Category: Author Post

How undeciphered is an undeciphered script?

How undeciphered is an undeciphered script?

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

Snails in Archaeology and Fruite de Mer

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

Herding Anglo-Saxon Cats

Herding Anglo-Saxon Cats

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

Following a Trail of Potsherds to the Landscape

Following a Trail of Potsherds to the Landscape

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

Offa’s Dyke: The Brexit Dimension?

Offa’s Dyke: The Brexit Dimension?

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

Secrets of Orkney

Secrets of Orkney

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