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Book SynopsisWithin the last twenty years, the archaeology of conflict has emerged as a valuable sub-discipline within anthropology, contributing greatly to our knowledge and understanding of human conflict on a global scale. This volume presents essays that explore this growing field.
Trade ReviewThis well edited volume will make a fine contribution to the relatively young discipline of historical archaeology, let alone its myriad subsets."" - David Orr, coeditor of
Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1850Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction: An Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare by Steven D. Smith
- Chapter 1. Border Warfare in Revolutionary Era West Virginia by W. Stephen McBride and Kim A. McBride
- Chapter 2. ""Foot Jägers Forward!"": Johann Ewald, Petite Guerre, and the Archaeology of the Battle of Cooch's Bridge by Wade P. Catts
- Chapter 3. The Battle of Williamson's Plantation: Huck's Defeat and the Asymmetric Partisan War in the South Carolina Backcountry by Michael C. Scoggins and Steven D. Smith
- Chapter 4. Francis Marion's Partisan Community by Steven D. Smith
- Chapter 5. KOCOA Considerations in Asymmetric Warfare: Education and Environment in the Second Seminole War, 1835–1842 by Michelle Sivilich
- Chapter 6. The Black Jack Battle of 1856 in Kansas: Asymmetric Warfare and Archaeological Investigations by Douglas D. Scott
- Chapter 7. Jayhawkers, Bushwhackers, and Lay-Out Gangs: Archaeology and Asymmetric Warfare in the Trans-Mississippi Confederate Home Front during the American Civil War by Carl G. Drexler
- Chapter 8. ""Dirty Little Wars"" in Northern Mexico and the American Southwest by Charles M. Haecker
- Chapter 9. The Hatfield-McCoy Feud as Asymmetric Warfare: Archaeology at the Randall and Sally McCoy Homestead by Kim A. McBride
- Chapter 10. A Ukrainian Insurgent Army Company Ambush of a Soviet NKVD Battalion, 1945: A Multidisciplinary Study by Adrian Mandzy
- Conclusion: Reflections on the Historical Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare by Clarence R. Geier
- References Cited
- Contributors
- Index
