Electromagnetism, Site Formation, and Conflict Event Theory at the San Jacinto Battleground and Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas
| dc.contributor | Dickson, D. Bruce | |
| dc.creator | Pertermann, Dana Lee | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-19T15:29:34Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-22T17:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-07T20:00:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-19T15:29:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-22T17:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-07T20:00:32Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2011-08 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-19 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Conflict Event theory has the potential to change how archaeologists investigate battlefield sites. As a theoretical paradigm, eventful archaeology allows us to give agency to social-structure changing events, going beyond collect artifacts after the battle is over. Coupled with site formation processes, this model allows us to project battle elements to re-create the historical events that occurred at conflict sites. Within this theoretical framework, we can begin to understand why the conflict unfolded in a particular manner. Two site of the Texian Revolution are particularly appropriate to this new theoretical model: the San Jacinto Battleground (SJB), the location of the last battle of the Texian Revolution, and Washington-on-the-Brazos (WOB), the location of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Merging this theoretical model with an investigation of site formation processes (understanding the matrix in which the artifacts lie) and pulse-domain electromagnetic surveying allows for a much more robust approach to Battlefield Archaeology. Pulse-induction allows for the detection of discrete artifacts in the soil, and is a much more reliable method than the more commonly used magnetometry. Analyzing characteristics of the soil surrounding the artifacts then gives us a third line of inquiry as to why artifacts are in certain locations in the archaeological record, allowing for an explanation as to their quality and quantity. La teor?a del Acontecimiento del conflicto tiene el potencial para cambiar c?mo arque?logos investigan sitios de campo de batalla. Como un paradigma te?rico, la arqueolog?a llena de acontecimientos nos permite dar agencia a la social-estructura que cambia acontecimientos, yendo m?s all? de re?ne artefactos despu?s de que la batalla est? sobre. Asociado con procesos de formaci?n de sitio, este modelo nos permite proyectar batalla elementos para recrear los acontecimientos hist?ricos que ocurrieron en sitios de conflicto. Dentro de esta armaz?n te?rica, nosotros podemos comenzar a comprender por qu? el conflicto despleg? en una manera particular. Dos sitio de la Revoluci?n de Texian es especialmente apropiado a este nuevo modelo te?rico: el San Campo de batalla de Jacinto (SJB), la ubicaci?n de la ?ltima batalla de la Revoluci?n de Texian, y de Washington en el Brazos (WOB), la ubicaci?n del firmar de la Declaraci?n de Tejas de Independencia. Unir este modelo te?rico con una investigaci?n de sit?a procesos de formaci?n (comprendiendo la matriz en la que los artefactos est?n) y el pulso-dominio inspeccionar electromagn?tico tiene en cuenta un enfoque mucho m?s robusto a la Arqueolog?a del Campo de batalla. La pulso-inducci?n tiene en cuenta el descubrimiento de artefactos distintos en la tierra, y es un m?todo mucho m?s seguro que el magnetometry m?s com?nmente utilizado. Analizar caracter?sticas de la tierra que rodea los artefactos entonces nos dan una tercera l?nea de indagaci?n en cuanto a por qu? artefactos est?n en ciertas ubicaciones en el registro arqueol?gico, teniendo en cuenta una explicaci?n en cuanto a su calidad y la cantidad. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10159 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Conflict Event theory | |
| dc.subject | eletromagnetism and archaeology | |
| dc.subject | site formation processes | |
| dc.subject | vertisols | |
| dc.subject | San Jacinto Battleground | |
| dc.subject | Washington-on-the-Brazos | |
| dc.subject | Sam Houston | |
| dc.subject | The Battle of San Jacinto | |
| dc.subject | Texas Revolution | |
| dc.subject | Eventful Archaeology | |
| dc.subject | Battlefield Anthropology | |
| dc.subject | battlefield archaeology | |
| dc.subject | conflict archaeology | |
| dc.subject | spatial patterning | |
| dc.subject | object discrimination | |
| dc.title | Electromagnetism, Site Formation, and Conflict Event Theory at the San Jacinto Battleground and Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas | |
| dc.type | Thesis |