Every Site Is a Microcosm: A Tale of Cultural Resource Management, Public Parks, and an NRHP Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Public Lands, Public Sites: Research, Engagement, and Collaboration" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This presentation focuses on an Indigenous site that is on the NRHP and is located within Summit Metro Parks (SMP), a county-level park system in Ohio. Work on this site exemplifies many of the issues facing cultural resource / heritage management in a small public park system. The site spans both SMP and adjacent national park property, necessitating collaborative site management. Much of the site area has been leased for agriculture for decades, raising issues of site management, preservation, and protection from collecting/looting activity. SMP has worked in collaboration with the University of Akron to host archaeology classes and field schools at the site and to develop a multiyear program of research on the site. The resulting program, the Community Archaeology Summer Program, has been supported through grants and has provided students with essential training, helping them begin careers in archaeology. Finally, a goal of the research is to develop more a more appropriate stewardship and interpretation strategy for this important site, hopefully in consultation with Tribal Nations and Indigenous groups.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Public Lands, Public Sites: Research, Engagement, and Collaboration   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 35584.0