Starting in 1991, we (through Tempvs Reparatvm and then Archaeopress – and alongside John and Erica Hedges) have to date published nearly 2300 titles in the BAR Series (British Series and International Series). Over these 24 years we have worked with thousands of archaeologists from all round the world and have helped to kick start the careers of many of the world’s leading archaeological scholars.

We should like to thank all our authors for their valuable contributions to the discipline, similarly the many thesis supervisors, referees, series editors, excavation directors and project co-ordinators who have helped us to bring so many volumes to publication. We are grateful for the many commendations of which we post a selection below.

You can see the complete list of our publications in the BAR series here.


David Davison MA MPhil DPhil FSA and Rajka Makjanić MA PhD

My research office (The Winchester Research Unit) has been next to the Archaeopress office since they moved in 2001 and we have been in virtually daily contact over the fifteen years since then. My late wife, the Danish archaeologist Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle, and I had ample opportunity to observe the extraordinary through-put of great numbers of BAR volumes, from receipt of texts or disks among the great quantity of incoming mail to the dispatch of vast quantities of  the finished volumes. We never ceased to wonder at the constant flow of visiting scholars, both old friends of ours and many others, who passed through to discuss future volumes, or the progress of volumes ‘in the works’, or to say thank you. We were published one way or another in several of the BAR volumes and never had any doubt that these were BAR volumes the production of which was entirely in the hands of Rajka and David.  The whole operation is like, as indeed it is, an international publishing house, run on superbly efficient lines by a devoted team, all of whom became friends over the years. We were proud to be next to and experience ‘the BAR phenomenon’ and often told friends, ‘Oh, you find us next to the Archaeopress office.’   Professor Martin Biddle CBE, FBA Rajka is a great publisher, editor and trustworthy in her work, easy in personal relations. She really endorses her publications.   Minna Silver, BAR 1817, BAR 2230 Over the past 20 years or so Archaeopress and the sterling work of David, Rajka and their team have played an important and arguably essential role in the development of archaeological studies within British and International universities.  Anyone working within this field and attending conferences would have noticed the obligatory Archaeopress book stall with the familiar faces of David and Gerry ready to chat, greet, promote and sometimes sell (and long may this continue).  To say that Archaeopress have significantly contributed to the discipline is an understatement.  Many careers have started and continue because of the nurturing and dedication of the Archaeopress team.  For me, my relationship with the Archaeopress team started in 1997 when they published one of a number of books.  For this, I have always been extremely grateful for their strong ethos in taking the risk and having the vision to consider topics that sometimes went beyond mainstream archaeology.  Over the years the Archaeopress team have placed many up-and-coming academics firmly on the map and the loyalty of these individuals has been reciprocated with later publications (I draw the reader's attention to the work undertaken by the Stonehenge Riverside Project). George Nash My collaboration with Archaeopress team began as soon as the new millennium. I discovered not only a team of qualified editors, but also a group of wonderful friends whom I’ve met with great pleasure at every EAA meeting. For me Archaeopress’ publications represent an efficient instrument to present my research and I am grateful for the high professionalism and promptness of this great team lead by David. Thank you all!   Dragos Gheorghiu The BAR volumes published by Archaeopress represent a massive achievement for which scholars of archaeology across the world should be truly grateful, and contributors duly proud. Conference sessions, dissertations, thesis, excavation reports, artefact studies, and catalogues are all well-represented: from preliminary ideas and tentative suggestions to considered perspectives and well-honed theories. They are all here. On some, reputations were built. Others awakened new ways of thinking. And as items of material culture the distinctive ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ soft-bound volumes divide the world into two groups. The ‘lumpers’ who keep the volumes in each series together like giant monoliths on their library shelves; and the ‘splitters’ who scatter their volumes among other works by theme, topic, region, period, or fancy so that the liveried spines peep out from their shelves like the first and fifth stripes in the rainbow. In which group are you?   Professor Timothy Darvill, Bournemouth University, UK What a great achievement David, Rajka and the team; what a fantastic contribution to archaeology thank you so much and it’s been lovely working with you over the years. You really have become an institution. I always say: ‘You are never far from a BAR’ and just looking around me now there are at least five in view. If you piled all 2,274 volumes up they would be at least 30 metres high, so they could also be used for taking aerial photographs of excavation trenches. Not many series you can say that about!   Derek Kennet, Durham University I am very sorry that Archaeopress represented by dr. David Davison and dr. Rajka Makjanić will not take care of the publication of BAR anymore. I have very good memories of my PhD publication with you as publishers (BAR S2265 2011): kindness to a young, foreign and unknown scholar; work efficiency (my every request got a resolution, every email had a prompt response); fast publication.   Gianluca Melandri

I first collaborated with Archaeopress in 2001 on Greek Settlements in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, co-edited by Anthony Snodgrass (2002). Since then, I have published another three volumes with them (the most recent due out later this year). Thanks to Archaeopress, BAR has become one of the world's leading publication series in archaeology. It has been a pleasure to work with David, Rajka and their team. They are very dedicated and highly professional. I look forward to a continuing collaboration with Archaeopress as it takes on a new direction. Gocha Tsetskhladze  ….. Alongside the ever more impressive quantity and cover of BARs one cannot neglect to mention the enthusiasm and friendliness of the Archaeopress team, always a pleasure to exchange letters with, to meet over conference bookstalls, and to share a drink and even a meal with on such international occasions.   John Bintliff I did a book with you guys a while ago and worked very closely with your staff ­–  it was one of the most positive and rewarding experiences in publishing I have had in 30 years.   John McNabb It is difficult to sum up a 25-year association with Archaeopress in a few words, not least with 2274 titles to consider!  And I think one would probably include Archaeopress’ re-printing of my book, first published in 1975 as BAR 17.  What can I say?!  The BAR series contains titles of great and enduring significance, many of which are unlikely to have been published in any other context.  This strikes a particular chord with doctoral theses and I'm especially delighted that so many of my own doctoral students, at the beginning of their careers, have been able to publish their theses through Archaeopress. My bookshelves contain many well used and well worn titles, a signifcant number with greater evidence of use than titles from 'conventional' publishers! I look forward to a continuing relationship with Archaeopress! Professor Michael Fulford   In my experience everything was great and very professional when working with Archaeopress and with David and Rajka. I hope there will be further occasions in the future.    Marta Caroscio, BAR S2302

No Archaeologist’s bookshelf is without a long run of red and sometimes blue BARs, the majority of which have been published by Archaeopress, and I myself have edited and contributed to some of these volumes. BARs are important because they have long enabled the publication of large amounts of data as well as its discussion, and David and Rajka’s team have a tradition of welcoming and supporting the work of younger scholars, many of whom have gone on to have a great impact in the discipline, often through their BAR publications. I do not know another publisher who when you visit their stand at a conference asks you about your younger colleagues, their career development and their plans. BARs are an important tool in my work, and the editorial and personal input of the Archaeopress team has long been instrumental in their success – good luck in your new publishing ventures!   Professor  Mark Pearce  Most of the BAR volumes with which I have been involved were published by Archaeopress, and these included not only a new edition of my thesis, but  a catalogue of Roman gems in the Ashmolean (with Arthur MacGregor, BAR Int.ser.1332) as well as Festschrifts for Gertrud Seidmann (with Dimitris Plantzos,BAR Int.ser.793) and Martin and Birthe Biddle (with Nigel Ramsay, BAR Brit.ser.505), and memorial volumes for Sonia Hawkes (with Tyler Jo Smith, BAR Int.ser.1673) and John Rhodes (with Crispin Paine, BAR Brit ser.2013) and a volume edited by Christine Finn and myself entitled 'Outside Archaeology', examining the relationship between material culture and the poetic imagination (BAR Int.ser.2001) A particular pleasure was a volume on Roman Art, Religion and Society (BAR Int ser.1577) which contained essays by some of my undergraduate students and friends as well as contributions by myself.   Martin Henig   The report looks great and I have already had enquiries about when it will be available. Please pass on my thanks to all involved as this was the most straightforward, hassle-free publication I have been involved with.   Peter Holt, BAR 613 Archaeopress have been great in helping to launch and publish our monograph series. They have been really helpful in all stages of the process, from typesetting advice to final production of our publications.   Julian Whitewright, Maritime Archaeology Trust As a co-author, reviewer and blagger I now have half a book shelf of blue BAR British Series Reports. They are where I go to for detailed descriptions of lithics and pots and include important reports (for me) by Allen 2014 and Hayward 2009. However my favourite is Swarbrick 2012. Archaeopress agreed to publish his gazetteer of British Isle standing stones so preserving a lifetime’s data collected by an amateur. My guess is that this act of foresight and academic/publishing generosity was not a unique one by the publishers but part of their background values. Oh and they are bloody good at the business too, valuable reports at realistic prices.   Robert Ixer The BAR series is a cornerstone of British and world archaeology. Archaeopress has created an extraordinary backlist and enabled many young researchers published for a wide audience.   Professor Mike Parker Pearson I have received my contributor copies. Iam really pleased with this. Thank you very much to the Archaeopress team! Since we started this process Archaeopress is an important part of my academic life. It is therefore that I will be eternally grateful. Mariano Bonanno, BAR S2738