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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Military Sites Archaeology in the Caribbean: Studies of Colonialism, Globalization, and Multicultural Communities" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Brimstone Hill Fortress (1690-1854) on the northwest coast of St. Kitts constitutes a militarized landscape that protected the harbor at Sandy Point, provided covering fire for nearby Charles Fort, afforded refuge for the island’s inhabitants, and suppressed...
Excavating The ‘Green Redcoat’:Historical Archaeology And New Approaches To The Irish Military Tradition And Experience In The British Army, 1815-1919 (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the early 1980s, Peter Karsten referred to Irish soldiers in British military service as the ‘Green Redcoat’; a powerful phrase that has been used by many to identify this large group ever since. (Karsten, 1983-4: 34-6) In Irish and British military historiography, the concept of national identity has long...
Global Perspectives on British Archaeology: ‘engaging with East Anglian archaeology through a Japanese lens’ (2016)
This presentation introduces a project providing a new examination of the relationships between local, national and global archaeologies, Global Perspectives on British Archaeology. World Archaeology is a hugely active field of research for British archaeological institutions, with sustained field programs worldwide. In contrast, research on British archaeology sees little involvement of non-British research institutions. Within an increasingly globalised world of education and research, there...