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Papers by Tony Pollard
International Journal of Military History and Historiography
There were two sets of Falkland Islands fought over in 1982. To the British, including the island... more There were two sets of Falkland Islands fought over in 1982. To the British, including the islanders, they were of course the Falklands, but to the Argentines they were the Malvinas. Some in the British military thought the islands were off the coast of Scotland when they first heard of them, in most cases just before deployment. By way of contrast, Argentine troops had grown up believing they were part of their birth right stolen from them by British ‘pirates’. But how did troops on the ground view the islands when they were up close and personal with them, when the islands formed the battlefields over which they fought? During the Falklands-Malvinas War the surface of the land was bombed, it was shelled, it was picked apart and dug into to create fortifications, minefields and graves, and in places it still carries those scars. Drawing on the experience of four visits since 2012, eyewitness accounts and memoirs, military records and archaeological remains, this article explores th...
(alphabetical order by author) The Tudela Site: Fire and Steel Over Saipan, 15 June 1944, Lon E. ... more (alphabetical order by author) The Tudela Site: Fire and Steel Over Saipan, 15 June 1944, Lon E. Bulgrin Ancient Bloody Meadows: Classical Battlefields in Greece, John and Patricia Carman Archaeology of a Great War Dugout: Beecham Farm, Passchendaele, Belgium. Peter Doyle, Peter Barton and Johan Vandewalle Suffering in Silence: The Political Aesthetics of Pain in Antonine Art, Iain Ferris Siegefields: An Archaeological Assessment of English Civil War 'Small' sieges, Peter Harrington Building a Model of a Field Fortification of the 'Thirty Years War' near Olbramov, Czech Republic, Vaclav Matousek Survey and Excavation of an Anglo-Zulu War Fort at Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Tony Pollard, Iain Banks Orphan Heritage: Issues in Managing the Heritage of the Great War in Northern France and Belgium, Jon Price Battlefields of Class Conflict: Ludlow Then and Now, Dean Saitta, Mark Walker and Paul Reckner An Island Divided: Politicised Landscapes, Modern Borders and Shifting Identities, Kylie Seretis The Application of Great War Aerial Photography for Battlefield Archaeology. The Example of Flanders, Birger Stichelbaut The Battle of Agincourt : An Alternative location?, Timothy Sutherland Socio-political change on a slave-raiding frontier war, trade and 'Big Men' in nineteenth century Sisalaland, Northern Ghana, Natalie Swanepoel
Writing Battles, 2020
Battles have long featured prominently in historical consciousness, as moments when the balance o... more Battles have long featured prominently in historical consciousness, as moments when the balance of power was seen to have tipped, or when aspects of collective identity were shaped. But how have perspectives on warfare changed? How similar are present day ideologies of warfare to those of the Medieval period? Looking back over a thousand years of British, Irish and Scandinavian battles, Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe examines how different times and cultures have reacted to war, considering the changing roles of religion and technology in the experience and memorialisation of conflict. Fighting and killing have been deplored, glorified and everything in between across the ages, and Writing Battles reminds us of the visceral impact left on those who come after.
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, 2005
As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow University Archaeologic... more As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) undertook an archaeological excavation of an artificial mound and associated cists containing human remains of mid-Bronze Age date, at Ferndale, Rendall, Orkney. The excavation identified the presence of two cists containing cremation burials (cist 004 and cist 010), and a third that contained a poorly preserved inhumation (cist 003). Cists 004 and 010 would appear to be related to an artificially created mound, and parallel a number of similar 'barrow' sites from Orkney. Cist 004 contained an inhumation and was of differing construction. It would appear to relate to a different phase and tradition of cist burials. Analysis of skeletal material from cist 004 identified the remains of an older adult male, a female of between 18 and 30 years of age and an infant of 15 months. The adult male was found to have suffered from a bone infection of the femur a...
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, 2005
In response to the threat posed by marine and river erosion, a series of deeply stratified midden... more In response to the threat posed by marine and river erosion, a series of deeply stratified midden deposits was excavated in caves leading off a narrow, rock-cut inlet known as the Geodha Smoo, near Durness, Sutherland. These included the famous Smoo Cave (NGR: NC 4136 6714), at the southern end of the inlet; two smaller caves cut into the western wall of the inlet (Glassknapper's Cave and Antler Cave); and a fourth cave (Wetweather Cave) in the eastern wall. The majority of excavated deposits from these caves appear to relate to Viking/Norse or post-Norse activity, with fish bones, marine shells and mammal and bird bones representing the processing and consumption of marine and terrestrial foods. Possible evidence for metalsmithing in the form of iron slag and boat nails could suggest that boats were repaired in the sheltered inlet. Four radiocarbon dates from Smoo Cave and Glassknapper's Cave provide evidence for use of these sites between the eighth and 11th centuries AD. ...
International Journal of Military History and Historiography
There were two sets of Falkland Islands fought over in 1982. To the British, including the island... more There were two sets of Falkland Islands fought over in 1982. To the British, including the islanders, they were of course the Falklands, but to the Argentines they were the Malvinas. Some in the British military thought the islands were off the coast of Scotland when they first heard of them, in most cases just before deployment. By way of contrast, Argentine troops had grown up believing they were part of their birth right stolen from them by British ‘pirates’. But how did troops on the ground view the islands when they were up close and personal with them, when the islands formed the battlefields over which they fought? During the Falklands-Malvinas War the surface of the land was bombed, it was shelled, it was picked apart and dug into to create fortifications, minefields and graves, and in places it still carries those scars. Drawing on the experience of four visits since 2012, eyewitness accounts and memoirs, military records and archaeological remains, this article explores th...
(alphabetical order by author) The Tudela Site: Fire and Steel Over Saipan, 15 June 1944, Lon E. ... more (alphabetical order by author) The Tudela Site: Fire and Steel Over Saipan, 15 June 1944, Lon E. Bulgrin Ancient Bloody Meadows: Classical Battlefields in Greece, John and Patricia Carman Archaeology of a Great War Dugout: Beecham Farm, Passchendaele, Belgium. Peter Doyle, Peter Barton and Johan Vandewalle Suffering in Silence: The Political Aesthetics of Pain in Antonine Art, Iain Ferris Siegefields: An Archaeological Assessment of English Civil War 'Small' sieges, Peter Harrington Building a Model of a Field Fortification of the 'Thirty Years War' near Olbramov, Czech Republic, Vaclav Matousek Survey and Excavation of an Anglo-Zulu War Fort at Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Tony Pollard, Iain Banks Orphan Heritage: Issues in Managing the Heritage of the Great War in Northern France and Belgium, Jon Price Battlefields of Class Conflict: Ludlow Then and Now, Dean Saitta, Mark Walker and Paul Reckner An Island Divided: Politicised Landscapes, Modern Borders and Shifting Identities, Kylie Seretis The Application of Great War Aerial Photography for Battlefield Archaeology. The Example of Flanders, Birger Stichelbaut The Battle of Agincourt : An Alternative location?, Timothy Sutherland Socio-political change on a slave-raiding frontier war, trade and 'Big Men' in nineteenth century Sisalaland, Northern Ghana, Natalie Swanepoel
Writing Battles, 2020
Battles have long featured prominently in historical consciousness, as moments when the balance o... more Battles have long featured prominently in historical consciousness, as moments when the balance of power was seen to have tipped, or when aspects of collective identity were shaped. But how have perspectives on warfare changed? How similar are present day ideologies of warfare to those of the Medieval period? Looking back over a thousand years of British, Irish and Scandinavian battles, Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe examines how different times and cultures have reacted to war, considering the changing roles of religion and technology in the experience and memorialisation of conflict. Fighting and killing have been deplored, glorified and everything in between across the ages, and Writing Battles reminds us of the visceral impact left on those who come after.
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, 2005
As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow University Archaeologic... more As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) undertook an archaeological excavation of an artificial mound and associated cists containing human remains of mid-Bronze Age date, at Ferndale, Rendall, Orkney. The excavation identified the presence of two cists containing cremation burials (cist 004 and cist 010), and a third that contained a poorly preserved inhumation (cist 003). Cists 004 and 010 would appear to be related to an artificially created mound, and parallel a number of similar 'barrow' sites from Orkney. Cist 004 contained an inhumation and was of differing construction. It would appear to relate to a different phase and tradition of cist burials. Analysis of skeletal material from cist 004 identified the remains of an older adult male, a female of between 18 and 30 years of age and an infant of 15 months. The adult male was found to have suffered from a bone infection of the femur a...
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports, 2005
In response to the threat posed by marine and river erosion, a series of deeply stratified midden... more In response to the threat posed by marine and river erosion, a series of deeply stratified midden deposits was excavated in caves leading off a narrow, rock-cut inlet known as the Geodha Smoo, near Durness, Sutherland. These included the famous Smoo Cave (NGR: NC 4136 6714), at the southern end of the inlet; two smaller caves cut into the western wall of the inlet (Glassknapper's Cave and Antler Cave); and a fourth cave (Wetweather Cave) in the eastern wall. The majority of excavated deposits from these caves appear to relate to Viking/Norse or post-Norse activity, with fish bones, marine shells and mammal and bird bones representing the processing and consumption of marine and terrestrial foods. Possible evidence for metalsmithing in the form of iron slag and boat nails could suggest that boats were repaired in the sheltered inlet. Four radiocarbon dates from Smoo Cave and Glassknapper's Cave provide evidence for use of these sites between the eighth and 11th centuries AD. ...
Business as Usual? Institutional Impact in the First World War 2 March 2016, University of Glasgo... more Business as Usual? Institutional Impact in the First World War
2 March 2016, University of Glasgow
This day conference will bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine the role of institutional involvement in an individual’s experience of the First World War. We will consider submissions for all types of institution from educational establishments, churches, professional bodies, clubs and societies, to commercial and industrial companies and other workplaces.
The remit is wide-ranging and we welcome submissions from academic researchers in subjects like History, Archaeology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Theology, as well as individuals working in cultural heritage management, museums, archives, schools, corporate history, and community research projects.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to Jennifer.Novotny@glasgow.ac.uk by Monday, 4 January 2016.
Suggested themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
• mobilisation and recruitment at institutions, from obstruction to encouragement to outright coercion
• incidence of colleagues joining up together and the impact this has on the institutional community
• what life was like for those left behind in the institutional environment
• how institutions coped (or failed to cope) during the war years
• resuming life (or not) within the institutional community after demobilisation
• changes and adaptations within institutions due to war, such as shifting demographics or policy changes
• institutional relationships with all members of their internal communities, from soldiers at the front to conscientious objectors and non-combatant and “enemy aliens”
• commemoration and memorialisation of individuals within an institutional community.