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Category: British Archaeology

Mapping Oxford Through Time

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 oxbow_booksArchaeology

NICK MILLEA, Map Curator at the Bodleian Libraries and trustee of the Historic Towns Trust reveals some of the remnants of Oxford’s forgotten past to bring the city’s past to life. No ordinary wall If[…]

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Running an 18th Century Landscaping Business

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

Having unearthed the previously unpublished work of Britain’s greatest landscape designer, Thomas White, two experts provide insight into how this infamous designer ran his landscaping business…in the 1700s. Although I have been researching historic designed[…]

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Now You See It: Radiography on an Industrial Scale

February 10, 2020 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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[…]

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The Hidden Wonders of Westminster Abbey: Cosmatesque Mosaics & Genuine Crappers

October 28, 2019 oxbow_booksarchitecture

Our editor, JULIE GARDINER, gives us a sneak peek into the production of a unique book, its presentation to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and a few other hidden wonders she came across during the[…]

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Did Arthur Really Pull the Sword from the Stone?

June 26, 2018 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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[…]

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Anglo-Saxon Farming

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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Archaeology, Ecology and Trees

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 oxbow_booksAuthor Post

What can trees tell us about the past? What can they tell us about our present? What might they tell the archaeologists of the future? Author RUTH TITTENSOR investigates. Trees of the Past Ancient pollen[…]

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Wealth of England

Wool: The Wealth of England

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 oxbow_booksArchaeology

An upcoming book from SUSAN ROSE presents a fascinating new exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England. She shares with us some of the locations[…]

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Alan Sorrell: The Man Who Created Roman Britain

January 11, 2018 oxbow_booksArchaeology

Alan Sorrell was a celebrated and accomplished artist, most renowned for his meticulously researched archaeological reconstructions. Alan Sorrell: The Man who Created Roman Britain is written by his children, and is the first book to[…]

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