1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455045203321

Autore

Moore Clarence B (Clarence Bloomfield), <1852-1936.>

Titolo

The west and central Florida expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey M. Mitchem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999

ISBN

0-585-37241-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

MitchemJeffrey M

Disciplina

975.01

975.9/01

975.901

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Florida - Gulf Coast - Antiquities

Archaeological expeditions - Florida - Gulf Coast

Archaeological expeditions - Florida - Oklawaha River Region

Excavations (Archaeology) - Florida - Gulf Coast

Excavations (Archaeology) - Florida - Oklawaha River Region

Electronic books.

Gulf Coast (Fla.) Antiquities

Oklawaha River Region (Fla.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [37]-48) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Certain River Mounds of Duval County, Florida [1895]; Two Sand Mounds on Murphy Island, Florida [1895]; Certain Sand Mounds of the Ocklawaha River, Florida [1895]; Certain Antiquities of the Florida West-Coast [1900]; Excerpt from Certain Aboriginal Remains of the Northwest Florida Coast. Part II [1902]; Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Central Florida West-Coast [1903]; Miscellaneous Investigation in Florida [1905]; Crystal River Revisited [1907]; Notes on the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida [1907]; Excerpt from The Northwestern Florida Coast Revisited [1918]

Notes on the Archaeology of Florida [1919]Notes on Shell Implements from Florida [1921]; Shell Implements from Florida [1921]; Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

This compilation of Moore's publications on western and central Florida



provides all of his archaeological data on the region's mounds and prehistoric canals in a single volume.  The name Clarence B. Moore is familiar to every archaeologist interested in the southeastern United States. This amateur archaeologist's numerous scientific expeditions to the region resulted in dozens of well-illustrated publications, the value of which increases daily as many of the sites he investigated continue to be destroyed by modern development.  Moore invested considerable

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792265003321

Autore

Connelly Mark

Titolo

Steady the buffs! [[electronic resource] ] : a regiment, a region, and the Great War / / Mark Connelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-151552-3

1-4294-6012-1

1-280-75848-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

940.4/1241

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Regimental histories - Great Britain

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Officers and Men; 2. Shock, 1914; 3. Adjusting to the Western Front: January 1915-Spring 1916; 4. Raiding, 1915-1918: Learning on the Job or Unnecessary Attrition?; 5. Learning: The Buffs on the Somme; 6. Applying: 1917; 7. Defending: January-April 1918; 8. Winning: July-November 1918; 9. Remembering; Conclusion; Appendices; 1a: Places of birth, residence, and enlistment, 1914; 1b: Places of birth, residence, and enlistment, 1918

1c: Buffs soldiers condemned to death, 1914-192a: Buffs raids; 2b: Overall casualties incurred by the Buffs during raids; 3a: Table: Buffs actions, 1914-15; 3b: Table: Buffs on the Somme, 1916; 3c: Table:



Buffs actions, 1917; 3d: Table: Buffs in the '100 Days', 1918; Bibliography; Buffs Index; B; C; D; F; K; N; O; P; R; W; General Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; W

Sommario/riassunto

A reinvention of the traditional regimental history examining the role of a famous Kentish regiment, the Buffs, in the Great War. The book examines the backgrounds and attitudes of officers, men, and their families to the war and looks at its impact on the military and civil community. - ;This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing the framework and background to the regiment's role in the Great War. It tests the current theories about the British army in the war and some of the conclusions of modern military historians. In recent years a fascinating reassessment of the