Places That Count: Traditional Cultural Properties in Cultural Resource Management

ISBN-13: 9780759100718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 350 str.

Thomas F. King

Opis

Places That Count offers professionals within the field of cultural resource management (CRM) valuable practical advice on dealing with traditional cultural properties (TCPs). Responsible for coining the term to describe places of community-based cultural importance, Thomas King now revisits this subject to instruct readers in TCP site identification, documentation, and management. With more than 30 years of experience at working with communities on such sites, he identifies common issues of contention and methods of resolving them through consultation and other means. Through the extensive use of examples, from urban ghettos to Polynesian ponds to Mount Shasta, TCPs are shown not to be limited simply to American Indian burial and religious sites, but include a wide array of valued locations and landscapesoOe1/4OCOthe United States and worldwide. This is a must-read for anyone involved in historical preservation, cultural resource management, or community development."