ABSTRACT
Licensing would force the educational system to train archaeologists to achieve proficiency in the skill sets needed by cultural resource management (CRM) professionals. When does a Barbie dolls scatter become an archaeological site, eligible for recording and consideration as part of a CRM investigation? Well, due to differences among the public agency offices or State Historic Preservation Offices that require or regulate CRM, this depends on where the project is located. Barbie has even been on Saturday Night Live as "gangsta bitch" Barbie and Tupac Ken; she has been the subject of songs: and, perhaps most American of all, she has been involved in numerous law suits. Barbie was one of the first toys marketed entirely on television. Barbie debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York City in 1959 and was an instant hit. Barbie Dolls have become as Americans apple pie.
