"Madly and blindly in the face of furious fire" Archaeological Survey of the Barber Wheatfield, Saratoga National Historical Park

Summary

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.

The incredible events that occurred at Barber Wheatfield on October 7th, 1777 during the second Battle of Saratoga and the landscape of rolling hills and small farms make it a pivotal location in understanding the day's outcomes. This paper discusses the results of an archaeological survey performed in 2019 by the NPS Northeast Region Archaeology Program and an amazing group of volunteers to collect NHPA Section 110 baseline data for Saratoga National Historical Park. The survey identified the nature and distribution of battle-related artifacts and what methodologies are best suited to large landscape studies of fields of conflict. The study also identified that recoverable artifact patterns survive that reflect the events that produced them on the battlefield. As a result of the survey, the park has current baseline information that will help them move forward with new interpretations of Barber Wheatfield and guide future research.  

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

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

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PaperId(s): 541