The archaeology of forts and battlefields / David R. Starbuck ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starbuck, David R.

Series:

American experience in archaeological perspective

The American experience in archaeological perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battlefields--United States.

Battlefields.

Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Fortification.

History.

History, Military.

United States.

United States--History, Military--18th century.

United States--History, Military--19th century.

Archaeology and history--United States.

Archaeology and history.

Fortification--United States--History.

United States--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xiv, 128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2011]

Summary:

Starbuck (anthropology and sociology, Plymouth State U., New Hampshire) does not pretend to describe any substantial portion of the many archaeological projects relating to forts and battlefields, but sets out some of the ideas and processes that are unique to this kind of site using case studies from US history. His topics include research priorities, beginnings in the 16th and 17th centuries, the American Revolution, Indian wars in the American west, and human remains. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

An archaeologist's perspective

Research priorities

Forts and battlefields: sixteenth and seventeenth-century beginnings

The French and Indian war

The American Revolution

The American Civil War

Indian wars in the American West

Human remains

Reflections on the past and the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813036892

0813036895

OCLC:

666240002