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The passage of time has all but extinguished any living memory of the Great War of 1914-1918, but the experiences of those who fought in the trenches of the Somme and Flanders have since become epic history and the stuff of legend. Today, hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along the old killing fields of the Western Front. Graves of British soldiers buried during battle - still lying in rows seemingly arm in arm or found crouching at the entrance to a dugout; whole 'underground cities' of trenches, dugouts and shelters have been preserved in the mud; field hospitals carved out of the chalk country of the Somme marked with graffiti; unexploded bombs and gas canisters - all of these are the poignant and sometimes deadly legacies of a war we can never forget. Killing Time digs beneath the surface of war to uncover the living reality left behind. Archaeologist and anthropologist Nicholas J. Saunders brings together a wealth of discoveries in family photographs, diaries, souvenirs and in the trenches to offer fresh insights into the human dimension of warfare in the contemporary past.
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NICHOLAS J. SAUNDERS is a leading authority on the development of an anthropological and modern scientific archaeology of the First World War. He has written extensively on the subject and is Lecturer in Material Culture and British Academy Senior Research in the Department of Anthropology, University College, London.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When I opened the package to look at this book for the first time and saw a rather anthropological looking chapter on memories - and a picture of modern Native Americans in a ceremonial wreath laying - I was concerned that I had let myself in for one of those highly abstract books of archaeological theory that so often frustrate rather than enlighten.
Happily this impression lasted no longer than page 30. For, with the theoretical constructs dealt with, Nicholas Saunders plunges into what he does best - a thoroughly competent examination of trench art and battlefront locations. Moreover what is new here, and very much up to date, is a review of recent digs and archaeological organisations with an interest in the Western Front or Gallipoli. Included are sections on the work of the 'Diggers' and 'No Man's Land', as well as longer established bodies. There are also good sections on museums.
Recommended for everyone with Western Front, archaeological or museological interests, collectors of trench art, and also battlefield visitors.
Happily this impression lasted no longer than page 30. For, with the theoretical constructs dealt with, Nicholas Saunders plunges into what he does best - a thoroughly competent examination of trench art and battlefront locations. Moreover what is new here, and very much up to date, is a review of recent digs and archaeological organisations with an interest in the Western Front or Gallipoli. Included are sections on the work of the 'Diggers' and 'No Man's Land', as well as longer established bodies. There are also good sections on museums.
Recommended for everyone with Western Front, archaeological or museological interests, collectors of trench art, and also battlefield visitors.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In the new and revised (Paperback) edition of 'Killing Time', Nicholas J Saunders has updated his book on archaeology and the First World War. It is good to see the addition of sections on the very recent excavations taking place in London, Norfolk, Jordan and the Western Front sites of Plugstreet and Fromelles enhancing what was already a comprehensive book on the subject.
Saunders' introduces the reader to a different view of military archaeology. Complementing his other publications on Trench Art* and Conflict ** it is an accessible introduction to the new discipline of Modern Conflict Archaeology. He shows that there is more to the discipline than counting graves, plotting the position of bullets and measuring block houses and by applying anthropology and other disciplines it is possible to understand more about the wider contexts and legacies of conflict. With the passing of the last survivors of the First World War this is all that is now available to us and this book leads the way forward.
It will appeal to both students and others with an interest in the archaeology of modern conflict and the comprehensive bibliography will guide those who wish to explore this multidisciplinary subject further.
The book is not a guide book, however, it does make an informed travelling companion for any tour of the Western Front and beyond.
* Trench Art: Materialities and Memories of War
**Matters of Conflict: Material Culture, Memory and the First World War
Saunders' introduces the reader to a different view of military archaeology. Complementing his other publications on Trench Art* and Conflict ** it is an accessible introduction to the new discipline of Modern Conflict Archaeology. He shows that there is more to the discipline than counting graves, plotting the position of bullets and measuring block houses and by applying anthropology and other disciplines it is possible to understand more about the wider contexts and legacies of conflict. With the passing of the last survivors of the First World War this is all that is now available to us and this book leads the way forward.
It will appeal to both students and others with an interest in the archaeology of modern conflict and the comprehensive bibliography will guide those who wish to explore this multidisciplinary subject further.
The book is not a guide book, however, it does make an informed travelling companion for any tour of the Western Front and beyond.
* Trench Art: Materialities and Memories of War
**Matters of Conflict: Material Culture, Memory and the First World War
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