Personifying Prehistory: relational ontologies in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. By Joanna Brück, 216mm. Pp xi + 308, 62 figs. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019. isbn 9780198768012. £70 (hbk).

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those at Balkh and Samarkand. Timurid architecture made extensive use of the double dome, achieving a harmony between the ceiling of the room below and the curve of the outer dome. Perfection was achieved with the use of polychrome tile decorations on a background of unglazed bricks. The minor arts, sculpture, painting in manuscripts, bookbinding and calligraphy flourished. While the Gazetteer confines itself to sites within the borders of Afghanistan, Archaeology ranges freely across adjacent regions to provide an overview of changing alliances with the adjacent civilisations. It was not only dynasties that changed with alarming frequency, but also the religions promoted by them. Both Buddhism and Islam had a major impact on the art, culture and architecture of this mountainous country. These excellent volumes will be treasured as an impressive and invaluable record of the present state of knowledge of this war-torn country.