I bought a book at the SAAs on Baja California archaeology for the sole reason that I know nothing about the work from that area. It should be an interesting read.

I also preordered an English translation of the Relación de Michoacán which should be fun.

And I bought Rethinking Anthropological Perspectives on Migration which contains Beekman and Christensen's chapter on the Epiclassic Bajio migration paper as well as many other interesting and important papers on migration. Tammy Stone, another professor of mine, has a book coming out this summer based on migration in the US Southwest and what that looks like archaeologicaly and how it relates to identity formation. She has written. A few papers about it if anyone is interested. I think the book is going to be more comprehensive and fleshed out, which is very exciting.

Bought the German first edition of Daniel Defoes General History of the Pyrates, because it sprang at me in the book store and there was some mention of the Pirates' republic on here a few days back, really looking forward to it. It also contains Jacob de Bucqouys description of the Pirates of Madagascar. All I know about piracy I was taught by Errol Flynn, Johnny Depp and Pippi Longstocking, so we'll see if there's hope for me. What do the experts on here think of Defoes account (if it was written by Defoe at all)?

I read Mattinglys Imperialism, Power and Identitiy. Experiencing the Roman Empire, which was really great. I've struggled for a time now with the concept of Romanization, and though he seems a bit overzealous to me in arguing against this term, I think it will make me seriously reconsider how I will approach this subject in my current work. Really interesting for a different, post-colonial view on the Roman empire (for some, maybe a bit too negative).

Also read Roman Siege Warfare by Levithan, which was also a good read, he tries to systematize all of Roman siege warfare and make it fit a pattern of how the Romans approached sieges (not unsuccessfully, I believe). Interesting way to look at things - also, there's a footnote that contains a reference to the Dwemer (and Halo I think), which made me really happy.

I just finished a biography of Bakunin and now I'm reading The Spanish Revolution by Payne, both are part of the research I'm doing for my term paper.