Historic Preservation Law (Other Keyword)

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Archaeological Sites in Peril and the Law Stands By- What Can We Do? What to Do if An Archaeological Site is Threatened By Development but There is no Legal Handle to Assist (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dirk H. R. Spennemann.

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"The Thieves Who Stole 11 Mountain Howitzers … Were Tried in U.S. Court": The Story of the First Federal Cultural Resources Protection Law and the First Federal Prosecution of a Cultural Resources Crime. (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher Eck.

As we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NHPA, it is worth remembering that a nearly forgotten federal law established the first federal battlefield parks a mere 25 years after the end of the Civil War and placed federal authority and protection over cultural resources – the "Act to establish a National Military Park at the Battlefield of Chickamauga" of 1890 and the subsequent related statutes, such as the Military Parks Act of 1897. This paper explores this law, its early...