Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians (Heritage Resources Management): A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians, Second Edition (Heritage Resource Management Series)

Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians (Heritage Resources Management): A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians, Second Edition (Heritage Resource Management Series)

by Donald L . Hardesty (Author)

Synopsis

Hardesty and Little provide the most up-to-date guide for assessing the historical significance of archaeological sites that may be eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In this second edition, all laws, regulations, and references have been entirely updated. New material on landfills, Japanese internment camps, landscapes, and military properties has been added, along with special case studies on 17th- and 18th-century historical sites and additional chapters on heritage tourism, traditional cultural places, and shipwrecks.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 254
Edition: Second
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 16 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 0759111278
ISBN 13: 9780759111271

Media Reviews
One of the most important decisions a cultural resource manager can make involves assessing site significance-a decision that often determines, at least in the US federal preservation system, if a site merits further consideration as a historic property. In the second edition of this important book, veteran preservationists Don Hardesty and Barbara Little offer an updated primer on the complex process of determining significance, especially for sites occupied in the relatively recent past. The authors discuss the role and history of significance in the preservation process, and present compelling case studies. A must-read for the 21st-century preservationist! -- Julia King, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Author Bio
Donald L. Hardesty is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada-Reno. Barbara J. Little is an archaeologist with the National Park Service in Washington, DC, and adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park.