Oxbow Books Imprint
Oxbow Books publishes about 65 titles a year in the main Oxbow imprint. These include monographs, edited collections of papers and excavation and site reports. Archaeology is our main subject area encompassing all periods from prehistory through classical archaeology, the ancient Near East, Egyptology, the Middle Ages and post-medieval archaeology. Related fields such as environmental archaeology, landscape archaeology, archaeozoology, maritime and underwater archaeology are covered as well as wider examinations of archaeological practice and theory.
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Where the Last Neanderthals Lived: A Study of Neanderthal and Modern Human Behavioural Ecology in a Glacial Refugium [Hardback]
Clive Finlayson (Editor); D. Francisco Giles Pacheco (Editor); Joaquin Rodriguez Vidal (Editor)
Regular Price: $100.00
Special Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9781842172650
Published by : Oxbow Books
Gorham's Cave, at the southern end of the Rock of Gibraltar, is a large cavern that sits close to the Mediterranean coast in full view of North Africa. The cave is rich in archaeological deposits and evidence of Neanderthal occupation, dating b... .... Learn More -
All the Emperor's Men: Roman Soldiers and Barbarians on Trajan's Column [Hardback]
J. C. Coulston (Author)
Regular Price: $70.00
Special Price: $52.95
ISBN: 9781842173008
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Trajan's Column, set up in the heart of Rome, was completed in 113 CE to commemorate the emperor Trajan's wars across the Danube. Its reliefs provide a uniquely detailed picture of the army at war in perfect harmony with Trajan who in his own ... .... Learn More -
Ways of Being Roman: Discourses of Identity in the Roman West [Paperback]
Louise Revell (Author)
Regular Price: $50.00
Special Price: $37.95
ISBN: 9781842172926
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This book examines the question of identity in the Roman west. Combining material and textual evidence, it takes an innovative approach in looking at the wider discourses or ideologies through which an individual sense of self was learnt and ex... .... Learn More -
Building for Eternity: the History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea [Hardback]
C.J. Brandon (Author); R.L. Hohlfelder (Author); M.D. Jackson (Author); J.P. Oleson (Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9781782974208
Published by : Oxbow Books
One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage... .... Learn More -
Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia: Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region [Hardback]
Mark Maltby (Editor)
Regular Price: $120.00
Special Price: $90.00
ISBN: 9781842172773
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This is the third book in a series on Medieval Novgorod and its surrounds, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the editor and a number of... .... Learn More -
Fashionable Encounters: Perspectives and trends in textile and dress in the Early Modern Nordic World [Hardback]
Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen (Editor); Marie-Louise Nosch (Editor); Maj Ringgaard (Editor); Kirsten Toftegaard (Editor); Mikkel Venborg Pederson (Editor)
Regular Price: $76.00
Special Price: $57.00
ISBN: 9781782973829
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
At the heart of this anthology lies the world of fashion: a concept that pervades the realm of clothes and dress; appearances and fashionable manners; interior design; ideas and attitudes. Here sixteen papers focus on the Nordic w... .... Learn More -
Silk for the Vikings [Paperback]
Marianne Vedeler (Author)
Regular Price: $50.00
Special Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781782972150
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumptio... .... Learn More -
The Viking Way: Religion and War in the Later Iron Age of Scandinavia, second edition [Hardback]
Neil Price (Author)
Regular Price: $60.00
Special Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781842172605
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Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet desp... .... Learn More -
Settlement in the Irish Neolithic [Hardback]
Jessica Smyth (Author)
Regular Price: $65.00
Special Price: $49.00
ISBN: 9781842174975
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: PREHISTORIC SOCIETY RESEARCH PAPERS
The Irish Neolithic has been dominated by the study of megalithic tombs, but the defining element of Irish settlement evidence is the rectangular timber Early Neolithic house, the numbers of which have more than quadrupled in the last ten years... .... Learn More -
Medicine and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean [Hardback]
D. Michaelides (Editor)
$110.00ISBN: 9781782972358
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There are many recoverable aspects and indications concerning medicine and healing in the ancient past – from the archaeological evidence of skeletal remains, grave-goods comprising medical and/or surgical equipment and visu... .... Learn More
