Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subtitle 13 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION
Chapter 283 - RULES GOVERNING STANDARDS FOR OSTEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS
Section 13-283-4 - Report of osteological analysis

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 13-283-4

Current through February, 2024

(a) A report on the osteological analyses, shall be prepared by a physical anthropologist meeting the qualifications set forth in chapter 13-281. The report shall include the following:

(1) Abstract, including the number of individuals studied, their ethnic affiliation and the name of the historic sites with which they are associated.

(2) Introduction.
(A) Reasons for the project and

(B) Location of the study area which shall include a portion of the relevant United States Geological Survey standard 1:24,000 topographic map showing the ahupua'a, the parcel, and the sites from which the remains came and text, which states the island, district, ahupua'a, and the tax map key (TMK) of the parcel

(3) Laboratory methods, which shall include:
(A) The number of personnel, with the name and degree of the principal investigator;

(B) When the work was done; and

(C) Methods planned in the analysis and any deviations, with explanations why.

(4) Osteological analysis: Descriptions of individuals, to include:
(A) The provenience site, layer, and age of layer;

(B) The information recorded, as required by section 13-283-4 and this section; and

(C) A summary for each individual, to include:
(i) Probable ethnic group affiliation;

(ii) Sex;

(iii) Stature;

(iv) Completeness and condition of remains;

(v) Salient morphological features of the skull, teeth, and infracranial skeleton; and

(vi) Time since death.

(5) Findings; and

(6) References.

(b) The osteological report shall be submitted separately to the SHPD from the archaeological report required under chapters 13-275, 13-276, 13-276 and 13-284.

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