Cultural resource management : archaeological research, preservation planning, and public education in the northeastern United States

Kerber, Jordan E., 1957- (Added Author).

Summary: Cultural resource management (CRM) involves research, legislation, and education related to the conservation, protection, and interpretation of historic and prehistoric archaeological resources. Kerber's work is divided into four major categories of discussion: theoretical and interpretive frameworks, research methodology, legislation and compliance, and creative protection strategies. The only volume on CRM in Northeastern America since Spiess's Conservation Archaeology in 1978, its contributors are all major participants in archaeology in the Northeast, which includes the six New England states and New York. Because the volume presents successful models and practical advice concerning CRM, it is relevant to regions other than the Northeast and can be helpful in providing a comparative framework for evaluating programs elsewhere in the United States.

Record details

ISBN: 0897894138
ISBN: 0897893697 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780897893695 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prehistoric human ecology as cultural resource management / George P. Nicholas -- Processualism, postprocessualism, and cultural resource management in New England / Robet G. Goodby -- Postprocessual approaches and public archaeology : putting critical archaeology to work for the public / Parker B. Potter, Jr. -- Archaeology, history, and Native Americans : preserving the richness of the past / Paul A. Robinson -- Discovering and estimating the frequencies and distribution of archaeological sites in the Northeast / Francis P. McManamon -- Improved documentation in shell midden excavatons : an example from the south shore of Cape Cod / Leslie C. Shaw -- Connecticut's preservation mechanisms for protection of Native American and colonial burial grounds / David A. Poirier and Nicholas F. Bellantoni -- CRM archaeology and hydroelectric relicensing in Maine / Arthur E. Spiess -- The carrot, not the stick : strategies for protecting archaeological sites on private property / Brona G. Simon -- Cultural resource management at the community level : the wayland archaeology group / Duncan Ritchie and Paul Gardescu -- Archaeology under the gun : data recovery, salvage, and the conservation ethic / Curtiss R. Hoffman -- The Rogers Island archaeological site : transforming myths into strageties for interpreting and managing a major encampment from the French and Indian War / David R. Starbuck -- Archaeological research, public education, and cultural resource management in the Northeast : an integrative approach / Jordan E. Kerber.