Assessing Site Significance by Donald L Hardesty

Assessing Site Significance by Donald L Hardesty

Assessing Site Significance is an invaluable resource for archaeologists and others who need guidance in determining whether sites are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Because the register's eligibility criteria were largely developed for standing sites, it is difficult to know in any particular case whether a site known primarily through archaeological work has sufficient "historical significance" to be listed. Hardesty and Little address these challenges, describing how to file for NRHP eligibility and how to determine the historical significance of archaeological properties. This second edition brings everything up to date, and includes new material on 17th- and 18th-century sites, traditional cultural properties, shipwrecks, Japanese internment camps, and military properties.

One of the most important decisions a cultural resource manager can make involves assessing site significance—a decision that often determines, at least in the US federal preservation system, if a site merits further consideration as a historic propertyIn the second edition of this important book, veteran preservationists Don Hardesty and Barbara Little offer an updated primer on the complex process of determining significance, especially for sites occupied in the relatively recent past. The authors discuss the role and history of significance in the preservation process, and present compelling case studies. A must-read for the 21st-century preservationist! -- Julia King, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Donald L. Hardesty is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada-Reno. Barbara J. Little is an archaeologist with the National Park Service in Washington, DC, and adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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ISBN 13	9780759111271
ISBN 10	0759111278
Title	Assessing Site Significance
Author	Donald L Hardesty
Series	Heritage Resource Management Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Altamira Press
Year published	2009-03-16
Number of pages	254
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.