In The Archaeology of Engagement: Conflict and Revolution in the United States, Dana L. Pertermann and Holly K. Norton have assembled a collection of studies that includes sites of conflicts between groups of widely divergent cultures, such as Robert E. Lee's mid-1850s campaign along the Concho River and the battles of the River Raisin during the War of 1812. Notably, the second half of the book applies the editors' principles of conflict event theory to the San Jacinto Battlefield in Texas, forming a case study of one of America's most storiedand heavily traffickedbattle sites.

Introduction : Conflict event theory "The birth of a unifying paradigm" / Holly Kathryn Norton -- American engagements -- The battle that was and the battle that wasn't : historical and archaeological investigations on the Concho River near Paint Rock, Texas / Timothy S. de Smet, D. Bruce Dickson, and Mark E. Everett -- Methodology for surveying an ephemeral military encampment and battlefield : Paoli Battlefield, a case study / Matthew A. Kalos -- The battles of the River Raisin : clash of arms, clash of culture / G. Michael Pratt and William E. Rutter -- The "hesitant loyalist" at the Grannies Quarter Creek site / Holly Kathryn Norton -- The principles of war and the "Battle of the Barges" / Lawrence E. Babits -- San Jacinto : a case study in method and theory -- Finding archaeological evidence of the Battle of San Jacinto : a case of just taking a look / Michael Strutt -- Georeferencing maps and aerial photos for the San Jacinto Battlefield analysis : an image analysis and GIS application / Peter E. Price and Douglas G. Mangum -- Artillery and the projection of force : artifacts and historical evidence of how artillery was used at the Battle of San Jacinto / Douglas G. Mangum -- Analysis of lead bullets from the San Jacinto Battleground / Douglas D. Scott -- An orderly capitulation : archaeological discovery and interpretation of the Col. Juan Almonte surrender site, Harris County, Texas / Roger G. Moore -- Retrieving the battle cry : electromagnetism and conflict event theory at the San Jacinto Battleground / Dana L. Pertermann and Mark E. Everett.