Archaeology of the War of 1812 / edited by Michael T. Lucas, Julie M. Schablitsky.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface. Alarum in North America: an overview of the war of 1812 / John R. Grodzinski and Ralph E. Eshelman -- Part I. The Great Lakes region: 1812 -- A forty year fascination with Fort York / Eva MacDonald, David Spittal, and David Robertson -- "I wish you could see the style in which we live": archaeology of a soldier's cabin at Cantonment Saranac, Plattsburgh, New York / Timothy J. Abel -- The War of 1812 at Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, New York / Susan E. Maguire -- Part II. The Chesapeake Campaign: 1814 -- A deserted garrison village: Nottingham Maryland and the War of 1812 / Michael T. Lucas and Emily L. Swain -- Archaeology of the Chesapeake Bay naval flotilla / Robert S. Neyland and Jeffrey M. Enright -- Archaeological investigations at the Bladensburg Battlefield Site / Noel D. Broadbent and Richard G. Ervin -- The archaeology of the Battle of the White House on the Potomac / Patrick L. O'Neill -- Reconstructing the Battle of Caulk's Field, Maryland / Julie M. Schablitsky -- American fortification strategy and military tactics at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland / Charles D. Cheek, Joseph F. Balicki, and David Orr -- Part III. The western frontier: 1814 -- Landscape of battle: military terrain analysis of the Battle of Credit Island / Christopher T. Espenshade -- The War of 1812 on the Missouri frontier: the search for Fort Osage and Sibley's Fort / Timothy Baumann, John Peterson, and Michael Dickey -- Part IV. The south at war's end: 1815 -- Forgotten invasion: archaeological excavations at Point Peter, Georgia / C. Scott Butler -- Chalmette: a GIS and archaeological study of the Battle of New Orleans / John E. Cornelison, Jr. and David Lowe -- Concluding thoughts / David Orr.