July 26, 2017
Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival of Archaeology offers hundreds of events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community… READ MORE
July 14, 2017
Indiana Jones and the Undeciphered Script? PHILIPPA STEELE, editor of Understanding Relations Between Scripts, takes us on a tour of writing in Bronze Age Greece and how we understand these scripts…. READ MORE
June 22, 2017
Do people really eat common garden snails? How long have snails, shellfish and molluscs been eaten throughout human history? And what can their remains at archaeological sites tell us about… READ MORE
June 6, 2017
Oxbow Books is pleased to announce the publication of The Neolithic of Europe in honour of Alasdair Whittle and his retirement. The book was presented to Professor Whittle at… READ MORE
June 1, 2017
This International Children’s Day, we take a quick look into the archaeology of childhood, and the study of childhood in the past. The study of children in the past Children… READ MORE
May 19, 2017
What is the merit of a room full of plaster-cast reproductions in a museum full of genuine artefacts and antiques? Guest blogger ALICE PARKIN, who runs tours of the Cast… READ MORE
May 11, 2017
What does a museum do when it discovers that an artifact is a forgery? What should a museum do? Oxbow marketing executive BECCA WATSON explores fakes and forgeries of antiquities and… READ MORE
May 4, 2017
We often hear of important new excavations and finds in the world of archaeology. But what about the archaeological artefacts which have been forgotten – how much archaeology is hiding… READ MORE
April 1, 2017
Written by guest blogger Alice Parkin From practical jokes to proving the existence of Jesus Christ himself, archaeological forgeries and fakes come in all shapes and sizes; and a well-timed… READ MORE
March 22, 2017
CROSSRAIL EXCAVATIONS AT CHARTERHOUSE COVER IMAGE: CROSSRAIL © Since Crossrail began construction in 2009, huge swathes of London’s hidden past have been uncovered. More than 200 archaeologists have unearthed over 10,000… READ MORE
