[OR_Archaeology] [AnthroAlaska] HELP! Protecting archaeological sites andrecreation

[Susan White]

Hello all,
 
I am a graduate student in need of your collective wisdom and
expertise.  I'm doing a project involving recreational impacts to
archaeological sites and strategies for protecting them--specifically,
signage in the sites' vicinities.  I am trying to find any information
that supports or
discredits the use of signs to protect sites from looters and/or
recreationalists (e.g., ATV riders and bikers), especially on public
lands.  Ideally, any long-term monitoring studies would be useful (for
any kind of site protection strategy), but all sources/ideas are welcome
and much appreciated.  It seems that there are two camps: if you put a
sign up, it attracts negative attention to the sites (and they're
harmed); or, signs can educate the public and sites will be
protected--now I'd like to find some substantial data.
 
cicconev at cwu.edu 
 
Thanks very much,
 
Victoria Ciccone
Central Washington University
Resource Management Program/
Department of Anthropology
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509/933-4935
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