Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia: Monuments, Metals, and Mobility, edited by Bryan K. Hanks & Katheryn M. Linduff, 2009. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-51712-6 hardback \\pounds50 & US$95; xx+417 pp., 97 figs., 11 tables.
Origins of Agriculture in Western Central Asia: an Environmental-Archaeological Study, by David R. Harris, 2010. Philadelphia (PA): University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN 978-1-934536-16-1 hardback \\pounds42.50 & US$65; xiii+304 pp., 86 figs., 30 tables.