Date of Award
12-2011
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Historical Archaeology
First Advisor
Stephen A. Mrozowski
Second Advisor
Judith Francis Zeitlin
Third Advisor
Heather B. Trigg
Abstract
On March 26, 1676 Native Americans from southern New England overran a company of Plymouth Colony militia, handing the English one of their worst defeats during King Philip's War. This study was concerned with the reconstruction of the Pierce Battle, as it has come to be known, and its eventual memorialization. The study's two main research questions were: First, to what extent did a complete and critical examination of the primary and secondary sources change, support, or add to the commonly accepted battle perspective? Second, in what ways did a contextual analysis of King Philip's War monuments in Rhode Island add to our cultural and social knowledge about how collective memory of an event is created, redefined, or forgotten?
Recommended Citation
LaCroix, Lawrence K., "Captain Pierce's Fight: An Investigation Into a King Philip's War Battle and its Remembrance and Memorialization" (2011). Graduate Masters Theses. 69.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/69
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