Or. Admin. Code § 736-051-0070 - Archaeological Permits: Definitions

As used in OAR 736-051-0060 through 736-051-0090 unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Alter" means to disturb or remove any part of an archaeological site or a feature within an archaeological site.

(2) "Applicant" means the person who is applying for an archeological permit pursuant to ORS 390.235.

(3) "Appropriate Indian Tribe" means the Indian tribe designated by the Commission on Indian Services as having the greatest interest in the permit application.

(4) "Archaeological Site" means a geographic locality in Oregon, including but not limited to submerged and submersible lands and the bed of the sea within the state's jurisdiction, that contains archaeological objects and the contextual associations of the objects with:

(a) Each other; or

(b) Biotic or geological remains or deposits. Examples of archaeological sites include but are not limited to shipwrecks, lithic quarries, house pit villages, camps, burials, lithic scatters, homesteads and townsites.

(5) "Archaeological Object" means an object that:

(a) Is at least 75 years old;

(b) Is part of the physical record of an indigenous or other culture found in the state or waters of the state; and

(c) Is material remains of past human life or activity that are of archaeological significance including, but not limited to, monuments, symbols, tools, facilities, technological by-products and dietary by-products.

(6) "Archaeological Permit" means the permit issued under ORS 390.235.

(7) "Artifact" means the same as "Archaeological Object."

(8) "Associated Material Objects" means the same as "Funerary Object."

(9) "Burial Goods," as found in ORS 390.240(1)(b), means the same as "Funerary Objects."

(10) "Curatorial Facility" means either a:

(a) "Recognized" curatorial facility, which is the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology (OSMA); or

(b) "Alternate" curatorial facility, which is defined as follows:

(A) The scientific, educational, or Indian tribal institution for whose benefit a permit was issued, if approved by OSMA with the concurrence of the appropriate Indian tribe; or

(B) An educational facility other than the institution collecting the material, provided the action is approved by the State Board of Higher Education with the concurrence of the appropriate Indian tribe; or

(C) An educational facility or firm approved by OSMA with the concurrence of the appropriate Indian tribe, and with the requirement that the facility provide a material inventory to OSMA within six months of collection.

(11) "Excavate" means to break the ground surface to remove any artifact or to remove an embedded artifact, feature or non-artifactual material in an archaeological site for the purposes of performing anthropological research.

(12) "Exploratory Excavation" means digging into or otherwise disturbing the earth to determine whether or not an archaeological site exists at the excavation.

(13) "Funerary Objects" means any artifacts or objects that, as part of a death rite or ceremony of a culture, are reasonably believed to have been placed with the individual remains either at the time of death or later.

(14) "Human Remains" means the physical remains of a human body, following death, including, but not limited to bones, teeth, hair, ashes or mummified or otherwise preserved soft tissues of an individual.

(15) "Object of Cultural Patrimony" means:

(a) An object having ongoing historical, traditional or cultural importance central to the native Indian group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual native Indian, and which, therefore, cannot be alienated, appropriated or conveyed by an individual regardless of whether or not the individual is a member of the Indian tribe. The object shall have been considered inalienable by the native Indian group at the time the object was separated from such group;

(b) Does not mean unassociated arrowheads, baskets or stone tools for portions of arrowheads, baskets or stone tools.

(16) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association or any other legal entity. "Person" includes any subsidiary subcontractor, parent company or other affiliate. Business entities are considered affiliates when one controls or has the power to control the other or when both are controlled directly or indirectly by a third person.

(17) "Private Lands" means lands within the State of Oregon owned by a person, except "Private lands" does not include federal lands or nonfederal public lands, or any lands the title to which is:

(a) Held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual;

(b) Held by an Indian tribe or individual subject to a restriction by the United States against alienation.

(18) "Public Lands" means any lands owned by the State of Oregon, a city, county, district or municipal or public corporation in Oregon.

(19) "Qualified Archeologist" means a person who has the following qualifications:

(a) A post-graduate degree in archaeology, anthropology, history, classics or other germane discipline with a specialization in archaeology, or a documented equivalency of such a degree;

(b) Twelve weeks of supervised experience in basic archaeological field research, including both survey and excavation and four weeks of laboratory analysis or curating; and

(c) Has designed and executed an archaeological study, as evidenced by a Master of Arts or Master of Science thesis, or report equivalent in scope and quality, dealing with archaeological field research.

(20) "Recognized Educational Institution" means:

(a) An accredited member of a state system of higher education; or

(b) An accredited academic or higher education institution with an accredited program in anthropology.

(21) "Recognized Scientific Institution" means a chartered museum, organization or society with a commitment to the scientific method.

(22) "Removal" means taking any artifact or non-artifactual remains on, imbedded in, or under the surface of the ground.

(23) "Sacred Object" means an archaeological object or other object that:

(a) Is demonstrably revered by any ethnic group, religious group or Indian tribe as holy;

(b) Is used in connection with the religious or spiritual service or worship of a deity or spirit power; or

(c) Was or is needed by traditional native Indian religious leaders for the practice of traditional native Indian religion.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 736-051-0070

PR 1-1995, f. & cert. ef. 1-3-95; PR 1-1997, f. & cert. ef. 3-31-97; PRD 1-1999, f. 3-2-99, cert. ef. 3-3-99; PRD 6-2022, amend filed 11/21/2022, effective 7/1/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 390.235(1)(d)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 358.920 & 390.235