Artifacts at Greenham Common were not collected, at the request of
stakeholders.

 Marshall, Yvonne, Sasha Roseneil, and Kayt Armstrong
2009    Situating the Greenham Archaeology: An Autoethnography of a
Feminist Project. *Public Archaeology* 8(2):225–245.




Megan.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:21 AM, ian Burrow <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> In response to Ashley Long's post, can anyone provide a little more
> information on this practice, which I am not familiar with. I appreciate
> her extensive reference list, but I'm hoping to get a quick, but a bit more
> detailed, overview of the matter.  I have several immediate questions:
>
> What is the purpose behind reburying the artifacts?  Is it to address the
> curation problem?  Is it an accommodation to local community sentiment?
> Who does the reburying, and where?
> Is the area for reburial exactly the same as the recovery area?  How are
> extensive surface collections handled?
> How is additional disturbance of archaeological resources avoided during
> the reburial?
> Is the location of the reburying documented so that the artifacts can be
> recovered in future if necessary?
> Is this just done for identification (Phase I) surveys, where more
> detailed work is anticipated in the same area in the future, or is it for
> all types of investigation?
> Artifacts "such as lithics": what else?  All artifacts?
> Are there agreed minimal recording standards? What are they, and agreed by
> whom?
> How does this practice interface with SAA, SHA, ACRA, and RPA ethical and
> professional standards?
>
>
> Ian Burrow, Ph.D. ,  Registered Professional Archaeologist
> Vice President,
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Ashley Long
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 10:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Catch-and-Release Archaeology
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> My name is Ashley Long, and I am a graduate student in archaeology at the
> University of Nevada, Reno. I have been working with Dr. Sarah Cowie and
> local tribal members and organizations on a collaborative archaeology
> project, and am extending this to some of my coursework. I am currently
> working on a paper reviewing the shift towards "catch and release"
> archaeology in CRM today, where artifacts such as lithics are reburied at
> the sites as soon as possible.  This involves minimal recording in the
> field and precludes more in-depth analyses like sourcing.   There are
> certainly trade-offs for this practice.  My particular interest is in how
> these methods are changing the relationships between archaeologists and
> local communities.
>
> Does anyone know of any other published or gray literature that addresses
> this practice? From what I understand it happens occasionally in California
> and is becoming more common in Nevada.
>
> Any references or keywords you can point me toward would be most
> appreciated, as would any additional contacts that you think might help.
>
> Here is a list of what I have found so far:
>
> Gonzalez, Sara L. and Darren Modzelewski, Lee M. Panich, and Tsim D.
> Schneider
>
> 2006 Archaeology for the Seventh Generation. *American Indian Quarterly*
> 30(3/4): 388-415
>
>
>
> Lightfoot, Kent G., Rob Q. Cuthrell, Chuck J. Striplen, and Mark G. Hylkema
>
> 2013 Rethinking the Study of Landscape Management: Practices Among
> Hunter-Gatherers in North America. *American Antiquity* 78(2).
>
>
>
> Maldonado, Doris Julissa
>
> 2011 *Reconfiguring Archaeological Practice: Lessons from Currust ,
> Honduras*. Ph.D dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of
> California, Berkeley.
>
>
>
> Modzelewski, Darren and Sara Gonzalez.
>
> 2007 Creating Trails Through Traditions: An Update on the Kashaya Pomo
> Interpretive Trail, Fort Ross State Historic Park. *Proceedings of the
> Society for California Archaeology, Vol. 20: 23-26.*
>
>
>
> Todd, L.C. and P.C. Burnett
>
> 2003 Archaeological Catch and Release: Expanding Data Capture for
> Archaeological Catch and Release: Expanding Data Capture for Non-Collection
> Survey. Poster Presented at the 61st Plains Anthropological Conference.
>
>
>
> Voss, Barbara L.
>
> 2012 Curation as Research: A Case Study in Orphaned and Underreported
> Archaeological Collections.  *Archaeological Dialogues* 19(2): 145-169.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Ashley M. Long
>
> Graduate Student
>
> Department of Anthropology
>
> University of Nevada, Reno
>
> http://www.unr.edu/anthropology/people/graduate-students/ashley-long
>