New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

At the Great Crossroads
Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval Discoveries on the Isle of Thanet, 1994–1995
by Paul Bennett, Peter Clark, Alison Hicks, Jonathan Rady and Ian Riddler
Discoveries include Neolithic inhumations and pits, well-preserved Beaker graves and ten ringditches
of late Neolithic and Bronze Age date, a Roman settlement of the late first to early second
century AD, a small Anglo-Saxon cemetery, and a medieval farmstead with at least five buildings.
The information is presented in four parts and each chapter includes specialist reports on pottery,
small finds, human and animal bones and the plant and insect remains.
366p, illus, paperback, 9781870545143, $80.00, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, December 2008,
Canterbury Archaeological Trust Occasional Paper 4.
An Archaeology
of Town Commons
in England
‘A very fair field indeed’
by Mark Bowden, Graham
Brown and Nicky Smith
This volume is the first overview
of the archaeology of town commons
– a rich resource because of
the relatively benign traditional
land-use of commons, which
preserves the physical evidence of past activities, including prehistoric and
Roman remains as well as traces of common use itself.
136p, 75 col & b/w illus, paperback, 9781848020351, $36.00, English Heritage,
November 2009.
Borderlands
The Archaeology of
Addenbrooke’s Environs,
South Cambridge
by Christopher Evans,
with Duncan Mackay
and Leo Webley
Taking its inspiration from Cyril Fox’s
groundbreaking 1923 study of its
namesake, and with its first volume
issued to mark the 85th anniversary
of his book, this series is dedicated to the archaeology of Cambridge’s hinterland.
This volume reports the 2002/03 Hutchinson Site excavations beside
Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
224p, 110 col illus, 50 tbls, paperback, 9780954482473, $50.00,
Cambridge Archaeological Unit, December 2008,
New Archaeologies of the Cambridge Region 1.
british archaeology
Historic Tain
Archaeology and Development
by R D Oram, P F Martin, C A McKean,
T Neighbour and A Cathcart
This survey gives an accessible and broad-ranging
synthesis of the history and archaeology of
Tain, and aims to inform conservation guidance
for future development.
176p, 48 col & b/w illus, paperback,
9781902771618, $20.00, Council for British
Archaeology, May 2009, The Scottish Burgh Survey.
Historic Whithorn – Archaeology and Development
by R D Oram
Situated in the far southwest of Scotland, overlooking the Solway Firth, Whithorn is wellknown
as the site of an important early Christian monastery.
156p, 68 b/w & col illus, paperback, 9781902777931, $20.00,
Council for British Archaeology, November 2009, The Scottish Burgh Survey.
Historic Kirkintilloch – Archaeology and Development
by Martin Rorke
Situated to the east of Glasgow, on the line of the Antonine Wall, Kirkintilloch owes much
to its location on a major routeway. This book examines its development from a station
on the Roman wall to its creation as a burgh of barony in 1211.
98p, 40 b/w & col illus, paperback, 9781902771588, $20.00,
Council for British Archaeology, September 2009, The Scottish Burgh Survey.
Historic Govan – Archaeology and Development
by Chris J Dalglish
Govan is associated most notably with shipbuilding. The development of shipbuilding in
the nineteenth century is examined, including the deepening of the river and construction
of the docks, but the book also explores the town’s earlier history.
256p, 150 b/w & col illus, paperback, 9781902771625, $20.00,
Council for British Archaeology, December 2009, The Scottish Burgh Survey.
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