The Oxbow Books End-of-Year Sale!
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
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Council for British Archaeology South-East AGM and Conference
October 10, 2014
Don’t forget to book your place at the 2014 CBA South-East AGM and Conference! The conference will take place on Saturday 1st November in the Huxley Lecture Theatre at the… READ MORE
20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists
September 24, 2014
From the 10th to the 14th September 2014, the European Association of Archaeologists’ 20th Annual Meeting was held in Istanbul. Oxbow was represented at EAA 2014 by Managing Editor Julie… READ MORE
Oxbow publication wins British Archaeological Award for the Best Archaeological Book 2013-14
July 16, 2014
A grand ceremony was held on Monday 14th July at the British Museum to present the British Archaeological Awards for 2014. The occasion was compèred by Loyd Grossman who, following… READ MORE
Mythological Motifs: Tests Set for Men to Win Brides
May 21, 2014
Thanks to a suggestion from my friend and colleague Chris Collard, I included in my new Dictionary of Classical Mythology an “Index of Recurring Motifs”, so that anyone interested in… READ MORE
Searching for Gold – by Marianne Vedeler
May 16, 2014
Marianne Vedeler is Associate professor in Archaeology at Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Her research and publications focus on clothing, style and costume accessories from the Middle Ages…. READ MORE
A Chance Meeting in a Museum – Archaeology in the ‘Land of Tells and Ruins’
May 13, 2014
The volume Archaeology in the ‘Land of Tells and Ruins’ is based on the photographs and accounts made by a former student of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française in… READ MORE
The Medieval Ecclesiastical Vice – a Virtue?
April 23, 2014
Author Toby Huitson takes a look back at what inspired him to write his new book, Stairway to Heaven: The Functions of Medieval Upper Spaces. “I’m sorry to disappoint you,… READ MORE
Gristhorpe Man launches at the Rotunda Museum and Oxbow talks to Christopher Knüsel
January 22, 2014
On Friday 17th January, Gristhorpe Man: A Life and Death in the Bronze Age was launched at the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough, where the remains of this significant Bronze Age… READ MORE
Mike McCarthy’s ‘The Romano-British Peasant’ nominated for Best Book of 2013 award by Current Archaeology
January 9, 2014
The nominations are in for this years’ Current Archaeology Awards and we are delighted that Mike McCarthy’s The Romano-British Peasant (Oxbow Books, 2013) has been nominated for the Best Book award…. READ MORE
