ORWA CESU Cultural Resources & Heritage Management Field School

Project ID: L19AC00116

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: Washington State University

Fiscal Year: 2019

Initial Funding: $24,966

Total Funding: $24,966

Principal Investigator: Nordquist, Dan

Agreement Technical Representative: Bailey, Rich

Abstract: Objective(s): The field school will conduct inventory of BLM administered land and produce a report that includes a summary of measurable outcomes including detailed logs of activities related to collections preservation and management and research. The measureable outcomes will include: number of students trained (undergraduate and graduate students); number of archaeological sites recorded, number of site records revised/reported, number of artifacts/collections analyzed, number of educational and research programs and materials created and presented; number of Tribal communications and consultations, number of scholarly products (Masters theses, PhD dissertations, undergraduate honors thesis, journal articles, professional conference presentations), and number of public presentations and outreach activities.
Federal Award Performance Goals
1. Support research on significant cultural resources by facilitating educational and
research activities, by connecting archaeologists, Tribal communities, other scientists, and cultural resource managers in a collaborative program, and by facilitating archaeological research directly relevant to improving our understanding of northwest peoples and cultures.
2. Provide training, research, and site documentation relevant to the management of critical cultural resources on BLM administered lands.
3. Complete appropriate analyses and methods and techniques to identify and evaluate sites and resources.
4. Develop a predictive framework and associated surface and
5. subsurface methodologies/protocols directed at PNW environments,
6. Gather information, develop research questions, and synthesize
regional pre-contact and historical context, as well as related tasks as appropriate (initial field investigations/ground trothing, updating Washington State site records, data analysis, development of project partnerships with Spokane BLM staff, Tribal contacts, development of public programs and materials, etc.).