Fields of Conflict

by Scott, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9781597972765
• ISBN10: 1597972762
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-06
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

Fields of Conflict reveals new interpretations of classic battles and explores how archaeology is used regardless of geographic or temporal location. While military archaeology has always been popular, this groundbreaking volume is the first attempt to create a cohesive chronological interpretation for future study and understanding. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
How Do You Know It's a Battlefield?	p. 5
Mustering Landscapes: What Historic Battlefields Share in Common	p. 39
Characteristics of Ancient Battlefields: Battle of Varus (9 AD)	p. 50
Finding Battery Positions at Wilson's Creek, Missouri	p. 58
Battlefield Viewsheds, or What the General Saw: Lookout Mountain Battlefield, Chattanooga, Tennessee	p. 75
What the Musket Ball Can Tell: Monmouth Battlefield State Park, New Jersey	p. 84
"Listen to the Minie Balls": Identifying Firearms in Battlefield Archaeology	p. 102
Total Roman Defeat at the Battle of Varus (9 AD)	p. 121
English Battlefields 991-1685: A Review of Problems and Potentials	p. 133
Arrows Point to Mass Graves: Finding the Dead from the Battle of Towton, 1461 AD	p. 160
Indian Resistance in New Spain: The 1541 AD Battlefield of Penol de Nochistlan, an Exemplar of Indigenous Resistance	p. 174
Tatars, Cossacks, and the Polish Army: The Battle of Zboriv	p. 193
Camden: Salvaging Data from a Heavily Collected Battlefield	p. 208
Apache Victory against the U.S. Dragoons, the Battle of Cieneguilla, New Mexico	p. 235
The Confederate Cantonment at Evansport, Virginia	p. 255
Fort Davidson Battlefield, Missouri	p. 278
The Confederate Forward Line, Battle of Nashville, Tennessee	p. 294
Seven Eventful Days in Paraguay: Reconnoitering the Archaeology of the War of the Triple Alliance	p. 314
Buffalo Soldiers versus the Apache: The Battle in Hembrillo Basin, New Mexico	p. 336
Scars of The Great War (Western Flanders, Belgium)	p. 359
Pointe-du-Hoc Battlefield, Normandy, France	p. 383
"For You the War Is Over": Finding the Great Escape Tunnel at Stalag Luft III	p. 398
Hill 209: The Last Stand of Operation Manchu, Korea	p. 417
Conclusions: Toward a Unified View of the Archaeology of Fields of Conflict	p. 429
Index	p. 439
About the Contributors	p. 443
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