Jessica Nowlin, Etruscan Orientalization (Leiden: Brill, 2021). 9789004473256. Reviewed by Marilyn Evans, Kalamazoo College, Marilyn.Evans@kzoo.edu This book offers a timely and in-depth examination of the terms “orientalizing” and “orientalization” in Etruscan scholarship. The text is, primarily, a critical historiography. It surveys the use of both terms from the 18th–21st centuries, contextualizing major shifts in their…More
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The House of Serenos, Part I: The Pottery
Clementina Caputo, Amheida V, The House of Serenos, Part I: The Pottery (New York: New York University Press, 2020). 9781479804658. Reviewed by Karl Racine, Trent University, karlracine@trentu.ca The Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP) is a conglomerate of various archaeological projects, with scientists aiming to research the ancient landscape near the Dakhla oasis in Egypt. The subject…More
Gaming Greekness: Cultural Agonism among Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire
Allan T. Georgia, Gaming Greekness: Cultural Agonism among Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire (Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2020). 9781463241230. Reviewed by Elizabeth R. Davis, Brown University, elizabeth_r_davis@brown.edu The fraught interactions between pagans, Christians, and Jews throughout the centuries of the Roman Empire have long been a rich field of scholarly inquiry. Georgia’s monograph is…More
Milesian Islands: The Fortified Installations in the Insular Environment of Miletus in the Aegean in Context
Konstantinos Sarantidis. Milesian Islands: The Fortified Installations in the Insular Environment of Miletus in the Aegean in Context. Thiasos Monographie 15 (Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2020). 9788854910737; 9788854910652. Reviewed by Christina DiFabio, Koç University, cdifabio@umich.edu. Given modern national borders, regional studies in Mediterranean archaeology can often be defined within one modern country, even if a sphere…More
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