Cultural Resource Laws and Practice (Heritage Resource Management Series)
It is fortunate that one of our country's premier cultural resource practitioners has brought his thinking together in a succinct tome. It should be read by all those practicing in, or hoping to practice in, the cultural resource and historic preservation arenas. (Eric C. PetersenHigh Plains Applied Anthropologist)Praise for the first edition:  Public historians who work in CRM will value this book as an excellent manual on CRM.  Its presentation is logically organized, thorough-going on the most useful topics, and easy to understand....A valuable reference work..... (Beverly E.BastianPublic Historian)Praise for the first edition:   If you want to get some idea about what the laws and regs say, what they are supposed to mean, and how to Manipulate the System, keep this book at ready....If I were teaching a course in cultural resource management or public archaeology, I would use this as a text. If I were in a position where I had to advise decision-makers, I would find this book constantly useful.... (Hester A. DavisHistorical Archaeology)King's is still the gold-standard reference to CRM and historic preservation. (Jason Younker)Logically organized, appropriately referenced, and generally easy to read and understand. . . . First as a graduate student and later as a principal archaeologists at two CRM firms, I depended on King's previous publications and the first edition ofCultural Resource Laws and Practiceto effectively guide me through the morass of CRM rules and regulations. Now a professor, I use the second edition to teach my students about the business of archaeology and the laws that protect our country's historic resources. Much like Thomas F. King himself, this book is a classic in the CRM firm and an indispensible asset. (Thomas A. Crist, Utica CollegeHistorical Archaeology)Praise for the first edition: The author, Tom King, is the best thinker about CRM in the United States. (Tom GreenLithic Technology)Praise for the first edition:  If you want to get some idea about what the laws and regs say, what they aresupposedto mean, and how to Manipulate the System, keep this book at ready....If I were teaching a course in cultural resource management or public archaeology, I would use this as a text. If I were in a position where I had to advise decision-makers, I would find this book constantly useful. (Hester A. DavisHistorical Archaeology)Praise for the first edition: Public historians who work in CRM will value this book as an excellent manual on CRM.  Its presentation is logically organized, thorough-going on the most useful topics, and easy to understand....A valuable reference work. (Beverly E.BastianPublic Historian)