scholarly journals Beyond Data Recovery: Developing Digital Information Systems for Cultural Resources in the Online Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance K. Wollwage ◽  
Allyson Brooks ◽  
Rob Smith ◽  
Morgan McLemore ◽  
Annie Strader ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Data Recovery ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Washington State Department

ABSTRACTFor historic property types such as archaeological sites and historic buildings, data recovery is often the main part of mitigation plans offered by federal agencies with undertakings that will destroy part or all of a cultural resource. In theory, by extracting important information before destruction, we recover some part of a historic resource's cultural value. In some situations, however, data recovery is impossible or otherwise undesirable, and “creative” or off-site mitigation measures are necessary to mitigate adverse effects. In such circumstances, the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has accepted funding from federal agencies to create, implement, and enhance an online digital information system for cultural resources. This article describes the Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data (WISAARD) and provides an example of a federal agency funding WISAARD development as creative mitigation for the transfer of archaeological sites out of federal ownership. We discuss the benefits of such systems and address how their development meets preservation goals established by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Religion as Cultural Resource

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-170
Author(s):  
Michael D. McNally
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Tribal Governments ◽  
Preservation Law ◽  
Traditional Cultural Properties ◽  
National Historic Preservation Act ◽  
Sacred Lands

This chapter explores what results when Native peoples articulate religious claims in the language of culture and cultural resources under environmental and historic preservation law. It argues that cultural resource laws have become more fruitful in two respects. First, there is more emphatic insistence on government-to-government consultation between federal agencies and tribes. Second, in 1990, National Historic Preservation Act regulations were clarified by designating “Traditional Cultural Properties” as eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1992, that law was amended to formally engage tribal governments in the review process. In light of these developments, protection under the categories of culture and cultural resource have proved more capacious for distinctive Native practices and beliefs about sacred lands, but it has come at the expense of the clearer edge of religious freedom protections, while still being haunted, and arguably bedraggled, by the category of religion from which these categories ostensibly have been formally disentangled.

scholarly journals Beyond Data Recovery: Developing Digital Information Systems for Cultural Resources in the Online Era – CORRIGENDUM

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-320
Author(s):  
Lance K. Wollwage ◽  
Allyson Brooks ◽  
Rob Smith ◽  
Morgan McLemore ◽  
Annie Strader ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Data Recovery ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Digital Information

scholarly journals Camp Perry Historic District landscape inventory and viewshed analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Smith ◽  
Megan Tooker ◽  
Sunny Adams
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
Boundary Change ◽  
Viewshed Analysis

The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) established the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), which requires federal agencies to address their cultural resources, defined as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object. NHPA section 110 requires federal agencies to inventory and evaluate their cultural resources. Section 106 requires them to determine the effect of federal undertakings on properties deemed eligible or potentially eligible for the NRHP. Camp Perry Joint Training Center (Camp Perry) is located near Port Clinton, Ohio, and serves as an Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG) training site. It served as an induction center during federal draft periods and as a prisoner of war camp during World War II. Previous work established boundaries for an historic district and recommended the district eligible for the NRHP. This project inventoried and evaluated Camp Perry’s historic cultural landscape and outlined approaches and recommendations for treatment by Camp Perry cultural resources management. Based on the landscape evaluation, recommendations of a historic district boundary change were made based on the small number of contributing resources to aid future Section 106 processes and/or development of a programmatic agreement in consultation with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

scholarly journals Alternative Mitigation to Counter Resource Losses from the Lake Cumberland Drawdown, Kentucky

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie J. McCormack ◽  
Kary Stackelbeck
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Dam Failure ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
National Historic Preservation Act

ABSTRACTThis article presents a case study of the process of developing and implementing mitigation as the result of adverse effects to cultural resources from the drawdown of Lake Cumberland, Kentucky. Signs of a dam failure in early 2007 triggered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to implement the emergency drawdown. While the drawdown prevented a life safety catastrophe, it created a new erosion zone and exposed archaeological sites to looters. When it became clear that conventional Section 106 procedures to identify and evaluate these endangered archaeological resources were not an option, alternative and creative mitigation became a necessary approach for the Corps to meet its obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act. This article discusses the creative brainstorming among the Corps, Kentucky state historic preservation officer, and tribes that led to three alternative mitigation measures aimed at educational outreach, raising public awareness, and staff training. Furthermore, the article identifies challenges encountered during the implementation of the mitigation measures. Through the presentation of our mitigation journey, we share some of our lessons learned to improve awareness of the challenges and successes one may encounter during the execution of such alternative measures.

DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION GUIDELINES FOR ALASKA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATORS

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 941-942
Author(s):  
Pamela Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Hazardous Substance ◽  
Emergency Procedures ◽  
Response Team ◽  
Require Response ◽  
National Historic Preservation Act

ABSTRACT In recognition that oil spills and hazardous substance releases typically require response actions within the first 24 hours, the Alaska Regional Response Team (RRT) has developed draft Cultural Resources Protection Guidelines for Alaska to establish an emergency procedure for taking cultural resources into account during responses and to ensure that response actions comply with the National Historic Preservation Act. The draft guidelines were developed in consultation with the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The mechanism for formally establishing the guidelines’ emergency procedures is a programmatic agreement, which will be signed by appropriate federal and state agencies’ historic preservation officials.

Traditional Cultural Properties

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J. Ferguson ◽  
Leigh Kuwanwisiwma
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Building Structure ◽  
National Register ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Cultural Properties ◽  
Traditional Cultural Properties ◽  
National Historic Preservation Act

Traditional cultural properties are significant because of the role they play in the retention and transmission of historically rooted beliefs, customs, and practices of a living traditional community. They are routinely identified and evaluated as historic properties during research activities needed for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires federal agencies to consider the effects of their undertakings on cultural resources. To be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, traditional cultural properties need to be tangible places (a district, site, building, structure or object), must meet one or more of the National Register eligibility criteria, must have integrity of relationship and condition, must have been important for at least fifty years, and must have definable boundaries. The methods and concepts pertinent to research of traditional cultural properties in the Southwest are reviewed in this chapter.

A Response to Raab and Klinger on Archaeological Site Significance

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R. Barnes ◽  
Alton K. Briggs ◽  
Jerry J. Neilsen
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
The State ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
National Register ◽  
Site Significance

The authors of this response believe that problem-oriented significance for archaeological sites can be accommodated within the existing National Register criterion. In addition, the authors feel that closer relationships between the archaeological community, federal agencies, and the State Historic Preservation Officers will result in the preservation of archaeological sites.

scholarly journals Camp Perry historic district contributing buildings : character-defining features

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Smith ◽  
August Fuelberth ◽  
Sunny Adams ◽  
Carey Baxter
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Historic Preservation ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
World War ◽  
Army National Guard ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
National Historic Preservation Act

The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) established the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), which requires federal agencies to address their cultural resources, defined as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object. NHPA Section 110 requires federal agencies to inventory and evaluate their cultural resources. Section 106 requires them to determine the effect of federal undertakings on properties deemed eligible or potentially eligible for the NRHP. Camp Perry Joint Training Center (Camp Perry) is located near Port Clinton, Ohio, and serves as an Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG) training site. It served as an induction center during federal draft periods and as a prisoner of war camp during World War II. Previous work established boundaries for a historic district and recommended the district eligible for the NRHP. This project inventoried and analyzed the character-defining features of the seven contributing buildings and one grouping of objects (brick lamp posts) at Camp Perry. The analysis is to aid future Section 106 processes and/or the development of a programmatic agreement in consultation with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

Report on Cultural Conservation Being Prepared

1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-11
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Full Extent ◽  
Field State ◽  
Cultural Conservation ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Historical Resources

The Department of the Interior and the American Folklife Center are engaged in a study to produce a report on cultural conservation. This report, authorized under Section 502 of the Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980, will examine the extent to which "intangible elements of our cultural heritage" are recognized in preservation efforts, and will recommend to the President and the Congress alternatives for extending to these elements "appropriate protection and benefits, such as those protections now accorded tangible historical resources." In order to produce a thorough appraisal of activities relating to cultural conservation, the report must consider the full extent of efforts in this field—state and local, public and private—as well as those of federal agencies.

The Opportunities and Limitations of Tribal Consultation in Studies Conducted Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Gail Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Properties ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Traditional Cultural Properties ◽  
National Historic Preservation Act

Proposed construction and development projects that require Federal permits are subject to review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires that the Federal decision-maker take into account the project's potential effects on cultural resources listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Over the years and especially after 1990 when the National Park Service released Bulletin 38, Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties (TCPs), Section 106 review has increased the consideration of designating TCPs and consultation with the Indian tribal organizations that value them. Bulletin 38 defines TCPs as places that have been historically important in maintaining the cultural identify of a community.

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