Award Date

1-1-2005

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Political Science

First Committee Member

Steven Parker

Number of Pages

147

Abstract

This thesis investigates the policy context of U.S. cultural resource management legislation and the ethical values that underlie it. The actions taken by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to preserve and protect cultural resources within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (NCA), Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1964 to 2004, are studied to identify the values embodied within the laws and policies. The BLM's actions are taken as representative of these values and of the barriers and limitations existing within the policy context that challenge their achievement; U.S. law requires cultural resources to be preserved and protected on public lands, but negative effects are commonly observed even with management. There appears to be a gap between what the law intends and the effects resulting from management actions. This thesis seeks to answer the question, If cultural resources within Red Rock Canyon should and can be preserved and protected, how do law, policy and archaeology work together to ensure it happens?

Keywords

Achieving; Canyon; Compliance; Cultural; Management; Nevada; Red; Resources; Rock; Red Rock Canyon

Controlled Subject

Public administration

File Format

pdf

File Size

4321.28 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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