Oxbow Books: 346 books
by Charles French
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Geoarchaeology is a major branch of archaeological science at the interfaces between geology, geography and archaeology, involving the combined study of archaeological, soil and geomorphological records and the recognition of how natural, climatic and human-induced processes alter landscapes. The...
Prehistoric Britain
The Ceramic Basis
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Pottery has become one of the major categories of artefact that is used in reconstructing the lives and habits of prehistoric people. In these 14 papers, members of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group discuss the many ways in which pottery is used to study chronology, behavioural changes, inter-relationships...
by Peter Topping
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2002
Reprint of another classic Neolithic Studies Group volume. 'It is a sign of the intellectual health of a specialist study group that its deliberations can generate collections of papers of general interest. The topical issue of landscape is addressed, although with the added complication of attempting to focus on the domestic as opposed to ceremonial aspects of Neolithic life.
Enclosures in Neolithic Europe
Essays on Causewayed and Non-Causewayed Sites
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
These papers come from a conference on Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures in Europe held in London in 1999. They present a series of snapshots of some of the sites and regions at the forefront of current research on causewayed enclosures in Europe, and as such are a complement to the Royal Commission...
Moving on in Neolithic Studies
Understanding Mobile Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility itself and the role it plays in the production of social life, is rarely considered as a subject in its own right. This is particularly so with discussions of the Neolithic people where mobility is often...
by Vin Davis, Mark Edmonds
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This volume builds upon the model of the first Stone Axe Studies volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items. Some papers are united by specific material, such as those working on Jadeite axe blades in western and Central...
Wellington Quarry, Herefordshire (1986-96)
Investigations of a Landscape in the Lower Lugg Valley
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This volume presents the results of the first 10 years of archaeological investigation at Wellington Quarry, Herefordshire. During this time a regionally unique archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sequence was recorded covering nearly 8000 years of interrelated human activity and landscape change...
Westward on the High-Hilled Plains
The Later Prehistory of the West Midlands
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
The West Midlands has struggled archaeologically to project a distinct regional identity, having largely been defined by reference to other areas with a stronger cultural identity and history, such as Wessex the South-West, and the North. Only occasionally has the West Midlands come to prominence,...
Bronze Age Landscapes
Tradition and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
This volume is a collection of essays, which exemplify the range and diversity of work currently being undertaken on the regional landscapes of the British Bronze Age and the progress which has been made in both theoretical and interpretive debate. Together these papers reflect the vibrancy of current...
Life on the Edge
Human Settlement and Marginality
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Throughout history some areas have been less attractive for living and farming than others. These areas are identified as marginal because of environmental, economic or socio-political factors. How can we recognise marginality in the archaeological record? How particularly can environmental remains...
Current Research in Egyptology 2011
Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
The twelfth annual Current Research in Egyptology symposium aimed to highlight the multidisciplinary nature of the field of Egyptology. Papers in these proceedings reflect this multidisciplinarity, with research based on Archaeology, Linguistics, Cultural Astronomy, Historiography, Botany, Religion...
From Minos to Midas
Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Textile production was of greater value and importance to people in the past than any other social craft activity: everyone depended on cloth. As with other craft goods, such as pottery, metal objects, or ivory carving, the large-scale production and exchange of textiles required specialization and...
Cyprus: An island culture
Society and Social Relations from the Bronze Age to the Venetian Period
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presents the results of latest research by young scholars working on aspects of Cypriot archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Venetian period. It presents a diversity excavation, material culture, iconographic and linguistic evidence to explore the themes...
Old Kingdom, New Perspectives
Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750-2150 BC
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Recent research on all aspects of the Old Kingdom in Egypt is presented in this volume, ranging through the Pyramid Texts, tomb architecture, ceramics, scene choice and layout, field reports, cemetery layout, tomb and temple statuary. The contributions also show how Egyptology is not stuck in its...