Oxbow Spring 2013.pdf - Oxbow Books
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Lake Dwellings after Robert Munro. Proceedings from the Munro International Seminar The Lake Dwellings of Europe 22nd and 23rd October 2010, University of Edinburgh Magdalena S. Midgley (Editor); Jeff Sanders (Editor) In 1885 Dr. Robert Munro undertook a review of all lacustrian research in Europe, travelling widely to study collections and visit sites. The results of this work formed the basis for the prestigious Rhind Lectures at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1888. These were then published as The Lake-Dwellings of Europe, a landmark publication for archaeology and one that cemented Munro’s archaeological reputation. The collected papers explore the historical context of Munro’s work, as well as introducing current research from across Europe. The book will appeal to both the professional and the interested amateur, of which Munro himself represented such an exciting synthesis. 9789088900921, £28.00, Available Now PB, 190p, 182 x 257 mm, 29 col & 43 b/w, Sidestone Press Pterosaurs Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs Andre J Veldmeijer (Author); Mark Witton (Author); Ilja Nieuwland (Author) Pterosaurs or flying reptiles were the first vertebrates to evolve flight. These distant relatives of modern reptiles and dinosaurs lived from the Late Triassic (over 200 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago) a span of some 135 million years. After a short introduction to palaeontology as a science and its history related to pterosaurs, it explains what pterosaurs were, when and where they lived, and what they looked like. Topics such as disease, injury and reproduction are also discussed. They show how diverse pterosaurs were, from small insectivorous animals with a wingspan of nearly 40 centimetres to the biggest flying animals ever to take to the air, with wingspans of over 10 metres and with a way of life comparable to modern-day storks. The text is illustrated with many full colour photographs and beautiful palaeo-art prepared by experts in the field. 9789088900938, £25.00, Available Now PB, 134p, 152 col & 29 b/w figures, 21 x 25cm, Sidestone Press Prehistory – Europe 14 Beyond Barrows Current research on the structuration and perception of the Prehistoric Landscape through Monuments David R Fontijn (Editor); Karsten Wentink (Editor); Sasja van der Vaart (Editor); Arjan J. Louwen (Editor) Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together at the conference of the European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague to discuss and review current research on this topic. This book presents the proceedings of that session. The focus is on the prehistory of Scandinavia and the Low Countries, but also includes an excursion to huge prehistoric mounds in the southeast of North America. The book contains an important contribution by the well-known Swedish archaeologist Tore Artelius, his last article, written briefly before his death. This book is dedicated to his memory. 9789491431074, £42, August 2012 9789088901089, £35.00, 30 April 2013 HB, 475p, Groningen Archaeological Studies 19, Barkhuis PB, 280p, 182 x 257 mm, 50 col & 100 b/w illus., Sidestone Press
Het handgevormde aardewerk uit de ijzertijd en de Romeinse tijd van Oss-Ussen Studies naar typochronologie, technologie en herkomst P.W. van den Broeke (Author) Peter van de Broeke has studied the pottery from the late prehistoric settlement at Oss-Ussen, where habitation was (more or less) continuous for over a thousand years (800 BC – 250 AD). A typochronoly consisting of 14 phases is introduced, stretching from the late bronze age into the Roman period. Furthermore, the pottery from Oss-Ussen is studied using several different approaches including chemical and technological analyses and diatom analysis. Dutch language edition. Noord-Brabantse Oudheden. Facsimile-editie van Noordbrabants Oudheden aangevuld met enkele Archeologische Mengelwerken C. R. Hermans (Author) et al. C.R. Hermans is one of the founding fathers of archaeology in the Dutch Brabant-region. In 1865 he published the first collection of archaeological finds and find spots in this region. This publication is now reprinted in a facsimile-edition with an extensive introduction that puts the original book into perspective and supplies the reader with biographical information about Hermans. Dutch text. Prehistory – Europe 9789088900976, £55.00, January 2013 PB, 452p, 10 fc / 125 b/w, Sidestone Press 9789088900860, £32.00, Available Now PB, 368p, 35 b/w, 7 col images, 182 x 257mm, Sidestone Press Transformation through Destruction A monumental and extraordinary Early Iron Age Hallstatt C barrow from the ritual landscape of Oss-Zevenbergen David Fontijn (Editor); Sasja van der Vaart (Editor); Richard Jansen (Editor) Some 2800 years ago, a man died in what is now the municipality of Oss, the Netherlands. His death must have been a significant event in the life of local communities, for he received an extraordinary funeral, which ended with the construction of an impressive barrow. Based on the meticulous excavation and a range of specialist and comprehensive studies of finds, a prehistoric burial ritual now can be brought to life in surprising detail. An Iron Age community used extraordinary objects that find their closest counterpart in the elite graves of the Hallstatt culture in Central Europe. This book will discuss how lavishly decorated items were dismantled and taken apart to be connected with the body of the deceased, all to be destroyed by fire. In what appears to be a meaningful pars pro toto ritual, the remains of his body, the pyre, and the objects were searched through and moved about, with various elements being manipulated, intentionally broken, and interred or removed. In essence, a person and a place were transformed through destruction. The book shows how the mourners carefully, almost lovingly covered the funeral remains with a barrow. Attention is also given to another remarkable monument, long mound 6, located immediately adjacent to mound 7. Excavations show how mound 7 was part of an age-old ritual heath landscape that was entirely restructured during the Early Iron Age, when it became the setting for the building of no less than three huge Hallstatt C barrows. Thousands of years later, during the Late Middle Ages, this landscape underwent a complete transformation of meaning when the prehistoric barrows became the scenery for a macabre display of the cadavers of executed criminals. 9781842175187, £65.00, May 2013 HB, 320p, 260 col illus., Oxbow Books 15
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Lake Dwellings after Robert Munro. Proceedings from the<br />
Munro International Seminar<br />
The Lake Dwellings of Europe 22nd and 23rd October 2010, University of Edinburgh<br />
Magdalena S. Midgley (Editor); Jeff Sanders (Editor)<br />
In 1885 Dr. Robert Munro undertook a review of all lacustrian research in Europe,<br />
travelling widely to study collections and visit sites. The results of this work formed<br />
the basis for the prestigious Rhind Lectures at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland<br />
in 1888. These were then published as The Lake-Dwellings of Europe, a landmark<br />
publication for archaeology and one that cemented Munro’s archaeological<br />
reputation. The collected papers explore the historical context of Munro’s work,<br />
as well as introducing current research from across Europe. The book will appeal<br />
to both the professional and the interested amateur, of which Munro himself<br />
represented such an exciting synthesis.<br />
9789088900921, £28.00, Available Now<br />
PB, 190p, 182 x 257 mm, 29 col & 43 b/w, Sidestone Press<br />
Pterosaurs<br />
Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs<br />
Andre J Veldmeijer (Author); Mark Witton (Author); Ilja Nieuwland (Author)<br />
Pterosaurs or flying reptiles were the first vertebrates to evolve flight. These distant<br />
relatives of modern reptiles and dinosaurs lived from the Late Triassic (over 200<br />
million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago) a span<br />
of some 135 million years. After a short introduction to palaeontology as a science<br />
and its history related to pterosaurs, it explains what pterosaurs were, when and<br />
where they lived, and what they looked like. Topics such as disease, injury and<br />
reproduction are also discussed. They show how diverse pterosaurs were, from<br />
small insectivorous animals with a wingspan of nearly 40 centimetres to the biggest<br />
flying animals ever to take to the air, with wingspans of over 10 metres and with a<br />
way of life comparable to modern-day storks. The text is illustrated with many full<br />
colour photographs and beautiful palaeo-art prepared by experts in the field.<br />
9789088900938, £25.00, Available Now<br />
PB, 134p, 152 col & 29 b/w figures, 21 x 25cm, Sidestone Press<br />
Prehistory – Europe<br />
14<br />
Beyond Barrows<br />
Current research on the structuration and perception of the Prehistoric<br />
Landscape through Monuments<br />
David R Fontijn (Editor); Karsten Wentink (Editor); Sasja van der Vaart (Editor); Arjan J.<br />
Louwen (Editor)<br />
Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of<br />
their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric<br />
landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together<br />
at the conference of the European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague<br />
to discuss and review current research on this topic. This book presents the<br />
proceedings of that session. The focus is on the prehistory of Scandinavia and<br />
the Low Countries, but also includes an excursion to huge prehistoric mounds in<br />
the southeast of North America. The book contains an important contribution<br />
by the well-known Swedish archaeologist Tore Artelius, his last article, written<br />
briefly before his death. This book is dedicated to his memory.<br />
9789491431074, £42, August 2012<br />
9789088901089, £35.00, 30 April 2013<br />
HB, 475p, Groningen Archaeological Studies 19, Barkhuis<br />
PB, 280p, 182 x 257 mm, 50 col & 100 b/w illus., Sidestone Press
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