An archeological survey plan for the western region of the National Park Service, NPS Systemwide Archaeological Inventory Program
Wells SJ. 1994. An archeological survey plan for the western region of the National Park Service, NPS Systemwide Archaeological Inventory Program. Publications in Anthropology 66. Western Archeological and Conservation Center, NPS, USDOI
The National Archeological Survey Initiative (NASI) was established to develop a Systemwide Archeological Inventory Program (SAIP) which in turn should improve the National Park Service's (NPS) accountability for cultural resources. Each region of NPS is required to produce a regionwide survey plan. The western region of the NPS has 46 park units comprising more than 8,000,000 acres. Archeologically the region has a great deal of cultural diversity and a large number of sites. Only 2% of the region's lands have been surveyed to modern standards. Approximately 12,000 archeological sites have been reported, although less than half of them are recorded to modern standards. More than 200 properties in the western region are on the national register of historic places. The survey plan for the Western Region is not a research design for the region. Instead the Western Region Archaeological Survey plan is a planning document that incorporates information from Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and other sources. It follows the outline and criteria proposed in the SAIP document prepared by Aubry and others (1992). Much of the data are presented in tables that appear throughout the report. The plan includes a description of park lands, a regional overview and a report on the status of archeological inventory for the region. Regionwide strategies for inventory survey, proposed projects and categorization of regional priorities are discussed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wells, S.
- Date of Issue
- 1994
- Publisher
- Western Archeological and Conservation Center, NPS, USDOI
- Units
- AMME , CABR , CAGR , CHIR , CHIS , CORO , DEPO , DEVA , EUON , FOBO , FOPO , GOGA , GRBA , GRCA , HALE , HAVO , HIST , JOMU , JOTR , KAHO , KALA , LABE , LAKE , LAVO , MANZ , MOCA , MUWO , NPSA , ORPI , PACN , PEFO , PIMA , PINN , PORE , PUHE , PUHO , REDW , SAFR , SAGU , SAMO , SEKI , TONT , TUMA , TUZI , VALR , WAPA , WHIS , YOSE
- Keywords
- Archeology, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, Inventory, Management, Monitoring, Survey