If you would like to review a book for the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, please send your request to

Daniel J. Wescott, PhD
Book Review Editor, AJPA
Department of Anthropology
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666

or

email: dwescott@txstate.edu
 

1. Prospective reviewers must hold a doctorate or equivalent degree.
2. Decisions concerning allocation of books for review are made at the discretion of the review editor.
3. Preference in assignment of reviews will be given to members in good standing of the AAPA.
4. Selected reviewers may not add additional authors without the prior approval of the review editor.
5. All contributions are subject to editorial review; reviews not meeting AJPA standards will not be accepted.

6. If you accept to review a book and do not by the due date you are required to return it in pristine condition so that other arrangements can be made.
 

Copyright Transfer
Complete the copyright transfer agreement as soon as the book is received. Sign and date the second page next to the heading “Contributor-owned work” and return the agreement to the book review editor by regular mail.
Formatting
Download the review template corresponding to the book’s format (monograph or edited volume) and edit the volume and reviewer information.  Prepare the review body according to the template instructions and the AJPA Guide for Authors.  Please do not alter the template margins, font, etc.
Length
Standard review length is 1000 words.  The 1000-word limit may be waived for long or complicated volumes.  Variances must be approved by the book review editor prior to submission and preferably before the review is begun.
Quotations
Provide page numbers for all quotations and note whether emphases within quotations are yours or those of the author(s).
References
References are to be avoided.  Exceptions must be approved by the book review editor prior to submission.  Approved references should be formatted as extended in-text citations, as if for an abstract; reference lists are not permitted.
Submission
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Deadlines
AJPA relies upon reviewer punctuality to ensure the steady supply of reviews critical to the publication process.  Unless prior arrangements have been made, reviews are due two months from the book’s receipt.
Editing
The review editor will copy edit the text and make minor revisions before forwarding the review to the editor-in-chief (Dr. Chris Ruff) and Wiley-Liss.  Substantive revisions and factual queries will be discussed with the reviewer before submission.
Proofs
Electronic page proofs will be sent directly to the reviewer
 

Below are the books I have received for review. I will try to update the list about once a month. Last updated 5/14/2013. "IN REVEIW" (gray text) indicates the a reviewer has been identified. "REVIEWED" (gold text) indicates that the review has been accepted for publication. Books in black text are availble for review.

Allen JS (2012) The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship with Food. Harvard University Press. 319 pp. $29.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Bell LS (ed.) (2013) Forensic Microscopy for Skeletal Tissues: Methods and Protocols. Humana Press. 296 pp. $109.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Bergsvik KA and Skeates R (eds.) (2012) Caves in Context: The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters in Europe. David Brown Book Co. 300 pp. $90.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Brown T, Townsend GC, Pinkerton SK, and Rogers JR (2011). Yuendumu: Legacy of a Longitudinal Growth Study in Central Australia. pp. 302 $36.70 (paperback)

Burkhardt F and Secord J (eds.) (2012) The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 19 1871. Cambridge University Press. 1062 pp. $145.00 (hardback).

Claflin KW, Scholliers P (eds.) (2012) Writing Food History: A Global Perspective. Berg. 296 pp. $39.95 (paper).

Cannon A (ed.) (2011) Structured Worlds: The Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherer Thought and Action. David Brown Book Co. 212 pp. $115.00 (hardback).

Connell B, Jones AG, Redfern R, and Walker D (2012) A Bioarchaeological Study of Medieval Burials on the Site of St Mary Spital: Excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007. Museum of London Archaeology. 303 pp. $45.00 (hardback). IN REVIEW

Dirkmatt DC (ed.) (2012). A Companion to Forensic Anthropology. Wiley-Blackwell. 716 pp. $207.95 (hardback).

De Waai FBM and Ferrari PF (eds.) (2012) The Primate Mind: Built to Connect with Other Minds. Harvard University Press. 416 pp. $49.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

DiGangi EA and Moore MK (eds.) (2013) Research Methods in Human Skeletal Biology. Academic Press. 576 pp. $99.95 (hardback). IN REVIEW

Dominguez-Rodrigo, (ed.) (2012) Stone Tools and Fossil Bones: Debates in the Archaeology of Human Origins. Cambridge University Press. 362 pp. $99.00 (hardback). IN REVIEW

Fajans J (2012) Brazilian Food: Race, Class and Identity in Regional Cuisines. Berg. 147 pp. $29.95.

Falk D (2011) The Fossil Chronicles. University of California Press. 259 pp. $34.95 (hardback). IN REVIEW

Flannery K and Marcus J (2012) The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire. Harvard University Press. 631 pp. $39.95 (hardback).

Fuentes A (2012) Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You. University of California Press. 304 pp. $27.50 (hardback). REVIEWED

Gowland R, Thompson T (2012) Human Identity and Identification. Cambridge University Press. 225 pp. $45.00 (paperback)

Harcourt AH (2012) Human Biogeography. University of California Press. 328 pp. $60.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Heads M (2012) Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics. University of California Press. 576 pp. $75.00 (hardback). IN REVIEW

Jablonski NG (2012) Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. University of California Press. 178 pp. $29.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Leca JB, Huffman MA and Vasey PL, (eds.) (2012) The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain: 60 Years of Primatological Research on the Japanese Macaques of Arashiyama. Cambridge University Press. 498 pp. $120.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Lopez-Alonso M (2012) Measuring Up: A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850-1950. Stanford University Press. 276 pp. $65.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Luvass B (2012) DIY Style: Fashion, Music and Global Digital Cultures. Berg. 181 pp. $99.95 (hardback).

Madrigal L (2012) Statistics for Anthropology, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. 254 pp. $45.00 (paper back).

Mann RW and Hunt DR (2013) Photographic Regional Atlas of Bone Disease: A Guide to Pathologic and Normal Variation in the Human Skeleton, 3rd Edition. Charles C Thomas. 432 pp. $79.95 (hardback).

Masters J, Gamba M, Genin F (eds.) (2012) Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology. Springer. 409 pp. $179.00 (hardback) . IN REVIEW

Miles A (2012) New Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, Southwark: Excavations at Globe Academy, 2008. Archaeology Studies Series 24. Museum of London Archaeology. 115 pp. $24.00.

Nishida, T (2012) The Chimpanzees of the Lakeshore: Natural History and Culture at Mahale. Cambridge University Press. 340 pp. $50.00 (paperback). REVIEWED

Nunn CL (2011) The Comparative Approach in Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology. University of Chicago Press. 380 pp. $35.00 (paperback). REVIEWED

Okely J (2011) Anthropological Practice: Fieldwork and the Ethnographic Method. Berg. 224 pp. $29.95 (paperback).

Pfenning DW and Pfenning KS (2012) Evolution's Wedge: Competition and the Origins of Diversity. University of California Press. 303 pp. $75.00 (hardback).

Pickering TR (2013) Rough and Tumble: Agrression, Hunting, and Human Evolution. University of California Press. 208 pp. $29.95 (hardback).

Pinhasi R and Stock JT (eds.) (2011) Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture. Wiley-Blackwell. 484 pp. $159.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Prentice R (2012) Bodies in Formation: An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education. Duke University Press. 312 pp. $24.95 (paper).

Reader J (2011) Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins. Oxford University Press. 538 pp. $34.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Relethford JH (2012). Human Population Genetics. Wiley-Blackwell. 296 pp. $69.95 (paperback). IN REVIEW

Reynolds SC and Gallagher A (eds.) (2012) African Genesis: Perspectives on Hominin Evolution. Cambridge University Press. 582 pp. $135.00 (hardback).

Rife JL (2012) Isthmia: The Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human Remains. American School of Clasical Studies. 500 pp. $150.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Robbins MM and Boesch C (eds.) (2011) Among African Apes: Stories and Photos from the Field. University of California Press. 200 pp. $29.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Robbins Schug G (2011) Bioarchaeology and Climate Change: A View from South Asian Prehistory. University of Florida Press. 180 pp. $79.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Rogers LJ, Vallortigara G, Andrew RJ (2013) Divided Brains: The Biology and Behaviour of Brain Asymmetries. Cambridge University Press. 227 pp. $58.00 (paperback).

Schulting R and Fibiger L (2012) Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones: Neolithic Violence in a Euroean Perspective. Oxdord University Press. 430 pp. $150 (hardback). REVIEWED

Scott GR and Irish JD (eds.) (2013). Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology: Genetics, Evolution, Variation. Cambridge University Press. 559 pp. $120.00 (hardback)

Sepkoski D (2012) Reading the Fossil Record. University of Chicago Press. 432 pp. $34.95 (hardback). IN REVIEW

Stodder ALW, Palkovich, AM (eds.) (2012) The Bioarchaeology of Individuals. University of Florida Press. 287 pp. $74.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Tattersall I and deSalle R (2011). Race? Debunking a Scientific Myth. Texas A&M Press. 226 pp. $35.00 (hardback). REVIEWED

Tersigni-Tarrant MA, Shirley NR (2013) Forensic Anthropology: An Introduction. CRC Press. 462pp. $99.95 (hardback)

Tooker DE (2012) Space and the Production of Cultural Differences Among the Akha Prior to Globalization: Channeling the Flow of Life. Amsterdam University Press. 338 pp. $54.95 (paperback)

Tung TA (2012) Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire. University of Florida Press. $256 pp. $74.95 (hardback). REVIEWED

Walker D (2012) Disease in London, 1st - 9th centuries: an illustrated guide to diagnosis. Museum of London. 446 pp. $44. (hardback). REVIEWED

Walker SM and Owsley DW (2012) Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World. Carolrhoda Books. 135 pp. $22.95. REVIEWED

Wiley AS and Allen JS (2012) Medical Anthropology: A Biocultural Approach, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. 448 pp. $49.95 (paperback). IN REVIEW

Wilk R and Barbosa L (2012) Rice and Beans: A Unique Dish in a Hundred Places. Berg. 282 pp. $29.95.

Wood B (2011) Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell. 1264 pp. $660 (hardback). IN REVIEW