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Essays that explore the growing field of conflict archaeology.
Within the last twenty years, the archaeology of conflict has
emerged as a valuable sub-discipline within anthropology,
contributing greatly to our knowledge and understanding of human
conflict on a global scale. Although archaeologists have clearly
demonstrated their utility in the study of large-scale battles and
sites of conventional warfare, such as camps and forts, conflicts
involving asymmetric, guerilla, or irregular warfare are largely
missing from the historical record. Partisans, Guerillas, and
Irregulars: Historical Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare presents
recent examples of how historical archaeology can contribute to a
better understanding of asymmetric warfare. The volume introduces
readers to this growing study and to its historic importance.
Contributors illustrate how the wide range of traditional and new
methods and techniques of historiography and archaeology can be
applied to expose critical actions, sacrifices, and accomplishments
of competing groups representing opposing philosophies and ways of
life, which are otherwise lost in time. The case studies offered
cover significant events in American and world history, including
the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, Indian wars in
the Southeast and Southwest, the Civil War, Reconstruction,
Prohibition, and World War II. All such examples used here took
place at a local or regional level, and several were singular
events within a much larger and more complex historic movement.
While retained in local memory or tradition, and despite their
potential importance, they are poorly, and incompletely addressed
in the historic record. Furthermore, these conflicts took place
between groups of significantly different cultural and military
traditions and capabilities, most taking on a ""David vs. Goliath""
character, further shaping the definition of asymmetric warfare.
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