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)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781785700873
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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 -
Ezra and Nehemiah According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation [Cloth]
John Healey (Editor); George Kiraz (Editor); Joseph Bali (Editor)
£109.00ISBN: 9781463243746
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Surath Kthob
Not yet published - available for pre-order
This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta, presented along with the Syriac text. The volume has been prepared and translated by an international team of scholars. .... Learn More -
Living the Quran with Joy and Purpose: Selections on Tawhid from Said Nursi's Epistles of Light [Paperback]
Yamina Bouguenaya (Author); Isra Yazicioglu (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781463243753
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: The Modern Muslim World
Volume: 10
This volume provides an annotated translation of selections from a noteworthy Muslim theologian Said Nursi (1876-1960) on the Quranic theme of oneness of God (tawhid). Given the scarcity of theological themes in Islamic literature in English as we... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Evolution and Formation of the Passover Haggadah [Hardback]
Jay Rovner (Author)
£69.00ISBN: 9781463243760
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Judaism in Context
Volume: 27
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The Passover Haggadah, the quintessential Jewish book, began taking shape in the period of the Mishnah and the Talmud (ca. 100-600 CE). Even by 600, it did not look like it does today. Major portions were wanting, for example th... .... 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)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9781782979623
Published by : Oxbow Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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 -
All the Emperor's Men: Roman Soldiers and Barbarians on Trajan's Column [Hardback]
Jon Coulston (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £33.75
ISBN: 9781842173008
Published by : Oxbow Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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 -
Towards Skyscape Archaeology [Paperback]
Fabio Silva (Author)
Regular Price: £15.99
Special Price: £11.99
ISBN: 9781782979555
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 7
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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. Afte... .... Learn More -
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Edessa and Jerusalem [Paperback]
Jonathan Loopstra (Editor)
£25.00ISBN: 9781463243357
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
Volume: 64
Recognized as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only about half survive. ... .... Learn More -
De Syrorum Orientalium Erroribus Auctore P. Francisco Ros S.I.: A Latin-Syriac Treatise from Early Modern Malabar (1586) [Paperback]
S.J. Mecherry (Editor)
£39.00ISBN: 9781463243531
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
Volume: 61
Antony Mecherry S.J. brings to the fore a recently identified 16th-century treatise on 'Nestorianism', written by Francisco Ros S.J. (1559-1624), a Catalonian from the Jesuit province of Aragón. He successfully promoted the mission praxis of accom... .... Learn More -
Pluralism and Plurality in Islamic Legal Scholarship: The Case of the Fatāwā l-ʿĀlamgīrīya [Hardback]
Mouez Khalfaoui (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781463242312
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: The Modern Muslim World
Volume: 11
This book presents the positions held by ḥanafite Muslim jurists in South Asia in the 17th century with regard to the coexistence of Muslims and non-Muslims, and, secondly, compares the opinions put forth by these South Asian jurists with those ma... .... Learn More
