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The Historian, Journal of the University of Exeter History Society, Vol. 3, nº 3., Mar 2014
The First World War is still widely regarded as a recent event. However, with the passing of the ... more The First World War is still widely regarded as a recent event. However, with the passing of the last survivors, History is becoming the domain of Archaeology. These archaeological finds give a clear insight into global politics and aspects of social life, including alterations to suffrage and class boundaries. Archaeologists’ discoveries, interpreted anthropologically, help uncover how and why such a brutal war took place, as human relations often parallel their geo-political counterpart. The distinctive approach of newly-developed battlefield archaeology provides different and complementary information about the conflict. Material remains allow researchers to discover a broad range of original perspectives about everyday lives of soldiers. Throughout this article, a multidisciplinary approach will be followed to discuss remains left after battle, landscapes in a broad sense, the archaeology of First World War battlefields, and finishing with concerns about the role of archaeology in historical periods.
The Historian, Journal of the University of Exeter History Society, Vol. 3, nº 3., Mar 2014
The First World War is still widely regarded as a recent event. However, with the passing of the ... more The First World War is still widely regarded as a recent event. However, with the passing of the last survivors, History is becoming the domain of Archaeology. These archaeological finds give a clear insight into global politics and aspects of social life, including alterations to suffrage and class boundaries. Archaeologists’ discoveries, interpreted anthropologically, help uncover how and why such a brutal war took place, as human relations often parallel their geo-political counterpart. The distinctive approach of newly-developed battlefield archaeology provides different and complementary information about the conflict. Material remains allow researchers to discover a broad range of original perspectives about everyday lives of soldiers. Throughout this article, a multidisciplinary approach will be followed to discuss remains left after battle, landscapes in a broad sense, the archaeology of First World War battlefields, and finishing with concerns about the role of archaeology in historical periods.