Lawrence, Richard Russell. Roman Britain (Shire Living Histories). Pp. 80, b&w figs. 6, color figs. 96, plans 3, map 1. Shire Publications, Oxford 2010. $15.95. ISBN 978-0-74780-778-0 (paper).

Lehmann, Stephan. Alexander der Grosse—Einst in Stendal: Original-Kopie—Fälschung? Kataloge und Schriften des Archäologisches Museum der Martin-Luther-Universität. Vol. 2. Pp. 42, figs. 62. Beier & Beran, Halle an der Saale 2009. €8.50. ISBN 978-3-941171-29-9 (paper).

Lesure, Richard G., ed. Settlement and Subsistence in Early Formative Soconusco: El Varal and the Problem of Inter-Site Assemblage Variation (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press Monograph 65). Pp. xx + 292, figs. 118, tables 72, plans 4, maps 4. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles 2010. $85. ISBN 978-1-931745-79-6 (paper).

Lewis-Williams, David. Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion. Pp. 320, figs. 47, plan 1, maps 3. Thames & Hudson, London 2010. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-500-05164-1 (cloth).

Lewis-Williams, David, and David Pearce. Inside the Neolithic Mind. Pp. 320, b&w figs. 76, color figs. 29, tables 2, plans 2, maps 4. Thames & Hudson, London 2005. $22.95. ISBN 978-0-500-28827-6 (paper).

Lombardo, Mario, and Flavia Frisone, eds. Colonie di colonie: Le fondazioni sub-coloniali greche tra colonizzazione e colonialismo. Atti del convegno internationale (Lecce, 22–24 giugno 2006) (Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali 16). Pp. 280, figs. 18, table 1, plans 15, maps 15. Congedo, Galatina, Italy 2009. €45. ISBN 978-8880866992 (paper).

Lyse Hansen, Inge. Butrinti Helenistik dhe Romak (Hellenistic and Roman Butrint). Pp. 96, b&w figs. 8, color figs. 81, plans 9, maps 4. Butrint Foundation, London 2009. $24. ISBN 978-0-9535556-8-0 (paper).

Mackay, Anne. Tradition and Originality: A Study of Exekias (BAR-IS 2092). Pp. xiii + 413, figs. 6, b&w pls. 94, color pls. 2, charts 10. Archaeopress, Oxford 2010. £75. ISBN 978-1-4073-0568-4 (paper).

Manning, Sturt W., and Mary Jaye Bruce, eds. Tree-Rings, Kings, and Old World Archaeology and Environment: Papers Presented in Honor of Peter Ian Kuniholm. Pp. xxi + 332, b&w figs. 51, color figs. 84, tables 44, plans 11, maps 24. Oxbow, Oxford 2009. $100. ISBN 978-1-84217-386-2 (cloth).

Marek, Christian. Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike. Pp. 941, figs. 107, maps 24. C.H. Beck, Munich 2010. €44. ISBN 978-3-406-59853-1 (cloth).

Matthiae, Paolo, Frances Pinnock, Lorenzo Nigro, and Nicolò Marchetti, eds. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 3 vols. Vol. 1, Near Eastern Archaeology in the Past, Present and Future: Heritage and Identity; Ethnoarchaeological and Interdisciplinary Approach, Results and Perspectives; Visual Expression and Craft Production in the Definition of Social Relations and Status. Pp. xxvii + 1026, numerous figs. and tables; vol. 2, Excavations, Surveys and Restorations: Reports on Recent Field Archaeology in the Near East. Pp. xxv + 768, numerous figs; vol. 3, Islamic Session: Poster Session. Pp. xxv + 538, numerous figs. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2010. €128 (vol. 1); €98 (vol. 2); €68 (vol. 3). ISBN 978-3-447-06175-9 (vol. 1); 978-3-447-06216-9 (vol. 2); 978-3-447-06217-6 (vol. 3) (cloth).

McEnroe, John C. Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age. Pp. viii + 202, figs. 204, color pls. 8, tables 4. University of Texas Press, Austin 2010. $60. ISBN 978-0-292-72193-7 (cloth).

McNab, Chris, ed. The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World. Pp. 280, numerous b&w and color figs. Osprey, Oxford 2010. $25.95. ISBN 978-1-84908-162-7 (cloth).

Mitchell, John. Pagëzimorja e Butrintit dhe Mozaikët e saj/The Butrint Baptistry and Its Mosaics. Pp. 96, b&w figs. 7, color figs. 114, plans 5, maps 4. Butrint Foundation, London 2008. $24. ISBN 978-0-9535556-5-9 (paper).

Morley, Iain, and Colin Renfrew, eds. The Archaeology of Measurement: Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time in Ancient Societies. Pp. xv + 267, figs. 101, tables 23, plans 8, maps 16. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010. $36.99. ISBN 978-0-521-13588-7 (paper).

Morter, Jon, and John Robb. The Chora of Croton 1: The Neolithic Settlement at Capo Alfiere. Pp. xxvi + 290, numerous b&w and color figs., tables 56, plans 4, maps 7. The University of Texas Press, Austin 2010. $75. ISBN 978-0-292-72276-7 (cloth).

Nielson, Marjatta, and Annette Rathje, eds. Johannes Wiedewelt: A Danish Artist in Search of the Past Shaping the Future (Acta Hyperborea 11). Pp. 372, figs. 149, tables 8, plans 4. Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 2010. $65. ISBN 978-87-635-0787-5 (paper).

Nossov, Konstantin. The Fortress of Rhodes 1309–1522. Pp. 64, b&w figs. 31, color figs. 37, maps 2. Osprey, Oxford 2010. $18.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-930-0 (paper).

Nowell, April, and Iain Davidson, eds. Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition. Pp. viii + 234, figs. 29, tables 6, map 1. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2010. $65. ISBN 978-1-60732-030-2 (cloth).

Ogundiran, Akinwumi, and Toyin Falola, eds. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora. Pp. xviii + 509, figs. 44, tables 14, plans 7, maps 28. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2010. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-253-22175-9 (paper).

Oliver, Jeff. Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast: Colonial Encounters in the Fraser Valley. Pp. xiv + 250, figs. 25, maps 6. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2010. $55. ISBN 978-0-8165-2787-8 (cloth).

Pautasso, Antonella. La ceramica greco-orientale (Stipe Votiva del Santuario di Demetra a Catania 2). Pp. 180, figs. 43, b&w pls. 20, color pls. 4, tables 7, map 1. Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Catania 2009. €80. ISBN 978-88-89375-05-1 (cloth).

Perrot, Jean. Le palais de Darius à Suse: Une résidence royale sur la route de Persépolis à Babylone. Pp. 520, numerous b&w and color figs. and plans. Presses de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris 2010. €59. ISBN 978-2-84050-681-2 (cloth).

Phillips, Jacqueline. Aegyptiaca on the Island of Crete in Their Chronological Context: A Critical Review (Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 18). 2 vols. Vol. 1. Pp. 320; vol. 2. Pp. 417, numerous b&w figs. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2008. €196. ISBN 978-3-7001-6117-2 (paper).

Pohl, Ingrid. San Giovenale. Vol. 5, fasc. 2, The Borgo: The Etruscan Quarter on the North-West Slope: Stratifications and Materials (SkrRom 4°, 26; Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae 4°, 26). Pp. 379, figs. 15, pls. 114, tables 93, diagrams 16. Svenska Institutet i Rom, Stockholm 2009. SEK 360. ISBN 978-91-7042-176-1 (paper).

Pollock, Susan, Reinhard Bernbeck, and Kamyar Abdi, eds. The 2003 Excavations at Tol-e Baši, Iran: Social Life in a Neolithic Village (Archäologie in Iran und Turan 10). Pp. ix + 324, figs. 219, tables 134. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2010. Price not available. ISBN 978-3-8053-4261-2 (cloth).

Pont, Anne-Valérie. Orner la cite: Enjeux culturels et politiques du paysage urbain dans l’Asie gréco-romaine (Scripta Antiqua 24). Pp. 727, figs. 13, tables 25. Ausonius Éditions, Bordeaux 2010. Price not available. ISBN 978-2-35613-023-5 (paper).

Prag, Kay. Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961–1967. Vol. 5, Discoveries in Hellenistic to Ottoman Jerusalem (Levant Suppl. 7). Pp. xviii + 518, figs. 253, pls. 32, tables 20, plans 22, map 1. Oxbow, Oxford 2008. $150. ISBN 978-1-84217-304-6 (cloth).

Raaflaub, Kurt, and Richard J.A. Talbert, eds. Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies. Pp. xviii + 357, figs. 35, maps 29. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex 2010. $134.95. ISBN 978-1-4051-9146-3 (cloth).

Reid, Jefferson, and Stephanie Whittlesey. Prehistory, Personality, and Place: Emil W. Haury and the Mogollon Controversy. Pp. x + 182, figs. 13, map 1. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2010. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8165-2863-9 (paper).

Rendeli, Marco, ed. Ceramica, abitati, territorio nella Bassa Valle del Tevere e Latium Vetus (CÉFR 425). Pp. 330, b&w figs. 150, color figs. 3, tables 25, plans 13, maps 2. École Française de Rome, Rome 2009. €81. ISBN 978-2-7283-0838-5 (paper).

Rizakis, Athanasios D., and Francesco Camia, eds. Pathways to Power: Civic Elites in the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire (Tripodes 6). Pp. 314, figs. 24, tables 5, plans 8, map 1. Scuola Archeologia Italiana di Atene, Atene 2008. €70. ISBN 978-960-98397-0-9 (cloth).

Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra: A Biography. Pp. xiv + 252, figs. 11, maps 3. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-19-536553-5 (cloth).

Roth, Barbara J., ed. Engendering Households in the Prehistoric Southwest. Pp. x + 332, figs. 22, tables 21, plans 10, maps 12. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2010. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-8165-2816-5 (cloth).

Rüpke, Jörg, and John Scheid, eds. Bestattungsrituale und Totenkult in der römischen Kaiserzeit (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 27). Pp. 300, figs. 44, tables 7, plans 12, maps 5. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2010. €58. ISBN 978-3-515-09190-9 (paper).

Sarri, Kalliope. Orchomenos IV: Orchemenos in der mittleren Bronzezeit (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 135). Pp. 479, b&w figs. 77, color figs. 7, charts 51, tables 8, plans 12. Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich 2010. €144. ISBN 978-3-7696-0123-7 (cloth).

Sasson, Aharon. Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation. Herd Management and Economic Strategies (Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology). Pp. viii + 153, figs. 34, tables 31. Equinox, London 2010. $165. ISBN 978-1-845531-79-9 (cloth).

Schallin, Ann-Louise, ed., in collaboration with Petra Pakkanen. Encounters with Mycenaean Figures and Figurines: Papers Presented at a Seminar at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 27–29 April 2001 (SkrAth 8°, 20; Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae 8°, 20). Pp. 195, figs. 94, tables 21, plans 5, maps 2. Svenska Institutet i Athen, Stockholm 2009. SEK 360. ISBN 978-91-7916-057-9 (paper).

Scheiber, Laura L., and Mark D. Mitchell, eds. Across a Great Divide: Continuity and Change in Native American Societies, 1400–1900 (Amerind Studies in Archaeology). Pp. x + 342, figs. 7, tables 11, plan 1, maps 15. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2010. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-8165-2871-4 (cloth).

Schwartz, Adam. Reinstating the Hoplite: Arms, Armour and Phalanx Fighting in Archaic and Classical Greece (Historia Einzelschriften 207). Pp. 340, figs. 19, table 1. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2009. €64. ISBN 978-3-515-09330-9 (cloth).

Schweizer, Andreas. The Sungod’s Journey Through the Netherworld: Reading the Ancient Egyptian Amduat. Pp. xi + 232, figs. 44, pls. 9, plan 1. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y. 2010. $35. ISBN 978-0-8014-4875-1 (cloth).

Shepherd, William. Salamis 480 BC: The Naval Campaign that Saved Greece. Pp. 96, b&w figs. 5, color figs. 65, table 1, maps 4. Osprey, Oxford 2010. $19.95. ISBN 978-1-84603-684-2 (paper).

Simms, Steven R. Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah. Pp. x + 133, figs. 120. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 2010. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-60781-011-7 (paper).

Sinibaldi, Robert W. What Your Fossils Can Tell You: Vertebrate Morphology, Pathology, and Cultural Modification. Pp. xxiv + 370, figs. 473. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2010. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3425-6 (cloth).

Skowronek, Russel K., and Kenneth E. Lewis, eds. Beneath the Ivory Tower: The Archaeology of Academia. Pp. xxii + 341, figs. 94, tables 3, plans 8, maps 10. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2010. $59.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3422-5 (cloth).

Slehoferova, Vera. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Switzerland 8. Basel 4: Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig (Union Académique Internationale). Pp. 138, figs. 20, pls. 56, Beilagen 34. Schwabe, Basel 2009. €94.50. ISBN 978-3-7965-2636-7 (cloth).

Sorek, Susan. The Emperors’ Needles: Egyptian Obelisks and Rome. Pp. xxiv + 168, figs. 14, map 1. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2010. $31.00. ISBN 978-1-904675-30-3 (paper).

Starbuck, David R. Excavating the Sutler’s House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George. Pp. xii + 118, figs. 141, plans 4, maps 5. The University Press of New England, Lebanon, N.H. 2010. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-58465-818-4 (paper).

Stojanowski, Christopher M. Bioarchaeology of Ethnogenesis in the Colonial Southeast. Pp. xiv + 250, figs. 23, tables 15, plans 2, maps 2. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2010. $69.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-3464-5 (cloth).

Stroulia, Anna. Flexible Stones: Ground Stone Tools from Franchthi Cave (Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece 14). Pp. xv +223, figs. 32, tables 75, maps 2, CD-ROM 1. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2010. $49.95. ISBN 978-0-253-22178-0 (paper).

Stroulia, Anna, and Susan Buck Sutton, eds. Archaeology in Situ: Sites, Archaeology, and Communities in Greece (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches). Pp. xviii + 513, figs. 28, table 1, plan 1, maps 3. Lexington Books, Lanham, Md. 2010. $110. ISBN 978-0-7391-3235-7 (cloth).

Tsingarida, Athena, ed. Shapes and Uses of Greek Vases (7th–4th Centuries B.C.) (Ètudes d’Archéologie 3). Pp. 382, b&w figs. 184, color figs. 62, b&w pls. 3, color pls. 10, tables 11, plan 1, maps 2. Centre de Recherches en Archéologie et Patrimoine, Brussels 2009. €90. ISBN 978-907772385-2 (paper).

Weiner, Stephen. Microarchaeology: Beyond the Visible Archaeological Record. Pp. xviii + 396, figs. 99, pls. 4, tables 16, plan 1. Cambridge University Press, New York 2010. $36.99. ISBN 978-0-521-70584-4 (paper).

Wilkie, Laurie A. The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi: A Historical Archaeology of Masculinity at a University Fraternity. Pp. xvi + 344, figs. 34, tables 19, plans 4, maps 4. University of California Press, Berkeley 2010. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-520-26060-3 (paper).

Woodfill, Brent. Ritual Trade in the Pasión-Verapaz Region, Guatemala (Vanderbilt Institute of Mesoamerican Archaeology 6). Pp. xv + 344, figs. 216, tables 2. Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville 2010. $69.95. ISBN 978-0-8265-1648-0 (cloth).

Yablon, Nick. Untimely Ruins: An Archaeology of American Urban Modernity, 1819–1919. Pp. xvi + 380, figs. 76. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2010. $25. ISBN 978-0-226-94664-1 (paper).

Yasur-Landau, Assaf. The Philistines and Aegean Migration at the End of the Late Bronze Age. Pp. xii + 389, figs. 245, tables 10, plans 45, maps 14. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010. $95. ISBN 978-0-521-19162-3 (cloth).

List of Books Received

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 114, No. 4 (October 2010)

Published online at www.ajaonline.org/books-received/354

DOI: 10.3764/ajaonline1144.BooksReceived