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Digging Medieval Battlefields

Dan Snow's History Hit

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What Is Battlefield Archaeology?

battlefield archaeology is looking for scatters of objects that have been deposited in the ground during a battle. We would call them unstratified, which means they're not contained within sealed features like ditches or pits. And so we're really looking for those objects, and, more importantly, the scatters of them.

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