The sessions shown below address activities associated with the Presentation on Cultural Resources Protection Law. There are sessions addressing Defining Cultural Heritage Resources and the Scope of Loss Due to Criminal Conduct, Value Meaning of Cultural Resources, Mounds Groups, Pieces of the Past, One Family’s Story, Working to Protect Our Past, and Scope of Loss.
Defining Cultural Heritage Resources and the Scope of Loss Due to Criminal Conduct Videos
 | 1. Intro – Defining Cultural Heritage Resources and the Scope of Loss Due to Criminal Conduct ( 03:44)Description: You are about to view a presentation on cultural resources protection law entitled "Defining Cultural Heritage Resources and the Scope of Loss Due to Criminal Conduct." The presenters are Bob Palmer and Todd Swain. Bob Palmer provides a broad perspective on the nature and scope of cultural resources on the American landscape. From ancient American Indian rock art to the tools of 1,000 years ago, to voyages of discovery, to personal stories of the Civil War, Bob provides an overview and basic understanding of what constitutes a cultural resource and why these resources are worthy of our interest and protection.
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 | 2. Value Meaning of Cultural Resources (07:42)Description: In the prologue to his 1953 book "The Go Between," British author L.P. Hartley made the observation that, and I quote, "The past is a foreigncountry. They do things differently there." When thinking about the value andmeaning of cultural resources, it's hard to imagine a truer statement ever being made.When we look at the past, the things we look to be of importance or valuable in large,part based on our present day perceptions and experiences. In short, the standards ofour modern culture. Our values and experiences are the foundations that we use tosuccessfully communicate and interact with each other on a daily basis, and they vary,much change through time. And while our skills and knowledge permit us to achievevarying degrees of success in weaving our way through life in 21st century America,these knowledge and skill sets might be wholly inadequate in another setting.
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 | 3. Mounds Groups ( 17:52)Description: In this area for over 2,000 years American Indians regularly came to carry out ceremonies and lay their dead to rest. The burial and ceremonial mounds of the Sny Magill located at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Northeast Iowa is one of the last vestiges of a tradition that has long since vanished.
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 | 4. Pieces of the Past (05:51)Description: As the renowned ecologist Aldo Leopold once observed, the first rule of tinkering is to save all of the pieces. While Leopold was talking about ecology, he could just as easily have been referring to cultural resources, for only with the pieces of the past can we understand the nuances of everyday life in the past.
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 | 5. One Family's Story (04:33)Description: In some circumstances, cultural resources in the form of archaeological materials can confirm family stories that have been told for generations. Quite often these stories can be both moving and quite compelling. Here is one of those stories.
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 | 6. Working to Protect Our Past (02:16)Description: The stories and information that we've shared with you are but a few threads of the very, very rich tapestry that woven together creates the rich and dynamic story that we call the American experience. As we have made this journey, at times you may have felt a certain restlessness or possibly a stirring inside you. It could be an interest in your own heritage, maybe your conscience, or for some, it may absence of duty calling. For those that we dare -- that we dare say it who are called to this field of work, you will soon discover that aside from possibly trying to raise a family there are few things in life that can be as rewarding and at the same time as frustrating as working to protect our past. The challenge is immense, but the rewards, they can be even greater.
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 | 7. Scope of Loss (10:15)Description: We will be discussing with you the topic of cultural heritage resources and their loss due to criminal conduct. Heritage resources include things such as the historic structure behind me and other historic features such as battlefields back East, Gettysburg, Antietam, Vicksburg, and prehistoric sites, such as rock shelters, sacred sites to the Native Americans, and things as innocuous as flake scatters or lithic scatters and historic can domes.
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 | 8. Protecting Cultural Heritage (06:39)Description: A recent study on the use of the Archaeological Resource Protection Act found that during a 10-year period the Department of Justice recorded a total of 112 purported counts of violation of ARPA that had been committed by 168 known individuals, corporations or organizations. Of the reported counts, 95 defendants were found guilty, 6 defendants were acquitted, and 22 individuals had their cases dismissed by the court. 104 cases involving 93 individuals were declined for prosecution. And 152 counts involving 60 individuals, which no action was recorded to have been taken. Of the defendants found guilty, over 95% of them actually pled guilty.
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