Battlefields From Event to Heritage

What is -- or makes a place -- a 'historic battlefield'? Treating battles as events in the past and battlefields as places in the present, and drawing on examples from prehistory to the 20th century, this book exposes the complexity of the concept of a historic battlefield and how it forms part of a Western understanding of the world.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Space


• 2: Event


• 3: Context


• 4: Time


• 5: Ownership


• 6: Discourses


• 7: Experiences


• 8: Conclusion: An Ontology of the Historic Battlefield

About the author

John Carman is Senior Lecturer in Heritage Valuation at the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham. Among many other publications, he is co-author with Patricia Carman of Bloody Meadows: Investigating Landscapes of Battle (2006), sole author of Archaeologies of Conflict (2013), editor of Material Harm: Archaeological Approaches to Warfare and Violence (1997) and co-editor of Ancient Warfare: Archaeological Perspectives (1999).

Patricia Carman is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Birmingham. A historian, archaeologist, and qualified teacher, she is co-author with John Carman of Bloody Meadows: Investigating Landscapes of Battle (2006) and other publications.

Summary

What is -- or makes a place -- a 'historic battlefield'? Treating battles as events in the past and battlefields as places in the present, and drawing on examples from prehistory to the 20th century, this book exposes the complexity of the concept of a historic battlefield and how it forms part of a Western understanding of the world.

Product details

• Authors: John Carman, John (Senior Lecturer in Heritage Valuatio Carman, John (Senior lecturer in Heritage Valuation Carman, Patricia Carman, Patricia (Honorary Research Fellow Carman, Carman John, Carman Patricia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780198857464
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885746-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, military history, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Social and cultural history, Landscape Archaeology