Historical Archaeology of Military Sites [Recurso electrónico] : Method and Topic / edited by Clarence R. Geier ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-268) and index.

Civil War battlefield archaeology: examining and interpreting the debris of battle -- Dissecting seventeenth and eighteenth century battlefields: two case studies from the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland -- Patterning in earthen fortifications -- Methods in the archaeology of colonial frontier forts: examples from Virginia and West Virginia -- Great War archaeology in Belgium and France: a new challenge for battlefield archaeologists -- History, archaeology, and the Battle of Balaclava (Crimea, 1854) -- Cultural landscapes and collateral damage: Fredericksburg and Northern Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in the Civil War -- Naval battlefields as cultural landscapes: the Siege of Yorktown -- The Maple Leaf: the wreck site of a Civil War transport ship -- Naval monuments and memorials: symbols in a contested landscape -- We must act under our own chiefs according to our own customs: understanding indigenous military archaeology -- The tragedy of the Nez Perce War of 1877: an archaeological expression -- Glossary.

Following the paper trail: a historian's role at the Snake Hill excavations, Ontario, Canada -- Geophysics: some recommendations and applications -- Military medicine in the pre-modern era: using forensic techniques in the archaeological investigation of military remains -- When the site is a scene: battlefield archaeology and forensic sites -- Maritime archaeology of naval battlefields -- Watch-fires of a hundred circling camps: theoretical and practical approaches to investigating Civil War campsites -- Mapping early modern warfare: the role of geophysical survey and archaeology in interpreting the buried fortifications at Petersburg, Virginia -- Topics in the historical archaeology of military sites --

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