Avoiding Archaeological Disasters: Risk Management for Heritage Professionals

by Darby C Stapp, Julia Longenecker

Overview

You think it can’t happen to you, but it can. One day, months into your construction project, your front end load operator runs into bones and wooden slats. Your county coroner says it is not a crime scene, and refers you to the local archaeology department. The archaeologist tells you that it is a very important discovery. Work stops. Archaeological discoveries happen all the time in the course of projects. Most are manageable, some are less so, and some are mismanaged, wasting time and money. If you are not prepared, the consequences can be disastrous. This book is for project engineers, project managers, construction managers, the staff of affected government agencies, and archaeological consultants. In its pages you receive enough information, enough archaeological perspective, to intelligently work with the various parties involved in your project and avoid an archaeological disaster.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598741612
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/2009
Series:	Techniques & Issues in Cultural Resource Management , #2
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Darby C Stapp, Julia Longenecker

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Anatomy of Archaeological Disasters; Chapter 3 Addressing Archaeological Risks During Early Project Planning; Chapter 4 Implementing Archaeological Measures to Reduce Risks; Chapter 5 The Risk Matrix: A Tool for Managing Archaeological Risks; Chapter 6 Case Studies; Chapter 7 Human Burials; Chapter 8 Principles for Avoiding an Archaeological Disaster; Afterword: Sacramento City Hall Expansion Project: Another Inconvenient Truth, Adrian Praetzellis;

Editorial Reviews

"Avoiding Archaeological Disasters is appropriate for all audiences and should be required reading for all archaeologists. [This book] is written specifically for project managers and archaeologists, both applied and academic. [Its] strength lies in its ability to communicate in an accessible way what are otherwise complex and rarely discussed issues, particularly in the context of Northwest Coast archaeology."

— Rich Hutchings, The Midden

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