ABSTRACT
Archival analysis is commonly used by researchers examining historical landscapes and assessing commemorative spaces as parts of present landscapes. This chapter assesses various types of archives and their role in holistically analyzing commemorated landscapes. Using a case study from a small Kansas (USA) town’s commemoration of Civil War-era violence, Chris Post guides readers in the use of traditional archives, both local and extralocal, before assessing the commemorative landscape itself as an archive and repository of information. The chapter ends with a discussion of how the results of such multi-modal archival research combine to create more comprehensive understandings of our commemorative places.
