Day 11: Rocks & Rock Art It’s safe to say that today’s Advent Calendar theme rocks! With books on quarry landscapes, Dakhleh Oasis petroglyphs, and volumes from Oxbow’s Swedish Rock Art Research series, you’re sure to find something you love. Apply code ADVENT11 at checkout before midnight on 11th December 2025 to enjoy 50% off… Read More »Advent Calendar Day 11
Day 10: Military Matters It’s day 10 of the Advent Calendar and we have a strong selection of books on a variety of military matters. Learn more about the remuneration of soldiers in Antiquity, unearth the incredible story of Operation Nightingale, gain insights into The Battle of Pinkie, and more. Apply code ADVENT10 at checkout… Read More »Advent Calendar Day 10
Top 10 facts about the Rude Man of Dorset! As a result of National Trust excavations in 2020, and the subsequent geophysical, land snail and auger surveys in 2023 and 2024, we have learnt much more about the Rude Man of Dorset, otherwise known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. In this blog, Michael J. Allen,… Read More »What you didn’t know about the Cerne Abbas Giant
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
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
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
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