Historical Infrastructure: Recording and Evaluating the Signficance of Linear Sites

Summary

Railroads, roads, canals, and utility lines are becoming an increasingly common type of historical site in Arizona.  Such components of historical infrastructure are important because of their role in the settlement and development of the state. However, project-based archaeological survey often results in these sites being recorded in piecemeal fashion, and their significance evaluated by segments within a given project area rather than the resource as a whole. This session will focus on evaluating the importance of linear sites as a component of a larger landscape, and offer examples of how we in Arizona have learned to apply evaluation criteria to determine significance without the time and expense of recording the entire resource.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Archaeology of the American Dream: Topics in Historical Archaeology West of the Mississippi   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2016

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 674