Echoes of Iron and Lead: Battlefield Archaeology of Ibero-America, 19th and 20th Centuries brings together fourteen contributions that explore the archaeology of warfare across Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. Edited by Carlos G. Landa, Odlanyer Hernández de Lara and Gorka Martín, the volume covers two centuries of conflicts, from Mexico’s wars of independence to the Falklands/Malvinas War, including the Spanish Carlist Wars, the War of the Pacific, the War of the Triple Alliance, the Colombian Thousand Days’ War, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Spanish Civil War.

The book demonstrates how archaeology provides insights that transcend written narratives. Through the study of artifacts, fortifications, battle landscapes and even shipwrecks, contributors reconstruct combat dynamics, expose the material traces of violence, and shed light on collective memory and identity formation. A central theme is the entanglement of archaeology, history and memory: battlefields are not only sites of death but also spaces of remembrance, trauma, and contested heritage.

With a prologue by Randall H. McGuire situating the work in a broader disciplinary context, this volume positions battlefield archaeology as a critical tool for understanding both past and present conflicts. It is an essential reference for scholars of archaeology, history and memory studies.