Pierre Grande Guerre
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Some of you already know, that I have an interest in battlefield archeology. I admire these battlefield archeologists, who are having "their heads in their files and their rubber boots in the sucking clay". Battlefield archeologists, who are digging and brushing carefully, according to painstakingly made plans, in the sometimes still dangerous soil of the battlefield.
This year in May I followed with much interest on Facebook.com the reports of the three weeks during project of archeological excavations. A team of archeologists, lead by Tony Pollard and Iain Banks, of the Centre for Battlefield Archeology (CfBA) of the University of Glasgow was excavating British trenches and dug-outs. The team includes amongst other friendly people the Centre's long term friend, the battlefield historian, and the by me much appreciated author, Peter Barton.
On a rainy day in May 2010 we decided to pay the team a visit. This visit to the archeologists was for us very interesting and very instructive. After our visit I re-studied my papers, and I combined the results of my study with Peter Barton’s instructive narrative on the spot. I would like to share our experience of this interesting afternoon with you in the shape of a photo report, a Special Impression about the “Fricourt Archeological Excavations”. Of course I do hope that you will enjoy this Special Photo Impression.
Thanks in advance for your visit!
