New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

A View from the West
The Neolithic of the Irish Sea Zone
by Vicki Cummings
At the the heart of this study are the early Neolithic chambered tombs of the Irish Sea zone, defined as west Wales,
the west coast of northern Britain, coastal south and western Scotland, the western isles and the Isle of Man, and the
eastern coast of Ireland. The landscape setting of the chambered tombs is considered in detail, incorporating a much
wider area than has been previously considered. Following this, the author considers what the chambered tombs
and landscape can add to our understanding of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. The volume aims to incorporate
landscape analysis into a broader understanding of the Neolithic sequence in this area and beyond.
224p, 111 illus, paperback, 9781842173626, $70.00, Oxbow Books, December 2009.
Cambourne New Settlement
Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement
on the Clay Uplands of West Cambridgeshire
by James Wright, Matt Leivers, Rachael Seager Smith
and Chris J Stevens
This publication presents the results of 12 excavations within the Cambourne
Development Area, a new settlement to the west of Cambridge. The excavations
revealed evidence for intermittent human occupation of the
Cambourne landscape from at least the Middle Bronze Age to the present
day but mostly of Middle Iron Age to Romano-British date.
156p, 49 b/w illus, specialist reports on CD and online, hardback,
9781874350491, $29.95, Wessex Archaeology, July 2009.
A Dreaming for the Witches
The Reconstruction of the Dobunni Primal Myth
by Stephen Yeates
In The Tribe of Witches, a wide-ranging theoretical framework for understanding
the major cults worshipped amongst the Dobunni was put
forward; this volume explores the cults of tribal deitie more fully. The surviving
textual data and archaeological material are reviewed, and what
we know of the Dobunni pantheon, using predominantly Welsh sources,
is discussed. The Roman period process of interpretatio is explored, along
with European traditions of mythical animals and plants.
200p, paperback, 9781842173589, $39.95, Oxbow Books, August 2009.
Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution of the Swale-Ure Washlands,
North Yorkshire
edited by David Bridgland, Jim Innes, Antony Long and Wishart Mitchell
Reporting on a multi-disciplinary project, this volume seeks to reconstruct the history since the last glaciation
of the area between and including the middle reaches of the Rivers Swale and Ure in Yorkshire. Included in this
history are both natural changes, determined from studies of landforms and sediments, and human-induced
changes, recorded in archaeological and geo-archaeological records.
336p, 16 p col illus, hardback, 9781842173749, $64.00, Oxbow Books, December 2009.
british archaeology
The Archaeology of Mendip
500,000 Years of Change and Continuity
edited by Jodie Lewis
This comprehensive and up-to-date volume reviews
the archaeology of Mendip both chronologically and
thematically. This is the first publication of its kind to
be devoted to the archaeology of this important region.
Based upon the proceedings of a two-day conference
held at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells, Somerset, this volume
has as its focus the archaeology of the Mendip
Hills and its environs. Around twenty contributors
present the results of new research and new ideas
about the rich archaeological sequence of the region, a
sequence stretching back half a million years.
300p, paperback, 9781905223282, $70.00,
Heritage Publications, October 2009.
Carving a Future for British Rock Art
New Directions for Research,
Management and Presentation
edited by Tertia Barnett and Kate Sharpe
This volume makes a case for an archaeology that
integrates rock art into a wider vision of the past. It
brings together the experiences and opinions of the
key organizations and stakeholders responsible for
the conservation, management and accessibility
of British rock art. The chapters cover the recording,
management and presentation of British rock art.
240p, 111 b/w & col illus, 15 tbls, hardback,
9781842173640, $130.00, Oxbow Books,
December 2009.
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