Cultural Resource Laws & Practice

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Rowman Altamira, 2008 - 428 pages
In this third edition of Cultural Resource Laws and Practice, Thomas F. King presents clear, practical information for those who need to navigate the labyrinth of cultural resource management (CRM). He discusses the various federal, state, and local laws governing the protection of resources, how they have been interpreted, how they operate in practice, and even how they are sometimes in contradiction with each other. He provides helpful advice on how to ensure regulatory compliance in dealing with archaeological sites, historic buildings, urban districts, sacred sites and objects, shipwrecks, and archives. King also offers careful guidance through the confusing array of federal, state, and tribal offices concerned with cultural resource management. --from publisher description.

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Contents

Cultural Resource Management Why Is It? What Is It? Who Does It?
1
Cultural Resources in the Broadest Sense Practice Under the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA
55
Historic Properties as Cultural Resources The National Register of Historic Places
87
Managing Impacts on Historic Properties Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
109
More About Historic Places
207
Cultural Resources in of and from the Land
251
Intangible and Portable Cultural Resources
287
Comprehensive CRM?
323
Acronyms and Abbreviations
365
Frequently Used Terms
371
Laws Executive Orders and Regulations
375
Model Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement
383
Model NAGPRA Plan of Action
397
Bibliography
405
Index
415
About the Author
427

Working With CRM
343

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About the author (2008)

Thomas F. King has worked in historic preservation since the mid-1960s as an academic, a contractor, and a government official. During 1977-79 he organized historic preservation programs in the islands of Micronesia, and from 1979-88 he oversaw Section 106 review for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. He is the author of four AltaMira Press books on cultural resource management among his many writings on this topic and is in demand as a consultant and workshop instructor on the subject.

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