The Skirmish of Jumonville Glenn 1754, Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Early on the morning May 28, 1754, Lt. Col. George Washington and Mingo allies exchanged fire with a party of French soldiers encamped in a glen, close to the English base camp at Great Meadow, in southwestern Pennsylvania. This skirmish, at what is now known as Jumonville Glen, was the first conflict between the British and French that led to the French and Indian War. Battlefield archaeological investigation was conducted in the Jumonville Glen at Fort Necessity National Battlefield in the spring of 2023. The investigation focused on locating the site where the skirmish took place and demonstrates that there is much to learn when using an integrated approach of technological field mapping and artifact analysis. This poster presents the methods used to overcome mapping challenges and dives into a high-resolution 3D spatial environment to analyze and interpret this brief, yet world-changing, exchange of fire.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40394.0