Publishing

In the field of publishing, I undertake small freelance jobs (anything from typesetting to full publishing) which helps pay the bills, but my real interest increasingly lies in electronic publishing. As well as having an interest in etexts, ejournals and the like, I am currently working on a World Wide Web project to create a 'dynamic book' about Roman military equipment, I maintain a small site that focuses on the desiderata of the Roman world, mainly culled from my own travels, and I have produced a description of my excavations of 1990-1 on the Roman fort at Chester-le-Street. I am also exploring a number of projects that combine conventional printing and multimedia, the first fruits of which will hopefully be ready in 1998. I am, for what it's worth, a member of the HTML Writers' Guild.

Reflecting my interest in Roman military equipment, since 1989 I have edited and published a newsletter on the subject, Arma, and edit an academic journal, the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies.

In the unlikely eventuality that you want to see a list of works with which I have been involved, there follows just such a catalogue. Alternatively, why not go and make a cup of tea instead?

• M.C. Bishop (ed.) Roman Military Equipment (Sheffield 1983) [edited, prepared crc, and published by self]
• BAR International Series 275, 336, 394, 476 [crc produced for British Archaeological Reports]
• Arma, Newsletter of the Roman Military Equipment Conference (ISSN 0960-9172) 1:1- (June 1989-) [edited, typeset, crc originated, and published by self]
• Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 1-2 (1990-1991) (ISSN 0961-3684) [edited, indexed, typeset, crc originated, and published by self]
• Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 3-5 (1992-1994) (ISSN 0961-3684) [edited, indexed, typeset, and crc originated for Oxbow Books]
• Arbeia 5- (1992) [typeset and crc originated for the Arbeia Society]
• Arbeia Journal 1-3 (1993-5) [typeset, crc originated, and published for the Arbeia Society]
• Newsbulletin 11- (December 1991-) [typeset, crc originated, and published for Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne]
• M.C. Bishop, Recent Excavations at Chester-le-Street, (Newcastle upon Tyne 1991) [written, typeset, crc originated, and published for the Archaeological Practice, University of Newcastle]
• P.J. Casey & J.L. Davies with J. Evans, Excavations at Segontium (Caernarfon) Roman Fort 1975-1979, CBA Research Report 90 (London 1993) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• G.G. Astill, A Medieval Industrial Landscape and its Landscape: The Metalworking, Watermills and Workshops of Bordesley Abbey, CBA Research Report 92 (York 1993) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• H. Quinnell & M.R. Blockley, Excavations at Rhuddlan, Clwyd 1969-73: Mesolithic to Medieval, CBA Research Report 95 (York 1994) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• M.C. Bishop, Corstopitum: An Edwardian Excavation, (London 1994) [written, typeset, and crc originated to film for English Heritage]
• M. Dawson, A Late Roman Cemetery at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire Archaeology Monograph No.1 (Bedford 1994) [designed, typeset, crc originated, and published for Bedfordshire Archaeological Council]
• N.W. Alcock & L. Hall, Fixtures and Fittings in Dated Houses 1567-1763, Practical Handbooks in Archaeology 11 (York 1994) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• B. Davies et al., A Dated Corpus of Early Roman Pottery from the City of London, The Archaeology of Roman London 5, CBA Research Report 98 (York 1994) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• C. Dobinson & S. Denison, Metal Detecting and Archaeology in England, (York 1995) [indexed, typeset, and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• I. Brown et al., 20th Century Defences in Britain. An Introductory Guide, Practical Handbooks in Archaeology 12 (York 1995) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• B. Vyner (ed.), Moorland Monuments: Studies in the Archaeology of North-East Yorkshire in Honour of Raymond Hayes and Don Spratt, CBA Research Report 101 (York 1995) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• M. Heyworth, British Archaeological Yearbook 1995-96, (York 1995) [indexed, typeset, and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• T. Cocke, D. Findlay, R. Halsey, & E. Williamson, Recording a Church: an Illustrated Glossary, Practical Handbooks in Archaeology 7 (revised edition: York 1996) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• C.F. Mawer, Evidence for Christianity in Roman Britain. The Small Finds, British Archaeological Reports British Series 243 (Oxford 1995) [typeset and crc originated for C.F. Mawer]
• P. Webster, Roman Samian Pottery in Britain, Practical Handbooks in Archaeology 13 (York 1996) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• S. Rippon, The Gwent Levels: the Evolution of a Wetland Landscape, CBA Research Report 105 (York 1996) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• P. Johnson & I. Haynes, Architecture in Roman Britain, CBA Research Report 94 (York 1996) [copy-edited, typeset, and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• M.C. Bishop, Finds from Roman Aldborough. A Catalogue of Small Finds from the Romano-British Town of Isurium Brigantum, Oxbow Monograph 65, (Oxford 1996) [written, copy-edited, typeset, and crc originated for Oxbow Books]
• E. Evans & J. Parkhouse, Excavations in Cowbridge 1977-88, British Archaeological Reports British Series (in press 1996) [typeset and crc originated for the Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust]
• N.W. Alcock, M.W. Barley, P.W. Dixon, & R.A. Meeson, Recording Timber-Framed Buildings: An Illustrated Glossary, Practical Handbooks in Archaeology 5 (York 1996) [typeset and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• H. Brooke, Closed for Business (Southwell 1997) [typeset, crc originated, and published for Southwell Minster]
• J.D. Hurst (ed), A multi-period salt production site at Droitwich: excavations at Upwich, CBA Research Report 107 (York 1997) [typeset, and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• P. Andrews (ed.), Excavations at Hamwic: Volume 2, CBA Research Report 109 (York 1997) [typeset, and crc originated for the Council for British Archaeology]
• R.P.J. McCullagh & R. Tipping (eds), The Lairg Project 1988-1996. The Evolution of an Archaeological Landscape in Northern Scotland, STAR Monograph 3 (Edinburgh 1998) [typeset, crc originated, and published for the Scottish Trust for Archaeological Research]

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This page was last updated on October 15th 1999

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