Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
The American Antiquities Act, Historic Sites Act, Archeological and Historic Preservation Act, National Historic Preservation Act, American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Archeological Resources Protection Act, Abandoned Shipwreck Act, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act comprise the basis of our exploration of cultural resource legislation in the United States. Since the passage of the American Antiquities Act in 1906, 1086 cases have challenged these statutes in U.S. courts. We investigate temporal and regional patterns of the case law to establish whether these laws are uniformly prosecuted throughout the U.S. Our findings suggest that case law is complex and controlled by many factors, including unequal application.
Repository Citation
Selden, Robert Z. Jr. and Bousman, C. Britt, "Spatial Dynamics of U.S. Cultural Resource Law" (2013). CRHR: Archaeology. 8.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/crhr/8
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