The Archaeology of the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Issue 2 (May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: R, M; B, F; L, M; H, V; G T, C; S, R; H L, O; P, C; C, J
• Is Part Of: Journal of conflict archaeology. Volume 9:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 69
• Page End: 92
• Publication Date: 2014-05
• Subjects: Vuelta de Obligado -- spatial analysis -- archaeological records -- written documents -- distributional studies; Battlefields -- History -- Periodicals; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Periodicals; Military history -- Periodicals; 930.1
• DOI: 10.1179/1574077314Z.00000000032
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1574-0773

Abstract

Abstract : This paper presents the results of research carried out for more than a decade at Vuelta de Obligado, San Pedro, north-east of Buenos Aires province. The objectives were to understand the dynamics of the strategy followed on the 1845 battlefield by the two groups who fought (Anglo-French and Argentine), and to assess the impact of formation processes on the results produced. This has been achieved through the use of several sources of information: the archaeological record, written documents, Argentine and European plans and sketches, as well as data provided by the current population.