Coring and the Identity of Cultural-Resource Environments: A Comment on Stein

1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Schuldenrein
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Sedimentary Environments ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
Preservation Conditions ◽  
Cost Efficient

Stein (1986) presents a very timely contribution on the history and utility of archaeological site coring that has major implications for the detection and retrieval of subsurface archaeological data. My purpose in this comment is threefold. First, I would extend her history of coring to include three periods instead of two. More importantly, in so doing, I would stress the need to modify Stein's observations to cultural-resource-management (CRM) settings. This would expand the applications of subsurface probing to broader sets of sedimentary environments and site contexts, specifically those where preservation conditions are less than ideal. Finally, I propose a versatile coring strategy that is amenable to both research and applied cultural-resource-management (CRM) situations in a cost-efficient manner.

Cultural Resource Management and Archaeology at Chiang Saen, Northern Thailand

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sawang Lertrit
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Northern Thailand

Using Chiang Saen in northern Thailand as a case study, this paper describes the practice of archaeology as conducted by the Thai Fine Arts Department. In particular, it examines how the Chiang Saen archaeological site has been treated under the rubric of “cultural resource management”.

Miki Crespi and the Origin of the National Park Service Ethnography Program

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Jerry Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Park Service ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Park Service ◽  
History Of

Dr. Muriel (Miki) Crespi made extraordinary contributions to the development of the field of cultural resource management, especially in conceiving, launching, and developing an Ethnography Program in the National Park Service. As Associate Director for Cultural Resources of the Service, I had the pleasure of sharing part of that experience with her. This paper is not a researched history of that experience, but is rather my personal recollection, containing all of the advantages and disadvantages of that perspective. The Ethnography Program has now been around long enough and made enough demonstrable differences in the field of cultural resource management that it ought to be the subject of a thorough administrative history. To the scholar who undertakes that history, I especially recommend a detailed examination of the planning, execution, and follow-up of the First World Conference on Cultural Parks, which I would describe as the seminal event behind the Ethnography Program.

scholarly journals The Site Tour

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-216
Author(s):  
Carol J. Ellick
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Public Outreach ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
School Directors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Field School

AbstractArchaeological site tours are a common form of public outreach, but are they done as well as possible? Do they convey the information that is intended and are they effective in teaching about archaeology, culture, professionalism, and ethics? Over the years, I’ve been asked by cultural resource management (CRM) firms and university anthropology department field school directors for information on how to construct and give site tours. In the past, responding to this request meant cobbling together information from various sources and adding commentary. The intent of this article is to bring all of that information, along with 25-plus years of experience, together into one comprehensive narrative with the intention of providing guidance for those who have trepidations about offering site tours as a form of public outreach.

Epistemology of the Significance Concept

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 707-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Tainter ◽  
G. John Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Historic Preservation ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Current View ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
History Of

Although the concept of significance has been widely discussed in cultural resource management, the origin of the idea and the epistemology underlying it have remained unexamined. This paper outlines the history of the significance concept in historic preservation and traces the current view of significance to the empiricist-positivist school of Western philosophical thought. Flaws in the arguments of this school, and in the logic of the significance concept, are raised and discussed. Potential approaches for dealing with aspects of the significance dilemma are proposed.

Plow Zones and Predictability: Sesquinary Context in New England Prehistoric Sites

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtiss Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
New England ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
History Of ◽  
Minimal Importance ◽  
Plow Zone ◽  
Pure Research

Archaeologists tend to regard plow zones of sites as having minimal importance for interpretive purposes. The present study describes three prehistoric sites in Massachusetts at which plow zone data—particularly in the lower 5 cm—can be shown to have predicted reliably the undisturbed subsoil contexts beneath. A hypothesis is offered as to what conditions allow maximum predictability of primary contexts from plow zones. It is suggested that archaeologists carefully consider the plowing history of the sites they test, since certain types of plowing will result in less extreme dispersal of subsoil-derived cultural materials. This has obvious implications for cultural resource management studies, as well as for pure research.

scholarly journals The Rise and Decline(?) of the Modern in Sweden - Reflected through Cultural Resource Management Archaeology

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Björn Magnusson Staaf
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Archaeological Methods ◽  
Modern Project ◽  
South Sweden ◽  
The Relationship

A social and ideological trend that has been most influential in the 20’" century is modernism. It is of interest to closer examine the relationship between archaeology and the western social-liberal modernistic project. The archaeology related to Cultural Resource Management in Sweden is a suitable for a study of this kind. This article tries to illustrate this by presenting a case study from Malmö in Scania, south Sweden. The Swedish modern project went hand in hand with industrialization. This development has been of importance for the accumulation of archaeological data. Modernistic ideas were however also largely to influence archaeological methods and interpretations.

Assembling Archaeology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Cobb ◽  
Karina Croucher
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Undergraduate Student ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Archaeological Practice ◽  
Material Turn ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Perspective

This book provides a radical rethinking of the relationships between teaching, researching, digging, and practicing as an archaeologist in the twenty-first century. The issues addressed here are global and are applicable wherever archaeology is taught, practiced, and researched. In short, this book is applicable to everyone from academia to cultural resource management (CRM), from heritage professional to undergraduate student. At its heart, it addresses the undervaluation of teaching, demonstrating that this affects the fundamentals of contemporary archaeological practice, and is particularly connected to the lack of diversity in disciplinary demographics. It proposes a solution which is grounded in a theoretical rethinking of our teaching, training, and practice. Drawing upon the insights from archaeology’s current material turn, and particularly Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of assemblages, this volume turns the discipline of archaeology into the subject of investigation, considering the relationships between teaching, practice, and research. It offers a new perspective which prompts a rethinking of our expectations and values with regard to teaching, training, and doing archaeology, and ultimately argues that we are all constantly becoming archaeologists.

scholarly journals Multitemporal–Multispectral UAS Surveys for Archaeological Research: The Case Study of San Vincenzo Al Volturno (Molise, Italy)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 2719
Author(s):  
Nicodemo Abate ◽  
Alessia Frisetti ◽  
Federico Marazzi ◽  
Nicola Masini ◽  
Rosa Lasaponara
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
Close Range ◽  
Low Altitude

Unmanned aerial vehicles are currently the most used solution for cultural heritage in the field of close range and low altitude acquisitions. This work shows data acquired by multitemporal and multispectral aerial surveys in the archaeological site of San Vincenzo al Volturno (Molise, Italy). The site is one of the most important medieval archaeological sites in the world. It is a monastic settlement that was particularly rich during the early Middle Ages, and is famous for its two full-frescoed crypts which represent a milestone in the history of medieval art. Thanks to the use of multispectral aerial photography at different times of the year, an area not accessible to archaeological excavation has been investigated. To avoid redundancy of information and reduce the number of data to be analysed, a method based on spectral and radiometric enhancement techniques combined with a selective principal component analysis was used for the identification of useful information. The combination of already published archaeological data and new remote sensing discoveries, has allowed to better define the situation of the abbey during the building phases of the 8th/9th century and 11th century, confirming and adding new data to the assumptions made by archaeologists.

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