Oxbow Books Imprint
Oxbow Books publishes about 65 titles a year in the main Oxbow imprint. These include monographs, edited collections of papers and excavation and site reports. Archaeology is our main subject area encompassing all periods from prehistory through classical archaeology, the ancient Near East, Egyptology, the Middle Ages and post-medieval archaeology. Related fields such as environmental archaeology, landscape archaeology, archaeozoology, maritime and underwater archaeology are covered as well as wider examinations of archaeological practice and theory.
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Prehistory of the Western Sahara: A Synthesis of Fieldwork, 2002 to 2009 [Hardback]
Jo Clarke (Author); Nick Brooks (Author)
Regular Price: $90.00
Special Price: $67.50
ISBN: 9781782971726
Published by : Oxbow Books
Contrary to much perceived wisdom, the Sahara is a rich and varied tapestry of diverse environments that sustain an array of ecosystems. Throughout its history, the Sahara has been a stage for human evolution, with human habitatio... .... Learn More -
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia [Hardback]
Neil Price (Author)
Regular Price: $49.99
Special Price: $37.50
ISBN: 9781842172605
Published by : Oxbow Books
Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet desp... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and Land-use of South-East England to 1066: A Tribute to Peter Drewett [Hardback]
Michael J. Allen (Editor); David Rudling (Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9781782979623
Published by : Oxbow Books
This new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of Southeast England (principally Kent, Sussex and Surrey) comprises contributions by over 30 leading authorities to provide a comprehensive overview as an informed narrative and ... .... Learn More -
Towards Skyscape Archaeology [Paperback]
Fabio Silva (Author)
$26.00ISBN: 9781782979555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
The study of beliefs and practices concerning the sky in the past and the uses to which people’s understanding of the sky was put has long been of great interest to archaeologists and the wider public, but also controversial... .... Learn More -
Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America [Paperback]
Robert A. Birmingham (Author)
Regular Price: $34.95
Special Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781785700873
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
Between c. AD 700 and 1100, Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest of North America used the topography and other features of the natural landscape to create vast ceremonial landscapes consisting of thousands of earthen mound... .... Learn More -
All the Emperor's Men: Roman Soldiers and Barbarians on Trajan's Column [Hardback]
J. C. Coulston (Author)
Regular Price: $49.99
Special Price: $37.50
ISBN: 9781842173008
Published by : Oxbow Books
Trajan's Column, set up in the heart of Rome, was completed in 113 CE to commemorate the emperor Trajan's wars across the Danube. Its reliefs provide a uniquely detailed picture of the army at war in perfect harmony with Trajan who in his own ... .... Learn More -
Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia: Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region [Hardback]
Mark Maltby (Editor)
Regular Price: $99.00
Special Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9781842172773
Published by : Oxbow Books
This is the third book in a series on Medieval Novgorod and its surrounds, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the editor and a number of... .... Learn More -
The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond [Paperback]
Tom Moore (Author); Colin Haselgrove (Editor); Elizabeth Moore (Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9781785709104
Published by : Oxbow Books
The last fifteen years have seen a major shift in Iron Age studies. Once seen as a rather dull and lifeless subject, the period is now at the forefront of theoretical debate. In this book, the Later Iron Age is taken to be c.400/300BC until the... .... Learn More -
More than Meets the Eye: Studies on Upper Palaeolithic Diversity in the Near East [Paperback]
A. Nigel Goring-Morris (Author); Anna Belfer-Cohen (Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781785709142
Published by : Oxbow Books
These twenty-three papers focus on recent research into the Upper Palaeolithic of the Levant, a murky period of human history (ca 45,000 to 20,000 years ago) during which modern patterns of human behaviour and communication became the norm. The... .... Learn More -
The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent [Paperback]
Rachel Pope (Author); Colin Haselgrove (Editor)
$90.00ISBN: 9781785709098
Published by : Oxbow Books
For much of Britain, the Earlier Iron Age has eluded attention and been characterised more by what it lacks than what it comprises: for Bronze Age studies it lacks bronze, while from the perspective of the Later Iron Age it lacks elaborate encl... .... Learn More
