November 28, 2016
From Daniel Sosna & Lenka Brunclíková What have ornate Neolithic vessels, 17th century human faeces and contemporary fuel in nuclear reactors in common? Regardless of how silly this question sounds,… READ MORE
September 19, 2016
by John Schofield ‘A 12-year-old girl’s signature from 1689 and the effect of many fingers on a Falklands Campaign memorial of 1985.’ Much has been written about St. Paul’s… READ MORE
March 8, 2016
By Susan Signe Morrison “Though I treated him worst, I loved him best.” These are the last known words of an eleventh-century Icelandic woman, Gudrun Osvifsdottir. Married four times, Gudrun… READ MORE
March 4, 2016
Last weekend Oxbow Books had the pleasure of attending Current Archaeology Live 2016. Hosted by the magazine of the same name, this conference is attended by many archaeologists, from the… READ MORE
October 10, 2014
Don’t forget to book your place at the 2014 CBA South-East AGM and Conference! The conference will take place on Saturday 1st November in the Huxley Lecture Theatre at the… READ MORE
August 6, 2014
A consideration of the training of artists before the emergence of academies of art inevitably follows a trajectory from the trade to the profession. This was once a sequence of… READ MORE
July 16, 2014
A grand ceremony was held on Monday 14th July at the British Museum to present the British Archaeological Awards for 2014. The occasion was compèred by Loyd Grossman who, following… READ MORE
May 16, 2014
Marianne Vedeler is Associate professor in Archaeology at Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. Her research and publications focus on clothing, style and costume accessories from the Middle Ages…. READ MORE
April 23, 2014
Author Toby Huitson takes a look back at what inspired him to write his new book, Stairway to Heaven: The Functions of Medieval Upper Spaces. “I’m sorry to disappoint you,… READ MORE
February 11, 2014
Industrial Religion: An interview with Susan Rotroff by Andrew Reinhard First discovered in the 1930s by Eugene Vanderpool, the “saucer pyres” of the Athenian Agora remained a mystery for over… READ MORE
