Yannis Hamilakis, ed. The New Nomadic Age: Archaeologies of Forced and Undocumented Migration (Sheffield: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2018, xiv and 253 pp, colour and b/w illustr., pbk, ISBN 978-1-78179-711-2

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tural identities of islanders in the Mediterranean, now and in the ancient past, and comparing them to mainland experiences. This includes the production of an award-winning documentary Being an Islander (Bouras, 2023), based on anthropological and archaeological investigation of island identity and community engagement on Siphnos in the Cyclades. It is complemented by an extensive public engagement programme, and the commissioning of contemporary art, all focused on themes of insularity and identity. The edited volume produced alongside the exhibition, also titled Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean (Christophilopoulou, 2023a), includes contributions on multidisciplinary research into Fitzwilliam’s ancient Cypriot metalwork and contemporary artistic practice. It also presents fifty-five highlight objects, though it functions less as a catalogue than as a scholarly expansion on themes introduced by the exhibition. For those whose academic interests intersect with the research programme’s topics of investigation, there is much more to engage with than the exhibition itself. Will the exhibition prompt British visitors to take a broad perspective in exploring their own island identity and their views on connection, migration, and culture? That probably depends on the ideas and attitudes they bring with them but this thoughtful consideration of ancient island pasts, carried out through a stunning array of objects, will undoubtedly make an impact. REFERENCES