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List of Books Received

July 2016 (120.3)

Books Received

List of Books Received

Agbe-Davies, Anna S. Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia: Little Tubes of Mighty Power. Pp. 246, figs. 30, tables 16. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, Calif. 2015. $34.95. ISBN 978-1-61132-396-2 (paper).

Babbi, Andrea, Friederike Bubenheimer-Erhart, Beatriz Marín-Aguilera, and Simone Mühl, eds. The Mediterranean Mirror: Cultural Contacts in the Mediterranean Sea Between 1200 and 750 B.C. International Post-doc and Young Researcher Conference Heidelberg, 6th–8th October 2012 (RGZM Tagungen 20). Pp. viii + 328, figs. 85, tables 1. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz 2015. €55. ISBN 978-3-88467-239-6 (paper).

Bachhuber, Christoph. Citadel and Cemetery in Early Bronze Age Anatolia (Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology 13). Pp. xii + 223, figs. 42, tables 6, maps 6. Equinox Publishing, Sheffield 2015. $120. ISBN 978-1-84553-648-0 (cloth).

Bauer, Brian S., Madeleine Halac-Higashimori, and Gabriel E. Cantarutti. Voices from Vilcabamba: Accounts Chronicling the Fall of the Inca Empire. Pp. xi + 235, figs. 23. University Press of Colorado, Boulder 2016. $28.95. ISBN 978-1-60732-425-6 (paper).

Bezrukov, Andrey. Trade and Economic Contacts Between the Volga and Kama Rivers Region and the Classical World (BAR-IS 2727). Pp. 99, tables 6, maps 8. Archaeopress, Oxford 2015. £27. ISBN 978-1-4073-1382-5 (paper).

Bookidis, Nancy, and Elizabeth G. Pemberton. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Greek Lamps and Offering Trays (Corinth 18.7). Pp. xix + 180, b&w pls. 50, tables 2. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2015. $150. ISBN 978-0-87661-187-6 (cloth).

Bresson, Alain. The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy: Institutions, Markets, and Growth in the City-States. Pp. xxvi + 620, figs. 13, tables 16. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2015. $45. ISBN 978-0-691-14470-2 (cloth).

Cankardeş-Şenol, Gonca. Lexicon of Eponym Dies on Rhodian Amphora Stamps. Vol. 1, Eponyms A (Études Alexandrines 33). Pp. 608. Centre d’Études Alexandrines, Alexandria 2015. $60. ISBN 978-2-11-139022-5 (cloth).

Cankardeş-Şenol, Gonca. Lexicon of Eponym Dies on Rhodian Amphora Stamps. Vol. 2, Eponyms B to K (Études Alexandrines 35). Pp. 432. Centre d’Études Alexandrines, Alexandria 2015. Price not available. ISBN 978-2-11-139023-2 (cloth).

Carballo, David M. Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico (Oxford Studies in the Archaeology of Ancient States). Pp. xv + 274, figs. 55, tables 6. Oxford University Press, New York 2016. $65. ISBN 978-0-19-025106-2 (cloth).

Charney, Noah, ed. Art Crime: Terrorists, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves. Pp. xxviii + 364, figs. 10. Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2016. $115. ISBN 978-1-137-40756-6 (cloth).

Christensen, Julie Lejsgaard, and Kristine Bøggild Johannsen. Thorvaldsen’s Ancient Terracottas: A Catalogue of the Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman Terracottas in Thorvaldsens Museum. Pp. 223, figs. 37, color pls. 140. Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen 2015. DKK 249. ISBN 978-87-7521-133-3 (paper).

de Domenico, Carlo. Lateres Signati Graeci I: Athenae et Allica (SATAA 10). Pp. 157, figs. 3, b&w pls. 18. Pandemos, Atene-Paestum 2015. €50. ISBN 978-88-87744-63-7 (cloth).

des Courtils, Jacques, ed. L’architecture monumentale grecque au IIIe siècle a.C. (Mémoires 40). Pp. 357, figs. 311. Ausonius Éditions, Bordeaux 2015. €60. ISBN 978-2-35613-144-7 (cloth).

Di Cesare, Riccardo. La città di Cecrope: Ricerche sulla politica edilizia cimoniana ad Atene (SATAA 11). Pp. 392, figs. 162. Pandemos, Atene-Paestum 2015. €70. ISBN 978-88-87744-41-5 (cloth).

Elkins, Nathan T. Monuments in Miniature: Architecture on Roman Coinage (Numismatic Studies 29). Pp. ix + 230, figs. 222. American Numismatic Society, New York 2015. $100. ISBN 978-0-89722-344-7 (cloth).

Ewen, Charles R., and Russell K. Skowronek, eds. Pieces of Eight: More Archaeology of Piracy. Pp. xviii + 318, figs. 98, tables 13. University of Florida Press, Gainesville 2016. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-6158-0 (cloth).

Fabre-Serris, Jacqueline, and Alison Keith, eds. Women and War in Antiquity. Pp. viii + 341, figs. 13. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2015. $55. ISBN 978-1-4214-1762-2 (cloth).

Faust, Stephan, and Frank Hildebrandt. Schӓtze der Antike: Faszinierende Funde der Archӓologie. Pp. 176, figs. 171. Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt 2015. €39.95. ISBN 978-3-8053-4919-2 (cloth).

Frederiksen, Rune, Elizabeth R. Gebhard, and Alexander Sokolicek, eds. The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre: Acts of an International Conference at the Danish Institute at Athens 27–30 January 2012 (Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 17). Pp. 468, figs. 264. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 2015. $70. ISBN 978-87-7124-3802 (cloth).

Galinsky, Karl, and Kenneth Lapatin, eds. Cultural Memories in the Roman Empire. Pp. xi + 296, figs. 115. Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2015. $85. ISBN 978-1-60606-462-7 (paper).

Gamble, Lynn H., ed. First Coastal Californians. Pp. x + 132, figs. 109, color pls. 24. SAR Press, Santa Fe 2015. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-938645-19-8 (paper).

Günther, Linda-Marie, and Bӓrbel Morstadt. Phönizische, griechische und römische Gottheiten im historischen Wandel (Contextualizing the Sacred 5). Pp. xviii + 159, figs. 27, maps 3. Brepols, Turnhout 2015. €75. ISBN 978-2-5032-54457-1 (cloth).

Hedreen, Guy. The Image of the Artist in Archaic and Classical Greece: Art, Poetry, and Subjectivity. Pp. xv + 362, figs. 65, color pls. 25. Cambridge University Press, New York 2016. $120. ISBN 978-1-107-11825-6 (cloth).

Hopkins, John North. The Genesis of Roman Architecture. Pp. xiv + 254, figs. 120. Yale University Press, New Haven 2016. $65. ISBN 978-0-300-21181-8 (cloth).

Huysecom-Haxhi, Stéphanie, and Arthur Muller, eds. Figurines grecques en contexte: Présence muette dans le sanctuaire, la tombe et la maison. Pp. 493, figs. 322, tables 5. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, Villeneuve d’Ascq 2015. €48. ISBN 978-2-7574-1132-2 (paper).

Ikonomaki, Niki, and Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos. Εισαγωγη Στην Ελληνικη Επιγραφικη: Απο Τον 8ο Αιωνα π.Χ. Ωσ Την Υστερη Αρχαιοτητα. Pp. 115. Υπουργειο Παιδειασ, Ερευνασ Και Θρησκευματων Κεντρο Ελληνικησ Γλωσσασ, Thessaloniki 2015. Price not available. ISBN 978-960-87140-4-5 (paper).

Imhausen, Annette. Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History. Pp. xi + 234, figs. 33, tables 6. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2016. $45. ISBN 978-0-691-11713-3 (cloth).

Ingleheart, Jennifer, ed. Ancient Rome and the Construction of Modern Homosexual Identities. Pp. xvii + 358, figs. 11. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015. $120. ISBN 978-0-19-968972-9 (cloth).

Kingsley, Sean A. Fishing and Shipwreck Heritage: Marine Archaeology’s Greatest Threat? (Debates in Archaeology). Pp. xvii + 152, figs. 20. Bloomsbury Academic, London 2016. $78. ISBN 978-1-4725-7360-5 (cloth).

Kirch, Patrick Vinton. Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist. Pp. xix + 379, figs. 71, maps 8. University of Hawai‘i Press, Honolulu 2015. $45. ISBN 978-0-8248-5345-7 (cloth).

Kyrieleis, Helmut. Hellenistische Herrscherporträts auf Siegelabdrücken aus Paphos (Paphos IV B) (Archäologische Forschungen 34). Pp. 139, b&w pls. 80. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2015. €78. ISBN 978-3-95490-077-0 (cloth).

Lapp, Eric C. Sepphoris II: The Clay Lamps from Ancient Sepphoris. Light Use and Regional Interactions (Sepphoris Excavation Reports 2). Pp. xvii + 262, figs. 41, b&w pls. 219, tables 12. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2016. $79.50. ISBN 978-1-57506-404-8 (cloth).

Lehmann, Stephan, ed. Authenticity and Originality of Ancient Bronze Portraits: A Forged Portrait of Augustus, Its Prerequisites, and Its Surroundings. The Contributions of the Discussion Forum on 5 May 2014 and the Catalogue of the Exhibition “The Fake Augustus: A Suspect Bronze Portrait of the First Roman Emperor” 8 May to 15 July 2014 in the Archӓologisches Museum of the Martin-Luther-Universitӓt Halle-Wittenberg. Pp. 260, figs. 59. Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2015. €38. ISBN 978-3-95498-183-0 (cloth).

McConnell, Brian E. Agli albori del viaggio moderno in Sicilia: Il Grand Tour di Thomas Cole e Samuel James Ainsley nel 1842. Pp. 268. Domenico Sanfilippo Editore, Catania 2014. €76. ISBN 978-88-85127-68-5 (cloth).

McPhee, Ian, ed. Myth, Drama and Style in South Italian Vase-Painting: Selected Papers by A.D. Trendall (SIMA-PB 182). Pp. xl + 299, figs. 251. Åströms Förlag, Uppsala 2016. €60. ISBN 978-91-7081-205-7 (cloth).

Mert, Ibrahim Hakan. Der “Korinthische Tempel” von Knidos: Ein repräsentativer Grabbau der römischen Kaiserzeit (Knidos Studien 2). Pp. 165, b&w pls. 11, figs 112. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2015. €98. ISBN 978-3-95490-057-2 (cloth).

Monaco, Maria Chiara. Halirrhothios: Krenai e culti alle pendici meridionali dell’Acropoli di Atene (SATAA 2). Pp. 326, figs. 107, b&w pls. 15. Pandemos, Atene-Paestum 2015. €70. ISBN 978-88-87744-39-2 (cloth).

Muller, Arthur, and Ergün Lafli, eds. Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine. Vol. 2, Iconographie et contextes. Pp. 699, figs. 677. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, Villeneuve d’Ascq 2015. €93. ISBN 978-2-7574-1133-9 (paper).

Papi, Emanuele, and Leonardo Bigi. Olivia revixit: Oleifici, frantoi e torchi di Atene dall’antichità al periodo turco (SATAA 9). Pp. 197, figs. 70, b&w pls. 42. Pandemos, Atene-Paestum 2015. €60. ISBN 978-88-87744-61-3 (cloth).

Adam-Veleni, Polixeni, Eurydice Kefalidou, and Despoina Tsiafaki, eds. Κεραμικά εργαστήρια στο Βορειοανατολικό Αιγαίο (8ος–αρχές 5ου αι. π.Χ). Ημερίδα ΑΜΘ 2010/Pottery Workshops in Northeastern Aegean (8th–early 5th c. B.C.), Scientific Meeting AMTh 2010. Pp. 256, figs. 204, tables 4. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 2013. €20. ISBN 978-960-9621-13-7 (paper).

Pomey, Patrice, ed. La batellerie égyptienne: Archéologie, histoire, ethnographie. Pp. 332, figs. 201. Centre d’Études Alexandrines, Alexandria 2015. Price not available. ISBN 978-2-11-129854-5 (cloth).

Potts, Charlotte R. Religious Architecture in Latium and Etruria c. 900–500 BC (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology). Pp. xxix + 178, figs. 84, b&w pls. 84, maps 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015. $125. ISBN 978-0-19-872207-6 (cloth).

Potts, D.T. The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State, 2nd ed. Pp. xxxvii + 513, figs. 28, b&w pls. 93, tables 62. Cambridge University Press, New York 2016. $49. ISBN 978-1-107-47663-9 (paper).

Purdy, Barbara A., and Robert J. Austin. How to Do Archaeology the Right Way, 2nd ed. Pp. xviii + 312, figs. 112. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 2016. $34.95. ISBN 978-0-8130-6169-6 (cloth).

Quirke, Stephen. Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt. Pp. viii + 271, figs. 91, tables 6. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 2015. $39.95. ISBN 978-1-4443-3200-1 (paper).

Riggs, Christina. Unwrapping Ancient Egypt. Pp. xii + 319, figs. 68. Bloomsbury Academic, London 2014. £24.99. ISBN 978-0-85785-507-7 (paper).

Robinson, Andrew W. The Indus: Lost Civilizations. Pp. 208, figs. 50. Reaktion Books, London 2015. $25. ISBN 978-1-78023-502-8 (cloth).

Roller, Duane W. Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome. Pp. viii + 288, maps 12. I.B. Tauris, New York 2015. $99. ISBN 978-1-78453-076-1 (cloth).

Schallin, Ann-Louise, and Iphiyenia Tournavitou, eds. Mycenaeans Up To Date: The Archaeology of the North-Eastern Peloponnese—Current Concepts and New Directions (Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 4° 56). Pp. 630, figs. 389, tables 15. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, Stockholm 2015. SEK 636. ISBN 978-91-7916-063-0 (cloth).

Scherer, Andrew K. Mortuary Landscapes of the Classic Maya: Rituals of Body and Soul. Pp. xiv + 291, figs. 224. University of Texas Press, Austin 2015. $65. ISBN 978-1-4773-0051-0 (cloth).

Shaw, Justine M., ed. The Maya of the Cochuah Region: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on the Northern Lowlands. Pp. xv + 328, figs. 62, tables 7. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 2015. $85. ISBN 978-0-8263-4864-7 (cloth).

Sofroniew, Alexandra. Household Gods: Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome. Pp. ix + 142, figs. 69. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2015. $25. ISBN 978-1-60606-456-6 (cloth).

Soukiassian, Georges, ed. Alexandria Under the Mediterranean: Archaeological Studies in Memory of Honor Frost (Études Alexandrines 36). Pp. 137, figs. 104. Centre d’Études Alexandrines, Alexandria 2015. Price not available. ISBN 978-2-11-139026-3 (cloth).

Trainor, Conor P. The Ceramics Industry of Roman Sikyon: A Technological Study (SIMA-PB 181). Pp. xviii + 125, figs. 55, tables 9. Åströms Förlag, Uppsala 2015. €36. ISBN 978-91-7081-203-3 (cloth).

Tuck, Steven L. A History of Roman Art. Pp. xxxiii + 372, figs. 349. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 2015. $64.95. ISBN 978-1-4443-3026-7 (paper).

Venit, Marjorie Susan. Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt. Pp. xvii + 268, figs. 170, color pls. 34, map 1. Cambridge University Press, New York 2016. $99. ISBN 978-1-107-04808-9 (cloth).

Yao, Alice. The Ancient Highlands of Southwest China: From the Bronze Age to the Han Empire. Pp. xi + 270, figs. 50, tables 15. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2016. $65. ISBN 978-0-19-936734-4 (cloth).

Zakrzewski, Sonia, Andrew Shortland, and Joanne Rowland. Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt. Pp. xv + 410, figs. 18. Routledge, New York 2016. £90. ISBN 978-0-415-88574-4 (cloth).

List of Books Received

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 120, No. 3 (July 2016)

Published online at www.ajaonline.org/books-received/2836

DOI: 10.3764/ajaonline1203.booksreceived