The Aztec Economic World: Merchants and markets in ancient Mesoamerica, by Kenneth G. Hirth, 2016. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-1-107-14227-0 hardback £100. xviii+382 pp., 51 b&w figs, 20 tables.
The Anarchy: War and status in 12th-century landscapes of conflict, by Oliver H. Creighton & Duncan W. Wright, 2017. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press; ISBN 9781781382424 hardback, 288 pp., 52 b/w figs, 19 colour pls.
Traces of the Past: Classics between history & archaeology, by Karen Bassi, 2016. Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472119929, 246 pp., $70.00.
Inka History in Knots: Reading khipus as primary sources, by Gary Urton, 2017. Austin (TX): University of Texas Press; ISBN 978-1-4773-1198-1 hardback $85; xvii+319 pp., 13 colour, 48 b/w photos, 22 illus./maps, 15 charts/graphs, 3 tables.
Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology: Images of Mithra, by Philippa Adrych, Robert Bracey, Dominic Dalglish, Stefanie Lenk & Rachel Wood, 2017. Oxford: Oxford University Press; ISBN 978-0-19-879253-6 hardback £30.00 & $50.00; 208 pp, 79 b/w figs.
Colonized Bodies, Worlds Transformed. Towards a global bioarchaeology of contact and colonialism, edited by Melissa S. Murphy & Haagen D. Klaus, 2017. Gainesville (FL): University Press of Florida; ISBN 978-081306075-0 hardback $120; 464 pp., 59 b/w figs, 12 maps.