PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-004-0002)
Park: Petrified Forest National Park
Project Title: Cultural Affiliation Study for NAGPRA Inventory Completion and Improved
Visitor Interpretation of Native American Culture and History in the Petrified
Forest National Park. Phase I
Funding Amount: $30,000
CPCESU Partner Institution: University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, Department of Anthropology
Principal Investigator: TJ Ferguson (faculty), Professor of Practice
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
EMIL W HAURY 210
Department of Anthropology
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030
520.743.3229 – (TEL)
520.621.2088 – (FAX)
tjf@wildblue.net
NPS Key Official: Jason G. Theuer, Archeologist
1 Park Rd
Petrified Forest, AZ 86028
928.524.6228 x268 - Tel
928.524.3567 – Fax
Jason_Theuer@nps.gov
Start Date: 2008.09.30
End Date: 2010.04.30
Abstract:
This project will initiate a Cultural Affiliation Study for the NAGPRA materials from the
Petrified Forest National Park and contribute towards publishing the Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register. 2 sets of collective consultation meetings with interested
tribes will be conducted in order to help craft the direction of this project and view NAGPRA
materials held in museum collections. These consultation meetings will contribute towards the
cultural affiliation study by providing additional information about the nature of tribal
involvement and interest in the NAGPRA materials from the Petrified Forest National Park.
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Additionally, this project will begin the literature review of linguistic, historic, archaeological,
and anthropological evidence for the Cultural Affiliation Study.
Keywords:
NAGPRA, Cultural Affiliation Study, Tribal Consultation
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