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.
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



Book Information
ISBN 9781803273822
Author Timothy Clack
Format Paperback
Page Count 302
Imprint Archaeopress Archaeology
Publisher Archaeopress
Weight(grams) 797g