Assessing site significance a guide for archaeologists and historians /

• Main Author: Hardesty, Donald L., 1941-
• Other Authors: Little, Barbara J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD : Altamira Press, 2009.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Series: Heritage resources management series.
• Subjects: Historic sites > Management. > United States; Archaeology and history > United States.; Archaeology > Methodology.; Excavations (Archaeology) > United States.; HISTORY > General. > State & Local; United States > Antiquities.; Electronic books.
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Assessing Site Significance is an invaluable resource for archaeologists and others who need guidance in determining whether sites are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Because the register's eligibility criteria were largely developed for standing sites,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Part I. Approaches to Assessing Significance; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Determining National Register Eligibility; Chapter 3. Scientific and Scholarly Significance; Part II. Case Studies; Chapter 4. Linear Sites; Chapter 5. Industrial Sites and Monuments; Chapter 6. Domestic Sites and Farmsteads; Chapter 7. Large-Scale Sites; Chapter 8. Summary; Glossary; References; Index; About the Authors.