ISBN:
9781461441663
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (X, 341 p. 78 illus., 52 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Humanities
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Humanities
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
Abstract:
The archaeology of war has revealed evidence of bravery, sacrifice, heroism, cowardice, and atrocities. Mostly absent from these narratives of victory and defeat, however, are the experiences of prisoners of war, despite what these can teach us about cruelty, ingenuity, and human adaptability. The international array of case studies in Prisoners of War restores this hidden past through case studies of PoW camps of the Napoleonic era, the American Civil War, and both World Wars. These bring to light wide variations in historical and cultural details, excavation and investigative methods used, items found and their interpretation, and their contributions to archaeology, history and heritage. Illustrated with diagrams, period photographs, and historical quotations, these chapters vividly reveal challenges and opportunities for researchers and heritage managers, and revisit powerful ethical questions that persist to this day. Notorious and lesser-known aspects of PoW experiences that are addressed include: Designing and operating an 18th-century British PoW camp. Life and death at Confederate and Union American Civil War PoW camps. The role of possessions in coping strategies during World War I. The archaeology of the Great Escape Experiencing and negotiating space at civilian internment camps in Germany and Allied PoW camps in Normandy in World War II. The role of archaeology in the memorial process, in America, Norway, Germany and France Graffiti, decorative ponds, illicit saké drinking, and family life at Japanese American camps As one of the first book-length examinations of this fascinating multidisciplinary topic, Prisoners of War merits serious attention from historians, social justice researchers and activists, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
Description / Table of Contents:
Prisoners of War; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Prisoner of War Archaeology; Introduction; Historical Context; Fieldwork and the Archaeology of the Ephemeral; Interpreting Painful Heritage; Artifacts Beyond Typology; Material Culture, Autobiography, and Oral History; Prisoner of War archaeology Within Con fl ict Archaeology; Prisoner of War Archaeology Within Archaeology at Large; Conclusions; References; Part II: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Experiences
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Chapter 2: Artifacts of Internment: Archaeology and Interpretation at Two American Civil War Prisoner-of-War SitesIntroduction; Conditions in Civil War Prisons; More Horrible Than Battle; Depression and Dysentery; The Andersonville PoW Camp; The Stockade; Archaeology at Andersonville PoW Camp; Soil Color Banding; Slave Versus Prisoner Construction Phases; Banded Soils Observed in the Southeast Corner Excavations; Failed Escape Tunnel; Locating the "Deadline" Posts; Public Interpretation; Archaeology at Camp Lawton, Georgia; Archaeology at Fort Pulaski National Monument; The "Immortal 600"
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The Search for the "Immortal 600" Grave Sites1994 Remote Sensing Investigations; Archival Research and the 1998 Investigations; The 1999 Investigations; Need for Additional Research; Public Interpretation; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Life and Death at the Florence Stockade, American Civil War, Prisoner of War Camp, South Carolina; Archaeology in the Camp; Features; Artifacts; Artifact Patterning; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Johnson's Island US Civil War Military Prison; Introduction; Prison Facilities; Johnson's Island Prison Design; The Changing Landscape
Description / Table of Contents:
The Archaeology of Prison DesignConclusions; References; Chapter 5: Norman Cross: Designing and Operating an Eighteenth-Century British Prisoner of War Camp; Introduction; Historical Background; Planning and Operation at Norman Cross; Preventing Prisoner Escape; Keeping Order Within the Camp; Preventing and Limiting Disease; Housing and Feeding the Prisoners; Prisoner Life Ways at Norman Cross; Daily Life in the Camp; Crafts and Manufactures; Gambling and Fighting; Conclusions; References; Part III: Twentieth-Century Britain and Europe: Military Prisoners of War
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Chapter 6: Excavating the World War II Prisoner of War camp at La Glacerie, Cherbourg, NormandyIntroduction; Aerial Photography; An Analysis of the August 1945 Photograph; 15 August 1947 Photograph; Archaeological Excavation; Structures; Other Features; Artifacts; Clothing and Buttons; Bottles and Ceramics; Metal and Plastic Items; Personal Hygiene and Medical Items; Identi fi cation Tags; Documentary History; The Transit Camp; The Labor Camp; Evidence from a Prisoner; Oral History; Conclusion; References
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Chapter 7: American, British, and French PoW Camps in Normandy, France (1944-1948). Which Role for Archaeology in the Memorial Process?
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Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-4166-3
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