Cultural Resource Laws and Practice FROM THE PUBLISHER
Renowned cultural resource management (CRM) consultant Thomas F. King demystifies the web of regulations surrounding this field, providing frank, practical advice on how to ensure regulatory compliance in dealing with archeological sites, historic buildings, urban districts, sacred sites and objects, shipwrecks, and archives. In this brief, informally written guide, King discusses the various federal laws that govern the protection of resources, how they have been interpreted, how they operate in practice, and even how they sometimes contradict each other. In this new edition, he reports on changes in cultural resource laws, regulations, and executive orders in the past five years and adds material on section 106 review, NEPA, and the "Preserve America" executive order. King's insider's guide is an essential tool for CRM work by archeologists, historic preservationists, environmentalists, tribal governments, agency managers, and students.
SYNOPSIS
Historic preservation consultant King provides an introduction to U.S. federal law and regulation governing practitioners of cultural resources management—which, in this setting, broadly encompasses the preservation of historical, archaeological, environmental, and even social institutional things of cultural value—in a textbook designed for use in historic preservation, environmental studies, social impact assessment, and cultural resources management academic courses. He describes the law of, and prescribed practices stemming from, the National Environmental Policy Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and other cultural resource authorities. He then explains how to conduct impact assessments and how to formulate cultural resource management plans. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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