Review – Offa’s Dyke Journal, Volume 1
Howard Williams and Liam Delaney (eds)Archaeopress, £25IBSN 978-1789695380Review David Breeze The archaeological societies founded in the 19th century embraced all aspects of the discipline, and from...
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Tom MooreArchaeopress, £85ISBN 978-1789695342Review Fraser Hunter Bagendon has long been the poor relation of British late Iron Age oppida, lurking on the distribution’s western fringe. Its extensive,...
View ArticleReview – Impinging on the Past: a rescue excavation at Fladbury,...
David A Hinton and D P S PeacockThe Highfield Press, £20IBSN 978-0992633691Review Derek Hurst The report on this significant site is most welcome. While earlier and later prehistoric features were...
View ArticleReview – The Archaeology of East Oxford – Archeox: the development of a...
David Griffiths and Jane Harrison (eds)Oxford University Department for Continuing EducationISBN 978-1905905430Review Edward Biddulph Think of the archaeology of Oxford and thoughts will inevitably...
View ArticleReview – Sheffield Castle: archaeology, archives, regeneration, 1927-2018
John Moreland and Dawn Hadley, with Ashley Tuck and Milica RajicWhite Rose University Press, £35ISBN 978-1912482283Review Richard Hodges Sheffield Castle is a rare archaeological treat put together by...
View ArticleReview – Classical Caledonia: Roman history and myth in 18th-century Scotland
Alan MontgomeryEdinburgh University Press, £75ISBN 978-1474445641Review Andrew Tibbs Classical Caledonia explores the antiquarian rediscovery of Scotland’s Roman remains, and how these have influenced...
View ArticleReview – Leprosy: past and present
Charlotte A RobertsUniversity of Florida Press, £135ISBN 978-1683401841Review KK More than a decade in the making, this book was well worth the wait. It is a thorough compendium of knowledge on not...
View ArticleReview – Burying the Dead: an archaeological history of burial grounds,...
Lorraine EvansPen & Sword, £19.99ISBN 978-1526706676Review KK This book provides a brief history of how humans have dealt with their dead over the centuries – mainly focusing on the early medieval...
View ArticleReview – 50 Finds of Roman Coinage: objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme
Andrew BrownAmberley Publishing, £15.99ISBN 978-1445696331Review AB This latest book in the ’50 Finds’ series from the Portable Antiquities Scheme is the first to focus on a specific artefact type...
View ArticleReview – The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur
Max AdamsHead of Zeus, £30ISBN 978-1788543477Review CH ‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or an ocean wave from a dripping tap.’...
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