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Jablonski, Nina G., ed.
The First Americans: The Pleistocene Colonization of the World. The Edited Proceedings of a Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Foundation Endowment Symposium. (Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 27.)
Pp. xiv + 331, figs. 43, tables 9, maps 9. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2002. $35.00. ISBN 0-940228-50-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).


JACKS, PHILIP.
The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity: The Origins of Rome in Renaissance Thought.
Pp. 376, figs. 103. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993. ISBN 0-521-44152-8.
Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).
Reviewed by P.P. Bober, AJA 99 (1995) 374-75.

Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).


JACOBELLI, LUCIANA.
Le pitture erotiche delle Terme Suburbane di Pompei. (Ministero per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali, Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, Monograph 10.)
Pp. 148, color pls. 9, figs. 53. "L'ERMA" di Bretschneider, Rome 1995. Lit. 150,000. ISBN 88-7062-880-9.
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).
Reviewed by J.R. Clarke, AJA 100 (1996) 431-32.


JACOBSON, ESTHER.
The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia: A Study in the Ecology of Belief. (Studies in the History of Religions 55.)
Pp. 291, pls. 21. E.J. Brill, Leiden 1993. ISBN 90-04-09628-0.
Listed in AJA 97.3 (July 1993).


JACOBSSON, INGA.
Aegyptiaca from Late Bronze Age Cyprus. (SIMA 112.)
Pp. 125, pls. 95, figs. 4, charts 18. Paul Åström, Jonsered 1994. ISBN 91-7081-053-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).


Jacquemin, Anne.
Delphes. Cent ans après la grande fouille. Essai de bilan. Actes du colloque international organisé par l'École Française d'Athènes. (BCH Suppl. 36.)
Pp. xii + 433. figs. 158, tables 3. De Boccard, Paris 2000. ISBN 2-86958-146-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).


Jacquemin, Anne.
Offrandes Monumentales à Delphes. (Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, 304.)
Pp. xi + 401, pls. 15. De Boccard, Paris 1999. 650 FF. ISBN 2-86958-170-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 105.1 (January 2001).
Reviewed by William R. Biers, AJA 105 (2001) 349.


Jacquet-Gordon, Helen.
The Graffiti on the Khonsu Temple Roof at Karnak: A Manifestation of Personal Piety. (Temple of Khonsu 3; Oriental Institute Publications 123.)
Pp. xxiv + 119, figs. 5, pls. 126. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago 2003. ISSN 0069-3367; ISBN 1-885923-26-0 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 109.1 (January 2005).
Reviewed by J. Dieleman, AJA 110.1 (2006) 172-3.


Jacquet, Pierre, ed.
Habitats de l'Âge du Bronze à Lyon-Vaise (Rhène). (DAF 68.)
Pp. 251, figs. 278, tables 27. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'Homme, Paris 1998. FF 260. ISSN 1255-2127; ISBN 2-7351-0623-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.2 (April 1999).


Jakob, Stefan.
Mittelassyrische Verwaltung und Sozialstruktur, Untersuchungen. (Cuneiform Monographs 29.)
Pp. lxi + 587, tables 32. Brill/Styx, Leiden 2003. € 175; $210. ISSN 0929-0052; ISBN 90-04-12398-9 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 108.1 (January 2004).


JAMES, FRANCES W., AND PATRICK E. MCGOVERN.
The Late Bronze Egyptian Garrison at Beth Shan: A Study of Levels VII and VIII (2 vols.). (University Museum Monograph 85.)
Pp. 272, pls. 63, figs. 168, tables 14. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1993. ISBN 0-924171-27-8.
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).
Reviewed by J.P. Dessel, AJA 100 (1996) 787-88


JAMES, PETER, ET AL.
Centuries of Darkness: A Challenge to the Conventional Chronology of Old World Archaeology.
Pp. 434, pls. 19, figs. 85, tables 20, maps 13. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 1993. $16.95. ISBN 0-8135-1951-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.4 (October 1993).
Reviewed by W.A. Ward, AJA 98 (1994) 362-63.


JAMES, SIMON.
The World of the Celts.
Pp. 192, figs. 307. Thames and Hudson, London 1993. $29.95. ISBN 0-500-05067-8.
Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).


James, Simon.
The Atlantic Celts. Ancient People or Modern Invention?
Pp. 160, b&w fig. 8, maps 6. University of Wisconsin, Avon 1999. $14.95. ISBN 0-299-16674-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).


James, Simon.
The World of the Celts.
Pp. 192, color pls. 12, color figs. 108, figs. 143, plans 13, maps 26, table 1. Thames and Hudson, New York 1993. $29.95. ISBN 0-500-05067-8.
Listed in AJA 102.2 (April 1998).
Reviewed by P.S. Wells, AJA 102 (1998) 813-16


James, Simon.
Excavations at Dura-Europos Conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters, 1928-1937, Final Report. Vol. 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment (with summaries in English, French, German and Arabic).
Pp. xxxii + 304, figs. 141, pls. 13, tables 4. British Museum Press, London 2004. £95. ISBN 0-7141-2248-3 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 109.1 (January 2005).


James, T.G.H.
A Short History of Ancient Egypt: From Predynastic to Roman Times.
Pp. 168, color figs. 160, maps 10. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1998. $29.95. ISBN 0-8018-5933-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.1 (January 1999).


James, T.G.H.
A Short History of Ancient Egypt.
Pp. 167, color pls. 159, maps 9. Sterling Publishing, New York 1996. $21.95. ISBN 0-304-34711-6.
Listed in AJA 101.1 (January 1997).


JAMES, T.G.H.
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt. Pp. 208, figs. 156. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2005. $29.95. ISBN 0-472-03137-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 110.2 (April 2006).


Jameson, John H., Jr., ed.
The Reconstructed Past: Reconstructions in the Public Interpretation of Archaeology and History.
Pp. 304, figs. 98. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek 2004. $75 (cloth); $34.95 (paper). ISBN 0-7591-0375-5 (cloth); 0-7591-0376-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 108.3 (July 2004).


JAMESON, MICHAEL H., CURTIS N. RUNNELS, AND TJEERD H. VAN ANDEL.
A Greek Countryside. The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day.
Pp. 654, figs. 224, tables 40, maps 8. Stanford University Press, Stanford 1994. $125.00 ISBN 0-8047-1608-0.
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).
Reviewed by R. Osborne, AJA 100 (1996) 165-69.


Jameson, John H., ed.
Presenting Archaeology to the Public: Digging for Truths.
Pp. 288, figs. 42, plans 8, maps 2, tables 3. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, Calif. 1997. $24.95. ISBN 0-7619-8909-9.
Listed in AJA 101.4 (October 1997).


JANKO, RICHARD.
The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume IV: Books 13-16.
Pp. 459. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1992. ISBN 0-521-23712-2.
Listed in AJA 96.4 (October 1992).


Jannot, Jean-René
Devins, Dieux, et Démons: Regards sur la religion de lŠÉtrurie antique.
Pp. 208, figs. 96, pls. 18, map 1. Picard éditeur, Paris 1998. 250 FF. ISBN 2-7084-0523-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.4 (October 1999).


Jannot, Jean-René.
Devins, Dieux et Démons: Regards sur la religion de l'Étrurie antique. (Antiqua.)
Pp. 207, color pls. 18, pls. 60, figs. 36, maps 1. Picard, Paris 1998. FF 250. ISBN 2-7084-0523-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.2 (April 1999).
Reviewed by C. Smith, AJA 104 (2000) 142-43.


Jantzen, Ulf, and Wolfgang Güntner.
Tiryns, XII: Figürlich bemalte mykenische Keramik aus Tiryns.
Pp. 391, pls. 88. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2000. DM 168.00; Euro 85.90. ISBN 3-8053-1887-1 (cloth). .
Listed in AJA 105.3 (July 2001).


JANTZEN, ULF with contributions by WOLFGANG HAUTUMM, WOLF-RÜDIGER MEGOW, AND MARTHA WEBER.
Samos, 20: Die Wasserleitung des Eupalinos. Die Funde. Pp. vi + 373, figs. 18, tables 104. Habelt, Bonn 2004. $98. ISBN 3-7749-3312-X (cloth).
Listed in AJA 110.1 (January 2006).


Japp, Sarah.
Die Baupolitik Herodes' des Großen: Die Bedeutung der Architektur für die Herrschaftslegitimation eines Römischen Klientelkönigs. (Internationale Archäologie 64).
Pp. vi + 169, pls. 85, map 1. Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, Rahden/Westf. 2000. DM 139.80. ISSN 0939-0561X; ISBN 3-89646-336-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 105.2 (April 2001).


JAQUETTE, JAMES L.
Discerning What Counts: The Function of the Adiaphora Topos in Paul's Letters. (Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series 146.)
Pp. 282. Scholars Press, Atlanta 1995. ISBN 0-7885-0014-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).


Jaritz, Horst, Sébastian Favre, Giorgio Nogara, and Mieczslaw Rodziewicz.
Pelusium: Prospection archéologique et topographique de la région de Kana'is, 1993 et 1994. (Beiträge zur ägyptischen Bauforschung und Altertumskunde 13.)
Pp. 222, pls. 61, figs. 4, color plan 1, foldout plans 3, plans 10. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1996. 136 DM. ISBN 3-515-06804-X.
Listed in AJA 101.4 (October 1997).


JARVA, EERO.
Archaiologia on Archaic Greek Body Armour. (Studia archaeologica septentrionalia 3.)
Pp. 176, figs. 61. Historical Association of Northern Finland, Oulu 1995. ISBN 952-9888-03-1.
Listed in AJA 100.3 (July 1996).
Reviewed by A.H. Jackson, AJA 101 (1997) 194


Jashemski, Wilhelmina Feemster.
A Pompeian Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants.
Pp. xiii+107, b&w fig. 42, color fig. 15. University of Texas, Austin 1999. $17.95 (paper), $35.00 (cloth). ISBN 0-292-74060-3 (paper), 0-292-74061-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).


Jashemski, Wilhelmina Feemster, and Frederick G. Meyer, eds.
The Natural History of Pompeii.
Pp. xxiii + 502, b/w figs. 260, color figs. 124, tables 32, maps 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002. $175.00. ISBN 0-521-80054-4 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.2 (April 2003).
Reviewed by K. Flinthamilton, AJA 108.1 (2004) 133-4.


JAUBERT, JACQUES, ET AL.
Les chasseurs d'Aurochs de La Borde. Un site du Paléolithique moyen (Livernon, Lot). (DAF 27.)
Pp. 157, figs. 86, tables 35. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris 1990. Fr 185. ISBN 2-7351-0390-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 96.1 (January 1992).


JAUBERT, JACQUES, ET AL.
Les chasseurs d'Aurochs de La Borde: Un site du Paléolithique moyen (Livernon, Lot). (DAF 27.)
Pp. 157, figs. 85. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de L'homme, Paris 1990. ISBN 2-7351-0390-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 96.4 (October 1992).


Jaussen, P., and P. Savignac.
Mission archéologique en Arabie 1: De Jérusalem au Hedjaz Médain-Saleh; 2A: El-'Ela, d'Hégra a Teima, Harrah de Tebouk; 2B: Coutumes de la tribu arabe des Fuqarâ 3: Les châteaux arabes de Qeseir 'Amra, Harâneh et Tûba; 4: Atlas. (Reprint of the 1909 edition.) Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Cairo 1997. ISBN 2-7247-0186-0.
Listed in AJA 103.1 (January 1999).


JEAMMET, VIOLAINE, ED.
Tanagras. De l'objet de collection à l'objet archéologique. Actes du colloque organisé par le musée du Louvre à la Bibliothèque nationale de France, le 22 novembre 2003 (Musée du Louvre éditions).
Pp. 170, figs. 66, color pls. 36. Picard, Paris. Euro 19. ISBN 978-2-7084-0793-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.4 (October 2007).


Jean-Marie, Marylou
Tombes et nécropoles de Mari. (Mission Archéologique de Mari 5, Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique 153.)
Pp. v + 207, ills. 6, pls. 266, tables 117. Institut Français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient, Beirut 1998. 320 FF. ISBN 2-912738-02-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).


JÉGOUZO, YVES, AND PIERRE-LAURENT FRIES EDS.
Archéologie et droit de l'urbanisme en Europe. (Immobilier droit et gestion 10.)
Pp. 342. Éditions Dalloz, Paris 1995. 145 FF. ISBN 2-247-01980-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.3 (July 1996).
Reviewed by P. Gerstenblith, AJA 101 (1997) 197


Jenkins, David, ed.
The Cambridge History of Western Textiles, in 2 vols.
Pp. 1400, figs. 19, pls. 41, tables 63, figs. 284. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. $300. ISBN: 0-521-34107-8 (cloth, set).
Listed in AJA 108.2 (April 2004).


JENKINS, IAN.
Archaeologists and Aesthetes in the Sculpture Galleries of the British Museum 1800-1939.
Pp. 264, pls. 13, figs. 90. British Museum Press, London 1992. £25. ISBN 0-7141-1299-2.
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).
Reviewed by N.H. Ramage, AJA 100 (1996) 633-34.


Jenkins, Ian.
Cleaning and Controversy: The Parthenon Sculptures 1811-1939. (The British Musuem Occasional Paper 146.) Pp. v + 65, figs. 1, b&w pls. 12, color pls. 21. The British Museum Press, London 2002. £25. ISBN 0-86159-146-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).
Jenifer Neils , AJA 107.3 (2003) 507-8.


JENKINS, IAN.
The Parthenon Frieze.
Pp. 119, pls. 6, color pls. 4, figs. 21, many unnumbered figs. University of Texas Press, Austin 1994. ISBN 0-292-74038-7.
Listed in AJA 99.3 (July 1995).
Reviewed by I.S. Mark, AJA 100 (1996) 189-90.


Jenkins, Ian, and Geoffrey B. Waywell eds.
Sculptors and Sculpture of Caria and the Dodecanese.
Pp. 272, color pls. 21, pls. 21, figs. 5, tables 10. British Museum Press, London 1997. £65. ISBN 0-741-2212-2.
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).
Reviewed by C.M. Havelock, AJA 103 (1999) 153-55.


Jenkins, Ian, and Kim Sloan.
Vases and Volcanoes: Sir William Hamilton and His Collection.
Pp. 320, color figs. 100, figs. 170. British Museum, London 1996. £25. ISBN 0-7141-1766-8 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.1.1 (January 1997).
Reviewed by D.W.J. Gill, AJA 101 (1997) 424-25.


Jennings, Jesse D.
Danger Cave.2 (University of Utah Anthropological Papers 27.)
Pp. xii+328, b&w fig. 246, tables 31, maps 1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City 1999. $24.50. ISBN 0-87480-612-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).


Jensen, Claus Kjeld, and Karen Høilund Nielsen eds.
Burial and Society: The Chronological and Social Analysis of Archaeological Burial Data.
Pp. 198, figs. 67, plan 1, maps 12, tables 8. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 1997. $29.95. ISBN 87-7288-686-2.
Listed in AJA 102.2 (April 1998).
Reviewed by J. Robb, AJA 103 (1999) 170-72.


Jeppesen, Kristian.
The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum.
Pp. 182, figs. 71, pls. 237, fold-out maps 4. Jutland Archaological Society, Hjbjerg 2000. $23.00. ISSN 0107-2854; ISBN 87-88415-03-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 105.2 (April 2001).
Reviewed by A.M. Carstens, AJA 106.2 (2002) 336-7.


Jeppesen, Kristian.
The Maussolleion at Halikarnsassos, 5: The Superstructure: A Comparative Analysis of the Architectural, Sculptural, and Literary Evidence. (Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition at Bodrum 5).
Pp. 262, b/w figs. 174, color figs. 3, pls 5. Jutland Archaelogical Society, Moesgaard 2002. Euro 34.00. ISSN 0107-2854; ISBN 87-88415-15-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.4 (October 2003).
Reviewed by A.M. Carstens, AJA 108.2 (2004) 291-2.


Jericke, Detlef.
Die Landnahme im Negev: Protoisraelitische Gruppen im Süden Palästinas. Eine archäologische und exegetische Studie. (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 20.)
Pp. xxi + 400, figs. 40, maps 11. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1997. DM 148. ISSN 0173-1904; ISBN 3-447-03895-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).


Jesch, Judith.
The Scandinavians from the Vandal Period to the Tenth Century: An Ethnographic Perspective. (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology 5.)
Pp. 374, maps 2. The Boydell Press, New York 2002. $85 (cloth). ISBN 0-85115-867-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 108.2 (April 2004).


Jeske, Robert J. and Douglas K. Charles, eds.
Theory, Method, and Practice in Modern Archaeology.
Pp. xvi + 392, figs. 48, tables 4, maps 1. Praeger, Westport 2003. $74.95. ISBN 0-89789-748-X (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.4 (October 2003).


Jettmar, Karl.
Beyond the Gorges of the Indus: Archaeology before Excavation. Pp. xix + 248, b&w figs. 14, color pls. 27, maps 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002. $35.00. ISBN 0-19-577979-7 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).


JOANNèS, FRANCIS.
Archives de Borsippa. La famille ea-Ilûta-Bâni. Étude d'un lot d'archives familiales en Babylonie du VIIIe and Ve siècle av. J.-C.. (École Pratique des Hautes Études--IVe Section. Sciences historiques et philologiques 2. Hautes Études Orientales 25.)
Pp. 444, pls. 13. Librairie Droz, Geneva 1989.
Listed in AJA 94.4 (October 1990).


Jochim, Michael A.
A Hunter-Gatherer Landscape: Southwest Germany in the Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic. (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology.)
Pp. xvii + 247, figs. 85, map 1, tables 29. Plenum Press, New York 1998. $49.50. ISBN 0-306-45740-7.
Listed in AJA 103.1 (January 1999).


JOFFE, ALEXANDER H. Settlement and Society in the Early Bronze Age I and II, Southern Levant: Complementarity and Contradiction in a Small-scale Complex Society. (Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology 4.)
Pp. 129, figs. 29, plans 3. Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield 1993. ISBN 1-85075-437-3.
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).
Reviewed by S.E. Falconer, AJA 99 (1995) 154-55.


Johannowsky, Werner.
Il Santuario sull'acropoli di Gortina, 2. (Monographie della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente 16.)
Pp. 120, figs. 2, pls. 65. Italian School of Archaeology, Athens 2002. ISBN 960-87405-0-9 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.3 (July 2003).


JOHANSEN, FLEMMING.
Greece in the Archaic Period: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Pp. 251, color figs. 24, figs.180, maps 2. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1994. ISBN 87-7452-143-8 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).


JOHANSEN, FLEMMING.
Greek Portraits: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Pp.163, figs. 205. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1992. ISBN 87-7452-136-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).


JOHANSEN, FLEMMING.
Greek Portraits.
Pp. 163, pls. 67, figs. 6. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1992. ISBN 87-7452-136-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.3 (July 1993).


JOHANSEN, FLEMMING.
Roman Portraits I: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Pp. 323, figs. 463. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1994. ISBN 87-7452-154-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).
Reviewed by S. Kane, AJA 100 (1996) 795-96


Johns, Catherine.
The Jewellery of Roman Britain: Celtic and Classical Traditions.
Pp. 246, color pls. 17, figs. 132. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1996. $49.50. ISBN 0-472-10766-6.
Listed in AJA 100.1.1 (January 1997).
Reviewed by M. Henig, AJA 101 (1997) 808-810


JOHNSEN, BERIT.
The Cosmic Wedding: A New Interpretation of South Scandinavian Rock Carvings, Stonehenge, and Other Manifestations of Bronze Age Religion. Pp. 165, figs. 103. Frydenlund, Copenhagen 2005. DKr 269. ISBN 87-7887-261-8 (paper).
Listed in AJA 110.3 (July 2006).


JOHNSON, AMBER, ED.
Processual Archaeology. Exploring Analytical Strategies, Frames of Reference, and Culture Process.
Pp. xvi + 348, figs. 39, tables 33, maps 8. Praeger, Westport CT 2004. $119.95. ISBN 0-275-97843-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 109.3 (July 2005).


JOHNSON, GARY J.
Early-Christian Epitaphs from Anatolia. (SBL Texts and Translations 35; Early Christian Literature 8.)
Pp. 161. Scholars Press, Atlanta 1995. $39.95. ISBN 0-7885-0120-8.
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).


Johnson, Jay K.
An Explicitly North American Perspective. (Remote Sensing in Archaeology). Pp. xvii + 322, figs. 142, tables 8, CD-ROM. The University of Alabama University Press, Tuscaloosa 2006. $34.50. ISBN 0-8173-5343-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.1 (January 2007).


Johnson, Matthew.
Archaeological Theory: An Introduction.
Pp. xv+240, b&w fig. 30. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford 1999. $24.95. ISBN 0-631-20296-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).
Reviewed by Louise A. Hitchcock, AJA 105 (2001) 330-1.


JOHNSON, MATTHEW.
An Archaeology of Capitalism.
Pp. 244, figs. 28, plans 10, maps 3.
Blackwell, Cambridge, Mass. 1995. $54.95. ISBN 1-55786-345-8.
Listed in AJA 100.3 (July 1996).


Johnson, Matthew.
Behind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance.
Pp. xix + 209, figs. 49. Routledge, London 2002. $25.95. ISBN 0-415-26100-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).


Johnson, Matthew.
Ideas of Landscape. Pp. xxii + 242, figs. 34. Blackwell Publishing, Malden Mass. 2007. $34.95. ISBN 1-4051-0160-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.1 (January 2007).


Johnston, Alan W.
Trademarks on Greek Vases. Addenda.
Pp. xiii + 257, figs. 132, b/w pls. 18. Aris and Phillips, Oxford 2006. $120. ISBN 0-85668-747-2 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 111.3 (July 2007).


Johnston, Alan, and Christina Souyoudzolou-Haywood.
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Ireland 1, University College Dublin, University College Cork.
Pp. 80, pls. 60. University College Dublin Classical Museum Publications 2000. £55. ISBN 1-902277-26-0 (cloth).
Reviewed by K.W. Arafat, AJA 109.4 (2005) 804-6.


JOHNSTON, DAVID E., ED.
Discovering Roman Britain.2 (Discovering Books 272.)
Pp. 192, figs. 64, maps 7. Shire Publications, Buckinghamshire 1993. ISBN 0-7478-0212-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).


Johnston, David.
Roman Law in Context. (Key Themes in Ancient History.)
Pp. x+153. Cambridge University, Cambridge 1999. $54.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-521-63046-0 (cloth), 0-521-63961-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).


Johnston, David E.
Roman Villas3. (Shire Archaeology 11.)
Pp. 72, b/w figs. 7, color figs. 33, ills. 9, plans 21, maps 3. Shire Publications, Buckinghamshire 2004. £5.99. ISBN 0-7478-0600-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 109.2 (April 2005).


Johnston, Sarah Iles.
Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and Dead in Ancient Greece.
Pp. xxi+329. University of California Press, Berkeley 1999. $40.00. ISBN 0-520-21707-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.1 (January 2000).


Jöhrens, Gerhard.
Amphorenstempel im Nationalmuseum von Athen zu den von H.G. Lolling aufgenommenen "Unedierten Henkelinschriften." Mit meinem Anhang: Die Amphorenstempel in der Sammlung der Abteilung Athen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Athen.)
Pp. xvii + 335, pls. 4. Mainz, von Zabern 1999. DM 148; Euro 75.67. ISBN 3-8053-2645-9 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 105.1 (January 2001).


Jones, Andrew.
Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice. (Topics in Contemporary Archaeology.)
Pp. xv + 206, figs. 37, tables 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. $55.00. ISBN 0-521-79060-3 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.4 (October 2003).


Jones, Andrew, and Gavin MacGregor, eds.
Colouring the Past: The Significance of Colour in Archaeological Research.
Pp. xv + 250, b/w figs. 34, color pls. 12, tables 12, maps 4. Berg, Oxford 2002. $22.50. ISBN 1-85973-547-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 107.2 (April 2003).
Reviewed by I. Good, AJA 109.4 (2005) 796-7.


JONES, BARRI, AND DAVID MATTINGLY.
An Atlas of Roman Britain. (Blackwell Reference.)
Pp. 341, maps 273, pls. 99, figs. 13. Basil Blackwell, Cambridge, Mass. 1990. ISBN 0-631-13791-2 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 95.4 (October 1991).
Reviewed by R.L. Fitts, AJA 96 (1992) 574-75.


JONES, DILWYN.
Boats. (Egyptian Bookshelf series.)
Pp. 100, color pls. 8, figs. 60. University of Texas Press, Austin 1995. $17.95. ISBN 0-292-74039-5.
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).
Reviewed by C. Haldane, AJA 100 (1996) 635-34.


JONES, F. STANLEY.
An Ancient Jewish Christian Source on the History of Christianity: Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions 1.27-71.
Pp. 225. Scholars Press, Atlanta 1995. $39.95. ISBN 0-7885-0118-6.
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).


JONES, JOHN R. MELVILLE.
Testimonia Numaria: Greek and Latin Texts concerning Ancient Greek Coinage 1: Texts and Translations.
Pp. 544. Spink, London 1993. ISBN 0-907605-40-0.
Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).


Jones, Charles C., jr.
Antiquities of the Southern Indians, Particularly of the Georgia Tribes. (Classics in Southeastern Archaeology.)
Pp. xlviii+534, b&w pls. 31. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1999. $29.95. ISBN 0-8173-1004-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).


Jones, David E.
Native North American Armor, Shields, and Fortifications.
Pp. 232, ills. 18. University of Texas Press, Austin 2004. $55 (cloth)/$24.95 (paper). ISBN 0-292-70170-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 108.4 (October 2004).


Jones, Donald W.
Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Mimoan Crete: A Comparison of Artifacts. (SIMA, PB 156.)
Pp. iv+108, tables 13. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered 1999. SEK 150. ISBN 91-7081-153-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.4 (October 1999).


Jones, Julie, ed.
Jade in Ancient Costa Rica .
Pp. 144, ill. 90. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1998. $25.00. ISBN 0-87099-878-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).


JONES, MARTIN, ED.
Traces of Ancestry: Studies in Honour of Colin Renfrew. Pp. xi + 161, figs. 45, tables 9. McDonald Institute of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge 2004. ISBN 1-902937-25-2 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 110.1 (January 2006).


Jones, Siân.
The Archaeology of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities in the Past and Present.
Pp. xii + 180, figs. 8. Routledge, New York 1997. $65. ISBN 0-415-14157-5.
Listed in AJA 102.1 (January 1998).
Reviewed by G. Emberling, AJA 103 (1999) 126-27.


JONES-BLEY, KARLENE, and D.G. ZDANOVICH.
Complex Societies of Central Eurasia from the 3rd to the 1st Millennium BC. Regional Specifics in Light of Global Models, 2 vols. (JIES, 45-46.)
Vol. 1: Ethnos, Language, Culture; General Problems; Studying Sintashta; The Eneolithic and Bronze Ages. Pp. xxxviii + 343, figs. 57, tables 9, maps 8. Vol. 2: The Iron Age; Archaeoecology, Geoarchaeology, and Paleogeography; Beyond Central Eurasia. Pp. xiv + 290, figs. 78, tables 8, maps 27. Institute for the Study of Man, Washington D.C. 2002. ISBN 0-941694-83-6 (vol. 1, paper), 0-941694-86-0 (vol. 2, paper).
Listed in AJA 109.3 (July 2005).


JONGSTE, PETER F.B.
The Twelve Labours of Hercules on Roman Sarcophagi.
Pp. 158, figs. 88. "L'ERMA" di Bretschneider, Rome 1992. ISBN 88-7062-730-6.
Listed in AJA 97.2 (April 1993).


JORDAN, DAVID, AND JOHN TRAILL, eds.
Lettered Attica. A Day of Attic Epigraphy. Actes du symposium d'Athènes / Proceedings of the Athens Symposium 8 mars/March 2000 with a memoir by / avec un mémoire par Johannes Kirchner. (CAIA 3.) Pp. vii + 167, b/w figs. 21, color 1. Canadian Archeaologcal Institute at Athens, Toronto 2003. $60. ISBN 0-9685232-5-0 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 110.1 (January 2006).


Jordan, Paul.
Riddles of the Sphinx.
Pp. 24 + 222, color pls. 60, pls. 50, figs. 15. New York University Press, New York 1998. $39.95. ISBN 0-8147-4242-4.
Listed in AJA 102.4 (October 1998).


Jørgensen, Conni-Kay
La Visione esistenziale nei romani di Elsa Morante. (Alalecta Romana Instituti Danici Suppl. 26.) Pp. 133. "L'ERMA" di Bretschneider, Rome, 1999. Lit 100,000; $59.00; EUR 52.00. ISBN 88-8265-078-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).


Joseph, J. W., and Martha Zierden, eds. (with a foreword by Julia A. King).
Another's Country: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies. Pp. xvii + 282, figs. 67, tables 4. The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2002. $29.95. ISBN 0-8173-1129-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).


JOUKOWSKY, MARTHA SHARP, ED.
The Heritage of Tyre.
Pp. 188, figs. 131. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque 1992. ISBN 0-8403-7097-0.
Listed in AJA 96.4 (October 1992).


Joukowsky, Martha Sharp.
Early Turkey: Anatolian Archaeology from Prehistory through the Lydian Period.
Pp. 493, figs. 350, plans 28, maps 17, tables 6. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque 1996. ISBN 0-7872-2141-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 101.3 (July 1997).


Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 1:1 (March 1994). Plenum Press, New York and London. ISSN 1072-5369.
Listed in AJA 99.2 (April 1995).


Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 1.1.
Pp. 110, figs. 6, tables 4. Plenum Press, New York 1994. ISSN 1072-5369.
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).
Reviewed by M. Fotiadis, AJA 100 (1996) 440-41.


Joyce, Rosemary A., and Susan D. Gillespie, eds.
Beyond Kinship. Social and Material Reproduction in House Societies.
Pp. xii + 269, figs. 23, tables 2. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2000. $49.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8122-3546-0 (cloth), 0-8122-1723-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 105.1 (January 2001).


Julien, Catherine.
Reading Inca History. Pp. xii + 338, tables 33, maps 4. The University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 2002. $24.95. ISBN 0-87745-797-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).


Jünger, Frank.
Gespann und Herrschaft. Form und Intention großformatiger Gespanndenkmäler im griechischen Kulturraum von der archaischen bis in die hellenistische Zeit. (Antiquitates Archäologische Forschungsergebnisse 36). Pp. x + 409, figs. 56. Verlag Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2006. Euro 250. ISBN 3-8300-2279-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.1 (January 2007).


Junkelmann, Marcus.
Das Spiel mit dem Tod: So Kämpften Roms Gladiatoren.
Pp. 196, ills. 334. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz 2000. DM 128.00; Euro 40.90. ISBN 3-8053-2563-0 (cloth). .
Listed in AJA 105.3 (July 2001).
Reviewed by S.M. Cerutti, AJA 106.2 (2002) 343-4.


Junkelmann, Marcus.
Panis Militaris: Die Ernährung des römischen Soldaten oder der Grundstoff der Macht. (Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt 75.)
Pp. 254, color pls. 18, color figs. 10, figs. 84. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1997. DM 68. ISBN 3-8053-2332-8.
Listed in AJA 102.2 (April 1998).


Junkelmann, Marcus.
Römische Helme, 8: Sammlung Axel Guttmann.
Pp. 208, figs. 112. Philipp Von Zabern, Mainz 2000. DM 120.00; Euro 65.45. ISBN 3-8053-1670-4 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 105.3 (July 2001).


JUNKER, KLAUS.
Der ältere Tempel im Heraion am Sele: Verzierte Metopen im architektonischen Kontext. (Arbeiten zur Archäologie.)
Pp. 196, pls. 36. Böhlau, Cologne 1993. ISBN 3-412-11292-5.
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).


Junker, Klaus
Das Archäologische Institut des Deutschen Reiches zwischen Forschung und Politik: Die Jahre 1929 bis 1945.
Pp. 104. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1997. DM 26.75 / EUR 13.68. ISBN 3-8053-2339-5.
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).


Junker, Klaus.
Aus Mythos und Lebenswelt: Griechische Vasen aus der Sammlung der Universität Mainz.
Pp. 108, b&w ill 71. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1999. DM 36.00, EUR 18.40. ISBN 3-88462-157-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).


Junker, Klaus.
Pseudo-Homerica: Kunst und Epos im spätarchaischen Athen. (Winckelmannsprogramm 141.)
Pp. 47, pls. 14. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin 2003. § 13.80. ISSN 0178-1154; ISBN 3-11-018034-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 108.4 (October 2004).


Jupp, Peter C., and Clare Gittings, eds.
Death in England: An Illustrated History.
Pp. xiv + 381, color ills. 21, b&w ills. 121. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 2000. $60.00 (cloth); $30.00 (paper). ISBN 0-8135-2788-0 (cloth); 0-8135-2789-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).


Justice, Noel D.
Field Guide to Projectile Points of the Midwest.
Pp. xiii + 53, figs. 11. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2001. $12.95. ISBN 0-253-33931-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).


JUSTICE, NOEL D.
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States: A Modern Survey and Reference.
Pp. 304, color pls. 8, maps 104. Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN 1995. $24.95. ISBN 0-253-20985-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.2 (April 1996).


Justice, Noel D.
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Southwestern United States.
Pp. xx + 427, figs. 34, b&w pls. 2, color pls. 8, 52 maps. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2002. $59.95. ISBN 0-253-33912-X (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).


Justice, Noel D.
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin.
Pp.xxi + 531, figs. 37, b&w pls. 1, color pls. 8, maps 53. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2002. $59.95. ISBN 0-253-3391-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).


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