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DOCUMENT Full-Text Archeological Assistance Division.

This report was prepared for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the United States Congress. It was prepared pursuant to section 5(c) of the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974: (Public Law 93-291; 74 Stat. 220; 16 U.S.C. 469-469c) and section 13 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Ac.t of 1979 (Public Law 96-95; 93 Stat. 721; 16 U.S.C. 470aa). Under these Acts, the Secretary of the Interior is directed...

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The Secretary’s Report to Congress provides information to several audiences—Congress, the archeological and historic preservation community, and the American public—about the ways that Federal agencies meet the challenges of archeological resource stewardship. While much work remains to be done, the information in these reports demonstrates that Federal agencies are making progress in locating and protecting sites, caring for collections, and initiating public involvement in these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

An expanded Federal mandate in archeology and historic preservation, resulting in vast new responsibilities for the Interagency Archeological Program, was vested in the Secretary of the Interior by the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 19711- (Public Law 93-290. Current program responsibilities include prompt and thoroughly professional responses to executive and legislative calls for the protection and preservation of the Nation's historic heritage as well as to the technical...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

Archeology, involving those remains usually hidden beneath the earth's surface, is a complex data-gathering science. And because archeological remains are considered a cultural rather than a physical resource, their importance is often misunderstood and underestimated. Archeological remains are actually as much a physical resource as historic buildings and, as such are as vulnerable to destruction from intensive human activity (Figs. 1, 2). Although man has inhabited North America for perhaps...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Interagency Archeological Service.

This report is submitted pursuant to section 5(c) of Public Law 93-291, the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974. It is the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate all federal survey and recovery activities authorized under Public Law 93-291, and to report on the scope and effectiveness of this law in directing federal archeological data recovery activities to the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Congress. In fulfilling their...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Susan D. Morton. Steve Shackelton.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert A. Murray.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon. Patricia C. Knoll. Ruthann Knudson. George S. Smith. Richard C. Waldbauer.

This document, the Secretary of the Interior's report to Congress on Federal archeological activities, is prepared for the Secretary by the Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Archeological Assistance Program, National Park Service (Knudson and McManamon 1992). The report is required by Section S(c) of the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (AHPA; P.L. 93-291, 16 USC 469-469c) and Section 13 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 CARP A; 16 USC 470aa-470mm), as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ruthann Knudson. Francis McManamon. J. Emlen Myers. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

The 1974 AHPA required the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the Federal archeological activities authorized by that act; this requirement was expanded by ARPA in 1979 and its amendments in 1988 (Figure 1.4). Preparation of the report data, evaluations, and recommendations provides each involved agency and the Secretary the opportunity to communicate to Congress and agency heads the values and needs of the Federal archeology program. The NPS prepared such reports for a few...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Haas.

The archeological record--what has been left behind by those who came before--is a vast store of knowledge about our diverse cultural heritage. That record is fragile and irreplaceable, constantly undergoing changes from cultural and natural processes that threaten the valuable information it contains. Our knowledge of the past depends on how well we preserve and investigate this wealth of information. The American people have charged their government with preserving an estimated 6 to 7...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bennie C. Keel. Francis McManamon. George S. Smith.

This report is prepared by the National Park Service (NPS) at the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the United States Congress, pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (AHPA) and Section 13 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA). In addition the report provides information about the wide range of Federal...

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Report summarizes information about archeological activities reported by Federal agencies for the years 1998-2003. Chapters discuss agency archeological investigations, public education and outreach programs, the curation of Federal archeological collections, and the protection of public archeological resources.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

This list of final reports on archeological investigations was prepared by IAS-Washington staff members Jeanette Blake, Lisa Carrico, Eupha Maxwell, Kay Weeks, and Judith Williamson under the direction of Rex L. Wilson, Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Chief, Interagency Archeological Services Division.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Claus.

This report provides an overview of the political and legisltative activities from 1900 to 1906 that led to the passage of the Antiquities Act of 1906. It includes descriptions of the passage of general legislation to protect American antiquities and the involvement of government and non-government agencies in the passage of the law. The records of the Department of the Interior in the National Archives indicate that the Department took an active interest in promoting the passage of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Haas.

The Secretary of the Interior's Report to Congress on the Federal archeology program (SRC) describes the activities and accomplishments of the Federal archeology program between FY 1991-1993. The U.S. Congress requires this report to assess the impact of Federal programs and activities on the nation's archeological heritage. It is required under the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (ARPA) which provides for the preservation of historical and archeological data that might be...

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Report summarizes information about archaeological activities reported by Federal agencies for the years 2004-2007. Chapters discuss agency archaeological investigations, public education and outreach programs, the curation of Federal archaeological collections, and the protection of public archaeological resources.

PROJECT Archeology Program, National Park Service.

This project contains copies of each The Secretary of the Interior reports to Congress about the archaeological activities and programs carried out or contracted for by federal agencies.The reports covers activities to recover, protect, and preserve archaeological sites, collections, and data. The Secretary's Report to Congress on the Federal Archeology Program provides yearly overviews of the range of activities undertaken by agencies as part of the programmatic Federal stewardship of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Archeology Program-NPS.

This document is a copy of the general information about the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Reports to Congress (SRC) on archaeological activities by federal agencies. There are a number of federal agency programs and activities that affect the nation's archeological heritage. The report covers activities to recover, protect, and preserve archeological sites, collections, and data. The Secretary's Report to Congress on the Federal Archeology Program provides an overview of the range of...