Status Quo: Military Landscapes
Author(s): Regina M. Meyer
Year: 2017
Summary
When considering cultural landscapes, military installations are unique due to their development through continued use for defense-related purposes. As a result of this active use, military cultural landscapes continue to evolve, changing yet staying the same in terms of function. As a military base, Camp Clark has been in operation for over one hundred years and boasts the oldest National Guard rifle range in the state of Missouri. Camp Clark was established on April 28th, 1908, as a result of new legislation (the Militia Act of 1903 also known as the Dick Act) and War Department requirements. These changes are documented through historic media in forms of topographic maps, postcards, photographs, films, and military contracts. Archaeological testing and remote sensing, combined with these various archival sources, is now used to study, evaluate, and preserve this evolving military landscape.
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Status Quo: Military Landscapes. Regina M. Meyer. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435428)
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Keywords
General
Centeral
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Military
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Missouri
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
20th
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 377