The British Archaeological Reports Series contains over 3,500 books of academic archaeological research, including monographs, excavation reports, revised theses and conference proceedings. Founded in 1974, the BAR series is the largest series of academic archaeology in the world, covering all major aspects of academic archaeology worldwide. The BAR Series consists of the International series and the British series. The founders, Dr Anthony Hands (31/4/34 - 7/8/2013) and David Walker, started the publishing business when, in the late 1960s, they were unable to publish the site reports of their own archaeological dig, Shakenoak Roman Villa in Oxfordshire, both because of the size of the output but also due to the lack of funding and institutional support. The prohibitive cost of printing in Britain at that time, and the lack of specialist publishers willing to publish archaeological site reports, meant that Hands, Walker and their colleague Conant Brodribb ended up self publishing. This involved buying a printing machine and undertaking the full production of their own books, before selling to readers via mail. To their surprise, they were able to make a profit, so set out to act as publisher to other excavation reports, though much of their output became broader than the expected archaeological reports: By 1994 only 8% of their British Series and 2% of their International Series were excavation reports. More information...
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