Revisiting and Revaluating the First World War Battlescape off North Carolina’s Coastline

Summary

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Although the United States was late to enter the First World War, the waters of the nation became a battlefield from 1917 onward. Ships operating along North Carolina’s coast recurrently fell victim to the unrestricted U-boat campaign. This paper reexplores the topic of the First World War’s impact on the North Carolina coastline. Originally presented at the 2018 Society of Historical Archaeology’s conference, new pertinent information added to a more encompassing and enlightening conclusion. This study utilizes Geographical Information System (GIS) software to render a digitized projection of the battlescape. Ultimately the main question reevaluated is, “what does the geospatial and statistical analysis of trends regarding WW1-era infrastructure, combatants, and noncombatants inform us about the naval battlescape off the coast of North Carolina?”

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• 2020 SHA General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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