Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
Professional personnel means individuals who are
appropriately-trained specialists required to perform archeological and
architectural investigations and project work. These individuals must possess
the professional qualifications in this section and will be required to perform
certain responsibilities under the terms of an Antiquities Permit as identified
in this section. Any additional professions not referenced in this section must
meet Archeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of the Interior's
Standards and Guidelines (As Amended and Annotated).
(1) Principal investigator. A professional
archeologist with demonstrated competence in field archeology and laboratory
analysis, as well as experience in administration, logistics, personnel
deployment, report publication, and fiscal management. In addition to these
criteria the principal investigator shall:
(A)
hold a graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education in
anthropology/archeology, or a closely related field such as geography, geology,
or history, so long as the degree program also included formal training in
archeological field methods, research, and site interpretation; have
successfully completed investigations under an Antiquities Permit; and/or be
registered as a professional archeologist by the Register of Professional
Archeologists (RPA); and/or hold an active permit not in default;
(B) have at least twelve months of full-time
experience in a supervisory role involving complete responsibility for a major
portion of a project of comparable complexity to that which is to be undertaken
under permit;
(C) have demonstrated
the ability to disseminate the results of an archeological investigation in
published form conforming to current professional standards;
(D) remain on-site a minimum of 25 percent of
the time required for the field investigation, and whose name must appear on
the project report;
(E) provide a
field archeologist to supervise the field investigation in his or her absence;
and
(F) testify concerning report
findings in the interest of controversy or challenge.
(2) Professional archeologist. An individual
who has a degree in anthropology, archeology or a closely related field if that
degree also included formal training in archeological field methods, research,
and site interpretation, conducts archeological investigations as a vocation,
and whose primary source of income is from archeological work. Qualifications
for specialized types of professional archeologists are listed in this
paragraph.
(A) Prehistoric archeologist. An
individual who is a professional archeologist and, in addition, meets the
following conditions:
(i) has been trained in
the field of prehistoric archeology;
(ii) has a minimum experience of two
comprehensive archeological field seasons of three to six months in length on
archeological site(s) that contain prehistoric (pre-16th century) archeological
deposits; and
(iii) has published
the results of those prehistoric archeological investigations.
(B) Historic archeologist. An
individual who is a professional archeologist and, in addition, meets the
following conditions:
(i) has been trained in
the field of historical archeology;
(ii) has minimum experience of two
comprehensive archeological field seasons of three to six months in length on
archeological site(s) that contain historic (post-16th century) archeological
deposits; and
(iii) has published
the results of those historical archeological investigations.
(C) Underwater archeologist. An
individual who is a professional archeologist and, in addition, is a competent
diver with a minimum of two full seasons of underwater archeological testing or
excavation projects. Training and experience sufficient for safe and proficient
use of the specialized underwater remote sensing survey, excavation and mapping
techniques, and equipment are required.
(D) Underwater archeological surveyor. An
individual who has training and experience sufficient for safe and proficient
supervision of appropriate remote sensing survey equipment operation, as well
as for interpretation of survey data to identify anomalies and geomorphic
features that may have some probability of association with submerged
aboriginal sites and sunken vessels. This individual may represent the
archeological interests on board the survey vessel in the absence of an
underwater archeologist, as defined in subparagraph (C) of this
paragraph.
(3) Project
architect. An individual who is a licensed architect and has had full-time
experience in a supervisory role on at least one historic preservation project.
The project architect must be involved, at a minimum, in 25 percent of the time
required to develop plans and specifications and manage project work for a
Historic Buildings and Structures Permit project and, when not involved with
the project, must assign a qualified preservation specialist to supervise the
preservation project. At the discretion of commission staff, other individuals
may fulfill the role of project architect, as follows:
(A) A preservation specialist may serve in
the place of the project architect if: all responsibilities of a project
architect under this title will be fulfilled by the project preservation
specialist; and all education and experience criteria for a preservation
specialist are met.
(B) A project
engineer may serve in the place of the project architect if: the scope of
project work is limited to structural stabilization and repair; all
responsibilities of a project architect under this title will be fulfilled by
the project engineer; and all education and experience criteria for a project
engineer are met.
(C) A landscape
architect may serve in the place of the project architect if: the project scope
is limited to landscape architecture; all responsibilities of a project
architect under this title will be fulfilled by the project landscape
architect; and all education and experience criteria for a project landscape
architect are met.
(D) A project
contractor may serve in the place of a project architect if: the project scope
of work is limited to the demonstrated professional expertise of the
contractor; all responsibilities of a project architect under this title will
be fulfilled by the project contractor; and all the requirements for a project
contractor are met.
(4)
Preservation specialist. An individual who has a professional degree in
architecture or a state license to practice architecture, plus one or more of
the following:
(A) at least one year of
graduate study in architectural preservation, American architectural history,
preservation planning, or closely related field; or
(B) at least one year of full-time
professional experience on historic preservation projects to include experience
on projects similar to the project to be permitted; detailed investigations of
historic buildings and structures; preparation of historic structures research
reports; and preparation of plans and specifications for preservation
projects.
(5) Project
engineer. An individual who is a licensed civil or structural engineer and has
had full-time experience in a supervisory role on at least one historic
preservation project similar to the project to be permitted.
(6) Project landscape architect. An
individual who is a licensed landscape architect and has had full-time
experience in a supervisory role on at least one historic preservation project
similar to the project to be permitted.
(7) Project contractor. An individual who has
the appropriate training, certifications, and/or licenses for the type of
project work specified in the permit application and at least one year of
demonstrable full-time experience in applying the methods and practices of the
proposed work on historic preservation projects similar to the project to be
permitted.
(8) Historian. An
individual who has a graduate degree in history or closely related field; or a
bachelor's degree in history or a closely related field plus one of the
following:
(A) at least two years of full-time
experience in research, writing, teaching, interpretation, or other
demonstrable professional activity with an academic institution, historical
organization or agency, museum, or other professional institution; or
(B) substantial contribution through research
and publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the field of
history.
(9)
Geomorphologist or geoarcheologist. An individual who holds a graduate degree
in geology, geomorphology, archeology, or other closely related field, and has
had sufficient training to adequately evaluate the sedimentology, stratigraphy,
and pedology of deposits in the field and be competent to describe and analyze
the deposits using standard terminology and methods. This person should also
have general archeological experience in the area in which the investigations
are to occur.
