35 Years & 100 Issues of Oxbow Book News!
January 29, 2018
Next month, we’ll be releasing our 100th issue of Oxbow Book News. To celebrate, we’re giving you the chance to win £100 of books! THE HISTORY OF BOOK NEWS Book… READ MORE
Category: Archaeology
Wool: The Wealth of England
January 18, 2018
An upcoming book from SUSAN ROSE presents a fascinating new exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England. She shares with… READ MORE
Alan Sorrell: The Man Who Created Roman Britain
January 11, 2018
Alan Sorrell was a celebrated and accomplished artist, most renowned for his meticulously researched archaeological reconstructions. Alan Sorrell: The Man who Created Roman Britain is written by his children, and… READ MORE
Current Archaeology Awards 2018
January 4, 2018
The 10th annual Current Archaeology Awards are coming in February, which celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the… READ MORE
Gender Culture is a Violent Culture: On Archaeology, Gender and Violence
September 18, 2017
What can we learn from the intersection between archaeology, gender, and violence? UROŠ MATIĆ explores gender as a form of symbolic violence, and shows why the archaeology of gender and… READ MORE
Body Snatchers in London’s New Churchyard: New Discoveries from Crossrail Project
July 27, 2017
The Crossrail project, one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken in the UK, has given us a unique insight into some of London’s most significant sites. Excavations during… 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
How undeciphered is an undeciphered script?
July 14, 2017
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…. 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
