Presenting Archaeology in Court

Sherry Hutt is the Program Manager, National NAGPRA Program, a retired Superior Court judge and a former Assistant US Attorney assigned to prosecute ARPA cases. Marion Forsyth is an attorney in private practice, specializing in cultural resources matters. David Tarler is an attorney and archaeologist working as a contractor to the National Park Service Archeology Program.

0 Preface 1 The Origins of ARPA: Crafting the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 2 Operation Indian Rocks: Interagency ARPA Investigations in the Deserts of Nevada and California 3 ARPA in an International Context: Protecting the Articles of Faith 4 ARPA on Private Lands: The GE Mounds Case 5 Banking on a Public Trust: An Unusual ARPA Case at Ocmulgee National Monument 6 Valuing Archaeological Resources: The SAA Professional Standards for the Determination of Archaeological Value 7 The Archaeological Damage Assessment Report 8 External Value: Addressing Additional Implications of an ARPA Offense 9 Appraisal Evidence as Proof of Damage 10 Model Jury Insutrctions in ARPA Prosecutions: Removing Some of the "Lynch Pins" 11 The Acceptance of Archaeological Value as Evidence in Court 12 The Civil Side of Archaeological Resource Protection 13 Using the Forfeiture Laws to Protect Resources 14 Legal Approaches to International Trafficking in Stolen and Looted Cultural Property 15 Recent International Cases and Prognosis for the Future 16 Appendix: The Archaeological Resources Protection Act