Getting out of the Box: New Horizons for Cultural Resources Data Management and Analyses

Summary

Following the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), we are compelled to take both a retrospective and introspective view of the NHPA, and in particular the implementation of Section 106. Though making great strides, Section 106, the primary driver of Cultural Resource Management (CRM), is still boxed in by rote inventory and unimaginative interpretation and implementation. This paper will suggest ways we can break out of the box through better data management and analytical application. We’ll review a national initiative by BLM to create cultural heritage resource data standards and the importance of applying more rigorous data management principles to landscape level planning and data modeling, facilitating proactive versus reactive resource assessments and the development of appropriate treatments of cultural heritage values.

*F. Kirk Halford, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Deputy Preservation Officer/State Archaeologist

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20105