Archaeologies of Conflict, Paperback by Carman, John, Brand New, Free shippin...

Archaeologies of Conflict, Paperback by Carman, John, ISBN 1472583884, ISBN-13 9781472583888, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

The development of key methodologies for the study of battlefields in the USA in the 1980s inspired a generation of British and European archaeologists to turn their attention to sites in their own countries. The end of the Cold War and key anniversaries of the World Wars inspired others, especially in the UK, to examine the material legacy of those conflicts before they disappeared. By 2000 the study of war was again firmly on the archaeological agenda. The overall purpose of th is to encourage proponents and practitioners of Conflict Archaeology to consider what it is for and how to develop it in the central argument is that, at present , Conflict Archaeology is effectively divided into closed communities who do not interact to any large extent. These separate communities are divided by period and by nationality, so that a truly international Conflict Archaeology has yet to emerge. These divisions prevent the exchange of information and ideas across boundaries and thereby limit the scope of the field. This book discusses these issues in detail, clearly outlining how they affect the development of Conflict Archaeology as a coherent branch of archaeology.