The Salado Preservation Initiative: Combining Research Investigations with Regional Preservation Planning

Summary

Regional planning is an essential element of comprehensive archaeological management programs. The Salado Preservation Initiative at Archaeology Southwest is linked to our research agenda focused on Salado and related developments across the Southwest in the late precontact period. Working exclusively within a temporally defined period of record (1250-1450) and conscribed geographically by the distribution of Roosevelt redware, Archaeology Southwest conducted a series of expert workshops and interviews using a geographic information system and archaeological site databases to collectively identify high-priority archaeological resources (sites, site complexes and in some instance landscapes). This project demonstrates the potential advantages of using research to complement assessments of individual site eligibility for purposes of listing on the National Register of Historic Places by providing an added layer of regionally contextualized information at larger geographic scales. By establishing spatially explicit priority areas, this information assists Archaeology Southwest in focusing its cultural resource protection efforts and can also enhance cultural resource considerations in local, state, and federal land use planning.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New Perspectives on Salado   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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Spatial Coverage