Archeological Practice and Citizen Science in the National Park Service

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archeology, Citizen Science, and the National Park Service" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The practice of citizen science in National Parks offers the public opportunities to engage with the past in cooperation with professional archeologists. The NPS aims to make science more accessible and relevant by enlisting the public to assisting scientists with their work. Citizen science, however, is also a product of larger societal trends and presents unique challenges for archeology not found in other disciplines utilizing citizen science. What makes the practice of archeology as citizen science unique and what are the benefits and challenges that archeological citizen science brings? This paper will outline the larger content for citizen science and archeology in the NPS.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archeology, Citizen Science, and the National Park Service   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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