The Barber Wheatfield Saratoga National Historical Park: Landscape of War and Discovery

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Northeast Region National Park Service Archeological Landscapes and the Stories They Tell" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In May and June of 2019, Saratoga National Historical Park (SARA) and the Northeast Region Archaeology Program (NRAP) partnered with several groups including American Veterans Archaeological Recovery (AVAR), American Battlefield Trust (ABT), Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist (AMDA), and the Midwest Archaeological Center (MWAC) to undertake a battlefield study in the Barber Wheatfield at SARA. This is the location where the second battle for Saratoga began, an engagement that ultimately led to a victory for the American forces and the surrender of British General John Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates on October 17, 1777. This battle is considered to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War, yet this project represents the first significant attempt to explore the site archaeologically. This paper discusses the overall goals and challenges of the current project and the creation of the various partnerships necessary to undertake a project of this scope and scale.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• Northeast Region National Park Service Archeological Landscapes and the Stories They Tell

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