94-089-812 Me. Code R. § 1
Historic Archaeologist. "Historic Archaeologist" shall mean a professional archaeologist who conducts research on sites in which human beings have left traces of their activities on or under the landscape since the arrival of Europeans to North America.
Prehistoric Archaeologist. "Prehistoric Archaeologist" shall mean a professional archaeologist who conducts research on sites in which Native Americans have left traces of their activities on or under the landscape both before and after the arrival of Europeans to North America.
Principal Investigator. "Principal Investigator" shall mean the person directing a project and responsible for its conduct.
Professional Archaeologist. "Professional Archaeologist" shall mean a person who has the credentials listed in Section 2 of these rules and regulations.
Public Benefit. "Public Benefit" shall mean the dissemination of data by any or all means stipulated under "Timely Release of Results".
State Historic Preservation Officer. "State Historic Preservation Officer" shall mean the Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission.
Supervisory Experience. "Supervisory Experience" shall mean occasions in which a person has functioned as Principal Investigator or supervisor of a field crew.
Timely Release of Results. "Timely Release of Results" shall mean dissemination of data to professional and/or lay audiences by means of exhibits, publications, reports, lectures, and/or films within two (2) years of the completion of a project.
Unethical Professional Behavior. "Unethical Professional Behavior" shall mean sale of artifacts or deliberate misrepresentation of data for personal gain or any activity defined as illegal by the State of Maine.
The intent of the State Historic Preservation Officer's Standards for Archaeological Work in Maine is to ensure that Maine's archaeological sites and their contents are identified, evaluated, and protected in ways which are least damaging to a non-renewable and vulnerable resource.
94-089 C.M.R. ch. 812, § 1