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Cultural resources are the traces of all past activities and accomplishments of people that includes designated historic districts, archeological sites, buildings, structures, and objects. These also include less tangible forms like aspects of folklife, tradition ....

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.... Furthermore, they offer educational and recreational opportunities and provide links to our past. People have lived in North America for at least 12,000 years. Archaeologists and historians have divided this time span into prehistoric and historic periods. The prehistoric period extends from the earliest arrival of humans in North America to the coming of the European explorers. The historic period begins with the arrival of these explorers and continues up to the present. As you walk across public land, something on the ground catches your eye. You pick up a piece of pottery or an arrowhead, wondering about the people who made this a ....