Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality And 21st Century Archaeology

This year marks the centenary of the First World War. With the arrival of the hundred year anniversary of the War, battlefield archaeology of World War One sites has been gifted with a new popularity. One of the favorite anecdotal stories of the Great War is the truce that took place between the Allied and German forces during Christmas in 1914. Today Indiana Jones hosts Mr. Martin Brown, a battlefield archaeologist who has spent many years excavating the Western Front, to talk about the No Man’s Land archaeology group and the Plugstreet Project. We will discuss how the memory of the Christmas truce has made its way into mainstream media, the importance of battlefield archaeology, and Great War heritage education.