# New Books in Archaeology

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Author: New Books Network
Episodes: 188

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## Episodes
- [John Waddell, "The Celtic World: A History" (Four Courts Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/john-waddell-the-celtic-world-a-history-four-courts-press-2026) — 2026-05-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [Kristin LaFollette, "Rehumanizing People of the Past: Bioarchaeology, Medical Museums and Archives, and the Human Remains Trade" (SUNY Press, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/kristin-lafollette-rehumanizing-people-of-the-past-bioarchaeology-medical-museums-and-archives-and-the-human-remains-trade-suny-press-2026) — 2026-05-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [Susanna Elm and Kristina Sessa, "War and Community in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/susanna-elm-and-kristina-sessa-war-and-community-in-late-antiquity-cambridge-up-2026) — 2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jessica Clarke, "A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre" (Liverpool UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/jessica-clarke-a-new-history-of-ancient-roman-theatre-liverpool-up-2025) — 2026-03-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [Kim Bowes, "Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent" (Princeton UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/kim-bowes-surviving-rome-the-economic-lives-of-the-ninety-percent-princeton-up-2025) — 2026-03-12T08:00:00+00:00
- [Mike Pitts, "Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island" (Bloomsbury, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/mike-pitts-island-at-the-edge-of-the-world-the-forgotten-history-of-easter-island-bloomsbury-2025) — 2026-03-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [Margaret S. Graves, "Invisible Hands: Fabrication, Forgery, and the Art of Islamic Ceramics" (Princeton UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/margaret-s-graves-invisible-hands-fabrication-forgery-and-the-art-of-islamic-ceramics-princeton-up-2026) — 2026-02-27T09:00:00+00:00
- [Himanshu Prabha Ray ed., "Recentering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections" (Routledge, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/himanshu-prabha-ray-ed-recentering-southeast-asia-politics-religion-and-maritime-connections-routledge-2026) — 2026-02-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Samuel Holley-Kline, "In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico" (U Nebraska Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/samuel-holley-kline-in-the-shadow-of-el-taj-n-the-political-economy-of-archaeology-in-modern-mexico-u-nebraska-press-2025) — 2026-02-03T09:00:00+00:00
- [Jerry Moore, "Cat Tales: A History" (Thames & Hudson, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/jerry-moore-cat-tales-a-history-thames-hudson-2025) — 2025-12-14T09:00:00+00:00
- [Stephen Murphy, "Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau, 7th to 11th Centuries (NUS Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/stephen-murphy-buddhist-landscapes-art-and-archaeology-of-the-khorat-plateau-7th-to-11th-centuries-nus-press-2024) — 2025-12-01T09:00:00+00:00
- [Charles Higham, "Early Southeast Asia: From First Humans to First Civilizations" (NUS Press, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/charles-higham-early-southeast-asia-from-first-humans-to-first-civilizations-nus-press-2024) — 2025-12-01T09:00:00+00:00
- [Paulette F. C. Steeves, "The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere" (U Nebraska Press, 2021)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/paulette-f-c-steeves-the-indigenous-paleolithic-of-the-western-hemisphere-u-nebraska-press-2021) — 2025-11-30T09:00:00+00:00
- [Nayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/nayanjot-lahiri-searching-for-ashoka-questing-for-a-buddhist-king-from-india-to-thailand-suny-press-2023) — 2025-11-29T09:00:00+00:00
- [Max Adams and Colm O’Brien, "Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven’s Field" (Birlinn, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/max-adams-and-colm-o-brien-northumbria-ad-367-867-earth-hall-ring-gift-and-heaven-s-field-birlinn-2025) — 2025-11-18T09:00:00+00:00
- [Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed" (Princeton UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/eric-h-cline-love-war-and-diplomacy-the-discovery-of-the-amarna-letters-and-the-bronze-age-world-they-revealed-princeton-up-2025) — 2025-11-12T18:25:00+00:00
- [Sarah Griswold, "Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate" (Cornell UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/sarah-griswold-resurrecting-the-past-france-s-forgotten-heritage-mandate-cornell-up-2025) — 2025-11-03T09:00:00+00:00
- [John Blair, "Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World" (Princeton UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/john-blair-killing-the-dead-vampire-epidemics-from-mesopotamia-to-the-new-world-princeton-up-2025) — 2025-10-30T08:00:00+00:00
- [Joe Watkins, "Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future" (U Arizona Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/joe-watkins-indigenizing-japan-ainu-past-present-and-future-u-arizona-press-2025) — 2025-10-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [Michael B. Cosmopoulos, "The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry" (Cambridge UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/michael-b-cosmopoulos-the-world-of-homer-archaeology-social-memory-and-the-emergence-of-greek-epic-poetry-cambridge-up-2025) — 2025-10-24T08:00:00+00:00
- [Angelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian" (Harvard UP, 2018)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/angelos-chaniotis-age-of-conquests-the-greek-world-from-alexander-to-hadrian-harvard-up-2018) — 2025-10-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [Moudhy Al-Rashid, "Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History" (W.W. Norton, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/moudhy-al-rashid-between-two-rivers-ancient-mesopotamia-and-the-birth-of-history-w-w-norton-2025) — 2025-10-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [Michelle Wang, "The Art of Terrestrial Diagrams in Early China" (U Chicago Press, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/michelle-wang-the-art-of-terrestrial-diagrams-in-early-china-u-chicago-press-2023) — 2025-10-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Daniel J. Sherman, "Sensations: French Archaeology Between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940" (U Chicago Press, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/daniel-j-sherman-sensations-french-archaeology-between-science-and-spectacle-1890-1940-u-chicago-press-2025) — 2025-10-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP of Colorado, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/tiffany-earley-spadoni-landscapes-of-warfare-urartu-and-assyria-in-the-ancient-middle-east-up-of-colorado-2025) — 2025-09-04T08:00:00+00:00

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