Thorny Past

Conflicts have legacies beyond peace treaties and armistices. This article focuses on one example of such an enduring heritage, namely barbed wire left after the Nazi occupation Norway during World War II. has persisted up to present day thus presents a case that can illuminate nuances material legacy is harmful but also important source insight experience heritage. involves incomplete clean in postwar years how continues pose challenges for present-day future cultural natural heritage management. Contemporary archaeology offers insights into afterlife war works as counterweight grand historical narratives mainly focus height armed conflicts.