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
July 5, 2017
Leeds IMC is Europe’s largest annual gathering in humanities, drawing over 2,000 participants each year. This year, take a sneak peek at Leeds IMC from Oxbow’s point of view! We’re… READ MORE
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
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
June 1, 2017
This International Children’s Day, we take a quick look into the archaeology of childhood, and the study of childhood in the past. The study of children in the past Children… READ MORE
May 26, 2017
We don’t often pay that much attention to the furniture that we use every day. But author and guest blogger GEOFFREY KILLEN, who studies the furniture of Ancient Egypt, has… READ MORE
May 24, 2017
Oxbow Books author Simon Elliott will be speaking at the Norfolk Archaeological & Historical Research Group Summer Conference. Take a look for details about Simon’s upcoming book, and the conference… The… READ MORE
May 19, 2017
What is the merit of a room full of plaster-cast reproductions in a museum full of genuine artefacts and antiques? Guest blogger ALICE PARKIN, who runs tours of the Cast… READ MORE
May 11, 2017
What does a museum do when it discovers that an artifact is a forgery? What should a museum do? Oxbow marketing executive BECCA WATSON explores fakes and forgeries of antiquities and… READ MORE
May 4, 2017
We often hear of important new excavations and finds in the world of archaeology. But what about the archaeological artefacts which have been forgotten – how much archaeology is hiding… READ MORE
