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Archaeology & Anthropology 2018

Global Journal of Research and Review

ISSN: 2393-8854

Page 39

October 01-02, 2018

London, UK

Edition of international Conference on

Archaeology and

Anthropology

reaking Ground Heritage are in their fourth year of utilizing

archaeology and heritage to support service personnel

in the UK. The majority of which are suffering psychological

and physical trauma caused predominantly through military

operations. With over 30 projects completed to date ranging

from archaeological excavations, historical research, academic

instruction and heritage craft skills, we have been able to gather

a corpus of evidence that is starting to show us why these

projects are so effective in the promotion of recovery to this

demographic. There have been a number of studies conducted

on this demographic, looking at the human borne legacies from

the veterans of conflicts such as WW2 (World War 2), Korea, The

Falklands Campaign and even Iraq and Afghanistan. All of these

studies elude to the benefits derived from a peer network, but this

has never been followed up in any capacity until now. Evidence

is now indicating that peer-peer interaction is instrumental in

helping beneficiaries reconstruct a narrative that is conducive

to their own personal recovery and that the heritage element is a

driving force, helping to build upon a social identity that is more

than just a label or career description (veteran/ex-army). Heritage

also provides the platform to refocus the soft skill ingrained into

this community, during the process of becoming ‘military’. Skills

such as self-discipline, attention to detail, a desire to succeed and

teamwork. All highly desirable in any workforce. What we are now

considering is how this peer-peer support this can be built upon

for the progression of an individual’s clinical intervention and how

it might be replicated in other social demographics that might not

have a commonality, such as the military identity.

Richard Bennett

Breaking Ground Heritage, UK

Glob J Res Rev 2018, Volume 5

DOI: 10.21767/2393-8854-C1-003

The role of archaeology and heritage in the promotion of

recovery to combat veterans suffering complex trauma of a

physical or psychological nature