Riparian Protection and Restoration as a Necessary Mitigation Practice

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Archaeological Work by Chronicle Heritage" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

When looking at the cultural landscape archaeological surveys often only consider the direct effects that construction projects have on observed cultural resources. Secondary effects such as erosion from construction activity, building usage, and waste deposition are often ignored. Disturbances to the seven aspects of site integrity often ignore effects that occur outside of the construction footprints. Consideration for the processual and causal elements of the construction process, as well as the overall alteration of the landscape by the additional and new usages caused by construction should be considered for proper protection of both observed and unobserved cultural resources, especially precontact resources. In this poster we address the unintended damages and changes wrought on cultural resources by the unplanned but inevitable degradation to the surrounding landscape by construction activities, and how to reduce and negate some of these effects through the protection, maintenance, and restoration of riparian areas focusing on landscapes in the Columbian Plateau.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Archaeological Work by Chronicle Heritage   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 39837.0