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Assessing site significance : a guide for archaeologists and historians / Donald L. Hardesty and Barbara J. Little.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardesty, Donald L., 1941-
- Series:
- Heritage resources management series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic sites--United States--Management.
- Historic sites.
- Management.
- United States--Antiquities.
- United States.
- Antiquities.
- Archaeology and history--United States.
- Archaeology and history.
- Archaeology--Methodology.
- Archaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : AltaMira Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- Hardesty and Little provide the most up-to-date guide for assessing the historical significance of archaeological sites that may be eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In this second edition, all laws, regulations, and references have been entirely updated. New material on landfills, Japanese internment camps, landscapes, and military properties has been added, along with special case studies on 17th- and 18th-century historical sites and additional chapters on heritage tourism, traditional cultural places, and shipwrecks.
- Contents:
- Part I Approaches To Assessing Significance
- 1 Introduction 3
- What Is the Modern World? 4
- Modern World Archaeological Remains 5
- The Value of Modern World Sites 6
- The Legal Context of Significance 8
- Assessing Significance Matters in the Modern World 10
- 2 Determining National Register Eligibility 15
- Eligibility Step 1. Categorize the Property 16
- Eligibility Step 2. Determine Which Historic Context(s) the Property Represents and How Property Represents and How Property Types Relate to the Archaeological Resources 18
- Eligibility Step 3. Evaluate Significance under National Register Criteria A-D 40
- Eligibility Step 4. Apply Criteria Considerations 59
- Eligibility Step 5. Determine If Property Retains Sufficient Integrity to Convey Its Significance 60
- Nominating Properties to the National Register 65
- 3 Scientific and Scholarly Significance 69
- What Is Archaeological Information? 69
- What Are the Sources of Archaeological Information? 70
- Assessing the Information Content of Sites 78
- What Makes Archaeological Information Important? 79
- Dealing with Redundancy 83
- Case Study: Examining World Systems 91
- Case Study: Power and the Plantation 93
- What's Next? 95
- Part II Case Studies
- 4 Linear Sites 99
- Building Context: Defining Sociotechnical Systems 100
- Assessing the Information Value of Historic Trails 102
- Case Study: Portage Trails in Minnesota 104
- Case Study: Assessing Water Conveyance Systems 106
- Case Study: Railroad Logging in Arizona 107
- Case Study: The Henness Pass Road 112
- 5 Industrial Sites and Monuments 119
- Defining Industrial Property Types 120
- Linking Archaeological Resources to Property Types 121
- Assessing the Historical Value of Industrial Sites 122
- Evaluating Industrial Technology Sites 124
- Industrial Social Formations 126
- Industrial Landscapes 132
- Case Study: Bodie Historic District 135
- Case Study: The Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania, 1716-1945 137
- Case Study: Wood's Gristmill 142
- 6 Domestic Sites and Farmsteads 145
- Property Types and Research Questions 145
- Case Study: Historic Agriculture Resources of Pennsylvania 148
- Case Study: Rural Resources of Leon County, Florida 150
- Case Study: Rural Villages at Fort Drum, New York 151
- Case Study: Homesteads 155
- Case Study: Ozark and Ouachita Rural Households 156
- 7 Large-Scale Sites 161
- Plantations and Ranches 162
- Mining Districts 165
- Engineering Projects 169
- Townsites 178
- Military Properties 184
- 8 Summary 195
- Archaeology Is Important to the Recent Past 195
- Historical Archaeology Is Still Archaeology 196
- The Recent Past Also Needs Good Research Designs 197
- There Are Many Pathways to the Recent Past 198
- Information Needs Focus 199
- Abundant Sites Are Significant 199
- Recent Sites Help Understand Global Ecological Change 200
- Recent Sites Are Not Isolated 201.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780759111264
- 075911126X
- 9780759111271
- 0759111278
- 9780759113282
- 0759113289
- OCLC:
- 263498078
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