An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era approaches the contemporary age, between the
late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, as an archaeological period defined by specific …

Coastal zones are historically rich with unique land/seascapes, tangible artifacts, and
intangible cultural heritage. Coastal and maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) contends with …

This paper is a case study of the trams now kept at Depot No. 5 at Legnicka 65 in Wrocław,
Poland. The site provides a context for exploring two core issues around archaeological …

Santa Cruz de los Pinos is a small town like most others in the Cuban countryside. But half a
century ago it was the epicenter of the 1962 Missile Crisis. During that time it served as a …

My themes in this chapter are the quintessentially archaeological ones of time and the
materiality of the past in the present. But rather than a notion of modern time–linear time, in …

Archaeological research into twentieth-century global conflicts has understandably focused
on sorrow, pain and death when interpreting the associated material, structural and human …

Fort Stanwix National Monument, located in Rome, NY, is a historic park with a complex use
history dating back to the early Colonial period and through the urban expansion and recent …

The archaeology of the contemporary past is a new and interdisciplinary field of research
that intersects with heritage studies, art, ethnography and modern history. This kind of …

During the Second World War a number of military training camps were established in
officially neutral Sweden for Norwegians who had fled the German occupation. Immediately …

During the first half of the 20th century, the lumber industry played an instrumental role in the
economic development of the Témiscouata valley in eastern Québec, Canada. Considering …