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.
See some of our latest and forthcoming titles below or browse our full catalogue here.
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Archaeology in the 'Land of Tells and Ruins': A History of Excavations in the Holy Land Inspired by the Photographs and Accounts of Leo Boer [Hardback]
Bart Wagemakers (Editor)
£49.95ISBN: 9781782972457
Published by : Oxbow Books
Recently, a travel account and 700 photographs came to light by the hand of Leo Boer, a former student of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem who, at the age of 26 in 1953–4 visite... .... Learn More -
Paths Towards a New World [Paperback]
Mats Larsson (Author); Geoffrey Lemdahl (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781782972570
Published by : Oxbow Books
Covering the approximately 6,500 years from the beginning of the Late Mesolithic to the transition to the Bronze Age, Mats Larsson takes the reader on a journey through the development of Swedish prehistoric society and culture se... .... Learn More -
Using Images in Late Antiquity [Paperback]
Stine Birk (Editor); Troels Myrup Kristensen (Editor); Birte Poulsen (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781782972617
Published by : Oxbow Books
Fifteen papers focus on the active and dynamic uses of images during the first millennium AD. They bring together an international group of scholars who situate the period’s visual practices within their political, religious... .... Learn More -
Communicating with the World of Beings: The World Heritage rock art site in Alta, Arctic Norway [Hardback]
Knut Helskog (Author); Tim Challman (Translator)
£35.00ISBN: 9781782974116
Published by : Oxbow Books
The rock art found in the World Cultural Heritage site of the Alta area, Norway, comprises thousands of images including vast panels depicting many animals including reindeer and elk as well as fish, birds, boats, humans and geome... .... Learn More -
Quaternary of the Trent [Hardback]
David R. Bridgland (Editor); Andy J. Howard (Editor); Mark J. White (Editor); Tom S. White (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £22.95
ISBN: 9781842174616
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent. It provides detailed descriptions of the Pleistocene sedimentary records from the Trent, its tributarie... .... Learn More -
Exploring and Explaining Diversity in Agricultural Technology [Hardback]
Annelou van Gijn (Editor); Patricia C Anderson (Editor); John Whittaker (Editor)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £30.00
ISBN: 9781842175156
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: EARTH SERIES
Volume: 2
This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integra... .... Learn More -
Exploring Prehistoric Identity in North-West Europe [Paperback]
Victoria Ginn (Editor); Rebecca Enlander (Editor); Rebecca Crozier (Editor)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £28.00
ISBN: 9781842178133
Published by : Oxbow Books
Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal... .... Learn More -
Landscape and Interaction: Troodos Survey Vol 1: Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation [Hardback]
Michael Given (Author); A. Bernard Knapp (Author); Jay Noller (Author); Luke Sollars (Author); Vasiliki Kassianidou (Author)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781782971870
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 14
The Troodos Mountains, in central Cyprus, is a region of great physical and cultural diversity. The landscapes range from fertile, cultivated plains to narrow, dry valleys and forested mountain regions and this physical topography... .... Learn More -
Landscape and Interaction, Troodos Survey Vol 2: The TAESP Landscape [Hardback]
Michael Given (Author); A. Bernard Knapp (Author); Luke Sollars (Author); Jay Noller (Author); Vasiliki Kassianidou (Author)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £30.00
ISBN: 9781782971887
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 15
The TAESP Landscape, the second of two volumes, presents an area-by-area analysis of the fieldwork and research undertaken by the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project (TAESP) in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. ... .... Learn More -
Life in the Limes: Studies of the people and objects of the Roman frontiers [Hardback]
Rob Collins (Editor); Frances McIntosh (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781782972532
Published by : Oxbow Books
Lindsay Allason-Jones has been at the forefront of small finds and Roman frontier research for 40 years in a career focussed on, but not exclusive to, the north of Britain, encompassing an enormous range of object types and subjec... .... Learn More
