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Bookseller/magazines


Antiquity
Antiquity Office, New Hall, Cambridge CB3 0DF. Tel: 01223 762298. Fax: 01223 357075. Web: http://intarch.ac.uk.antiquity
Rather more heavyweight than a magazine, but a very regularly produced and up-to-date academic journal of general archaeology, published quarterly.

Archaeological Review from Cambridge
c/o Dept of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ. F1990
A journal of archaeological thought and ideas. Recent themes included 'children and childhood' and 'history and archaeology'. Two volumes published annually.

Archaeology Magazine
135 William Street, New York, NY 10038 USA. Tel: 001-212-732-5154. Fax: 001-212-732-5707. email: general@archaeology.org. Web: http://www.archaeology.org F1948
The offical public voice ot the Archaeological Institute of America. It is addressed to a popular audience and covers the whole gamut of archaeology.

Biblical Archaeology Review
Last known at 4710 41st Street NW, Washington, DC 20016 USA.

British Archaeological Reports
7 Longworth Road, Oxford OX2 6RA. Tel/Fax: 01865 511560
Publishes archaeological manuscripts thought to be too specialised by commercial publishers. Good manuscripts always welcome, but must be of doctoral standard at the very least.

British Archaeology
111 Walmgate, York, YO1 2UA. Tel: 01904 671417. Fax: 01904 671384. email: archaeology@compuserve.com. Web: http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba.html F1995
House magazine of the Council for British Archaeology.

British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography
c/o Council for British Archaeology, Bowes Morrell House, 111 Walmgate, York YO1 2UA. Tel: 01904 671417. Fax: 01904 672384. email: j.oetgen@ucl.ac.uk. Web: http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/cba/biab.html F1990
Expensive guide to what is published about the historic environment of Britain & Ireland. The twice-yearly volumes contain hundreds of references and abstracts from a wide range of books and journals.

Castle Bookshop
Castle Street, Holt, Clwyd LL13 9YW. Tel: 01829 270382. Fax: 01829 271087. email: castlebooks@dial.pipex.com. Web: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/fe63 F1987
Mail order and bookshop with antiquarian, secondhand and remaindered books and some new books on archaeology and other subjects. Regular catalogues, also on the web site. Shop open by prior appointment only.

Classics Bookshop
3 Turl Street, , Oxford OX1 3DQ. Tel: 01865 726466. Fax: 01865 241421
Secondhand and antiquarian bookshop specialising in books on classical antiquity, but also including Roman Britain and some prehistory.

Current Archaeology
9 Nassington Road, , London NW3 2TX. Tel: 0171 435 7517. Fax: 0171 916 2405. email: editor@archaeology.co.uk. Web: http://www.archaeology.co.uk F1967 Subscribers =16,000+
Britain's leading archaeological magazine, published 6 times a year for a subscription of £15 a year. Publishes the Directory of British Archaeology.

Local History Magazine
3 Devonshire Promenade, Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2DS. Tel: 0115 970 6473. Fax: 0115 942 4857. email: editors @local-history.co.uk. Web: http://www.local-history.co.uk F1984
An independent national magazine, published 6 times a year, for local historians and others with an interest in local history, including archaeologists. All subscribers can place up to 50 words free in every issue. £16 for 6 issues.

Medieval Life
Rectory End, Gilling East, York YO6 4JQ. Tel: 01439 788410. email: cpickles@clara.net. Web: http://www.pastforward.co.uk/medievallife F1995
A publication supported by the Centre of Medieval Studies, University of York, through an advisory committee. It is a semi-popular, multi-disciplinary magazine of the Middle Ages, covering largely Christian Europe c500 to c1500.

Minerva
14 Old Bond Street, , London W1X 3DB. Tel: 0171 495 2590. Fax: 0171 491 1595. F1989
International review of ancient art and archaeology. 6 issues a year. £3.50 an issue or £18 per year in UK. Articles on the Antiquities trade, Salesroom reports, archaeological finds, exhibitions, book reviews.

Museum Bookshop
36 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PP. Tel: 0171 580 4086. Fax: 0171 436 4364
Opposite British Museum. Stock consists entirely of archaeology and ancient history, including archaeological methods, conservation and museology, Egyptology, and the British Isles.

Oxbow Books
Park End Place, Oxford, OX1 3HN. Tel: 01865 241249. Fax: 01865 794449. email: oxbow@patrol.i-way.co.uk. Web: http://www.oxbowbooks.com
Bookseller and publisher specialising in archaeology. Huge stocks of new and secondhand books on archaeology, ancient history and medieval history. Mail order business with regular catalogues of new books.

Travel



Andante Travels
Old Telephone Exchange, Winterbourne Dauntsey, Salisbury, Wilts SP4 6EH. Tel: 01980 610555. Fax: 01980 610002. F1986
Tour operator specialising in archaeological study holidays. All tours are led by professionals and academics.

Archaeology Abroad
31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY. Tel: 0171 504 4750. Fax: 0171 383 2572. email: arch.abroad@ucl.ac.uk. Web: http://www. britarch.ac.uk/cba/archabroad F1972
'Archaeology Abroad' is published 3 times a year for a subscription of £10 (UK) and lists vacancies for volunteers and staff on archaeological sites outside the UK. About 1000 places in 15 countries are advertised each year. Bulletins also contain information on British Schools and Institutes of Archaeology abroad and other relevant organisations.

Swan Hellenic
77 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1PP. Tel: 0171 800 2200. Fax: 0171 831 1280. email: Swan-hellenic@easynet.co.uk
Cruises to the Mediterranean, Iberia, the Baltic, Gulf of Arabia, India and the Far East, accompanied by guest speakers. The Swan Hellenic Travel Scholarship offers up to 4 places each year on a Mediterranean cruise.

Connemara Walking Centre
Island House, Clifden, Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland. Tel: 00353 95 21379. Fax: 00353 95 21845. email: walkwest@indigo.ie
Archaeologist and heritage consultant, walking holidays and Gibbons Publications.


The Internet



The number of internet resources continues to grow at a rapid pace. Details of various sites can be found on the Current Archaeology web pages at: http://www.archaeology.co.uk/internet.htm

Other good starting points are:

Archaeological Resource Guide to Europe (which includes Britain) http://www.bham.ac.uk/ARGE

ArchNet (an international list, based in America) http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/archaeology.html

The Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust provides a useful list of British addresses.
http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~aczkdc/ukarch/ukindex.html

See also individual Web sites of societies and organisations throughout this directory.

Discussion Groups
The best discussion groups in archaeology are in the so-called 'List Servers'. These are available by email: all you have to do is to send your name to the server with a request to subscribe.

The main British list server is Britarch, run by the Council for British Archaeology. To join the list send the following email message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
join britarch firstname lastname

The main American archaeology list-server is Arch-L. Email to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV. TAMU.EDU with one line message: Subscribe arch-l your-firstname your-lastname

There are literally hundreds of other listservers on all aspects of archaeology and anthropology, most of which are listed at: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk:80/afaq.html


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