Required Reading for Anthropology 493 Seminar:

Cultural Resource Management (ANTH 395)

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Course Syllabus, Spring 2008

Instructor: Mark A. Rees, Ph.D.	Phone: 337-482-6045
Office: Mouton Hall, Room 109A	Dept. Office: 337-482-6044
Office Hours: Tue & Thur 8:00-9:30 AM, 11:00 AM-	Email: rees@louisiana.edu
12:30 PM & 1:45-3:00 PM	http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mar4160/
Fri 8:00-10:00 AM (subject to change)	Moodle: http://suze.ucs.louisiana.edu/moodle/

Course Description

Cultural resource management (CRM) is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the investigation, administration, conservation, preservation, and stewardship of historic places, material culture, and cultural heritage, including the avoidance, mediation, or mitigation of adverse impacts. Cultural resources in the Americas include ancient Native American village sites, marked and unmarked graves, Civil War battlefields, a sharecropper’s cabin, and the houses of former U.S. Presidents. Informed and ethical decisions regarding what should be preserved, what should be carefully documented, and what ultimately can be disturbed lie at the center of CRM.

According to the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA), “the cultural resources industry in the United States is estimated to be made up of over 500 firms employing over 10,000 people working in a wide variety of fields, including historic preservation, history, archaeology, architectural history, historical architecture, and landscape architecture” (http://www.acra-crm.org/). A majority of practicing archaeologists and many cultural anthropologists are today employed in CRM. The applied qualities of CRM make this course immediately relevant and practical for employment outside of academia. This course is a critical introduction to CRM, especially applied anthropological perspectives and practices in contemporary society. It examines the history, methods, techniques, theoretical perspectives, legislation, and regulations fundamental to CRM. Students will acquire experience in historic preservation, public archaeology, or other aspect of CRM through a final project.

Attendance and Participation

CRM is organized as a seminar with classroom discussion of assigned readings. Attendance and participation are essential and required. Class meetings are scheduled only once a week in order to facilitate uninterrupted discussion. Everyone is required to keep up with the readings and participate in each weekly discussion. Please note that your contribution need not be exceptional or brilliant. It is only required that you regularly participate. It is consequently imperative that you read all of the assigned materials each week and come prepared to join in the discussion. As you may find the amount of assigned readings challenging, it will be important to read daily and not fall behind. Please refer to Moodle (http://suze.ucs.louisiana.edu/moodle/) for current assignments, additional course information, and updates.

Appropriate written documentation for excused absences should normally be submitted to the instructor within one week of an absence. Hospitalization and severe illness requiring medical attention are legitimate excuses for an absence. Car trouble, absentmindedness, and vacations are not. Due to the small number of scheduled meetings, students will be allowed only one excused absence. Students should contact the instructor as soon as possible after an absence to receive any additional assignments for the following week.

Report Review and Final Project

There are two written assignments in this course. The first is a review of a CRM report, to be selected in consultation with the instructor. The second assignment is a CRM project, also to be selected in consultation with the instructor, and turned in at the end of the semester. CRM reports and projects must be approved in advance by the instructor. Any subsequent changes must also be approved by the instructor. Both written assignments must be type-written and double-spaced, relatively free of grammatical errors, and referenced with the appropriate bibliographic citations. Additional information on the Report Review and Final Project will be provided on Moodle. Students will present brief summaries of their reviews and final projects in class.

Grades

The final grade for this course will be based on participation and attendance (100 points), a midterm report review (100 points), and a final project (100 points), for a total of 300 points. If absent you will not be able to participate and will consequently lose points for both attendance and participation. The grade for participation represents your contribution to class discussions, demonstrating that you have completed the assigned readings. Participation also includes two class presentations, in which students will summarize their report review and final project. There are no scheduled tests. In the event of inadequate participation however, the instructor may require unscheduled examinations and/or quizzes worth up to a total of 100 additional points.

Scheduled Topics and Assignments (Last Updated March 12, 2008)

Date	Topics	Assignments to be Completed for Current Week
Jan 22	Course Orientation & Introduction
Jan 29	CRM Introduction, Background & Overviews	King 3-47; Lowenthal; Page and Mason 3-16; Richman and Forsyth xiii-xix; Shull; Stipe xiii-xix, 1-20
Feb 5	Mardi Gras Holiday – No Class	Readings for next week
Feb 12	Historicity, Heritage, Commemoration & Historical Overviews	Gable and Handler; Loewen 15-50, 206-230, 443-454; Page and Mason 19-78; Shackel
Feb 19	Historical Overviews & Case Studies	Davidson and Perschler; Page and Mason 81-162; Stine; Stipe 23-156
Feb 26	CRM Legislation & Regulations: NEPA, NHPA & Others; Deadline for Approval of Report	King 51-80; Richman and Forsyth 3-16; Stipe 157-184; US 5-6, 12-19, 29-34, 35-99, 101-104, 155-158
Mar 4	CRM Legislation & Regulations: Sec 106 & Others; NR Eligibility & Assessing Significance	ACHP (selections); ACHP Sec 106; Hardesty and Little 3-76; King 81-190; Readings from last week
Mar 11	Cultural Property & Enforcement; World Heritage & International Issues	Richman and Forsyth 17-161; Stipe 353-382; UNESCO; US 140-152
Mar 18	Indigenous Rights, NAGPRA & Repatriation; Presentation of Reviews; Deadline for Approval of Final Project	King 191-288; Richman and Forsyth 165-251; Stipe 405-421; Watkins 2003; US 167-183; Report Review Due
Mar 25	Spring Break – No Class	Readings for next week
Apr 1	Property Types & Landscapes	Alanen; Alanen and Melnick; Hardesty and Little 79-159; Howett; Keller B18; McClelland B30; Stipe 187-251
Apr 8	Archaeology; Impact Assessment & Planning; Presentation by C. R. McGimsey	King 291-325; Little B36; LDA; McGimsey; Stipe 253-278
Apr 15	Historic Preservation & Historic Architecture; Private Sector & Nonprofits	HABS/HAER; Page and Mason 163-309; Shrimpton B15; Stipe 279-351; Weeks and Grimmer vi-20, 60-65, 117-121, 165-168
Apr 22	Folklife & Intangible Heritage; Traditional Cultural Properties; Presentation by C. R. Brassieur	Barrett and Taylor; Hardesty; Kaufman; Parker and King B38; Stipe 385-404, 423-448
Apr 29	Ethical & Social Issues; Future Prospects	ACRA; King 327-339; Page and Mason 313-328; RPA; Stipe 451-493
May 6	Presentation of Final Projects
May 13	Final Exam Week; Presentation of Final Projects	Final Project Due

Required Reading [KEY]: Text Books in Bold

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation [ACHP]

2004 Section 106 Regulations. Protection of Historic Properties (36 CFR Part 800), amended Aug. 5, 2004. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C. http://www.achp.gov/regs.html or http://www.achp.gov/regs-rev04.pdf [and on Moodle].

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation [ACHP Sec 106]

2007 Working with Section 106. http://www.achp.gov/work106.html [Follow links to Section 106 Regulations Users Guide, Section 106: The Rules, and Explanatory Material].

Alanen A. R.

2000 Considering the Ordinary: Vernacular Landscapes in Small Towns and Rural Areas. In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America, edited by A. R. Alanen and R. Z. Melnick, pp. 112-142. Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore. [Moodle]

Alanen A. R., and R. Z. Melnick

2000 Introduction: Why Cultural Landscape Preservation? In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America, edited by A. R. Alanen and R. Z. Melnick, pp. 1-21. Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore. [Moodle]

American Cultural Resources Association [ACRA]

2007 American Cultural Resources Association Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. http://www.acra-crm.org/ [Follow links to Members Info and Ethics Statement; also on Moodle].

Barrett, Brenda, and Michael Taylor

2007 Three Models for Managing Living Landscapes. CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 4(2):50-65.

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/Journal_Index.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/04_article_sub.cfm?issue=Volume%204%20Number%202%20Summer%202007&page=1&seq=2 [and on Moodle].

Davidson, Lisa Pfueller, and Martin J. Perschler

2003 The Historic American Buildings Survey During the New Deal Era: Documenting “a Complete Resume of the Builders’ Art.” CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 1(1):49-73.

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/Journal_Index.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/97_Archive.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/04_article_sub.cfm?issue=Volume%201%20Number%201%20Fall%202003&page=1&seq=1 [and on Moodle].

Gable, Eric, and Richard Handler

1996 After Authenticity at an American Heritage Site. American Anthropologist 98(3):568-578. [Moodle]

Hardesty, Donald L.

2000 Ethnographic Landscapes: Transforming Nature into Culture. In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America, edited by A. R. Alanen and R. Z. Melnick, pp. 169-185. Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore. [Moodle]

Hardesty, Donald L., and Barbara J. Little

2000 Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. ISBN: 074250316X. http://www.altamirapress.com.

Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record [HABS/HAER]

1990 Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Architectural and Engineering Documentation. National Park Service, Washington, D.C. http://www.nps.gov/hdp/standards/standards.htm

http://www.nps.gov/hdp/standards/standards.pdf [and on Moodle].

Howett, Catherine

2000 Integrity as a Value in Cultural Landscape Preservation. In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America, edited by A. R. Alanen and R. Z. Melnick, pp. 186-207. Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore. [Moodle]

Kaufman, Ned

2004 Historic Places and the Diversity Deficit in Heritage Conservation. CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 1(2):68-85.

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/Journal_Index.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/97_Archive.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/04_article_sub.cfm?issue=Volume%201%20Number%202%20Summer%202004&page=1&seq=3 [and on Moodle].

Keller, J. Timothy, and Genevieve P. Keller [Keller B18]

1987 How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic Landscapes. National Register Bulletin No. 18. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb18/ or http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb18/nrb18.pdf [and on Moodle].

King, Thomas F.

2004 Cultural Resource Laws and Practice: An Introductory Guide. Second Edition. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. ISBN: 0759104743. http://www.altamirapress.com.

Little, Barbara, Erika Martin Seibert, Jan Townsend, John H. Sprinkle, Jr., and John Knoerl [Little B36]

2000 Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Archeological Properties. National Register Bulletin No. 36. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/arch/

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/publications/bulletins/arch/nrb36.pdf

Loewen, James W.

1999 Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. New Press, New York. [Moodle]

Lowenthal, David

2003 Pioneering Stewardship: New Challenges for CRM. CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 1(1):7-13.

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/Journal_Index.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/97_Archive.cfm

http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/02_viewpoint_sub.cfm?issue=Volume%201%20Number%201%20Fall%202003&page=1&seq=1 [and on Moodle].

Louisiana Division of Archaeology [LDA]

2007 Section 106 Investigation and Report Standards. http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/homepage/index.shtml [Follow links from Guidelines, Section 106 to Legislative Authority, Investigation Standards, and Report Standards].

McClelland, Linda Flint, J. Timothy Keller, Genevieve P. Keller, and Robert Z. Melnick [McClelland B30]

1999 Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes, Revised Edition. National Register Bulletin No. 30. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb30/

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb30/nrb30.pdf

McGimsey, III, Charles R.

2003 The Four Fields of Archaeology. American Antiquity 68(4):611-618. [Moodle]

Page, Max, and Randall Mason (editors)

2003 Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States. Routledge, New York. ISBN: 0415934435. http://www.routledge.com/.

Parker, Patricia L., and Thomas F. King [Parker and King B38]

1998 Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties, Revised Edition. National Register Bulletin No. 38. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb38/

or http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb38/nrb38.pdf

2007 Code of Conduct and Standards of Research Performance. http://www.rpanet.org/ [and on Moodle].

Richman, Jennifer R., and Marion P. Forsyth (editors)

2004 Legal Perspectives on Cultural Resources. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. ISBN: 0759104484. http://www.altamirapress.com.

Shackel, Paul A.

2001 Public Memory and the Search for Power in American Historical Archaeology. American Anthropologist 103(3):655-670. [Moodle]

Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (editor) [Shrimpton B15]

1997 How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, Revised Edition. National Register Bulletin No. 15. Revised for Internet, 2002. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb15/

or http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb15/nrb15.pdf

Shull, Carol D.

2001 Evaluating Cultural Resources: Challenging Issues for the 21st Century. CRM Magazine 24(7):44-47. http://www.nps.gov/history/crm/

http://crm.cr.nps.gov/issue.cfm?volume=24&number=07

http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/24-07/24-07-13.pdf [and on Moodle].

Stine, Jeffrey K.

1992 The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Evolution of Cultural Resources Management. The Public Historian 14(2):6-30. [Moodle]

Stipe, Robert E. (editor)

2003 A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. ISBN: 0807854514; 0807863211 (electronic). http://www.netlibrary.com/; http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]

1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. http://whc.unesco.org/en/about/ [Follow links to Brief History and text of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage; also on Moodle].

U.S. Department of the Interior [US]

2006 Federal Historic Preservation Laws. The Official Compilation of U.S. Cultural Heritage Statutes. 2006 Edition. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C. http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/fhpl/index.htm [and on Moodle].

Watkins, Joe E.

2003 Beyond the Margin: American Indians, First Nations, and Archaeology in North America. American Antiquity 68(2):273-285. [Moodle]

Weeks, Kay D., and Anne E. Grimmer

1995 The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings. National Park Service, Washington, D.C. http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/standards/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/standards/standards_complete.pdf

http://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_8_2.htm [and on Moodle].

Recommended Reading (Optional)

Ehrenhard, John E., editor

1990 Coping With Site Looting: Southeastern Perspectives. National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center. http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/coping/index.htm

Sebastian, Lynne

2002 Preserving America’s Past. SRI Foundation, Rio Rancho, New Mexico. http://www.srifoundation.org/index.html; http://www.srifoundation.org/library.html; http://www.srifoundation.org/pdf/SAACURRI.PDF

Smith, George S., and John E. Ehrenhard, editors

1991 Protecting the Past. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center. http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/protecting/index.htm

References on Instructor’s Web Site: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mar4160/courses.html

References on Moodle: http://suze.ucs.louisiana.edu/moodle/

Any student having difficulties with the subject matter, requirements, or assignments in this course should make an appointment to see the instructor or come by during regularly scheduled office hours as soon as possible during the semester. Special arrangements for students with disabilities may be made through Services for Students with Disabilities in the Conference Center, Room 126 (http://disability.louisiana.edu/; email: ssd@louisiana.edu; Phone: 337-482-5252). Students with psychological disabilities may contact Kim A.Warren, MSW, PhD, LCSW, Supported Education Advisor, at 482-5252 or kimawarren@louisiana.edu.

Last Updated March 12, 2008. Scheduled topics and reading assignments will be revised as needed during the semester. The instructor may also amend or revise this syllabus in the event of changes in the university academic calendar.

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