The Hart of the Matter
June 7, 2024
From art and literature, to royal emblems, to your local pub, the white hart has leapt and gamboled across British history, taking shelter under the ancient trees of deer parks…. READ MORE
Category: British Archaeology
Winged Words: A flight through the history of human interactions with birds in Britain and Ireland
June 12, 2023
Soar through time and discover what a little bird can tell you about the lives of people in the past. In this blog, Dale Serjeantson flies readers back to the… READ MORE
Mapping Oxford Through Time
January 21, 2022
NICK MILLEA, Map Curator at the Bodleian Libraries and trustee of the Historic Towns Trust reveals some of the remnants of Oxford’s forgotten past to bring the city’s past to… READ MORE
Running an 18th Century Landscaping Business
November 17, 2021
Having unearthed the previously unpublished work of Britain’s greatest landscape designer, Thomas White, two experts provide insight into how this infamous designer ran his landscaping business…in the 1700s. Although I… READ MORE
Now You See It: Radiography on an Industrial Scale
February 10, 2020
Oxbow Books authors GAYNOR WESTERN and JELENA BEKVALAC discuss what the analysis of human skeletal remains from the Industrial Period in Britain can tell us about ourselves and our health… READ MORE
The Hidden Wonders of Westminster Abbey: Cosmatesque Mosaics & Genuine Crappers
October 28, 2019
Our editor, JULIE GARDINER, gives us a sneak peek into the production of a unique book, its presentation to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and a few other hidden wonders… READ MORE
Did Arthur Really Pull the Sword from the Stone?
June 26, 2018
Did Arthur really pull a sword from a stone? Can archaeology shed light on myths like these, and can myth shed light on archaeology? In this extract from the newly… READ MORE
Game of Thorns: A Medieval Farming Conundrum
June 8, 2018
Author MARK MCKERRACHER explores the problems and pitfalls of Medieval farming – and how we can hope study farming, farms, livestock and crops through archaeology. Every year, the medieval farmer… READ MORE
Archaeology, Ecology and Trees
February 9, 2018
What can trees tell us about the past? What can they tell us about our present? What might they tell the archaeologists of the future? Author RUTH TITTENSOR investigates. Trees… READ MORE
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
