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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2015

Jodi A. Barnes  and
Rebekah Dobrasko
Jodi A. Barnes
Affiliation:
Arkansas Archeological Survey at the University of Arkansas, Monticello; previously Staff Archaeologist, SCSHPO. Email: jabarnes@uark.edu
Rebekah Dobrasko
Affiliation:
Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas; previously Review and Compliance Supervisor, SCSHPO. Email: rdobrasko@hotmail.com
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Abstract:

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.

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Research Article
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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , November 2014 , pp. 423 - 444
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Copyright © International Cultural Property Society 2015 

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