Hello Histarch, Holly Norton,Colorado State Archaeologist and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer,and I are organizing a session for SAA 2016. Please find our session abstractbelow. If you areinterested in joining the session, please email your paper proposal/abstract toboth Holly and I directly at [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] before September 9. Best regards, Shannon Shannon Dunn,Ph.D., [log in to unmask] (Session title TBD,addressing realities of Section 106 of the NHPA within a variety of contextsand in diachronic perspective, including views toward the future) Fifty years afterimplementation, the National Historic Preservation Act shapes the majority ofarchaeological research and employment in the United States, including theCultural Resource Management industry. The consultation process of Section 106of the NHPA has resulted in the identification and preservation of a broadrange of historic properties. Conversely, the lack of regulatory mechanisms hasresulted in the unmitigated destruction of many resources, including historicproperties. Increasing engagement with Native American groups at variouslevels, most notably the development and growth of Tribal Historic PreservationOffices, has added layers of complexity to the Section 106 process, with variedresults. In the twenty-first century, “Section 106 compliance” has createdbyzantine webs of relationships between archaeologists in the public andprivate sectors dependent on clients and governmental agencies for necessaryresources such as funding, eligibility determinations, or staffing. Clientpressures, inter-agency structures, and broader political realities createvaried demands on those charged with identifying, researching, evaluating,and/or managing cultural resources in the United States. Papers in this sessionwill examine, analyze, and critique the growth of CRM over the last fifty yearsas well as explore the possibilities for growth and change over the next fiftyyears.
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