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In September 2022 Oxbow's bookshop and distribution buisness merged with Pen & Sword Books, a family run independent publisher of history books. The  book distribution aspect of our business will continue to bring you some of the best books in the field of archaeology and related disciplines as Casemate UK. The Oxbow Books publishing imprint remains as a separate entity, still sold and distributed exclusively by us.

Tying the Threads of Eurasia Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9789088903878
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: >200fc
Description:
The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas. But how far back can we trace such interaction? Increasing evidence suggests considerable time-depth for Trans-Eurasian exchange, with the expanding urban networks of the Bronze Age at times anticipating later caravan routes.
Water & Heritage Cover Water & Heritage Cover
Format: 
Pages: 434
ISBN: 9789088903861
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 29bw/133fc
Pages: 434
ISBN: 9789088902789
Pub Date: 23 Apr 2015
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 29bw/133fc
Description:
Water is vital for life, and its availability has been a concern for mankind throughout the ages. Its presence has always been ascertained in a variety of ways and the development of human society everywhere is connected with various forms of water management. Man also needed to manage water to find protection from its dangers and the need for that is increasing.
RRP: £75.00
Forms of Dwelling Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781785703775
Pub Date: 13 Jan 2017
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w
Description:
The concept of a socially constructed space of human activity in areas of everyday actions, as initially proposed in the field of anthropology by Tim Ingold, has actually been much more applied in archaeology. In this wide-ranging collection of 13 papers, including a re-assessment by Ingold himself, contributors show why it has been so influential, with papers ranging from the study of Mesolithic to historic and contemporary archaeology, revisiting different research themes, such as Ingold’s own Lapland study, and the development of landscape archaeology. A series of case studies demonstrates the value and strength of the taskscape concept applied to a variety of contexts and scales across wide geographical and temporal situations.
RRP: £38.00
Problems in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Research Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 274
ISBN: 9788789500270
Pub Date: 12 Jan 2017
Series: Arkæologiske studier
Description:
The purpose of this volume is to present current problems and approaches in Palaeolithic and Mesolitic archaeology and to provide ideas for future studies and debates. 14 contributions divided into four sections: Palaiolithic and Mesolitihic methodology; Choices and restraints in field archaeology; Dynamic perspectices on the Stone Age hunter-gatherer record, and The rituals and their artefacts: Approaching the Mesolitihic world.
Silk Cover Silk Cover
Format: 
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9781785702792
Pub Date: 12 Jan 2017
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: bw and colour
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9781789255515
Pub Date: 15 Nov 2020
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Description:
Already in Greek and Roman antiquity a vibrant series of exchange relationships existed between the Mediterranean regions and China, including the Indian subcontinent, along well-defined routes we call the Silk Roads. Among the many goods that found their way from East to West and vice versa were glass, wine spices, metals and precious stones as well as textile raw materials and fabrics of wool and silk, a precious fibre that was highly appreciated in many of the cultures along the roads that were named after it by modern scholars. These collected papers bring together current historical, philological and archaeological research from different areas and disciplines in order highlight the use, circulation and meaning of silk as a commodity, gift, tribute , booty, and status symbol in varying cultural and chronological contexts between East and West, including technological aspects of silk production.
RRP: £29.95
Footwear in Ancient Egypt Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 78
ISBN: 9789080774490
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2017
Imprint: Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Illustrations: full colour images
Description:
Footwear in Ancient Egypt by André J. Veldmeijer is a beautifully illustrated catalogue of a special collection of ancient Egyptian shoes and sandals. The Medelhavsmuseet houses this unique collection that has been made public for the first time through this publication.
A Geography of Offerings Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781785704772
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour
Description:
More than quarter of a century ago Richard Bradley published The Passage of Arms. It was conceived as An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits, but, as the author concedes, these terms were too narrowly focused for the complex subject of deliberate deposition and the period covered too short. A Geography of Offerings has been written to provoke a reaction from archaeologists and has two main aims.
RRP: £15.99
Agriculture and Industry in South-Eastern Roman Britain Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9781785703195
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour
Description:
The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the southeastern corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is often subsumed into a generalised treatment of the ‘civilian’ part of Britannia that is based largely on other parts of the country. This book aims to redress the balance.
RRP: £40.00
Gods and Garments Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781785703553
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour
Description:
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship.
RRP: £40.00
The Life Cycle of Structures in Experimental Archaeology Cover The Life Cycle of Structures in Experimental Archaeology Cover
Format: 
Pages: 230
ISBN: 9789088903892
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 8bw/82fc
Pages: 230
ISBN: 9789088903656
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 8bw/82fc
Description:
The focus of Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAMs) is to present both the tangible and intangible past to the public. The tangible parts of AOAMs are the archaeological remains and the reconstructions. The intangible and, in some respects the most interesting part of an AOAM, is the story of the people the museum represents.
Excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) Cover Excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) Cover
Format: 
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088904134
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 250+ full colour illus.
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088904127
Pub Date: 30 Dec 2016
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 250+ full colour illus.
Description:
The excavations of Gebel Adda (Lower Nubia) by the American Research Center in Egypt’s Nubian Expedition (1962-1966, directed by Nicholas B. Millet) yielded large quantities of objects, including an impressive collection of leatherwork. The finds, which show a remarkable degree of preservation, date from the Meroitic Period (about AD 100-400) through the Christian (AD 641-1400) and Islamic Periods (AD 1400), and were mainly recovered from tombs.
Archaeologies of Waste Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 182
ISBN: 9781785703270
Pub Date: 21 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w
Description:
Waste represents a category of ‘things’, which is familiar and ubiquitous but rarely reflected in archaeological and cultural studies. Perception of waste changes over time and practices associated with waste vary. The ambiguity of waste challenges traditional archaeological approaches that take advantage of refuse to infer past behaviour.
RRP: £36.00
Battlespace 1865 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781785703393
Pub Date: 21 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour
Description:
For a period of about week in February 1865, as the Civil War was winding down and Plains Indian communities were reeling in the wake of the Sand Creek massacre, combat swept across the Nebraska panhandle, especially along the Platte River. The fighting that marked this event barely compares to the massive campaigns and terrible carnage that marked the conflict that was taking place in the eastern states but it was a significant event at the opening on the ensuing Indian Wars. Operating on terrain they knew well, Cheyenne warriors and other Native forces encountered the US Cavalry who operated within a modern network of long distance migration and pony express trails and military stations.
Care in the Past Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781785703355
Pub Date: 21 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w
Description:
Care-giving is an activity that has been practiced by all human societies. From the earliest societies through to the present, all humans have faced choices regarding how people in positions of dependency are to be treated. As such, care-giving, and the form it takes, is a central experience of being a human and one that is culturally mediated.
RRP: £38.00
Underground Archaeology Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781785703515
Pub Date: 21 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour illus
Description:
This book brings together a series of ground-breaking studies on human bones and artefacts recovered from Irish caves principally between 1870 and 1990. Until now these assemblages had either been completely neglected or had not been examined with modern techniques. The 15 expert contributions presented here shine a light on the use and perception of caves at different times in the past, from the Early Mesolithic through to post-medieval times.
RRP: £48.00
After Alexander Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781785705120
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2016
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Description:
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC without a chosen successor he left behind a huge empire and ushered in a turbulent period, as his generals fought for control of vast territories. The time of the Successors (Diadochi) is usually defined as beginning in 323 BC and ending with the deaths of the last two Successors in 281 BC. This is a major publication devoted to the Successors and contains eighteen papers reflecting current research.