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 University
Neumann, 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
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.