A Companion to Cultural Resource Management

A Companion to Cultural Resource Management is an indispensible guide to students, beginning practitioners, and others wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the field of cultural resource management. Each chapter is authored by CRM experts or representatives of the voices of affected groups, including archaeologists, architectural historians, museum curators, historians and independent researchers who help build an understanding of cultural and heritage management, around the globe, and how it may develop in the future. These authors identify and illustrate the problems and realities that face practitioners ‘on the ground’.   The book gives a detailed account of the identification and management of particular cultural resource types, such as historic structures, archaeological sites, artifacts, natural places with cultural significance, languages, and religious beliefs. Other sections focus on practice in government agencies and consulting firms. The broad range of topics and perspectives in this new Companion offers critical ideas and practical knowledge to those working with CRM or heritage management throughout the world.

Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction ( Thomas F. King). Part I: General Classes of Cultural Resources. 1. Studying and Evaluation the Built Environment. 2. Principles of Architectural Preservation. 3. Archaeology of the Distant Past. 4. Archaeological Sites of the Recent Past. 5. Space, Place and Landscape: Geographies of Cultural Resource Management. 6. Where Nature and Culture Meet: Managing Culturally Significant Natural Resources. 7. History as a Cultural Resource. 8. “This Belongs in a Museum?” Portable Cultural Property. 9. Values are in the Mind: "Intangible" Cultural Resources. 10. Religious Belief and Practice. 11. Managing Language as an Integrated Cultural Resource. Part II: Special Types of Cultural Resources. 12. In Too Deep: Challenges of Maritime Archaeology. 13. Keeping Historic Watercraft Afloat. 14. Enfants Terribles – Historic Aircraft and Spacecraft. 15. Studying and Managing Aerospace Crash Sites. 16. Rockets, Tang™, and Telescopes: Evaluating and Managing Technical and Scientific Properties. 17. Fields of Conflict. 18. Managing Our Military Heritage. 19. All in Line: The Challenge of Linear Resources and Linear Projects. 20. Rock Art as Cultural Resource. Part III: Perspectives on Cultural Resource Management. 21. Consultation in Cultural Resource Management: An Indigenous Perspective. 22. Where We’re From: The Perspective of a Displaced People. Part IV: Legal, Administrative, and Practical Contexts. 23. The Legal Mélange. 24. International Variety in CRM. 25. Consultation and Negotiation. 26. CRM in a United States Government Agency: Some Thoughts on Surviving and Succeeding While Working for Federal Land Managing Agencies. 27. Making a Living in CRM: First, A Discouraging Word. 28. The Historic Built Environment: A Planning Perspective from the Western United States. 29. Cultural Resource Management at War. The Military and Anthropologists in Iraq, 2004–2007: Discovering Shared Interests and Values. 30. A Future for Cultural Resource Management? Index.

Thomas F. King is an independent writer, consultant and trainer in cultural resource management, and conducts archaeological research in California and Micronesia. King works extensively with indigenous groups and local communities to ensure that their cultural places and concerns are considered in development planning. He also works as an archaeologist with The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR)tracing the 1937 disappearance of famed aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. King’s books include Cultural Resource Laws and Practice, 3 rd Edition , Saving Places that Matter: A Citizen′s Guide to the National Historic Preservation Act, and Our Unprotected Heritage: Whitewashing the Destruction of our Cultural and Natural Environment.

“This focus on hands–on knowledge and practice is very valuable”  ( Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1 January 2014)