Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cultural Preservation
Ceramic pottery sherds found at Tsirege Pueblo. The pueblo, which dates to the Classic period of the Ancestral Pueblo cultural period, 1300-1600 AD/CE, consisted of hundreds of rooms. The Tsirege site (LA 170) also contains petroglyphs (ancient rock art) and cavates (small caves dug out of canyon walls, suitable for living).
Contact
- Environmental Communications & Public Involvement
- P.O. Box 1663 MS K491
- Los Alamos, NM 87545
- (505) 667-3792
Managing our cultural resources
As part of the environmental protection program, LANL specialists oversee and manage the Laboratory's cultural resources programs. Several laws, including the National Historic Preservation Act, and various regulations establish the policy, standards, and processes that govern LANL's resources management activities.
In the course of their environmental management activities, LANL cultural resource specialists:
- Evaluate impacts to cultural resources
- Assess ecological risk
- Prepare environmental assessments, cultural resources reports, and mitigation plans
Environmental planning
One of the primary responsibilities of cultural resource specialists is to assist LANL organizations with effective environmental planning and decision-making by developing environmental planning documents. Staff also assist LANL's operational groups in developing and implementing compliance assurance programs.
Cultural resource documents
- Books
- Plans
- A Plan for the Management of the Cultural Heritage at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, LA-UR-15-27624 (pdf)
- Programmatic Agreement among the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos Field Office, the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Concerning Management of the Historic Properties of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, LA-UR-17-22581 (pdf)
- Reports
- Presentations
- Papers
- Other
