Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Over the last 40-plus years, the United States Forest Service (USFS) has conducted extensive archaeological surveys across much of the 193 million acres that it manages in order to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. This work is significant in protecting important archaeological and historical sites from various land-use impacts as well as revealing the rich cultural heritage of the diverse land base managed by the USFS for the public benefit. Over this 40-year period, USFS heritage program managers and archaeologists have developed new survey strategies to incorporate the information learned from past experience as well as to address new demands from changing land-use practices. This session will provide examples of what we learned from these archaeological surveys and how survey strategies have improved. The session will also present new approaches that USFS archaeologists are introducing to address the future challenge of protecting cultural resources from the increased impacts of, for example, climate change.

Other Keywords
Cultural Resources and Heritage Management • Cultural Resource Management • Cultural Transmission • Settlement patterns • Historic • Communities of Practice • Global Climate Change • Ethnohistory/History • Cultural Heritage and Preservation • Resilience and Sustainability

Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country) • Canada (Country) • USA (Country) • North America: Pacific Northwest Coast and Plateau • North America • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory)

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  • Addressing the Inevitable: Site Preservation Efforts in the Face of Global Climate Change (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Connie Reid. Neil Weintraub.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Global climate change is contributing to the escalation of large catastrophic wildfires across North America. Fires are increasing in frequency, intensity, and scale, posing one of the greatest contemporary threats to thousands of archaeological and historic properties across...

  • Attaining Goals Together: Collaborative Heritage Resource Stewardship and the Forest Service (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Stephens.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Passage of federal environmental laws during the 1960’s forced otherwise autonomous bureaucracies to accept professions into their ranks that previously had no place. Public lands agencies like the Forest Service were required to employ archaeologists once the National Historic...

  • Fire Archaeology: Preservation in Practice (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only William Reed. Linn Gassaway.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster focuses on the development and future of Cultural Resource Protection and Management before, during, and after wildfires. As the number of fires and acres burned continue to increase each year cultural resources are at critical risk of being damaged and destroyed....

  • Hot Spots: A Proposed Strategy for Reducing the Risk of Wildfire to Cultural Resources (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jorie Clark. Jeremy Littell.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Climate change during the 21st century presents a significant challenge to the mandated protection of cultural resources. In interior continental areas such as the Northern Rockies, increased wildfire activity due to longer fire seasons has the potential to damage if not destroy...

  • Planning for the Future: Integrated Resource Management and Ecosystem Services (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Helmer.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Resource managers, researchers, and policymakers are increasingly considering ways to integrate across silos for more effective land management in the 21st century. In 2005, the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment articulated an international strategy of ecosystem services which...

  • The Ranger Boat Chugach (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jane Smith.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Forest Service in Alaska has long relied on marine vessels to access the wild and remote country of the Chugach and Tongass National Forests. The MV Chugach, a ranger boat listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was integral to successful forest administration...

  • Spatial Database to Spatial Knowledgebase: Predictive Modeling Challenges and Opportunities Across Time Space and Scale (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Morgan. Matthew Taliaferro. Elizabeth Toney.

    This is an abstract from the "Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me: What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years and How Do We Address Future Challenges" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Geospatial modeling of landscapes for predictive scientific research and hypothesis testing in archaeology has become an important approach in cultural resource management. This poster demonstrates the challenges and opportunities with using predictive geospatial modeling in...