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Nabokov, Peter.
A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History. Pp. x + 246, figs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002. $20.00. ISBN 0-521-56874-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002) and 107.1 (January 2003).

NAGLE, D. BRENDAN.
The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle's Polis. Pp. xii + 352, figs. 15, map 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006. $80. ISBN 0-521-84934-9 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 110.3 (July 2006).

Nagy, Gregory.
Homeric Questions.
Pp. 192. University of Texas Press, Austin 1996. $12.95. ISBN 0-292-75562-7.
Listed in AJA 101.2 (April 1997).

Naissance des arts chrétiens: Atlas des monuments paléochrétiens de la France.
Pp. 434, figs. 413. Ministère de la Culture/Imprimerie nationale éditions, Paris 1991. ISBN 2-11-081114-5.
Listed in AJA 97.1 (January 1993).

Reviewed by C.J. Hemans, AJA 99 (1995) 748-49.

Napoli, Joëlle.
Recherches sur les fortifications linéaires romaines. (CEFR 229.)
Pp. vi + 532, pls. 52, figs. 381, tables 41. École française de Rome, Rome 1997. ISSN 0223-5099; ISBN 2-7283-0371-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).

Reviewed by Z.T. Fiema, AJA 103 (1999) 348-52.

Nardelli, Bruna.
I Cammei del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia. (Collezioni e musei archeologici del Veneto 43.)
Pp. 123, b&w figs. 2, color figs. 89, table 1. Giorgio Bretschneider, Rome 1999. Lit 500,000. ISBN 88-7689-172-2, ISSN 0392-0879 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.3 (July 2000).

Nash, Stephen E., ed.
It's about Time: A History of Archaeological Dating in North America.
Pp. viii + 296, ills. 11, tables 7. University of Utah, Salt Lake City 2000. $45. ISBN 0-87480-621-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.3 (July 2000). Naso, Alessandro.
I bronzi etruschi e italici del Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum; Kataloge vor- und frühgeschichtlicher Altertümer 33). Pp. vii + 430, figs. 202, pls. 106, tables 3. Verlag des Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseums, Mainz 2003. ISBN 3-88467-080-2 (cloth).

Reviewed by G. Warden, AJA 110.3 (2006) online: http://www.ajaonline.org/onlinebookreviews.

NASO, ALESSANDRO.
La Tomba dei Denti di Lupo a Cerveteri. (Biblioteca di "Studi Etruschi" 23.)
Pp. 160, pls. 15, figs. 34. Leo S. Olschki, Florence 1991. ISBN 88-222-3880-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 96.4 (October 1992).

Naso, Alessandro.
Architetture dipinte: Decorazioni parietali non figurate nelle tombe a camera dell'Etruria meridionale (VIIV sec. a.C.). (Bibliotheca archaeologica 18.)
Pp. 497, color pls. 47, figs. 159, plans 138, maps 16. "L'ERMA" di Bretschneider, Rome 1996. Lit 500,000. ISBN 88-7062-929-5.
Listed in AJA 100.1.1 (January 1997).

Reviewed by D.M. Newland, AJA 101 (1997) 608-609

NASO, ALESSANDRO ED.
Stranieri e non cittadini nei santuari greci. Atti del convegno internazionale. (Studi Udinesi sul Mondo Antico). Pp. ix + 582, figs. 65, plan 1. Felice Le Monnier, Florence 2006. ISBN 88-00-86103-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 110.4 (October 2006).

NEEFT, C.W.
Addenda et Corrigenda to D.A. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting in the Archaic Period. (Allard Pierson Series: Scripta Minora 3).
Pp. 167. Allard Pierson Series, Amsterdam 1991. ISBN 90-71211-18-5.
Listed in AJA 96.2 (April 1992).

Neer, Richard T.
Style and Politics in Athenian Vase-Painting: The Craft of Democracy, ca. 530-460 B.C.E.
Pp. xxii + 306, figs. 101. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 2002. $80.00. ISBN 0-521-79111-1 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).

Reviewed by John H. Oakley , AJA 107.3 (2003) 509-10.

NEEV, DAVID, AND K.O. EMERY.
The Destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Jericho: Geological, Climatological, and Archaeological Background.
Pp. 175, figs. 44, maps 8, tables 5. Oxford University Press, New York 1995. $35. ISBN 0-19-509094-2.
Listed in AJA 100.3 (July 1996).

Nefedkin, Alexander.
Chariotry of the Ancient Greeks, 16th-1st Centuries B.C. (in Russian with English summary).
Pp. 528, figs. and maps 274 (unnumbered). Peterburskoe Vostokovedenie, Sankt-Petersburg 2001. ISBN 5-85803-181-1 (cloth).

Reviewed by P. Taracha, AJA 107.4 (2003) 673-5.

NEFF, HECTOR ED.
Ceramics in Archaeology: Readings from American Antiquity 1936-2002. Pp. 370, fig. 78, tables 43. Society for American Archaeology, Washington DC. $37.95. ISBN 0-932839-29-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 109.4 (October 2005).

NEGAHBAN, EZAT O.
Excavations at Haft Tepe, Iran. (University Museum Monograph 70.)
Pp. 156, figs. 13, pls. 58, plans 7. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 199l. ISBN 0-934718-89-X.
Listed in AJA 96.1 (January 1992).

Negahban, Ezat O.
Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report III. (University Museum Monograph 87.) 2 vols. I: pp. 408, figs. 26, maps 6, tables 21; II: color pls. 32, pls. 140, figs. 35. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1996. $195. ISBN 0-924171-32-4.
Listed in AJA 101.3 (July 1997).

Reviewed by U. Löw, AJA 103 (1999) 546-48.

NEGEV, AVRAHAM.
Personal Names in the Nabatean Realm. (Qedem 32.)
Pp. 228. Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 1991. ISSN 0333-5844.
Listed in AJA 97.2 (April 1993).

Negev, Avraham.
The Architecture of Oboda: Final Report. (Qedem 36.)
Pp. 214, color pls. 2, pls. 5, photographs 294, figs. 27. Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 1997. $44. ISSN 0333-5844.
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).

Reviewed by D.F. Graf, AJA 104 (2000) 154.

NEIIENDAM, KLAUS.
The Art of Acting in Antiquity: Iconographical Studies in Classical, Hellenistic and Byzantine Theatre.
Pp. 150, figs. 43. Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1992. ISBN 87-7289-219-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).

Reviewed by E.A. Hall, AJA 101 (1997) 154-58

NEILS, JENIFER.
Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens.
Pp. 227, figs. 232. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1992. ISBN 0-691-00223-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.4 (October 1993).

Neils, Jennifer.
The Parthenon Frieze.
Pp. xix + 294, figs. 180, CD-ROM 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001. $65.00. ISBN 0-521-64161-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.2 (April 2002).

Neils, Jenifer, ed.
Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon. (Wisconsin Studies in the Classics.)
Pp. 261, figs. 36, plan 1, tables 4. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 1996. $22.95. ISBN 0-299-15114-X.
Listed in AJA 101.3 (July 1997).

Reviewed by R. Osborne, AJA 102 (1998) 203-204.

Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg.
Corpus vasorum antiquorum. USA 35: The Cleveland Museum of Art 2.
Pp. 64, pls. 57. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland 2000. $1000. ISBN 0-940717-61-1 (cloth).

Reviewed by J. Michael Padgett, AJA 106.1 (2002) 135-7.

Neils, Jenifer, and John H. Oakley.
Coming of Age in Ancient Greece. Images of Childhood from the Classical Past.
Pp. xvii + 384, chart 1, figs. 421. Yale University Press, New Haven 2003. $65 (cloth); $45 (paper). ISBN 0-300-09959-2 (cloth); 0-300-09960-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 108.2 (April 2004).

Review by M.J. Becker, AJA 110.4 (2006) 655-658.

NEILS, JENIFER, ed.
The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present. Pp xvi + 430, figs. 142, pls 14. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005. $75. ISBN 0-521-82093-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 110.1 (January 2006).

Neira, M.L., and T. Ma-anes.
Mosaicos Romanos de Valladolid. (Corpus de Mosaicos de Espa-a 11.)
Pp. 128, color pls. 16, pls. 24, figs 7, plans 3. Madrid, Departamento de Historia Antigua y Arqueología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 1998. ISBN 84-00-07716-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.2 (April 1999).

Nelson, Sarah M., with K. Lynn Berry, Richard F. Carrillo, Bonnie J. Clark, Lori E. Rhodes, and Dean Saitta.
Denver. An Archaeological History.
Pp. x + 273, figs. 104. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2001. $45.00; £31.50. ISBN 0-8122-3591-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).

NELSON, MARGARET C., SARAH M. NELSON, AND ALISON WYLIE EDS.
Equity Issues for Women in Archeology. (Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 5.)
Pp. 235, figs. 25, tables 29. American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. 1994. $40.00. ISBN 0-913167-67-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).

Reviewed by T. Cullen, AJA 100 (1996) 409-14.

Nelson, Margaret C.
Mimbres during the Twelfth Century: Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization.
Pp. 256, figs. 33, tables 21. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1999. $35.00. ISBN 0-8165-1868-8 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

Nelson, Sarah Milledge.
Gender in Archaeology: Analyzing Power and Prestige.
Pp. 240. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek 1997. $19.95. ISBN 0-7619-9116-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 102.2 (April 1998).

Nelson, Sarah Milledge, ed.
Ancient Queens. Archaeological Explorations.
Pp. viii + 200, figs. 61, table 1. Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek 2003. $75 (cloth); $32.95 (paper). ISBN 0-7591-0345-3 (cloth); 0-7591-0346-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 108.2 (April 2004).

Nelson, Sarah Milledge, and Myriam Rosen-Ayalon, eds.
In Pursuit of Gender: Worldwide Archaeological Approaches.
Pp. x + 433, figs. 93, tables 29, maps 9. Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, CA 2002. 34.95. ISBN 0-7591-0087-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.3 (July 2002).

Reviewed by L.E. Talalay, AJA 107.4 (2003) 661-3.

Nenna, Marie-Dominique, ed.
La Route du verre: Ateliers primaires et secondaires du second millénaire av. J.-C. au Moyen Age.
Pp. 175, figs. 81, color pls. 6. Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen-Jean Pouilloux, Lyon 2000. ISSN 0766-0510; ISBN 2-903264-75-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 105.4 (October 2001).

Nenna, Marie-Dominique.
Exploration archéologique de Délos, 37: Les Verres.
Pp. iv + 216, b&w pls. 58, color pls. 8, tables 3, map 1. De Boccard, Paris 1999. 580 FF. ISBN 2-86958-099-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.3 (July 2000).

Nerantzes, Ioannes G.
Epigrapees kai arkhaiologika euremata arkhaias Akarnanias sto mouseio Thyrreiou Akarnanias (modern Greek) / Inscriptions and Archaeological Finds of Ancient Akarnania in the Thyrreion Museum, Akarnania (trans.).
Pp. 128, photographs 22. Ekdoseis Agrinion Arkheion Arkhaiologias kai Istorias Dutikes Stereas Ellados, Agrinion 1994. ISBN 960-85583-0-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).

Nerantzes, Ioannes G.
E Arkhaia stratike Akarnanias: Mnemeiake topographia, epigrapees kai arkhaiologika euremata / Military History of Ancient Akarnania: Topography, Monuments, Inscriptions, and Archaeological Finds (trans.)
Pp. 158, figs. 22, photographs 18. Ekdoseis Agrinion Arkheion Arkhaiologias kai Istorias Dutikes Stereas Ellados, Agrinion 1997. ISBN 960-85583-1-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).

Nerantzes, Ioannes G.
Proïstorikes phyletikes latreies Aitolon kai Agraion / Prehistoric Tribal Cults of the Aitolians and Agraians (trans.).
Pp. 352, pls. 16, maps 5. Istorikes Ekdoseis Stephanos D. Basilopoulos, Athens 2000. ISBN 960-7731-23-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.1 (January 2002).

Ness, Lester.
Written in the Stars: Ancient Zodiac Mosaics. (Marco Polo Monographs.)
Pp. viii + 258, figs. 27, maps 3. Shangri-La Publications, Warren Center PA 1999. $34.50. ISBN 0-9677201-1-7 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.2 (April 2002).

Netzer, Ehud.
Die Paläste der Hasmonäer und Herodes' des Großen. (Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie.)
Pp. 132, figs. 173. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1999. DM 68.00. ISBN 3-8053-2011-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 103.3 (July 1999).

NEUDECKER, RICHARD.
Die Pracht der Latrine: Zum Wandel öffentlicher Bedürfnisanstalten in der kaiserzeitlichen Stadt. (Studien zur antiken Stadt 1.)
Pp. 175, figs. 39, color plan 1, plans 31, table 1. Pfeil, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-923871-86-4.
Listed in AJA 100.3 (July 1996).

Reviewed by A.O. Koloski-Ostrow, AJA 101 (1997) 428-29.

Neudecker, Richard, and Maria Grazia Granino Cecere.
Antike Skulpturen und Inschriften im Institutum Archaeologicum Germanicum. (Palilia 2.)
Pp. 196, figs. 206. Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden 1997. DM 68. ISBN 3-89500-039-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 103.1 (January 1999).

NEUMEISTER, CHRISTOFF.
Das antike Rom: Ein literarischer Stadtführer.
Pp. 328, figs. 77. C.H. Beck, Munich 1991. ISBN 3-406-35375-4.
Listed in AJA 97.1 (January 1993).

Neuser, Jacob, and James F. Strange, eds.
Religious Texts and Material Contexts. (Studies in Ancient Judaism.)
Pp. x + 319, figs. 40, tables 2. University Press of America, Lanham MD 2001. $53.00. ISBN 0-7618-2062-0 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.2 (April 2002).

NEUSTUPNY, EVZEN.
Archaeological Method.
Pp. 187, tables 13. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993. ISBN 0-521-38076-6.
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).

NEVE, PETER.
Hattusa--Stadt der Götter und Tempel: Neue Ausgrabungen in der Hauptstadt der Hethiter. (Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 8.)
Pp. 88, figs. 241. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1993. ISBN 3-8053-1478-7.
Listed in AJA 98.1 (January 1994).

Nevett, Lisa C.
House and Society in the Ancient Greek World.
Pp.xi+222, b&w figs. 58, b&w pls. 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999. $64.95. ISBN 0-521-64349 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.1 (January 2000).

Reviewed by Marshall Joseph Becker, AJA 105 (2001) 552-4.

NEVILLE, CYNTHIA J.
Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland: The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c. 1140-1365. Pp. xv + 255, tables 2, maps 2. Four Courts Press, Portland 2005. $65. ISBN 1-85182-890-7 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 110.1 (January 2006).

NEWBY, MARTIN, AND KENNETH PAINTER.
Roman Glass: Two Centuries of Art and Invention. (The Society of Antiquaries of London, Occasional Paper 13.)
Pp. 175, pls. 38, figs. 29, tables 1. London 1991. ISBN 0-85431-255-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 96.2 (April 1992).

NEWBY, ZAHRA.
Greek Athletics in the Roman World: Victory and Virtue. Pp. xiv + 314, figs. 87, pls. 9. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 2005. $150. ISBN 0-19-927930-6.
Listed in AJA 110.3 (July 2006).

Newell, Raymond R., and Trinette S. Constandse-Westermann.
Late Glacial-Early Postglacial Hunting Strategies and Land-use Practices in the Swabian Alb and Surrounding Regions (Southwestern B.R.D.). (Making Cultural Ecology Relevant to Archaeological Research 4.)
Pp. xviii + 250, figs. 134, tables 85. Van Gorcum, Assen 1999. DFl 125. ISBN 90-232-3437-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.3 (July 2000).

Newsome, elizabeth A.
Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World: The Serial Stela Cycle of "18-Rabbit-god K," King of Copan. (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies.)
Pp. xx + 272, figs. 43, ills. 112, tables 4, maps 6. University of Texas Press, Austin 2001. $45.00. ISBN 0-292-75572-4 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.2 (April 2002).

NICHOLAS, ILENE M.
The Proto-Elamite Settlement at Tuv. (Malyan Excavation Reports I,.University Museum Monograph 69.)
Pp. l66, figs. 38, pls. 37. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1990. ISBN 0-934718-86-5.
Listed in AJA 96.1 (January 1992).

Nichols, Deborah L., and Thomas H. Carlton eds.
The Archaeology of City-States. (Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry.)
Pp. xvi + 335, figs. 84, tables 14. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 1997. $60. ISBN 1-56098-746-4.
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).

NICHOLSON, PAUL T.
Egyptian Faience and Glass. (Shire Egyptology 19.)
Pp. 80, figs. 58. Shire Publications, Buckinghamshire 1993. ISBN 0-7478-0195-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).

Nicholson, Paul T., and Ian Shaw
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology.
Pp. xxii + 702, figs. 320, tables 28, maps 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000. $160.00. ISBN 0-521-45257-0 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).

Reviewed by Jaromir Malek, AJA 105 (2001) 339-40.

Nicolini, Gérard, ed.
Les ors des mondes grec et barbare. Actes du colloque de la Société d'Archéologie Classique du 18 novembre 2000. (Société d'Archéologie Classique). Pp. 261, figs. 142, pls. 18. Picard, Paris 2006. Euro 45. ISBN 2-7084-0769-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.1 (January 2007).

Nicolle, Christophe.
Tell Mohammed Diyab, 3. Travaux de 1992-2000 sur les buttes A et B. Pp. xi + 273, figs. 161, b/w pls. 38, tables 40. Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, Paris 2006. Euro 45. ISBN 2-86538-309-1 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.2 (April 2007).

Nicolle, David.
Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour.
Pp. ix + 280, figs. 365. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2002. $60.00. ISBN 0-85115-872-2 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.2 (April 2003).

Niditch, Susan.
Ancient Israelite Religion.
Pp. 146, figs. 8, maps 3. Oxford University Press, New York 1997. $25. ISBN 0-19-509127-2.
Listed in AJA 101.4 (October 1997).

NIELSEN, ANNE MARIE.
The Cypriote Collection: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Pp. 111, color figs. 11, figs. 126, maps 1. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1992. ISBN 87-7452-101-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 100.1 (January 1996).

NIELSEN, ANNE MARIE.
The Cypriote Collection. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Catalogues.)
Pp. 111, figs. 160. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1992. ISBN 87-7452-101-2 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.4 (October 1993).

Nielsen, Anne Marie, Lone Wriedt Sorensen, Karin Nys, and Paul Astrom.
The Vase Collection in the Odense University. (SIMA XX:22; Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities 22.) Pp. 45, pls. 73. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered 2001. $28.50. ISBN 91-7081-185-7 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).

NIELSEN, INGE, AND BIRTE POULSEN EDS.
The Temple of Castor and Pollux: The Pre-Augustan Temple Phases with Related Decorative Elements. (Lavori e Studi di Archeologia Pubblicati dalla Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma.)
Pp. 238, pls. 49, color pls. 16, figs. 262. Edizioni de Luca, Rome 1992. ISBN 88-8016-015-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.3 (July 1995).

Reviewed by R.B. Ulrich, AJA 100 (1996) 193-94.

NIELSEN, INGE.
Hellenistic Palaces: Tradition and Renewal. (Studies in Hellenistic Civilization 5.)
Pp. 341, pls. 44, figs. 115. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 1994. $40.00. ISBN 87-7288-445-2.
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995) & 107.3 (July 2003).

Reviewed by D.W. Roller, AJA 109.2 (2005) 315-7.

NIELSEN, INGE.
Thermae et Balnea. The Architecture and Cultural History of Roman Public Baths. I. Text:
Pp. 194. II. Catalogue and Plates:
Pp. 212, figs. 260. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 1990. ISBN 87-7288-212-3.
Listed in AJA 96.1 (January 1992).

Reviewed by F.K. Yegül, AJA 97 (1993) 185-86.

Nielsen, Inge.
The Royal Palace Institution in the First Millenium BC: Regional Development and Cultural Interchange between East and West. (Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 4.) Pp. 317, figs. 154. The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens 2001. $39.95. ISSN 1397-1433; ISBN 87-7934-004-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).

Reviewed by L. Nevett, AJA 108.4 (2004) 653.

NIELSEN, MARJATTA, ED.
The Classical Heritage in Nordic Art and Architecture: Acts of the Seminar Held at the University of Copenhagen 1st-3rd November 1988. (Acta Hyperborea 2.)
Pp. 300, pls. 16, figs. 132. Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1990. ISBN 87-7289-097-5 (paper).
Listed in AJA 97.4 (October 1993).

Nielsen, Inge.
Hellenistic Palaces. (Studies in Hellenistic Civilization 5.)
Pp. 355, figs. 34, plans 92, table 1. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 1999. $49.95. ISBN 87-7288-645-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.1 (January 2000).

Reviewed by E. Kosmetatou, AJA 104 (2000) 809-11.

Nielsen, Svend
The Domestic Mode of Production and Beyond: An Archaeological Inquiry into Urban Trends in Denmark, Iceland and Predynastic Egypt.
Pp. 392, figs. 51. Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftselskab, Copenhagen 1999. Dkr 400. ISSN 0105-578X; ISBN 87-87483-45-9 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).

Nielsen, Thomas Heine, ed.
Even More Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis. (Papers from the Cophenhagen Polis Centre 6, Historia Einzelschriften 162.)
Pp. 294, figs. 17, pls. 1, maps 3. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2002. Euro 64.00. ISBN 3-515-08102-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 107.2 (April 2003).

Nielsen, Thomas Heine, and James Roy, eds.
Defining Ancient Arkadia. (Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre 6.)
Pp. 491, ills 10, figs. 12, maps 4. C.A. Reitzel, Copenhagen 2000. Dkr 620. ISSN 0023-2307; ISBN 87-7876-160-3 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).

Reviewed by G. Salapata, AJA 105.4 (2001) 732-3.

Niemeyer, Hans Georg.
Semata: Über den Sinn griechischer Standbilder. (Sitzungen der Joachim Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 14.1.)
Pp. 83, figs. 6, pls. 8. Joachim Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Hamburg 1996. DM 24. ISBN 3-525-86288-1.
Listed in AJA 101.2 (April 1997).

NIEMEYER, H.G., R.F. DOCTER, K. SCHMIDT, and B. BECHTOLD, EDS. (with contributions by H.R. BALDUS, C. BRIESE, F.O. HVIDBERG-HANSEN, I. KEESMANN, J.M. KLEWSSING, H. KOENS, H.J. KROLL, C. KUNZE, D. KURTH, J. LUND, K. MANSEL, H.P. MÜLLER, W. VAN NEER, P. NUKOOP, A. PESERICO, A. RINDELAUB, W. RÖLLIG, E.L. SCHWANDNER, L. LAJIMI SEBAÏ, A. SVEIKAUSKAITE, and L.H. VAN WIJNGAARDEN-BAKKER).
Karthago, 2. Die Ergebnisse der Hamburger Grabung unter dem Decumanus Maximus (Hamburger Forschungen zur Archäologie). 2 Vols.
Vol. 1, Grabungs-und Baubefund, Häuser und Strassen, die Funde I; Belagen. Pp. viii + 430, figs. 227, Beilagen (fold-out plans) 17. Vol. 2, Die Funde II, Tafeln 1-58. Pp. viii + 439, figs. 237, pls. 58. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2007. Euro 115. ISBN 978-3-8053-3684-0 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 111.4 (October 2007).

Niemi, Tina M., Zvi Ben-Avraham, and Joel R. Gat eds.
The Dead Sea: The Lake and Its Setting. (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 14.)
Pp. ix + 286, color pls. 2, figs. 191, tables 40. Oxford University Press, New York 1997. $75. ISBN 0-19-508703-8.
Listed in AJA 102.3 (July 1998).

Niklasson, Karin H.
Cypriote Archaeology in Göteborg. Papers Presented at a Symposium on Cypriote Archaeology Held in Göteborg 20 May 1998. (SIMA-PB 157.)
Pp. 114, b&w fig. 33, tables 1, maps 1. Paul Åström, Jonsered 1999. $23.90. ISBN 91-7081-146-6 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).

NITECKI, MATTHEW H., AND DORIS V. NITECKI EDS.
Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans. (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology.)
Pp. 341, figs. 33, tables 12. Plenum Press, New York 1994. ISBN 0-306-44675-8.
Listed in AJA 98.3 (July 1994).

Niven, Laura.
The Palaeolithic Occupation of Vogelherd Cave. Implications for the Subsistence Behavior of Late Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans.
Pp. 312, figs. 84, tables 61. Kerns Verlag, Tübingen 2006. Euro 39.95. ISBN 3-935751-04-4 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 111.3 (July 2007).

Nixon, Lucia.
Making a Landscape Sacred. Outlying Churches and Icon Stands in Sphakia, Southwest Crete. Pp. xii + 180, figs. 4, color pls. 21, tables 13. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2006. $48. ISBN 1-84217-206-9 (paper).
Listed in AJA 111.1 (January 2007).

NOACK-HALEY, SABINE.
Mozarabischer Baudekor 1: Die Kapitelle. (Madrider Beiträge 19.)
Pp. 210, pls. 61, figs. 55. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1991. ISBN 3-8053-1147-8 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 96.2 (April 1992).

Nolan, Riall.
Development Anthropology. Encounters in the Real World. Pp. xvii + 345, figs. 28, tables 37. Westview Press, Boulder 2002. $90.00 (cloth), $35.00 (paper). ISBN 0-8133-0983-0 (cloth), 0-8133-0984-0 (paper).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).

NOLEN, JEANNETTE U. SMIT.
Cerâmicas e Vidros de Torre de Ares Balsa, incluindo o espólio ósseo e medieval.
Pp. 256, pls. 54, figs. 42, tables 18. Instituto Português de Museus, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia 1994. ISBN 972-8137-15-X (paper).
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).

Nolte, Silvia.
Steinbruch, Werkstatt, Skulptur. Untersuchungen zu Aufbau und Organisation griechischer Bildhauerwerkstätten. (Beihefte zum Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft, 18).
Pp. xv + 320, b/w pls. 117, color pl. 1. Kerns Verlag, Tübingen 2006. Euro 99. ISBN 3-89744-247-7 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 111.3 (July 2007).

Norskov, Vinnie.
Greek Vases in New Contexts: The Collecting and Trading of Greek Vases-An Aspect of the Modern Reception of Antiquity.
Pp. 407, b/w figs. 33, color figs. 54, tables 17. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus 2002. $52.95; Euro 45.00. ISBN 87-7288-886-5 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 107.3 (July 2003).

Reviewed by T.H. Carpenter, AJA 108.3 (2004) 465-6.

NORTHEDGE, ALASTAIR.
Studies on Roman and Islamic `Amman. The Excavations of Mrs. C-M Bennett and Other Investigations 1: History, Site and Architecture.
Pp. 232, pls. 80, figs. 170, tables 10. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1992. ISBN 0-19-727002-6.
Listed in AJA 98.2 (April 1994).

Reviewed by J. Magness, AJA 98 (1994) 795-96.

Nos Ancêtres les Gaulois aux marges de l'Armorique.
Pp. 160, b&w fig. 187, color pls. 32, tables 2, maps 3, CD-ROM. Musée Dobrée, Nantes 1999. ISBN 2-901409-15-6 (paper).
Listed in AJA 104.2 (April 2000).

Novák, Mirko
Herrschaftsform und Stadtbaukunst: Programmatik im mesopotamischen Residenzstadtbau von Agade bis Surra man ra'a.
Pp. xxvii + 437, figs. 47. Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken 1999. DM 130. ISBN 3-930843-49-8 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).

Nowry, Laurence.
Man of Mana: Marius Barbeau, a Biography.
Pp. 445, pls. 50. NC Press, Toronto 1995. $27.95. ISBN 1-55021-100-5.
Listed in AJA 103.2 (April 1999).

Nulton, Peter E.
The Sanctuary of Apollo Hypoakraios and Imperial Athens. (Archaeologia Transatlantica 21.)
Pp. 96, figs. 68. Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University, Providence 2003. $45.00.
Listed in AJA 107.4 (October 2003).

NUNN, JOHN F.
Ancient Egyptian Medicine.
Pp. 248, figs. 80, tables 25. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1996. $39.95. ISBN 0-8061-2831-3.
Listed in AJA 100.4 (October 1996).

Reviewed by M.J. Becker, AJA 101 (1997) 405-406.

NÜNNERICH-ASMUS, ANNETTE.
Basilika und Portikus: Die Architektur der Säulenhallen als Ausdruck gewandelter Urbanität in später Republik und früher Kaiserzeit.
Pp. 247, figs. 242. Böhlau, Cologne 1994. DM 168. ISBN 3-412-09593-1.
Listed in AJA 99.4 (October 1995).

Nünnerich-Asmus, Annette
Heiligtümer und Romanisierung auf der iberischen Halbinsel: Überlegungen zu Religion und kultureller Identität.
Pp. vi + 123, ills. 32, pls. 38, tables 1. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1999. DM 128 / EUR 65.45. ISBN 3-8053-2593-2 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 104.4 (October 2000).

Reviewed by Steven L. Tuck, AJA 105.1 (2001) 140-1.

Nünnerich-Asmus, Annette, ed.
Traian: Ein Kaiser der Superlative am Beginn einer Umbruchzeit.? Pp.184, b&w figs. 77, color figs. 138, maps 7. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2002. Euro 41.00. ISBN 3-8053-2780-3 (cloth).
Listed in AJA 106.4 (August 2002).

Nussbaum, Martha and Julia Sihvola, eds.
The Sleep of Reason: Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome.
Pp. viii + 457, tables 2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2002. $26.00. ISBN 0-226-60915-4 (paper).
Listed in AJA 107.1 (January 2003).

NYS, KARIN, and PAUL ÅSTRÖM.
Cypriote Antiquities in Public collections in Sweden: Malmö, Lund and Göteborg. (SIMA 20.28; Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities 28). Pp. 54, pls. 17. Paul Åströms Förlag, Sävedalen 2005. $38.50. ISBN 91-7081-206-3 (paper).
Listed in AJA 110.4 (October 2006).

NYS, KARIN, and PAUL ÅSTRÖM, with contributions by KARL-ERIK SJÖQUIST, JOSÉ-LUIS GARCÍA RAMÓN, and JEAN-PIERRE OLIVIER.
Corpus of Cypriot Antiquities, 23: Cypriot Antiquities in Public Collections in Denmark. (SIMA 20.23) Pp. 123, pls. 41. Paul Åströms Förlag, Sävedalen 2004. $60.80. ISBN 91-7081-193-8 (paper).
Listed in AJA 110.2 (April 2006).

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