Resources on the Web


Agencies and Organizations

 

National Capital Region

 

   Maryland Historical Trust

 

   Maryland Heritage
Preservation (DHCD)

 

   Archaeological Society of Maryland, Inc.

 

   Virginia Department of
Historic Resources

 

   Virginia Association for the
Preservation of
Virginia

Antiquities

 

   Archaeological Society of Virginia

 

Council of Virginia Archaeologists, Inc.
 

Historical Society of
Washington (DC)

 

   Washington Area Council of Public Archaeologists
 

 

Federal Agencies

 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

Federal, State, and Tribal Historic Preservation Programs and Officers

Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology

Bureau of Land and Waste Management (Environmental Education)

USDA Forest Service (Heritage Resource Programs)

 

 

Information from the Federal Archeology Program

 

Regional and State Archeological Resources (from the National Park Service)

Glossary of Archaeological Terms (from Archeology for Interpreters, online training program, National Park Service)

“National Strategy for Federal Archeology” (from the Archeology & Ethnography Program, National Park Service)

“Administrative History: Expansion of the National Park Service in the 1930s” (by Harlan D. Unrau and G. Frank Williss, September 1983

"Research and Interpretation in the Parks” (from the Archeology & Ethnography Program, National Park Service)

“Federal Archeology Program” (from the Archeology & Ethnography Program, National Park Service)

“Secretary’s Report to Congress on Federal Archeology” (from the Archeology & Ethnography Program, National Park Service)

 

Articles on the Federal Archeology Program

from the NPS Archeology and Ethnography Program website

 

Archeology and the Federal Government—1994. CRM  17(6)

Archeology and the Federal Government—1988. CRM  11(special issue

Preservation on the Reservation—1999. Common Ground (Fall)

Speaking Nation to Nation: Fulfilling Our Promise to Native Americans— 1998.  Common Ground 2(3/4). (Spring)

The State of the States—1999. Common Ground (Summer)

America’s Hidden Battlefields:  Protecting the Archeological Story (from the American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service)

Preserving a Submerged Legacy (underwater archeological resources , from the Archeology and Ethnography Program, National Park Service)

Anderson, David G.  1997    National Commitment to Archeology." Common Ground 2(1). (Spring)

Bense, Judith   1997    "The Southeast Jumpstart of the National Archeology Program." Common Ground 2(1). (Spring)

Lipe, William D.   1996    "In Defense of Digging: Archeological Preservation as a Means, not an End." CRM 19(7)

McGimsey III, Charles   1998    "Headwaters: How the Post-War Boom Changed Archeology." Common Ground 3(2/3). (Summer/Fall)

McGimsey III, Charles   1999    "Headwaters, Part 2: Archeology on Capitol Hill, 1960-74." Common Ground (Winter)

McManamon, Francis P.   1996    "Ninety Years of Archeology and Historic Preservation." CRM 19(7)

McManamon, Francis P.   1996    "The Antiquities Act--Setting basic Preservation Priorities." CRM 19(7)

Rogers, Jerry L. and Francis P. McManamon   1994    "The Federal Archeology Program." CRM 17(6)

The Future of Public Archeology: A Conversation with Bruce Babbitt, Frank McManamon, and Keith Kintigh, 1999. Common Ground (Winter)

 

  

 

Other Articles and Resources

 

   ARCHNet:  Resources for North American Archaeology (weblinks from Arizona State University)

   “The Archeology Public Interpretation Initiative” (by John H. Jameson, Jr., online article updated October 28, 2002, National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center)

   “The Archaeologist as Global Educator”
by Phyllis Mauch Messenger and Walter W. Enloe

   “Heritage Tourism and the Federal Government:  Summit I—Report of Proceedings” (from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2002 

   “Caring for the Past, Managing for the Future: Federal Stewardship and America's Historic Legacy” (from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2001)

    “Exploring Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Archaeology”
Prepared by Maria Ramos and David Duganne, Harris Interactive for the Society for American Archaeology, February, 2000

   “Archaeological Myths” (from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle)

 

 

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