ABSTRACT
The view of "cultural resource management" presented in most current literature has limited applicability. It includes the assessment of danger to, the recovery of, and the preservation of information on prehistoric and historic sites which can be gained through archaeological salvage work, land-use planning, environmental impact assessment, and to a lesser degree, social impact assessment. There are two restrictions in this view. First, all of the work, including social impact assessment, is passive in nature. That is, it is done in reaction to potential alteration or destruction of a site or area. Second, except with respect to a few social impact assessments that have been conducted, the cultural resources in question are, by-and-large, restricted to archaeological remains or historic sites. Implications for policy are inherent in the idea that the integrity of cultural resources represented by and embodied in different cultural groups is important.
