2018-041-E AMS - Legacy Research Associates Cultural and Archeological survey and site evaluation

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 16F7E188 -42F5- 4144- AF1B- 934E4ACOFE59 PART 4. CURATION I. Introduction The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) is the state agency responsible for preservation of North Carolina's archaeological collections and associated documentation. To ensure availability for researchers and the public, archaeological collections and records should be acquired, processed, stored, and handled in ways that will contribute to their long -term preservation. The Office of State Archaeology (OSA), an agency of the department's Division of Archives and History, has a stewardship responsibility for archaeological materials owned or maintained by the department. Artifact collections have been donated by individual collectors, institutions, agencies, and corporations, or acquired through DNCR activities. Collections may be on indefinite, long -term loan through interagency agreements with other state or federal agencies having statutory or regulatory control over artifacts and records. Collections are permanently curated at the Office of State Archaeology Research Center ( OSARC), a specially - designed facility intended for the archival curation and management of North Carolina's archaeological collections. A basic goal for OSARC collections management is to work with agencies to achieve OSA system compatibility for newly acquired collections, and to help these agencies organize older collections to meet professional standards like those detailed in these guidelines. Collections donated from private or corporate sources can also be accommodated by the OSA, thus adding to the state's inventory of prehistoric and historic archaeological research materials. This part of the guidelines instructs state and federal agencies, private consulting firms, museums, and individuals on how prehistoric and historic archaeological materials and associated records should be preserved for curation at the OSA. Collections are frequently recovered under the authority of various laws, including state laws such as the North Carolina Archives and History Act (G.S.121); the Public Records Act (G.S.132); the Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources, Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection, and Archaeological Record Program Acts (G.S.70); and the Transportation Act (G.S.136); and federal laws such as the Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. 431- 433); the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 469- 469c); Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.); the Archeological Resource Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 470aa -mm); and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (P.L. 101 -601). These instructions apply to archaeological collections of statewide significance held by the OSA on behalf of the DNCR. They are consistent with the Standards and Guidelines for Curation of Federally -Owned and Administered Archeological Collections (36 CFR 79) promulgated by the National Park Service. Definitions included in the federal rule (36 CFR 79.4) are incorporated by reference. These procedures should be followed in preparing artifact collections and documentation for submission to the OSA. Please note that requirements apply equally to artifact collections and to related records such as field notes, drawings, maps, photographs, artifact inventories, and similar forms of documentation. Archaeological collections submitted to the OSA for long -term ( "in perpetuity ") curation must conform to the following instructions. Variations or exceptions to the requirements must be North Carolina Oce of State Archaeology — Archaeological Investigation Standard and Guidelines December 2017) Page 29