Oxbow: 348 books
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...
Current Research in Egyptology 2009
Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
The tenth annual Current Research in Egyptology conference was held at the University of Liverpool in January 2009 and welcomed Egyptology graduates from all over the world. This volume is a compilation of some of the papers that were given at the conference, that show the diverse nature of current research in Egyptology.
by Edgar Peltenburg, T.J. Wilkinson, Eleanor Barbanes Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
The city of Carchemish in the valley of the Euphrates river can be regarded as one of the iconic sites in the Middle East, a mound complex known both for its own intrinsic qualities as the seat of later Hittite power and Neo-Hittite kings, but also because its history of excavations included well...
Communities in Transition
The Circum-Aegean Area During the 5th and 4th Millennia BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Communities in Transition brings together scholars from different countries and backgrounds united by a common interest in the transition between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the lands around the Aegean. Neolithic community was transformed, in some places incrementally and in others rapidly,...