Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
The Kinmel Camp riots of 1919
An interesting story about the Kinmel Camp Riots of 1919 has appeared on the BBC Wales History website. Click HERE read.
This is a Modern Conflict Archaeology story about how unrest lead to a riot within a transit camp due to the concerns of Canadian soldiers largely being ignored by the officers.
The article was written by Phil Carradice who "is a broadcaster, writer and poet. His blog posts provide a distinctly Welsh perspective on major events in world history, as well as revealing some little-known events from the Welsh past." Someone who's posts I shall be following in the future.
This is a Modern Conflict Archaeology story about how unrest lead to a riot within a transit camp due to the concerns of Canadian soldiers largely being ignored by the officers.
The article was written by Phil Carradice who "is a broadcaster, writer and poet. His blog posts provide a distinctly Welsh perspective on major events in world history, as well as revealing some little-known events from the Welsh past." Someone who's posts I shall be following in the future.
John B Winterburn
john@winterburn.info
Modern Conflict Archaeology
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Conflict in the Air
Today I am writing a chapter about the conflict landscapes of southern Jordan. In 1917 and 1918 a remarkable band of pilots flew reconnaissance missions from their airbase in Aqaba to Turkish targets along the Hejaz Railway. They included places such as Ma'an, Wadi Rutm and Uneiza.
This was one of the first air wars and used aircraft that were slow and underpowered. Climbing over the mountains to the north of Aqaba meant that they had to ascend to 5000 feet which was at the limit of their performance. To gain adequate lift they had to take-off before the air temperatures rose too much and so most flights took off before 5 am.
Some interesting ideas to get to grips with associated with the pilots engagements with landscape.
This was one of the first air wars and used aircraft that were slow and underpowered. Climbing over the mountains to the north of Aqaba meant that they had to ascend to 5000 feet which was at the limit of their performance. To gain adequate lift they had to take-off before the air temperatures rose too much and so most flights took off before 5 am.
Some interesting ideas to get to grips with associated with the pilots engagements with landscape.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Glasgow Conference
I have just got home from a great conference at Glasgow University. It was good to meet so many other students engaged in both Battlefield and Conflict Archaeology. There were also signs that there is an increasing recognition that Conflict Archaeology is a broader, multi-disciplinary study that Battlefield Archaeology. There is some great work being undertaken at Glasgow on Scottish battlefields and by applying Conflict Archaeology techniques to their study I am sure new narratives will emerge.
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