Abstract
CAPELLA PETERS, CHRISTINE R. '"The Physical Treatment of Cultural and Historic Resources: Guidelines for Rehabilitating Designed Historic Landscapes." Typed and bound thesis, 126 pages, 1990. Federal, state and local government agencies charged with the review of proposed public and private undertakings have the authority and
responsibility to evaluate potential project inpact on cultural and historic resources. Professional staff involved in such reviews, and often project sponsors, utilize the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Archeology
and Historic Preservation when assessing potential inpact on cultural and historic resources. This document, although meant to be applied to all undertakings and types of resources, is limited in the amount of assistance
it provides professionals addressing non-architectural resources. With thediversification of the American preservation movement and the emergence of landscape preservation, the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Archeology and Historic Preservation have been found cumbersome in providing advice to both project sponsors dealing with historic landscape resources and those responsible for reviewing such proposals.
This thesis focuses on the applicability of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Archeology and Historic Preservation: Standards far Historic Preservation Projects and accompanying Guidelines to undertakings involving
historic landscape resources. The thesis addresses broad based federal preservation philosophies and policies relative to landscape resources, and offers more detailed recommendations regarding the physical treatment of one
particular landscape resource type, designed historic landscapes, and one specific physical treatment, rehabilitation.