Look to the Earth : Historical Archaeology and the American Civil War

by Geier, Clarence R.; Winter, Susan E.

• ISBN13: 9780870499548
• ISBN10: 0870499548
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Directions	p. 1
Archaeological Perspectives on the Civil War: The Challenge to Achieve Relevance	p. 3
The Archaeology of Trauma: An Introduction to the Historical Archaeology of the American Civil War	p. 21
Battlefield Analysis and Reconstruction	p. 37
When the Shooting Stopped, the War Began	p. 39
Excavation Data for Civil War Era Military Sites in Middle Tennessee	p. 60
Endangered Legacy: Virginia's Civil War Naval Heritage	p. 76
Fortifications, Encampments, and Camp Life	p. 99
Civil War Fortifications and Campgrounds on Maryland Heights, the Citadel of Harpers Ferry	p. 101
Civil War Material Culture and Camp Life in Central Kentucky: Archaeological Investigations at Camp Nelson	p. 130
Cheat Summit Fort and Camp Allegheny: Early Civil War Encampments in West Virginia	p. 158
Other Directions	p. 171
Corn-Belt Agriculture during the Civil War Period, 1850-70: A Research Prospectus for Historical Archaeology	p. 173
Toward a Social History of the Civil War: The Hatcher-Cheatham Site	p. 191
The Role of Espionage and Foreign Intelligence in the Development of Heavy Ordnance at the West Point Foundry Cold Spring, New York	p. 215
Memorializing Landscapes and the Civil war in Harpers Ferry	p. 256
Glossary	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 273
Contributors	p. 313
Index	p. 317
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