Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC
14-21-1-25;
IC
14-21-1-31
Affected: IC 14-21-1
Sec. 3.
(a) A plan
must be submitted with any application for a permit for an investigation or a
scientific investigation. The plan shall provide a coherent approach to the
type of project or investigation, the environmental and cultural setting, and
the type of archaeological or human remains known to exist or yet unidentified
in the project area. A plan shall consider the time constraints upon the
applicant, the rights and interests of landowners, personnel needed to
accomplish the work, and the season and environmental conditions within which
work would be accomplished.
(b) A
plan shall consider the appropriate use of each of the following persons:
(1) Professionals in:
(A) archaeology;
(B) anthropology;
(C) physical anthropology;
(D) medicine;
(E) forensic science;
(F) biology;
(G) cultural geography;
(H) geology; and
(I) paleontology.
(2) Amateur archaeologists.
(c) A plan for a scientific
investigation that will address an archaeological site, result in the recovery
of artifacts, or result in the recovery of burial objects or buried human
remains shall satisfy the requirements under subsections (b) and (d) and
section 4 of this rule.
(d) A plan
for a scientific investigation where buried human remains are likely to be
recovered or disturbed shall additionally provide a scientific justification
for the recovery or disturbance of those human remains that does each of the
following:
(1) Demonstrates the need to
recover or disturb the buried human remains to protect, treat, or conserve the
remains or important scientific information that might otherwise be lost
through unavoidable natural or human activities.
(2) Defines a methodology governed by
systematic scientific methods that incorporates recording, recovery, and
conservation methods and techniques used by professional archaeologists and
related professionals who routinely locate, identify, record, recover, analyze,
treat, conserve, and curate human remains.
(3) Demonstrates the disturbed or recovered
human remains are and will be treated in a dignified and respectful fashion
that recognizes their cultural, religious, or traditional importance to living
human groups.
(e) A plan
submitted to conduct an investigation, other than a scientific investigation,
shall include each of the following:
(1) The
location of the project area, including the county, township, range, and
section and, if available, the street address.
(2) A description of the project area,
including the natural environment and cultural environment.
(3) The portion of the United States
Geological Survey Quadrangle Section map (1:24000) that locates the area and an
accurate map of the area of investigation.
(4) A clearly and concisely written plan
supported by appropriate references and other written material that justifies
the need to undertake the recovery of buried artifacts.
(5) A demonstration that the recovery, if
undertaken, will contribute to the understanding, interpretation, or
conservation of Indiana's historic and archaeological resources.
(6) An identification of the methods to be
employed that will enable the recording and recovery of artifacts and
associated contexts in a systematic and controlled fashion.
(7) A process that will result in minimal
damage to organic and fragile materials during recording and
recovery.
(8) Provision for notes,
drawings, photographs, collections of artifacts, descriptive lists of recovered
artifacts and samples, and documents that will enable the permittee to produce
a report of the findings.
(9)
Standards for plan and profile maps of all excavation units and exposed or
excavated features or cultural strata.
(10) The names of persons or organizations
who may work during the investigation and recovery of artifacts.
(11) The name and address of the person who
will have supervisory or decision making responsibility for the
investigation.
(12) The beginning
date and ending date of the investigation.
(13) The place where any recovered artifacts
and curated or associated contexts will be cleaned, processed, and
housed.
(14) A proposal for the
conservation of artifacts and associated context through:
(A) the documentation of an agreement with an
established institution; or
(B) if
the permittee will provide for conservation, a conservation plan that describes
how the recovered artifacts and associated context will be conserved to prevent
degradation and the loss of integrity.
(15) A proposal for access to the completed
project for continued or future research.
(16) A strategy for the timely termination of
the project and the protection of the site if the project:
(A) discovers human remains or burial
objects; or
(B) identifies buried
deposits that have been defined by the department as nonrecoverable without the
assistance or direction of a principal investigator under section 2(a) of this
rule.
(f) A
final report of findings must be submitted under this section in accordance
with the following specifications:
(1) The use
of standard quality paper on white bond, eight and one-half (8½) inches
wide and eleven (11) inches long.
(2) Inclusion of a title page with the:
(A) project title;
(B) project supervisor;
(C) name of the organization; and
(D) if applicable, name of the agency or
institutional affiliation, any coauthors, and date of issuance of the
report.
(3) Inclusion of
a table of contents, as well as any appropriate figures and
appendices.
(4) Acknowledgements to
persons and organizations assisting in the project.
(5) Appropriate reference to the plan
approved as part of the permit, including a statement of investigation goals
and methods.
(6) Data
analysis.
(7) Results of the
investigations.
(8) Conclusions and
recommendations.
(9) Bibliographic
references.
(10) Completed Historic
Sites and Structures Inventory-Archaeology Site Forms.
(11) Copies of completed notes, drawings, a
descriptive list of all recovered artifacts and samples and photographs
generated by the project.
(12)
Location where the recovered artifacts and associated contexts will be housed,
and the name of the person responsible for curation, if the plan provides for
curation.
