Sound and Vision

Abstract

Sound and Vision
 Battlescape analysis: Towards a Unified Method for Battlefield Archaeology
 Ever since the survey at the site of the battle of Little Big Horn in the 1980s, the number of battlefield archaeological projects has been rising. Still, despite increasing research and publications on the subject, a clearly defined and unified method for battlefield archaeology that connects all the loose ends is still lacking. This paper sets out to present a unified method for battlefield archaeology, presented here as Battlescape Analysis. A battlescape is made of everything from overall logistics, climate and weather, tactics to the very battlefield itself􀀞 a whole that is more than the sum of its parts. Battlefields are parts of complex eco-systems in which an interplay of different agents and actants takes place. The different approaches that make out the unified method are mostly not novel but the intention of the article is to present a common language to facilitate work on the subject across boundaries.