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NMAC › Title 4 (CULTURAL RESOURCES) › Chapter 10 (CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION) › Part 14 (CULTURAL PROPERTIES ON PRIVATE LAND AND MECHANICAL EXCAVATION) › Section 2

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This rule applies to all public and private entities proposing to excavate, with the aid of mechanical earth-moving equipment, an archaeological site on private land. This rule does not apply to state or federal lands or to lands held in trust for an Indian tribe by the federal government.

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