Section 370.20 Definitions

Section 370

TITLE 17: CONSERVATION

CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

SUBCHAPTER a: LANDS

PART 370 THE PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

SECTION 370.20 DEFINITIONS

Section 370.20  Definitions

a)         "Archaeological resource" refers to any material

remains of past human life or activities that are of archaeological interest

and at least forty (40) years of age, as well as the physical site, location,

or context in which those remains are found.

b)         "Archaeological interest" refers to any object, site

or other material remains that, as a result of its study and analysis, may

provide information or knowledge about human life and activities in the past.

c)         "Material remains of past human life or activities"

refers to any physical evidence of human habitation, occupation, use or

activity.  Such items of evidence include, but are not limited to:

1)         surface

or subsurface structures,

2)         shelters,

3)         facilities,

4)         features (specific examples include, but are not limited to:

domestic structures, human-made mounds, earthworks, canals, reservoirs,

horticultural garden areas, rock alignments, cairns, kilns, and post moulds),

5)         surface

or subsurface concentrations or scatters or artifacts,

6)         whole or fragmentary tools, implements, containers, weapon

projectiles, clothing, and ornaments (specific examples of these include, but

are not limited to:  pottery and other ceramics, basketry, cordage, weavings,

coins, bullets, bottles, and other glassware, flaked stone, bone, metal, wood,

hide, feathers, and pigments),

7)         by-products

of manufacture or use of human-made or natural materials,

8)         organic waste (specific examples include, but are not limited

to:  vegetal and animal remains, coproloites),

9)         rock carvings, rock paintings, intaglios, and other works of

artistic or symbolic representation,

10)         rockshelters or caves containing any of the foregoing

materials,

11)         the physical site or loc

manufacture or use of human-made or natural materials,

8)         organic waste (specific examples include, but are not limited

to:  vegetal and animal remains, coproloites),

9)         rock carvings, rock paintings, intaglios, and other works of

artistic or symbolic representation,

10)         rockshelters or caves containing any of the foregoing

materials,

11)         the physical site or location of any of the foregoing,

12)         any portion or piece of any of the foregoing.

d)         "Person" refers to any individual, corporation,

partnership, trust, association, or any other private entity, or any officer,

employee, agent, or department or recognized political unit or subdivision.