By Paul A. Shackel
Archaeology can both bolster reminiscence and culture, or contradict the established order and supply another view of the earlier. An archaeology of Harpers Ferry's wartime and Victorian eras confronts conventional old interpretations of the earlier (created and perpetuated via such curiosity teams as historians and the nationwide Park carrier) and in so doing permits us to be extra including the town's forgotten histories and offers substitute voices to a earlier.
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