For want of a nail? Proxies for analysing POW and guard access to supplies at a Confederate prison camp

IF 0.5 0 ARCHAEOLOGY Journal of Conflict Archaeology Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI:10.1080/15740773.2019.1732062
Ryan K. McNutt, E. Jones
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ABSTRACT Camp Lawton is a Confederate camp for Union PoWs in Georgia, USA. Built in 1864, inhabited for six weeks, and abandoned in advance of Sherman’s march to the sea, it is the focus of an ongoing research project. One of the key questions, yet unresolved, concerning Civil War POW camps is the lack of PoW access to essential supplies. Historical debates rage over the intentionality of these depravations, with a recurring argument asserting a universal privation, for guards and PoWS. The archaeology of internment camps can end this debate. Presented here are interpretations from recent fieldwork via an unlikely source: the machine-cut nail, analysed as a proxy in the absence of traditional evidence of subsistence and supply. Present in large numbers in PoW and guard areas, but clearly not architectural, this paper explores a narrative where nails, and the purpose for which they were put to, were not wanting.
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因为缺钉子?分析战俘和守卫获取邦联战俘营补给的代理
摘要劳顿营地是美国乔治亚州的一个邦联战俘营地。该营地建于1864年,居住了六周,在谢尔曼出海前被遗弃,是一个正在进行的研究项目的重点。关于内战战俘营的一个尚未解决的关键问题是战俘无法获得基本物资。关于这些堕落的意图,历史上的争论甚嚣尘上,一个反复出现的论点主张警卫和战俘普遍贫困。拘留营考古可以结束这场争论。这里介绍了最近通过一个不太可能的来源进行的实地调查的解释:在缺乏传统的生存和供应证据的情况下,将机器切割的钉子作为一种替代品进行分析。在PoW和警卫区有大量的钉子,但显然不是建筑,本文探讨了一种不需要钉子的叙事,以及钉子的使用目的。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Conflict Archaeology is an English-language journal devoted to the battlefield and military archaeology and other spheres of conflict archaeology, covering all periods with a worldwide scope. Additional spheres of interest will include the archaeology of industrial and popular protest; contested landscapes and monuments; nationalism and colonialism; class conflict; the origins of conflict; forensic applications in war-zones; and human rights cases. Themed issues will carry papers on current research; subject and period overviews; fieldwork and excavation reports-interim and final reports; artifact studies; scientific applications; technique evaluations; conference summaries; and book reviews.
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