Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 25 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part I - Office of Cultural Development › Chapter 1 - Division of Archeology › Subchapter A - Regulations › Section I-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Burial Furniture
- movable property or
					 artifacts found in association with interments at Indian burial sites. Examples
					 of burial furniture include but are not limited to clothing, beads, pottery,
					 knives, muskets, weapons, plates, bowls, and other containers, utensils, and
					 ornaments made of ceramic materials, glass, copper, iron, brass, or
					 shell.
Commission
- the Louisiana Archaeological
					 Survey and Antiquities Commission created by and acting pursuant to the
					 provisions of R.S. 41:1601-1613 inclusive and amended by R.S. 41:1601-1614
					 inclusive.
Contract
or
Contract for Survey
					 and Salvage
-a written agreement entered into by the secretary under
					 the authority of
					 R.S.
					 41:1607 for the study, conservation, and
					 salvage of historic and prehistoric resources within a designated state
					 archaeological landmark or on state-owned lands.
Contractor
-a party that has entered into a
					 contract for survey and salvage with the secretary under the provisions of the
					 regulations.
Division
-the Division of Archaeology
					 created by and acting pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 41:1601-1614
					 inclusive.
Excluded Public Lands
-public lands title
					 to which is vested in or under the control and management of the public
					 entities described in
state-owned lands
or
lands
					 belonging to the state of Louisiana
below.
Historical and Prehistoric Resources
-the
					 entire range of archaeological sites and remains and includes but is not
					 limited to:
1. prehistoric Native American or American Indian
					 campsites, dwelling, habitation sites, burial grounds, mounds, and all sites of
					 every character;
2. historical sites of all ethnic groups and in both rural
					 and urban areas of the state including house sites, plantations, camps, and
					 industrial sites, as well as the buildings and the objects from these
					 sites;
3. all sunken or abandoned ships and wrecks of the sea or
					 rivers, or any part of the content thereof;
4. all archaeological material such as artifacts embedded
					 in the earth or underwater; and
5. all maps, records, documents, books, artifacts, and
					 implements of culture which relate to such archaeological remains.
Indian Burial Site
- any location used by
					 historical or prehistoric Indians for the interment of deceased Indians as
					 determined by archaeological research. Burial sites include cemeteries,
					 graveyards, burial grounds, and other configurations.
Investigation
-the study of a state
					 archaeological landmark through testing, excavation, removal of artifacts and
					 material, or any other process which alters the landmark or its associated
					 physical remains and characteristics.
Private Lands
-lands which are not public
					 lands nor owned by the United States of America, the state of Louisiana, or any
					 department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
Professional Archaeologist
-a person who
					 meets the minimum qualifications listed in
					 §102 below.
Reference Series
-publications which are
					 basic source material needed in the study, management, or presentation of
					 archaeological information. Publications in the reference series include but
					 are not limited to
Louisiana's Comprehensive Archaeological
					 Plan
and the
Annotated Bibliography of Cultural Resource
					 Survey Reports
.
Regulations
-the rules and regulations
					 provided for in hereof, and as this instrument may be amended hereafter.
Secretary
-the Secretary of the Department
					 of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
State Archaeological Landmark
or
Landmark
-a geographic area situated on state-owned lands,
					 excluded public lands, private lands, or a combination thereof, which is
					 accepted and approved for inclusion by the commission in the
Registry
					 of State Archaeological Landmarks
.
State-Owned Lands
or
Lands
					 Belonging to the State of Louisiana
-all public lands within the limits
					 of the state, including tidelands, submerged lands, and the bed of the sea
					 within the jurisdiction of the state of Louisiana, other than lands title to
					 which is vested in:
1. the United States of America or any of its agencies,
					 departments, or instrumentalities;
2. local political subdivisions of the state of Louisiana
					 including, but not limited to, municipalities, parishes, and special taxing
					 districts; and
3. the three management boards for higher education created
					 pursuant to Article VIII, Sections 6 of the 1974 Constitution.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with R.S.
					 41:1601-1614.