Most students who pursue a career in archaeology will find employment in cultural resource management (CRM), rather than in academia or traditional fieldwork. It is CRM, the protection and preservation of archaeological and other resources, that offers the jobs and provides the funding. Few textbooks, however, are dedicated to teaching students the techniques and practices of this field. Cultural Resources Archaeology, now brought completely up date in this second edition and replete with new case studies from the western U.S., fills in the gap. Drawing on their decades of teaching and field experience, the authors walk students through the intricacies of CRM. They clearly describe the processes of designing a project, conducting assessment, testing, doing essential mitigation work (Phases I, II, and III), and preparing reports. The book's emphasis on real-world problems and issues, use of extensive examples from around the country, and practical advice on everything from law to logistics make it an ideal teaching tool for archaeology students who dream of becoming practicing archaeologists.

"Neumann (private archaeologist), Sanford (environmental science, Univ. of Southern Maine), and Harry (anthropology, UNLV) begin their text with a thorough, engaging narrative of the growth of cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology in the US. The authors focus on the Section 106 process and offer less detail on other relevant laws, but they successfully give readers a sense of the breadth and depth of knowledge required to work in CRM. As the authors state, the book is an appropriate supplement to more detailed treatments of CRM laws and policies, an attempt to fill a gap in undergraduate education. Their focus on the three phases of archaeological work and required documentation is useful. Learning how to pull an archaeological project together is a skill that is often learned on the job because archaeological knowledge is, for many people, best acquired during an actual archaeological project. This text lends itself well for use with more detailed treatments of CRM, case study discussions, and hands-on/mock student archaeological projects. Recommended." - CHOICE, November 2010

"It is far more accessible as a text to a considerably broader range of readers, including the important audience of those who must deal in the real world with CRM archaeologists and are seeking to understand best practices or at least gain some perspective on the peculiarities of archaeological consultant-scientists. As a supplemental text to an introductory archeology or possibly even a world prehistory overview course, this book provides a realistic and very informative look at day-to-day professional archaeological activity." - Plains Anthropologist