Oxbow Books Bargain Catalogue 2013 Welcome to the 2013 vintage of our ever popular Contents Bargain Catalogue, a complete listing of our bargain stock, and all at frankly ridiculous prices. General Interest.........................................................................................................2 Method and Theory..............................................................................................3 We have superb reductions on everything from general Heritage and Conservation.................................................................................6 introductory guides and dictionaries to specialist Landscape Archaeology.........................................................................................7 scholarly works and a wealth of site reports, across Evolution and World Prehistory.......................................................................10 our full range of archaeological, classical and medieval Prehistoric Britain....................................................................................................11 subject areas. Prehistoric Europe.................................................................................................16 Africa......................................................................................................................19 There are new titles fresh off the boat from America, Ancient Egypt.........................................................................................................20 some fine new titles from Boydell, and, but by no means Ancient Near East...............................................................................................27 least, an excellent range of new bargains from amongst Prehistoric Mediterranean...............................................................................33 our own Oxbow publications. The Classical World...........................................................................................36 Ancient Greece....................................................................................................37 Even if you think that you have seen some of these Greek Literature and Philosophy.....................................................................42 before, it is well worth checking out the prices - The Roman World..................................................................................................44 hundreds of books have been reduced still further for Roman Britain........................................................................................................48 this catalogue, with plenty of titles reduced by 80% and Latin Literature.......................................................................................................54 more! Late Antiquity and Byzantium..........................................................................56 Islam.......................................................................................................................59 Anglo-Saxon........................................................................................................59 All stocks are, however, limited, and some titles will Early Medieval Europe.....................................................................................63 sell out quickly, so please get in quick to avoid Medieval History - Britain.................................................................................63 disappointment. The Bargain Catalogue always Medieval History - Europe...................................................................................67 generates an overwhelming response, but you can rest assured that we will do everything to get your books Medieval Art and Architecture........................................................................71 to you as speedily as possible. Medieval Archaeology.........................................................................................73 Medieval Philosophy and Literature............................................................77 Post-Medieval.........................................................................................................78 We look forward, as ever, to dealing with your orders, Order Form...........................................................................................................80 and wish you the very best for Christmas and the New Year. Once you’ve had a chance to peruse the catalogue at leisure, turn to the back page where you’ll find a handy order form! www.oxbowbooks.com General Interest Method and Theory THE SPLENDORS OF ARCHAEOLOGY AFTER COLLAPSE: THE REGENERATION OF edited by Fabio Bourbon COMPLEX SOCIETIES A massive and lavishly illustrated look at 49 of the world’s most edited by Glenn M. Schwartz and John J. Nichols spectacular archaeological sites. 352p col illus (American This collection of essays examines the question of how and University in Cairo Press 1998) Hb was £50.00 now £14.95 why earky complex urban societies have reappeared after periods of decentralization and collapse, ranging widely across AMBASSADORS the Near East, the Aegean, East Asia, Mesoamerica and the by Jonathan Wright Andes. 289p b/w figs (University of Arizona Press 2006) Hb was Written with the general reader in mind, this book examines £35.00 now £19.95 the history and development of diplomacy through the careers THE PROBLEM OF RITUAL EFFICACY of ambassadors. It is global in scope, taking in a wide range of cultures, states and empires, from Ancient Greece to Tudor edited by William S. Sax, Johannes Quack and Jan England, and setting out diplomatic triumphs and failures Weinhold alongside the ritual aspects and display involved in an embassy. Essays which ponder the question “How do rituals work?”, 374p b/w pls (Harcourt 2006) Hb was £20.00 now £7.95 ranging across the fields of history, anthropology, medicine and Biblical studies. 193p (Oxford UP 2010) Pb was £19.99 SEEING ENGLAND: ANTIQUARIES, TRAVELLERS now £6.95 AND NATURALISTS by Charles Lancaster CURRENT AND RECENT RESEARCH IN Arranged geographically by the area of each author’s studies, OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY 2 this book provides an anthology of the works of seventeenth edited by Sue Anderson century antiquaries and naturalists, with a shorter epilogue These papers cover a wide range of subjects including technical covering some eighteenth century examples. The extracts are information, evidence derived from bone assemblages and accompanied by introductory sections giving biographical specific individual examples. 61p, b/w figs and pls (Oxbow Books details for each author and explaining the scope intention, and 1999) Pb was £15.00 now £4.95 importance of their work. 288p b/w pls (The History Press 2008) Pb was £17.99 now £6.95 EVOLUTIONARY ARCHAEOLOGY: METHODO- LOGICAL ISSUES OXFORDSHIRE: A LOOK AT THE PAST edited by Patrice A. Teltser by Hilary L Turner The contributors to this book argue that Darwinian natural A tour of the churches, monuments, trackways, markets, selection acts on human behaviour, resulting in ‘the persistence houses and colleges of Oxfordshire, aimed at the resident and of alternative human behaviours and the material product of visitor alike. 128p, 30 col illus (Plotwood 1997) Pb only £4.95 those behaviours’. They address the methodolical requirements THE STORY OF ENGLAND of evolutionary theory as it applies to the nature of archaeological data, exploring cultural evolution, and variation by Tom Beaumont James in the archaeological record. 206p b/w figs (Arizona UP 1995) Recognising the equal merit of archaeology and history as Pb was £18.50 now £6.95 evidence for reconstructing the history or story of England, this very readable study focuses on the achievements of THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOCIAL BOUNDARIES England’s ordinary occupants from prehistory to the present edited by Miriam Stark day who between them created the English landscape. 288p, Fourteen contributors examine an array of media - from 72 col and b/w pls, b/w figs (Tempus 2003) Pb was £12.99 now ceramics and personal ornaments to architecture and site £4.95 structure - in small-scale societies and apply methods from both sides of the Atlantic to explore how technical choices made TRIBUTE TO AN ANTIQUARY: ESSAYS in the creation of everyday objects can both reflect and define PRESENTED TO MARC FITCH BY SOME OF HIS social boundaries. 362p (Smithsonian Institute Press 1998) Hb FRIENDS was £42.00 now £9.95 edited by Frederick Emmison and Roy Stephens ASSEMBLING THE PAST: STUDIES IN THE A mixed bag of essays on everything from Archaic Greece to the Emperor Haile Sellassie. 332P (Leopard’s Head Press 1976) PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ARCHAEOLOGY Hb was £15.00 now £6.95 edited by Alice B. Kehoe and Mary Beth Emmerichs 12 essays examine processes whereby archaeology became professionalized during the course of the twentieth century, CONTAGIOUS IDEAS: EVOLUTION, CULTURE, focusing in particular on the the increasing participation of ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL VIRUS once marginalized groups, above all women into the THEORIES mainstream of the profession. 241p (University of New Mexico by Ben Sandford Cullen Press 1999) Hb was £48.50 now £9.95 Ben Cullen’s interest in cultural evolution led to his COSMOPOLITAN ARCHAEOLOGIES development of a Cultural Virus Theory which he set out in edited by Lynn Meskell several articles and his thesis. This volume consolidates his ideas and applies them to the spread of megalithic monuments The essays in this volume address archaeological ethics, in north-west Europe, the spread