When Sites Collide: Bridging the Gap Between History and Prehistory in Cultural Resources Management

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "What Is "Historical"?", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This paper examines the ways in which historic period activities have impacted indigenous sites, with a focus on gold mining in California, and how this is documented in the Cultural Resources Management (CRM) industry. Using previous research and geoarchaeological data, we analyze multicomponent archaeological resources comprising historic period mining sites with bedrock milling features or portable groundstone either within or adjacent to mining features. In addition to exploring the ways in which these sites have historically been, and are currently, discussed in site records and their accompanying reports, we propose a more holistic approach to how multicomponent sites are treated in CRM to bridge the gap between indigenous communities and professional archaeology.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
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