When a new book appears in a regionally and chronologically delimited field of research in the #Humanities, it's a really big deal. It doesn't happen very often, and each one is potentially the new standard treatment.
I've been in academic #archaeology now for over 30 years, and the #books I've seen appear and then fail to find traction are stacking up. Forgotten, book-length studies by people I remember as young hopefuls. Gathering dust in the stacks.