Book review: The Making of Pompeii (JRA supplement, 85)

Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2012.06.19

Steven J. R. Ellis (ed.), The Making of Pompeii: Studies in the History and Urban Development of an Ancient Town. JRA Supplementary series, 85.   Portsmouth, RI:  Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2011.  Pp. 196.  ISBN 9781887829854.  $99.00. 

Reviewed by Anna Anguissola

Reviews in Bonner Jahrbücher 208

The latest Bonner Jahrbücher (208, 2008) has just come out, and there are a few reviews of books on Pompeian materials:

Ernesto De Carolis, Il Mobile a Pompei ed Ercolano. Letti, tavoli, sedie e armadi. Contributo alla tipologia dei mobili della prima età imperiale. L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome. Reviewed by Francesca Tronchin.

Pia Kastenmeier, I luoghi del lavoro domestico nella casa pompeiana. Studi della Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei. L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 2007. Reviewed by Joanne Berry.

Marina Ciaraldi, People and Plants in ancient Pompeii. A new approach to urbanism from the microscope room. The use of plant resources at Pompeii and in the Pompeian area from the 6th century BC to AD 79. Reviewed by René Cappers.

Pubblication: Sorrento e la Penisola Sorrentina

Congratulations to the editors of the journal Oebalus who have just published their first Quaderno as mentioned in a recent post.

I mention the publication again because I've just read Fabrizio Pesando's paper which should be of particular interest to Blog readers: "Appunti sull'evoluzione urbanistica di Pompei fra l'età arcaica e il III secolo a.C.: ricerche e risultati nel settore nord-occidentale della città" (Notes on Pompeii's urban evolution between the archaic period and the third century BC: research and results from the north-west area of the city).