Digging up Plugstreet
Subtitle: the archaeology of a Great War battlefield
By: by Richard Osgood and Martin Brown
Contributors: Brown, Martin, FSA
Publisher: Haynes Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781844255429
Other titles: Archaeology of a Great War battlefield
Description: "This is the compelling story of the Australian soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division who journeyed to England in 1914, and who fought and died on the Western Front during the First World War. Using archaeology as the vehicle for their story, Martin Brown and Richard Osgood follow in the footsteps of the Aussies, from their training on windswept Salisbury Plain to the cheerless trenches of Belgium, where they 'dug-in' north-east of Ploegsteert to face the Germans. It presents a unique window into the world of the men who marched away to fight the so-called 'war to end wars'"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: From moat to mines; title: Making soldiers; title: Shock and awe, 1917 style; title: Finding the front; title: Finding a better 'ole : the archaeology of the attack; title: Enduring the unimaginable; title: Across the wire; title: Return of the native; title: The unknown soldier; title: CSI Flanders; title: Emotional landscapes.