Practicing Archaeology: A Manual for Cultural Resources Archaeology

Review Practicing Archaeology is an essential resource for students pursuing a career in cultural resource management (CRM), which is the industry that employs most archaeologists working in the U.S. today. All archaeology curricula should include specific training in CRM, and this textbook is the best guide to this industry. -- Dr. Kelly Jenks, RPA, Associate Professor of Anthropology, New Mexico State UniversityNeumann, Sanford, and Neumann have raised the bar once again. This updated version of an industry and academic classic should be required reading for any professional or anyone entertaining the thought of a career in Cultural Resource Management. -- Thomas H. Flanigan, Ph.D., Federal Agency Archaeologist, Adjunct Professor, University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College Product Description This comprehensive text and reference book addresses the questions and problems of cultural resources archaeology for undergraduate and graduate students and practicing archaeologists. Neumann, Sanford, and Neumann use their decades of field experience to discuss in great detail the complex processes involved in conducting a cultural resources management (CRM) project. Dealing with everything from law to logistics, archival research to artifact analysis, project proposals to report production, they provide an invaluable sourcebook for archaeologists who do contract archaeology. After introducing the legal and ethical aspects of CRM and stakeholder engagement, the authors describe the processes of designing a proposal and contracting for work, doing background research, conducting assessment, testing, mitigation work (Phase I, II, and III), laboratory analysis, and preparing reports for project sponsors. The volume’s emphasis on practical problems, use of extensive examples, and detailed advice on a host of subjects make it an ideal manual for archaeologists and field schools. This revised and expanded third edition of Practicing Archaeology: A Manual for Cultural Resources Archaeology updates Federal and state contracting protocols and covers preparing safety plans for occupational hazards, organization of an archaeology laboratory, use of electronic technology and digital media, advice on field and personnel management, and how to make a living doing cultural resources archaeology. About the Author THO­MAS W. NEU­MANN established, then directed for many years, the doctoral program in anthropological archaeology at Syracuse University, served as a research associate for the State University of New York Research Founda­tion, and since 1985 has worked as a corporate archaeologist and research administrator, serving variously as senior partner or senior scientist for national cultural resources firms. Neumann is the author or co-author of over 80 books and monographs, and has published articles in Current Anthropology, American Antiquity, American Archaeology, Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Plains Anthropologist, and the Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology, to name a few. Neumann has served as an external grants reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities and for the National Science Foundation, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists. Amongst various historic preservation awards, he was co-recipient of the Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation (1992) for his work on the Third Haven Meeting House in Easton, Maryland. He has received a number of awards for outstanding teaching, including from Phi Beta Kappa in 2006 as visiting faculty at Emory University, something Emory normally does not allow.ROBERT M. SANFORD served for several years as a research associate for the State University of New York Research Foundation and later as a partner and corporate archaeologist in New York cultural resources firms. Sanford taught anthropology, environmental science, and environmental policy as adjunct faculty at the