Understanding the Battlefield Terrain: Components of the Battlefield Archeological Landscape

Summary

Since its inception, the ABPP has made over 559 planning grants with over $18 million available to preservation professionals for the long term care of battlefield resources.  Approximately 40% of those funds have driven both underwater and terrestrial archeological projects since 1996.  The vast majority of those battlefield projects have centered on resource identification, inventory, assessment and setting boundaries for aggressive resource protection.  A system of identification of the military terrain has been established by the ABPP for battlefield identification of arcehological resources, landscape organization and historical documentation understanding.  This system, referred to as KOCOA, was first developed by the military and can be applied to historical engagements through time.  This paper will highlight some of the ABPP's reserach in battlefield archeology, the organizing concepts of KOCOA and how they are used by the ABPP and throughout the Nation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Digging With The National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program - New Battlefield Research To Start The Next 100 Years   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2016

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