Code of Massachusetts Regulations
950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Title 950 CMR 70.00 - Massachusetts Historical Commission
Section 70.10 - Professional Qualifications

(a) The Research Team should consist of a group of investigators whose cumulative professional backgrounds and experience will be appropriate to the proposed undertaking. The Research Team should assess the adequacy of its qualifications to meet the demands of the Research Design, and take steps to redress any deficiencies or in adequacies either by bringing in associates who have the needed qualifications, or by modifying the scope of the project. Research Teams will normally consist of a principal investigator, field supervisors, laboratory supervisors, field crew, laboratory crew, and professional consultants with a variety of academic backgrounds. Research Teams will normally be interdisciplinary in nature, and may include anthropologists, historic archeologists, prehistoric archeologists, industrial archeologists, technological historians, social historians, agricultural historians, historians, geologists, palynologists, ecologists, geographers, architectural historians, folklorists, pedologists, etc. as appropriate to the research design. Because archeological field investigations will destroy archeological properties, the Research Team should consist of individuals whose backgrounds in research, field work, and analysis will ensure careful and scientific recording of the non-renewable archeological properties.

(b) The Research Team should include one or more individuals who meet all of the following standards. (Note: Not all members of the Team need meet these standards):

(a) A graduate degree in an academic field which is appropriate for the needs of the Research Design; and

(b) A demonstrated ability to carry research to completion evidenced by timely completion of thesis, research reports, field investigations carried out under previous permits, or similar documents.