Modern & Industrial Archaeology: Re-Discovering the Recent Past
Our Modern & Post-Industrial Archaeology books examine the remnants of the industrial revolution and recent history through an archaeological lens. These books offer unique perspectives on the recent past, but can be supplemental material with books in our Heritage & Conservation collection.
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Floreat Salopia
A Celebration of Shropshire’s History and Archaeology
Full Price: £45.00
Discount Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9798888571590
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2025-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
224 Pages
A fully illustrated, lively and wide ranging celebration of the social, economic, religious and architectural history of Shropshire from the Neolithic to modern times,
New Voices in Iranian Archaeology
Full Price: £40.00
Discount Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9798888571453
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
192 Pages
First English publication of key recent archaeological research and excavations in Iran by, mainly female, Iranian scholars and their collaborators.
Manufactured Bodies
The Impact of Industrialisation on London Health
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 9781789253221
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2019-12-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
272 Pages
An attractively presented overview of the results of research on 2,000 skeletons which reveals the impact of the Industrial Revolution on human health in London and beyond.
Sealed by Time
The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose
Price: £18.95
ISBN: 9781785701528
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-10-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
216 Pages
Although the wreck of the Mary Rose was raised twenty years ago, the excavations and conservation work and indeed the ship itself have never been published in full.
Your Noblest Shippe
Anatomy of a Tudor Warship
Price: £60.00
ISBN: 9781785701597
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-10-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
418 Pages
This volume is concerned primarily with a detailed description of the Mary Rose and how she operated as a functional warship. Commencing with a discussion of the place of the Mary Rose in the development of warships; her recovery and recording are described and the method by which she has been reconstructed on paper.
For Future Generations
Conservation of a Tudor Maritime Collection
Price: £24.95
ISBN: 9781785701559
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-10-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
160 Pages
The Mary Rose, one of the first great British warships and Henry VIII's flagship, sank in 1545, taking all her contents and most of her crew to the bottom of the sea. The conservation of the hull of the Mary Rose, and more than 26,000 objects recovered during her excavation, has been a massive undertaking.
What the Victorians Threw Away
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 9781782978756
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-05-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
108 Pages
Highly illustrated, very readable insight into the everyday lives of Victorians based on archaeological examination of the contents of their rubbish tips.
A Glorious Empire
Archaeology and the Tudor-Stuart Atlantic World
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781842175101
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2013-03-08
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
272 Pages
Fifteen papers present the results of new research into various aspects of material culture and historical archaeology that reflect culture, trade and social interaction shared by Britain and Colonial America during the Tudor and Stuart periods.
Floreat Salopia
A Celebration of Shropshire’s History and Archaeology
Full Price: £45.00
Discount Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9798888571590
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2025-08-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
224 Pages
New Voices in Iranian Archaeology
Full Price: £40.00
Discount Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9798888571453
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
192 Pages
Manufactured Bodies
The Impact of Industrialisation on London Health
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 9781789253221
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2019-12-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
272 Pages
Sealed by Time
The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose
Price: £18.95
ISBN: 9781785701528
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-10-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
216 Pages
Your Noblest Shippe
Anatomy of a Tudor Warship
Price: £60.00
ISBN: 9781785701597
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-10-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
418 Pages
For Future Generations
Conservation of a Tudor Maritime Collection
Price: £24.95
ISBN: 9781785701559
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-10-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
160 Pages
What the Victorians Threw Away
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 9781782978756
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2015-05-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
108 Pages
A Glorious Empire
Archaeology and the Tudor-Stuart Atlantic World
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781842175101
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2013-03-08
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxbow Books
272 Pages