Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 13 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION
Chapter 276 - RULES GOVERNING STANDARDS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVENTORY SURVEYS AND REPORTS
Section 13-276-4 - Archaeological field survey
Current through February, 2024
(a) Portions of the project area that have no adequate inventory survey reports prepared for them shall undergo archaeological inventory survey to determine whether archaeological historic properties are present and, if so, to present their description, interpretation, and location. The entire surface of the project area shall be visually inspected, and any proposed deviations from this level of inspection shall be approved by SHPD prior to implementation.
(b) The presence or absence of subsurface sites shall be evaluated for areas which have no visible historic properties. This evaluation shall include findings of test excavations, if deemed necessary by the department, or a conclusion, with supportive documentation, that historic properties are not anticipated to be present.
(c) Test excavations shall be undertaken on historic properties, or features of properties, that have several possible alternative functions based on surface examination to provide additional information that might help to resolve the question of property or feature function. Recordation of such excavations and any necessary laboratory analysis of recovered materials shall be undertaken as part of the archaeological inventory survey. If human skeletal remains are found, they shall not be disturbed, excavations shall be backfilled, and SHPD notified as soon as possible. Archaeological historic properties, or features of properties, that are highly probable to be burials based on surface examination shall not undergo test excavation without authorization from the department.
(d) If 100% of the proposed project's surface area is not inventoried, sampling strategies need prior approval from the department.
