Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 2 - TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 26.3 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise. These definitions also clarify the interpretation of terms and
					 phrases used in the Antiquities Code of Texas but not defined therein.
(1) Accession--The formal acceptance of a
				  collection and its recording into the holdings of a curatorial facility and
				  generally includes a transfer of title. For held-in-trust collections,
				  stewardship but not title is transferred to the curatorial facility.
(2) Antiquities Advisory Board--A ten-member
				  board that advises the commission in reviewing matters related to the
				  Antiquities Code of Texas.
(3)
				  Antiquities Permit or Permit--Authorization for work on a designated or
				  potential State Antiquities Landmark, or survey investigations to determine if
				  cultural resources are present. Permit types include Archeological Permits
				  (§
										RSA 26.15
				  of this title) and Historic Buildings and Structures Permits (§
										RSA 26.22
				  of this title).
(4)
				  Applicant--Relative to an Antiquities Permit, an applicant is the controlling
				  agency, organization, or political subdivision having administrative control
				  over a publicly owned landmark or the owner of a privately owned landmark.
				  Applicant may also refer to an individual or private group that desires to
				  nominate a building or site for landmark designation.
(5) Archeological site--Any land or
				  marine-based place containing evidence of prehistoric or historic human
				  activity, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Habitation sites. Habitation sites are
				  areas or structures where people live or have lived on a permanent or temporary
				  basis.
(B) Native American open
				  campsites which were occupied on a temporary, seasonal, or intermittent
				  basis.
(C) Rock shelters, in
				  general, are a special kind of campsite. These sites are located in caves or
				  under rock overhangs and have been occupied either: temporarily, seasonally, or
				  intermittently.
(D) Non-Native
				  American campsites are the cultural remains of activities by people who are not
				  Native American.
(E) Residence
				  sites are those where routine daily activities were carried out and which were
				  intended for year-round use.
(F)
				  Non-Native American sites may include, in addition to the main structure,
				  outbuildings, water systems, trash dumps, garden areas, driveways, and other
				  remains that were an integral part of the site when it was inhabited.
(G) Non-habitation sites. Non-habitation
				  sites result from use during specialized activities and may include standing
				  structures.
(i) Rock art and graffiti sites
				  consist of symbols or representations that have been painted, ground, carved,
				  sculpted, scratched, or pecked on or into the surface of rocks, wood, or metal,
				  including, but not limited to, Native American pictographs and petroglyphs,
				  historical graffiti and inscriptions.
(ii) Mines, quarry areas, and lithic
				  procurement sites are those from which raw materials such as flint, clay, coal,
				  minerals, or other materials were collected or mined for future use.
(iii) Game procurement and processing sites
				  are areas where game was killed or butchered for food or hides.
(iv) Fortifications, battlefields, training
				  grounds and skirmish sites including fortifications of the historic period and
				  the central areas of encounters between opposing forces, whether a major
				  battleground or areas of small skirmishes.
(v) Cache--A collection of artifacts that are
				  deliberately hidden for future use. Caches are often discovered in burials or
				  in caves and usually consist of ceremonial and ritual objects, functional
				  objects or emergency food supplies.