Douglas Scott is known for archaeological investigations of Pea Ridge National Military Park (site of an 1862 battle), Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (site of an 1861 battle), and the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (site of an 1876 battle).
Sources
- The Archaeology of Battlefields - Magazine Issue Archive (archive.archaeology.org)
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03377134 (link.springer.com)
- https://savingplaces.org/stories/interview-qa-little-bighorn-archaeologist-douglas-scott (savingplaces.org)
- https://cgdrexler.wordpress.com/research-2/pea-ridge-and-wilsons-creek/ (cgdrexler.wordpress.com)
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