The final issue of Volume 12 of this journal has a great deal more diversity than the two previous issues. One aspect of this diversity is geographical. In addition to a paper set in the United States (McNutt), there is a paper on South African (Mosothwane), and one on Kazakhstan (Arzhantseva & Tazhekeev). This is in contrast to the previous two issues whose papers have all been located in Europe. The geographical range is very welcome as a contrast to the previous issues, but there are other reasons for welcoming the three papers in this issue. There have been surprisingly few papers in the Journal on topics relating to the USA, so it is nice to have a paper to cover that area. South Africa has been little served, either, with a paper in the first volume of the Journal in 2005, and nothing since then. Kazakhstan is an entirely new frontier, a place that has not been covered by the Journal at all. It is very welcome to have such diversity of locations in the Journal and emphasises the fact that conflict archaeology is being undertaken across the world. The geographical locations are matched by the fact that, with the exception of McNutt, the authors are from outwith the mainstream Anglo-American conflict community that is so apparent at Fields of Conflict every 2 years. Having a Botswanan and two Kazakhs as authors does something to redress the balance of nationalities reported at the last Fields of Conflict conference, where British and American authors vastly outweighed the other nationalities. Conflict archaeology is a vibrant field of study, and the previous issues in the volume emphasised this with their European focus. It is useful to be reminded of the wider interest in conflict beyond Europe and America, however. There is a tendency amongst many outside the field to assume that conflict archaeology is mainly about battlefields, and if not battlefields, then perhaps military installations. However, as we made very clear at the start of the Journal in 2015, the concept of conflict archaeology guiding the Journal of Conflict Archaeology is a broad definition of conflict that does not require armies but looks at other forms of conflict as well. We have hosted papers on industrial conflict (Saitta, Walker, and Reckner 2005), art historical analysis (Ferris 2005; Parnell 2013; Breeze & Ferris 2016), protest activism (Fisher 2008), forestry camps in WWII (Sneddon 2008), colonial conflict (Grguric 2009), military-related industry (Myles 2011), and cultural resource management (Banks and Pollard 2011; Van der Auwera 2012). While battlefields are a major area of research in conflict archaeology, conflict archaeology and battlefield archaeology are not synonymous. The success of initiatives such as the War Through Other Stuff conference in February 2017 in Edinburgh, which has given birth to further workshops and a range of forthcoming publications, reveals the richness of work being carried out around conflict in general. Quoting from the WTOS website:

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该期刊第 12 卷的最后一期比前两期更加多样化。这种多样性的一个方面是地理。除了美国 (McNutt) 的一篇论文之外，还有一篇关于南非 (Mosothwane) 的论文和一篇关于哈萨克斯坦的论文 (Arzhantseva & Tazhekeev)。这与前两期的论文都位于欧洲形成鲜明对比。与前几期相比，地理范围非常受欢迎，但欢迎本期三篇论文还有其他原因。令人惊讶的是，该杂志上关于与美国相关主题的论文很少，因此很高兴有一篇涵盖该领域的论文。2005 年《华尔街日报》第一卷中的一篇论文也很少为南非提供服务，此后一无所获。哈萨克斯坦是一个全新的领域，杂志根本没有报道过的地方。非常欢迎在杂志上出现如此多样化的地点，并强调了世界各地都在开展冲突考古的事实。地理位置相匹配的事实是，除了麦克纳特之外，作者来自主流英美冲突社区，这在每两年一次的冲突领域是如此明显。有一个博茨瓦纳人和两个哈萨克人作为作者，可以纠正上次冲突领域会议上报告的民族平衡问题，当时英国和美国的作者大大超过了其他民族。冲突考古学是一个充满活力的研究领域，本书之前的几期都以欧洲为重点强调了这一点。然而，提醒一下欧洲和美国以外的更广泛的冲突利益是有用的。许多领域外的人倾向于假设冲突考古学主要是关于战场的，如果不是战场，那么也许是军事设施。然而，正如我们在 2015 年期刊开头所明确指出的那样，指导《冲突考古学期刊》的冲突考古学概念是对冲突的广义定义，它不需要军队，但也关注其他形式的冲突。我们主持了关于工业冲突（Saitta、Walker 和 Reckner 2005）、艺术史分析（Ferris 2005；Parnell 2013；Breeze & Ferris 2016）、抗议激进主义（Fisher 2008）、二战林业营地（Sneddon 2008）、殖民冲突（Grguric 2009），军事相关产业（Myles 2011），和文化资源管理（Banks 和 Pollard 2011；Van der Auwera 2012）。虽然战场是冲突考古学的一个主要研究领域，但冲突考古学和战场考古学并不是同义词。诸如 2017 年 2 月在爱丁堡举行的通过其他材料战争会议等举措的成功，催生了更多的研讨会和一系列即将出版的出版物，揭示了围绕一般冲突开展的工作的丰富性。引自 WTOS 网站：这催生了更多的讲习班和一系列即将出版的出版物，揭示了围绕一般冲突开展的工作的丰富性。引自 WTOS 网站：这催生了更多的讲习班和一系列即将出版的出版物，揭示了围绕一般冲突开展的工作的丰富性。引自 WTOS 网站：