Over the last 15 years, a new kind of archaeology has developed in response to the complex challenges posed by investigating modern wars. Interdisciplinary in nature, and drawing on the anthropology of material culture and landscape, Modern Conflict Archaeology seeks to understand the individual experiences of industrialized conflict and their often unpredictable consequences. The talk will introduce this new approach by looking at the First World War on the Western Front, the Italian Front, and the Middle East, drawing on almost two decades of the speaker’s research in museums, archives, and in the field.