The biennial publication is devoted to the history and archaeology of the periphery of the Graeco-Roman world. This year's edition contains a list of standard abbreviations of journals and other publications to be used in place of full titles and descriptions in all subsequent issues and Ancient West and East and Occasional Papers, and slightly modified Notes to Contributors. Five articles are also included, on a new classification system for East Greek pottery, Hellenistic tradition and Augustan ideology relating to women and public life in imperial Asia Minor, idiosyncrasies of the formation process of the North Caucasian Alan culture as revealed in archaeological data, and other topics. Three notes and many book reviews fill out the issue. There is no index. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR