Archaeological Services Sample Clauses

Archaeological Services. 1. If individual artifacts are exposed during monitoring, they will be mapped in situ, collected, analyzed in our laboratory, catalogued, and curated. If a feature (cluster of in situ artifacts, intact hearth, foundation, etc.) is exposed during monitoring, construction activities will need to be diverted briefly until the project archaeologist has had the opportunity to assess the find and make appropriate recommendations. If excavation is required, it will be accomplished expediently. As in the above condition, the feature will be mapped in situ, and artifacts will be collected, analyzed in our laboratory, catalogued, and curated to the point of identification. 2. If a site (a large defined space with more or less continuous archaeological evidence) is discovered during monitoring, construction activities will be diverted until the project archaeologist assesses the find and makes appropriate recommendations. If excavation is required, a test plan will need to be developed prior to excavation. 3. If the project archaeologist determines that the site has the potential to yield data relevant to the research questions determined in the assessment phase, a representative sample of 3–5 percent of the site area will be hand-excavated using standard archaeological procedures, which will constitute mitigation of construction impacts through data recovery (salvage). The project archaeologist will inform OC Waste & Recycling and the contractor of the estimated time required for mitigation. During archaeological mitigation, earthmoving within 100 feet of the site will be halted. 4. If any human remains are exposed during monitoring, project-related activities in the immediate vicinity of the find will be temporarily diverted. The Orange County coroner will be contacted within 24 hours by Consultant to determine whether the DocuSign Envelope ID: D4AC997E-87C2-4DAB-AC09-93A9C2D101AE remains are recent. If the remains are determined not to be recent, Consultant will immediately confer with the County as to the appropriate agency or organization to contact for a determination of the most likely descendant. The recognized Native American representative will have the opportunity to become involved with the disposition of the remains after the remains have been scientifically analyzed. 5. After mitigation of site impacts has been completed, and if additional cultural material is exposed by grading in the same site, additional hand excavation will not be required unless th...