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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.

Of Plants and Snails Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 284
ISBN: 9789088900518
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2011
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
This richly illustrated book contains 24 scientific articles on plants and molluscs written by 38 colleagues and former students of Wim Kuijper. The majority of these articles deal with one or a few species found on archaeological excavations, from corncockle via Glycymeris shells to forget-me-nots. A member of staff of the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University for 40 years, Wim has supervised students and advised colleagues in the fields of plant and mollusc remains with great enthusiasm and success.
Siege Of Orléans And The Loire Campaign 1428-1429 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9782352501190
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2011
Series: Men & Battles
Illustrations: 160 illustrations
Description:
The year is 1428, and the war between England and France has been raging for nearly one hundred years. The English control territory to the north of the Loire, but have no control of regions beyond the river. During the summer, the Duke of Bedford decides to eliminate his enemy and besieges Orléans.
Militär in Rom Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 148
ISBN: 9783895007064
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2010
Imprint: Reichert Verlag
Series: Palilia
Description:
During the Republican era, Rome was considered a demilitarized zone. Augustus's rule marked the first time soldiers were stationed in the capital of the Empire and it is therefore a crucial turning point between Republic and Principate. 10,000 to 40,000 soldiers now lived in Imperial Rome and they became an essential part of urban culture.
RRP: £28.00

Rómverjasaga

Format: Paperback
Pages: 630
ISBN: 9789979654117
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2010
Imprint: University of Iceland Press
Description:
This is one of the oldest preserved sagas in Icelandic and is compiled from Latin sources, mainly Bellum lugurthinum and Coniutario Catilinae by Sallustius and Pharsalia by Lucanus. The first section is on the Jugurthine wars and then Catilina and his gathering of men. In the later section, the conflict between Pompey and Julius Caesar is depicted.
The Archaeology of Fazzan volume 3 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 641
ISBN: 9781900971102
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2010
Imprint: Society for Libyan Studies
Series: Society for Libyan Studies Monograph
Description:
The Archaeology of Fazzan is a major series of reports on the archaeology and history of Libya’s south-west desert region.This volume contains reports and analysis on a series of excavations carried out between 1958 and 1977 by the British archaeologist Charles Daniels, lavishly illustrated by site plans and numerous colour photographs – particularly of the rich artefact assemblages recovered. The publication will be high profile and a significant landmark in work seeking to record information about Libya’s long-term Saharan heritage.
Anthropological Approaches to Zooarchaeology Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781842173909
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 152 b/w illus, 53 tables
Description:
Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual. People in such societies may be characterized as having unequal access to such resources, or else the meaning of animals may differ for component groups. Here, in this book, 28 peer-reviewed papers that span 4 continents and the Caribbean islands explore in different ways how animals were incorporated into the diets and religions of many unique societies.
Three Ways Wharf, Uxbridge Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 226
ISBN: 9781901992977
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2010
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Description:
This eagerly awaited volume documents the evidence for human activity in the Colne valley at Three Ways Wharf, Uxbridge in the Lateglacial and Early Mesolithic periods. A series of five in situ lithic and faunal scatters, centred on hearth settings on local high points within the valley floor, belong to two main phases of hunter-gatherer activity. The earlier phase, characterised by Lateglacial bruised-edge 'long blades' of the north German Ahrensburgian technocomplex, associated with reindeer and horse, is dated to c 10,000 BP.
The late Roman cemetery at Lankhills, Winchester Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 569
ISBN: 9780904220629
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2010
Description:
Lankhills and its late Roman cemetery have played a significant role in the understanding of the military in civilian areas of Roman Britain in the fourth century, and these new excavations double the number of graves explored and add to the variety of finds represented. New analytical techiques show that some of those buried were immigrants from other parts of Europe and perhaps even North Africa. The new excavations revealed a further 307 inhumation graves (plus six more partly excavated previously) and 25 more cremation burials.
RRP: £25.00
Canhasan Sites 3 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 210
ISBN: 9781898249245
Pub Date: 15 Nov 2010
Description:
This volume, the third in the series of reports on the excavations carried out at the Canhasan I mound in south-central Anatolia in the years 1961-1968, follows the publication of the stratification and structures (Canhasan Sites 1) and of the pottery (Canhasan Sites 2). Here, the primary aim is to present a descriptive account and catalogue of the registered small-finds. The small-finds have been grouped, described and then illustrated according to material, e.
RRP: £45.00
Landscapes Through the Lens Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781842179819
Pub Date: 11 Nov 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and col illus
Description:
This volume presents the rich, but under-utilised and in parts inaccessible, archival historic aerial imagery, traditional photographs and those captured from satellites, for the exploration and management of cultural heritage. An unparalleled resource, for archaeologists and all with an interest in landscapes, images spanning the second half of the 20th century provide an unrivalled means of documenting and understanding change and informing the study of the past. Case studies, written by leading experts in their fields, illustrate the applications of this imagery across a wide range of heritage issues, from prehistoric cultivation and settlement patterns, to the impact of recent landscape change.
The Herodian Dynasty Cover The Herodian Dynasty Cover
Format: 
Pages: 530
ISBN: 9781907427015
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2010
Imprint: Spink Books
Pages: 530
ISBN: 9781907427039
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2010
Imprint: Spink Books
Description:
The remarkable Herodian dynasty flourished from the second century BCE to the second century CE. This book examines its origins, measures its impact on Jewish society, and discusses the influence it had beyond Judaea. It argues that the Herodian dynasty played a central part in the workings of the Eastern Roman Empire.
RRP: £20.00
RRP: £12.50
Clothing And Daily Life In The 12th Century Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9782840482802
Pub Date: 19 Oct 2010
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: 500 photographs
Description:
Following the success of the two works on Hastings — both now out of print — is finally a book entirely dedicated to this century. Not only does it present garments from Normandy, based off of the Bayeux Tapestry, as well as those of Eastern France and Belgium, but also clothing from other regions of the Empire. Additionally, it presents the various buckles, jewelry, and trimmings popular during the period.
Samothracian Connections Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781842179703
Pub Date: 10 Oct 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Description:
This volume of sixteen papers is dedicated to James R. McCredie in celebration of his outstanding contribution to the excavation and study of the sanctuary of the Great Gods on the Greek island of Samothrace. The papers focus mainly on the art and archaeology of Samothrace, while two contributions discuss Alexandria in Egypt and Florina in Macedonia, two areas that were closely connected with Samothrace in antiquity.
Open Source in Education and Language Learning Online Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9789979548331
Pub Date: 15 Sep 2010
Imprint: University of Iceland Press
Description:
Learning and teaching languages in an online environment is one of contemporary education's great challenges. The challenge is made particularly difficult because language learners benefit from a social constructivist approach in which individual learners learn by doing together - negotiating meaning in collaborative interaction. The open source revolution in technology has opened up the possibility of communal efforts to develop technological solutions to such pedagogical challenges.
Material Mnemonics Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781842179666
Pub Date: 12 Sep 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illus
Description:
How did ancient Europeans materialise memory? Material Mnemonics: Everyday Practices in Prehistoric Europe provides a fresh approach to the archaeological study of memory. Drawing on case studies from the British Isles, Scandinavia, central Europe, Greece, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula that date from the Neolithic through the Iron Age, the book's authors explore the implications of our understanding of the past when memory and mnemonic practices are placed in the center of cultural analyses.
Unclassical Traditions Volume 1 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9780906014332
Pub Date: 10 Sep 2010
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Description:
Unclassical Traditions: Alternatives to the Classical Past in Late Antiquity is the first of two collections of essays by leading scholars discussing the nature and extent of the late-antique engagement with its classical heritage. This issue has long been at the heart of modern historical debate and, as this volume demonstrates, it was no less a matter of concern among authors and audiences in the period itself. From the Chronological Tables of Eusebius of Caesarea to the Brevarium of Festus and from the imperial panegyric to the Byzantine liturgy, eight papers explore how the persistence, dominance and normative nature of the classical tradition in its various forms could be negotiated, undermined, ironised or even flatly denied.