Glossary

Cultural Resource Management (CRM) A branch of archaeology that is concerned with developing policies and action in regard to the preservation and use of cultural resources.

Ethnicity A sense of being different than other groups because of cultural tradition, ancestry, national origin, history, or religion.

Material culture The buildings, tools, and other artifacts that includes any material item that has had cultural meaning ascribed to it, past and present.

Modernism International cultural movement after World War I expressing disillusionment with tradition and interest in new technologies and visions.

National Historic Preservation Act A federal statute that established a federal program to further the efforts of private agencies and individuals in preserving the Nation’s historic and cultural foundations.

National Register of Historic Places The United States’ official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Such resources include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. The National Park Service, which is part of the U. S. Department of the Interior, administers the National Register.

Preservation The act of sustaining and maintaining cultural and natural resources identified as significant and/or threatened and that warrant protection.

Reconstruction the act or process of reproducing by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure, or object, or a part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time.