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Iakovidis, Spyros.
Excavations at Mycenae , 1. The Northwest Settlement (in Greek). (Library of the Archaeological Society at Athens, 244).
Pp. xii + 187, figs. 96, b/w pls. 56, b/w drawing 5, color drawing 6. Archaeological Society at Athens, Athens 2006. ISBN 978-960-8145-57-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.3 (July 2007).

IAKOVIDES, SPYROS E.
Gla I. H anaskaphe 1955-1961. (Library of the Archaeological Society of Athens 107.)
Pp. 410, figs. 48, pls. 78. Archaeological Society of Athens, Athens 1989. ISBN 960-85025-9-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 95.3 (July 1991).

Iakovidis, Spyros E.
Gla and the Kopais in the 13th Century B. C. (Library of the Archaeological Society at Athens 221.) Pp. xv + 172, b&w figs. 93, b&w pls. 187, color pls. 19, maps 2. The Archaeological Society at Athens, Athens 2001. ISSN 1105-7785; ISBN 960-8145-30-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).

Reviewed by J. Wright, AJA 108.3 (2004) 457-9.

Iakovides, S. E.
Glas II: H anaskaphe 1981-1991. (H Bibliotheke tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias 173.)
Pp. xxvi+364, figs. 81, pls. 63, col. pls. 10, plans 9, tables 4. The Archaeological Society in Athens, Athens 1998. $64. ISBN 960-7036-75-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.4 (October 1999).

Reviewed by I.M. Shear, AJA 104 (2000) 134-35.

IBÁÑEZ, MAXIMINO TURIEL.
El "Loca Sacra Libera" de El Castillejo de Lechago (Calamocha-Teruel): Hallazgos monetarios de época ibérica y romana en Fuente el Saz del Jarama y Meco (Madrid).
Pp. 50, pls. 2, figs. 3, tables 1. Centro de Estudios del Jiloca, Madrid 1994 (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).

IBÁÑEZ, MAXIMINO TURIEL.
Inventario de hallazgos monetarios en el poyo anteriores y posteriores a Octavio Augusto y Ooros estudios Arqueologicos. (Xiloca 11-13.)
Pp. 80, pls. 15, figs. 13, tables 6. Centro de Estudios del Jiloca, Madrid 1994. ISSN 0214-1175 (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).

Ikram, Salima, and Aidan Dodson.
The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity.
Pp. 352, color pls. 37, pls. 50, figs. 375, plans 55, maps 2, table 1. Thames and Hudson, London 1998. $45. ISBN 0-500-05088-0.
Listed in AJA 103.1 (January 1999).

Ikram, Salima.
Choice Cuts: Meat Production in Ancient Egypt. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 69.)
Pp. xvii + 326, figs. 75, tables 4. Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, Leuven 1995. BEF 2400. ISBN 2-87723-271-9.
Listed in AJA 102.1 (January 1998).

Ilievski, Petar Khr.
The Life of the Mycenaeans from Their Own Records, with Special Regard to the Onomastic and Prosopographic Deductions (in Slavic, with English summary [349-85]).
Pp. 420, figs. 42, map 1. Macedonian Acadamey of Sciences and Arts, Skopje 2000. ISBN 9989-649-68-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 105.2 (April 2001).

Imamura, Keiji.
Prehistoric Japan: New Perspectives on Insular East Asia.
Pp. 256, figs. 101, plans 12, maps 28, tables 3. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1996. $24.95. ISBN 0-8248-1852-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 101.4 (October 1997).

IMMERWAHR, HENRY R.
Attic Script. A Survey. (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology.)
Pp. 214, pls. 42. Oxford University Press, New York 1990. ISBN 0-19-813223-9.
Listed in AJA 95.3 (July 1991).

Reviewed by R.S. Stroud, AJA 96 (1992) 385-86.

Immerwahr, Sara A.
Aegean Painting in the Bronze Age.
Pp. 240, figs. 41, pls. 103. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa. 1990. $50. ISBN 0-271-00628-5.
Listed in AJA 95.1 (January 1991).

Reviewed by K.P. Foster, AJA 96 (1992) 383-84.

In memoria di Enrico Paribeni I-II. (Archaeologica 125.)
I: Pp. 378, figs. 22, table 1. II: Pp. 160, figs. 2, pls. 145. Giorgio Bretschneider, Rome 1998. Lit. 1,400,000. ISBN 88-7689-141-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

INOMATA, TAKESHI, and LAWRENCE S. COBEN EDS.
Archaeology of Performance. Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics. AltaMira, Lanham Maryland, 2006. Pp. viii + 352, figs. 48, tables 2. $36.95. ISBN 0-7591-0877-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 110.4 (October 2006).

Insoll, Timothy.
The Archaeology of Islam.
Pp. xiv + 274, figs. 27, pls. 22. Blackwell, Oxford 1998. $26.95. ISBN 0-6312-0115 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

Reviewed by D. Whitcomb, AJA 104 (2000) 413-14.

Insoll, Timothy.
The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Pp. xv + 470, figs. 125. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. $95 (cloth); $37 (paper). ISBN 0-521-65171-9 (cloth); 0-521-65171-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 108.2 (April 2004).

INSOLL, TIMOTHY, ED.
The Archaeology of Identities. A Reader.
Pp. xiii + 335, figs. 37, tables 9. Routledge, New York 2007. $35.95. ISBN 1-84217-154-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.4 (October 2007).

International Journal of Cultural Property 1:1.
Pp. 263, pls. 7. De Gruyter, Berlin 1992.
Listed in AJA 96.3 (July 1992).

Invernizzi, Antonio
Sculture di metallo da Nisa: Cultura greca e cultura iranica in Partia. (Acta Iranica, Troisième Série 21.)
Pp. 236, ills. 70, b&w pls. 22, color pls. 8, maps 1. Peeters, Belgium 1999. ISBN 90-429-0733-9 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.3 (July 2000).

Reviewed by S.D. Bundrick, AJA 106.3 (2002) 485.

Ioakimidou, Chrissula.
Die Statuenreihen grieschischer Poleis und Bünde aus spätarchaischer und klassicher Zeit. (Quellen und Forschungen zur Antiken Welt 23.)
Pp. 409, figs. 41, plans 7. Tuduv-Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 1997. DM 79.80. ISBN 3-88073-544-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

Ionas, Ioannis.
Traditional Pottery and Potters in Cyprus. The Disappearance of an Ancient Craft Industry in the 19th and 20th Centuries. (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs 6.)
Pp. xxii + 273, figs. 207, pls. 3, maps. 3, tables 7. Ashgate, Aldershot 2000. $84.95. ISBN 0-7546-0323-7 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).

Reviewed by K. Kourelis, AJA 109.2 (2005) 330-2.

IOANNIDES, G.C., ED.
Afierwma sto Baso Karagiwrgh--Studies in Honour of Vassos Karageorghis.
Pp. 376, pls. 86, figs. 70, tables 17. Society of Cypriot Studies, Nicosia 1992. ISBN 9963-557-08-2.
Listed in AJA 97.2 (April 1993).

IOPPOLO, GIOVANNI.
Le terme del Sarno a Pompei: Iter di un'analisi per la conoscenza, il restauro e la protezione sismica del monumento. (Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali. Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei, Monografie 5.)
Pp. 191, pls. 1, figs. 130. "L'ERMA" di Bretschneider, Rome 1992. ISBN 88-7062-784-5.
Listed in AJA 97.2 (April 1993).

Reviewed by A.O. Koloski-Ostrow, AJA 97 (1993) 813-15.

IOZZO, MARIO.
Ceramica <<Calcidese>>: Nuovi documenti e problemi riproposti. (Atti e Memorie della Società Magna Grecia, terza serie II, 1993.)
Pp. 338, pls. 81, figs. 30, tables 7, maps 3. Società Magna Grecia, Rome 1994 (paper).
Listed in AJA 98.4 (October 1994).

IRANI, K.D., AND MORRIS SILVER EDS.
Social Justice in the Ancient World. (Contributions in Political Science 354.)
Pp. 232. Greenwood Press, Westport 1995. $55. ISBN 0-313-29144-6.
Listed in AJA 100.3 (July 1996).

IRELAND, S.
Roman Britain: A Sourcebook.
Pp. 266, figs. 17, maps 3. Routledge, New York 1989. $18.95. ISBN 0-415-04316-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.1 (January 1993).

Ireland, Stanley, and William Bechhoefer.
The Ottoman House. Papers from the Amasya Symposium, 24-27 September 1996. (The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, Monograph 26.)
Pp. xiv+133, figs. 53, pls. 94, map 1. British Institute of Archaeology at Anakara, London 1998. $45.00. ISBN 1-898249-12-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

Irwin, Elizabeth.
Solon and Early Greek Poetry. The Politics of Exhortation. Pp. xiii + 350, table 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005. $90. ISBN 0-521-85178-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 111.1 (January 2007).

Irwin, Robert.
The Alhambra.
Pp. vii + 213, figs. 25, maps 1. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2004. $19.95. ISBN 0-674-01568-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 109.2 (April 2005).

ISAAC, BENJAMIN.
The Limits of Empire. The Roman Army in the East.
Pp. 492, figs. 13, maps 4. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1990. ISBN 0-19-814891-7.
Listed in AJA 95.2 (April 1991).

Reviewed by S.E. Alcock, AJA 98 (1994) 792-94.

Isaac, Glynn L., and Barbara Isaac eds.
Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. (Koobi Fora Research Project 5.)
Pp. xxxii + 596, pls. 76, figs. 221, tables 125. Oxford University Press, New York 1997. $265. ISBN 0-19-857501-7.
Listed in AJA 102.2 (April 1998).

ISAGER, JACOB, ED.
Hekatomnid Caria and the Ionian Renaissance. (Halicarnassian Studies 1.)
Pp. 135, figs. 150. Odense University Press, Odense 1994. ISBN 87-7838-002-2
Listed in AJA 99.2 (April 1995).

Isager, Jacob.
Pliny on Art and Society.
Pp. 255. Odense University Press, Gylling, Denmark 1998. DKK 300. ISBN 8-7749-2794-9.
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

Reviewed by Ann Nicgorski, AJA 105.1 (2001) 138.

Isager, Signe, and Poul Pedersen eds.
The Salmakis Inscription and Hellenistic Halikarnassos. (Halicarnassian Studies 4.)
Pp. 237, figs. 92, b/w pls. 8, color pls. 19, map 1. University Press of Southern Denmark, Odense 2004. $35. ISBN 87-7838-823-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 109.1 (January 2005).

ISAYEV, ELENA.
Inside Ancient Lucania. Dialogues in History and Archaeology.
Pp. xvii + 284, b/w figs. 57, color figs. 4. Institute of Classical Studies, University College London, London 2007. £50. ISBN 978-1-905670-03-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.4 (October 2007).

ISIK, ERDOGAN.
Elektronstatere aus Klazomenai: Der Schatzfund von 1989. (Saarbrücker Studien zur Archäologie und alten Geschichte 5.)
Pp. 59, pls. 8, figs. 13. Saarbrücken 1992. ISBN 3-925036-70-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.3 (July 1993).

Isbell, Charles D.
God's Scribes: How the Bible became the Bible. (Marco Polo Monographs.)
Pp. xiv + 270. Shangri-La Publications, Warren Center PA 1999. $26.00. ISBN 0-9677201-3-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.2 (April 2002).

ISLER, HANS PETER, AND MICHEL SGUAITAMATTI EDS.
La collezione Collisani. Die Sammlung Collisani.
Pp. 219, pls. 44. Archäologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich 1990. ISBN 3-905083-03-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 95.4 (October 1991).

Isler, Hans Peter, Daniel Käch, and Olympia Stefani eds.
Wohnbauforschung in Zentral- und Westsizilien/Sicilia occidentale e centro-meridionale: Ricerche archeologiche nell'abitato (Zürich, 28. Februar-3. März 1996).
Pp. 175, pls. 12, pullout plan 1, table 1. Archäologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich 1997. SF 64. ISBN 3-905099-12-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).

Isler, Hans Peter.
Klassische Archäologie am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Vortrag anlässlich der Eröffnung des Jubiläumsjahres "100 Jahre österreichische Forschungen in Ephesos," gehalten in der Österreichischen Akadamie der Wissenschaften am 24. April 1995.
Pp. 40. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1997. ÖS 153. ISBN 3-7001-2690-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 102.4 (October 1998).

Isler, Martin.
Sticks, Stones, and Shadows: Building the Egyptian Pyramids.
Pp. xiv + 352, figs. 240, b/w photos 58, tables 10, maps 2. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 2001. $29.95. ISBN 0-8061-3342-2 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.3 (July 2002).

Isler-Kerenyi, Cornelia.
Dionysos nella Grecia arcaica: Il contributo delle immagini. (Filologia e Critica Collana 87.)
Pp. 271, figs 7. pls. 69. Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, Pisa 2001. Lit 80,000. ISBN 88-8147-230-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.2 (April 2002).

Reviewed by D. Paleothodoros, AJA 107.4 (2003) 677-9.

Isserlin, B.S.J.
The Israelites.
Pp. 304, pls. 85, figs. 74. Thames and Hudson, London 1998. $39.95. ISBN 0-500-05082-1.
Listed in AJA 103.2 (April 1999).

Reviewed by A.H. Joffe, AJA 103 (1999) 541-43.

Istanbuler Mitteilungen, 49 (1999). (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Istanbul.) Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 2000. DM 176. ISSN 0341-9142; ISBN 3-8030-1640-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 105.2 (April 2001).

L'Italie méridionale et les premières expériences de la peinture hellénistique. Actes de la table ronde organisée par l'École Française de Rome. (Collection de L'École Française de Rome 244.)
Pp. 247, b&w ills. 128, color ills. 17. L'École Française de Rome, Rome 1998. ISSN 0223-5099, ISBN 2-7283-0535-8 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999), and 104.3 (July 2000).

Reviewed by Vincent J. Bruno, AJA 105 (2001) 558-60.

Ito, Juko.
Theory and Practice of Site Planning in Classical Sanctuaries.
Pp. vii + 160, figs. 43, pls. 16. Kyushu University Press, Kumamoto 2002. YEN 6,500. ISBN 4-87378-717-3 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).

Ito, J. (with contributions of Y. Hayashida, K. Horiuchi, Y. Okada, K. Hoshi, T. Katsumata, A.N. Ota; translated by J. Yoneoka).
New Measurements and Observations of the Treasury of Massaliotes, the Doric Treasury and the Tholos in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia at Delphi, in 2 vols. Vol. 1: Text and Plates (I): Pp. viii + 226, figs. 33, pls. 273, tables 49. Vol. 2: Plates (II): pls. 120.
Kumamoto University, Architectural Mission to Greece, Kyushu University Press, Tokyo 2004. Yen 19,000. ISBN 4-87378-815-3 (cloth and paper).
Listed in AJA 109.1 (January 2005).

Reviewed by M.M. Miles, AJA 109.4 (2005) 801-2.

IZENOUR, GEORGE C.
Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity.
Pp. 234, figs. 140. Yale University Press, New Haven 1992. $110. ISBN 0-300-04685-5.
Listed in AJA 97.2 (April 1993).

Reviewed by S.C. Stone, AJA 100 (1996) 427.

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