TY - JOUR TI - Cultural landscapes and traditional cultural properties DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WM1GVR PY - 2017 AB - This thesis discusses issues concerning the way cultural landscapes and traditional cultural properties are designated by the National Park Service. The field of cultural heritage has grown rapidly since the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended through 1992 (Public Law 102-575) and the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1972. In 1992, the United Nations Education, Scientific, Cultural Organization adopted cultural landscapes in their operational guidelines and the National Park Service created Traditional Cultural Properties as a new means to recognize and protect cultural heritage. Over the past twenty years these protections have not succeeded in protecting cultural heritage sites as they may have been intended. Using examples of Traditional Cultural Properties, cultural landscapes from the Mid-Atlantic Region in the United States and international cultural landscapes recognized by UNESCO as case studies, this thesis will explore the failings of these national and international cultural resource designations. KW - Art History KW - Cultural landscapes LA - eng ER -