ABSTRACT
With five notable events, 1974 was a banner year for the development of cultural resource management (CRM) in the United States. The first was the publication of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s (ACHP) “Procedures for the Protection of Historic and Cultural Properties” in the January 25th issue of the Federal Register. These procedures are designated formally as Title 36 (Parks, Forests, and Public Property), Chapter VIII (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation), Part 800 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR Part 800). They are more commonly and regularly referred to as the “Section 106 procedures,” named after the section of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) that they implement. By whatever name, these regulations have substantially impacted how most archaeological investigations have been conducted in the U.S. for nearly 40 years.
