Military Archaeology (Hardback)
How Detectorists and Major Finds Improve our Understanding of History
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
Pages: 272
Illustrations: 40 mono illustrations
ISBN: 9781399023238
Published: 28th November 2023
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Military and battlefield archaeology has always been viewed as a sub-discipline to that of traditional historical archaeology. Once considered the pursuit of learned history professors and their disciples today, military archaeology has flourished around the world into what can only best be described as a hugely popular pastime, and in some instances a multi-million-pound business.
With technologies available today, even the student on the most modest of budgets can become an archaeologist (if only in the layman’s term). Yet despite it’s popularity in unearthing answers to the questions of our turbulent past, there are surprisingly few texts available on what is arguably a fascinating and historically important subject. The objective herein is to present an analysis of various battles fought around the world from medieval times to the present, and the archaeology recovered from investigations carried out by professionally sanctioned groups and hobbyists. The context here includes general battlefield recovered artefacts, military aviation crash sites, Second World War pill boxes, air raid shelters, POW Camps and other structures. There is also emphasis on Britain’s ally in both world wars, the United States of America, examining the artefacts, wreckology, structures and dumping grounds left behind by the American military forces at the end of the Second World War both in the UK and Europe.
Military Archaeology: How Detectorists and Major Finds Improve our Understanding of History is a valuable addition to the military and literary analysis of the archaeology of warfare from the Boudiccan uprising to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
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About Julian Evan-Hart
JULIAN EVAN-HART helped to organise the world’s first archaeological excavation of a Zeppelin crash site and searched in the deserts of Jordan for any tangible evidence of Lawrence of Arabia. He has written or contributed to around 27 published books on metal detecting and aviation history and is currently the editor of Treasure Hunting magazine.
About Tim Heath
Born into a military family, Tim Heath’s interest in military history began at an early age. Firstly, specialising in military ammunition, weapons and militaria collecting in general with particular emphasis on the air war of the Second World War, he embarked upon an extensive programme of groundbreaking research which inadvertently led him to focus his efforts on the social history elements of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich Germany with particular emphasis upon the roles of females prior to and during the Third Reich Nazi era. During the course of his research work spanning some thirty-six years, he has worked closely with both the German War Graves Commission, Kassel, Germany, and veterans and civilians from all sides of the global conflict that was the Second World War. His first book, Hitler’s Girls - Doves Amongst Eagles, was published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd in 2017. Following on from the success of Hitler’s Girls, Tim has written a further thirteen books. He has written extensively for some of the UK’s leading military history publications and has contributed articles to various online media resources around the world. He has also appeared in the Sky History documentary series Hitler’s Handmaidens and The Nazis -Threads of Evil for Refuge 31. He lives in the former market town of Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, with his partner Paula.