Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH › Title 950 CMR 70.00 - Massachusetts Historical Commission › Section 70.04 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Applicant
means the person(s) or
				institutions(s) seeking a permit in accordance with M.G.L. c.9, §
				27C.
Data Recovery
means the systematic
				removal of the scientic, prehistoric, historic, and/or archeological data that
				provide an archeological site with its research or data value. Data Recovery
				means the extensive and intensive excavation of an archeological site for the
				purposes of the scientific understanding of past cultures.
Field Investigation
means the study of
				traces of human culture or other remains of any land or water site by means of
				surveying, digging, sampling, excavating or removing surface or subsurface
				objects, or the entrance onto a site with that intent. Archeological field
				investigations can be either
Destructive or Non-Destructive
.
Non-Destructive
field investigations are studies which do not
				alter the physical structure, associations, setting, context or aspects of a
				site.
Non-Destructive
field investigation can involve a
				variety of investigative methods such as: archival and documentary research,
				photography, measured drawing, mapping, walking-over, visual inspection,
				magnetometer studies, subsurface radar studies, and other remote sensing
				studies.
Destructive
field investigations are studies which
				alter the physical structure, associations, setting, context or aspects of a
				site. There are four levels of
Destructive
field
				investigations which range from the least to the most destructive:
				Reconnaissance Survey, Intensive Survey, Site Examination, and Data Recovery
				(see individual definitions).
Intentive Survey
means a systematic
				and detailed archeological field investigation for the purpose of locating and
				identifying the sites which exist in a given area.
Inventory
means the Inventory of
				Historic Assets of the Commonwealth which is kept by the Massachusetts
				Historical Commission and the State Archeologist as provided by M.G.L. c. 9,
				§ 26A.
Inventory Form
means Form D of the
				Massachusetts Historical Commission (see Appendix A).
MHC
means the Massachusetts Historical
				Commission and the State Review Board (as provided by
				36 CFR
				61.5 ).
National Register
means the National
				Register of Historic Places which is maintained by the Secretary of the
				Interior under provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of
				1966.
Northeast
means the area of
				continental North America which is east of the Mississippi River, and was
				glaciated.
Permittee
means the members of a
				Research Team who receive permit to conduct a field investigation as provided
				by
				950 CMR 70.00.
Permit Application
means the form
				prepared by the State Archeologist to be used in order to request a permit as
				provided by
				950 CMR 70.00 (see Appendix
				B).
Principal Investigator
means the
				individual directly responsible for an archaeological field
				investigation.
Reconnaissance Survey
means a field
				investigation which entails small-scale archival and field research relative to
				the overall complexity of the target area and its resources, designed to
				provide a general impression of the area's archeological properties.
Research Design
means a plan out
				lining the proposed approach to a Reconnaissance Survey, Intensive Survey, Site
				Examination Project or Data Recovery Project. Minimally, the research design
				should specify research questions, research methods, and some anticipated
				results of the study.
Research Team
means the group of
				individuals who are scheduled in the Permit Application to participate in the
				Field Investigation.
Site
means any aboriginal mound, fort,
				earthwork, village, location, burial ground, historic or prehistoric ruin,
				quarry, cave or other location one hundred and fifty years old or more, which
				is or may be the source of valuable archeological data. Valuable archeological
				data means information that is significant to national, state or local
				historical or prehistorical research. An archeological site is the geographic
				locus of the material remains of human activity.
Site examination
means an
				archeological field investigation at an archeological site which gives a
				preliminary definition of the size, data contents and spatial arrangement of
				artifacts and features for the purposes of assessing a site's integrity,
				research potential, and significance, and in order to make an opinion of the
				potential eligibility of the site for inclusion in the National
				Register.
Special Permit
means a permit issued
				by the State Archeologist to excavate human skeletal remains.
Specimen
means all relics, artifacts,
				remains, objects, or any other evidence of a historical, prehistorical,
				archeological, an thropological or paleontological nature 150 years old or more
				which may be found below or on the surface of the earth, and which have
				scientific, historical or archeological value, including but not limited to
				objects of antiquity, aboriginal, colonial or industrial relics, and
				archeological or paleontological samples.
Summary Report
means a report required
				as part of completion of a field investigation.
U.S.G.S Quad
means a 7½'
				topographic quadrangle of the United States Geological
				Survey.