State, tribal, and local laws and policies

The federal National Historic Preservation Act has served as a guide for the development of many state, local, and tribal historic preservation laws and ordinances. The scope of non-federal laws and policies tend to mirror federal historic preservation and archeological resources laws and regulations (i.e., National Historical Preservation Act; Archaeological Resources Protection Act; Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation). However, non-federal entities, especially in the last decade, tend to write more detail into their historic preservation and archeological resource protection laws and policies than appears in a corresponding federal law or policy.

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1. Introduction

2. What is Archeology?

3. What are Archeological Resources?

4. What do Archeologists Do?

5. How do Archeologists Figure Out How Old Things Are?

6. What are Our Personal and Professional Responsibilities?

7. What are Issues of Sensitivity?

8. Cultural Resource Management (CRM)

Introduction

Federal legislation

State, tribal and local laws and policies

NPS policies

Other resources

Suggested reading

Links to additional resources

9. Use What You Know: Highlighted Case Study

10. Additional Resources

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