Places That Count, Traditional Cultural Properties in Cultural Resource Management,   ISBN:9780759100718

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This is a portion of a letter written by an Idaho archaeologist and shared with our archaeological community recently that makes an important point about this book that I would like to share. I am not including the name of the author to protect their opinions and identity on this public site.

"I...would like to voice my concern regarding the direction that King and a few others are driving the Section 106 process. Several of King's other recent publications give me grave concern.... particularly "Places that Count" and "Saving Places that Matter." The former includes what I feel is a drastic push on the concept of TCPs that ends up trying to redefine the very intent of NHPA and what kinds of places are supposed to be protected. The second volume comes across mostly as a lay person's manual on "how to use Section 106 to derail any development you happen to disagree with." Both directions have serious ramifications for those of us involved in the protection and understanding of the archaeological record."

I sincerely hope that anyone purchasing this book, Especially teachers considering this as a course manual, take this perspective into consideration, as it is very relevant to Cultural Resource Management and archaeology in general.