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Fascicule 2: The Elephant Mosaic Panel at Huqoq: Further Interpretations; Review Articles and Long Reviews; Books Received; and Obituaries
Review Articles and Long Reviews
Artefact studies: what objects were designed to do - ELLEN SWIFT, ROMAN ARTEFACTS AND SOCIETY. DESIGN, BEHAVIOUR, AND EXPERIENCE (Oxford University Press2017). Pp. xiii + 305, figs. 73, including colour. ISBN 978-0-19-878526-2.
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Instrumenta Inscripta VI - MAURIZIO BUORA and STEFANO MAGNANI (edd.), LE ISCRIZIONI CON FUNZIONE DIDASCALICO-ESPLICATIVA. COMMITTENTE, DESTINATARIO, CONTENUTO E DESCRIZIONE DELL’OGGETTO NELL’ INSTRUMENTUM DOMESTICUM. ATTI DEL VI INCONTRO INSTRUMENTA INSCRIPTA, AQUILEIA (26-28 MARZO, 2015) (= Antichità Altoadriatiche vol. LXXXIII; Centro di Antichità Altoadriatiche, Casa Bertoli, Aquileia; Società friulana di archeologia; Editreg, Trieste2016). Pp. 576, many figs. ISSN 1972-9758. EUR 80,00.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 714-716
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Portable sundials for travelers: the empire's geography for intellectuals - RICHARD J. A. TALBERT, ROMAN PORTABLE SUNDIALS: THE EMPIRE IN YOUR HAND (Oxford University Press, New York2017). Pp. xxiii + 236, figs. 100, maps 22. ISBN 978-0-19027-3484. $58.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 717-721
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Investigating imperial grandeur: a new approach to Rome's Temple of Peace - PIER LUIGI TUCCI, THE TEMPLE OF PEACE IN ROME. Volume 1: ART AND CULTURE IN IMPERIAL ROME. Volume 2: REMODELINGS, CONVERSIONS, EXCAVATIONS (Cambridge University Press2017). Pp. xiii + 487 (vol. 1); pp. viii + pp. 491-1121 (vol. 2), figs. 350 including colour. ISBN for the set: 978-1-107-17421-4. $225.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 722-729
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Une nouvelle appréciation de l’urbanitas: les attraits spécifiques de la vie dans la ville antique - ALEXANDRA W. BUSCH, JOCHEN GRIESBACH und JOHANNES LIPPS (Hrsg.), URBANITAS — URBANE QUALITÄTEN. DIE ANTIKE STADT ALS KULTURELLE SELBSTVERWIRKLICHUNG. Kolloquium 19.-21. Dezember 2012 in München. Kommission zur Erforschung des antiken Städtewesens der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (RGZM - Tagungen Band 33; Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz2017). S. viii + 460, many figs. including colour. ISSN 1862-4812; ISBN 978-3-88467-289-1.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 730-734
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The challenge of synthesizing Roman Italy - ALISON E. COOLEY (ed.), A COMPANION TO ROMAN ITALY (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; John Wiley & Sons, Chichester2016). Pp. xvi + 560, figs. 99. ISBN 978-1-4443-3926-0.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 735-738
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Rescuing the small finds and glass for the Anglo-American project at Pompeii - H. E. M. COOL, THE SMALL FINDS AND VESSEL GLASS FROM INSULA VI.1 POMPEII: EXCAVATIONS 1995-2006 (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology Series 17; Oxford2016). Pp. xi + 314, figs. 120 including colour, tables 70. ISBN 978-1-78491-452-3. £50. Archive material available at doi:10.5284/1039937.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 739-741
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A street-level view of Roman urban life and society - JEREMY HARTNETT, THE ROMAN STREET: URBAN LIFE AND SOCIETY IN POMPEII, HERCULANEUM, AND ROME (Cambridge University Press2017). Pp. xv + 329, color pls. 9, ills. 93. ISBN 978-1-107-10570-6. $125.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 742-744
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The “Frieze of the Mysteries”: wedding without initiation - PAUL VEYNE, LA VILLA DES MYSTÈRES À POMPÉI (Art et Artistes Gallimard; Paris2016). Pp. 183, colour figs. 37. ISBN 978-2-07-017759-2. EUR. 21.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 745-747
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Pompeii's via dell'Abbondanza as never before seen - JENNIFER F. STEPHENS and ARTHUR E. STEPHENS, POMPEII. A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. VIA DELL’ABBONDANZA: A LONG ROAD, WELL TRAVELED (Lockwood Press; Atlanta, GA 2017). Pp. xi + 109, many colour figs. ISBN 978-1-937040-78-9. $49.95. Accompanying website at www.pompeiiperspectives.org.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 748-749
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The long-awaited volume on the Cosa glass - DAVID FREDERICK GROSE, THE HELLENISTIC, ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL GLASS FROM COSA (Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Supplementary vol. XII; University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI 2017). Pp. xiv +247, line figs. 37, maps and plans 3. ISBN 978-0-172-13062-7. $80.
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Doing away with paper: three online publications of excavations in Italy - JOHN R. CLARKE and NAYLA K. MONTASSER, OPLONTIS: VILLA A (“OF POPPAEA”) AT TORRE ANNUNZIATA, ITALY, vol. 1. THE ANCIENT SETTING AND MODERN REDISCOVERY (American Council of Learned Societies, New York). ACLS e-book 2014, url = http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.90048.0001.001. ISBN 978-1-59740-932-2. Open Access. - JOSÉ MARÍA LUZÓN and MARIA DEL CARMEN ALONSO RODRÍGUEZ, EXCAVACIONES ARQUEOLÓGICAS EN LA CASA DE LA DIANA ARCAIZANTE EN POMPEYA (no place of publication stated; 2017). url = http://www.dianaarcaizante.com/ ISBN 978-84-96406-45-2. Open Access. - R. OPITZ, M. MOGETTA and N. TERRENATO (edd.), A MID-REPUBLICAN HOUSE FROM GABII (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI 2016). url = https://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9231782. ISBN 978-0-472-99900-2. $150 (not open access except for the database).
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The longue durée of an imperial villa estate in southern Lazio - ELIZABETH FENTRESS, CAROLINE GOODSON, MARCO MAIURO with M. ANDREWS and J. A. DUFTON (edd.), with S. Bernard, M. Bianchi, D. Booms, R. Cabella, F. Candilio, C. Capelli, S. Carocci, G. Castellano, N. Cavalieri De Pace, B. Cernuta, M. Ciausescu, S. Cox, I. De Luca, A. Di Miceli, C. Fenwick, R. Ferritto, T. Franconi, S. Gatti, G. Gaianigo, G. Giammaria, S. Hay, E. Holt, B. Hoffmann, A. Kuttner, R. Laino, B. Lepri, A. Mariani, M. McNamee, I. Miliaresis, E. Nitsch, M. Piazza, F. Pollari, S. Privitera, G. Rascaglia, R. Ricciardi, C. Rice, D. M. Totten, R. Veal, K. Williams and J. Young, VILLA MAGNA: AN IMPERIAL ESTATE AND ITS LEGACIES. EXCAVATIONS 2006-10 (Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome 23; The British School at Rome, London2016). Pp. xix + 516, figs. 329, col. pls. 34. ISBN 978-0-904152-74-6. £90 (source data and excavation reports available at http://archaeologydata.brown.edu/villamagna)
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The cities of central Apulia: evidence and the lack thereof - CUSTODE SILVIO FIORIELLO, ‘POEDICVLORUM OPPIDA’. SPAZI URBANI DELLA PUGLIA CENTRALE IN ETÀ ROMANA (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology, 23; Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., Oxford2017). Pp. 242, figs. 121. ISBN 978-1-78491-592-6. £38. - LUIGI TODISCO (ed.), BARI ROMANA (Rome2017). Pp. 131, figs. 61. ISBN 978-88-913-1347-8. EUR. 75.
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Officine artigianali, produzioni ceramiche locali ed importate, cultura materiale nella Sicilia ellenistica e romana: il punto di vista da Morgantina - SHELLEY C. STONE, MORGANTINA STUDIES volume VI. THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN FINE POTTERY (Princeton University Press, NJ2014). Pp. xxxvi + 485, text figs. 9, Tables 11, charts 4, pls. 142 (drawings and photographs), foldout plan. ISBN 978-0-691-15672-9. $175.
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The Caddeddi villa in Sicily and the sources of its mosaics - R. J. A. WILSON, CADDEDDI ON THE TELLARO. A LATE ROMAN VILLA IN SICILY AND ITS MOSAICS (BABesch Supplement 28; Peeters, Leuven2016). Pp. viii + 200, figs. 197, most in colour. ISSN 0165-9367; ISBN 978-90-429-3388-0.
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The late-antique domus of Ostia - MARCEL DANNER, WOHNKULTUR IM SPÄTANTIKEN OSTIA (Kölner Schriften zur Archäologie Bd. 1; Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden2017). Pp. x + 324, 99 black-and-white and 34 colour figs., Tables 27. ISBN 978-3-95490-128-9. EUR 78.
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La publication des vestiges de la “basilique royale” du Mont du Temple à Jérusalem: une contribution décisive à l’analyse de l’architecture hérodienne - ORIT PELEG-BARKAT, THE TEMPLE MOUNT EXCAVATIONS IN JERUSALEM 1968-1978 DIRECTED BY BENJAMIN MAZAR. FINAL REPORTS, vol. V. HERODIAN ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION AND KING HEROD'S ROYAL PORTICO (Qedem Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology no. 57, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2017). Pp. xx + 185, figs. 198, plus une catalogue avec illustrations en couleur. ISSN 0333-5844.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 793-799
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The other face of Roman vaulting - LYNNE C. LANCASTER, INNOVATIVE VAULTING IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 1st to 4th centuries CE (Cambridge University Press, New York2015). Pp. xxvi + 254, figs. 122, plus 33 web figures downloadable as color PDF files from www.cambridge.org/vaulting. ISBN 978-1-107-05935-1. $99.99.
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Art and architecture of the rulers of the Near Eastern kingdoms around the turn of the era - ANDREAS J. M. KROPP, IMAGES AND MONUMENTS OF NEAR EASTERN DYNASTS, 100 BC–AD 100 (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation; Oxford University Press2013). Pp. xx + 497, ills. 137, maps 4. ISBN 978-0-19-967072-7.
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- 26 October 2018, pp. 805-809
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