February 16, 2017
How can pottery help to explore an archaeological landscape? Guest blogger DR. PHILIP MILLS, co-editor of Forms of Dwelling along with ULLA RAJALA, explains. Landscape archaeology is something that I, as a Roman ceramic… READ MORE
February 8, 2017
From Blue Peter time capsules to Samuel Pepys burying his cheese during the Great Fire of London, humanity has a long history of burying or depositing material goods. What sort… READ MORE
January 17, 2017
BY GUEST WRITER AND AUTHOR KEITH RAY Cover image: Raymond Perry via Wikimedia Commons, CC by SA 2.0 In January 2017, there are stirrings along the border between England and Wales…. READ MORE
December 29, 2016
In this blog, the late Caroline Wickham-Jones takes us behind the scenes of her involvement in the BBC2 series Britain’s Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney, sharing her love of this… READ MORE
December 5, 2016
We’re happy to announce that starting today and continuing through the end of the year, over 200 Oxbow Books titles will be offered at great sale prices on casemateacademic.com! This… READ MORE
November 28, 2016
From Daniel Sosna & Lenka Brunclíková What have ornate Neolithic vessels, 17th century human faeces and contemporary fuel in nuclear reactors in common? Regardless of how silly this question sounds,… READ MORE
October 31, 2016
Fear of the undead has been around for a very long time. Whilst the term ‘vampire’ wasn’t first used until around the sixteenth century, the ideas of people rising from… READ MORE
October 28, 2016
Think you’re up to scratch on archaeologists in history? Find out just how much you know with our latest quiz.
July 20, 2016
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the Ashmolean Museum’s latest exhibition: Storms, War & Shipwrecks. With such a powerful title I was expecting great things. I was not… READ MORE
March 4, 2016
Last weekend Oxbow Books had the pleasure of attending Current Archaeology Live 2016. Hosted by the magazine of the same name, this conference is attended by many archaeologists, from the… READ MORE
