ANTH 374 Cultural Resource Management
This course provides an introduction to Cultural Resource Management (CRM), which comprises an estimated 80 percent of the professional archaeology conducted in the United States. This course will explore the broad range of laws that govern archaeological research in the public sector. Practical elements of doing CRM archaeology incorporated into the course include the importance of anthropological theory in CRM, development of regulation-driven research designs, production and evaluation of CRM reports, applying National Register criteria, evaluating significance, assessing effect, management of archaeological projects, phasing of archaeological research, curation of collections, ethical issues, and the concepts of traditional cultural properties and ownership of information about the past. A primary focus will be on the multiple stakeholders in these processes, including developers, archaeologists, and Indigenous groups, and it will lay the foundation for non-academic careers in archaeology.
Offered
Every other Spring, odd years