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a4 <br />objects, districts, structures, and buildings are determined as worthy of inclusion on the NRHP if "the <br />quality of significance in American history, architecture, engineering, and culture is present" in these <br />resources and if they "possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and <br />association and <br />a, that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the bread <br />patterns of our history; or <br />b. that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or <br />c. that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction <br />that represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that <br />represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual <br />distinction; yr <br />d, that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory yr <br />history." <br />The majority of archaeological sites that are deemed significant and typically eligible for inclusion on the <br />NRHP fall under the last criterion ~d3. In order to assess a site's significance, that resource's potential for <br />contributing new or collaborative information to the theoretical and substantive knowledge of archaeology <br />must be determined. Consequently, researchers must consider how each site does or does net help <br />address the questions within the project research design and within the framework of ether regional <br />research questions. Research questions Chat pertain Cv the North Carolina Piedmont Region are <br />summarized below. <br />• Refining the prehistoric and historic cultural sequence <br />a Identifying prehistoric and historic activities. <br />Understanding lithic procurement and technology. <br />Contributing tv our knowledge about prehistoric and historic settlement locations and the <br />exploitation of natural resources for subsistence. <br />Understanding environmental diversity and adaptation and change of prehistoric and <br />historic groups. <br />The potential of any discovered site to help address these research areas is based on determining the <br />intactness of cultural deposits (integrity, the variety and quantity of artifacts, the clarity of site <br />stratigraphy, and the discreteness of site boundaries, and on the environmental context of each site. <br />A limited field reconnaissance will be accomplished throughout the remainder of the property in areas <br />where no construction is planned, specifically Area 3. A surface walkover in areas of ground visibility will <br />be conducted. If cultural material is found on the surface, subsurface testing will be implemented as <br />outlined in the previous section. Areas within the property that have a high probability for the presence <br />of archaeological sites will be thoroughly investigated by systematic subsurface inspection. These areas <br />include flat ridgetaps and landforms adjacent to water sources. ~andfarms that exhibit more than ~ 5 <br />percent slope are considered to have a low probability for archaeological sites. <br />Since the requirements for this portion of the survey is limited reconnaissance, systematic subsurface <br />testing at 34-m intervals will not be conducted across the entire property. As planning for the location of <br />project buildings becomes complete, areas chosen for construction activities may require a mare intensive <br />investigation. <br />Any Cemeteries found will be recorded, but they will not be probed to determine boundaries or the <br />number of graves present, If unmarked human burials or skeletal remains are found, the North Carolina <br />State Archaeologist will be notified immediately, fallowing the provisions of North Carolina G.S. 70, Article <br />3, Thy Unmarked Human Burial and Skeletal Remains Prot~ec~i~on A~t~. <br />C. LABQRATQRY wQRK <br />All recovered artifacts will be cleaned and conserved in a manner appropriate to assure their stability. All <br />diagnostic artifacts will be fully prvvenienced and labeled. The cultural and temporal affiliation, material <br />of manufacture, style, function, and form of recovered artifacts will be identified. <br />Page 4 of 8 <br />