TY - JOUR
T1 - Annual review of anthropology
T2 - Developments in American archaeology: Fifty years of the national historic preservation act
AU - Pierce-McManamon, Francis
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PY - 2018/10/21
Y1 - 2018/10/21
N2 - Since its enactment over five decades ago, theNational Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the organizations, policies, and regulations implementing it have strongly influenced how archaeology is conducted in the United States. The NHPA created a national network of archaeologists in government agencies. This network reviews the possible impact on important archaeological resources of tens of thousands of public projects planned each year. These reviews often include investigations, of which there have been millions. The archaeological profession has shifted from one oriented mainly on academic research and teaching to one focused on field investigations, planning, resource management, public outreach, and resource protection, bundled under the term cultural resource management (CRM). Since 1966, growth has produced good outcomes aswell as sometroubling developments. Current and new challenges include avoiding lock-step, overly bureaucratic procedures and finding the financial, professional, and technical resources, as well as political support, to build on the achievements so far.
AB - Since its enactment over five decades ago, theNational Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the organizations, policies, and regulations implementing it have strongly influenced how archaeology is conducted in the United States. The NHPA created a national network of archaeologists in government agencies. This network reviews the possible impact on important archaeological resources of tens of thousands of public projects planned each year. These reviews often include investigations, of which there have been millions. The archaeological profession has shifted from one oriented mainly on academic research and teaching to one focused on field investigations, planning, resource management, public outreach, and resource protection, bundled under the term cultural resource management (CRM). Since 1966, growth has produced good outcomes aswell as sometroubling developments. Current and new challenges include avoiding lock-step, overly bureaucratic procedures and finding the financial, professional, and technical resources, as well as political support, to build on the achievements so far.
KW - Archaeology and the law
KW - CRM
KW - Cultural resource management
KW - History of archaeology
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102317-045844
DO - 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102317-045844
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055621477
SN - 0084-6570
VL - 47
SP - 553
EP - 574
JO - Annual Review of Anthropology
JF - Annual Review of Anthropology
ER -