Wool: The Wealth of England
January 18, 2018
An upcoming book from SUSAN ROSE presents a fascinating new exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England. She shares with… READ MORE
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Alan Sorrell: The Man Who Created Roman Britain
January 11, 2018
Alan Sorrell was a celebrated and accomplished artist, most renowned for his meticulously researched archaeological reconstructions. Alan Sorrell: The Man who Created Roman Britain is written by his children, and… READ MORE
New Forest: The Forging of a Landscape
December 11, 2017
Once the domain of kings, the New Forest is today, in effect, open-access, largely state-owned land, famous for its pretty villages, mosaic of moorland and woodland, roaming horses and cattle,… READ MORE
Jerusalem Throne Games: David Changed the Course of Human History
September 22, 2017
King David is a well-known biblical figure, and known as the author of biblical psalms. PETER FEINMAN untangles David’s lesser-known authorship, and his incredible contributions that changed the course of… READ MORE
Gender Culture is a Violent Culture: On Archaeology, Gender and Violence
September 18, 2017
What can we learn from the intersection between archaeology, gender, and violence? UROŠ MATIĆ explores gender as a form of symbolic violence, and shows why the archaeology of gender and… READ MORE
Festival of Archaeology 2017 – Behind the Scenes of the Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged
July 26, 2017
Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival of Archaeology offers hundreds of events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community… READ MORE
How undeciphered is an undeciphered script?
July 14, 2017
Indiana Jones and the Undeciphered Script? PHILIPPA STEELE, editor of Understanding Relations Between Scripts, takes us on a tour of writing in Bronze Age Greece and how we understand these scripts…. READ MORE
Snails in Archaeology and Fruite de Mer
June 22, 2017
Do people really eat common garden snails? How long have snails, shellfish and molluscs been eaten throughout human history? And what can their remains at archaeological sites tell us about… READ MORE
Exploring the Past Through Ancient Egyptian Furniture
May 26, 2017
We don’t often pay that much attention to the furniture that we use every day. But author and guest blogger GEOFFREY KILLEN, who studies the furniture of Ancient Egypt, has… READ MORE
Herding Anglo-Saxon Cats
April 26, 2017
WRITTEN BY GUEST-BLOGGER AND AUTHOR GALE OWEN-CROCKER Many of the books published by Oxbow Books are edited volumes or collections of contributions from various authors. These collections – often from… READ MORE
