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Reviews"The CRM World According to King; what a treasure! This is not a book to sit by the fireside and read of an evening, but I found it full of useful information and fun to read....If you want to get some idea about what the laws and regs say, what they are supposed to mean, and how to Manipulate the System, keep this book at ready....If I were teaching a course in cultural resource management or public archaeology, I would use this as a text. If I were in a position where I had to advise decision-makers, I would find this book constantly useful. If I wanted to slow down a project in my community, I would seek this out from the public library. Certainly all archaeologists, cultural resources managers, historic preservationists, and environmentalists should have this 'at the ready.'" --Hester A. Davis, (Arkansas Archaeological Survey), Historical Archaeology "Public historians who work in CRM will value this book as an excellent manual on CRM. Its presentation is logically organized, thorough-going on the most useful topics, and easy to understand....A valuable reference work." --Beverly E. Bastian, (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara), The Public Historian "Essential reading for students, professionals and general readers with an interest in the contemporary identification and protection of American cultural resources." --James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review "Cultural Resource Laws & Practice...is an indispensible guide to the laws and regulations governing sacred sites. Everyone working with North American cultural resources should have this book in their library....." -- Sacred Sites Newsletter "The author, Tom King, is the best thinker about CRM in the United States." --Tom Green, (Arkansas Archaeological Survey), Lithic Technology " Cultural Resource Laws & Practice ...is an indispensible guide to the laws and regulations governing sacred sites. Everyone working with North American cultural resources should have this book in their library." -- Sacred Sites Newsletter
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisNEPA, ARPA, NAGPRA, SHPOs, THPOs, CEQ, EIS, SIA, Section 106, the National Register, Executive Order 11593. The federal laws, regulations, protocols, and agencies associated with the identification and protection of American cultural resources can be bewildering to the outsider. Thomas F. King, who has been actively involved in cultural resources management practice for almost three decades, demystifies this web of regulation, providing frank, practical advice on how to ensure regulatory compliance in dealing with archaeological sites, historic buildings, urban districts, sacred sites and objects, shipwrecks, and archives. In this brief, informally written guide, he 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. The author also provides helpful guidance to the wide array of federal, state, and tribal offices that are concerned with cultural resources management and the special challenges of working with each. King's insider's guide is an essential tool for CRM work by archaeologists, historic preservationists, environmentalists, tribal governments, agency managers, and students. Sponsored by the Heritage Resource Management Program, University of Nevada, Reno, In this insider guide to US cultural resourc es management and practice, Thomas King attempts to demystif y the web of regulation associated with the identification a nd protection of US cultural resources. '