SPRING 2023
Prehistory • Ancient Egypt & Near East
Rome & the Roman Provinces • Greece & Rome
Medieval Archaeology & History • Post-Medieval Archaeology & History
Numismatics & Philately
Language & Literature
Archaeoogical Method & Theory
Maritime Archaeology
Plus Much More
We are very pleased to present to you the Oxbow Books Spring 2023 catalogue, featuring our books printing in the first half of the year, as well as a selection of bestsellers and highlights from previous years. The catalogue contains books on all aspects of archaeology and ancient history, from theoretical approaches to fieldwork reports and spanning from prehistory to the medieval world.
As well as books from our own imprints, Oxbow Books and Windgather Press, we’re pleased to present books from our wide range of partner publishers, including Sidestone Press, Oxford Archaeology, Roman Society Publications, Aarhus University Press, and many more.
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Edited by
Peter Skoglund, Johan Ling and Ulf BertilssonExamines a wide range of Bronze Age images, including many aspects of their making and interpretation.
15 papers with a geographical coverage from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula examine a wide range of topics reflecting the many forms and expressions of Bronze Age imagery encompassing important themes including religion, materiality, mobility, interaction, power, and gender. Contributors explore themes such as representations of human form; images of manslaughter; gender identities; the relationship between rock art and its location; and modern and ancient perceptions of rock art.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789259858 • £38.00 • May 2023
232 pages • 216 x 279mm • Colour illus.
Excavations in a Neolithic Monumental Landscape
Edited by Barrie Hartwell, Sarah Gormley, Catriona Brogan and Caroline Malone
The full publication of a unique Neolithic monumental complex in Northern Ireland.
This book reports on the excavation of the massive Neolithic henge monument and ritual structure at Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland. As well as an account of the structure itself and its eventual destruction by fire, it includes an account of the wider context of Ballynahatty through its landscape history and environment, the story of the Giant’s Ring, the rediscovery of the site, the excavations, and specialist studies.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259711 • £55.00 • May 2023
288 pages • 210 x 298mm • B/w & colour illus.
Woodworking, Basketry, Textiles and Other Crafts
Edited by Mario Mineo, Juan Gibaja and Niccolò Mazzucco
First English publication of a submerged Italian Neolithic lake village with exceptionally preserved organic remains.
The archaeological excavations conducted at the settlement of La Marmotta (Anguillara Sabazia, Rome, Italy), represent one of the most relevant Neolithic villages of the entire Mediterranean. The main aim of this book is to make visible the extreme richness of the La Marmotta archaeological record and provide insights into Neolithic woodworking, basketry, textile production and other crafting and subsistence activities.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789258714 • £38.00 • January 2023
160 pages • 216 x 280 mm • Colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789258721
By Philippa M. Steele
An innovative interdisciplinary outlook on what is involved in writing. Writing does not begin and end with the encoding of an idea into a group of symbols. It is practised by people who have learnt its principles and acquired the tools and skills for doing it, in a particular context that affects what they do and how they do it. Focusing on the syllabic systems of Bronze Age Greece, this book brings together different perspectives to create an innovative interdisciplinary outlook on what is involved in writing.
OF AND RELATIONS BETWEEN EARLY WRITING SYSTEMS | OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259018 • £50.00 • January 2023
272 pages • 170 x 240 mm • B/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789259025
Southeast Arabia at the Dawn of the Second Millennium
By Derek Kennet,Alyson
Caine, Anna Hilton and Lloyd WeeksPresents details of five richly furnished communal tombs of the Bronze Age Wadi-Suq period (2000–1650 BC).
This book reports on the excavation of a number of monumental collective tombs that were built in Ras al-Khaimah and used through the early part of the 2nd millennium. The way that they were constructed and used as well as the burial goods that they contain throw light on the population of this area, and give some indication of how and why it was that life continued in this small pocket in a way that was different to surrounding regions.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789257953 • £65.00 • January 2023
544 pages • 216 x 280 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257960
The Bronze Age in the Aegean and its Shocking Epilogue
By Natale BarcaExamines key civilisations of the Mediterranean Bronze Age against the backdrop of a series of natural disasters.
This book charts the rise of and interplay between the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan civilisations using written sources and archaeological evidence: their fortunes and crises, and the wars and natural disasters that led to their decline. Chapters explore political geography, military and economic development, religion, monumental architecture and the rise and fall of the palatial dynasties and successive centralised governments, social life, and material culture, with emphasis on the importance of commerce.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789259476 • £40.00 • March 2023
256 pages • 170 x 240 mm • B/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789259483
An Integrated Ceramic, Stratigraphic, and Architectural Study
By Carl Knappett, Colin F. Macdonald and Iro MathioudakiIntegrates multiple studies to illustrate the development of the Palace of Knossos.
The monumental Palace of Knossos underwent numerous changes over its 600–700 year history. Some of the greatest architectural developments took place in the last part of the Middle Bronze Age, yet the period has often been marginalised or even dismissed in the literature. By integrating a study of pottery from Evans’s excavations the authors now reveal a period that saw tremendous developments in art and architecture, and an expansion of connectivity and exchange in Crete and the Aegean.
BSA SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME | BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS
Hardback • 9780904887747 • £140.00 • January 2023
238 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 51 line-drawings; 8 tables; 23 half-tone plates; 2 colour plates; 1 pocket-plan
Siedlungsdynamik und Mobilität, Landnutzung und Subsistenz
Edited by
Albert Hafner and Marco HostettlerInterdisciplinary research brings new insights into the dating, settlement history, and finds of the Neolithic lakeside settlements.
Lake Burgäschi is a small lake on the Swiss Plateau, which has been inhabited since the Mesolithic, but is best known for its Neolithic lakeside settlements. Recently, Lake Burgäschi has been re-explored as part of an interdisciplinary research project under the direction of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bern. This volume closes a long lasting research gap and combines new results with ancient data to a comprehensive synthesis. Text in German.
OPEN SERIES IN PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY | SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464270211 • £80.00 • October 2022
524 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 108 b/w and 200 colour illus.
The Archaeology of Neolithic & Bronze Age Pile-Dwellings
Edited by Albert Hafner, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Andrey Mazurkevich, Elena Pranckenaite and Martin Hinz
An important new body of data and international perspectives on the settlement of European waterscapes.
Extensive multidisciplinary research carried out in recent years has provided new data with regard to the anthropogenic influence on the landscapes around Neolithic and Bronze Age pile dwellings, which allows us to characterise in more detail the lifestyles of the settlements’ inhabitants, the peculiarities of the ecological niche and the interaction between humans and their environment. This volumes contains various case studies that demonstrate the importance of scientific analyses for the study of settlements between land and water.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464270242 • £55.00 • September 2022
288 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 29 b/w and 104 colour illus.
By Caroline Heitz
Ceramics from neolithic lake-side settlements in Switzerland are used to study mobility, transformations and relationships in prehistory.
Mobility is fundamental to forms of social configurations. But what role did spatial mobility play in the past? This volume directs the question towards the excellently preserved Neolithic remains of the northern Alpine Foreland. Using the dendrochronologically dated settlements and their pottery, it examines the translocal social configurations of these settlements to challenge the idea of homogenised and static cultures during this period. Text in German.
OPEN SERIES IN PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY | SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464280456 • £70.00 • November 2022
504 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 56 b/w and 156 colour illus.
Settlement and Landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600)
Edited by Marie Ødegaard and Ingrid Ystgaard
A comprehensive update on current research and methodologies in settlement archaeology in the Nordic countries.
Contributions to the book explore the nature of the relationships between settlements: both symmetrical relationships between neighbouring farmsteads, and asymmetrical relationships between farmsteads representing different levels in a social hierarchy. Spatial and temporal relations between communities of the living and the dead are also discussed, as well as how architecture, spatial organisation, land divisions, and landscape use can be studied with up-to-date methodologies, and provides a comprehensive update on research.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464270426 • £40.00 • March 2023
210 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 1 b/w and 73 colour illus.
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Volume II - The Christian Monuments of Kellis: The Churches and Cemeteries
Edited by Gillian E. Bowen
The first detailed publication of three of the earliest Christian churches known in Egypt.
Few Christian burial grounds in Egypt are published in any detail; this detailed publication of the churches and Christian burial grounds at Kellis publishes data from three of the earliest known Christian churches in Egypt to explore the spread of Christianity in Egypt in the 3rd-4th centuries. It also includes a major presentation of the skeletal material, bioarchaeology and grave goods from over 800 graves, charting the transition from traditional burial practices through the adoption of Christianity.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259636 • £60.00 • February 2023
448 pages • 210 x 298mm • B/w & colour illus.
The evidence for tomb robberies is presented through new analysis of the documentation of Howard Carter and his excavation team.
This year, with the centennial of Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Martin Hense is presenting his meticulous research like a true cold case crime investigation. Even though the tomb robberies took place more than 3300 years ago, the evidence for the way the robbers entered the tomb and the items they removed could still be discerned when Howard Carter opened the tomb in 1922. Knowingly, but also unknowingly, Carter documented the last traces of evidence of these crimes; Hense uncovers the evidence here to present one of the coldest cases in history.
BLIKVELDUITGEVERS PUBLISHERS
Paperback • 9789492940261 • £25.00 • December 2022
144 pages • 170 x 240 mm • Colour illus.
15 essays on Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Egypt. This selection of 15 essays on Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Egypt includes papers which examine many objects published here for the first time.
MIDDLE KINGDOM STUDIES | GOLDEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS
Paperback • 9781906137748 • £80.00 • September 2022
350 pages • 210 x 297 mm
Traces trade routes in Egypt from 3000 to about 1700 BC.
Using a variety of evidence – including textual, archaeological, and satellite images – this richly illustrated book traces trade routes and trade centers in Old and middle Kingdom Egypt (3000 to about 1700 BC).
GHP EGYPTOLOGY | GOLDEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS
Paperback • 9781906137793 • £80.00 • September 2022
290 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 50 illus.
Several essays by different authors on Early Dynastic Egypt.
This book collects papers from various authors on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, covering archaeology, iconography, philology, lexicography, history, and history of research. The contributions provide insight into current research and offer new theories and observations on specific objects and aspects. This includes for instance neglected details of wellknown objects, detailed discussion of forgotten objects, new interpretations of inscriptions, and analysis of hieroglyphic signs and their functions. Contributions in English and German.
INTERNET-BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄGYPTOLOGIE UND SUDANARCHÄOLOGIE | GOLDEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS
Paperback • 9781906137786 • £45.00 • October 2022
273 pages • 148 x 210 mm
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The finds from Tutankhamun's tomb through the lens of the archaeological leather specialists, bringing new insights.
The reader is guided through the surprising and complex world of leatherworking in ancient Egypt, focusing on the numerous different objects from the tomb such as the chariots and their accoutrements, weapons, and gloves, as well as hitherto unpublished finds. This approach offers new insights in ancient Egyptian technology as well as in the production and use of specific materials and objects. The findings are discussed in the wider framework of the development and organisation of the leather industry in New Kingdom Egypt.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464260984 • £45.00 • April 2023
150 pages • 203 x 279 mm • 25 b/w and 100 colour illus.
The Making of a Cultural Geography
Edited by Lara Weiss, Nico Staring and Huw Twiston Davies
Illustrates ancient Egyptians’ belief in an eternal afterlife being centred around life rather than death.
Ancient Egyptian elites invested immense cultural and economic efforts in preparing for their afterlives. However, the diversity of choices open to them is often overlooked. These choices included tomb size, tomb location, and architectural design, as well as tomb decoration, and the selection of certain grave gifts. The daily interactions of the living with their ancestors and gods are traceable in the evidence of lived religious practices, the transmission of texts and images, and the processes which shaped the landscape.
PALMA | SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464261196 • £35.00 • October 2022
160 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 28 b/w and 31 colour illus.
By Susan Adelman
Links the religions, myths, legends and literature of Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Why are Jews so attracted to India, to Hinduism, and to Buddhism in the United States as well as Israel? Adelman believes that they are drawn by an atavistic connection, dating back to the great Persian empires that extended from the land of Israel to the Indian subcontinent, linking the religions, myths, legends, literature, customs, even languages over the centuries. Influenced by her own profoundly mystical experiences, Adelman provides the history, explains the religions, shows the common origins, and gives astonishing examples of parallel symbolism.
GORGIAS PRESS
Paperback • 9781463244064 • £25.00 • January 2022
338 pages • 152 x 229 mm
The 2009-2017 Seasons
Edited by Ian HodderCovers the 2009-2017 seasons at Çatalhöyük and describes the work conducted in the GDN Area on the later phases of occupation.
This volume discusses the main excavations at Neolithic Çatalhöyük East undertaken from 2009 to 2017. The site is well known because of its large size, elaborate symbolism and wall paintings, and long history of excavation. This volume covers the last period of excavation directed by Ian Hodder in the North and South Areas of the site. It also describes the work conducted in the GDN Area on the later phases of occupation.
ÇATALHÖYÜK RESEARCH PROJECT SERIES | BRITISH INSTITUTE AT ANKARA
Hardback • 9781912090204 • £90.00 • January 2023
700 pages • 203 x 305 mm | eBook available: 9781912090198
Concepts of Resilience for the Study of Early Iranian Societies
Edited by Reinhard Bernbeck, Susan Pollock and Gisela EberhardtExamines crises faced by societies in the Iranian highlands from the Paleolithic to the medieval period.
The collection of essays in this book focuses on the highlands of Iran in pre-modern times, reaching from the Paleolithic to the medieval period. What holds the diverse contributions together is an issue that is closely related to debates in our own times: crises and how societies in the past dealt with them. It starts from the premise that general circumstances in the fractured topographic structure of the Iranian highlands led to unique relations between ecological, social, economic and political conditions.
THE IRANIAN HIGHLANDS. EARLY SOCIETIES BETWEEN RESILIENCE AND INTEGRATION | SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464261455 • £50.00 • March 2023
270 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 19 b/w and 64 colour illus.
Summary of the WallCap community project on Hadrian’s Wall describing activities and experiences of the volunteers.
The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) has been funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote the value of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site to local communities and provide opportunities for volunteers to engage with the archaeology and conservation of the Wall. This publication provides a summary of the project, communicating the range of activities undertaken by and experiences of the volunteers, arranged thematically, supported by colour illustrations and contributions from project volunteers.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback •9781789259599 • £12.95 • January 2023
144 pages • 184 x 248mm • Colour illus.
By Rob Collins and Jane Harrison
The significant findings of seven excavation projects focusing on the construction and preservation of Hadrian's Wall.
This first of two volumes presents the results of archaeological excavation or conservation at seven sites along Hadrian’s Wall, undertaken by the Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP), providing new insights into its construction and preservation. These involve comparative archaeology of the construction of the Wall curtain in Hadrian’s reign and post-Roman ruin; the impact of post-War agriculture; the first evidence for how the Wall crossed a ‘minor’ river; and excavations of the urban periphery in the frontier zone.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259445 • £50.00 • February 2023
240 pages • 210 x 297 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259452
By Rob Collins, Ian Kille and Kathleen O’Donnell
First volume to analyse of the fabric of Hadrian’s Wall in relation to its geological background.
This is the second of two volumes on the archaeological excavation or conservation at seven sites along Hadrian’s Wall, undertaken by the Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP). It discusses the use of stone and other geological materials relating to the Wall. Included is a compilation of geological and archaeological data; detailed survey and analysis of the underlying geological environment that contributes to the Wall; interdisciplinary approaches with applications for other landscape investigations; and site-based results that generate Wall-wide synthesis.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259506 • £50.00 • March 2023
224 pages • 210 x 297 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259513
By Simon Esmonde Cleary, Jason Wood and Emma Durham
Original and exhaustive account of the archaeological investigations undertaken at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire.
Ten years in the planning and with contributions by 27 expert authors, this is a comprehensive record of archaeological research at Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire (now in the care of the National Trust), from the 19th to the 21st centuries.
The volume brings together a large body of new, contextualised information about the villa including: a history of work at Chedworth from the 1860s to the present; a detailed fabric survey of the extant remains; description and analysis of the Roman structural remains; description and analysis of the decorative elements (e.g. mosaics, sculpture) and finds (e.g. coins, Roman artefacts, glass, pottery and bones); discussion of the development of the villa and its place in the landscape; and the consolidation and display of the villa from its discovery in 1864 to the present. It is well illustrated with drawings and photos ranging in date from the late 1800s to the present. This will appeal to all with an interest in Roman Britain, and Roman villas in particular, and in the antiquarians who first discovered and investigated them.
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Case studies analyse archaeological, iconographic and epigraphic evidence for individual choices and actions in Roman religious practice.
In the Roman Empire, a person’s ‘religious’ experiences were shaped by many cult practices, whereby the ‘civic’ and ‘imperial’ cults might have had the least impact of all on individuals. This book rethinks traditional methodologies, aiming for a more dynamic image of religion that takes into account the varied and often contradictory choices and actions of individuals and social groups.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259650 • £58.00 • February 2023
336 pages • 171 x 241 mm • B/w illus.
An Interim Report
Edited
by Michael Hoff, Birol Can and Rhys TownsendSynthesis of the principal discoveries made during 15 years of excavation at the Antiochia ad Cragum site in western Rough Cilicia.
Since 2005, the Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project (ACARP) has conducted nearly two decades of survey in the western portion of the Roman province of Cilicia, Turkey to investigate urban and extra-urban polities within the region. The 17 chapters of this interim report examine the burial evidence and architecture, material, and environmental remains from the first 15 years of novel research, together with a presentation on the conservation of these ancient relics.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789258950 • £60.00 • January 2023
336 pages • 216 x 280 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789258967
By Helle Salskov Roberts
Explores the cultural significance of Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic bronze statuettes from the Danish National Museum.
In the 1st millennium BC, present-day Italy was inhabited by many ethnic groups. Rome’s closest neighbours to the North were the Etruscans, whose language was unlike anything spoken in Italy. Despite military conflict, Romans admired the Etruscans’ religious and artistic excellence. Statues and statuettes were used as gifts for the gods in sanctuaries in Etruria, Rome, and across Italy. The Etruscans' skills in bronze casting has left a rich and fascinating heritage of bronze sculpture, which is examined here.
GÖSTA ENBOM MONOGRAPHS | AARHUS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Hardback • 9788772194547 • £23.00 • September 2021
164 pages • 230 x 250 mm
First volume to examine the commemoration of military events in the ancient world using Landscape Biography.
This study of the commemoration of Classical Greek battles approaches monuments as vital elements in the creation and curation of memories. It analyses the diachronic development of battlefield, sanctuary, and city spaces, as evidenced by archaeological remains and ancient literary sources. It also explores the experience of the commemorative spaces through theories of space, phenomenology, and social memory. Following a biographical approach, battle commemoration is organised into stages of initial commemoration, official monumentalisation, memory curation, memory lapse, and reception.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259353 • £44.95 • June 2023
240 pages • 170 x 240 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259360
III.1: The Harbour Fortifications of the Mounichia and Kantharos Harbours – Architecture and Topography. III.2: The Themistoclean Shipsheds in Group 1 at Mounichia Harbour – Architecture, Topography and Finds.
By Bjørn Lovén, Ioannis Sapountzis and Edited by Stefanie Kennell
Exhibits the elaborate findings of the Zea Harbour Project at Mounichia Harbour from 2005 to 2012.
Fascicule III.1 presents the results of the Zea Harbour Project’s investigations of the harbour fortifications at Mounichia in 2005 and 2007 to 2012, and re-examines what can be known about the fortifications of Kantharos, which continues to serve as the Piraeus’ principal harbour to the present day. III.2 presents the findings of the Project’s 2010–2012 investigations on the northern side of Mounichia Harbour to discuss the architecture and topography of Shipsheds 1–7 in Group 1.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE DANISH INSITUTE AT ATHENS | AARHUS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Hardback • 9788772193410 • £69.00 • September 2021
381 pages • 230 x 280 mm • B/w illus.
Well-illustrated, portable book examining the cultural significance of dogs in ancient Greek society.
This book exhibits how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Topics range from dog-assisted hunts and legitimate dogs’ names to tender burials in the Agora and the sacrifice of dogs. Mythological dogs like the three-headed Kerberos appear, as do pawprints that are over 1000 years old. Dozens of illustrations of pottery, sculpture, and excavated remains enliven the text. Text in Greek.
AGORA PICTURE BOOK | AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS
Paperback • 9789607067128 • £4.50 • June 2022
44 pages • 140 x 216 mm • 50 color illus.
By Ken Dark and Jan Kostenec
An archaeological re-examination of the cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople, with fresh evidence about its appearance and function.
The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixthcentury construction. It was the premier monument of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, and remains one of the most recognisable symbols of modern Istanbul. Often seen as encapsulating Byzantine history and culture, the building has been the subject of much scholarly interest since the Renaissance. However, while almost all previous archaeological work has focused on the church itself, the surrounding complex of ecclesiastical buildings has been largely neglected. The research project presented here is the first to focus on the archaeology of the immediate environs of the church to understand the complex as a whole. Previously unrecorded material includes parts of the Patriarchal complex, from which the Orthodox Church was governed for almost a millennium, what may be the ‘Great Baptistery’ north of the church, and what are perhaps the first fragments of the fourth-century phase of the cathedral yet identified, as well as the discovery of an unrecognised porch. This new information provides fresh evidence about the appearance and function of the complex, illustrating its similarities to, and dissimilarities from, episcopal centres elsewhere in the Byzantine world. Combined with other archaeological sources, these discoveries enable us to place the sixth-century cathedral in its urban context and to reconsider what Hagia Sophia can tell us about the wider Byzantine world.
"[A] thorough and valuable addition to present knowledge on this key site, for which the authors should be applauded."
OXBOW BOOKS
–Medieval Archaeology
Paperback • 9781789259872 • £35.00 • April 2023
160 pages • 210 x 298mm
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Vol. 2 The Networks of Viking-age Ribe
Edited by Søren M. SindbækExamines archaeological evidence uncovering the social network of a maritime trading town on the North Sea coast.
This is the second and final volume presenting the Northern Emporium research project results and the high-definition excavations carried out within this programme in 2017-18 in Ribe, Denmark. 21 chapters survey the remarkable range of finds retrieved here in the 8th and 9th centuries AD. The book focuses on assembling Ribe’s early urban network by analysing findings and their context to develop a picture of the emporium's social roles and interactions between residents and visitors.
AARHUS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Hardback • 9788793423824 • £58.00 • May 2023
476 pages • 220 x 300 mm • Colour illus.
The Long Settlement of Viking Age and Medieval Skagafjörður, North Iceland
Edited by John M.
Steinberg, Douglas Bolender,Kathryn
A. Catlin, Brian N. Damiata and Guðný ZoëgaTraces Viking and medieval farmstead settlement patterns in northern Iceland and the impact of Christianity.
Details the methods and results from an innovative systemic regional archaeological survey that integrated extensive soil coring and shallow geophysical surveying with targeted excavation, tephra and AMS dating and documentary research to produce a near complete inventory of Viking Age and medieval occupation in and around the Hegranes region in lowland Skagafjörður, North Iceland. Comparing against early Christian household cemeteries, the book examines the development of and influences on Viking Age and medieval settlement patterns.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259674 • £50.00 • April 2023
224 pages • 216 x 279mm • B/w & colour illus. |
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Interdisciplinary, contextualised, and richly illustrated investigation of the völva in pre-Christian Nordic religion and culture.
Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists to manipulate the world around them, see into the future or distant past, change weather conditions, influence battles, and more. While magic practitioners are known under myriad terms, the most iconic of them is the völva. As the central figure of the famous mythological poem, Völuspá (The Prophecy of the Völva), the völva commands both respect and fear. In non-mythological texts, similar women are portrayed as crucial albeit somewhat peculiar members of society. Always veiled in mystery, the völur and their kind have captured the academic and popular imagination for centuries.
With interdisciplinary contributions from expert scholars and never-before-seen photographs, this volume offers new insights into the reality of magic in the Viking world. It explores new trajectories for the study of past mentalities, beliefs, rituals, tools, and sorcerers. The volume thus engages with several topical issues of Viking Age research, including the complex entanglements of mind and materiality, cultural attitudes to animals and nature, and cultural constructions of gender and sexuality. By addressing these complex themes, it offers a nuanced image of the völva and related magic workers in their cultural context.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259537 • £60.00 • February 2023
488 pages • 216 x 280 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259544
An extensive multi-disciplinary study of the marriage bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
With no known surviving equivalent of secular domestic furniture from this period, the Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marriage bed, rediscovered in 2010, is an exceptional piece of late medieval English royal furniture. Broken down into thematic chapters, the book explores the bed’s form and structure, context, iconography, wood, paint, physical history, provenance – including its curious reproduction by George Shaw in Victorian England – and relationship with known surviving Tudor furniture, as well as Georgian and Victorian Gothic Revival beds.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789257922 • £35.00 • December 2022
184 pages • 189 x 246 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257939
Norse Clothing Patterns
By Else OstergardRichly illustrated sewing directions for and introduction to the exceptionally preserved garments found at Herjolfsnes.
During an excavation at Herjolfsnes in Greenland approximately a hundred years ago, a sensational discovery of well-preserved Norse garments, including children’s clothing, was made. This book is a brief account of these amazing finds and a practical guide for those who wish to sew their own Norse Medieval garments. Included are chapters on technique, such as the production of the tread, dyeing, weaving, cutting and sewing. Measurements, sewing instructions, and drawings of garments, hoods, and stockings are also included.
AARHUS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Paperback • 9788772198712 • £25.00 • April 2022
144 pages • 225 x 320 mm
The Archaeology of the First Time Sewer Scheme
By James HolmanExplores the results of archaeological supervision undertaken during sewer system installation at New Romney and Greatstone.
Between 2004 and 2007, a series of archaeological investigations were undertaken across the town of New Romney and extended into Greatstone. The work was conducted as part of the New Romney and Greatstone First Time Sewer Scheme, a project instigated by Southern Water to provide a sewer system for the town. In all, approximately 7.3km of new sewer trench was covered by a detailed archaeological watching brief, with two open area excavations also undertaken following earlier evaluations. This book details the excavations and their results.
CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST OCCASIONAL PAPER | CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST
Paperback • 9781870545358 • £25.00 • April 2022
168 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 167 colour illus.
An expansive report of excavations at Hereford Cathedral, including unprecedented information on the Black Death.
The excavation at Hereford Cathedral in 1993 revealed extensive remains, some potentially dating back to the 7th/8th century, including timber-built buildings and a late Saxon cemetery. Around the year 1000, major change saw a roadway installed, and a new, very substantial building erected, the latter possibly the bishop’s residence at the time. Its occupation ceased in the mid-11th century; the Welsh ransacking of Hereford in 1055 probably accounts for this drastic decline.
The site was given over to a cemetery from c. 1140 onwards and the excavation of over 1000 burials has provided a full cross-section of the medieval population. Almost 200 individuals were associated with three pits. These are considered to date from the first outbreak of plague, notoriously the ‘Black Death’, in Hereford in 1349. The site has contributed to an international study, using aDNA analysis, to successfully identify the presence of Yersinia pestis and therefore demonstrate its agency in this catastrophe.
In addition to detailed reporting on some notable individual artefacts, there is a thorough study of the human remains, while the interpretation of the entire stratigraphic sequence is underpinned by extensive radiocarbon dating and chronological modelling.
A compelling new exploration of a key battle of the 16th century between the Scots and English.
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh, is of considerable significance in the history of both Scotland and England. Fought as part of the 'rough wooing' in which England's King Henry VIII tried to demand a marriage between his son Edward and the young Mary Queen of Scots, the battle saw up to 36,000 Scottish troops face an army of around 16,000 English soldiers. Despite their superiority in numbers, 15,000 Scots were killed and England saw victory – only for King Henry to be thwarted by Mary’s marriage to the Dauphin of France. This battle has long attracted international attention as a well-documented example of Renaissance warfare. The authors use newly discovered documentary sources and evidence from recent archaeological and topographical surveys to re-examine the people involved, their equipment and experience. A rigorous study of troop movements and battlefield locations contributes to a compelling new picture of what actually happened. An overall context is provided for how the battle came about and the consequences that stemmed from it.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259735 • £35.00 • June 2023
224 pages • 171 x 241mm • B/w & colour illus.
By Dale Serjeantson
Explores the relationship between wild birds and people in Britain from the Mesolithic to AD 1600.
This publication tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last Ice Age to around AD 1650. It is based on archaeological bird remains integrated with ethnography and the history of birds and avian biology. In addition to their food value, the book examines birds in ritual activities, their capture and role in falconry, and as companion animals. It is an essential guide for archaeologists, zooarchaeologists, and historians concerned with the history of birds.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259568 • £55.00 • April 2023
256 pages • 216 x 280 mm • B/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789259575
Explores the well-preserved archaeological landscape around Wether Hill in the English-Scottish borderlands.
The study of Wether Hill spur above the Beamish Valley in the Cheviot Hills allowed the study of a range of sites from settlements to cultivation remains. Evidence of Mesolithic, Chalcolithic, and Iron Age activity was uncovered. Taken together, this evidence and begins to paint a picture of the chronology, potential prehistoric settlement density and land-use patterns at different time periods in this well-preserved, but under-explored archaeological landscape.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259698 • £45.00 • May 2023
192 pages • 210 298mm • Colour illus.
The Archaeology of Ancient Societies in the Llyn Peninsula
By Julian Maxwell HeathAn in-depth and lavishly illustrated study of the archaeology of the Ll?n Peninsula.
The Llyn Peninsula, in north-west Wales, is home to a remarkable and abundant collection of archaeological sites and monuments, which bear witness to the ancient societies who once inhabited this narrow finger of land. This abundantly illustrated book examines this rich corpus of archaeological evidence. Beginning with faint but fascinating traces of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and ending in the early medieval period, about 9,000 years of human habitation are thus covered in its pages.
WINDGATHER PRESS
Paperback • 9781914427220 • £39.95 • January 2023
288 pages • 185 x 246 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781914427237
A fully illustrated insight into an innovative recovery programme that supported wounded soldiers through involvement in archaeology. Set up in 2011, Operation Nightingale is a programme within the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom to help facilitate the recovery of armed forces personnel recently engaged in armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, using the archaeology of the British Training Areas. In the following decade, the project expanded to include veterans of older conflicts and other nations –from the United States, Poland, Australia, and elsewhere.
This book is the story of those veterans, their incredible discoveries, and their own journeys of recovery — sometimes into a lifetime of archaeology. Everything from the crash sites of Spitfires and trenches of the Western Front in the First World War, through to burial grounds of Convicts, campsites of Hessian mercenaries, and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries is included. Lavishly illustrated, this work will show the reader how the discovery of our shared past — of long-forgotten houses, glinting gold jewellery, and broken pots — can be restorative and help people mend otherwise damaged lives.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259384 • £25.00 • June 2023
256 pages • 198 x 254 mm • B/w and colour illus.
Owning around 1% of the UK mainland, the defence estate holds a lot of the nation’s heritage. 770 scheduled monuments are within this portfolio and this presents not only a major challenge for the 4 archaeologists that work for this government department, but also a fabulous opportunity to share cultural heritage opportunities with these volunteers.
This work not only assists the wellbeing of participants but also contributes towards the department’s commitment to the stewardship of the historic estate. Operation Nightingale has also worked alongside several military related charities and the excavation work has led to numerous publications and also to new artefacts being displayed in museum galleries.
OXBOW BOOKS
A well-illustrated exploration of brooches in Iron Age and Roman Britain.
The result of 40 years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain: the brooch. Based on the study of some 15,000 specimens, the second volume illustrates some 2,000, all drawn by the author. The book includes methodology, examinations of the myriad styles of brooches during the period, and a synthesis of the material and social implications of changes in brooch wearing.
Paperback • 9781789259889 • £55.00 • January 2023
458 pages
The History, Art and Architecture of London's Oldest Parish Church
Edited
by Charlotte GauthierA remarkably detailed history of the continued survival and renewal of St Bartholomew the Great.
This important book presents the first comprehensive history of the church of St Bartholomew the Great since 1921. It surveys the art, architecture, and historical significance of the City of London’s oldest parish church. St Bartholomew’s Priory and Hospital played a central role in the history of medieval London and will celebrate the 900th anniversary of their foundation in 2023. The volume is important to the study of the history of the City of London and the Church of England.
AD ILISSUM
Paperback • 9781915401038 • £45.00 • November 2022
304 pages • 170 x 240 mm
People and Land in a Central Norfolk Parish from the Palaeolithic to the Eve of Parliamentary Enclosure
By Andrew RogersonArchaeological and documentary sources combine to provide this uniquely comprehensive account of the history of Fransham.
This book uses the results of an intensive fieldwalking survey to illustrate the changes in human activity that took place in Fransham, a Norfolk clayland parish. Material from as early as the Lower Palaeolithic period was recovered, but the emphasis is placed on the Middle Ages and the early post-medieval periods. The surprising prolificacy of certain forms of evidence, the near-complete coverage of the study area, and the consistency of collection methods allow the book to provide a fuller and more accurate account of this parish than has previously been possible.
EAST ANGLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY MONOGRAPH | EAST ANGLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Paperback • 9780905594576 • £30.00 • May 2022
300 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 112 illus.
Second in a series of volumes recording the palimpsest of human activity at Flixton Park Quarry.
This volume is the second in a series covering the extensive and significant archaeological deposits found in Flixton Park Quarry in Suffolk. It includes evidence of funerary and settlement activities of prehistoric, Late Iron Age/Roman, early Anglo-Saxon, medieval, and post-medieval date. These multi-period landscapes are a finite resource so it is vital to seize the rare opportunities they provide for such large-scale excavations. When complete, the Flixton Series will provide an exceptionally detailed study of this particular type of landscape.
EAST ANGLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY MONOGRAPH | EAST ANGLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Paperback • 9780993454585 • £35.00 • June 2022
350 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 173 illus.
Harpole
The Landscape of a Roman villa at Panattoni Park, Northamptonshire
By Andrew Simmonds and Edited by Steve LawrenceNew evidence concerning a Roman villa previously assumed to have been lost.
Excavations at Panattoni Park, at Harpole within the Nene Valley west of Northampton, uncovered part of a Roman villa and evidence for preceding prehistoric and early Roman settlement. This book presents new information about the villa, which, until this new excavation, was believed to have been largely destroyed. Alongside the surviving main villa complex, the surrounding agricultural landscape was also investigated. Notable finds included an area devoted to malting, and a small hoard of mower’s tools.
OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY MONOGRAPH | OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY
Paperback • 9780904220902 • £20.00 • August 2022
240 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 119 illus.
The Northern Lanes Volume Two: The Medieval and Post-medieval Periods
By John Zant and Christine Howard-DavisDetails excavations revealing evidence of Carlisle’s post-Roman inhabitants. This volume presents the evidence for post-Roman activity in the northern lanes; 19 narrow ‘vennels’ densely packed into Carlisle’s city centre. The lanes were established in the 13th century and remained in use until the city’s modern redevelopment. They and the narrow burgage plots between which they were created yield evidence for the everyday lives of the city’s inhabitants. A programme of archaeological and historical investigation was undertaken between 1978-82; the largest and most significant archaeological project in northern England.
LANCASTER IMPRINTS | OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY NORTH
Paperback • 9781907686382 • £25.00 • May 2022
338 pages • 210 x 297 mm • 280 illus.
Oxford Edition
Edited by Samantha Tipper, Siobhan Shinn and By Loretta KilroeA collection of papers offering both scientific and archaeological evidence for life in ancient Nubia.
This volume brings together papers presented at the Third Sudan Studies Annual Conference, a unique forum for interdisciplinary work. It details scientific and archaeological research on various aspects of life in ancient Nubia. The rich cultural heritage of the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has recently become an ever-increasing focus for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians around the world.
REGENERATING PRACTICES IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE | GORGIAS PRESS
Hardback • 9781463243937 • £78.00 • September 2022
141 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands
By Joanna OstapkowiczThis volume changes perceptions and emphasises the importance of Lucayan cultural heritage.
This book centres on the heritage of the people who made the Lucayan archipelago their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. Its topics range from the first occupations on the islands, to an island-by-island review of finds and settlements, and an exploration of the new directions this heritage is taking. This comprehensive, richly illustrated study aims to make the material culture of the Lucayans more accessible and to reinstate it as part of the region’s archaeological heritage.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464261011 • £65.00 • March 2023
400 pages • 203 x 279 mm • 30 b/w and 143 colour illus.
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Edited by Courtney Nimura, Rebecca O’Sullivan, Richard Bradley and Anwen Cooper
Presents innovative research and breathes new life into established archaeological theories.
This book showcases examples of the work of archaeologists who are responding to a major shift that has occurred within their field over the past century. Interpretations of evidence now prioritise change and variability, rather than treating it as a static snapshot of a particular moment in time. Though many established analytical concepts remain a vital part of an archaeologist’s investigative toolkit, they are being infused with the idea that archaeology is living, both in terms of the objects of study and the discipline as a whole. Researchers across the world are integrating ideas informed by relational epistemologies and mutually constructive ontologies into their work from the initial stage of project design all the way down to post-excavation interpretation. This book highlights the utility of these ideas in exploring material both old and new. The illuminating research and novel explanations presented contribute to resolving long-standing problems in regional archaeologies across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Oceania. In this way, this volume reinvigorates approaches taken towards older material but also acts as a springboard for future innovative discussions of theory in archaeology and related disciplines.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259322 • £49.50 • May 2023
288 pages • 216 x 280 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259339
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A presentation of the results of GPR application at sites of historical import in Connecticut.
This book narrates the stories of GPR studies at 10 significant historical locations in Connecticut, spanning the 17th to the 20th centuries. These include mass graves and a 1941 plane crash site. The authors bring their collective expertise to the reader in a scientific manner with a personal, story-telling touch. Each chapter delves into the history of the sites, the nature of the geophysical search and the interpretation of data with regard to solving an historical problem.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789259261 • £30.00 • March 2023
160 pages • 170 x 240 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259278
Edited by Audrey Gouy
Discussion of an often-overlooked aspect of ancient dance: the function of clothing.
This volume explores the significance, role and meaning of textiles and dress in dance, integrating anthropological and sociological dimension into historical analysis of textiles in the ancient world. Dress is at the core of dance. It is a communicative tool that can provide adornment, characterisation, symbolic expression and crucial information for the understanding of a dance. This book presents a valuable addition to the study of ancient dance, as, previously, clothing has rarely been taken into consideration.
ANCIENT TEXTILES SERIES | OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789257984 • £40.00 • November 2022
272 pages • 216 x 280 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789257991
Textile Production in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age
Edited by Eva Andersson Strand and Marie-Louise Nosch
Interdisciplinary and collaborative perspectives on textile production in Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age societies.
This volume combines experimental archaeology, analyses of textile tools and find contexts to provide unique insights into both the production processes and, significantly, into the range of types of textiles that could have been produced at specific sites. These results illustrate the central, social, and economic impact of textile production in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age societies.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789259896 • £45.00 • June 2023
416 pages • 216 x 279mm • 210 illus,
Edited
by Toby Wilkinson and Susan SherratInnovative new examination of the cultural role of metals in Aegean prehistory.
This volume examines the cultural part played by a spectrum of metals in use from the fourth millennium BC to the Early Iron Age, the divergent uses and roles of different metals, and their interrelationships with changing economic, social, cultural, and symbolic values. Themes include properties of different metals, under-representation of certain metals in the archaeological record, the beginnings of regular iron metallurgy, and the uses and attitudes to gold, silver, and bronze at various times.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789259612 • £42.00 • January 2023
224 pages • 171 x 241mm • B/w & colour illus.
Edited by Johannes Müller
Presentation of new socio-environmental theory, based on a concept of societal connectivity, for the exploration of past societies. This book presents the basic concept of social, environmental and cultural connectivity in past societies, as embodied in a diversity of disciplines in the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS. It contains various case and concept studies, including rarely considered dependencies between nomadic and urban lifestyles, which represent an area of connectivity between the environment and agglomerated human settlement structures. It also considers the role of connectivities in the development of social inequality and the creation of linguistic features in written media.
ROOTS | SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464270273 • £40.00 • December 2022
216 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 10 b/w and 25 colour illus.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Archaeology of Plant Foods
Edited by Soultana Maria Valamoti, Anastasia Dimoula and Maria Ntinou
An extremely detailed exploration of ancient plant cuisine with contributions from all over the world.
This volume focuses on plant food ingredients that were consumed in past societies and on the ways these ingredients were transformed into food. While the main focus is on Europe and the Mediterranean world in prehistory, the book also expands to other regions, including South Asia and Latin America. It covers a time span from the Palaeolithic to the historic periods. It provides a more comprehensive and systematic approach to ancient plant food culinary transformation than has previously been produced.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464270334 • £85.00 • December 2022
526 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 29 b/w and 207 colour illus.
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
By Anne S. Dowd and Edited by Mary Beth D. TrubittThorough examination of activities at three major quarries used in the Archaic and Woodland periods.
This exciting new addition to the American Landscapes series provides an in-depth account of how flintknappers obtained and used stone based on archaeological, geological, landscape, and anthropological data. It features case studies from three key regions in North America and offers a comprehensive view of quarrying activities. It features discussion of the function of sites in a broad landscape context and gives examples of heritage sites that can be visited in Canada and the USA.
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES | OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781785706240 • £38.00 • November 2022
240 pages • 189 x 246 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781785706257
Edited by Cheryl Claassen
New insights into the wide-ranging temporal and geographical evidence for rituals in Eastern North America.
This book focuses on rituals exploring the natural and made landscape stages. It also considers the ritual directors, including their progression from shaman to priesthood, and the meaning of the rites. It includes an examination of the archaeological records of Cahokia, the lower Ohio Valley, Aztalan Wisconsin, Vermont, Florida, and Georgia. In addition to this, it investigates tobacco/datura, colour symbolism, deer symbolism, mound stratigraphy, flintknapping, stone caching, cults and their organization, and red ochre in the Eastern US.
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES | OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789259292 • £38.00 • March 2023
256 pages • 185 x 246 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259308
Excavations at Mar Gurgalan, Asiab and Ganj Dareh
Edited by Tobias Richter, Hojjat Darabi and Peder Mortensen
The results of excavations into three key Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene sites in the Zagros Mountains.
This volume presents the results of a five-year long project which reinvestigated key late Pleistocene and Early Holocene sites in the Zagros Mountains of Iran with the aim of discovering pathways towards early plant and animal domestication and sedentism in relation to climate change. The sites, material culture assemblages and faunal and botanical remains are discussed in their regional context and against broader debates concerning the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in Southwest Asia.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789259414 • £55.00 • January 2023
272 pages • 210 x 297 mm • B/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789259421
By Innes McCartney
The results of a research project aiming to identify shipwrecks in the Irish Sea.
In a process analogous with the impact of aerial photography on landscape archaeology, marine geophysics is locating the remains of thousands of shipwrecks across the seabed of the globe. This research project set out to establish whether all of the shipwrecks in a given geographic region could be identified by name through the mutual study of the 3D models of the shipwrecks, alongside the historic text of shipping losses in the same area.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464261165 • £60.00 • September 2022
270 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 7 b/w and 163 colour illus.
Flat Ontologies, Oceanic Thought, and the Anthropocene
Edited by Sara Rich and Peter Campbell
Edited volume featuring transdisciplinary perspectives on oceanic artifacts. The essays collected in this volume reveal novel ways for maritime archaeologists to engage with the most important problems of our time and to benefit from the new insights offered by object-oriented and flat ontologies. The book gathers the analytical thinking of archaeologists, philosophers, marine biologists, and media theorists, and pushes those observations deep into the maritime realm. It emphasises the relevance of studying the marine world and is an important new contribution to the subject area.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464270396 • £50.00 • March 2023
344 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 30 b/w and 32 colour illus.
A comprehensive presentation of the construction and function of the Faroese boat.
This volume presents the building and use of the Faroese boat, a marine vessel which has been adapted to cope with the special sailing conditions around the Faroe Islands. It shows the boat’s great importance to the Faroese society, for fishing and transporting people and goods. The building process, craftsmanship, and seamanship are examined in great detail, and the maritime history of the Faroese Islands from the Viking Age and until the 1970s are presented.
SHIPS AND BOATS OF THE NORTH | VIKING SHIP MUSEUM
Hardback • 9788785180766 • £47.00 • April 2023
350 pages • 250 x 290 mm • Illus.
Discussion of the use and misuse of classical Antiquity in 21st-century museums and political discourse.
This volume aims to showcase a number of illustrative examples of the kinds of narratives about Antiquity that people are currently creating for themselves, and thus to provide a deeper understanding of 21st-century reception of Antiquity.
Part I of the book focuses on two main fields: controversies referencing ancient and modern literary works; and controversies surrounding heritage ethics.
Part II takes literary evidence from the USA to Italy as its starting point: it shows how metaphors about early Christianity find their way into American conservative discourse; how Sparta is evoked in right-wing thinking in the USA, Germany, France and Scandinavia; and how Aeneas plays a role in recent Italian debates on migrations.
Part III focuses on heritage ethics and material culture, in first instance taking practices at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) – on the display of death, queering and orientalism – as case studies.
Together, these papers show that academics should engage with the receptions of antiquity in the recent past and present. If they want their research and museum displays to be part of current reception, they should make their voice heard.
By Jolanda Bos and Theo Meereboer-Necheporenko
Offers useful knowledge and insight to those in the field of heritage management in Egypt.
This book is a general introduction to archaeological site management and museology in Egypt. Its aim is to let archaeologists and site managers preserve the archaeological heritage in their care for future generations and present it in a meaningful way. It reflects the training projects that were organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Cairo and the NVIC for the Egyptian MoA and several heritage professionals from Egypt and the Netherlands between 2017 and 2020.
BLIKVELDUITGEVERS PUBLISHERS
Paperback • 9789492940285 • £37.95 • December 2022
288 pages • 170 x 210 mm • Colour illus.
A photographic investigation into ethnographic museums and sites of crosscultural encounters.
Photo-Museology arises from an art project undertaken over 25 years. The authors investigated sites of cross-cultural encounter in the Pacific and associated places in Europe, ranging from Captain Cook memorials to ethnographic museums. Some museums still exhibited colonial symbols and forms of knowledge, others had attempted to displace such histories, foregrounding more inclusive or progressive stories. Through photography this book revisits the places collections were made, and the places they ended up in. It is a meditation on presence and absence.
PACIFIC PRESENCES | SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789088906329 • £85.00 • November 2022
474 pages • 178 x 254 mm • 76 b/w and 289 colour illus.
Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives of People-centered Approaches in Dynamic Hstoric Urban Landscapes
Edited by Maaike De Waal, Ilaria Rosetti, Mara De Groot and Uditha JinadasaAn exploration of the methods (World) Heritage Cities are using to conserve their living heritage.
This book aims to explore how (World) Heritage Cities are dealing with the preservation of their living heritage, what is needed for its effective management, what approaches are adopted, and what challenges and opportunities are encountered. Results offer an overview of current practices, which also include some of the first testimonies of their evolution in the time of a global pandemic (COVID-19), that can inform future research and urban strategies.
SIDESTONE PRESS
Paperback • 9789464261424 • £45.00 • December 2022
250 pages • 210 x 280 mm • 3 b/w and 84 colour illus.
OXBOW BOOKS
By Knut Andreas Bergsvik and Marion Dowd
An interdisciplinary exploration of the use of caves and rock shelters across Europe during the medieval period.
Paperback • 9781789258073 • £38.00 • May 2022
324 pages • eBook available: 9781785708336
Now available in paperback, this significant publication explores the archaeology and development of Constantinople.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789258066 • £35.00 • March 2022
224 pages • eBook available: 9781782971818
This volume tackles the subject of the survival and transformation of the ancient city through memory.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789258165 • £50.00 • February 2022
360 pages • eBook available: 9781789258172
Edited
by Elizabeth Key Fowden, Suna Çagaptay, Edward Zychowicz-Coghill and Louise BlankeExplores the historical complexity and cultural hybridity of post-classical eastern Mediterranean cities.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789257687 • £50.00 • January 2022
432 pages • eBook available: 9781789257694
A History of its Relationship with Archaeology and Esotericism
By Liz HentyA fascinating account of the development of archaeoastronomy, its impact on archaeological interpretation and its future potential.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789257861 • £38.00 • February 2022
288 pages • eBook available: 9781789257878
The Impenetrable CityFortress, a Sentry of the Alps
By Natale BarcaA study of Aquileia from its foundation in the 2ndcentury BC through to its fall in the 5th-century AD.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789257748 • £38.00 • January 2022
256 pages • eBook available: 9781789257755
Principate
An innovative study of the transmission of Roman religious ideas and practices to the northern provinces.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789257830 • £38.00 • March 2022
312 pages • eBook available: 9781789257847
Edited by Vin Davis and Mark Edmonds
Explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach the study of stone axes.
OXBOW BOOKS
Edited by Sofia Greaves and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
New perspectives on the ideals and aims articulated by ancient city founders and their successors.
Hardback • 9781789257809 • £50.00 • March 2022
432 pages • eBook available: 9781789257816
An innovative analysis and reassessment of the Domesday Book from the perspective of a surveyor.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789258080 • £29.50 • May 2022
448 pages • eBook available: 9781842175941
By Ingvild Øye
Examines textile production in Norway and the north Atlantic region from the Viking period to High Middle Ages.
OXBOW BOOKS
Hardback • 9781789257779 • £48.00 • March 2022
264 pages • eBook available: 9781789257786
WINDGATHER PRESS
Paperback • 9781914427107 • £34.99 • February 2022
168 pages • 185 x 246 mm • | eBook available: 9781914427114
The Transformation and Genesis of 'Values in Things' from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives
Edited by Hans Peter Hahn, Anja Klöckner and Dirk Wicke
New theoretical and methodological approaches on the subject of how objects are valued.
OXBOW BOOKS
Paperback • 9781789258134 • £38.00 • March 2022
272 pages • eBook available: 9781789258158
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900 Years of St Bartholomew's
The Ancient Harbours of the Piraeus
A Tomb Robbers' Trail Revealed
The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland
Archaeology Without Digging B
Ballynahatty
The Battle of Pinkie
Broken Pots, Mending Lives
The Bronze Age Collective Graves of Qarn al-Harf, Ras al-Khaimah (UAE)
Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain
Burgäschisee 5000-3000 v. Chr.
Burials and the Black Death in Hereford
Byblos, Gateway to the World
Çatalhöyük Excavations
Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic bronze statuettes in the Danish National Museum
Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500–1500
Chedworth Roman Villa
Circuits of Metal Value
Cities as Palimpsests?
Classical Controversies
Colonization and Christianity
Coming to Terms with the Future
Commemorating Classical Battles
Community Archaeology on Hadrian's Wall Complexity and dynamics
Connectivity Matters!
Constantinople
Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology
Cooking with plants in ancient Europe and beyond Current Research in Nubian Archaeology
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Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Modern Greek Edition)
Dynamics of Religious Individualisation
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EAA 176: Fransham
EAA 177: Living with Monuments
Early Egyptian MiscellaniesDiscussions and Essays on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt
Echoes from the Deep Excavations Along Hadrian’s Wall 2019–2021
Excavations on Wether Hill, Ingram, Northumberland
Exploring Archaeoastronomy
Exploring Writing Systems and Practices in Bronze Age
Aegean
Extracting Stone
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Fabric of the Frontier
The Faroese Boat
From Hunter-Gatherers to Early Christians
From Jerusalem to Delhi, through Persia
From Pirate Base to Roman City: The Excavations of Antiochia ad Cragum in Rough Cilicia
Hagia Sophia in Context
Harpole
Ismant al-Kharab. The Christian Monuments of Kellis
Keramik jenseits von 'Kulturen'
Knossos, Mycenae, Troy
Knossos: From First to Second Palace
Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America
Let a cow-skin be brought Living (World) Heritage Cities
Lucayan Legacies
The Marriage Bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Medieval Garments Reconstructed
Medieval New Romney, A Town Shaped by Water
The Norse Sorceress
Northern Emporium
Perspectives on Lived Religion II
Photo-Museology
Picturing the Bronze Age
Remembering and Forgetting the Ancient City
Roman and Medieval Carlisle
Roman Aquileia
Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces
Rome and the Colonial City
Sentient Archaeologies
Settling Waterscapes in Europe
Site by site
Stone Axe Studies III
The Submerged Site of La Marmotta (Rome, Italy): Decrypting a Neolithic Society
Surveying the Domesday Book
Textiles in Motion
The World of the Middle Kingdom III
Tools, Textiles and Contexts
Tracing Textile Production from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages
Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change: The Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic in the Seimarreh Drainage, Central Zagros
"Trade centers and Trade routes in Upper Egypt, during the Old and Middle Kingdoms"
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