Historical archaeology of military sites : method and topic / edited by Clarence R. Geier [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geier, Clarence R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology and history--Case studies.

Archaeology and history.

Military archaeology--Case studies.

Military archaeology.

Archaeology--Methodology--Case studies.

Archaeology.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Case studies.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Military history--Case studies.

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The recent work of anthropologists, historians, and historical archaeologists has changed the very essence of military history. While once preoccupied with great battles and the generals who commanded the armies and employed the tactics, military history has begun to emphasize the importance of the "common man" for interpreting events. As a result, military historians have begun to see military forces and the people serving in them from different perspectives. The Historical Archaeology of Military Sites has encouraged efforts to understand armies as human communities and to address the lives of those who composed them. Tying a group of combatants to the successes and failures of their military commanders leads to a failure to understand such groups as distinct social units and, in some instances, self-supporting societies: structured around a defined social and political hierarchy; regulated by law; needing to be supplied and nurtured; and often at odds with the human community whose lands they occupied, be they those of friend or foe. The Historical Archaeology of Military Sites will afford students, professionals dealing with military sites, and the interested public examples of the latest techniques and proven field methods to aid understanding and conservation of these vital pieces of the world's heritage.

Contents:

section 1. Historical-archaeological methods and the documentation, analysis, and interpretation of military sites

section 2. Topics in the historical archaeology of military sites.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781603443104

160344310X

OCLC:

698589262