The archaeology of the American Revolution / edited by Richard F. Veit and Matthew A. Kalos ; foreword by David G. Orr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orr, David Gerald, 1942- author of foreword.

Contributor:

Veit, Richard F., 1968- editor.

Kalos, Matthew A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military archaeology--United States.

Military archaeology.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2025]

Summary:

"This volume takes a holistic approach to the American Revolutionary War era, drawing on perspectives from archaeology and related disciplines to illuminate the multifaceted nature of the conflict"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / David G. Orr

Introduction / Matthew A. Kalos and Richard Veit

Part I: Historical Narratives and Material Culture. Gershom Prince, African American Revolutionary War Soldier, His Powder horn, and the 1778 Battle of Wyoming: A Personal Perspective / M. Denise Dennis

"All this appears to be forgotten now": Memory, Race, and Commemoration at Red Bank Battlefield / Jennifer Janofsky

Rending the Social Fabric: Revolution in Western Gloucester County, New Jersey / Garry Wheeler Stone-"Destruction and Wanton Waste": The Impact of War on a Peaceful Valley / Andrew M. Outten

"A Kind of Partisan War": An Overview of Archaeological Research on the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution, 1780-1782 / Steven D. Smith

Part II: Archaeology Interpretations. Bullet-Riddled Artifacts: Curated Objects of Memory from the First Day of the American Revolution / Joel R. Bohy and Douglas D. Scott

Archeological Investigations on the Barber Wheatfields, Saratoga National Historical Park / William A. Griswold and Joel Dukes

Archaeology of Cook's Fort: A Revolutionary Era Frontier Fort / W. Stephen McBride, Kim Arbogast McBride, and George M. Crothers

Shedding New Light onto the Past: A LiDAR- and Drone-Based Documentation Project & Analysis of the 1777 Middlebrook Encampment Redoubt / Michael C. Brown and Evan Mydlowski

Unearthing the "Log House City" Archaeology at the Pennsylvania Line's 1780-1781 Camp, Morristown, New Jersey / Richard Veit, Adam Heinrich, Sean McHugh, and Steven Santucci

Damages, Depredations, Sufferings and Destruction: The Landscape of Conflict and the "Late War with Great Britain" / Wade Catts and Robert Selig

The Lost Fleet of Crosswicks Creek: Assessing an Assemblage of Revolutionary War Shipwrecks / Jaclyn Fischer, Richard Veit, and Stephen Nagiewicz

Part III: Memory. The Memory of Paoli: The Intersections Among Conflict, Memory, Memorial, and Archaeology / Matthew A. Kalos

Memorialization, Reconstruction, Erosion, and Sham Battles: Multiple Ways of Remembering the Battle of Fort Mercer, New Jersey / Wade Catts

"Donop was Lost": Using Forensic Science to Resolve a Case of Mistaken Identity from the Revolutionary War / Richard Veit, Thomas A. Crist, Saine C. Hernandez-Burgos, and Hillary A. DelPrete

Afterword / Matthew A. Kalos and Richard Veit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Archaeology of the American Revolution

ISBN:

9780813079417

0813079411

OCLC:

1507731306

Publisher Number:

90102619382