Battlefield archaeology is the archaeological investigations of the sites of military battles. The first and most extensive battle investigated to date was the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana in the Great Plains of the United States, where archaeologists were able to add (and correct) information to the historical record concerning the progress of the battle.
Battlefield Archaeology Resources
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology and one of the many different archaeology subfields.
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