Oxbow: 348 books
Battlespace 1865
Archaeology of the Landscapes, Strategies, and Tactics of the North Platte Campaign, Nebraska
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
For a period of about week in February 1865, as the Civil War was winding down and Plains Indian communities were reeling in the wake of the Sand Creek massacre, combat swept across the Nebraska panhandle, especially along the Platte River. The fighting that marked this event barely compares to the...
by John A. Davies, Angela Riley, Jean-Marie Levesque
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Castles and the Anglo-Norman World is a major new synthesis drawing together a series of 20 papers by 26 French and English specialists in the field of Anglo-Norman studies. It includes summaries of current knowledge and new research into important Norman castles in England and Normandy, drawing on...
Through a Glass Brightly
Studies in Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology Presented to David Buckton
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
The twenty-five papers in this volume cover diverse aspects of the material culture of the late Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods, with particular emphasis on the metalwork and enamel of these times. Individual papers include major reinterpretations of objects in the British Museum's Byzantine...
Economic Zooarchaeology
Studies in Hunting, Herding and Early Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Economic archaeology is the study of how past peoples exploited animals and plants, using as evidence the remains of those animals and plants. The animal side is usually termed zooarchaeology, the plant side archaeobotany. What distinguishes them from other studies of ancient animals and plants is...
by Isabella Sandwell, Janet Huskinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman period (the 2nd to the 7th centuries AD), from the writings of the orator Libanius and the preacher John Chrysostom to the extensive mosaics found in the city and its suburbs. The...
Changing Pictures
Rock Art Traditions and Visions in the Northernmost Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
This volume derives from a workshop held at the University of Kalmar (now Linnaeus University), Sweden between the 20-24 of October 2008. The aim of this gathering was to provide a forum for rock art researchers from different parts of northern Europe to discuss traditional as well as current interpretative...
Roman Military Architecture on the Frontiers
Armies and Their Architecture in Late Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The Roman army was one of the most astounding organizations in the ancient world, and much of the success of the Roman empire can be attributed to its soldiers. Archaeological remains and ancient texts provide detailed testimonies that have allowed scholars to understand and reconstruct the army’s...
by Giovanni Ciotti, Alastair Gornall, Paolo Visigalli
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Puspika 2 is the outcome of the second International Indology Graduate Research Symposium and presents the results of recent research by young scholars into pre-modern South Asian cultures with papers covering a variety of topics related to the intellectual traditions of the region. Focusing on textual...
War and Worship
Textiles from 3rd to 4th-century AD Weapon Deposits in Denmark and Northern Germany
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
War and Worship concerns textile deposits from the bog sites of Thorsberg in Germany and Nydam, Vimose and Illerup Ådal in Denmark. All four sites are well-known for containing a substantial amount of archaeological materials, particularly weapons, but they also contain, as integral parts of the...
by John Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
This is an important study of the new types of warships which evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans in the fleets and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion. The book...
Alan Sorrell
The Man Who Created Roman Britain
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Alan Sorrell’s archaeological reconstruction drawings and paintings remain some of the best, most accurate and most accomplished paintings of their genre that continue to inform our understanding and appreciation of historic buildings and monuments in Eutope, the Near East and throughout the UK....
Places in Between
The Archaeology of Social, Cultural and Geographical Borders and Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
The concept of the border as a metaphor has been widely exploited across the Arts and Humanities and a body of Border Theory has been developed, critiqued and "rethought". It is remarkable that this body of theory has largely been ignored by archaeologists, who have instead preferred to...
by Graham Keevill, Mick Aston, Teresa Hall
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
The study of monasteries has come a long way since late the late 19th century. The emphasis has shifted away from reconstructing the layouts of monastic buildings to a better understanding of the wider monastic environment. The papers in this volume, partly based on a conference held in Oxford in...
The Materiality of Magic
An artifactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
The subject of ‘magic’ has long been considered peripheral and sensationalist, the word itself having become something of an academic taboo. However, beliefs in magic and the rituals that surround them are extensive – as are their material manifestations – and to avoid them is to ignore a...