The papers in this first issue of the 12th volume of this journal are all on topics associated with the Second World War. The first paper (by Seitsonen, Herva, Nordqvist, and Herva) is a report on the excavation of a Prisoner of War work camp in Arctic Finland, the first German camp in Finland to be excavated. The Arctic north is a very different environment to that of most of Europe, and accordingly the camps demonstrate features uncommon to other German prisoner of war camps. The paper goes beyond a mere excavation report to show some of the real potential of Conflict Archaeology by tracing the lines of distribution into the camp of material from across Europe. It is a tremendous piece of research that both demonstrates what can be done with Conflict Archaeology, and the research potential of prisoner of war camps. It is also a welcome paper on the less martial aspects of Conflict Archaeology, looking at the archaeology beyond the battlefield. The second paper (by Marter, Visser, Alders, Röder, Gottwald, Mank, Hubbard and Recker) is an account of the excavation of a Halifax bomber shot down in March 1944 over Germany. Most aircraft excavations to date have been carried out by enthusiasts, with variable quality of recording and commitment to understanding the details of the crash. This excavation combined metal detector survey with traditional archaeological excavation techniques to provide information that was sufficient to allow reconstruction of the shooting down and crashing of the aircraft. The paper is a useful contribution to the developing sub-discipline of aviation archaeology as it shows just how much material can be recovered through careful excavation, and underlines that aircraft wrecks from the twentieth century should not be abandoned to trophy hunters, but should be treated as any other aspect of the historic environment. The final paper in the issue (by Dave Passmore, David Capps-Tunwell, Martijn Reinders and Stephan Harrison) is another aspect of the archaeology of the Second World War behind the frontline. The research looks at the fuel dumps and ammo stores of north-west Europe, providing a very useful typology of such sites that can be used across Western Europe. The team responsible for this research has provided a series of papers over the past few years both in this journal and in others on the ephemeral Second World War remains still surviving in forested environments, and this contribution adds to that corpus of material that is now available for the long-term benefit of other researchers. This final paper works particularly well with the first paper, as both look at the material which was a part of the daily lived experience of soldiers and PoWs during the Second World War. Both papers resulted from projects dealing with the traces of the Second World War that survive in woodlands and on marginal ground that have remained largely untouched since the war. Whereas the towns and fields of Europe have lost many of the traces of war, the ‘marginal’ areas away from the core of modern life still preserve the abandoned material of soldiers’ lives. In this sense, there is a connection with the second paper, where the fieldwork recovered a range of personal items from the flight crew, despite their bodies having been recovered decades previously. All three papers, then, deal with the ephemera of warfare, the material that people used every day, the sites that were part of the background of warfare. Conflict Archaeology at its best is all about taking these ephemeral traces of war and teasing out the details of life and death in a way that only comes through an holistic approach that uses all available forms of evidence available. Conflict Archaeology is an example of the strengths of

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本刊第 12 卷第一期的论文均与第二次世界大战有关。第一篇论文（由 Seitsonen、Herva、Nordqvist 和 Herva 撰写）是关于在芬兰北极地区挖掘战俘营的报告，这是芬兰第一个被挖掘的德国营地。北极北部的环境与欧洲大部分地区截然不同，因此这些营地展示了其他德国战俘营所不常见的特征。这篇论文不仅仅是一份挖掘报告，还通过追踪欧洲各地材料的分布线，展示了冲突考古学的一些真正潜力。这是一项巨大的研究，既展示了冲突考古学的作用，又展示了战俘营的研究潜力。这也是一篇关于冲突考古学的非军事方面的受欢迎的论文，着眼于战场之外的考古学。第二篇论文（由 Marter、Visser、Alders、Röder、Gottwald、Mank、Hubbard 和 Recker 撰写）是对 1944 年 3 月在德国上空被击落的哈利法克斯轰炸机的挖掘情况的描述。迄今为止，大多数飞机挖掘都是由爱好者进行的，记录质量参差不齐，并致力于了解坠机细节。这次挖掘将金属探测器调查与传统考古挖掘技术相结合，提供的信息足以重建飞机被击落和坠毁的过程。该论文对航空考古学的发展做出了有益的贡献，因为它显示了通过仔细挖掘可以恢复多少材料，并强调不应将 20 世纪的飞机残骸遗弃给战利品猎人，而应该对其进行处理就像历史环境的任何其他方面一样。本期的最后一篇论文（由 Dave Passmore、David Capps-Tunwell、Martijn Reinders 和 Stephan Harrison 撰写）是前线背后第二次世界大战考古学的另一个方面。该研究着眼于西北欧的燃料堆放场和弹药库，提供了一种非常有用的此类站点类型学，可在整个西欧使用。过去几年，负责这项研究的团队在本期刊和其他期刊上提供了一系列关于短暂的第二次世界大战仍然在森林环境中生存的论文，这一贡献增加了现在可用的材料库为了其他研究人员的长期利益。最后一篇论文与第一篇论文的效果特别好，因为两者都着眼于作为第二次世界大战期间士兵和战俘日常生活经验的一部分的材料。这两篇论文都来自于处理第二次世界大战痕迹的项目，这些痕迹存在于林地和自战争以来基本未受影响的边缘地带。而欧洲的城镇和田野已经失去了许多战争的痕迹，远离现代生活核心的“边缘”区域仍然保留着士兵生活的废弃材料。从这个意义上说，这与第二篇论文有关，实地调查从机组人员那里收回了一系列个人物品，尽管他们的尸体在几十年前就已经被发现了。那么，这三篇论文都涉及战争的昙花一现，人们每天使用的材料，作为战争背景一部分的地点。最好的冲突考古学就是利用这些短暂的战争痕迹，以一种只能通过使用所有可用证据形式的整体方法来梳理生死细节的方式。冲突考古学是其优势的一个例子 实地调查从机组人员那里收回了一系列个人物品，尽管他们的尸体在几十年前就已经被发现了。那么，这三篇论文都涉及战争的昙花一现，人们每天使用的材料，作为战争背景一部分的地点。最好的冲突考古学就是利用这些短暂的战争痕迹，以一种只能通过使用所有可用证据形式的整体方法来梳理生死细节的方式。冲突考古学是其优势的一个例子 实地调查从机组人员那里收回了一系列个人物品，尽管他们的尸体在几十年前就已经被发现了。那么，这三篇论文都涉及战争的昙花一现，人们每天使用的材料，作为战争背景一部分的地点。最好的冲突考古学就是利用这些短暂的战争痕迹，以一种只能通过使用所有可用证据形式的整体方法来梳理生死细节的方式。冲突考古学是其优势的一个例子 作为战争背景的一部分的地点。最好的冲突考古学就是利用这些短暂的战争痕迹，以一种只能通过使用所有可用证据形式的整体方法来梳理生死细节的方式。冲突考古学是其优势的一个例子 作为战争背景的一部分的地点。最好的冲突考古学就是利用这些短暂的战争痕迹，以一种只能通过使用所有可用证据形式的整体方法来梳理生死细节的方式。冲突考古学是其优势的一个例子