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DocuSign Envelope ID: 2D970A62 -10C1- 4949 - 9224- E9F2ADB7D568 <br />About the North Carolina Office of State ArchaeoloQv <br />The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology (OSA) was created by the North Carolina General <br />Assembly in 1973 to coordinate and implement a statewide archaeological preservation program. <br />Elements of this program include maintaining a statewide computer -based inventory of <br />archaeological sites, enforcing the North Carolina Archaeological Resource Protection Act (G.S. 70 <br />Article 2), and ensuring the proper treatment of human burials in cooperation with the individuals <br />and organizations specified in the Unmarked Human Burial and Human Skeletal Remains Protection <br />Act (G.S. 70 Article 3). An important aspect of North Carolina's statewide archaeological <br />preservation program is to implement the policies of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, <br />as amended, and later, North Carolina General Statute 121 -12a. G.S. 121 -12a provides for <br />consideration of National Register properties in undertakings funded or licensed by the state. <br />North Carolina Oce of State Archaeology — Archaeological Investigation Standard and Guidelines December 2017) Page ii <br />