Readers who come to this volume for bibliography and discussion of data relevant to ancient Ammon will find Tyson a reliable and insightful guide -- J. Andrew Dearman, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA * Journal of Theological Studies, vol. 65 * I enjoyed and appreciated reading this book ... that genuinely moves our understanding of this component of the biblical world forward. Tyson has achieved this, and he is to be commended for it. * Biblica * A very well-crafted volume that summarizes the archaeology of Iron Age Ammon in an up-to-date and state-of-the-art fashion. Tyson deals with a broad range of topics and manages to weave them together into a coherent and convincing picture of this fascinating Iron Age culture. * Review of Biblical Literature * Tyson ... takes a multifaceted approach for reconstructing the history of the Ammonites. The book is well organized and clearly written. It deals sequentially with material archaeology, epigraphic sources, biblical and postbiblical sources, the impacts of Mesopotamian imperialism, and the economy and processes of sociopolitical change in the Ammonites' region ... [Ammonites] adds new interpretations and new data from the ongoing Madaba Plains Project. * Religious Studies Review *