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Behind the Scenes of TV archaeology with Dr Simon Elliott

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

From Time Team to Digging for Britain, we’ve always loved to watch archaeology on the small screen. But what’s it really like? DR SIMON ELLIOTT takes us behind the scenes of Great British Dig: History in Your Back[…]

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A Rare Ancient Egyptian Shroud in Norwich

February 12, 2020 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

Author FAYE KALLONIATIS delves into the story of one of the many fascinating objects from the Egyptian collection at Norwich Castle Museum – a crumpled textile shroud which turned out to have a captivating story[…]

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Embracing the Provinces: Studying Romans outside of Rome

February 7, 2019 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

TATIANA IVLEVA researches and teaches Roman archaeology – but not in the Mediterranean. How do we study Romans and their lives outside of Rome? What can we learn from the provinces, and from the people[…]

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Discover a new world: Landscape Beneath the Waves

November 20, 2018April 24, 2023 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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[…]

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Relentlessly Plain: Early Pottery in Western Asia

September 4, 2018August 31, 2018 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

It might seem that the large quantities of plain pottery found at Neolithic sites can’t tell us all that much. But as OLIVIER NIEUWENHUYSE, editor of ‘Relentlessly Plain: Seventh Millennium Ceramics at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria’ explains,[…]

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The Times of Their Lives: The Future of Studying the Past

July 10, 2018 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

Do authors set out intending to write a benchmark book that may well change the face of their subject area forever, or does it simply evolve along the way? Professor ALASDAIR WHITTLE, author of the[…]

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Game of Thorns: A Medieval Farming Conundrum

June 8, 2018 oxbow_booksAnglo-Saxon

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[…]

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More Than Meets the Eye – Palmyra After Zenobia

May 11, 2018 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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 –[…]

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The Unrepentant Editor and Archaeological Legacies

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

Who volunteers to ‘herd cats’ to edit academic collective volumes – and why? MARIA RELAKI, editor of From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology, examines the struggles and the benefits of acting as an[…]

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