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lOOK TO THE EARTH
Historical Archaeology and the American Civil War
Edited by Clarence R. Geier, Jr., and Susan E. Winter
"A compact overview of Civil War archaeology from research and development to the battlefield, this book presents a wide range of archaeological work on Civil War sites."
—Lawrence E. Babits East Carolina University
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lOOK TO THE EARTH
Historical Archaeology and the American Civil War
Edited by Clarence R. Geier, Jr., and Susan E. Winter
"A compact overview of Civil War archaeology from research and development to the battlefield, this book presents a wide range of archaeological work on Civil War sites."
—Lawrence E. Babits East Carolina University
Look to the Earth is the first compilation of historical archaeology research devoted
vi'' r ¦ '¦1 "j* iBH solely to Civil War-period sites. Bringing
J i '''r together twelve essays, the book demon-
j ^'^rj-Vf.- I'J^I illuminate aspects of the war that have
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with regard to those segments of society— freed slaves, poor whites, farmers, and rural millers, among others—^whose voices have been lost in the filtering process of history. By recovering the material vestiges of their lives, archaeology can help us reconstruct the fabric of the communities that were ravaged by, or that benefited from, the dynamics of war.
Among the purposes of this volume are to look beyond the Civil War as a strictly military event and to consider its impact upon the larger cultural landscape. Thus the book includes research that departs fi-om traditional studies of battlefield tactics and military histories. The wide range of sites and topics it encompasses-—from shipwrecks to cannon foundries to midwestern farms—reflects this perspective.
Representing a variety of theoretical backgrounds and approaches, the essays in Look to the Earth mark first steps in an exciting new area of Civil War research.
The Editors: Clarence R. Geier, Jr., is professor of anthropology at James Madison University in Harrisonburg,Virginia.
Susan E. Winter is chief of the Branch of Cultural Resource Management for the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Jacket design: Paula C. Dennis Jacket illustration: Personal items recovered at the Headquarters Complex. Courtesy of the Program for Cultural Resource Assessment and the University of Kentucky. Vissza