Digging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008 9781844156719. Hardback - black boards with gilt titling to the spine. Fine/Fine. Like New. Signed by one of the authors on the title page. Otherwise, this book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. First edition. First printing. No annotations or inscriptions, DW is NOT price-clipped. 207 pages including notes and index. 10" x 7" (1.2 kg); Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs and colour photographs;. Modern research methods - archaeological, historical, forensic - have transformed our view of the past. This is especially true of the history of the Great War. In this, the first comprehensive survey of this exciting new field, Andrew Robertshaw and David Kenyon introduce the reader to the techniques that are employed and record, in vivid detail, many of the remarkable projects that have been undertaken. They show how archaeology can be used to reveal the position of trenches, dugouts and other battlefield features and to rediscover what life on the Western Front was really like. And they show how individual soldiers are themselves part of the story, for forensic investigation of the war dead is now so highly developed that individuals can be identified and their fate discovered. .