Cultural Resource Management: Archaeological Research, Preservation Planning, and Public Education in the Northeastern United States

by Jordan Kerber

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897893695
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/1994
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

JORDAN E. KERBER is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, where he is also Director of the Native American Studies Program. He is the author of Coastal and Maritime Archaeology (1991).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Tables
Foreword
Preface
Introduction by Jordan E. Kerber
Theoretical And Interpretive Frameworks
Prehistoric Human Ecology as Cultural Resource Management by George P. Nicholas
Processualism, Postprocessualism, and Cultural Resource Management in New England by Robert G. Goodby
Postprocessual Approaches and Public Archaeology: Putting Critical Archaeology to Work for The Public by Parker B. Potter, Jr.
Archaeology, History, and Native Americans: Preserving the Richness of the Past by Paul A. Robinson
Research Methodology
Discovering and Estimating the Frequencies and Distribution of Archaeological Sites in the Northeast by Francis P. McManamon
Improved Documentation in Shell Midden Excavations: An Example from the South Shore of Cape Cod by Leslie C. Shaw
Legislation and Compliance
Connecticut's Preservation Mechanisms for Protection of Native American and Colonial Burial Grounds by David A. Poirier and Nicholas F. Bellantoni
CRM Archaeology and Hydroelectric Relicensing in Maine by Arthur E. Spiess
Creative Protection Strategies
The Carrot, Not the Stick: Strategies for Protecting Archaeological Sites on Private Property by Brona G. Simon
Cultural Resource Management at the Community Level: The Wayland Archaeology Group by Duncan Ritchie and Paul Gardescu
Archaeology Under the Gun: Data Recovery, Salvage, and the Conservation Ethic by Curtiss R. Hoffman
The Rogers Island Archaeological Site: Transforming Myths into Strategies for Interpreting and Managing a Major Encampment from the French and Indian War by David R. Starbuck
Archaeological Research, Public Education, and Cultural Resource Management in the Northeast: An Integrative Approach by Jordan E. Kerber
Index

Editorial Reviews

Brings together a wide range of approaches to cultural resource management (CRM) in the northeastern US that address four major interrelated themes: theoretical and interpretive frameworks; research methodology; legislation and compliance; and creative protection strategies. In addition, the volume represents a sample of the most current ways in which CRM is being practiced and conceptualized in the Northeast today. Six of the 13 chapters are expanded versions of papers given at a 1992 symposium, at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Pittsburgh. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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