The conservation and selective investigation of prehistoric and historic remains; includes laws and practices designed to protect past and present cultural resources.
the safeguarding of the archaeological heritage through the protection of sites and through salvage archaeology (rescue archaeology), generally within the framework of legislation designed to safeguard the past.
The branch of applied archaeology aimed at preserving sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects.
cultural resources are defined by the National Park Service as archeological resources, cultural landscapes, ethnographic landscapes, historic and prehistoric structures and museum collections. The NPS is charged with the management of these resources through researching to identify, evaluate, document, register and establish information about resources; planning to ensure that resources and those connected to the resources are consulted during management processes; and providing stewardship to ensure the preservation and protection of resources.
Administration or protection of a cultural resource, or "a building, structure, district, site, or object that is significant in . . . history, architecture, archaeology, or culture" (Bill Murtagh, Keeping Time 214).
Generally accepted practices for the conservation and presentation of cultural resources, founded on principles and carried out in a practice that integrates professional, technical and administrative activities so that the historic value of cultural resources is taken into account in actions that might affect them. In Parks Canada, Cultural Resource Management encompasses the presentation and use, as well as the conservation of cultural resources.
A branch of archaeology that is concerned with developing policies and action in regard to the preservation and use of cultural resources.