April 19, 2004





A SURVEY OF SHPO ARCHEOLOGICAL REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS



The newest addition to the Archeology and Ethnography Program’s Studies in

Archeology and Ethnography series

is “A Survey of SHPO Archeological Report Bibliographic Systems, 2002” <

http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/pubs/studies/STUDY05A.htm>

by S. Terry Childs and Karolyn Kinsey.  The National Park Service partners

with the State Historic Preservation Offices

(SHPO) to provide the public with the National Archeological Database,

Reports module (NADB-R), a national bibliographic

database of reports on archeological investigations across the United

States.  A search on NADB-R is a critical first step in

archeological project planning, which helps eliminate redundancy in public

agency cultural resource management efforts.

In order to improve the NPS-SHPO partnership, AEP conducted a nationwide

survey of all SHPOs to assess their current,

state-based bibliographic systems used to record archeological projects.

The survey also requested feedback on possible ways

to make NADB-R more effective in meeting both SHPO and researcher needs.

The study reports on the results of the survey

and future plans for NADB-R based on the survey results.





A BRIEF ETHNOGRAPHY OF MAGNOLIA PLANTATION:

PLANNING FOR CANE RIVER CREOLE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK



The Archeology and Ethnography Program’s website is the new home of the

Magnolia Plantation Ethnography <

http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/PUBS/studies/STUDY04A.htm>. The Magnolia

Plantation is part of the Cane River Creole

National Historical Park, at Natchitoches, Louisiana. This ethnography was

completed by the late NPS Chief Ethnographer

Muriel (Miki) Crespi, with Susan Dollar and Dayna Bowker Lee, both of

Northwestern State University. It brings together

the different, and sometimes uneasy, histories and recollections of the

Magnolia Plantation’s French Creole owners, Creoles

of color, and African American descendants. By combining this rich history

with present-day urban and rural Natchitoches

society and culture, this study recommends how the Cane River Creole

National Historical Park can best use its cultural

resources to accommodate all perspectives and educate the public about a

painful, but highly human, aspect of our nation’s history.