The Highfield Press specialises in the publication of high-quality monographs and edited volumes on archaeology and related subjects, especially the archaeology of Europe and the broader Mediterranean region. It is the publisher of Southampton Monographs in Archaeology. Highfield Press books are produced to the highest standards and are lavishly illustrated.
Papers on the function, form, and provenancing of prehistoric stone objects in memory of Fiona Roe
Edited by Ruth Shaffrey
Price: $65.00
ISBN: 9780992633684
Pub Date: 2018-04-19
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: The Highfield Press
300 Pages
This book will appeal to scholars of prehistory and those with an interest in stone objects. It investigates the function, form and dating of stone implements such as axeheads, maceheads, battle axes, and other stone objects including bracers, loomweights, jewellery and polissoirs, as well as beach resources and chalk.
Studies of Bodiam and Other Elite Landscapes in South-Eastern England
Edited by Matthew Johnson
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 9780992633660
Pub Date: 2017-04-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The Highfield Press
300 Pages
This volume reports on survey and research undertaken between 2010 and 2014 at four different late medieval sites and landscapes in southeastern England: Bodiam, Scotney, Knole and Ightham. This volume presents this work and discusses its archaeological and historical importance.
Querns, Mills and Flour Production in Europe up to c. 500 AD
by David Peacock
Price: $72.00
ISBN: 9780992633608
Pub Date: 2013-11-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: The Highfield Press
220 Pages
This book is about the archaeology querns and mills, simple stone instruments which are vital to survival in a society which adopts bread as its staple. They become the ‘stones of life’, an essential ingredient in the subsistence strategy of settled agriculturalists.
A Diachronic Study of Millstone Making in Southern Spain
by Timothy J. Anderson
Price: $90.00
ISBN: 9780992633653
Pub Date: 2016-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The Highfield Press
341 Pages
This book examines the sites where stones were extracted to make querns and millstones. The study area is the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula and the chronological framework covers all the periods since the small saddle querns of the Neolithic through the large 20th-century industrial millstones that equipped wind and watermills.
Edited by Emilie Sibbesson, Ben Jervis and Sarah Coxon
Price: $130.00
ISBN: 9780992633646
Pub Date: 2016-04-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: The Highfield Press
220 Pages
This volume contains some of the most exciting developments currently underway in archaeological ceramic studies, including cutting-edge provenancing techniques, computer-aided visualization, and contemporary craft and design perspectives. It transcends traditional specialism and period boundaries, and closes with a compelling discussion of the rol
The Deposition and Use-Contexts of Querns in South-Western England from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
by Susan R. Watts
Price: $56.00
ISBN: 9780992633615
Pub Date: 2013-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The Highfield Press
183 Pages
Querns are special artefacts as they are concerned with subsistence and supporting life in a manner which few other artefacts can emulate: they transform raw material into a usable consumable commodity.
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The Highfield Press specialises in the publication of high-quality monographs and edited volumes on archaeology and related subjects, especially the archaeology of Europe and the broader Mediterranean region. It is the publisher of Southampton Monographs in Archaeology. Highfield Press books are produced to the highest standards and are lavishly illustrated. 
