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92 <br /> A second problem concerning archeological sites is that <br /> the present status of many sites is unknown. Rural buffer <br /> sites were recorded as long as thirty years ago. The state <br /> does maintain a project file of those sites that have been <br /> disturbed by public projects, such as I-40, and some major <br /> private projects. Knowledge of those sites will alleviate <br /> part, but not all, of the problem. <br /> Protection of rural historic buildings and cemeteries <br /> seem to be a problem, as long as the location of those sites <br /> is known. Protection for cemeteries can be as simple as . <br /> reminding developers that desecration of cemeteries, <br /> intentional or otherwise, is a felony unless authority of law <br /> or permission from next of kin has been granted to disinter. <br /> The location of all cemeteries in the Rural Buffer, however, <br /> is not known. A few cemeteries whose existence is recorded at <br /> the Register of Deeds had locations that were indeterminable <br /> during the time the Inventory amendment to the Land Use Plan <br /> was completed. <br /> III. RMEENcES <br /> 1. Archeology Branch, Division of Archives and History, NC <br /> Department of Cultural Resources, correspondence, May <br /> 1986 . <br /> 2. Office of the State Archivist, Division of Archives and <br /> History, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources, personal <br /> communication, Spring 1986 . <br /> 3. North Carolina General Statutes, Chapters 14 and 70. <br />