Abstract

In any given jurisdiction, the beginnings of Cultural Resource Management are generally equated with the passage of appropriately named legislation or the introduction of specifically focussed programs. Alberta is no exception, and the initiation has generally been equated with the passage of the Alberta Historical Resources Act in 1972. In reality, CRM has been an important factor in the heritage movement for far longer than that, and the issues and principles of significance to the discipline have been evolving for well over 100 years.