These are the stewards of the past
Abstract
"If you own land or operate a business affecting land, you can determine whether there are any Indian sites or other locations of historic interest on your property. Should disturbances of any of these areas become necessary (by plowing, leveling, clearing, dozing, or whatever) then you can notify, as far in advance as possible, the nearest individual or agency trained to recover the threatened information. You also can endeavor to use your land in a manner which protects or causes the least possible disturbance of the site. A site preserved for future investigation can, in the long run, be of even greater ultimate importance than one which must be hastily excavated just prior to disturbance. You can protect a site from vandalism by others, or you can donate the site to an appropriate public agency and at the same time obtain a significant income tax deduction. The first professional investigation of a Caddo Indian mound in west-central Arkansas was made possible because the landowner notified the University of Arkansas Museum nearly a year before he planned to level the mound. This advance notice enabled the Museum to schedule at least minimum excavations at the site. On shorter notice this would not have been possible. Graham Cave in Missouri, one of the most important sites in the south-central United States, was investigated through the landowner's cooperation with the University of Missouri. It subsequently became a state park when the landowner donated the cave and adjacent land to the state."--First page.
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