Conflict and Battlefield Archaeology is a growing and important topic within archaeology. Written by one of the field's most prominent scholars, this book offers an important overview to research in the field and explores potential future developments.

Conflict and Battlefield Archaeology is a growing and important field in archaeology, with implications on the state of the world today: how humanity has prepared for, reacted to, and dealt with the consequences of conflict at a national and international level. As the field grows, there is an increasing need for research and development in this area.

Written by one of the most prominent scholars in this field of growing interest, "Aftermath", offers a clear and important overview to research in the field. It will become an essential source of information for scholars already involved in conflict archaeology as well as those just starting to explore the field. It offers access to previously hard-to-find but important research.

Conflict and battlefield archaeology is a new and growing area of Archaeological research Establishes the full scope of conflict and battlefield archaeology by bringing together a spectrum of approaches to the subject Offers an exploration of potential future developments for the field

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John Schofield has worked for English Heritage, initially as an Inspector with its Monuments Protection Programme, and more recently with the Characterisation Team. He is also Head of Military Programmes, and co-ordinates research into military and twentieth-century heritage. His most recent post is Director of Studies in Cultural Heritage Management, University of York. John Carman gained his PhD in Archaeology from Cambridge University, having researched the role of law in archaeological heritage management. In 2005 he took up his present post as University Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Heritage Valuation in the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at the University of Birmingham. He has lectured and published widely in the field of archaeological heritage management. Paul Belford has been a professional field archaeologist since the early 1990s, working on a wide range of projects throughout the UK and Europe. From 1995 he was based at the University of Sheffield, where he developed a research interest in historical and industrial archaeology. Since 2000 he has been the director of Ironbridge Archaeology, the contracting archaeology unit of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum.

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Aftermath: Readings in Contemporary Conflict Archaeology
John Schofield, English Heritage, Swindon, UK

Conflict and Battlefield Archaeology is a growing and important field in archaeology, with implications on the state of the world today: how humanity has prepared for, reacted to, and dealt with the consequences of conflict at a national and international level. As the field grows, there is an increasing need for research and development in this area.

Written by one of the most prominent scholars in this field of growing interest, Aftermath , offers a clear and important overview to research in the field. It will become an essential source of information for scholars already involved in conflict archaeology as well as those just starting to explore the field. It offers access to previously hard-to-find but important research.

Inhalt
Frameworks in Conflict Archaeology.- Considering Virilio's (1994) Bunker Archeology.- Conserving Recent Military Remains: Choices and Challenges for the Twenty-First Century.- Jessie's Cats and Other Stories: Presenting and Interpreting Recent Troubles.- Monuments and the Memories of War.- Memory and Place.- Views of the Berlin Wall: Allied Perspectives.- Peace Camp, Nevada.- Twyford Down.- Greenham Common Airbase.- Strait Street.- Landscapes of Events.- The Home Front, 191418.- The Battle of Britain.- D-Day Preparatory Sites in England.- Le Carré Landscapes: The Cold War.- Further Directions.- New Urban Frontiers and the Will to Belong.- Constructing Place: When Artists and Archaeologists Meet.