Here is your sign to learn more about what makes humans ‘symbolic animals’. In this blog, Guido Guarducci, co-editor of Archaeology of Symbols, explores the ways in which people have used symbols throughout history, and continue to do so today, highlighting how this can increase our knowledge of our past. By Guido Guarducci | 2.5… Read More »The Symbolic Animal
Exploring deer parks: our oldest and wildest gardens From art and literature, to royal emblems, to your local pub, the white hart has leapt and gambolled across British history, taking shelter under the ancient trees of deer parks. As part of our National Gardening Day celebrations, John Fletcher, author of Gardens of Earthly Delight, explores… Read More »The Hart of the Matter
What Grooved Ware Can Teach us about Social Developments in the Late 4th and Early 3rd Millennia BC. This groovy blog by Mike Copper, co-editor of Revisiting Grooved Ware, will take you on a journey from Orkney to Cornwall and beyond, following the rise and demise of Grooved Ware, and revealing the insights into the… Read More »Into the Groove
Did you see the stories about the Cerne Abbas Giant in the news back in January? Want to learn more? Enjoy this exclusive insight into a hugely exciting Windgather Press volume on the subject, published August 2024! By Julie Gardiner, Publisher for Oxbow Books, and Michael J. Allen, editor of A Date with the Two… Read More »A Date with the Two Cerne Giants
Voting is now open for the 16th annual Current Archaeology Awards and we have exciting news: not one, but two Oxbow books, as well as a title from Sidestone Press, have been nominated in the Book of the Year Category! These awards are voted for entirely by the public, so do get involved and support… Read More »Current Archaeology ‘Book of the Year’ Nominations 2024
Calling all Anglo-Saxon architecture admirers: want to know what to expect when checking out churches and studying sculpture? Enjoy top tips and insights, as well a sneak peek between the covers of Anglo-Saxon Church Architecture and Stone Sculpture with this blog. By Guy Points | 4 min read Anglo-Saxon Church Architecture and Stone Sculpture provides… Read More »Inside Anglo-Saxon Church Architecture and Stone Sculpture
We were recently fortunate enough to sit down for a conversation with Richard Osgood, author of Broken Pots, Mending Lives, which tells the story of Operation Nightingale, the groundbreaking wellbeing initiative using archaeology to help veterans on their journeys to recovery. Scroll down to discover what led Richard to become an archaeologist, learn more about… Read More »A Conversation with Richard Osgood
At the British 2nd Division War Cemetery located in Kohima, India, there is a stone memorial with an inscribed epitaph that states, ‘When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.’ Unfortunately, these poignant words have largely gone unheeded. Despite the fact that the British Empire and… Read More »Beyond the Epitaph: 6 Intriguing Facts About Britain’s Forgotten War
What’s in a name? Discover what the Scandinavian-influenced place names of East Anglia can reveal about Viking migration in the region with this blog, in which David Boulton charts out his course from his fascination with cartography as a child, to studying Viking settlement in his homeland of East Anglia. By David Boulton, author of… Read More »Mapping out Viking Place-names in East Anglia: Looking for Patterns of Settlement and Migration
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