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A collection of photographs taken of Randolph Air Force Base and its many features from the early 1900s to the present day.
An International Mortuary Monument Recording System - From Site Analysis to International Comparative Studies (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mortuary Monuments and Archaeology: Current Research" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Council for British Archaeology system (Mytum 2000) of recording memorials has been updated and expanded to cope with many international contexts. This paper outlines the principles of the recording system, and the ways in which data can be digitally archived, a challenge for many graveyard and cemetery projects thus...
The Memory of Paoli: The Intersections Among Conflict, Memory, Memorial, and Archaeology (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond Battlefields: Culture and Conflict through the Philadelphia Campaign" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. On the night of September 20, 1777, British General Charles Grey led an elite group of his soldiers on a bayonet raid against American General Anthony Wayne and his encamped Pennsylvania Regulars. The British burned the camp, injuring many, and killing fifty-two. The battle quickly became...
Mourning and Remembering: Memorials at a Pet Cemetery in Oulu, Finland (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mortuary Monuments and Archaeology: Current Research" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Contrary to socially and legislatively controlled human burial grounds with organized maintenance, pet cemeteries with their inherent do-it-yourself character are often stages for more spontaneous expressions of grief and longing. The evidence of remembering varies from nearly unmarked graves to elaborate memorials with...
Photograph, Bethlehem Steel Detail of Flag Pole at Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Memorial, Randolph Air Force Base (2012)
Photograph detailing the "Bethlehem Steel" lettering on the flag pole at the POWMIA Memorial at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Reactions to tragedy: familial and community memorials to sudden deaths in Britain and Ireland (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Burial, Space, and Memory of Unusual Death" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Investment in memorials to those who died in tragic circumstances fits within the contemporary commemorative traditions of the time, but also often shows distinct difference in reaction and investment. This paper examines commemoration of deaths from 19th- and early 20th- century occupational accidents to understand the ways in which grieving...