South Carolina’s Tidal Rice Fields: Consultation, Collaboration, and Cultural Landscapes

South Carolina’s tidal rice fields are significant historic and cultural landscapes. A critical piece of the cultural significance is continuity in the process of using the land. This essay provides an overview of how collaboration among historic preservationists, archaeologists, biologists, federal...

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Published inInternational journal of cultural property Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 423 - 444
Main Authors Barnes, Jodi A., Dobrasko, Rebekah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.11.2014
Subjects
Agricultural innovations
American culture
Archaeological site location
Collaboration
Cultural heritage
Cultural landscapes
Habitats
Historic preservation
Irrigation
Natural resources
Rice
Rivers
Studies
UNITED STATES
South Carolina
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Summary:South Carolina’s tidal rice fields are significant historic and cultural landscapes. A critical piece of the cultural significance is continuity in the process of using the land. This essay provides an overview of how collaboration among historic preservationists, archaeologists, biologists, federal and state agencies, consultants, and plantation managers resulted in new methods of permitting work in historic tidal rice fields and new understandings of rice fields as significant historic properties.
Bibliography:International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 21, No. 4, Nov 2014, 423-444
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:0940-7391
1465-7317
DOI:10.1017/S0940739114000241