Military Archaeology : How Detectorists and Major Finds Improve our Understanding of History by Tim Heath

Military and battlefield archaeology has always been?viewed as a sub-discipline to that of?traditional historical archaeology. Once?considered the pursuit of learned history?professors and their disciples today, military archaeology has flourished around the?world into what can only best be described?as a hugely popular pastime, and in some?instances a multi-million-pound business. With technologies available today, even?the student on the most modest of budgets?can become an archaeologist (if only in the?layman's term).?Yet despite it's popularity in unearthing?answers to the questions of our turbulent?past, there are surprisingly few texts?available on what is arguably a fascinating?and historically important subject. The?objective herein is to present an analysis?of various battles fought around the world?from medieval times to the present, and the?archaeology recovered from investigations?carried out by professionally sanctioned?groups and hobbyists. The context here?includes general battlefield recovered?artefacts, military aviation crash sites, Second?World War pill boxes, air raid shelters, POW?Camps and other structures. There is also?emphasis on Britain's ally in both world wars,?the United States of America, examining the?artefacts, wreckology, structures and dumping?grounds left behind by the American military?forces at the end of the Second World War?both in the UK and Europe. Military Archaeology:?How Detectorists and Major Finds Improve our Understanding of History is a?valuable addition to the military and literary?analysis of the archaeology of warfare from?the Boudiccan uprising to the 2003 Invasion?of Iraq.
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