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New Book! ‘Ark of Civilization: Refugee Scholars and Oxford University 1930-1945’

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

We’re delighted that our edited volume Ark of Civilization: Refugee Scholars and Oxford University 1930-1945 which took up much of our time and energy last year is now OUT. When we started researching the Jacobsthal archive at the Institute of Archaeology, we had … Continue reading →

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A College Responds to the Spanish ‘Flu Outbreak of 1918-19

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Archaeologists – at least the ones in our archives – had a knack for using whatever came to hand for their own purposes. This often leads to the preservation of surprising nuggets of social history wedged in between the archaeological research, … Continue reading →

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Looking Deeply to Date the Past

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Although the HEIR Project archive now has more than 15,000 images, only a tiny fraction of this number arrived with specific dates in their caption. When we come across a picture with a caption such as this one of Oxford, … Continue reading →

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The First World War: a postcard with news of Déchelette’s death

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

In the Institute’s archive there is an old album of postcards collected by Francis Haverfield (1860-1919). We were looking through it when we came across this poignant postcard from Salomon Reinach. Reinach confirms the news that the great archaeologist Joseph Déchelette … Continue reading →

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Book launch party!

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Archaeology Archives Administrator

Celtic Art in Europe:Making Connections. Essays in honour of Vincent Megaw on his 80th Birthday (edited by C. Gosden, S. Crawford and K. Ulmschneider) http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/celtic-art-in-europe.html Above: some of the contributors with the birthday boy at Friday’s party. Thanks to all the … Continue reading →

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