BAR Publishing
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Independent Publisher of the world's largest academic archaeological series with over 4000 titles.
@ipghq Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year '22
@ipghq Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year '22
📣New Book Alert📣
We are pleased to announce the publication of Alexander Belov's Sails and Rigging of Ancient Egyptian Ships from the Predynastic Period to the End of Antiquity.
The book provides an invaluable resource for any scholar interested in the development of ships in Ancient Egypt.🏺⛵
We are pleased to announce the publication of Alexander Belov's Sails and Rigging of Ancient Egyptian Ships from the Predynastic Period to the End of Antiquity.
The book provides an invaluable resource for any scholar interested in the development of ships in Ancient Egypt.🏺⛵
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📣New Book Alert📣
We are pleased to announce the publication of Alexander Belov's Sails and Rigging of Ancient Egyptian Ships from the Predynastic Period to the End of Antiquity.
The book provides an invaluable resource for any scholar interested in the development of ships in Ancient Egypt.🏺⛵
We are pleased to announce the publication of Alexander Belov's Sails and Rigging of Ancient Egyptian Ships from the Predynastic Period to the End of Antiquity.
The book provides an invaluable resource for any scholar interested in the development of ships in Ancient Egypt.🏺⛵
It's been a few weeks since we've posted our favourite animal artefact for #FindsFriday! 🏺
The winner this week is this Babylonian frog shaped weight which weighs 10 minas, a Mesopotamian unit of measure weighing around 18 ounces.
The winner this week is this Babylonian frog shaped weight which weighs 10 minas, a Mesopotamian unit of measure weighing around 18 ounces.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's been a few weeks since we've posted our favourite animal artefact for #FindsFriday! 🏺
The winner this week is this Babylonian frog shaped weight which weighs 10 minas, a Mesopotamian unit of measure weighing around 18 ounces.
The winner this week is this Babylonian frog shaped weight which weighs 10 minas, a Mesopotamian unit of measure weighing around 18 ounces.
Our recent publication Economies of Scale in Old World Archaeology is the topic of session 4I at the ASOR conference today at 4:25-6:30 EST.
Join editors Jeremy A. Beller, Tina L. Greenfield, and Kent D. Fowler for 7 talks in honour of the work of Haskel J. Greenfield.
Join editors Jeremy A. Beller, Tina L. Greenfield, and Kent D. Fowler for 7 talks in honour of the work of Haskel J. Greenfield.
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our recent publication Economies of Scale in Old World Archaeology is the topic of session 4I at the ASOR conference today at 4:25-6:30 EST.
Join editors Jeremy A. Beller, Tina L. Greenfield, and Kent D. Fowler for 7 talks in honour of the work of Haskel J. Greenfield.
Join editors Jeremy A. Beller, Tina L. Greenfield, and Kent D. Fowler for 7 talks in honour of the work of Haskel J. Greenfield.
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
You've got mail! 📬
Our newest BAR Bulletin just dropped! Discover six new titles that journey across vast temporal and geographical worlds, from ancient Egyptian boats to Puebloan ladders and axes.🏺
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Our newest BAR Bulletin just dropped! Discover six new titles that journey across vast temporal and geographical worlds, from ancient Egyptian boats to Puebloan ladders and axes.🏺
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November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
You've got mail! 📬
Our newest BAR Bulletin just dropped! Discover six new titles that journey across vast temporal and geographical worlds, from ancient Egyptian boats to Puebloan ladders and axes.🏺
Sign up here to receive our newsletter and take advantage of 20% off all private purchases.
Our newest BAR Bulletin just dropped! Discover six new titles that journey across vast temporal and geographical worlds, from ancient Egyptian boats to Puebloan ladders and axes.🏺
Sign up here to receive our newsletter and take advantage of 20% off all private purchases.
Such beautiful objects on display at the exhibition in Oxford on the extraordinary Sanxingdui site! 🏺
The exhibit is hosted by the Confucius Institute at Headington Hill Hall and is open for a few more days next week. Check it out here!
The exhibit is hosted by the Confucius Institute at Headington Hill Hall and is open for a few more days next week. Check it out here!
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Such beautiful objects on display at the exhibition in Oxford on the extraordinary Sanxingdui site! 🏺
The exhibit is hosted by the Confucius Institute at Headington Hill Hall and is open for a few more days next week. Check it out here!
The exhibit is hosted by the Confucius Institute at Headington Hill Hall and is open for a few more days next week. Check it out here!
It was lovely to see BAR author Lilian Ladle at the Reconnecting Roman Britain conference last weekend!🏺
Pictured here with the Britannia Award she received on behalf of the Druce Farm Villa Volunteer Group.
Read more about the Druce Farm site in her book: doi.org/10.30861/978...
Pictured here with the Britannia Award she received on behalf of the Druce Farm Villa Volunteer Group.
Read more about the Druce Farm site in her book: doi.org/10.30861/978...
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It was lovely to see BAR author Lilian Ladle at the Reconnecting Roman Britain conference last weekend!🏺
Pictured here with the Britannia Award she received on behalf of the Druce Farm Villa Volunteer Group.
Read more about the Druce Farm site in her book: doi.org/10.30861/978...
Pictured here with the Britannia Award she received on behalf of the Druce Farm Villa Volunteer Group.
Read more about the Druce Farm site in her book: doi.org/10.30861/978...
With #ISAC25 well underway we wanted to share some of our newest titles relating to Islamic Archaeology.🏺
They are all available now on our website: www.barpublishing.com
They are all available now on our website: www.barpublishing.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
With #ISAC25 well underway we wanted to share some of our newest titles relating to Islamic Archaeology.🏺
They are all available now on our website: www.barpublishing.com
They are all available now on our website: www.barpublishing.com
📣Now Available📣
Valeria La Monaca's Delicati and Delicia in the Roman Empire analyzes literary, epigraphic, and iconographic sources to offer a comprehensive portrayal of delicati and delicia as status symbols, especially of ambitious libertine families.🏺
Valeria La Monaca's Delicati and Delicia in the Roman Empire analyzes literary, epigraphic, and iconographic sources to offer a comprehensive portrayal of delicati and delicia as status symbols, especially of ambitious libertine families.🏺
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📣Now Available📣
Valeria La Monaca's Delicati and Delicia in the Roman Empire analyzes literary, epigraphic, and iconographic sources to offer a comprehensive portrayal of delicati and delicia as status symbols, especially of ambitious libertine families.🏺
Valeria La Monaca's Delicati and Delicia in the Roman Empire analyzes literary, epigraphic, and iconographic sources to offer a comprehensive portrayal of delicati and delicia as status symbols, especially of ambitious libertine families.🏺
Happy Halloween! 🏺🎃
What better way to celebrate than with a spooky #findsfriday?
This Moche bottle, featuring a skeleton couple and their child, is currently on display at @metmuseum.org.
What better way to celebrate than with a spooky #findsfriday?
This Moche bottle, featuring a skeleton couple and their child, is currently on display at @metmuseum.org.
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy Halloween! 🏺🎃
What better way to celebrate than with a spooky #findsfriday?
This Moche bottle, featuring a skeleton couple and their child, is currently on display at @metmuseum.org.
What better way to celebrate than with a spooky #findsfriday?
This Moche bottle, featuring a skeleton couple and their child, is currently on display at @metmuseum.org.
Feeling inspired by the IKUWA conference? Consider submitting a proposal for our specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology🏺⛵
Contact editor@barpublishing.com or submit a proposal here.
Contact editor@barpublishing.com or submit a proposal here.
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Feeling inspired by the IKUWA conference? Consider submitting a proposal for our specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology🏺⛵
Contact editor@barpublishing.com or submit a proposal here.
Contact editor@barpublishing.com or submit a proposal here.
We are very sad to be missing out on the book launch of Hazard and Disaster Risk in Ostia at the Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte this evening!
Wishing our authors all the best in Rome!🏺
Wishing our authors all the best in Rome!🏺
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are very sad to be missing out on the book launch of Hazard and Disaster Risk in Ostia at the Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte this evening!
Wishing our authors all the best in Rome!🏺
Wishing our authors all the best in Rome!🏺
We are so pleased to see so many of our authors and members of the editorial committee for our sub-series The Maritime Archaeology Trust Monograph Series presenting at IKUWA today! We've highlighted their recent publications with us below.🌊🏺
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We are so pleased to see so many of our authors and members of the editorial committee for our sub-series The Maritime Archaeology Trust Monograph Series presenting at IKUWA today! We've highlighted their recent publications with us below.🌊🏺
The newest BAR Bulletin has arrived! 📬
Head to your inboxes (or to barpublishing.com) to check out our new books!
Remember that all BAR Members received 20% off their private purchases. Sign up here: www.barpublishing.com/bar-membersh...
Head to your inboxes (or to barpublishing.com) to check out our new books!
Remember that all BAR Members received 20% off their private purchases. Sign up here: www.barpublishing.com/bar-membersh...
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The newest BAR Bulletin has arrived! 📬
Head to your inboxes (or to barpublishing.com) to check out our new books!
Remember that all BAR Members received 20% off their private purchases. Sign up here: www.barpublishing.com/bar-membersh...
Head to your inboxes (or to barpublishing.com) to check out our new books!
Remember that all BAR Members received 20% off their private purchases. Sign up here: www.barpublishing.com/bar-membersh...
Our Editorial Director Jacqueline Senior is looking forward to attending IKUWA 8 next week! Email editor@barpublishing.com to book a meeting with her.
Take a look at our Open Access publication on the IKUWA 7 proceedings which was featured in the newest issue of @antiquity.ac.uk here. 🌊🏺
Take a look at our Open Access publication on the IKUWA 7 proceedings which was featured in the newest issue of @antiquity.ac.uk here. 🌊🏺
October 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our Editorial Director Jacqueline Senior is looking forward to attending IKUWA 8 next week! Email editor@barpublishing.com to book a meeting with her.
Take a look at our Open Access publication on the IKUWA 7 proceedings which was featured in the newest issue of @antiquity.ac.uk here. 🌊🏺
Take a look at our Open Access publication on the IKUWA 7 proceedings which was featured in the newest issue of @antiquity.ac.uk here. 🌊🏺
We are thrilled to see the research from Living and Dying in a Lancashire Cotton Town as the cover feature in the newest issue of
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@currentarchaeology.bsky.social
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October 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are thrilled to see the research from Living and Dying in a Lancashire Cotton Town as the cover feature in the newest issue of
@currentarchaeology.bsky.social
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@currentarchaeology.bsky.social
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📣New book alert📣
In Coinage, Landscape and Society in the Borderlands Carl Savage compiles a new and comprehensive dataset of medieval coins from the Scottish border region from 1136-1603, drawing together both English and Scottish data for the first time.
Now available on our website!🏺
In Coinage, Landscape and Society in the Borderlands Carl Savage compiles a new and comprehensive dataset of medieval coins from the Scottish border region from 1136-1603, drawing together both English and Scottish data for the first time.
Now available on our website!🏺
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📣New book alert📣
In Coinage, Landscape and Society in the Borderlands Carl Savage compiles a new and comprehensive dataset of medieval coins from the Scottish border region from 1136-1603, drawing together both English and Scottish data for the first time.
Now available on our website!🏺
In Coinage, Landscape and Society in the Borderlands Carl Savage compiles a new and comprehensive dataset of medieval coins from the Scottish border region from 1136-1603, drawing together both English and Scottish data for the first time.
Now available on our website!🏺
Interested in medieval archaeology? Take a look at our newest medieval books now available on our website! 🏺
Available here: www.barpublishing.com/books/time-p...
Available here: www.barpublishing.com/books/time-p...
September 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Interested in medieval archaeology? Take a look at our newest medieval books now available on our website! 🏺
Available here: www.barpublishing.com/books/time-p...
Available here: www.barpublishing.com/books/time-p...
It's finally #FindsFriday!!
Here's a cute little terracotta vase in the shape of a duck to celebrate.🦆🏺
This duck dates to the 6th century BCE and is of East Greek origin. It can be seen on display at The Met.
Here's a cute little terracotta vase in the shape of a duck to celebrate.🦆🏺
This duck dates to the 6th century BCE and is of East Greek origin. It can be seen on display at The Met.
September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's finally #FindsFriday!!
Here's a cute little terracotta vase in the shape of a duck to celebrate.🦆🏺
This duck dates to the 6th century BCE and is of East Greek origin. It can be seen on display at The Met.
Here's a cute little terracotta vase in the shape of a duck to celebrate.🦆🏺
This duck dates to the 6th century BCE and is of East Greek origin. It can be seen on display at The Met.
We don’t just write about archaeology!
Here is our editor Tansy (pictured in red) who participated in a resistivity survey with the Suffolk Archaeological Field Group this past weekend! 🏺
Here is our editor Tansy (pictured in red) who participated in a resistivity survey with the Suffolk Archaeological Field Group this past weekend! 🏺
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We don’t just write about archaeology!
Here is our editor Tansy (pictured in red) who participated in a resistivity survey with the Suffolk Archaeological Field Group this past weekend! 🏺
Here is our editor Tansy (pictured in red) who participated in a resistivity survey with the Suffolk Archaeological Field Group this past weekend! 🏺
📣New Publication Announcement📣
Through archaeological surveys and historical research, this work offers a comprehensive examination of the role of Sicilian quarries in the broader economic landscape, including connections to activities such as tuna fishing and salt production.
Read more here
Through archaeological surveys and historical research, this work offers a comprehensive examination of the role of Sicilian quarries in the broader economic landscape, including connections to activities such as tuna fishing and salt production.
Read more here
September 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣New Publication Announcement📣
Through archaeological surveys and historical research, this work offers a comprehensive examination of the role of Sicilian quarries in the broader economic landscape, including connections to activities such as tuna fishing and salt production.
Read more here
Through archaeological surveys and historical research, this work offers a comprehensive examination of the role of Sicilian quarries in the broader economic landscape, including connections to activities such as tuna fishing and salt production.
Read more here
📣Now available📣
We are pleased to announce that An Urban Roman Dump from 270+ AD (Tarraco – Carrer de Castaños, 1) by José Carlos Quaresma is now available!
This book discusses the assemblages from an urban dump in order to obtain an image of consumption trends and a chronology for the context.
We are pleased to announce that An Urban Roman Dump from 270+ AD (Tarraco – Carrer de Castaños, 1) by José Carlos Quaresma is now available!
This book discusses the assemblages from an urban dump in order to obtain an image of consumption trends and a chronology for the context.
September 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📣Now available📣
We are pleased to announce that An Urban Roman Dump from 270+ AD (Tarraco – Carrer de Castaños, 1) by José Carlos Quaresma is now available!
This book discusses the assemblages from an urban dump in order to obtain an image of consumption trends and a chronology for the context.
We are pleased to announce that An Urban Roman Dump from 270+ AD (Tarraco – Carrer de Castaños, 1) by José Carlos Quaresma is now available!
This book discusses the assemblages from an urban dump in order to obtain an image of consumption trends and a chronology for the context.
Happy Friday to our fellow #FindsFriday enthusiasts! 🏺
This week has left us feeling like this 18th c. BCE Syrian figurine...
This week has left us feeling like this 18th c. BCE Syrian figurine...
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Friday to our fellow #FindsFriday enthusiasts! 🏺
This week has left us feeling like this 18th c. BCE Syrian figurine...
This week has left us feeling like this 18th c. BCE Syrian figurine...
To celebrate the first day of the #BABAO we would like to highlight our new publication Archaeo-anthropology of Conflicts in France!🏺
This volume highlights a wide variety of funerary practices, and presents burial sites ranging from the Early Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
This volume highlights a wide variety of funerary practices, and presents burial sites ranging from the Early Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
September 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
To celebrate the first day of the #BABAO we would like to highlight our new publication Archaeo-anthropology of Conflicts in France!🏺
This volume highlights a wide variety of funerary practices, and presents burial sites ranging from the Early Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
This volume highlights a wide variety of funerary practices, and presents burial sites ranging from the Early Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
The bombing of London (and other British cities) is explored in our recent publication WWII Bombing of British Cities and Contested Remembrance by John Sharrock.
The book focusses on the myth of the Blitz as experienced today, especially in the context of civilian deaths.
doi.org/10.30861/978...
The book focusses on the myth of the Blitz as experienced today, especially in the context of civilian deaths.
doi.org/10.30861/978...
September 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The bombing of London (and other British cities) is explored in our recent publication WWII Bombing of British Cities and Contested Remembrance by John Sharrock.
The book focusses on the myth of the Blitz as experienced today, especially in the context of civilian deaths.
doi.org/10.30861/978...
The book focusses on the myth of the Blitz as experienced today, especially in the context of civilian deaths.
doi.org/10.30861/978...