"Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Public outreach and education is often seen as the responsibility of universities, government organizations, and state-run systems. The first archaeologist many people meet, however, is more likely to be working in cultural resource management. Interactions may range from the informal, like chatting with curious members of the public who have stopped by a field project, to extremely formal such as public outreach projects arranged as part of a creative memorandum of agreement for a Phase III Investigation. CRM is an industry driver for archaeology, where unique contributions to the field are regularly made, but it is not always possible for the general public to easily access the results of these investigations. Almost 90% of archaeological work conducted in the United States happens through CRM, and this session will delve into successful public engagement projects conducted in the commercial sector.
Other Keywords
Cultural Resources and Heritage Management •
Cultural Resource Management •
Public Outreach •
Historic •
Media and Social Media •
Public and Community Archaeology •
Communications •
Public education and outreach •
Archaic •
advocacy
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
United States of America (Country) •
USA (Country) •
Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre (Country) •
Canada (Country) •
North America •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Oklahoma (State / Territory) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
Texas (State / Territory)
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CRM and Public Outreach: A Match Made in NHPA (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Why shouldn't cultural resource management (CRM) companies be involved in public outreach and education outside of regulatory mandates? Archaeologists are ambassadors of the discipline by nature, giving responsible access to shared history with other disciplines and members of the public as well as engaging with...
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Curiosity and Collaboration: Interaction with the Tribal Public in Northwestern New Mexico (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Between 2011 and 2019, PaleoWest Archaeology assisted the Bureau of Reclamation with the nation’s largest federally funded archaeology project, the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) in northwest New Mexico. A substantial portion of the project is on Navajo Nation tribal lands and the archaeological work...
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Educating Politicians: Outreach and Advocacy Behind the Front Lines (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. PaleoWest demonstrates leadership in outreach through political advocacy at local, state, and federal levels of lawmaking. Taking action on multiple levels and working behind the scenes, we shape public policy to meet industry needs. This paper will discuss examples of our efforts and provide a blueprint for other...
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Gold Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Public Outreach and Education in Washington, DC (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeological review and compliance in Washington, DC, is handled by the DC Historic Preservation Office, a unique hybrid that operates as a local city/county agency as well as the SHPO. Typically, the DC HPO Archaeology team does not conduct compliance activities, but we do employ federal and local compliance...
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Hello from the Other Side: Knowledge Dissemination from CRM Archaeology in Ontario (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. For the last five years I have been working on disseminating knowledge about heritage and archaeology through my role as assistant manager of communications at ASI, Ontario’s largest cultural resource management company. My goal has been to make information about our current work accessible, by tailoring the...
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The Hows, Whys, and Huhs of Archaeology at the Headwaters (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This presentation describes the holistic and forward-looking public outreach and engagement effort that was developed to correspond with “the Big Dig,” a Phase III archaeological mitigation excavation at the Headwaters at the Comal Nature Interpretive Center (41CM204) near New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas,...
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It Brings Me No Joy to Tell You All This, but We Actually Found Gold Once: A Discussion of Visitor Engagement Using Historical and Archaeological Interpretation in Alaska Public Lands (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While they usually do not work in the capacity of Public Information Officers or interpretive staff, cultural resource managers and archaeological technicians are often the ones who are literally "fielding" questions from the public. These questions invariably deal with what "grand discoveries" we have made with...
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North Woodlawn Cemetery: CRM and the Legacy of Jim Crow (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. North Woodlawn Cemetery served Fort Lauderdale’s African American community during the period of legislated racial segregation. In the 1960s, part of the cemetery was purchased by the State of Florida and incorporated into the Right-of-Way (ROW) for Interstate 95. In 2012, Janus Research began working with the...
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Out of the Darkness and into the Light: Why CRM Needs to Move Beyond Producing Gray Literature (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This is a call to action for CRM professionals and archaeologists more broadly. In a world of viral tweets and social media influencers, the past is getting swept under the rug. Our work is regulated to gray literature, a checked box before breaking ground. Nevertheless, our efforts reveal powerful human stories...
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Public Outreach and CRM: A Successful Partnership at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park in Dallas County, Alabama (2021)
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This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over the summers of 2016 and 2017, two divisions within the University of Alabama Museums Department helped create successful outreach programs in Dallas County, Alabama, with the support of some strategic partners, namely the Alabama Historical Commission, among others. The Office of Archaeological Research was...