New Book on CRM archaeology available
Dmack89
Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management" Visions for the Future - edited by Lynne Sebastion and Bill Lipe is available from the SAR Press.
This volume is the result of an Advanced Seminar at the School for American Research which brought together a cross section of CRM archaeologists from across the country. The particpants (and authors) represent many aspects of the field, inlcuding Agency staff, private consultants, SHPOs, Eastern and Western portions of the country, university/public program staff, folks that have been involved since the beginning of CRM and those that will be working in the field well into the future. This diverse group looked at where the field has been, what new issues have arisen since the Airlie House Report (1977) and what are likely to be important issues as we move forward into the future. The volume is not intended to be "The Answer" to all your questions, but rather to be a starting point for looking at the future of the field.
More details on the book, ordering info etc. can be found at the SAR Press Website < https://www12.ssldomain.com/schoolofamericanresearch/sarpress/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=126 > including the blurb excerpted below:
By most estimates, as much as 90 percent of the archaeology done in the United States today is carried out in the field of cultural resource management. The effects of this work on the archaeological record, the archaeological profession, and the heritage of the American people would be difficult to overemphasize. CRM archaeology affects a wide range of federally funded or authorized developments. It influences how archaeologists educate their students, work with indigenous people, and curate field records and artifacts. It has yielded an enormous wealth of data on which most recent advances in the understanding of North American archaeology depend. This is "public" archaeology in the clearest sense of the word: it is done because of federal law and policy, and it is funded directly or indirectly by the public. The contributors hope that this book will serve as an impetus in American archaeology for dialogue and debate on how to make CRM projects and programs yield both better archaeology and better public policy.
I hope some of you take the opportunity to review it, and I look forward to any comments or discussion it might engender.
DM
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