Papers by John F Doershuk
Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, 2015
The original version of the above article published in Vol. 40, No. 1 has been corrected, as some... more The original version of the above article published in Vol. 40, No. 1 has been corrected, as some of the author names were missing from the article header.
Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2021
The 2018 SAA statement encouraging collaboration between archaeologists and “responsible and resp... more The 2018 SAA statement encouraging collaboration between archaeologists and “responsible and responsive stewards” included recommendations epitomizing decades of established practice at the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA), a research center housing the State Archaeological Repository of Iowa. At the time the SAA statement was published, OSA staff were actively implementing a grant supporting transfer to the State Repository of the John and Phil Palmquist Archaeological Collection. This grant was designed to provide hands-on research experience for undergraduate students interested in archaeology and collections management while recording improved site locational data and artifact specific documentation, including on relatively rare (for the area) red pipestone artifacts. Although modest by some standards, the Palmquist Collection includes 860 artifacts from 26 locations recorded through 40 years of surface survey by the family in a portion of Iowa that is ...
Aspects of Management Planning for Cultural World Heritage Sites
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981) and Cahokia Mounds (1982) were among the first 200 sites admi... more Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981) and Cahokia Mounds (1982) were among the first 200 sites admitted to the World Heritage List (WHL) and among the first, respectively, for Canada and the United States. These properties were admitted well before the UNESCO Operational Guidelines of 2005 that specified that each listed property should have an appropriate management plan. This chapter reviews and contrasts the nominating documentation produced in the early 1980s for each of these properties and identifies the critical elements of the respective initial management systems established for each. Changes over the past three decades in management will be traced and current approaches to how the outstanding universal values of these properties are being sustained are elucidated. These two sites present interesting opportunities for comparison as they are in dramatically different settings, with Head-Smashed-In located in a rural area near Fort Macleod (population ca. 3100) in a relatively remote part of the world (Alberta, Canada) while Cahokia is embedded within the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area (population ca. 2,800,000). These settings present very different management system challenges. Particular attention will be paid to the involvement of descendant First Nations/American Indian communities in both the development and implementation of the management plans for these sites.
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Papers by John F Doershuk