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Multivocal Archaeologies of the Pacific War, 1941–45: Collaboration, Reconciliation, and Renewal book cover

1st Edition

Multivocal Archaeologies of the Pacific War, 1941–45 Collaboration, Reconciliation, and Renewal

Edited By Ben Raffield, Yu Hirasawa, Neil Price Copyright 2024
276 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume draws together the ground-breaking work of researchers and archaeological practitioners, working in multiple countries, to explore and understand the material and cultural impacts of the Pacific War. The combat taking place in the Pacific region during the years 1941–45 was characterized by a brutality and violence unmatched in any other theatre of the Second World War. Described by... Read more

1. Introduction: A War of the Worlds

Ben Raffield, Yu Hirasawa, and Neil Price

PART 1: 1941–43

2. Bringing Together Divergent Experiences of World War II in the AleutiansRachel Mason

3. Conflict Landscapes, Indigenous Landscapes, and Commemorative Landscapes: A Perspective from Papua New Guinea

Matthew Kelly

4. World War II in the Solomon Islands: Conflict and Aftermath

Martin Gibbs, Brad Duncan, Lawrence Kiko, and Stephen Manebosa

PART 2: 1944

5. Chuuk Lagoon World War II Underwater Cultural Heritage: A Divers’ Paradise, a Chuukese Dilemma?

Bill Jeffery

6. Seeking a Shared Connection and Shared Heritage Through World War II Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Pacific

Jennifer F. McKinnon

7. "You’ve Come a Long Way to Study Something That is Bad": Human Remains, Ethics, and Community-Based Research in Conflict Archaeology in the Pacific

Julie Mushynsky

8. Lives Encoded in Landscape: Unlocking Lost Narratives from the World War II Battle of Peleliu

Gavin J. Lindsay

PART 3: 1945

9. The Current Situation of the Battlefield Archaeological Site Survey in Okinawa Prefecture

Tetsuya Seto

10. Research, Conservation, and Utilization of War-Related Sites in Haebaru Town, Okinawa

Akira Hokumori

11. The Transition of Battery Positions on Okinawa Island

Katsuya Nakahodo

PART 4: AFTERMATH

12. The Search for and Identification of Burial places of Japanese Prisoners of War in the Territory of Russia: Observations, Experiences, and Problems

Sergey Kuznetsov

13. Himeyuri Peace Museum: The Personal Experience of War

Noriko Koga

14. Negotiating Peleliu: Agency, Politics, and Place on the Battlefields of the Pacific War

Neil Price

Biography

Ben Raffield is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

Yu Hirasawa is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Human Sciences at University of East Asia, Japan.

Neil Price is Distinguished Professor of Archaeology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

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