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ARQUEOLOGÍA: ¿Arizona tomará el camino de la preservación?
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 11, 2007
Resumen
Los funcionarios de transporte de Arizona pueden preservar una parcela de proyecto de carretera científicamente valiosa para la investigación en lugar de vender reliquias antiguas. Esta decisión podría establecer nuevas normas gubernamentales para la gestión de los recursos arqueológicos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Arqueología Arqueología.
- Infraestructura de transporte La infraestructura de transporte.
- La política del gobierno Política del gobierno.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los proyectos de carreteras federales a menudo se encuentran con sitios arqueológicamente significativos.
- Las prácticas actuales generalmente implican la excavación y venta de reliquias descubiertas.
- Esto puede conducir a la pérdida de valiosos datos científicos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar una propuesta para preservar una parcela arqueológicamente valiosa de un proyecto de autopista federal.
- Para explorar una alternativa a la excavación y venta estándar de reliquias antiguas.
- Evaluar el potencial para establecer un nuevo precedente en la administración gubernamental del patrimonio cultural.
Principales métodos:
- Examen de una propuesta presentada a los funcionarios estatales de transporte.
- Análisis del valor científico potencial de la parcela designada.
- Consideración de estrategias de gestión alternativas para los descubrimientos arqueológicos.
Principales resultados:
- Los funcionarios estatales de transporte están considerando la propuesta.
- La decisión está pendiente, con el potencial de preservar el sitio para la investigación.
- Arizona puede convertirse en un modelo para la gestión responsable de los recursos arqueológicos.
Conclusiones:
- La preservación de parcelas científicamente valiosas para la investigación ofrece una alternativa a la excavación comercial.
- Este enfoque podría mejorar la comprensión científica y establecer un estándar más alto para la administración gubernamental.
- El resultado en Arizona podría influir en la futura gestión del patrimonio cultural en proyectos de infraestructura.
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