La. Admin. Code tit. 25 § I-113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-113 - Types of Contracts

A. Three categories of contracts, oriented toward specific types of investigation, will be recognized by the commission. When a state archaeological landmark on private lands or excluded public lands is involved, each type of contract must be endorsed by the landowner or by an appropriate governmental official respectively. The three categories of contracts that will be authorized to be executed by the commission under the act and regulations are as follows.

1.Survey and Reconnaissance-a contract for the purpose of searching a specific area for sites by visual examinations of the surface or by use of specialized equipment such as magnetometers and metal detectors. Under this type of contract, investigation is limited to recording site locations, mapping, photographing, controlled surface collecting, soil augering to determine depths of midden deposits, and aerial reconnaissance.

2.Testing-a contract allowing detailed examination of a particular site by systematic test excavations of limited scope.

3.Excavation-a contract providing for full investigation and extensive excavation of a particular locality.

La. Admin. Code tit. 25, § I-113

Promulgated by the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, LR 1:378 (September 1975).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 41:1601-1613.