Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front

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Casemate Publishers, 2008. jan. 1. - 207 oldal
Modern research methods - archaeological, historical, forensic - have transformed our view of the past. This is especially true of the history of the Great War. In this, the first comprehensive survey of this exciting new field, Andrew Robertshaw and David Kenyon introduce the reader to the techniques that are employed and record, in vivid detail, many of the remarkable projects that have been undertaken. They show how archaeology can be used to reveal the position of trenches, dugouts and other battlefield features and to rediscover what life on the Western Front was really like. And they show how individual soldiers are themselves part of the story, for forensic investigation of the war dead is now so highly developed that individuals can be identified and their fate discovered.
 

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01 The Trenches Today
25
02 Digging the Trenches
61
03 Living in the Trenches
91
04 Fighting for the Trenches
113
05 Death in the Trenches
141
06 Four Stories
173
07 Notes
201
08 Index
203
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Andrew Robertshaw is an author and a historian. David Kenyon is an archaeologist who has worked all over the UK as well as in Europe and the Near East. He has a lifelong interest in military history and in the Great War in particular, and he is one of the most experienced Great War archaeologists in the UK. He was the lead archaeologist on the TV project Finding the Fallen, and he has contributed to many other Great War programs.

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