ABSTRACT
This chapter uses the term Cultural Resource Management (CRM) which focuses on archaeological resources. The term refers to the ways of managing a wide range of cultural resource types including archives, historic structures, cultural landscapes, ethnographic resources, museum collections, traditional cultural properties, in addition to archaeological resources. The chapter focuses on the events, publications, individuals, laws, and regulations that affected the development of CRM as a new and important sector of archaeology. Additionally, CRM is a vital part of archaeology, as it is now conducted in much of the world. In the United States, a high percentage of professional archaeologists are engaged in CRM. Jesse D. Jennings noted that the River Basin Surveys (RBS) marked a nationwide acceptance by archaeologists of a leading role in the conservationist movement one can reasonably argue that CRM, currently the strongest force in shaping Americanist archaeology, is a direct legacy of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
