1982 uncovered : the Falklands War mapping project

War and its legacy are traumatic to individuals, communities, and landscapes. The impacts last long beyond the events themselves and shape lives and generations. Archaeology has a part to play in the recording of, and recovery from, such trauma. The Falklands War Mapping Project delivers the first intensive archaeological survey of the battlefields of the Falklands War. The project is pioneering in its inclusion of military veterans as part of the core team and unique in being the first to take veterans back to the battlefields on which they fought. Forty years after the events of 1982, the project provides a detailed assessment of the character, location, and condition of structural features and artefacts. The project also develops understandings of the role played by conflict heritage – and of landscapes, finds, and past events – in the recall of personal and collective memories. This sumptuously illustrated book brings together the perspectives of team members, institutional partners and others. It showcases the varied and important contributions archaeology can make beyond understandings of distant events linked to therapeutic progress, coming to terms with traumatic experiences, living with the past in the present, and forging new memories, relations, and futures. Front Cover 1 Interior Cover 2 Map of the Falkland Islands 3 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 Foreword 10 Acknowledgements 12 Introduction 14 Tony Pollard and Timothy Clack 14 Section 1. History and Context 24 1. The Falklands War: Background Context 25 Timothy Clack and Tony Pollard 25 2. Pebble Island Raid: An Interview with Mark ‘Splash’ Aston 34 Interviewed by Timothy Clack and Tony Pollard 34 3. Battle of Mount Tumbledown 40 Tony Pollard and Timothy Clack 40 4. After the Fight: The Return Home 46 William Spencer 46 5. Life Under Occupation: A Selection of Local Memories 52 Brian Summers, Rachel Simons, Alan Jones, and Eric Goss 52 6. Memories of Local Resistance 70 Beth Timmins 70 Section 2. Results from the Field 76 7. Conflict Archaeology and the Archaeology of the Falklands War 77 Tony Pollard and Timothy Clack 77 8. Survey Results from Mount Tumbledown 82 Tony Pollard, Timothy Clack, and Stuart Eve 82 9. Digital Tumbledown: Drones, Scans, 3D Models 92 Stuart Eve, Timothy Clack, and Tony Pollard 92 10. Material and Memory: Survey Results from Pebble Island 98 Timothy Clack, Tony Pollard, and Stuart Eve 98 Section 3. Veterans, Community, Art and Wellbeing 106 11. A Scots Guardsman Returns to Tumbledown 107 Jim ‘Pasty’ Peters 107 12. Psychological Impacts of War: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 115 Rod Eldridge 115 13. Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust: Curating and Preserving History in the South Atlantic 123 Emma Goss and Andrea Barlow 123 14. Waterloo Uncovered 128 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Foinette 128 15. Argentine Archaeology, War Veterans, and Mental Health 135 Carlos Landa, Juan Leoni, and Sebastián Ávila 135 16. Notes from the Project Artist 142 Doug Farthing 142 17. War, Weaving, Well-Being 149 Katie Russell 149 Section 4. Project Artworks 158 Douglas Farthing 159 Katie Russell 266 Beth Timmins 276 Jake Summers 278 Dave Pope 281 Sue Luxton 282 Falkland Islands Schools 283 List of Contributors 300 Interior Back Cover 302 Back Cover 303 war,mapping,archaeology,mental health,veterans,military history