Battles and massacres on the Southwestern frontier : historical and archaeological perspectives / edited by Ronald K. Wetherington and Frances Levine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wetherington, Ronald K., editor.

Levine, Frances, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Wars--Southwest, New.

Indians of North America--Wars.

History.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Historic sites.

New Southwest.

Massacres--Southwest, New--History--19th century.

Massacres.

Historic sites--Southwest, New.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Southwest, New.

Southwest, New--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]

Summary:

Battles and Massacres are intimate affairs for combatants and others involved, their physical and emotional violence often stemming from fervor and fear. Although mass killing characterizes both battles and massacres, the two are profoundly different. Battles take place between armed forces; massacres are one-sided events in which most of the dead are innocent victims. Yet the fog of war shrouds both in a functional amnesia. Participants remember what happened only imperfectly, and later clarity cannot always rectify accounts. This unique study centers on four critical engagements between Anglo-Americans and American Indians on the southwestern frontier: the Battle of Cieneguilla (1854), the Battle of Adobe Walls (1864), the Sand Creek Massacre (1864), and the Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857). Editors Ronald K. Wetherington and Frances Levine juxtapose historical and archaeological perspectives on each event to untangle the ambiguity and controversy that surround both historical and more contemporary accounts of each of these violent outbreaks. Both disciplines, the contributors make clear, yield surprisingly similar narratives and interpretive agreement. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Battle of Cieneguilla

Commentary / Frances Levine Levine, Frances 9

The Historical Record / Will Gorenfeld Gorenfeld, Will 12

The Archaeological Record / David M. Johnson Johnson, David M. 43

The Battle of Adobe Walls

Commentary / Ronald K. Wetherington Wetherington, Ronald K. 79

Historical Perspectives / T. Lindsay Baker Baker, T. Lindsay 82

Archaeology at Adobe Walls / J. Brett Cruse Cruse, J. Brett 93

The Sand Creek Massacre

Commentary 113

Frances Levine

What's in a Name? The Fight to Call Sand Creek a Battle or a Massacre / Ari Kelman Kelman, Ari 116

Reassessing the Meaning of Artifact Patterning / Douglas D. Scott Scott, Douglas D. 134

The Mountain Meadows Massacre

Commentary / Ronald K. Wetherington Wetherington, Ronald K. 153

Understanding the Mountain Meadows Massacre / Glenn M. Leonard Leonard, Glenn M. 156

Placing the Dead at Mountain Meadows / Lars Rodseth Rodseth, Lars, Shannon A. Novak Novak, Shannon A. 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806144405

0806144408

OCLC:

858610515