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Aegean and eastern Mediterranean archaeology - Christopher Mee & Josette Renard (ed.). Cooking up the past: Food and Culinary Practices in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean. xii+380 pages, 103 illustrations, 20 tables. 2007. Oxford: Oxbow; 9781-824217-227-8 paperback £35. - Lila Marangou, Colin Renfrew, Christos Doumas & Giorgos Gavalas. Mαρκıανη AμoρƔoυ/Markiani, Amorgos: An Early Bronze Age Fortified Settlement, Overview of the 1985-1991 Excavations. xvi+296 pages, 107 figures, 56 plates., 58 tables. 2006. London: British School at Athens; 978-0-9048887-52-5 hardback £85 +p&p. - Eva Rystedt & Berit Wells (ed.). Pictorial pursuits: Figurative painting on Mycenaean and Geometric pottery. Papers from two seminars at the Swedish Institute at Athens 1999 and 2001 (Skrifter Utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athens 4°, LIII). 314 pages, 292 illustrations, 4 tables. 2006. Stockholm: Swedish Institute in Athens; 91-7916-053-0 paperback. - Malcolm H. Wiener, Jayne L. Warner, Janice Polonsky & Erin E. Hayes with Catriona McDonald (ed.). Pottery and Society: The Impact of Recent Studies in Minoan pottery. Gold Medal Colloquium in honour of Philip P. Betancourt (104th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, 5 January 2003). xxii+158 pages, 86 b&w & colour illustrations. 2006. Boston (MA): Archaeological Institute of America; 1-931909-14-8 hardback $45. - ΠΑYΛΟΣ ΦΛoypentzoΣ (Pavlos Flourentzos) (ed.). Eπıστηµονıκη Eπετηρις τουTμηματος Aρχαιoτητων Kυπρου/Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus. viii+416 pages, numerous b&w & colour illustrations, tables. 2006. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus; ISSN 0070-2374 hardback. - Pavlos Flourentzos (ed.). Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2004. 116 pages, 92 illustrations. 2006. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus Ministry of Communications and Works; ISSN 1010-1136 paperback. - Pavlos Flourentzos (ed.). Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 1999. 102 pages, 72 illustrations. 2006. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus Ministry of Communications and Works; ISSN 1010-1136 paperback.
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Classical and Roman world - Christopher Tadgell. Antiquity: Origins, Classicism and the New Rome (Architecture in Context 1). 876 pages, numerous b&w & colour illustrations, 7 maps. 2007. Abingdon & New York: Routledge; 978-0-415-40750-2 hardback £65. - Gerald P. Schauss & Stephen R. Wenn (ed.). Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games (Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece 5). xviii+376 pages, 26 illustrations. 2007. Waterloo (Ontario): Wilfrid Laurier University Press/Canadian Institute in Greece; 978-0-88920-505-5 hardback £35.99. - Ben Croxford, Nick Ray, Roman Roth & Natalie White (ed.) TRAC 2006 (Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Cambridge 2006). vi+192 pages, numerous tables & illustrations. 2007. Oxford: Oxbow; 978-1-84217-264-3 paperback £28. - Barbara Levick. Julia Domna: Syrian Empress (Women of the Ancient World). xxxii+248 pages, 37 illustrations. 2007. London & New York: Routledge; 978-0-415-33144-9 paperback £18.99. - Valerie M. Warrior Roman Religion. xviii+166 pages, 87 b&w & colour illustrations. z2006. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 978-0-521-82511-5 hardback £35 & $55; 987-0-521-53212-9 paperback £11.99 & $19.99. - Roger B. Ulrich Roman Woodworking. xiv+376 pages, 188 illustrations, 7 tables. 2007. New Haven & London: Yale University Press; 978-0-300-10341-0 hardback £50. - Philip Matyszak. Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day. 144 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 11 colour plates. 2007. London: Thames & Hudson; 978-0-500-05147-4 hardback £14.95. - Martin M. Winkler (ed.) Spartacus: Film and History. x+268 pages, 18 plates. 2007. Malden (MA), Oxford & Carlton, Victoria: Blackwell; 978-14051-3180-3 hardback £55, US$74.95 & AUS$165; 97-1-4051-3181-0 paperback £19.99, US$29.95 & AUS$48.95. - William Fitzgerald. Martial: The World of the Epigram. x+248 pages. 2007. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 978-0-226-25253-7 hardback $35 & £20. - Daniel Costa. The Lost Gold of Rome: The Hunt for Alaric’s Treasure. xvi+240 pages, 2 figures, 24 plates. 2007. Stroud: Sutton; 978-0-7509-4397-0 hardback £20.
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Anatolia, Levant, Middle East - Arlene Miller Rosen. Civilizing Climate: Social responses to Climate Change in the Ancient Near East, 2007. xiv+202 pages, 31 illustrations, 8 tables. Lanham, New York, Toronto & Plymouth: AltaMira; 978-0-7591-0493-8 hardback; 978-0-7591-0494-5 paperback £22.99. - Elizabeth C. Stone (ed.). Settlement and Society: Essays dedicatedto Robert McCormick Adams, xxii+490 pages, 105 illustrations, 12 tables. 2007. Los Angeles (CA): Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA & Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 978-1-931745-32-1 paperback. - Alan H. Simmons The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East: Transforming the Human Landscape. xviii+340 pages, 31 illustrations, 6 tables. 2007. Tucson (AZ): University of Arizona Press; 978-0-8165-2442-6 hardback $55. - Ian Hodder (ed.) with members of the Catalhoyuk teams. Excavating Çatalhöyök: South, North and KOPAL Area reports from the 1995–99 seasons (Catalhoyuk Research Project Volume 3). xviii+588 pages, 310 illustrations, 47 tables. 2007. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research & London: British Institute at Ankara; 978-1-902937-27-4 hardback. - Bill Finlayson & Steven Mithen (ed.). The Early Prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: Archaeological survey of Wadis Faynan, Ghuwayr and al-Bustan and evaluation of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site of WF16 (Wadi Faynan Series 1, Levant Supplementary Series 4). xxii+600 pages, 389 illustrations, 122 tables. 2007. Oxford: Oxbow; 978-1-84217-212-4 hardback £75. - Abbas Alizadeh with contributions by Masoumeh Kimiaie, Marjan Mashkour & Naomi F. Miller The Origins of State Organizations in Prehistoric Highland Fars, Southern Iran: Excavations at Tall-e Bakun (Oriental Institute Publications 128). xliv+310 pages, 102 illustrations, 51 tables. 2006. Chicago (IL): Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 1-885923-36-8 hardback £40. - D.T. Potts & B. Roustaei (ed.) The Mamasani Archaeological Project: Stage One. A report on the first two seasons of the ICAR — University of Sydney expedition to the Mamasani District, Fars Province, Iran (Archaeological Report Monograph Series 10). xvi+700 pages, 432 b&w & colour illustrations. 2006. Tehran: Iranian Center for Archaeological Research; 964-421-088-3 hardback. - Thomas A. Holland Archaeoìogy of the Bronze Age, Hellenistic, and Roman Remains at an Ancient Town on the Euphrates River — Excavations at Tell Es-Sweyhat, Syria Volume 2. Part 1: Text, Part 2: Figures & Plates (Oriental Institute Publications 128). lx+620 pages, 108 tables, 337 figures, 340 plates. 2006. Chicago (IL): Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 1-885923-33-3 hardback 2 volumes £90. - David Kennedy. Gerasa and the Decapolis: A ‘Virtuaì Island’ in Northwest Jordan. 216 pages, 25 illustrations, tables. 2007. London: Duckworth; 978-0-7156-3567-4 paperback. - William J. Hamblin & David Rolph Seely. Solomons Temple: Myth and History. 224 pages, 200 colour illustrations. 2007. London: Thames & Hudson; 978-0-500-25133-1 hardback £24.95. - Harriet Crawford (ed.). Regime Change in the Ancient Near East and Egypt. From Sargon of Agade to Saddam Hussein. xvi+232 pages, 39 illustrations, 3 tables. 2007. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 978-0-19-726390-7 hardback £35.
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Scandinavia - Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson & Lena Holmquist Olausson. The oriental mounts from Birkas garrison: an expression of warrior rank and status (Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien Antikvarist arkiv 81). 102 pages, numerous illustrations. 2006. Stockholm; Almqvist & Wiskell; 91-7402-358-6 paperback SEK193. - Claus Feveile (ed.). Ribe Studier. Det Aeldste Ribe: Udgravninger pa nordsiden af Ribe Å 1984-2000. 2 volumes, summaries in English (Jysk Arkeologisk Selskab Skrifter 51). 762 pages, numerous b&w & colour illustrations, tables. 2006. Hojberg: Jysk Arkeologisk Selskab; 87-88415-33-3 hardback Dkr. 500.
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Egypt and Africa - Edna R. Russmann, Nigel Strudwick & T.G.H. James Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the British Musuem. 136 pages, 85 b&w & colour illustrations. Seattle (WA): University of Washington Press; 978-0-295-98618-0 hardback $40 & £21.99. - Fran Weatherhead. Amarna Palace Paintings (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir 78). xxiv+386 pages, 182 figures, 67 b&w & 21 colour plates, 9 tables. 2007. London: Egypt Exploration Society; 978-0-85698-166-1 hardback. - Colin Adams. Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study ofEconomics and Administration in a Roman Province (Oxford Classical Monographs). xiv+332 pages, 3 maps. 2007. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 978-0-19-920397-0 hardback £60. - David L. Stone & Lea M. Stirling (ed.). Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa (Phoenix Supplementary volume 43). xii+254 pages, 43 illustrations, 3 tables. 2007. Toronto (Ont.): University of Toronto Press; 978-0-8020-9083-6 hardback US$75 & £48. - Pamela R. Willoughby The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. xxii+440 pages, 45 illustrations, 6 tables. 2007. Lanham (MD): AltaMira; 978-0-7591-0118-0 hardback; 978-0-7591-0119-7 paperback £33. - John W. Arthur Living with Pottery. Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of Southwest Ethiopia. xvi+154 pages, 82 illustrations, 45 tables. 2007. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press; 978-0-87480-884-1 paperback $25; 978-0-87480-883-4 hardback $55.
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