Overview

War and its legacy are traumatic to individuals, communities, and landscapes. The impacts last long beyond the events themselves and shape lives and generations. Archaeology has a part to play in the recording of, and recovery from, such trauma. The Falklands War Mapping Project delivers the first intensive archaeological survey of the battlefields of the Falklands War. The project is pioneering in its inclusion of military veterans as part of the core team and unique in being the first to take veterans back to the battlefields on which they fought. Forty years after the events of 1982, the project provides a detailed assessment of the character, location, and condition of structural features and artefacts. The project also develops understandings of the role played by conflict heritage – and of landscapes, finds, and past events – in the recall of personal and collective memories. This sumptuously illustrated book brings together the perspectives of team members, institutional partners and others. It showcases the varied and important contributions archaeology can make beyond understandings of distant events linked to therapeutic progress, coming to terms with traumatic experiences, living with the past in the present, and forging new memories, relations, and futures.

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Author:   Timothy Clack ,  Tony Pollard
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.797kg
ISBN:  

9781803273822

ISBN 10:   1803273828
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   03 November 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword – Phil Harding ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction – Tony Pollard and Timothy Clack ; Section 1. History and Context ; 1. The Falklands War: Background Context – Timothy Clack and Tony Pollard ; 2. Pebble Island Raid: An Interview with Mark ‘Splash’ Aston – Interviewed by Timothy Clack and Tony Pollard ; 3. Battle of Mount Tumbledown – Tony Pollard and Timothy Clack ; 4. After the Fight: The Return Home – William Spencer ; 5. Life Under Occupation: A Selection of Local Memories – Brian Summers, Rachel Simons, Alan Jones, and Eric Goss ; 6. Memories of Local Resistance – Beth Timmins ; Section 2. Results from the Field ; 7. Conflict Archaeology and the Archaeology of the Falklands War – Tony Pollard and Timothy Clack ; 8. Survey Results from Mount Tumbledown – Tony Pollard, Timothy Clack, and Stuart Eve ; 9. Digital Tumbledown: Drones, Scans, 3D Models – Stuart Eve, Timothy Clack, and Tony Pollard ; 10. Material and Memory: Survey Results from Pebble Island – Timothy Clack, Tony Pollard, and Stuart Eve ; Section 3. Veterans, Community, Art and Wellbeing ; 11. A Scots Guardsman Returns to Tumbledown – Jim ‘Pasty’ Peters ; 12. Psychological Impacts of War: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Rod Eldridge ; 13. Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust: Curating and Preserving History in the South Atlantic – Emma Goss and Andrea Barlow ; 14. Waterloo Uncovered – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Foinette ; 15. Argentine Archaeology, War Veterans, and Mental Health – Carlos Landa, Juan Leoni, and Sebastián Ávila ; 16. Notes from the Project Artist – Doug Farthing ; 17. War, Weaving, Well-Being – Katie Russell ; Section 4. Project Artworks ; Douglas Farthing ; Katie Russell ; Beth Timmins ; Jake Summers ; Dave Pope ; Sue Luxton ; Falkland Islands Schools

Reviews

'Forty years after the collective trauma of war, the fighting for personal peace continues. The results of the Falklands War Mapping Project are striking - as this inspirational book shows' - Lieutenant-General (Ret'd) Sir John Kiszely KCB MC DL 'This is a remarkable book - at once touching and gripping - that demonstrates not only the value veterans can bring to archaeology but also the value of archaeology to veterans' - David Shaw CBE, Founder and CEO, The Veterans' Foundation 'This book shows not only how archaeology contributes to the well-being of those injured in war, but also provides a series of insights into the problems of interpretation and recording' - Tim Schadla-Hall, University College London, UK

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