[OR_Archaeology] New book on the future of CRM archaeology

[Susan White]

This announcement is from another listserv, I haven't read the book so cannot recommend nor criticize. But I thought y'all might be interested. Have a great weekend, Susan

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FINALLY - after years of discussion, writing and suffering through the publication process - it is available:

Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management : Visions for the Future - edited by Lynne Sebastian and Bill Lipe, with a forward by Charles R. McGimsey, is available from the SAR Press. (see attached flyer for details).

This volume is the result of an Advanced Seminar at the School for American Research which brought together a cross section of ten CRM archaeologists from across the country.  The participants (and authors) represent many aspects of the field, including agency staff, private consultants, SHPOs, Eastern and Western portions of the country, university/public program staff, folks that have been involved since the beginning of CRM and those that will be working in the field well into the future. This diverse group looked at where the field has been, what new issues have arisen since the Airlie House Report (1977) and what are likely to be important issues as we move forward into the future.  The volume is not intended to be "The Answer" to questions, but rather to be a starting point for looking at the future of the field.

By most estimates, as much as 90 percent of the archaeology done in the United States today is carried out in the field of cultural resource management. The effects of this work on the archaeological record, the archaeological profession, and the heritage of the American people would be difficult to overemphasize. CRM archaeology affects a wide range of federally funded or authorized developments. It influences how archaeologists educate their students, work with indigenous people, and curate field records and artifacts. It has yielded an enormous wealth of data on which most recent advances in the understanding of North American archaeology depend. This is "public" archaeology in the clearest sense of the word: it is done because of federal law and policy, and it is funded directly or indirectly by the public. The contributors hope that this book will serve as an impetus in American archaeology for dialogue and debate on how to make CRM projects and programs yield both better archaeology and better public policy. (copied from SAR Press Website - < https://www12.ssldomain.com/schoolofamericanresearch/sarpress/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=126

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Susan Lynn White, RPA
Asst. State Archaeologist
Oregon SHPO
725 Summer St NE, Suite C 
Salem, Oregon 97301
503-986-0675 office
503-986-0793 fax
Susan.White at state.or.us
 
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