01736nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260000800044653001500052653001300067653001500080653001200095653001000107653001200117653001100129100001900140700001800159700001700177245008100194856015400275300001200429490000700441520099000448022002001438       2015                            d  cnov10aassessment10aheritage10aIntangible10aMethods10aSites10aStories10avalues1 aCelmara Pocock1 aDavid Collett1 aLinda Baulch00aAssessing stories before sites: identifying the tangible from the intangible  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84943587767&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2015.1040440&partnerID=40&md5=20153ddca43da0931a8a66df21660512  a962-9820 v213 aDespite a growing recognition that intangible heritage forms an important part of the significance of heritage sites, and that intangible values are intertwined with material resources and spaces, many procedures for the identification and management of heritage sites remain unchanged and fail to integrate these two sets of values. The conservation of heritage sites continues to be dominated by a process that first identifies a material site and then identifies the associated values that comprise its significance. This paper suggests that rather than identifying the physical expression of heritage as the initial point of heritage assessment, the stories (or intangible values) of a region or national history can form the primary mechanism for identifying physical heritage sites. Using the example of Australian government policies of Aboriginal segregation and assimilation, we suggest how national stories-or intangible values-might be used to identify representative sites.  a13527258 (ISSN)