The Singing Neanderthals: the Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body , by Steven Mithen. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2005. ISBN 0-297-64317-7 hardback \\pounds20 & US$25.2; ix+374 pp.
The Scioto Hopewell and Their Neighbors: Bioarchaeological Documentation and Cultural Understanding, by D. Troy Case & Christopher Carr, with contributions by Cheryl A. Johnston, Beau Goldstein, Rex Weeks, Mark Bahti, Rebekah A. Zinser & Ashley E. Evans, 2008. New York (NY): Springer; ISBN 978-0-387-77386-5 hardback \\pounds73.50 & US$139; xviii+782 pp., 125 figs., 58 tables, CD.
The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered, by Fred H. Smith & James C.M. Ahern, 2013. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley-Blackwell; ISBN 978-0-470-89409-5 hardback \\pounds86.95, €104.40; xxv+454 pp., 67 figs., 13 tables; ISBN 978-1-118-65999-1 e-book \\pounds78.99, €93.99.
The Origins of Ground-edge Axes: New Findings from Nawarla Gabarnmang, Arnhem Land (Australia) and Global Implications for the Evolution of Fully Modern Humans.
The New Antiquarians: 50 Years of Archaeological Innovation in Wessex, edited by Rowan Whimster, 2011. (CBA Research Report 166.) York: Council for British Archaeology; ISBN 978-90277-185-4 paperback \\pounds20 & US$40; xxii + 234 pp., 123 figs., 3 tables.
The Menial Art of Cooking: Archaeological Studies of Cooking and Food Preparation, edited by Graff & Rodr'iguez-Alegr'ia, 2012. Boulder (CO): University Press of Colorado; ISBN 978-1-60732-175-0 hardback \\pounds58.50 & US$70; xviii + 248 pp., 23 figs., 20 b&w photos, 9 maps, 13 tables.
The Lost Woodlands of Ancient Nasca: a Case-Study in Ecological and Cultural Collapse, by David Beresford-Jones, 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press; ISBN 978-0-19-726476-8 hardback \\pounds55 & US$99; 208 pp., 66 figs., 7 tables.
