 Cultural resources also can include primary written and verbal data for interpretation and understanding of those tangible resources.” 

Cultural resource management in the heritage context is mainly concerned with the investigation of sites with archaeological potential, the preservation and interpretation of historic sites and artifacts, and the culture of indigenous people.The subject developed from initiatives in rescue archaeology, sensitivities to the treatment of indigenous people, and subsequent legislation to protect cultural heritage.In the 1970s, archaeologists created the term "cultural resource management" as a parallel to natural resource management to address the following resources