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 today. Setting off on a[…]
Category: Archaeology
Current Archaeology Award Nominations 2019
Voting has now opened for the 11th annual Current Archaeology Awards, which celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding[…]
Discover a new world: Landscape Beneath the Waves
Why does underwater archaeology matter? Is it relevant to non-specialists, other archaeologists, and even to the interested public? CAROLINE WICKHAM-JONES tells us why landscapes beneath the waves can be important to us all. You are[…]
The Mystery of Stonehenge: Aliens, Giants, and Music?
On 26th October 1918, one hundred years ago, Cecil Chubb gave Stonehenge to the nation, ending the private ownership of the monument. To celebrate, we take a walk through some of the weirdest and wildest[…]
Faversham in the Making: The Lesser-known History of a Small Market Town
What looks at first glance an unpretentious small market town, probably founded around AD 1200, is at second glance something more special and unusual. This extract from ‘Faversham in the Making’ begins to scratch the[…]
Did Arthur Really Pull the Sword from the Stone?
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 published Myth & Materiality, JOHN[…]
Game of Thorns: A Medieval Farming Conundrum
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 faced a stark warning: winter[…]
More Than Meets the Eye – Palmyra After Zenobia
Even after damage and destruction when in the hands of ISIL, the site of Palmyra in Syria is made of famously recognisable ruins. But these monumental remains of the Roman period hide another story –[…]
35 Years & 100 Issues of Oxbow Book News!
Next month, we’ll be releasing our 100th issue of Oxbow Book News. To celebrate, we’re giving you the chance to win £100 of books! THE HISTORY OF BOOK NEWS Book News was started in 1983[…]