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Weapons, Warriors and Battles of Ancient Iberia By Fernando Quesada Sanz, translated by Elizabeth Clowes Reviewed by Manuel Fernández-Götz American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 130, No. 3 (July 2026), p. DOI: 10.1086/741338 © 2026 Archaeological Institute of America

Maria Coutroubaki Shaw, 1935–2025 By James C. Wright American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 130, No. 3 (July 2026), pp. 479-480 DOI: 10.1086/742142 © 2026 Archaeological Institute of America

This review addresses the reopened (in 2023) Bardo National Museum in Tunis, a government-funded archaeological museum in Tunisia’s capital city. As of June 2025, several galleries had been reorganized or completely redone, but a few rooms remained closed as the renovations continued. Key collections—like one of the world’s largest assemblages of mosaics—are stunning, if perhaps under-interpreted.

This article presents an archaeological survey of the island of Polyaigos, undertaken in 2022 by the Small Cycladic Islands Project (SCIP). Since 2019, SCIP has surveyed 87 uninhabited islands in the southern Aegean, most of which are well under 1 km2 in size. The larger island of Polyaigos (18 km2) was included in the project in order to investigate the importance of island size (among other things) in long-term population and land-use dynamics.

The American Journal of Archaeology stands in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color against systemic injustice in North America and throughout the world. The Journal fully endorses the AIA Statement on Archaeology and Social Justice.

The American Journal of Archaeology stands in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color against systemic injustice in North America and throughout the world. The Journal fully endorses the AIA Statement on Archaeology and Social Justice.

While Roman military oratory is popularly depicted as impromptu battlefield speeches, most official communications occurred within the formalized spaces of the camps, predominantly at the principia (headquarters). The social significance of ritualized ceremonies is generally acknowledged, but little quantitative research has examined how architectural layout affected soldiers’ sensory access to these events.

Palmyra has been pivotal in archaeological and historical research due to the wealth of material and the long history of fascination with the site. Its material culture can be found on every continent except Antarctica, in more than 250 public museums and private collections.

The exploitation of marine resources, the role of fish and shellfish in the human diet, and, more generally, the interaction of prehistoric Aegean communities with the sea have recently attracted scholarly attention. The in-depth study of large assemblages of fish remains from recent excavations has allowed for a reconsideration of the idea that the consumption of marine food declined throughout the Bronze Age.