New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 10 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Part 15 - STANDARDS FOR SURVEY AND INVENTORY
Section 4.10.15.18 - NMCRIS INVESTIGATION ABSTRACT
Universal Citation: 4 NM Admin Code 4.10.15.18
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Obtain a NMCRIS number from ARMS immediately following the completion of the survey and prior to writing and submitting a report. If any archaeological sites were encountered during survey, request an LA archaeological site number for each newly discovered site. Do not request new numbers for previously recorded sites if they already have LA numbers.
B. Complete the NMCRIS investigation abstract for the survey. The NMCRIS investigation abstract includes the following information.
(1)
Administrative data. Provide the NMCRIS number; the name of the federal
or state agency or sponsor for purposes of consultation, if applicable, and
agency identification number; performing agency name, field personnel and
report number; report title in its entirety with no abbreviations, the
author(s) and report date; permit number(s); client or customer name, contact
information and project number; beginning and end dates for the investigation
and investigation type. Indicate status of tribal consultation.
(2)
Location and land status.
Indicate landownership status type (federal, state, tribal, private or any
combination thereof) and name or administrative unit (such as, bureau of land
management Farmington field office, state land office, New Mexico department of
transportation, pueblo of Taos). Specify survey area and APE in acres for each
land status; for linear surveys include length and width. Enter USGS 7.5-minute
(1:24,000) topographic quadrangle name, date and code; township, range,
section, quarter section to nearest 40-acre unit or unplatted. Indicate if the
PLSS is protracted. Identify other source graphics if used. Specify the nearest
city or town, county and state for the survey and include other descriptions
including but not limited to well pad footages, mile markers or land grant
names.
(3)
Project
data. Enter the project name (if known), date of NMCRIS database and
other agency records check and name of individual conducting the search.
Provide a description of the project or undertaking, the environmental setting,
condition of the project area (such as grazed, bladed or dense vegetative
cover) and percent ground visibility.
(a) For
surveys provide a brief description of survey methods, type of survey,
configuration, scope, coverage method, survey interval, time in field for
survey, time recording archaeological sites and time recording the
built-environment.
(b) For
monitoring projects list sites monitored by LA site number and provide a brief
description of any area of historic and scientific interest monitored, if
applicable. Include NMCRIS number(s) and the report title in its entirety with
no abbreviations for the previous project that identified the sites to be
monitored. Indicate any changes in site condition noted during the monitoring
project and whether site updates were completed.
(c) For limited tests, test excavation and
excavation, list sites by LA site number and indicate the type of tests
performed, the number and size of each test unit and whether site updates were
completed.
(4)
Cultural resource findings. Summarize the cultural resources identified.
Specify the number of sites, the number of historic structures, buildings or
other cultural properties and the number of isolates discovered. Indicate the
number of sites and other cultural properties registered; the number of sites
and other cultural properties not registered, and the number of previously
recorded sites revisited. List archaeological sites by LA site number. Indicate
if collections were made and whether tests were conducted. For negative surveys
only, discuss the possible reasons for the lack of sites, evaluate significance
of the identified resources pursuant to 4.10.15.16 NMAC and make management
recommendations.
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