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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Woven Threads [Paperback]
Maria C. Shaw(Editor); Anne. P. Chapin(Editor)
Regular Price: $39.99
Special Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781789257342
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 22
Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilizations: the Minoans of Crete ... .... Learn More -
Grave Goods: Objects and Death in Later Prehistoric Britain [Hardback]
Anwen Cooper(Author); Duncan Garrow(Author); Catriona Gibson(Author); Melanie Giles(Author); Neil Wilkin(Author)
Regular Price: $80.00
Special Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781789257472
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Britain is internationally renowned for the high quality and exquisite crafting of its later prehistoric grave goods (c. 4000 BC to AD 43). Many of prehistoric Britain's most impressive artefacts have come from graves. Interred with both inhumatio... .... 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 interpretation of... .... Learn More -
Roman Butrint: An Assessment [Paperback]
Inge Lyse Hansen(Author); Richard Hodges(Author)
Regular Price: $39.99
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ISBN: 9781789257335
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Butrint Archaeological Monographs
Volume: 1
Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, has taken many forms in different ages, shaped by the near-constant interaction between the place, its lagoonal landscape and the Mediterranean. Though Butrint does not appear on any of the records of early Greek coloni... .... Learn More -
Ireland's First Settlers: Time and the Mesolithic [Paperback]
Peter Woodman(Author)
Regular Price: $49.99
Special Price: $37.49
ISBN: 9781789256888
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Ireland's First Settlers tells the story of the archaeology and history of the first continuous phase of Ireland’s human settlement. It combines centuries of search and speculation about human antiquity in Ireland with a review of wha... .... Learn More -
The First Stones: Penywyrlod, Gwernvale and the Black Mountains Neolithic Long Cairns of South-East Wales [Paperback]
William Britnell(Editor); Alasdair Whittle(Editor)
Regular Price: $55.00
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ISBN: 9781789257397
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This book brings together the results of recent research on the Neolithic long cairns lying in the shadow of the Black Mountains in south-east Wales, focusing upon Penywyrlod and Gwernvale, the two best known tombs within the group, previously exc... .... Learn More -
First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean [Paperback]
Małgorzata Siennicka(Editor); Lorenz Rahmstorf(Editor); Agata Ulanowska(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789256871
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Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 32
Textile production and the manufacture of clothing was one of the most essential daily activities in prehistory. Textiles were significant objects of practical use, and at the same time had cultural, social and symbolic meaning, crucial for displa... .... Learn More -
Early Greek Alphabetic Writing: A Linguistic Approach [Hardback]
Natalia Elvira Astoreca(Author)
Regular Price: $55.00
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ISBN: 9781789257434
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Series: Contexts of and Relations Between Early Writing Systems
Volume: 5
Most scholarship on early Greek alphabetic writing has focused on the questions around the origin of 'the Greek alphabet', instead of acknowledging the diversity of alphabetic systems that emerged in Geometric and Archaic Greece. The research conc... .... Learn More -
London Bridge and its Houses, c. 1209-1761 [Hardback]
Dorian Gerhold(Author)
Regular Price: $46.00
Special Price: $34.50
ISBN: 9781789257519
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London Bridge lined with houses from end to end was one of the most extraordinary structures ever seen in London. It was home to over 500 people, perched above the rushing waters of the Thames, and was one of the city’s main shopping streets... .... Learn More -
Is There a British Chalcolithic?: People, Place and Polity in the later Third Millennium [Paperback]
Michael J. Allen(Editor); Julie Gardiner(Editor); Alison Sheridan(Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789256864
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Volume: 4
The Chalcolithic, the phase in prehistory when the important technical development of adding tin to copper to produce bronze had not yet taken place, is not a term generally used by British prehistorians and whether there is even a definable phase... .... Learn More
