Archaeological Monitoring and Historic Preservation
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06/01/94 12:00 AM
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3
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1
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4
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13
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Archaeological monitoring has become an integral part of cultural resources
management in the United States over the last decade. We have no hard figures
on the subject, although if our experience with monitoring in Hawai'i is indicative
of the situation in many states-and there is reason to believe that this is
generally the case-then monitoring is indeed a significant element in the practice
of modern American archaeology. In Hawai'i alone each of the four major
archaeological contracting or consulting firms in the state typically will do four
to eight monitoring projects per year. 1 Although some of these projects may involve
only a day or two of field work, others may require up to several months of
daily observation at a construction site. Clearly then, a lot of archaeological field
time and funds are spent in the pursuit of this activity. What is surprising is that
as far as I am aware, there has been no real discussion by archaeologists of what
monitoring is, its appropriateness for CRM, and its limitations. Because many
believe that there are serious problems in the way monitoring is employed, the
following discussion, based on experience in Hawai'i, is offered in an attempt to
clarify the nature of monitoring and its limitations for CRM.
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Archaeological Monitoring, field work
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