Battlespace 1865: Archaeology of the Landscapes, Strategies, and Tactics of the

Description: Battlespace 1865 by Douglas D. Scott, Peter Bleed, Amanda Renner Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description First examination of the significant North Platte campaign of the US Civil and Indian wars combining battlefield archaeology methods and results with historical data and personal accounts of the campaign Publisher Description For a period of about week in February 1865, as the Civil War was winding down and Plains Indian communities were reeling in the wake of the Sand Creek massacre, combat swept across the Nebraska panhandle, especially along the Platte River. The fighting that marked this event barely compares to the massive campaigns and terrible carnage that marked the conflict that was taking place in the eastern states but it was a significant event at the opening on the ensuing Indian Wars. Operating on terrain they knew well, Cheyenne warriors and other Native forces encountered the US Cavalry who operated within a modern network of long distance migration and pony express trails and military stations.The North Platte Campaign offers a good basis for the application of landscape approaches to conflict archaeology if only because of its scale. This fighting is both easily approached and fascinatingly encompassed. There were probably far fewer than 1000 fighters involved in those skirmishes, but before, after, and between them, they involved substantial movements of people and of equipment that was similar to the arms and gear in service to other Civil War era combatants. They also seem to have used approaches that were typical of Americas western warfare. Like many of the conflicts of interest to modern observers, the North Platte fights were between cultural different opponents. Archaeological consideration of battlefields such as Rush Creek and Mud Springs, bases, and landscapes associated with this fighting expose how the combat developed and how the opposing forces dealt with the challenges they encountered.This study draws on techniques of battlefield archaeology, focusing on the concept of battlespace and the recovery, distribution and analysis of artifacts and weaponry, as well as historical accounts of the participants, LiDAR-informed terrain assessment, and theoretical consideration of the strategic thinking of the combatants. It applies a landscape approach to the archaeological study of war and reveals an overlooked phase of the American Civil War and the opening of the Indian Wars. Author Biography Douglas Scott is with both Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. His areas of specialization are historical archaeology of the American West, military archaeology, conflict and battlefield archaeology, human rights and forensic archaeology. He has conducted most of his fieldwork in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain West, and has also worked on human rights and forensic cases in Rwanda, Croatia, Bosnia, and Cyprus. Peter Bleed in Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska with particular research interest in battlefield archaeology, technology, material culture, lithics, historic archaeology, experimental archaeology, Japan, and North America especially in the application of evolutionary approaches to the study of material systems. Amanda Renner is an archeologist and GIS specialist with the National Park Service at the Midwest Archeological Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. She received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and M. A. in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming. She also completed a graduate certificate in geographic information science from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her interests include applications of GIS to archeology, predictive modeling, and Great Plains/Rocky Mountains archaeology. Details ISBN 1785703390 ISBN-13 9781785703393 Title Battlespace 1865 Author Douglas D. Scott, Peter Bleed, Amanda Renner Format Paperback Year 2016 Pages 144 Publisher Oxbow Books GE_Item_ID:137468657; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. 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