Digging the trenches : the archaeology of the Western Front / Andrew Robertshaw & David Kenyon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertshaw, Andrew, author.

Kenyon, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe, Western.

Battlefields--Europe, Western.

World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare.

Europe, Western--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern research methods - archaeological, historical, forensic - have transformed our view of the past. This is especially true of the history of the Great War. In this, the first comprehensive survey of this exciting new field, Andrew Robertshaw and David Kenyon introduce the reader to the techniques that are employed and record, in vivid detail, many of the remarkable projects that have been undertaken. They show how archaeology can be used to reveal the position of trenches, dugouts and other battlefield features and to rediscover what life on the Western Front was really like. And they sho

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - The Trenches Today""; ""AFTER THE WAR""; ""MEMORIALISATION""; ""WHAT IS GREAT WAR ARCHAEOLOGY?""; ""PRESERVATION � TAPHONOMY""; ""DEPOSITION � STRATIGRAPHY""; ""SAFETY""; ""THE CHALLENGE""; ""Chapter 2 - Digging the Trenches""; ""1914""; ""1915 � 1916""; ""1917 � 1918""; ""Chapter 3 - Living in the Trenches""; ""TRENCH ROUTINE""; ""THE DAILY ROUND""; ""FOOD""; ""COMFORTS""; ""HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS""; ""PERSONAL ITEMS""; ""Chapter 4 - Fighting in the Trenches""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-202) and index.

ISBN:

9781783033690

178303369X

OCLC:

854974751