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22 <br />2.0 Cultural and Geologic Contexts <br />2.1 Introduction <br />These contexts and the CRMP define a cultural resource as the <br />physical remains of past human activity having demonstrable <br />association with prehistoric, historical events, individuals or <br />cultural systems. Cultural resources may include such things as <br />archaeological sites, districts and objects; standing historical <br />structures, objects or groups of resources; locations of <br />important historic events; or places, objects and living or non- <br />living things that are important to the practice and continuity <br />of traditional cultures. Under the broader heading of cultural <br />resources are three more restrictive terms, historic property, <br />traditional use area and sacred or religious site. <br />Historic Property is a legal term and refers specifically to any <br />cultural resource listed on or considered eligible for inclusion <br />in the National Register of Historic Places. A historic property <br />may be an archaeological site, a historical site, or a <br />traditional use area. Not all such sites meet the specific NRHP <br />i criteria for historic property designation. <br />A traditional use area is a place or landscape that is important <br />to a traditional culture. It may include such things as a <br />community, a sacred site or an area from which food and nonfood <br />resources were obtained. <br />Sacred sites are places important to the practice of traditional <br />religions. Their relationship to traditional religions makes it <br />possible for sacred sites to become historic properties but they <br />are also considered under statutes designed to protect First <br />Amendment guarantees to the free practice of religions. <br />Cultural resources are the physical remains of past human <br />activity and present a clear tie between the present and the <br />past. These tangible remains are protected under federal, state <br />