I'll expose my ignorance (again)...and ask...How does one go about getting
their reports on this database?  Is this something the state historic
office of preservation does (from their regional information centers)??  It
would be nice if there were more local regional places to access.  Not that
I dont think we could learn from other parts of the country/world...but we
usually are dealing with local issues.  Of course...I'm thinking of
prehistoric sites mostly.  (oops)

Thanks for the link Mary.  Of course Smoke's comment makes me wonder about
Who decides what gets posted on there...and how current it is.

Carol
San Diego

At 03:19 PM 9/10/2004 -0400, Mary S. Carroll wrote:
>On the issue of unpublished CRM reports, NPS has had a publicly accessible
>database -- the National Archeological Database, Reports module --
>available on the web for quite some time that is designed for that "gray
>literature."  It's at http://web.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nadb/nadb.mul.html
>and has recently been updated with more than 110,000 records -- bringing
>the total to 350,000+ records. While it doesn't provide the full text of
>the reports, it certainly is a good place to start.
>
>In case you're interested, Terry Childs and I have proposed a forum on the
>issue of access to archeological gray literature for the 2005 SAA meetings
>in Salt Lake City.
>
>Mary S. Carroll
>Archeology & Ethnography Program
>National Park Service
>1849 C St NW, (2275)
>Washington DC 20240-0001
>202-354-2103, 202-371-6485 fax