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Finally, CRM archaeologists will typically either excavate and record sites or recommend development be halted do to serious impacts to cultural heritage sites. Compiling a final report for a State’s Historic Preservation Office, CRM either protects or recovers at risk resources.

Individual states have also taken steps to ensure cultural heritage is protected, such as the New York Historic Preservation Act. These, and Federal Regulation require developers to allow the documentation and recovery of archaeology sites as part of the development process.

Federal Laws like the National Historic Preservation Act or the Antiquities act seek to protect heritage sites from destructive development or looting, and were also responsible for creating mechanisms for the preservation of significant historical sites.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) ensures that the remains and cultural artifacts/practices associated with Indigenous American’s burial and religious practices go undisturbed and is intended to give tribes fully recognized control over their heritage and ancestors.

In the US, CRM ensures compliance with laws like NAGPRA, the National Historic Preservation Act, and State by State preservation laws. Commercial Developers, government agencies and contractors, as well as any organization receiving federal or state funds must comply with these regulations.

CRM archaeology ensures the preservation of cultural resources like archaeological and historic sites by ensuring compliance with all of a particular nation’s heritage protection laws. Archaeologists in this space make sure sites go undisturbed or are recorded prior to commercial development.

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And while this data provides important empirical data related to human behavior, zooarchaeology is also often used as a tool to form greater understandings regarding the symbolic and intangible relationship between humans and other animal species.

Zooarchaeologists accomplish this by conducting thorough quantitative analyses of the animal remains found in archaeological contexts. They may study the relative abundance of a particular species to tell us about hunting practices, or examine remains for signs of environmental stress.