Oxbow Books Imprint
Oxbow Books publishes about 65 titles a year in the main Oxbow imprint. These include monographs, edited collections of papers and excavation and site reports. Archaeology is our main subject area encompassing all periods from prehistory through classical archaeology, the ancient Near East, Egyptology, the Middle Ages and post-medieval archaeology. Related fields such as environmental archaeology, landscape archaeology, archaeozoology, maritime and underwater archaeology are covered as well as wider examinations of archaeological practice and theory.
See some of our latest and forthcoming titles below or browse our full catalogue here.
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Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America [Paperback]
Robert A. Birmingham (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785700873
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Series: American Landscapes
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Between c. AD 700 and 1100 Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest used the topography and other features of the natural landscape to create vast ceremonial landscapes consisting of thousands of earthen mounds sculpted into animals and animal ... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and Land-use of south-east England to 1066: A Tribute to Peter Drewett [Hardback]
Michael J. Allen (Editor); David Rudling (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782979623
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In this new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of South-East England intended for students, researchers, and those working in commercial archaeology, over 30 leading authors provide a comprehensive overview of the South-East as an informed ... .... Learn More -
Towards Skyscape Archaeology [Paperback]
Fabio Silva (Author)
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ISBN: 9781782979555
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Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 7
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The study of beliefs and practices concerning the sky in the past and the uses to which people’s understanding of the sky was put has long been of great interest to archaeologists and the wider public, but also controversial. After the dispute in ... .... Learn More -
All the Emperor's Men: Roman Soldiers and Barbarians on Trajan's Column [Hardback]
Jon Coulston (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842173008
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Trajan's Column, set up in the heart of Rome, was completed in 113 CE to commemorate the emperor Trajan's wars across the Danube. Its reliefs provide a uniquely detailed picture of the army at war in perfect harmony with Trajan who in his own ... .... Learn More -
Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam [Paperback]
Patricia Crone (Author)
£59.00ISBN: 9781463241728
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
Volume: 6
Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam: the supposition that Mecca was a trading center. In addition, she seeks to elucidate sources on which we should reconstruct our p... .... Learn More -
Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia: Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region [Hardback]
Mark Maltby (Editor); Mark Brisbane (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781842172773
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This is the third book on material studies in this series on medieval Novgorod and its territory, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the... .... Learn More -
Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 19 [Paperback]
Amir Harrak (Editor)
£61.00ISBN: 9781463241117
Published by : Gorgias Press
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JCSSS is a refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies Inc. (CSSS), located at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. JCSSS contains the transcri... .... Learn More -
Against “Irenaean” Theodicy: A Refutation of John Hick's Use of Irenaeus [Hardback]
David Hionides (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9781463240714
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
Volume: 73
This book serves to correct the now accepted understanding of Irenaeus’s theodicy. This assumption of Hick’s theodicy as legitimately “Irenaean” remains due the gulf between Irenaean scholarship and discussion of the problem of evil. The present w... .... Learn More -
1 & 2 Chronicles According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation [Hardback]
Robert P. Gordon (Author); George A. Kiraz (Editor)
£125.00ISBN: 9781463205713
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars. R. Gordon has translated the text, while Kiraz has prepared the Syriac text in the west Syr... .... Learn More -
“One of Life and One of Death”: Apocalypticism and the Didache’s Two Ways [Hardback]
Shawn Wilhite (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9781463240257
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics
Volume: 70
This book explores the apocalyptic influence upon the Two Ways metaphor in antiquity and more particularly the influence of the Two Ways in the Didache as veering from an apocalyptic worldview. The argument includes essential critical evaluation o... .... Learn More
