Mechanical Treatment Impacts to Cultural Resources in Central Arizona: The Marden Brush Crusher1
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2Assistant Forest Archeologist, USDA Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, AZ 85038. Abstract: Forest Service management practices have the potential for impacting cultural resources in a variety of ways, ranging from complete removal to alteration of the environmental context of prehistoric or historic proper ties. Much of this impact is derived indirectly from activities designed not so much to manage the land surface (the location and contextual matrix of cultural properties) but the vegetation on that surface. This study examines one such activity--brush crushing--and its effects on archeological site integrity. Although much remains to be done, it demonstrates that mechanical manipulation of vegetation has the potential for serious disruption of cultural resources.
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