PUBLICATIONS & DISTRIBUTED TITLES Spring 2018
Archaeology • Ancient Near East Anglo-Saxon & Viking • Greece & Rome Landscape • Prehistory • The Medieval World
Welcome to the Spring 2018 Catalogue from Oxbow Books We are very pleased to present to you books for the Spring 2018 season in this catalogue. Specialising in Archaeology, Ancient History, and the Middle Ages, we bring you titles from our own imprints alongside our distributed publishers. Spring sees the publication of the revolutionary The Times of Their Lives, presenting a new history of Neolithic Europe (p.2). Sidestone Press bring us The Coffins of the Priests of Amun, a result of the Vatican Coffins Project (p.6). With titles spanning from prehistory to post-medieval, and from maritime archaeology to numismatics, we hope that there will be something in here to interest you. Finally, don’t forget to turn to page 31 for some of our bestsellers and recent highlights. Books marked will be available in eBook format from Oxbow Books.
Post-Medieval Archaeology...........................................1 European Prehistory.......................................................2 Egyptology & Ancient Near East................................6 Greece & the Hellenistic World.................................. 10 Rome & the Roman Provinces....................................13 Medieval Archaeology.................................................. 15 British Archaeology...................................................... 18 World History & Archaeology................................... 20 Maritime Archaeology, Ships & Shipping................21 Archaeological Method & Theory.............................22 Language & Literature................................................. 28 Numismatics: Coins & Medals................................... 29 Oxbow Recent Highlights............................................31 Trade Ordering Information........................................33
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Lost L I V E S New V O I C E S
Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650
Mark McKerracher
FARMING TRANSFORMED IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND Agriculture in the Long Eighth Century
Richard Annis, Anwen Caffell,
Christo pher Gerrard, Pam Graves & Andrew Millard
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All prices and publication dates are accurate at the time of printing but subject to change without notice. Front cover: from Eva Mortensen and Birte Poulson (eds) Cityscapes and Monuments of Western Asia Minor: Memories and Identities (p. 7). Back cover: from William Bowden Butrint 5 Life and Death at a Mediterranean Port: The Non-Ceramic Finds From the Triconch Palace (p. 13).
Lost L I V E S New V O I C E S
Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650
Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650 By Richard Annis, Anwen Caffell, Chris Gerrard, Pam Graves and Andrew Millard In depth investigation reveals fascinating detail about Scottish soldiers taken at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. In November 2013 two mass burials were discovered unexpectedly on a construction site in the city of Durham in north-east England. Over the next 2 years, a complex jigsaw of evidence was pieced together by a team of archaeologists to establish the identity of the human remains. Today we know them to be some of the Scottish prisoners who died in the autumn of 1650 in Durham cathedral and castle following the battle of Dunbar, one of the key engagements of the War of the Three Kingdoms.
POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
LOST LIVES, NEW VOICES
This book gives back to the men a voice through an understanding of their childhood and later Richard Annis, Anwen Caffell, lives. Archaeological and historical evidence pher Gerrard, Pam Graves & Andrew Millard allows us to reconstruct with vivid accuracy how and why these men vanished off the historical Oxbow Books • February 2018 radar. Of the prisoners who survived their ordeal 9781785708473 • £20.00 • Paperback after Dunbar, new evidence has emerged about 240 x 170mm • 224 pages • b/w and col illus. their involvement in local industries, while others were sent far away, transported to the colonies as indentured servants to begin a new life at the edge of the known world. Following the trail of their biographies takes us across the Atlantic where the Dunbar men supported each other throughout their lives on the frontiers of New England. Here they worked in ironworks and sawmills, farmed and fished and adapted to the vast forested landscapes which they named ‘Scotland’ and ‘Unity’, after the vessel they had sailed in. None returned to the country of their birth. Lost Lives, New Voices is a collaboration between academic researchers and professional archaeologists working on the Scottish Soldiers Research Project.
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Table of Contents 1. Discovery and Themes 2. The Archaeology 3. The Human Bone Analysis 4. Skeleton Science 5. Historial Context 6. The Survivors’ Tales 7. Themes and Descendants
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EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES
Hunting History in the Archaeology of Neolithic Europe By Alasdair Whittle Uses Bayesian statistical analysis to bring Neolithic dating down to the span of lifetimes. The Times of their Lives explains how archaeologists can now move away from thinking about history in terms of thousands of years, to periods from one or two centuries down to lifetimes and generations — a little more than two decades. This vastly improved precision comes from the application of Bayesian chronological frameworks for the interpretation of radiocarbon dates. If they do the right things, archaeologists in general and prehistorians in particular need not confine themselves any longer to the long term, which has often been seen as the defining currency of the discipline. Many prehistorians are still uncomfortable with the choice of narratives now available — or have not yet critically rethought old habits. This book will Oxbow Books • February 2018 9781785706684 • £40.00 show how temporally much more precise accounts Hardback • 240 x 170mm • 240 pages of the past can be achieved, across a broad range of contexts and situations. It offers a series of case studies across much of the continent, to provide much more precise timings of key features and trends in the European Neolithic sequence than are currently available, and to construct much more precise estimates of the duration of events and phenomena. From these there is the possibility to open up new insights into the tempo of change through the detailed study of selected sites and situations across the span of the European Neolithic, from the sixth to the early third millennia cal BC. At stake is our ability to study the lives of Neolithic people everywhere at the scale of lifetimes, something unimaginable even a few years ago.
Table of Contents 1. Hunting History 2. Long Pasts, Brief Lives: the Lenses of History 3. The Rags of Time: Building Chronologies 4. ‘Sometimes Sudden and Sometimes Slow’: the Reach of Precision 5. Time Lords? Community and Leadership Across the Neolithic Sequence 6. An Old Europe in a New Light 7. Kinds of History: the Future of Neolithic Past
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Studies on Upper Palaeolithic Diversity in the Near East Edited by A. Nigel Goring-Morris and Anna Belfer-Cohen Challenges current understanding of cave use and function in the early Iron Age. These 23 papers focus on recent research into the Upper Palaeolithic of the Levant, a murky period of human history (ca 45,000 to 20,000 years ago) during which modern patterns of human behaviour and communication became the norm. Some papers report on recent fieldwork, others seek to define and explain reasons for variation and change in material culture.
EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Oxbow Books • September 2017 • 9781785709142 • £50.00 • New in Paperback 297 x 210mm • 315 pages • 127 b/w figs, 58 tables
HIGH PASTURE CAVE
Ritual, Memory and Identity In the Iron Age of Skye By S.A. Birch, J.T. Mackenzie, and G. Cruickshanks Examines what different lithic traditions represent, and how variation can be explained. Details the research-led excavations at High Pasture Cave, Skye, and its context in the landscape from the Early to Middle Scottish Iron Age, c.800 BC to AD 150. This includes the geology and stratigraphy; the use and transformation of the cave from the Neolithic; post-Medieval activity after the site’s closure; chronology and radiocarbon dating; the human remains, and stable isotope analysis.
HIGH PASTURE C AVE Ritual, Memory and Identity in the Iron Age of Skye
Steven Birch, Gemma Cruickshank and Jo McKenzie
Oxbow Books • June 2018 • 9781785709500 • £48.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 688 pages
LOCAL, INTENSIVE AND DIVERSE?
Early farmers and plant economy in the North-East of the Iberian Peninsula (5500-2300 cal BC) By Ferran Antolín An important piece in the puzzle of early farming during the Neolithic in Europe. This study argues that early farming life may have been more multifaceted than previously thought, and puts forward a reinterpretation of the traditional views on farming, wild plant gathering and social relationships during the Neolithic in the North East of the Iberian Peninsula. The archaeobotanical data from 17 sites are presented, and pioneering methods of investigating the data are applied.
Barkhuis • June 2016 • 9789492444011 • £55.00 • Paperback 511 pages • Colour illus.
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EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
FROM THE FOUNDATIONS TO THE LEGACY OF MINOAN ARCHAEOLOGY Studies in Honour of Professor Keith Branigan Edited by Maria Relaki and Yiannis Papadatos
A new volume in the influential Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology series. Discusses the contribution of long-term research strategies to our understanding of social and political development of and settlement patterns in Minoan society. It examines the evidence for social differentiation and ranking as revealed through mortuary practices and their spatial and temporal variation. It will be of interest to scholars of Minoan civilisation and the Bronze Age of the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.
Oxbow Books • January 2018 • 9781785709265 • £38.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 320 pages • b/w illus.
SHEFFIELD STUDIES IN AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY
CEREMONIAL LIVING IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC Excavations at Ringlemere Site M1, Kent, 2002–2006 By Keith Parfitt and Stuart Needham
A comprehensive account of the excavations at Ringlemere in Kent. This volume presents the rich array of structural and artefactual evidence spanning a few thousand years of prehistory at the site of Ringlemere, Kent. Evaluation of form and associated material culture steers interpretation away from the purely domestic and contributes to the ongoing debate about the place of ceremony in third millennium Britain.
BRITISH MUSEUM RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
British Museum Press • June 2018 • 9780861592173 • £40.00 • Paperback 297 x 210mm • 200 pages • 120 illus.
CONNECTING ELITES AND REGIONS
Perspectives on contacts, relations and differentiation during the Early Iron Age Hallstatt C period in Northwest and Central Europe Edited by Robert Schumann and Sasja Van der Vaart-Verschoof Makes regional research accessible to a wider audience. Brings together a diverse group of scholars who present regional overviews and discussions of elite burials and material culture from Northwest and Central Europe. In many cases these are the first overviews available in English and together they make regional research accessible to a wider audience. This volume contributes to research on the Early Iron Age Hallstatt C period on a European scale.
Sidestone Press • November 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 386 pages • 78 b/w and 63 colour illus. 9789088904431 • £150.00 • Hardback 9789088904424 • £50.00 • Paperback
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A practice-based study of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials in the Low Countries By Sasja Van der Vaart-Verschoof An in-depth and practice-based archaeological analysis of Dutch and Belgian elite graves. There is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800–500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. Mostly imports from Central Europe, these objects are found brought together in varying configurations in cremation burials generally known as chieftains’ graves or princely burials. Fragmenting the Chieftain presents the results of an in-depth and practice-based archaeological analysis of the Dutch and Belgian elite graves and the burial practice through which they were created.
EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
FRAGMENTING THE CHIEFTAIN
PAPERS ON Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 300 pages • 39 b/w and 39 colour illus. ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE 9789088905124 • £135.00 • Hardback LEIDEN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES 9789088905117 • £45.00 • Paperback
FRAGMENTING THE CHIEFTAIN – CATALOGUE
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age elite burials in the Low Countries By Sasja Van der Vaart-Verschoof Catalogue of Dutch and Belgian early Iron Age graves and associated goods. This catalogue, companion to Fragmenting the Chieftain, presents the first comprehensive overview of the Dutch and Belgian elite Iron Age (800-500BC) burials and the objects they contain. This information has previously been difficult to access, often published in Dutch or French. Using the original reports and studies, this catalogue examines the objects from the graves of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials in the Low Countries.
PAPERS ON Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 330 pages • 37 b/w and 126 colour illus. ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE 9789088905155 • £195.00 • Hardback LEIDEN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES 9789088905148 • £65.00 • Paperback
MAGOÚLA PAVLÍNA
A Middle Bronze Age site in the Soúrpi Plain (Thessalía, Greece) By Corien Wiersma, Dimitris Agnousiotis, Evangelia Karimali and H. Reinder Reinders Important publication of finds from Magóula Pavlína, Thessalía. Magóula Pavlína was inhabited during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. A survey at the site was carried out in 1996 after the field was ploughed for the first time. The recovery of tableware shows that Magoúla Pavlína was not a temporary site for special activities, but a permanent settlement. Even though these artefacts and animal remains are from a non-stratified context, this publication of the material is of importance, as relatively little is known of this period in Thessalía.
Barkhuis • March 2016 • 9789491431975 • £44.95 • Hardback 276 pages
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EGYPTOLOGY & ANCIENT NEAR EAST
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COFFINS
Past – Present – Future Edited by Julie Dawson and Helen Strudwick Major new multi-disciplinary collection focusing on the development of the coffin in ancient Egypt.
coffins ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
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This collection of papers stems from a project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to study and record in detail its collection of Egyptian coffins. Leading international experts address a series of topics using a range of archaeological, iconographic and text-based evidence, from the development of coffins in antiquity, to their post-antiquity history and developments in technical examination and methods of study, especially the use of multispectral imaging to provide non-invasive analysis of materials. These studies provide new insights into ancient Egyptian belief systems at different periods and in different regions, and lead to questions regarding the fundamental attitudes to the purpose of coffins as containers of human remains, and the practices of craftsmen in the funerary industry.
Edited by Julie Dawson & Helen Strudwick
Oxbow Books • May 2018 • 9781785709180 • £70.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 288 pages • b/w and colour illus.
THE COFFINS OF THE PRIESTS OF AMUN
Egyptian coffins from the 21st Dynasty in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden Edited by Lara Weiss Focuses on coffins of the Priests of Amon in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities. The Vatican Coffin Project is the first international research project to study the entire use-life of Egyptian coffins from an interdisciplinary perspective. It has resulted in this edited volume, which focuses on the lavishly decorated coffins of the Priests of Amon currently in the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. International specialists present the history of the Priests of Amon, the production of their coffins and use-life of the coffins from Ancient Egypt until modern times. The book appeals to those interested in Egyptian culture, heritage studies, and restoration research, and will be a stimulating read for both students and academics.
Sidestone Press • February 2018 • 280 x 210mm • 150 pages • 60 colour illus. 9789088904936 • £100.00 • Hardback 9789088904929 • £35.00 • Paperback
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Memories and Identities Edited by Eva Mortensen and Birte Poulson
Explores ideas concerning the display and expression of identity and memory over multiple generations. Cityscapes consist of houses, streets, civic buildings, sanctuaries, tombs, monuments and inscriptions created by multiple generations of citizens and foreigners with an interest in the city; they are interpreted and reinterpreted as expressions of past lives, changing relations of power, memories and various identities. The present volume publishes 25 contributions, in which new and well-known material is presented and analysed through the twin lenses of memory and identity. The contributions cover more than 1,000 years of cultural diversity during changing political systems. Oxbow Books • December 2017 • 9781785708367 • £60.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 400 pages • b/w and colour illus.
PREHISTORIC POTTERY FROM DAKHLEH OASIS, EGYPT
Ashten Warfe has been appointed incoming director for the Dakhleh Oasis Project. He received his PhD from Monash University, Australia, where he currently teaches into the archaeology program and conducts research as co-investigator on an Australian Research Council Discovery Project. His research explores social development in arid northeast Africa through material and visual culture.
A must-have for anyone researching material culture in prehistoric Ancient Egypt. The Dakhleh Oasis Project
As one of the few surviving artefacts from the late prehistory of northeast Africa, pottery serves as an essential material category by which to explore long-term human development. This book presents a major study on ceramics recovered from early and mid-Holocene sites in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis, which come from 96 registered sites and comprise more than 10,000 sherds. A firmer grounding in the oasis ceramics offers inroads to examine social practices and the interconnectedness of desert groups of the ancient Eastern Sahara. Monographs and Reports
1. Ceramics from Dakhleh Oasis: preliminary studies by W. I. Edwards, C. A. Hope and E. R. Segnit
2. Reports from the Survey of the Dakhleh Oasis 1977–1987 edited by A. J. Mills and C. S. Churcher 3. Greek Papyri from Kellis 1 edited by K. A. Worp
4. Kellis Literary Texts Volume 1 edited by Iain Gardner
5. The Kellis Isocrates Codex edited by K. A. Worp and A. Rijksbaron
7. The Kellis Agricultural Account Book edited by Roger S. Bagnall
8. Preliminary Reports on the 1992–1993 and 1993–1994 Field Seasons edited by C. A. Hope and A. J. Mills
9. Coptic Documentary Texts: Volume 1 edited by Iain Gardner, Anthony Alcock and Wolf-Peter Funk
PREHISTORIC POTTERY FROM DAKHLEH OASIS, EGYPT
11. Preliminary Reports on the 1994–1995 to 1998–1999 Field Seasons edited by Colin A. Hope and Gillian E. Bowen
12. The Oasis Papers 2 Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project edited by Marcia F. Wiseman 13. Greek Ostraka from Kellis edited by K. A. Worp
14. The Oasis Papers 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project edited by Gillian E. Bowen and Colin A. Hope 15. The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project edited by Roger S. Bagnall, Paola Davoli and Colin A. Hope
16. Coptic Documentary Texts From Kellis: Volume 2 P. Kellis VII by Iain Gardner, Anthony Alcock and Wolf-Peter Funk
17. Dakhleh Oasis and the Western Desert of Egypt under the Ptolemies by James C. R. Gill
Ashten R. Warfe
6. The Oasis Papers 1 Proceedings of the First International Symposium of the Dakhleh Oasis Project edited by C. A. Marlow
10. Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis and the Design of the Dakhleh Oasis Training and Archaeological Conservation Centre by Wolf Schijns, with contributions by Olaf Kaper and Joris Kila
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PREHISTORIC POTTERY FROM DAKHLEH OASIS, EGYPT
By Ashten R. Warfe
As one of the few surviving artefacts from the late prehistory of northeast Africa, pottery forms an essential material category to explore long-term human development. This book presents a major study on the ceramics recovered from early and mid-Holocene sites in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis. Through detailed description, classification and quantification, the volume highlights growing diversity and innovation in local pottery-making from the late seventh to mid-third millennia cal. BC. These shifts help to refine the characterisation of local cultural units within the Holocene sequence for Dakhleh Oasis, and to compare against parallel pottery traditions elsewhere in the desert. A firmer grounding in the oasis ceramics, as detailed in this book, offers inroads to examine social practices and the interconnectedness of desert groups of the ancient Eastern Sahara.
EGYPTOLOGY & ANCIENT NEAR EAST
CITYSCAPES AND MONUMENTS OF WESTERN ASIA MINOR
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Oxbow Books • December 2017 • 9781785708244 • £45.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 144 pages • b/w and colour illus.
DAKHLEH OASIS PROJECT MONOGRAPH
THE WESTERN WADIS OF THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS By Piers Litherland
An examination of the possible burial ground of the XVIIIth dynasty royal family members. The wadis to the west of the main Theban mountain were last officially explored by Howard Carter in 1916 and 1917. He suggested that these wadis might contain the burial ground of the XVIIIth dynasty royal family members whose burials were then missing. Since Carter’s exploration of this area, the evidence in these wadis has been examined by many people, both officially and unofficially, but this report represents the results of the first Ministry of Antiquities-approved attempt to re-address Howard Carter’s hypothesis.
New Kingdom Research Foundation • October 2014 • 9780993097300 • £30.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 96 pages • 87 colour illus.
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EGYPTOLOGY & ANCIENT NEAR EAST
AMARNA’S LEATHERWORK
Part I. Preliminary Analysis and Catalogue By André J. Veldmeijer The ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna was the short-lived capital built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten, probably the father of the famous Tutankhamun, and abandoned shortly after his death (c. 1336 BCE). It is one of the few Pharaonic cities to have been thoroughly excavated. This volume, the first of two, presents the leatherwork excavated at the site by these various expeditions.
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904738 • £195.00 • Hardback 280 x 210mm • 290 pages • 100 b/w and 500 colour illus.
CATALOGUE OF THE FOOTWEAR IN THE COPTIC MUSEUM (CAIRO) Edited by André J. Veldmeijer and By Salima Ikram
This catalogue contains detailed descriptions, measurements, photographs and drawings of the footwear in the Cairo museum. Each description of a footwear category is followed by short discussions, addressing topics such as typology and dating. In addition a fairly large corpus of comparative material is presented as well, none of which has been published before.
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904714 • £210.00 • Hardback 280 x 210mm • 336 pages • 141 b/w and 395 colour illus.
TUTANKHAMUN’S FOOTWEAR
Studies of Ancient Egyptian Footwear By André J. Veldmeijer The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time. Among the objects found was a large collection of shoes and sandals. The footwear is analysed here in detail for the first time since the discovery using Carter’s records and Harry Burton’s photographs along with the author’s analyses of the objects.
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904745 • £195.00 • Hardback 280 x 210mm • 312 pages • 105 b/w and 286 colour illus.
CHASING CHARIOTS
Proceedings of the First International Chariot Conference (Cairo 2012) Edited by André J. Veldmeijer and Salima Ikram This work is the result of the First International Chariot Conference. A wide variety of papers are included, ranging from overviews to more detailed studies focusing on a specific topic. These include philology, iconography, archaeology, engineering, history, and conservation. The book is of interest to scholars as well as anyone with an interest in ancient technology, transportation, or warfare.
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904691 • £150.00 • Hardback 280 x 210mm • 270 pages • 126 b/w and 89 colour illus.
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The Tano Chariot, A Case Study By André J. Veldmeijer, Salima Ikram, Ole Herslund, Lisa Sabbahy and Lucy Skinner Remains of chariots have been found in Egyptian tombs, but for a long time, their leather casings were only known from images on tomb and temple walls. The Tano Chariot leather was discovered in the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This book presents the Tano material with fully illustrated, detailed descriptions, possible dates and wider context. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 550 pages • 350+ colour illus. 9789088904691 • £375.00 • Hardback 9789088904677 • £125.00 • Paperback
THE ARTS OF MAKING IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Voices, Images, and Objects of Material Producers 2000–1550 BC Edited by Gianluca Miniaci, Juan Carlos Moreno Garcìa, Stephen Quirke and Andréas Stauder
EGYPTOLOGY & ANCIENT NEAR EAST
CHARIOTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT
In a search for a fuller understanding of the pragmatics of material production in past societies, this volume aims to analyse the mechanisms of material production in Egypt during the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 BC), to approach the profile of ancient Egyptian craftsmen through their own words, images and artefacts, and to trace possible modes of circulation of ideas among craftsmen. Sidestone Press • February 2018 • 257 x 182mm • 275 pages • 49 b/w and 27 colour illus. 9789088905247 • £135.00 • Hardback 9789088905230 • £45.00 • Paperback
NINEVEH, THE GREAT CITY
Symbol of Beauty and Power Edited by Lucas P. Petit and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi This edited volume contains more than 65 articles by international specialists, providing a detailed study of the site of Nineveh. It describes the history of the city, the excavations and the dispersed material culture. Special attention is paid to the endangered heritage of Nineveh, which recently faced destruction for the second time in its history.
Sidestone Press • November 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 330 pages • 140 b/w and 110 colour illus. PAPERS ON ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE 9789088904974 • £195.00 • Hardback LEIDEN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES 9789088904967 • £65.00 • Paperback
BOOK OF THE DEAD
Becoming God in Ancient Egypt Edited by Foy Scalf This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it. Presenting the newest research through text and elaborate imagery, it explores what the Book of the Dead meant to ancient Egyptians and how they sought to live forever as gods.
Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago • February 2017 • 9781614910381 • £34.95 • Paperback 292 x 229mm • 376 pages • c. 400 illus.
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GREECE & THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
SLAVE-WIVES, SINGLE WOMEN AND “BASTARDS” IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD Law and Economics Perspectives By Morris Silver
A radical and thought provoking new examination of Greek society. This highly original and challenging new book from economist Morris Silver presents a radically new and lively approach to interpreting the marital, social and economic role of women termed pallakē (sold into marriage) and hetaira (traditionally viewed as prostitutes or courtesans) and their ‘bastard’ children (nothoi) within ancient Greek society. It examines the nature of the marital transaction, the potential reinterpretation of hetaira as ‘single’ women and their implications for the legal and economic status of these women.
Oxbow Books • December 2017 • 9781785708633 • £38.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 224 pages • b/w illus.
PALMYRA AFTER ZENOBIA (AD 273–750)
Emanuele E. Intagliata
An Archaeological and Historical Reappraisal By Emanuele E. Intagliata
A comprehensive examination of Post-Roman Palmyra. This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene ‘Empire’ (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750). The goal of the book is to fill a substantial hole in modern scholarship – the late antique and early Islamic history of the city still has to be written. Post-Roman Palmyra, city and setting, provide the focus of this book.
Palmyra after Zenobia 2 73 –75 0 An archaeological and historical reappraisal
Oxbow Books • May 2018 • 9781785709425 • £50.00 • Hardback 240 x 170mm • 272 pages
HELLENISTIC POTTERY The Fine Wares By Sarah A. James
A long-awaited and much-needed addition to the Corinth series. This volume of new research, based on quantitative analysis of over 80 newly excavated deposits from the Panayia Field, offers a substantial revision to the absolute chronology of Corinthian Hellenistic pottery as established in Corinth VII.3 by G. Roger Edwards (1975). The significance of this work is not limited to ancient Corinth, but will be relevant for scholars studying other local pottery industries in the Peloponnese and beyond.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens • January 2018 • 9780876610770 • £95.00 Hardback • 305 x 229mm • 400 pages • 45 illus., 75 figs, 75 pls, 3 plans, 3 tables
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The history and restoration of ancient Greek vases from the excavations of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino (1775-1840) Edited by Ruurd Binnert Halbertsma Papers dealing with ceramics unearthed from Lucien Bonaparte’s estate in the 1800s. Starting in the year 1828, Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, unearthed more than 2,000 Greek vases on his estate near the ancient Etruscan town of Vulci. Specialists in the fields of museum history, Greek vase-painting, restoration and 19th century collecting have contributed to this volume, which offers the newest insights into the person of Lucien Bonaparte, his excavation practices, the history of restorations and the selling and buying of Greek ceramics in the 19th century. PAPERS ON Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 150 pages • 27 b/w and 55 colour illus. ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE 9789088905001 • £120.00 • Hardback LEIDEN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES 9789088904998 • £40.00 • Paperback
GREECE & THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
THE CANINO CONNECTIONS
STRATEGIES OF REMEMBERING IN GREECE UNDER ROME (100 BC–100 AD)
Edited by Tamara M. Dijkstra, Inger N.I. Kuin, Muriel Moser and David Weidgenannt Interdisciplinary exploration of strategies of remembering in Ancient Greece under Roman rule. In times of transition the past cannot be ignored: actors use what came before, in diverse and complex ways, in order to build the present. Communities and individuals creatively used various modes of remembering and commemoration to adapt to the political and cultural changes of the first century BC and the first century AD. This interdisciplinary volume traces strategies of remembering in Ancient Greece under Roman rule. Papers touch upon city building, funerary culture, festival and association, honorific practices, Greek literature, and political ideology. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 285 pages • 45 b/w and 18 colour illus. PUBLICATIONS 9789088904813 • £135.00 • Hardback OF THE NETHERLANDS 9789088904806 • £45.00 • Paperback INSTITUTE AT ATHENS
BOEOTIA PROJECT, VOLUME II: THE CITY OF THESPIAI Survey at a Complex Urban Site By John Bintliff, Emeri Farinetti, Božidar Slapšak and Anthony Snodgrass The second volume from the Boeotia project. The Boeotia Project was set up with the intention of conducting intensive regional survey of major prehistoric and ancient sites in the province. This, the second volume in the series, examines the evidence for the city of Thespiai. Few major Classical cities have disappeared so completely from view as Thespiai. Only the technique of intensive field survey, carefully adapted to a large urban site and reinforced by historical investigation, has made it possible to recover from oblivion much of its life of seven millennia.
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research • October 2017 • 9781902937816 • £70.00 Hardback • 280 x 216mm • 414 pages
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GREECE & THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
KYTHERA EXCAVATIONS AND STUDIES By J.N. Coldstream and G.L. Huxley
Nicolas Coldstream and George Huxley began excavations on the Greek island of Kythera in 1963. Their mission was to find out if the Minoans of ancient Crete had established a maritime empire as classical authors claimed. Over the next nine years they wrote up the results in this remarkable book, which includes articles commissioned from leading scholars on Kythera’s history, geology and topography. Originally published by Faber & Faber in 1972, this reprint makes a lost classic available for a new generation of readers. New Kingdom Research Foundation • July 2017 • 9781907859229 • £35.00 • Paperback 280 x 215mm • 458 pages • 50 pp. line drawings and 23 pp. of maps/diagrams
ARMES, ARMEMENT ET CONTEXTE FUNÉRAIRE DANS LA MACÉDOINE HELLÉNISTIQUE
Avec un appendice sur les trouvailles d’armes relatives à l’archaïsme et aux débuts de l’époque classique en Macédoine & sur ses confins By Pierre O. Juhel, Dorota Sakowicz and Paul Morillon This work constitutes an exhaustive catalogue of weapons, in tabular form, found in funerary contexts throughout the territory of Ancient Macedonia in the Hellenistic period. The results shed new light on the weaponry of the ancient Macedonians and the history of Ancient Macedonia, and it is an invaluable research tool. Akanthina • October 2017 • 9788375311822 • £25.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 105 pages • b/w illus.
TEXT IN FRENCH
GREEK TAKTIKA: ANCIENT MILITARY WRITING AND ITS HERITAGE
Proceedings of the International Conference on Greek Taktika held at the University of Toruń, 7-11 April 2005 Edited by Philip Rance and Nicholas Victor Sekunda This book presents 15 papers given at a conference devoted to Greek taktika, a broad genre of handbooks concerning tactics, generalship and the conduct of war. Contributors explore the practical utility of these texts, their literary, military and cultural contexts in Antiquity, and their diverse uses as historical sources. Akanthina • October 2017 • 9788375312423 • £40.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 300 pages • b/w illus.
THE HISTORICAL GREEK VILLAGE By Brice L. Erickson
Presents the Protogeometric through Hellenistic material (ca. 970–175 B.C.) from ASCSA excavations conducted in the 1950s at Lerna in the Argolid, one of the most important prehistoric sites in Greece. By featuring post-Bronze Age material, it significantly expands the scope of the series. This study not only gives scholars greater insight into ceramic developments, it brings much-needed focus to the material culture of a historic settlement. Lerna VIII will greatly facilitate comparative studies with other modestly sized communities in ancient Greece. American School of Classical Studies at Athens • January 2018 • 9780876613085 • £95.00 • Hardback LERNA 305 x 229mm • 544 pages • 379 b/w figs, 9 colour figs, 32 tables
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The Non-Ceramic Finds From the Triconch Palace
BUTRINT 5: LIFE AND DEATH AT A MEDITERRANEAN PORT The Non-Ceramic Finds from the Triconch Palace By William Bowden
This is the second volume arising from the 1994–2003 excavations of the Triconch Palace at Butrint (Albania), which charted the history of a Mediterranean site from the 2nd to the 15th centuries AD. It reports the finds from the site, demonstrating how the lives, diet and material culture changed across the late Roman and Medieval periods. William Bowden
Oxbow Books • June 2018 • 9781785708978 • £45.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 320 pages • b/w and colour illus.
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BUTRINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
CLASH OF CULTURES?
The Romano-British Period in the West Midlands Edited by Roger White and Mike Hodder
ROME & THE ROMAN PROVINCES
BUTRINT 5 Life and death at a Mediterranean port
The third volume in a series exploring the West Midlands region from the Lower Palaeolithic onwards. The region, during the Roman period, captures the transition between these two areas of the ‘military’ north and ‘civilised’ south. Where it differed, and why, are important questions for understanding Roman Britain. This volume explores archaeology for each modern county of the region alongside thematic takes on Roman culture.
Oxbow Books • February 2018 • 9781785709227 • £30.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 224 pages • b/w and colour illus. JOURNAL OF ROMAN POTTERY STUDIES
JOURNAL Of ROMA N POTTERY STUDIES
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Volume 17
Edited by Steven Willis
Publishes papers relating to new research on Roman period ceramics. Evidence includes Late Iron Age and early Roman pottery forms and fabrics from Kent, ceramic fire-dogs from the Dutch Lowlands and Flanders, portable Roman ceramic ovens and baking plates, amphorae from the Mediterranean in northern Europe and pottery used in Roman ritual. Details of the production site, and the types produced, are described.
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Oxbow Books • January 2018 • 9781785709340 • £38.00 • Paperback 297 x 210mm • 96 pages • b/w and colour illus.
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EARLY STATES, TERRITORIES AND SETTLEMENTS IN PROTOHISTORIC CENTRAL ITALY
Proceedings of a specialist conference at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology of the University of Groningen, 2013 Edited by Peter Attema, Jorn Seubers and Sarah Willemsen Contains multidisciplinary papers discussing new fieldwork data and theories of broad relevance to Italian archaeology and with specific relevance to the study of Crustumerium’s settlement, cemeteries and material culture in light of the site’s cultural identity. Barkhuis • April 2016 • 9789491431999 • £42.00 • Paperback 152 pages • Colour illus.
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ROME & THE ROMAN PROVINCES
A ROMANO-BRITISH ROADSIDE SETTLEMENT NEAR BEANACRE, WILTSHIRE By Cai Mason
Reports archaeological excavations which uncovered part of a large, previously unknown, Romano-British settlement along the main road between the Roman towns of Aquae Sulis and Cunetio. The full extent of the settlement is unknown but evidence from metal detector finds and field names suggests that it may have extended for at least 0.9 km along the Roman road.
Wessex Archaeology • March 2018 • 9781911137085 • £15.00 • Paperback 297 x 210mm • 120 pages • 30 b/w and colour figs, 25 b/w and colour plates
WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY OCCASIONAL PAPER
THE WESTERN CEMETERY OF ROMAN CIRENCESTER
Excavations at the former Bridges Garage, Tetbury Road, Cirencester, 2011-2015 By Neil Holbrook, Jamie Wright, E.R. McSloy and Jonny Geber Excavations from 2011 to 2015 within the Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester found 118 inhumation and 8 cremation burials. A greater quantity of grave goods was recovered from this cemetery compared to the Bath Gate cemetery. Finds discussed include an enamelled bronze figurine of a cockerel and a reused tombstone decorated with the violently mutilated face of the god Oceanus. Cotswold Archaeology • November 2017 • 9780993454530 • £19.95 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 170 pages • 163 illus.
CIRENCESTER EXCAVATIONS
EAA 163: IRON AGE AND ROMAN SETTLEMENT
Rescue Excavations at Lynch Farm 2, Orton Longueville, Peterborough By Stephen G. Upex Covers excavations of the Roman occupation at Lynch Farm 2, which forms a small part of a much larger Roman settlement seen only on aerial photographs. This consists of scattered buildings over an area 800m wide and is unlike most local villa or farmstead establishments, although a growing number of parallels for such settlements is now being added to the literature.
East Anglian Archaeology • December 2017 • 9780952810520 • £20.00 • Paperback 297 x 210mm • 200 pages • 157 illus.
EAST ANGLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY MONOGRAPH
THE TRANSITION TO LATE ANTIQUITY ON THE LOWER DANUBE
Excavations at Dichin: An extraordinary Late Roman and Early Byzantine fort, intensive site-specific survey and a unique Roman aqueduct By Andrew Poulter THE TRANSITION TO LATE ANTIQUITY
ON THE LOWER DANUBE E X C AVAT I O N S AT D I C H I N
An extraordinary Late Roman and Early Byzantine fort, intensive site-specific survey and a unique Roman aqueduct
A N D R E W P O U LT E R
Excavations on the site of this remarkable fort in northern Bulgaria formed part of a long-term programme of excavation and intensive field survey. It aims to trace the economic and physical changes which mark the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, a programme which commenced with the excavation and full publication of the early Byzantine fortress/city of Nicopolis ad Istrum.
Oxbow Books • March 2018 • 9781785709586 • £70.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 640 pages
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THE VIKING AGE
A Time of Many Faces by Caroline Arcini Provides a comprehensive picture of diversity in Viking Age communities. The majority of literature about the Viking period, based on artefacts or written sources, covers battles, kings, chiefs and mercenaries, long distance travel and colonisation, trade, and settlement. Less is said about the life of those that stayed at home, or those that migrated to Scandinavia, whether voluntarily or by force. This book uses results from the examination of a substantial corpus of Swedish osteological material to discuss aspects of demography and health in the Viking period – those which would have been visible and recognisable in the faces or physical appearances of the individuals concerned.
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The interdisciplinary approach to questions regarding ordinary life presented here will broaden the knowledge about society during the Viking Age.
A TIME OF MANY FACES
Oxbow Books • May 2018 • 9781785709388 • £38.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 256 pages
FARMING TRANSFORMED IN ANGLOSAXON ENGLAND Agriculture in the Long Eighth Century By Mark McKarracher
A new approach to the study of the Anglo-Saxon economy based on agricultural practices.
Mark McKerracher
FARMING TRANSFORMED IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND Agriculture in the Long Eighth Century
Anglo-Saxon farming has traditionally been seen as the wellspring of English agriculture, setting the pattern for 1,000 years to come – but it was more important than that. Archaeological data is now revealing the untold story of agricultural innovation in the age of Bede. Armed with a powerful new dataset, this book explores fundamental questions about the minutiae of early medieval farming and its wider relevance. It draws together the variegated evidence of pollen, sediments, charred seeds, animal bones, watermills, corn-drying ovens, granaries and stockyards on an extensive, regional scale. The result is an inter-disciplinary dataset of unprecedented scope and size, which reveals how cereal cultivation boomed, and new watermills, granaries and ovens were erected to cope with – and flaunt – the fat of the land.
Windgather Press • February 2018 • 9781911188315 • £34.99 • Paperback 246 x 185mm • 144 pages • b/w illus.
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MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
CAVES AND RITUAL IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE AD 500–1500 Edited by Knut Bergsvik and Marion Dowd
First publication to focus on the religious and ritual use of caves in the medieval period. Caves and rockshelters in Europe have traditionally been associated with prehistory, and in some regions cave archaeology has become synonymous with the Palaeolithic. However, there is abundant evidence that caves and rockshelters were important foci for activities in historic times. This book focuses on this neglected field of research – the ritual and religious use of caves. It draws together interdisciplinary studies by leading specialists from across Europe: from Iberia to Crimea, and from Malta to northern Norway.
Oxbow Books • November 2017 • 9781785708329 • £50.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 376 pages • b/w and colour illus.
CILLE PHEADAIR
A Norse Farmstead and Pictish Burial Cairn in South Uist By Mike Parker Pearson, Mark Brennand, Jacqui Mulville and Helen Smith A fascinating insight into the settlement hierarchy of the Viking world. Cille Pheadair is one of more than 20 Viking Age and Late Norse settlements discovered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), off the west coast of Scotland. Its unusually well-preserved stratigraphic sequence of nine phases of occupation, including five longhouses and many smaller buildings, provides a remarkable insight into daily life on a Norse farmstead during two centuries of near-continuous occupation c. AD 1000–1200. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the Viking world.
CillE pheadaiR A N O R S E FA R M S T E A D A N D P I C T I S H BURIAL CAIRN IN SOUTH UIST
Mike Parker Pearson, Mark Brennand, Jacqui Mulville and Helen Smith
Oxbow Books • February 2018 • 9781785708510 • £35.00 • Hardback SHEFFIELD ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL 297 x 210mm • 464 pages • b/w and colour illus. RESEARCH CAMPAIGN IN THE HEBRIDES
HORCOTT QUARRY, FAIRFORD AND ARKELL’S LAND, KEMPSFORD
Prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Settlement and Burial in the Upper Thames Valley in Gloucestershire By Chris Hayden, Rob Early, Edward Biddulph, Paul Booth, Anne Dodd, Alex Smith, Granville Laws and Ken Welsh Contrasting pictures of life and settlement at sites in Gloucestershire. This report details excavations in advance of gravel quarrying in the Upper Thames Valley at Horcott Quarry, Fairford, and nearby Arkell’s Land, Kempsford, which revealed contrasting pictures. At Harcott, on the second terrace, there was periodic activity from the early Mesolithic onwards, including a major settlement and a large cemetery. At Arkell’s Land, on the first gravel terrace, activity on a significant scale only began in the later 1st century AD. Oxford Archaeology • May 2017 • 9781905905386 • £25.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 552 pages • 259 illus., 134 tables
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Religion, Kulte und Rituale in der mittelalterlichen bäuerlichen Umgebung | Réligion, cultes et rituels au milieu rural médiéval Edited by Christiane Bis-Worch and Claudia Theune Explores popular religion of medieval and early modern times through archaeological research. The study of belief, faith and religious practices can provide a deep insight into historical societies, whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish or pagan. Some of these practices discussed in this book can be investigated through archaeology. Important religious sites like churches, monasteries, mosques and synagogues as well as caves, holy wells and hermitages are discussed. This book is of particular interest to scholars working in the field of archaeology, history and cultural anthropology. TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH & GERMAN Sidestone Press • September 2017 • 280 x 210mm • ca. 425 pages • 91 b/w and 71 colour illus. RURALIA 9789088904875 • £180.00 • Hardback 9789088904868 • £60.00 • Paperback
MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
RELIGION, CULTS & RITUALS IN THE MEDIEVAL RURAL ENVIRONMENT
THE URBAN GRAVEYARD
Archaeological perspectives Edited by Roos Van Oosten, Rachel Schats, Kerry Fast, Nico Arts and Jeroen Bouwmeester Lavishly illustrated second volume of the Urban graveyard proceedings. Systematic archaeological and osteoarchaeological research of urban graveyards has become the norm in the Netherlands and Belgium since the 1980s. However, many of the studies remain unpublished, and overarching comparisons are still lacking. This book presents several studies in which the results of older archaeological and osteoarchaeological research are compared to more recent excavation data from several Dutch, Belgian and Danish cities and towns. This well-illustrated volume is a starting point and source of inspiration for more (inter)national comparative research. Sidestone Press • February 2018 • 257 x 182mm • 320 pages • 96 b/w and 62 colour illus. URBAN 9789088905032 • £150.00 • Hardback GRAVEYARD PROCEEDINGS 9789088905025 • £50.00 • Paperback
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Archeologische perspectieven Edited by Roos Van Oosten, Rachel Schats, Nico Arts and Jeroen Bouwmeester Lavishly illustrated first volume of the Urban graveyard proceedings. The medieval graveyards in which the deceased were interred, then still located within town limits, are an invaluable source of knowledge for reconstructing past lives. several studies in which the results of older archaeological and osteoarchaeological research are compared to more recent excavation data from several Dutch cities and towns. The archaeological data concerning burial position, orientation, and grave goods, as well as osteoarchaeological data such as demographic information and pathological observations, are discussed. TEXT IN DUTCH Sidestone Press • February 2018 • 257 x 182mm • 145 pages • 49 b/w and 29 colour illus. URBAN 9789088904905 • £90.00 • Hardback GRAVEYARD PROCEEDINGS 9789088904899 • £30.00 • Paperback
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BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY
THE HOUSES OF HEREFORD 1200-1700
By Nigel Baker, Pat Hughes and Richard K. Morriss The first volume of its kind on the city of Hereford. The cathedral city of Hereford is one of the best-kept historical secrets of the Welsh Marches. Although its Anglo-Saxon development is well known from a series of classic excavations in the 1960s and ’70s, what is less widely known is that the city boasts an astonishingly wellpreserved medieval plan and contains some of the earliest houses still in everyday use anywhere in England. Three leading authorities on the buildings of the English Midlands have joined forces, combining detailed archaeological surveys, primary historical research and topographical analysis, to examine 24 of the most important buildings, from the great hall of the Bishop’s Palace of c.1190, to the first surviving brick town-house of c.1690. Fully illustrated with photographs, historic maps and explanatory diagrams.
Oxbow Books • December 2017 • 9781785708169 • £25.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 256 pages • b/w and colour illus.
BRISTOL: A WORSHIPFUL TOWN AND FAMOUS CITY An Archaeological Assessment By Nigel Baker, Jonathan Brett and Robert Jones
An assessment of the contribution of antiquarian and modern archaeological work within Bristol. In medieval times, Bristol became the third largest city in the kingdom, behind London and York. Bristol was founded in the late Saxon period and grew rapidly in the 12th and 13th centuries. Initially, seaborne trading links with Ireland and France were particularly significant; later, the city became a focus for trade with Iberia, Africa and the New World. This led to the growth of industries such as brass manufacture, glass production and sugar refining, producing items for export and processing imported raw materials. Bristol also derived wealth from the slave trade between Africa and the New World. This volume provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the historical development of Bristol, based on archaeological and architectural evidence.
Oxbow Books • February 2018 • 9781785708770 • £40.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 600 pages • b/w and colour illus.
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Edited by Colin Haselgrove and Rachel Pope
Seeks to paint a balanced picture of the Iron Age in Britain. This volume seeks to establish what we now know (and do not know) about Earlier Iron Age communities in Britain and their neighbours on the Continent. The authors engage with a variety of current research themes, seeking to characterise the Earlier Iron Age via the topics of landscape, environment, and agriculture; material culture and everyday life; architecture, settlement, and social organisation; and with the issue of transition – how communities of the Late Bronze Age transform into those of the Earlier Iron Age.
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY
THE EARLIER IRON AGE IN BRITAIN AND THE NEAR CONTINENT
Oxbow Books • September 2017 • 9781785709098 • £56.00 • New in Paperback 297 x 210mm • 416 pages
THE LATER IRON AGE IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND Edited by Colin Haselgrove and Tom Moore
Presents new narratives of the Later Iron Age in a wider geographical context. The 31 papers collected here seek to re-conceptualise our visions of Later Iron Age societies in Britain by examining regions and topics that have received less attention in the past and by breaking down the artificial barriers often erected between artefact analysis and landscape studies. Themes considered include the expansion and enclosure of settlement, production and exchange, agricultural and social complexity, treatment of the dead, material culture and identity, at scales ranging from the household to the supra-regional.
Oxbow Books • September 2017 • 9781785709104 • £70.00 • New in Paperback 297 x 210mm • 536 pages
LATE IRON AGE CALLEVA
The Pre-Conquest Occupation At Silchester Insula IX. Silchester Roman Town: The Insula IX Town Life Project: Volume 3 By Michael Fulford, Amanda Clarke, Emma Durham and Nicholas Pankhurst Excavations of an Iron Age Oppidum at Silchester. The late Iron Age oppidum of Calleva underlies the Roman town at Silchester. This book details the excavation of a large area (0.3ha) of Insula IX, which revealed evidence of the interior layout of the oppidum, and the buildings within it, associated with groups of rubbish pits. A concluding discussion characterises the oppidum, integrating and contextualising a series of major contributions reporting the pre-conquest finds and environmental evidence with the structural story.
Roman Society Publications • April 2018 • 9780907764458 • £75.00 • Paperback BRITANNIA MONOGRAPH 32 297 x 210mm • 480 pages • 171 illus.
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ffigy mound phenomenon uments the nature of these ural features to create the ese were living landscapes ally brought back to life at of death and rebirth of the ly appreciated by modern high quality historical and y latest LIDAR imagery to these mysterious spiritual
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES ANCIENT EFFIGY MOUND LANDSCAPES OF UPPER MIDWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
ANCIENT EFFIGY MOUND LANDSCAPES OF UPPER MIDWESTERN NORTH AMERICA By Robert A. Birmingham
First comprehensive overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest of North America. Between c. AD 700 and 1100 Late Woodland people of the Upper Midwest used the topography of the natural landscape to create vast ceremonial landscapes consisting of thousands of earthen mounds sculpted into animals and animal spirits. This book provides an overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest centred on southern Wisconsin.
Robert A. Birmingham
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Upper Midwest used the o create vast ceremonial ed into animals and animal d that served an important created quite visible three hat are similar to the beliefs
Robert A. Birmingham
Oxbow Books • March 2018 • 9781785700873 • £38.00 • Paperback 246 x 189mm • 240 pages • b/w and colour illus.
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES
CAHOKIA
City of the Cosmos By John Kelly and James A. Brown First major attempt to interpret Cahokia in the context of the wider physical landscape. The large American Indian city of Cahokia sits amidst a diverse natural landscape within the larger central Mississippi river valley. This latest volume in the American Landscapes series presents a comprehensive new analysis of the city, ‘cosmological centre of the universe’ to the Native Americans who built and inhabited it over a period of 400 years.
Oxbow Books • June 2018 • 9781785708855 • £38.00 • Paperback 246 x 189mm • 256 pages • b/w and colour illus.
AMERICAN LANDSCAPES
RELICS AND RELIC WORSHIP IN THE EARLY BUDDHISM OF SOUTH ASIA AND BURMA Edited by Janice Stargardt
New insights into the role of Buddhist relics and reliquaries in South Asia and Burma. Offers new perspectives on Buddhist relics and reliquaries, including a discussion of what constitutes a relic, as well as an analysis of the terminology related to relic worship. Other chapters focus on the placement and treatment of relics in situ as well as the spread of Buddhism to Burma and the vibrant relic culture that has been found there.
British Museum Press • April 2018 • 9780861592180 • £35.00 • Paperback BRITISH MUSEUM RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 297 x 210mm • 130 pages • 75 illus.
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Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Amsterdam 2012 Edited by Jerzy Gawronski, André van Holk and Joost Schokkenbroek 88 contributions related to the theme ‘Ships and Maritime Landscapes’. This volume gathers 88 contributions related to the theme ‘Ships and Maritime Landscapes’ of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA 13) held in Amsterdam on the 7th to 12th October 2012. The articles include both papers and poster presentations by experts in the field of nautical archaeology, history of ships and shipbuilding, and naval architecture. The contributions deal not only with the theme of maritime landscapes but also with a variety of ship related subjects, like regional watercraft, construction and typology, material applications and design, outfitting, reconstruction and current research.
Barkhuis • June 2016 • 9789492444141 • £95.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 525 pages • Colour illus.
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY, SHIPS & SHIPPING
SHIPS AND MARITIME LANDSCAPES
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY, SHIPS & SHIPPING
THE KYRENIA SHIP FINAL EXCAVATION REPORT, VOLUME I
History of the Excavation, Amphoras, Pottery and Coins as Evidence for Dating Edited by Susan Womer Katzev and Helena Wylde Swiney The first volume of the Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report. The Kyrenia ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC and sunk off the north coast of Cyprus 294291 BC, was excavated between 1967 and 1972. The importance of this ship lies in the extraordinary state of preservation of the hull, allowing great insights into ancient shipbuilding, and in its cargo. The first of a planned multi-volume publication, this book includes a detailed history of the excavation, as well as the most important objects for determining the date of its sinking. These include the primary cargo, transport amphorae, as well as vessels and utensils used by the crew, and a small number of coins. Together, they document not only the date of the sinking but also give evidence of the probable home port and trade route of the ship. Oxbow Books • June 2018 • 9781785707520 • £60.00 • Hardback 297 x 210mm • 464 pages • b/w and colour illus.
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LANDS OF THE SHAMANS
Archaeology, Cosmology and Landscape Edited by Dragoş Gheorghiu, Herman Bender, George Nash and Emilia Pasztor This is the first book dedicated completely to the shamanistic landscape, and presents in fresh perspective the landscapes of the lower and upper worlds as well as their phenomenological experience. Carefully selected case studies come from Europe, North America and Asia.
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Dragos Gheorghiu, George Nash, Herman Bender, and Emilia Pasztor.
Oxbow Books • May 2018 • 9781785709548 • £38.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 208 pages
THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF RITUAL AND RELIGION
Edited by Alexandra Livarda, Richard Madgwick and Santiago Riera Mora Recent years have seen an increased recognition of the potential for scientific data to provide information relating to ritual and religious practice. This volume explores the diverse roles of plant, animal and other organic remains in ritual and religion, whether as foods, offerings, healing mediums or worked artefacts, shedding light on ritual processes and the framing of rituals.
Oxbow Books • December 2017 • 9781785708282 • £45.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 288 pages • b/w and colour illus.
NORTH MEETS SOUTH
Theoretical Aspects on the Northern and Southern Rock Art Traditions in Scandinavia Edited by Peter Skoglund, Johan Ling and Ulf Bertilsson This latest volume in the Swedish Rock Art series bridges the gap between analysis and interpretation of rock art imagery, location and chronology in the northern and southern regions of Scandinavia. By comparing North and South, the volume recognises the complexity and variation of rock art and the need for perspectives comparing various regions across Scandinavia. Oxbow Books • October 2017 • 9781785708206 • £20.00 • Hardback 240 x 170mm • 176 pages • b/w and colour illus.
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University of Manchester. He completed his blets in the Roman north-west, at the Open
Material Approaches to Roman Magic
eriality and lived experience further into the lacked object-focused analysis. Building on ateriality of Magic (2015), the editors of the wcase the value of richly-detailed, contextoman world. By concentrating primarily on ous contributions to the volume demonstrate ossibilities open to individuals who sought to c contexts – something that would have been esent volume also celebrates the contributions um professionals, commercial archaeologists, makes a compelling case for strengthening expertise.
Material Approaches to Roman Magic Occult Objects & Supernatural Substances
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MATERIAL APPROACHES TO ROMAN MAGIC Occult Objects and Supernatural Substances Edited by Adam Parker and Stuart McKie
Parker & McKie
The magical practices of the Roman world are explored in this second volume in the new TRAC Themes in Roman Archaeology series. Contributors from the worlds of museums, small finds studies, commercial archaeology and academia focus on the materiality of magical ritual and practice in the western provinces of the Early Roman Empire. Edited by
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Evidence of Animal Disease in Archaeology Edited by László Bartosiewicz and Erika Gál Employs high-level palaeopathological analyses to explore evidence for the attitude of past societies towards companion animals and livestock. It provides a unique set of illustrations and photographs detailing pathological lesions and modifications to animal bone. These demonstrate evidence, born of advances in methods of analysis, on a variety of aspects such as riding, tethering, deliberate modification and specialist breeding of common domestic animals. Oxbow Books • February 2018 • 9781785708893 • £40.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 304 pages M E TA L S , M I N D S and MOBILITY Integrating Scientific Data with Archaeological Theory
METALS, MINDS AND MOBILITY
Integrating Scientific Data with Archaeological Theory Edited by Xosé-Lois Armada, Mercedes Murillo-Barroso and Mike Charlton This book integrates archaeometallurgical data with archaeological theory to address questions about mechanisms of exchange, mobility and social complexity in prehistory The 13 papers are organised in three main sections dealing with key debates in archaeology: transmission of metallurgical technologies, knowledge and ideas; prestige economies and exchange; and circulation of metal as commodities.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY
CARE OR NEGLECT?
EDITED BY XOSÉ-LOIS ARMADA, MERCEDES MURILLO-B ARROSO & MIKE CHARLTON
Oxbow Books • May 2018 • 9781785709050 • £48.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 242 pages • b/w and colour illus.
NEOLITHIC BODIES
Edited by Penny Bickle and Emilie Sibbesson As a result of recent methodological and theoretical developments in approaches to the human body in archaeological contexts, the theme has recently become a particularly dynamic research area. This volume, building on the Neolithic Studies Group conference 2014, captures the variety of debates developing across research into the Neolithic bodies of the Near East and Europe.
Oxbow Books • March 2018 • 9781785709012 • £40.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 224 pages • b/w illus.
Market as Place & Space the market as the focus for economic and social exchange
NEOLITHIC STUDIES GROUP SEMINAR PAPERS
MARKET AS PLACE AND SPACE
Perspectives from Archaeology and Anthropology Edited by Hans Peter Hahn and Geraldine Schmitz Market as Place and Space takes as its theme the concept, development, structure and economic implications of the market as both a physical and social structure. This book addresses various aspects of markets within the framework of archaeological and anthropological case studies and with a special focus on the indicators of practices attached to the commodities and their valuation.
edited by Hans Peter Hahn and Geraldine Schmiitz
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY
MAKING JOURNEYS
Archaeologies of Mobility Edited by Catriona Gibson, Catherine Frieman and Kerri Cleary Making Journeys Archaeologies of Mobility Edited by Catriona D. Gibson, Kerri Cleary and Catherine J. Frieman
Refinements of dating techniques, isotope, trace element and aDNA analyses, in conjunction with phenomenological investigation, computer-aided landscape modelling and GIS-style approaches, allow us to follow the movement of people, animals and objects in the past with greater precision and conviction. This book sets out to explore how these travels involved entangled meshworks of people, animals, objects, knowledge sets and identities.
Oxbow Books • March 2018 • 9781785709302 • £40.00 • Paperback 280 x 220mm • 256 pages • b/w illus.
WHY LEATHER?
The Material and Cultural Dimensions of Leather Edited by André J. Veldmeijer and Susanna Harris This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry, and from archaeology, to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. Wide-ranging topics include the microscopic examination of skin structure and its influence on behaviour, experiments on medieval cuir bouilli armour, new research on ancient Egyptian chariot leather and the relationship between wine and wineskins. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904707 • £100.00 • New in Hardback 257 x 182mm • 134 pages • 17 b/w and 79 colour illus.
RITUAL FAILURE
Archaeological Perspectives Edited by Vasiliki G. Koutrafouri and Jeff Sanders The collected papers in this book, with a foreword by Timothy Insoll, introduce the concept of ‘ritual failure’ to archaeology. Adopted from the discipline of anthropology, ritual failure questions why resilient religious systems disappear, strict believers and faithful practitioners neglect their rites, entire societies change their customs: how does a religious ritual system transform, change or disappear?
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904790 • £100.00 • New in Hardback 257 x 182mm • 170 pages • 22 b/w and 19 colour illus.
BARELY SURVIVING OR MORE THAN ENOUGH?
The environmental archaeology of subsistence, specialisation and surplus food production Edited by Maaike Groot, Daphne Lentjes and Jørn Zeiler How people produced or acquired their food is one of the main questions in archaeology. The research areas in this volume vary considerably, from the American Mid-South to Turkey. Time periods range from 7000 BC to the 16th century AD. Topics covered include foraging strategies, the effect of the Roman occupation on animal husbandry, and the monastic economy. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904769 • £135.00 • New in Hardback 257 x 182mm • 298 pages • 82 b/w and 19 colour illus.
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Histories of Experimental Archaeology Edited by Jodi Reeves Flores and Roeland Paardekooper With Experiments Past the important role that experimental archaeology has played in the development of archaeology is finally uncovered and understood. This volume, providing readers with a glimpse of geographically diverse examples, contains formal papers on the history of experimental methodologies in archaeology, as well as personal experiences from early leaders in the field.
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 9789088904783 • £135.00 • New in Hardback 257 x 182mm • 284 pages • 54 b/w and 64 colour illus.
ARCHAEOLOGY OF TOUCHSTONES
An introduction based on finds from Birka, Sweden By Martin Ježek Did ancient Europeans believe in an active after-life? What purpose did grave-goods actually serve? Are archaeology and the historical sciences in general able to shed, once and for all, a curse placed upon them at their inception as research disciplines in the early 19th century? This book aims to answer these questions using the evidence of widely spread, typical components of grave-goods.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY
EXPERIMENTS PAST
Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 257 x 182mm • 200 pages • c. 50 colour illus. 9789088905186 • £100.00 • Hardback 9789088905179 • £35.00 • Paperback
ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEOMATICS
Harvesting the benefits of 10 years of training in the Iberian Peninsula (2006-2015) Edited by Victorino Mayoral Herrera, César Parcero-Oubiña and Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez This volume consists of various studies on the use of methods such as LiDAR, archaeological prospection, visibility, mobility and the analysis of the spatial distribution of archaeological objects, applied in various contexts. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 257 x 182mm • 285 pages • 80 b/w and 35 colour illus. 9789088904523 • £135.00 • Hardback 9789088904516 • £45.00 • Paperback
DRAWING LITHIC ARTEFACTS By Yannick Raczynski-Henk
Drawings are often the most informative way to study lithics, because the lines and symbols in these drawings contain technological information. Conversely, making these drawings is an excellent way of learning to recognise and understand this technological information. This book is the result of archaeological illustrator Yannick’s experience and his frustration at the lack of books or papers about the craft.
Sidestone Press • August 2017 • 9789088905308 • £20.00 • Paperback 230 x 160mm • 52 pages • 11 b/w and 18 colour illus.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY
FROM PRIMITIVES TO PRIMATES
A History of Ethnographic and Primatological Analogies in the Study of Prehistory By David Van Reybrouck This fascinating in-depth study demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day. A truly interdisciplinary study, it shows how scholars working in different fields can effectively improve their methods by understanding the historical challenges of adjacent disciplines. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 257 x 182mm • 384 pages • 20 b/w illus. 9789088904752 • £120.00 • Hardback 9789088900952 • £40.00 • Paperback
MOBILITY AND POTTERY PRODUCTION
Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives Edited by Caroline Heitz and Regine Stapfer For many societies, pottery forms an integral part of material culture and everyday practice, making it a promising way to address human-thing-relations on a more general level, as well as social life itself. This volume unites contributions addressing such phenomena from archaeological and anthropological perspectives. The aim is not to promote one single epistemic approach, but to trigger thoughts and foster discussions. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 182 x 257mm • 270 pages • 55 b/w and 55 colour illus. 9789088904615 • £135.00 • Hardback 9789088904608 • £45.00 • Paperback
ENGRAVED GEMS
From antiquity to the present Edited by B.J.L Van den Bercken and V.C.P. Baan This volume discusses some of the finest precious and semi-precious stones from special collections throughout Europe – more than 5,800 engraved gems from the ancient Near East, Egypt, the classical world, renaissance and 17th-20th centuries. Meet the people behind engraved gems: gem engravers, the people that used the gems, the people that re-used them and above all the gem collectors. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 280 x 210mm • 230 pages • 26 b/w and 141 colour illus. PAPERS ON 9789088905063 • £150.00 • Hardback ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LEIDEN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES 9789088905056 • £50.00 • Paperback
EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY: IDENTITIES & MIGRATIONS Archéologie européenne: Identités & Migrations Edited by Laurence Manolakakis, Nathan Schlanger and Anick Coudart
With contributions in French and English spanning from prehistory to the modern world, this volume brings new insights and data to such issues as the processes of identity construction at different scales, migratory movements in Europe, the status of gender, the role of prestige objects and megalithic monuments in the emergence of social hierarchy and in the semiology of power. TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH. Sidestone Press • December 2017 • 257 x 180mm • 520 pages • 36 b/w and 62 colour illus. 9789088905216 • £195.00 • Hardback 9789088905209 • £65.00 • Paperback
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By R.T.J. Cappers, R. Neef, R. M. Bekker, F. Fantone and Y. Okur
The Digital Atlas of Traditional Agricultural Practices and Food Processing documents the various processes involved in the production of food – from working the fields through to processing the crops for food, fodder, and other purposes. The atlas aims to define and describe these various processes unambiguously by using a standardized vocabulary and by explicitly taking into account the intention behind each process.
Barkhuis • August 2016 • 9789492444004 • £305.00 • Hardback 1990 pages • full colour illus.
GRONINGEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES
NINETEENTH CENTURY CHILDHOODS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Edited by Jane Eva Baxter and Meredith A. B. Ellis
This volume examines a range of sources, methods and perspectives for developing an understanding of the changing role, status, identity and health of children around the world during the 19th century against a background of increasing globalization and colonialism. The interdisciplinary focus of this volume illustrates the wealth of sources, methods, and perspectives that can be used to develop our understandings.
Oxbow Books • March 2018 • 9781785708435 • £40.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 208 pages • b/w illus.
C U LT U R E &
PERSPECTIVE
AT TI M E S OF CRI S I S STATE STRUCTURES , PRIVATE INITIATIVE & THE PUBLIC CHARACTER OF HERITAGE
EDITED BY SOPHIA ANTONIADOU, IOANNIS POULIOS, GIORGOS VAVOURANAKIS & PAVLINA RAOUZAIOU
ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD & THEORY
DIGITAL ATLAS OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND FOOD PROCESSING
CHILDHOOD IN THE PAST
CULTURE AND PERSPECTIVE AT TIMES OF CRISIS
State Structures, Private Initiative and the Public Character of Heritage By Ioannis Poulios and Edited by Sophia Antoniadou, Giorgos Vavouranakis and Pavlina Raouzaiou Deals with a variety of key aspects concerning heritage management at times of crisis and specifically with the public character of cultural heritage. Key themes include state heritage policies at times of crisis; the role of non-government/non-profit agencies; heritage and business enterprise; the role of museums in the current socio-economic environment, and digital media and new types of public engagement that they engender.
Oxbow Books • June 2018 • 9781785708596 • £40.00 • Hardback 240 x 170mm • 208 pages • b/w illus.
NEWS FROM THE PAST: PROGRESS IN AFRICAN ARCHAEOBOTANY
Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on African Archaeobotany in Vienna, 2 – 5 July 2012 Edited by Ursula Thanheiser The papers gathered here are from a community of scholars with a profound interest in African ways of plant exploitation, trade networks, questions of origin, domestication and subsequent dispersal of African crops, and the introduction of crops of Asian and American origin. They address past interrelationships between people and plants as evident in the rich archaeobotanical, ethnographic, and linguistic record of Africa. Barkhuis • June 2016 • 9789492444028 • £54.25 • Hardback 136 pages • Colour illus.
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GREEK FEDERAL TERMINOLOGY By Jacek Rzepka
A study of the vocabulary which the Greeks used to speak about states different from the polis (city-state). Nowadays these states are commonly called federal, but we lack any serious reflection of federalism in Greek political thought. In pursuit of specifically federalist language, Rzepka examines the inscriptions testifying to the working of Greek leagues and the life of federal Greeks.
Akanthina • October 2017 • 9788375312379 • £20.00 • Paperback 240 x 170mm • 110 pages
WORD AND CONTEXT IN LATIN POETRY Studies in Memory of David West Edited by A. J. Woodman and J. Wisse
This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil and Shakespeare. The contributors have aimed to produce close readings of classical texts, paying due attention to historical context and literary tradition in the manner adopted by David West himself. CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Philological Society • October 2017 • 9780956838155 • £45.00 • Hardback CLASSICAL JOURNAL 210 x 148mm • 166 pages • 1 b/w illus. SUPPLEMENTS
ADVANCES IN DIGITAL SCHOLARLY EDITING
Papers presented at the DiXiT conferences in The Hague, Cologne, and Antwerp Edited by Peter Boot, Anna Cappellotto, Wout Dillen, Franz Fischer and Aodhán Kelly The extended abstracts of the convention contributions assembled in this volume showcase the multiplicity of subjects dealt with in and around the topics of digital editing: from issues of sustainability to changes in publications cultures, from the integrity of research and intellectual rights to mixed methods applied to digital editing—to name only a few. Sidestone Press • November 2017 • 257 x 182mm • 385 pages • 113 colour illus. 9789088904844 • £195.00 • Hardback 9789088904837 • £65.00 • Paperback
SPLENDIDE MENDAX
Rethinking Fakes and Forgeries in Classical, Late Antique, and Early Christian Literature Edited by Edmund P. Cueva and Javier Martínez Many new and fruitful avenues of investigation open up when scholars consider forgery as a creative act rather than a crime. This book invites authors to contribute work without imposing any restrictions beyond a willingness to consider new approaches to the subject of ancient fakes and forgeries.
Barkhuis • May 2016 • 9789491431982 • £95.00 • Hardback 369 pages • b/w illus.
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Iron Age & Roman Coin Hoards in Britain Roger Bland, Adrian Chadwick, Eleanor Ghey Colin Haselgrove & David J. Mattingly
By Roger Bland, Adrian Chadwick, Eleanor Ghey, Colin Haselgrove and David Mattingly A major new evaluation and analysis of hoards from Roman Britain. More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3,260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales, with detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition are examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of hoards found in archaeological excavations.
NUMISMATICS: COINS & MEDALS
IRON AGE AND ROMAN COIN HOARDS IN BRITAIN
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A New View of Icenian Coinage By John Talbot First full examination of the dies used for producing Iron Age coinage of the Icenian tribe. The Late Iron Age coinage of England is an invaluable potential source of information about pre-Roman Britain, although its purpose has been much debated and never clearly established. This book presents the findings of a decade-long investigation that has challenged many preconceptions about the period. A die-study was performed on over 10,000 coins, probably the largest such study ever attempted. The volume further explores production, weight and metal content as the coinage evolved, the use of imagery and inscriptions, and patterns of hoarding. Oxbow Books • October 2017 • 9781785708121 • £55.00 • Hardback 280 x 220mm • 320 pages • b/w and colour illus.
ROMAN COINS, MONEY, AND SOCIETY IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
Sir Thomas Smith’s On the Wages of the Roman Footsoldier By Andrew Burnett, Richard Simpson and Deborah Thorpe Sir Thomas Smith’s On the Wages of a Roman Footsoldier is virtually unknown to modern scholarship and, although it is the first original work written in England to use the evidence of ancient coins, it has previously played no part in the history of numismatics. This publication of it is accompanied by Richard Simpson’s personal and intellectual biography of this most important of the ‘missing persons’ of the 16th century.
American Numismatic Society • October 2017 • 9780897223522 • £75.00 • Hardback 279 x 216mm • 222 pages • 34 illus.
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GREEK COINS AND THEIR VALUES
Western Europe and North Africa: Coins of Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and North Africa By Italo Vecchi Summarises Greek coinage from West to East, with up-to-date references. Over the last 40 years there have been many new numismatic finds, publication of newly identified whole series and types and hundreds of specialist monographs, general studies, and auction catalogues, as well as the expansion of the internet, now an indispensable tool for research. All these developments have vastly expanded our knowledge of ancient numismatics in general and Greek coinage in particular – all of which necessitates this new edition of Greek Coins and their Values. NEW EDITION. Spink Books • June 2018 • 9781907427787 • £50.00 • Hardback 216 x 138mm • 480 pages
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ANCIENT COINS By David Sear
An approachable and informative introduction to the hobby. Ancient coins have long fascinated generations of collectors by virtue of their beauty, the stories they tell, and for the unique insight they give into history. This guide gives a general background to the fascinating world of ancient Greek and Roman coins, looking back more than 26 centuries to the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, at how coins were designed and produced, and at how they can reveal so much to us today of the time in which they were produced.
Spink Books • March 2018 • 9781907427657 • £9.99 • Paperback 198 x 129mm • 224 pages • colour illus.
COINS OF ENGLAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM Standard Catalogue of British Coins Edited by Emma Howard
A key reference work for coin collectors. This historic reference work for British coins is still the only catalogue to feature every major coin type from Celtic to the present day, arranged in chronological order and divided into metals under each reign, then into coinages, denominations and varieties. Under Elizabeth II the decimal issues are separated from the pre-decimal coinages, with all decimal coinage since 1968 listed in a separate volume. The industry standard, this 2018 volume is a vital reference work for collectors and numismatists.
Spink Books • December 2017 • 9781907427633 • £30.00 • Hardback 220 x 145mm • 808 pages • colour illus.
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The first comprehensive consideration of the role, function, social context and significance of pots shaped to mimic the human body, or parts thereof, among prehistoric communities, using a wide range of case studies and approaches. Oxbow Books • 9781785706967 • £38.00 Paperback • 240 x 170mm • 160 pages
EMPIRE STATE How the Roman Military Built an Empire By Simon Elliott An innovative study of the Roman army as a non-military entity, and the crucial role its soldiers played beyond their primary roles – as engineers, builders, administrators, policemen, a fire-fighting force and farmers.
Oxbow Books • 9781785706585 • £36.00 Paperback • 240 x 170mm • 224 pages
NOT JUST FOR SHOW The Archaeology of Beads, Beadwork and Personal Ornaments Edited by Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer, Clive Bonsall and Alice M. Choyke A major new series of studies combining the latest scientific analysis techniques with archaeological data in a series of case studies covering technological, social and symbolic attributes of beads in prehistoric cultures. Oxbow Books • 9781785706929 • £48.00 Hardback • 280 x 220mm • 224 pages
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MATERIALISING ROMAN HISTORIES Edited by Astrid Van Oyen and Martin Pitts The Roman period witnessed an explosion in material culture, from everyday objects to large scale cities. This book explores what it means to materialise Roman history, focusing on what objects do in history, rather than what they represent.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
BODIES OF CLAY Prehistoric Humanised Pottery Edited by Heiner Schwarzberg and Valeska Becker
Oxbow Books • 9781785706769 • £40.00 Paperback • 240 x 170mm • 232 pages
THE NEOLITHIC OF EUROPE Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle Edited by Penny Bickle, Vicki Cummings, Daniela Hofmann and Joshua Pollard
Presents eighteen papers on the Neolithisation of Europe, with new insights into settlement, subsistence, mobility, monumentality, lifestyle and dating, as well as highlighting recent advances in theoretical approaches.
Oxbow Books • 9781785706547 • £48.00 Hardback • 280 x 220mm • 340 pages
CHILDREN, DEATH AND BURIAL Archaeological Discourses Edited by Eileen Murphy and Mélie Le Roy Examines the particular treatment of juvenile burials in the past, focusing on the expression of varying status and identity of children as a key to understanding the place of children in different societies.
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ARCHAEOLOGIES OF GENDER AND VIOLENCE Edited by Bo Jensen and Uroš Matić Presents major new research in a series of case studies which combine archaeological and bioarchaeological data with analysis of ancient imagery and theoretical approaches to examine evidence for gendered violence in the past.
Oxbow Books • 9781785706882 • £36.00 Paperback • 240 x 170mm • 252 pages
A GEOGRAPHY OF OFFERINGS Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe By Richard Bradley
A provocative study of current approaches to and theories regarding the character, location, social and physical context and object histories of specialised deposits in the European archaeological record.
Oxbow Books • 9781785704772 • £15.00 Paperback • 197 x 126mm • 160 pages
THE ANGLO-SAXON FENLAND By Susan Oosthuizen This new interdisciplinary history of the Anglo-Saxon fenland combines historical, ecological and archaeological data to demonstrate how the complex history of the region reflects a traditional social order evolving, adapting and innovating in response to changing times. Windgather Press • 9781911188087 • £29.95 Paperback • 160 pages
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STREET TREES IN BRITAIN A History By Mark Johnston This is the first book on the history of Britain’s street trees and it gives a highly readable account of their story, from the tree-lined promenades of the seventeenth century to majestic city centre boulevards to the suburbs.
Windgather Press • 9781911188230 • £30.00 Paperback • 246 x 185mm • 352 pages
MOLLUSCS IN ARCHAEOLOGY Methods, Approaches and Applications Edited by Michael J. Allen A new overview of molluscs in archaeology for archaeologists, ecologists and anyone studying the natural environment, this is a broadbased and comprehensive textbook, which concentrates on accessible and clear analysis.
Oxbow Books • 9781785706080 • £25.00 Paperback • 200 pages
HISTORIC GARDENS AND PARKS OF DERBYSHIRE Challenging Landscapes 1570-1920 By Dianne Barre
A lavishly illustrated study o f n e a r l y 1 0 0 g a rd e n s in Derbyshire from the fabulously wealthy stately home to the smallest hidden delights, which discusses the role of the industrial revolution on the design of both private estates and public gardens.
Windgather Press • 9781911188049 • £25.00 Paperback • 272 pages
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