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Category: Prehistoric Archaeology

The Mystery of Stonehenge: Aliens, Giants, and Music?

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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[…]

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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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Times of Their Lives Prehistory Archaeology

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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It’s Not the End of the World

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 oxbow_booksGreek Archaeology

What causes a society to collapse – and how do people react when it does? Guest blogger KIRA HOPKINS explores the collapse of Mycenaean Greece and its consequences. The causes behind the collapse of societies,[…]

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How undeciphered is an undeciphered script?

July 14, 2017February 12, 2020 oxbow_booksArchaeology

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. As someone who works on[…]

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The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle

June 6, 2017June 22, 2017 oxbow_booksArchaeology

  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 a surprise event last week.[…]

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