African Herders: Emergence of Pastoral Traditions, by Andrew B. Smith, 2005. Walnut Creek (CA): Altamira; ISBN 0-7591-0748-3 paperback, \\pounds25.65 & US$34.95; xviii+251 pp., 92 figs., 6 tables.
Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris, by David O'Connor, 2009. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-39030-6 hardback \\pounds28 & US$45; 216 pp., 113 ills., 11 col. pls.
A Shark Going Inland is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i, byKirch Patrick Vinton, 2012. Berkeley (CA): University of California Press. ISBN 998-0-520-27330-6 hardback \\pounds30.95 & US$40.96; xvii + 346 pp., 8 colour plates, 17 figs., 4 maps.
A Prehistory of Ordinary People, by Monica L. Smith, 2010. Tucson (AZ): University of Arizona Press; ISBN 978-0-8165-2695-6 hardback \\pounds26.95 & US$35.00; xv+220 pp., 22 figs.
A History of Aerial Photography and Archaeology: Mata Hari's Glass Eye and Other Stories, by Barber, 2011. Swindon: English Heritage; ISBN 978-1-848020-36-8 hardback \\pounds25 & US$50; 304 pp; 190 figs.