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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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 wh... .... 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
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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 -
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 mounds... .... Learn More -
Byzantine Butrint: Excavations and Surveys 1994-99 [Paperback]
Richard Hodges(Author); William Bowden(Author); Kosta Lako(Author)
Regular Price: $46.00
Special Price: $34.50
ISBN: 9781789253436
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: BUTRINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 2
The ancient walled town of Butrint sits at the crossroads of the Mediterranean. In its heyday it could command sea-routes up the Adriatic Sea to the north, across the Mediterranean to the west, and south through the Ionian islands.... .... 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
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This is the third book on material studies in this series on medieval Novgorod and its territory, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is di... .... Learn More -
Textiles and Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory to AD 400 [Paperback]
Margarita Gleba(Editor); Ulla Mannering(Editor)
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Special Price: $37.49
ISBN: 9781789253429
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 11
There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, religion, ethnicity and social, po... .... Learn More -
Viking Worlds: Things, Spaces and Movement [Paperback]
Marianne Hem Eriksen(Editor); Unn Pedersen(Editor); Bernt Rundberget(Editor); Irmelin Axelsen(Editor); Heidi Lund Berg(Editor)
Regular Price: $50.00
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ISBN: 9781789252101
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Fourteen papers explore a variety of inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the Viking past, both in Scandinavia and in the Viking diaspora. Contributions employ both traditional inter- or multi-disciplinarian perspectives ... .... Learn More -
Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient mediterranean world [Paperback]
Michela Spataro(Editor); Alexandra Villing(Editor)
Regular Price: $55.00
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ISBN: 9781789253412
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The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set... .... Learn More -
Glass of the Roman World [Paperback]
Justine Bayley(Editor); Ian Freestone(Editor); Caroline Jackson(Editor)
Regular Price: $49.99
Special Price: $37.49
ISBN: 9781789253399
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Glass of the Roman World illustrates the arrival of new cultural systems, mechanisms of trade and an expanded economic base in the early 1st millennium AD which, in combination, allowed the further development of the existing glass... .... Learn More -
Towards Skyscape Archaeology [Paperback]
Fabio Silva(Author)
$26.00ISBN: 9781782979555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 7
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
