ABSTRACT
Long-needed programs have sprung forth so rapidly, however, that the agencies charged with regulation and enforcement, those affected in private industry, and even the scientific-academic community--who have cried loudest for such programs--find themselves overwhelmed and at odds over how to best handle the situation. Private industry has found that it must comply with new and sometimes costly requirements, and they must search out qualified specialists to conduct the necessary studies. Thus, the growing field of cultural resource management has its problems along with its great premises. The symposium was held on April 22-23, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia, and it brought together twenty-four speakers from academia, private industry, and governmental agencies. Cultural resource management too frequently has been restricted to archaeological sites and isolated historic structures. Norms also are important for political change because they control the selection of strategies destined to shape the outcome of political events.
