Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index.
An overview of professional archaeology -- Laws, regulations, and guidelines -- Preparing the project background -- The phase I process: identification of possible historic properties -- The phase II process: testing and evaluation -- The phase III process: mitigation through data recovery -- Report preparation and production.
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Most students who pursue a career in archaeology will find employment in cultural resource management (CRM), rather than in academia or traditional fieldwork. It is CRM, the protection and preservation of archaeological and other resources, that offers the jobs and provides the funding. Few textbooks, however, are dedicated to teaching students the techniques and practices of this field. Cultural Resources Archaeology, now brought completely up date in this second edition and replete with new case studies from the western U.S., fills in the gap. Drawing on their decades of teaching and field e.
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Cultural resources archaeology.
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Archaeology and state-- United States.
Archaeology-- Methodology.
Archaeology-- Vocational guidance-- United States.
Compliance-- Evaluation.
Excavations (Archaeology)-- Evaluation.
Historic preservation-- United States.
Historic sites-- Conservation and restoration-- United States.
Historic sites-- United States-- Management.
Antiquities-- Collection and preservation.
Archaeology and state.
Archaeology-- Methodology.
Archaeology-- Vocational guidance.
Compliance-- Evaluation.
Historic preservation.
Historic sites-- Conservation and restoration.
Historic sites-- Management.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Archaeology.
United States, Antiquities, Collection and preservation.