Most of the archaeological investigations completed in the world today--especially the west but increasingly in other countries as well--are done in conjunction with development projects, such as road and dam construction. This is list is a few of the growing number of books on how to conduct CRM and the ethical responsibilities of archaeologists who practice it.
Cultural Resources Laws and Practice
Altamira Press (1998)
The first book anybody considering going into the CRM should read; Thomas King's book Cultural Resource Laws and Practice is the first in a trilogy produced by Altamira Press.
Archaeology Under Fire
Routledge (1998)
Subtitled "Nationalism, politics and heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East", this book is a collection of articles edited by Lynn Meskell, covering the uneasy border between archaeology and politics.
Assessing Site Significance
Altamira Press (2000)
Subtitled, "A guide for archaeologists and historians," this little book by Donald L. Hardesty and Barbara J. Little is the third in a series from Altamira Press on heritage resources management, and, like the others, a must read for people employed in CRM.
Federal Planning and Historic Places
Altamira Press (2000)
Thomas King's follow-up to Cultural Resource Laws and Practice, this book focuses on the sometimes mysterious workings of Section 106 of the US National Historic Preservation Act.
Thinking about Cultural Resource Management
Altamira Press
Tom King's latest constribution to the education of archaeologists conducting commercial archaeology in the United States is entitled Thinking About Cultural Resource Management, and it includes around twenty of his diatribes, er, essays, on the ins and outs of the Section 106 process.
