Cultural Resource Protection

Virginia is one of the richest historical areas in all of America. Events that shaped our country happened here, right in Fairfax County. The artifacts that remain are often right under our feet or at our doorsteps. Documenting and preserving these clues to our past is a priority. The archaeologists of the Cultural Resource Protection team find evidence of Native American life, early exploration, our colonial past, 19th century development and the Civil War, adding to the heritage of the county and the nation. This includes illuminating the history of people who did not necessarily write it for themselves - Native Americans, African American slaves and freemen, women and children, and other ordinary county citizens.

The Cultural Resource offices are housed in the James Lee Center at 2855 Annandale Road in Falls Church, Virginia 22042. The phone number is 703-534-3881.

The Cultural Resource Protection team has four primary tasks.

1. To inventory, document, protect and interpret historic and archaeological resources on parklands.
2. Conduct development plan review prior to construction so as to be able to document sites prior to development.
3. To participate in the planning process for new and existing parkland to make sure that plans address cultural resources.
4. To educate staff and the public about historic and archaeological resources, their protection and the destruction caused by relic hunting.

• Park Authority Adopts First Cultural Resource Management Plan

  The Fairfax County Park Authority Board adopted its first Cultural Resource Management Plan (CRMP) on April 26, 2006. This plan, shaped over the past year in a collaborative effort with various stakeholders, was created to guide the agency in preserving and managing cultural resources on parkland and county-wide over the next five years.

• Civil War Site Inventory* (Large File: 3.2MB)

  *The Civil War Site Inventory is available for download in Adobe Acrobat portable document format. You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 (or newer) installed on your computer to view and print this file.
  

  

• Questions/Concerns about Cultural Resources
• ResOURces Newsletter Articles
• Help with Archaeological digs