City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and its People, by Kemp Barry, 2012. London: Thames and Hudson; ISBN 978-0-500-29120-7 paperback \\pounds19.95; 320 pp., 287 ills., 53 in colour.
Cahokia: a World Renewal Cult Heterarchy, by A. Martin Byers, 2006. Gainesville (FL): University Press of Florida; ISBN-13 978-081302958-0 hardback, \\pounds46.50 & US$69.95; xiv+600 pp., 53 figs., 24 tables.
Bright Blades and Red Metals: Essays on North Italian Prehistoric Metalwork, by Mark Pearce, 2007. London: Accordia Research Institute. ISBN 978-1-873415-33-7, paperback \\pounds36;144 pp., 34 figs., 14 tables.
Archaeology of the Origin of the State: the Theories, by Lull & Mic'o (translated by Smith), 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press; ISBN 978-0-19-955784 hardback \\pounds68 & US$125; xvi + 290 pp.