Thinking About Cultural Resource Management

Dr. Thomas F. King is recognized as a national expert on cultural and historic preservation laws and practice, about which he teaches dozens of courses annually and has authored three books. Former program director at the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, he is the primary author of many existing historic preservation regulations and guidelines. He also served as an archaeologist and historic preservation specialist in the former U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, as archaeologist for the National Park Service, and as head of archaeological surveys at three universities and helped create the Micronesia Archaeological Survey. King serves as Project Archaeologist for the Amelia Earhart Project, sponsored by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), and is lead author of Amelia Earhart's Shoes, about the search for Earhart. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from University of California, Riverside.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Rethinking Cultural Resource ManagementChapter 2: Thinking About Cultural Resources Management as an Extradisciplinary EnterpriseChapter 3: Doing a Job on CultureChapter 4: It's Not Ethnography, EitherChapter 5: An Uninspired Centerpiece: The National Register of Historic PlacesChapter 6: The HesterChapter 7: Process vs. Preservation: a False DichotomyChapter 8: Thinking About Impact Assessment and MitigationChapter 9: What Is Section 106 Review Anyhow? Two ViewsChapter 10: What if We Lost Section 106? Is the Worst Case Necessarily the Worst Case?Chapter 11: What's in a Name? The Case of "Potentially Eligible" Historic PropertiesChapter 12: In the Eye of the Beholder: Visual Impacts and Section 106 ReviewChapter 13: "Historic Preservation's Responsibility" and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation ActChapter 14: The Letter of the LawChapter 15: A Consultant's DutyChapter 16: Thinking about Indigenous IssuesChapter 17: What's Really Wrong with NAGPRAChapter 18: Stupid TCP TricksChapter 19: Bigger Than a Breadbox?Chapter 20: What Should We Consult About, and How Much Information Do We Need to Do It?Chapter 21: Thinking About Archeology in CRMChapter 22: Archeo-Bias: Recognition and PreventionChapter 23: Integrity Among Archeologists: The Dirty TruthChapter 24: A 1937 Winged Liberty Head Dime From Silver Spring, MarylandChapter 25: Lafayette, Where Are You? The European Union, Cultural Heritage, and CRM in the United StatesGlossaryBibliographyAbout the Author

Thinking About Cultural Resource Management: Essays from the Edge...includes thoughtful articles on a wide range of topics including meaningful consultation with Native People and biases among archaeologists.