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Assessing Site Significance

A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians, Second Edition

Donald L. Hardesty and Barbara J. Little

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.
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AltaMira Press
Pages: 254 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7591-1126-4 • Hardback • March 2009 • $133.00 • (£102.00)
978-0-7591-1127-1 • Paperback • March 2009 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
978-0-7591-1328-2 • eBook • March 2009 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
Series: Heritage Resource Management Series
Subjects: Social Science / Archaeology
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.
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition

Part One: Approaches to Assessing Significance
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Determining National Register Eligibility
Chapter 3. Scientific and Scholarly Significance

Part Two: Case Studies
Chapter 4. Linear Sites
Chapter 5. Industrial Sites and Monuments
Chapter 6. Domestic Sites and Farmsteads
Chapter 7. Large-Scale Sites

Summary
Glossary
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 property. In 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


New Edition Includes:

*All laws, regulations, and references entirely up-to-date

* Special case studies on 17th- and 18th-century historical sites

* Additional chapters on heritage tourism, traditional cultural places, and shipwrecks

* New materialon landfills, Japanese interment camps, landscapes, and military properties

Assessing Site Significance

A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians, Second Edition

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • 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.
Details
Details
  • AltaMira Press
    Pages: 254 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
    978-0-7591-1126-4 • Hardback • March 2009 • $133.00 • (£102.00)
    978-0-7591-1127-1 • Paperback • March 2009 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
    978-0-7591-1328-2 • eBook • March 2009 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
    Series: Heritage Resource Management Series
    Subjects: Social Science / Archaeology
Author
Author
  • 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.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface
    Preface to the Second Edition

    Part One: Approaches to Assessing Significance
    Chapter 1. Introduction
    Chapter 2. Determining National Register Eligibility
    Chapter 3. Scientific and Scholarly Significance

    Part Two: Case Studies
    Chapter 4. Linear Sites
    Chapter 5. Industrial Sites and Monuments
    Chapter 6. Domestic Sites and Farmsteads
    Chapter 7. Large-Scale Sites

    Summary
    Glossary
Reviews
Reviews
  • 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 property. In 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


Features
Features
  • New Edition Includes:

    *All laws, regulations, and references entirely up-to-date

    * Special case studies on 17th- and 18th-century historical sites

    * Additional chapters on heritage tourism, traditional cultural places, and shipwrecks

    * New materialon landfills, Japanese interment camps, landscapes, and military properties

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