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Archaeological Formation of Memory amongst 17th Century Scottish Prisoners of War (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan L Olshefski.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Does a displaced individual choose to remember their past or forge a new path after facing the traumas of war, imprisonment, and forced labour? Follow the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651), Scottish prisoners of war captured by Oliver Cromwell were shipped abroad to locations including New England to serve a period of...