Assessing Site Significance by Hardesty, Donald L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface Preface to the Second Edition Part I APPROACHES TO ASSESSING SIGNIFICANCE

1 Introduction

What Is the Modern World? Modern World Archaeological Remains The Value of Modern World Sites The Legal Context of Significance Assessing Significance Matters in the Modern World

2 Determining National Register Eligibility

3 Scientific and Scholarly Significance

What Is Archaeological Information? What Are the Sources of Archaeological Information? Assessing the Information Content of Sites What Makes Archaeological Information Important? Dealing with Redundancy Case Study: Examining World Systems Case Study: Power and the Plantation What’s Next?

Part II CASE STUDIES

4 Linear Sites

Building Context: Defining Sociotechnical Systems Assessing the Information Value of Historic Trails Case Study: Portage Trails in Minnesota Case Study: Assessing Water Conveyance Systems Case Study: Railroad Logging in Arizona Case Study: The Henness Pass Road

5 Industrial Sites and Monuments

Defining Industrial Property Types Linking Archaeological Resources to Property Types Assessing the Historical Value of Industrial Sites Evaluating Industrial Technology Sites Industrial Social Formations Industrial Landscapes Case Study: Bodie Historic District Case Study: The Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania, 1716–1945 Case Study: Wood’s Gristmill

6 Domestic Sites and Farmsteads

Property Types and Research Questions Case Study: Historic Agriculture Resources of Pennsylvania Case Study: Rural Resources of Leon County, Florida Case Study: Rural Villages at Fort Drum, New York Case Study: Homesteads Case Study: Ozark and Ouachita Rural Households

7 Large-Scale Sites

Plantations and Ranches Mining Districts Engineering Projects Townsites Military Properties

8 Summary

Archaeology Is Important to the Recent Past Historical Archaeology Is Still Archaeology The Recent Past Also Needs Good Research Designs There Are Many Pathways to the Recent Past Information Needs Focus Abundant Sites Are Significant Recent Sites Help Understand Global Ecological Change Recent Sites Are Not Isolated

Glossary References About the Authors