A historical context and archaeological research design for agricultural properties in California.
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A historical context and archaeological research design for agricultural properties in California.



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  • Corporate Creators:
    California. Department of Transportation
  • Corporate Contributors:
    United States. Federal Highway Administration
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    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    California
  • Corporate Publisher:
    California. Department of Transportation
  • Abstract:
    Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires that federal agencies take

    into account the effects of their undertakings upon historic properties. Caltrans, in cooperation

    with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Federal Highway Administration

    (FHWA), prepared this document to assist with evaluating the information potential of

    agricultural properties in California in an effort to streamline Section 106 consultation. This

    document is the first in a series produced by Caltrans, with consultant-prepared studies covering

    mining sites, work camps, and town sites each bound separately. Caltrans plans additional

    studies as funding permits.

    Properties may be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under any one, or

    combination, of four criteria. This document concerns itself solely with eligibility under

    Criterion D, which states that properties may be eligible for the National Register (NR) if they

    “have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.”1

    National Register Bulletin 15 provides important guidance on applying Criterion D, which has

    two requirements that must both be met for a property to qualify: “the property must have, or

    have had, information to contribute to our understanding of human history or prehistory, and the

    information must be considered important.”2 An integral part of this study is a research design

    that explicitly demonstrates the connection between the information and the property, and helps

    define whether the information that a property contains is important or not. A good research

    design “specifies not only the questions to be asked, but also the types of data needed to supply

    the answers.”3 The importance of a good research design and interdisciplinary research cannot be

    overstated. The need for integrated and holistic approaches to site-specific research has proven

    to be a valuable tool in reaching defensible arguments regarding eligibility.

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