New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 10 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION › Part 17 - STANDARDS FOR MONITORING › Section 4.10.17.11 - MONITORING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND AREAS OF HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Purpose.
When the purpose of the monitoring is to observe
				ground-disturbing activities through an archaeological site, cultural property
				or in an area of historic and scientific interest, the permittee shall develop
				a monitoring plan to guide the steps to be taken in the event features and
				cultural deposits are exposed by the construction activities. The plan shall
				detail the proposed field studies to document the discovery and assess its
				integrity and information potential. The plan shall also discuss proposed data
				recovery measures, including but not limited to, excavation of exposed features
				and associated deposits, collection of material remains, field and laboratory
				analyses, and preparation of a report on the findings.
B.
Monitoring plan.
The level
				of detail shall be proportionate to the scale of the project and shall be
				executed in conformance with the excavation standards in 4.10.16 NMAC. At a
				minimum, the monitoring plan shall include the following components listed
				below.
(1) Include a statement of the purpose
				for the monitoring project.
(2)
				Discuss the general project location, project sponsor or client and land
				owners.
(3) Prepare a project map
				with the location of all archaeological sites, other cultural properties or
				limits of areas of historic and scientific interest; include land ownership
				boundaries if more than one owner, north arrow (true or magnetic north), name
				of USGS 7.5-minute (1:24,000) quadrangle and key to map symbols; identify
				archaeological sites by LA site number.
(4) Provide a succinct discussion of each
				site or area to be monitored, noting the types of features, distribution of
				material remains, and the site's immediate environmental setting as it informs
				on the proposed monitoring activity.
(5) Explain the overall strategy to document
				discoveries and recover information. Discuss procedures to:
(a) identify and record features and cultural
				deposits;
(b) excavate features and
				associated deposits, including the size of excavations units, screen size and
				use of arbitrary or natural levels;
(c) collect artifacts and samples for
				laboratory analysis;
(d) recording
				system, including examples of forms if not on file with HPD;
(e) provisions to be followed if human
				burials are exposed pursuant to 4.10.11 NMAC;
(f) backfill and stabilize the site;
				and
(g) process and analyze
				artifacts and specimens.
(6)
Schedule
. Explain the
				expected time frame to implement the field, analysis and reporting phases of
				the project.
(7)
Personnel.
Identify all supervisory personnel and analysts who will
				perform the fieldwork, laboratory analyses and prepare the report. Include
				subcontractors if any and off-site laboratories for specialized analyses. If
				specific personnel or subcontractors have not been identified for all
				activities, provide a list of personnel or subcontractors who may be retained,
				or list the minimum qualifications of the personnel that will be
				retained.
(8)
Curation.
Identify the proposed repository; if the repository will not
				be the MIAC, provide justification pursuant to 4.10.8 NMAC.
(9)
References cited
.
(10)
Appendices as
				needed
.