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Catullus: Poems 61-68~
edited and translated by John Godwin~
Although Catullus is one of the best known of the Roman poets it is his shorter poems that are more familiar. This is the first edition of the long poems of Catullus in a single volume which with the companion edition by John Godwin of the shorter poems completes all Catullus' surviving work. This edition aims to describe and discuss recent scholarship on the poems, seeing them in their context and intertext as fully as possible. Latin text with ...
Paperback. Price GB £18.00

A Simple Souvenir:Coins and Medals of the Olympic Games
by Peter van Alfen
In this richly illustrated catalogue of the ANS exhibit, "Full Circle: The Olympic Heritage in Coins and Medals," the author examines the role that numismatic material relating to both the ancient and modern Games has played in social and political contexts. In addition to the introductory essay, the catalogue provides a brief overview of the history of the Games and discusses over 130 objects, including ancient Greek coins, vases and sporting ...
Paperback. Price GB £35.00

Oak: A British History
'The oak tree has long provided people in Britain with a wonderful natural resource. In this book the authors reclaim the disappearing forestry and carpentry skills of our ancestors and show how, in an era of climate change, oak can continue to enrich our future as a key element in an ecologically rich countryside'. This book explores how people managed and exploited oakwoods since Neolithic times, and the skills required in the use of timbers ...
Price GB £20.00

Guides, Guards and Gifts to the Gods: Domesticated Dogs in the Art and Archaeology of Iron...
by Kate Smith
Oxbow says: This study examines the role and status of man's best friend in Iron Age and Roman Britain based on archaeological evidence and iconography. Dog remains from settlements and sacred sites, as well as those deposited alongside human burials, are investigated for both periods to discover what such evidence reveals about the relationship between humans and dogs, the status of dogs, spiritual beliefs associated with them, ritual ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.00

Henry's Mill: The Historical Archa...
by Peter Davis
Oxbow says: Henry's Mill was just one of thousands of sawmills established in Victoria (Australia) from the 1850s to the Second World War. Rather than focusing on industrial and technological aspects of the mill, Peter Davies presents a social and material history of the lives of the men, women and children living and working at the mill. Based on archaeological and historical evidence, including documentary and oral sources, he asks who ...
Paperback. Price GB £33.00

Iron Age Societies in the Severn-Cotswolds
by Tom Moore
Oxbow says: In this synthesis of archaeological evidence for Iron Age societies in the Severn-Cotswolds, Tom Moore seeks to examine patterns of social organisation and process of social and landscape change from c.800 BC to the mid-late 1st century AD. The chapters look in turn at sites across the landscape, especially through cropmarks, settlements, houses and other structures, burials, and material culture evidence (pottery, querns, salt ...
Paperback. Price GB £40.00

Middle Iron Age Warfare of the Hillfort Cominated Zone c.400BC to c.150BC
by Jon Bryant Finney
Oxbow says: This study re-evaluates many of the misconceptions about the war-crazed Iron Age warrior hero, and questions anew the role of hillforts as truly, or primarily, defensive structures. Taking a regional approach to Middle Iron Age warfare, Finney examines hillforts and weaponry from lowland Britain. Much use is made of ethnographic parallels in placing weaponry in a social context, with case studies from medieval Ireland, Late ...
Paperback. Price GB £36.00

Pharos The Parian Settlemant in Da...
by Branko Kirigin
Oxbow says: In the early 8th century BC a Greek colony was established by the Parians on the island of Hvar in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of modern Croatia. This volume presents a synthesis of what is known of this Greek colony gleaned from archaeological, written, epigraphic and numismatic sources. Branko Kirigin provides a review of the remains of Pharos and of research carried out on the city, before turning to what can be ...
Paperback. Price GB £37.00

Mamluk Art: The Splendour and MAgic of the Sultans
edited by Eva Schubert
This thematic travel guide explores the intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage seen in Mamluk architecture and decorative arts through eight suggested travel itineraries. Seven of these are one-day trips, one being two-days, around Cairo and the northern cities of Alexandria, Rosetta and Fuwa in Lower Egypt. Maps, plans and colour photographs feature prominently and the itineraries are preceded by three thematic essays providing the ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £9.99, Our Price GB £4.95

Kinross, John
This book looks at about 50 churches in Wales which have a nave of 30 feet or less. The churches are selected from the whole of the Principality, and are arranged by county. The question posed throughout is why such tiny churches, often in the middle of nowhere, were built in the first place. 128p b/w illus col pls (Tempus 2007)
Paperback. Price GB £12.99