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Review of Sabrina Inowlocki, Claudio Zamagni, Reconsidering Eusebius: Collected Papers on Literary, Historical, and Theological Issues. Vigiliae Christianae, supplements, 107. Leiden; Boston: 2011. Pp. xii, 254;12 p. of plates. $144.00. ISBN 9789004203853.

Review of Katharina Roettig, Die Träume des Xerxes: zum Handeln der Götter bei Herodot. Studia classica et mediaevalia, Bd 2. Nordhausen: 2010. Pp. 126. €20.00 (pb). ISBN 9783883096087.

Review of Thomas Harrison, Writing Ancient Persia. Classical essays. London; New York: 2011. Pp. 190. $24.00 (pb). ISBN 9780715639177.

Review of Gabriella Vanotti, Il lessico Suda e gli storici greci in frammenti. Atti dell’incontro internazionale, Vercelli, 6-7 novembre 2008. Themata 6. Tivoli: 2010. Pp. xiv, 498. €150.00. ISBN 9788888617350.

Meeting Report Anne Laure Bandle, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 449-451 Abstract

Miscellaneous Kurt Siehr, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 493-548 Abstract

Meeting Report Jorge Sánchez Cordero, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 461-461 Abstract

Miscellaneous International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp f1-f6 Abstract

Meeting Report Nina Schwab, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 443-447 Abstract

Meeting Report Lyndel Prott, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 453-457 Abstract

Brief Report Eszter Bánffy, Attila Gyucha, Gergely Csiky, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 425-428 Abstract

Book Reviews Lawrence Rosen, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 467-469 Abstract

Books Received Kurt Siehr, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 471-492 Abstract

Meeting Report Lyndel Prott, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 437-442 Abstract

Book Reviews K. W. Tubb, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 463-466 Abstract

Miscellaneous International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp b1-b3 Abstract

Miscellaneous International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 405-407 Abstract

Meeting Report Folarin Shyllon, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 429-435 Abstract

Case Report Douglas Cox, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 409-423 Abstract

Meeting Report Madhavi Sunder, International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 459-460 Abstract

Miscellaneous International Journal of Cultural Property, Volume 18 Issue 04, pp 549-551 Abstract

Review of Ian C. Storey, Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume I: Alcaeus to Diocles. Loeb classical library, 513. Cambridge, MA; London: 2011. Pp. xlvi, 449. $24.00. ISBN 9780674996625.

Review of Rodolfo Funari, Corpus dei papiri storici greci e latini. Parte B: storici latini. 1. Autori noti. Vol. 1: Titus Livius. Pisa; Roma: 2011. Pp. 277. €185.00 (pb). ISBN 9788862273480.

The Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, owned plantations in the Americas to fund missionaries who proselytized among native peoples and enslaved Africans while ensuring that colonists remained Catholic. Fusing the roles of planters and missionaries, Jesuits manipulated the spatial layout of plantations as a method to exercise social control over the laborers who were enslaved at these properties, as well as to influence the European and indigenous populations inhabiting the colonies and frontiers where mission work took place. Spatial layouts of French Jesuit plantations (habitations) dating from the mid seventeenth century to the 1760s in Martinique, Dominica, and Guyane reveal some of the ways in which missionaries organized space. These Jesuit mission plantations were situated in prominent locations in order to attract gaze, and features such as crosses, churches, and gardens displayed the Society’s prestige and mission work. At the same time, maximizing efficiency and conducting...

This article considers the interpretation of stone and wood in Neolithic chambered tomb architecture in Britain and Ireland. Against a broader theoretical agenda of both relational materialities and animistic ontologies, it is argued that the qualities and essences of stones dictated their choice and use in monuments. Essentially, it was the hidden natures of stones which gave them meaning, and as archaeologists we can explore this through understanding lithic sourcing, quarrying techniques and the movements of stones, as well as their final resting place within monuments. These ideas are explored through the life history of one monument, that of Blasthill in Kintyre. These ideas are then expanded out to include wood and provide a critique of the wood–stone dichotomy prevalent in current interpretations of Neolithic monumentality.

Ceremonial architecture at the site of Huaca Colorada in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru, is analyzed as a ritually charged thirdspace, an interpretive move that illuminates both the creative power of place and the cultural particulars of Moche identity politics and ideological struggles. This perspective permits interpretation of how Moche monumental architecture was directly complicit in the construction of personhood, community, and power specific to the Jequetepeque Valley during the Late Moche Period (AD 600–850). Ultimately, the article demonstrates how the application of place-sensitive heuristics can improve archaeological investigations of the role of ritual performance in the creation of political subjectivities.

Archaeologists routinely deal with the remains of everyday life. Yet the significance and dimensions of daily practices are rarely reflected upon. Merging Bourdieu’s theory of practice, recent theories of everyday life and the materiality approach in archaeology, this study addresses the potential importance of daily practices and mundane objects in dealing with a rupture caused by migration. As a case study I use an example of medieval (eleventh century) Western Slavic migration to the island of Bornholm (Denmark) and production and daily handling of ceramic pots, the so-called Baltic ware. I explore the possible background to the introduction of the new pottery style, its significance for the local population of the island and above all the meanings these types of ceramics could have had for the immigrant Slavs.

Drawing on a summary catalogue of all the excavated coin finds and hoards from medieval Perth, the article explores the range of non-monetary, primarily amuletic, uses for coins, in a European context. This is not to question the monetary purpose of coins but to demonstrate their wider social functions, arising out of their malleable use as material culture by people. Coins then have a cultural or material biography.

English Heritage and others are often called upon to record historic aviation sites, along with a range of other comparable (in scale and complexity) former military and industrial places. Recording typically takes place once the site is abandoned and prior to its redevelopment. RAF Coltishall (Norfolk, UK) presented a rare opportunity to record the site while it remained in use, and to continue to record it during the period of drawdown and closure; to watch as things were packed away and as families left. This seemed too good an opportunity to miss, and to take full advantage English Heritage decided to share the task, gathering together a team of artists and archaeologists whose interests were focused on the types of material culture and methodological issues which Coltishall presented in abundance. In this article we describe the background to this project, the methodology we developed, and ultimately our various (and at times very different) responses to the site.

Review of Lâtife Summerer, Alexander von Kienlin, Tatarlı: renklerin dönüşü / The return of colours / Rückkehr der Farben. Istanbul: 2010. Pp. 367. ISBN 9789750818196.