Cultural Resource Management

Thomas F. King has worked in heritage or cultural resource management for over fifty years, in government and in the private sector with a wide range of clients. He is also the author of many textbooks and journal articles about archaeology and historic preservation. From 1977 to 1979. he helped develop archaeological and historic preservation programs in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Between 1979 and 1989 King was employed by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in Washington DC, where he and his wife, the late Patricia Parker, were responsible for writing National Register Bulletin 38, a U.S. government guideline document that many indigenous groups and local communities have used to protect their cultural heritage from destructive government projects. He was awarded the PhD in anthropology in 1976 by the University of California, Riverside.

“It is very well written, effectively organized, and spot-on: an insider’s succinct explication and critique of how 21st century CRM works, aimed at up and coming and journeyman archaeologists.” • Stephen L. Black, Texas State University

• PrefaceIntroduction to Cultural Resource Management in the United StatesList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. What is CRM? How Does it Differ from Archaeology?Chapter 2. What CRM Archaeologists Do: Consultation and IdentificationChapter 3. What CRM Archaeologists Do: EvaluationChapter 4. What CRM Archaeologists Do: Assessing Adverse EffectChapter 5. What CRM Archaeologists Do: Resolving Adverse EffectChapter 6. What Else Do CRM Archaeologists Do?Chapter 7. Special Cases and Loose EndsChapter 8. Examples of Worldwide Cultural Resource/Heritage ManagementArchaeology and CRM in AustraliaCaitlin AllenCultural Resource Management in BelizeJaime J. Awe A Very Brief Introduction to China’s Wenwu Management System and CRM ArchaeologyWang RenyuCRM in EuropeRaimund KarlCRM in NigeriaKolawole AdekolaChapter 9. Thoughts in ConclusionAppendix: Legal MattersAbout the Author and CollaboratorsIndex