Preserving Cultural Resources on the Santa Fe National Forest: a Collaboration between Federal Archaeologists and Volunteers

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeologies of the Eastern Jemez Mountain Range and the Pajarito Plateau: Interagency Collaboration for Management of Cultural Landscapes" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Santa Fe National Forest manages 1.6 million acres of public land in northern New Mexico, and a large portion of the forest encompasses the Jemez Mountains. Archaeologists have surveyed approximately 16% of the forest and documented roughly 10,000 archaeological sites within the forest boundary. The Santa Fe National Forest employs eight permanent archaeologists to ensure the cultural resources on the forest are inventoried and protected. The forest also relies on the efforts of volunteers to assist with this monumental task. The Santa Fe National Forest Site Stewards, a non-profit volunteer organization, and other valuable volunteers help to monitor priority sites, assist with identification and documentation, and research these irreplaceable cultural resources. The collaboration of professional archaeologists and volunteers improves the preservation of cultural resources and exemplifies a shared responsibility for our collective past.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeologies of the Eastern Jemez Mountain Range and the Pajarito Plateau: Interagency Collaboration for Management of Cultural Landscapes   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25312