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Committee
on Preservation of Sites
How to Use the Committee
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Acting
Chairperson, Committee
on Preservation
of Sites
John
Eastman, jackeast@peoplepc.com
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Don AuBuchon
573-624-5931 (home)
573-643-2361 (work)
aubuchon@newwavecomm.net
Alan
Banks
314-291-1165 (home)
abanks7@aol.com
Franklin
C. Bollinger
Carol
Diaz-Granados
314-721-0386
CDiaz-Granados@wustl.edu
Michael Fuller
314-984-7987
mfuller@stlcc.edu
Erwin Neighbors
660-269-9464 (home)
eneighbors@yahoo.com |
Jim Roberts
816-796-6934
JimKCAS@cs.com
Joy Stevenson
660-543-4649
stevenson@cmsu1.cmsu.edu
Ed Trainor
816-455-7264
Jim Watkins
816-232-5971
Bert Wetherill
913-234-8442
bertw38@everestkc.net
Howard
Wimmer
417-863-6201
wimmerfilthybeast@juno.com
Jeffrey
Yelton
660-429-5747
yelton@cmsu1.cmsu.edu
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Missouri's "Top 10" Most-Endangered
Archaeological Sites
The MAS
has begun a new site-preservation program to create a "top
10" endangered-sites list. Nominations are being requested
for sites that are threatened by agricultural activities, treasure
hunters, urban development, or natural disturbances. Sites can
be from any time period and can include archaeological districts.
If you would like to submit a nomination, please provide the
information requested below along with the form
you'll download here, and send it to the MAS office at
901 S. National, Springfield, Missouri, 65897. Or email to LHaney@missouristate.edu.
Please
provide as much of the following information as possible
in addition to what is included on the form:
1) A brief cultural history of the endangered site.
2) A summary of previous archaeological investigations at the
site.
3)
Location of the endangered site on a labeled USGS topographic map.
4) Photo(s) of current and past site conditions—these may be submitted
digitally.
5) Describe the endangered property. Include cultural affiliation and current
condition.
6) Describe the site's significance—why is it important?
7) How is the site threatened (e.g., looting, development)? How immediate is
the threat?
8) Is there currently positive/negative support for site preservation within
the
local community?
9) How will listing the endangered property on this threatened-sites list help?
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How to Use the MAS' Preservation of Sites Committee
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The
information which follows was originally presented to those attending
the presentation "Using the MAS Preservation of Sites Committee"
by Greg Fox at the 1991 MAS Annual Meeting. It was printed in the Quarterly
in the January–March 1991 issue for those members who were unable
to attend the meeting. There have been some personnel changes since
the first printing; it is reprinted now with those corrections.
How to proceed
if you know of an archaeological site (historical or prehistoric) that
is threatened.
- Call the State
Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO) at 573-751-7861 and find
out if the site or sites that are threatened have been recorded
with the state. If the known
sites are not recorded, you have an obligation to record the site(s).
- Find out the
following information about the site(s).
(a) The landowner's
name, address, and telephone number.
(b) Is the landowner interested in preservation?
(c) What is the nature of the threat to the site(s)?
(1) private
development;
(2) local, county, state, or federal government-sponsored development;
or
(3) natural (e.g., slumping, erosion).
- Call the SHPO
(573-751-7861) and report the threat to the
site;
follow up with written documentation of the site and a written
statement
of the threat to the site.
- Solicit support
for the preservation of the site(s). Most of the leg work to preserve
an archaeological site will require local participation. Groups that
can be marshalled in support of preservation include:
(a) local historical
societies,
(b) local historic-preservation groups,
(c) local landowner organizations
(d) local educators
(e) other MAS members
(f) members of the MAS board of trustees, and
(g) your friends and neighbors.
Important telephone numbers to remember:
- Call the Historic
Preservation Program in Jefferson City at 573-751-7858 if you need
to report an unmarked human burial (prehistoric or historical period).
- Call
660-877-3871 if you wish to contact Roger Boyd and the Missouri
Archaeological Society's Committee on Preservation of Sites .
Remember,
the best chance of preserving archaeological sites comes at the grass-roots
level. Your community can serve as the strongest voice in many of the
political decisions threatening archaeological sites.
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