CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Since the 1980’s American archaeology has shifted from a strictly academic profession to a more practical occupation in which consulting and the implementation of legislation and public policy are major components. In fact, today Cultural Resource Management (CRM) is the dominant force in archaeology in the United States. CRM (not universities and museums) employs the vast majority of archaeologists in the United States, and it funds the vast majority of current archaeological research in the country. The primary goals of this class are (1) to provide students with an appreciation of the importance of CRM; (2) to provide students with an understanding of the legislation that drives CRM; and (3) to expose students to the everyday practices of archaeologists and historians working in a CRM context.

This course is generally offered every other Fall semester and an approximate schedule of topics is listed below.

Week	Topics
1	Introduction
	What are Cultural Resources?
2	History of CRM
	The Players in CRM
3	National Environmental Policy Act
	Section 106: Introduction to the Process
4	Assessing Site Significance
	Scientific and Scholarly Significance
5	Guest Speaker: Barb Kooiman Historic Preservation
	Guest Speaker: Barb Kooiman Historic Preservation
6	Other Legislation and Burial Sites Video: African Burial Ground
	Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
7	Midterm Exam
	Proposals and Contracts
8	Contract Archaeology Exercise: Description
	Project Background
9	Phase I Identification Survey
	Phase II Evaluation
10	Phase III Data Recovery
	Guest Speaker: Ernie Boszhard Ethics of Curation
11	Report Preparation and Production
	Public Education and CRM
12	Contract Exercise DUE Discussion of Results
	Thanksgiving Holiday
13	Ethics and CRM
	Essays from the Edge: Presentations
14	Essays from the Edge: Presentations
	Essays from the Edge: Presentations
15	Essays from the Edge: Presentations Employment in CRM
16	Final Exam