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Recent
- Reading List of the Day: Sustainability (April 2010)
- Reading List: Natural Gas Drilling Edition
- Review of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Allegheny Riverfront Park
- Readings for 16 March 2010
- Fatima Cigarette Ad from Dragnet
- Reading of the Day 14 March 2010
- Photo of the Day: Honey Bee Visiting a Red Clover Flower
- Readings of the Day 12 March 2010
- Economic Inequality Matters
- Photo of the Day: Hillary Clinton During the 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Public History Archive
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Fatima Cigarette Ad from Dragnet
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsThis audo advertisement (click the Fatima picture for the audio) for Fatima cigarettes originally aired on April 15, 1954 during a Dragnet episode called “The Big Pug.” Fatima, a Liggett... -
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Receives Historic Preservation Award
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsFor its advocacy in protecting and restoring historic Ellwood Manor, the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, a civil war preservation, advocacy, and education non-profit received the Chairman’s Award for achievement in historic preservation... -
![As Martin so succinctly puts it "contract archaeology exists to solve an internal [political] conflict." Acknowledging that legacy does not demean the value of CRM in Sweden or anywhere else. Instead, it helps those in CRM to recognize that society values both preservation and development, and the conflicts that we experience as CRM practitioners between these two poles are there by design.](http://teabird.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/460px-US-NationalParkService-ShadedLogo.svg_-115x115.png "Cultural Resource Management as a Political Solution")
Cultural Resource Management as a Political Solution
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsAs Martin so succinctly puts it "contract archaeology exists to solve an internal [political] conflict." Acknowledging that legacy does not demean the value of CRM in Sweden or anywhere else. Instead, it helps those in CRM to recognize that society values both preservation and development, and the conflicts that we experience as CRM practitioners between these two poles are there by design.
