Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) With the exception of alternative
mitigation and rock art preservation permits, a report must be submitted to the
commission describing the results of each permitted investigation. The report
should meet the Council of Texas Archeologists (CTA) Guidelines for Cultural
Resources Management Full or Short Reports, and must be submitted to the
commission meeting the following requirements.
(1) The report must contain:
(A) a title page that includes: the name of
the investigation project, the name of the principal investigator and
investigative firm, the county or counties in which the investigations were
performed, the Antiquities Permit number, and the date of
publication;
(B) an abstract
containing project field dates, project acreage, descriptions of the findings,
a list of the sites recorded (with trinomials), and a clarification concerning
which artifacts were curated and where they are or will be curated;
(C) specific recommendations of which sites
merit official designation as landmarks; which sites appear to be eligible for
inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places; and which sites will be
adversely affected by the proposed project; and
(D) map(s) with accurate plottings of the
project area and archeological sites.
(2) One copy of the draft permit report and
associated project area shapefiles must be submitted to the commission for
review prior to the production of the final report. The draft report should
contain all of the basic content elements required for the final report. The
final report must also contain any revisions in the draft that are required in
writing by the commission.
(3) Upon
completion of a permitted project, and at no charge to the commission, the
permittee, sponsor, or principal investigator shall furnish the commission and
the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State Publications Depository
Program (hereinafter, TSLAC) with printed copies of the final report. The
commission's copies shall be one unbound copy and one bound copy containing at
least one map with the plotted location of any and all sites recorded, and two
versions of the final report in a tagged PDF format, one including the plotted
location of any and all sites recorded and the other with the site location
data redacted. The TSLAC copy shall be bound and should not contain the plotted
location of sites.
(4) A completed
Abstracts in Texas Contract Archeology Summary Form must also be submitted with
the final report. An electronic copy of the abstract and the completed abstract
form must also be forwarded to the commission and, when appropriate, a Curation
Form must also be submitted with the final report.
(b) When Antiquities Permit investigations
result in negative findings, the report and curation standards shall meet the
CTA Guidelines for Cultural Resources Management Short Reports, and Curation
Standards and Procedures, and production must follow the same standards as set
forth in subsection (a)(3) of this section.
(c) For reports related to alternative
mitigation and rock art preservation permits any requirements will be stated in
the permit conditions
