Conference review : Interpreting battlefield finds : making the most of museums

This conference had a relatively simple aim: to explore how museums and archaeology can work together in identifying, interpreting, and potentially displaying or publishing the finds from battlefield investigations. There was a good range of case-studies, and the papers examined largely black powder...

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Published in:Journal of conflict archaeology 2011-01, Vol.6, p.228-232
Main Author: Ball, Joanne
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This conference had a relatively simple aim: to explore how museums and archaeology can work together in identifying, interpreting, and potentially displaying or publishing the finds from battlefield investigations. There was a good range of case-studies, and the papers examined largely black powder sites, with one 11th-century battlefield, and two 16th-century underwater shipwrecks. Aside from the final paper, none of the case studies involved sites later than the mid-17th century; the range of the case studies illustrated the diversity of sites and artifacts currently being researched through conflict archaeology. [Publication Abstract]
ISSN:1574-0781