Oxbow Books’ Black Friday Sale
November 19, 2018
THERE’S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE BOOK. (somewhere) It’s time to start making some space on your bookshelves! On Friday 23rd, we’re offering 50% off all full-price books published by… READ MORE
Category: Publications
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Winchester
November 17, 2017
A city steeped in history, Winchester combines the best of city and country life. To celebrate the publication of the new Winchester volume of the British Historic Towns Atlas Series,… READ MORE
Festival of Archaeology 2017 – Behind the Scenes of the Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged
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
Snails in Archaeology and Fruite de Mer
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
The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle
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
International Children’s Day: Children and the Past
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
Exploring the Past Through Ancient Egyptian Furniture
May 26, 2017
We don’t often pay that much attention to the furniture that we use every day. But author and guest blogger GEOFFREY KILLEN, who studies the furniture of Ancient Egypt, has… READ MORE
Herding Anglo-Saxon Cats
April 26, 2017
WRITTEN BY GUEST-BLOGGER AND AUTHOR GALE OWEN-CROCKER Many of the books published by Oxbow Books are edited volumes or collections of contributions from various authors. These collections – often from… READ MORE
International Women’s Day: Spotlight
March 8, 2017
From the sweeping study of gender in antiquity to the biographies of individual women, we’ve got hundreds of books that we could showcase for International Women’s Day. Instead, we’ve hand-picked a… READ MORE
Why did Samuel Pepys bury his cheese, and other pressing questions
February 8, 2017
From Blue Peter time capsules to Samuel Pepys burying his cheese during the Great Fire of London, humanity has a long history of burying or depositing material goods. What sort… READ MORE
