Writing and the Ancient State. Early China in Comparative Perspective, by Wang Haicheng. 2014. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; ISBN 9781107028128 hardback \\pounds65.00, $99.00; xxii+425 pp, 69 figs., 26 colour illustrations, 15 maps, 16 tables.
Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum, by Stephanie Moser, 2006. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0-226-54209-2 hardback \\pounds20 & US$35; xvi+328 pp., 89 figs., 13 pls.
War Paths, Peace Paths: an Archaeology of Cooperation and Conflict in Native Eastern North America, by David H. Dye, 2009. Lanham (MD): AltaMira Press; ISBN 978-0-7591-0746-5 hardback \\pounds44.95 & US$70; ISBN 0-7591-0746-7 paperback \\pounds16.95 & $27.95; ISBN 978-0-7591-1312-1 ebook \\pounds44.95 & US$70; xx+215 pp., 29 figs.
Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico, by David M. Carballo, 2016. Oxford: Oxford University Press; ISBN 978-0-19-025106-2 hardback \\pounds41.99; 274 pp., 55 figs.
Trincheras Sites in Time, Space and Society, edited by Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish & M. Elisa Villalpando, 2007. Tucson (AZ): University of Arizona Press; ISBN 978-0-8165-2540-9 hardback \\pounds42 & US$55.95; xii+328 pp., 30 figs., 10 col. pls.
