Cultural Resource. A cultural resource is an object or definite location of human activity, occupation, use, or significance identifiable through field inventory, historical documentation, or oral evidence. Cultural resources are prehistoric, historic, archaeological, or architectural sites, structures, buildings, places, or objects and locations of traditional cultural or religious importance to specified social and/or culture groups. Cultural resources include the entire spectrum of objects and places, from artifacts to cultural landscapes, without regard to eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR).
Cultural Resource. A definite location of human activity, occupation, or use identifiable through field inventory (survey), historical documentation, or oral evidence. The term includes archaeological, historic, or architectural sites, structures, or places with important public and scientific uses, and may include definite locations (sites or places) of traditional cultural or religious importance to specified social and/or cultural groups (Cf. “traditional cultural property”; see “definite location”). Cultural resources are concrete, material places and things that are located, classified, ranked, and managed through the system of identifying, protecting, and utilizing for public benefit described in the BLM Manual. They may be but are not necessarily eligible for the NRHP. (See “historic property.”)
Cultural Resource. Any tangible or observable evidence of past human activity, regardless of significance, found in direct association with a geographic location, including tangible properties possessing intangible traditional cultural values. Cultural Resource Management Plan (CRMP): CRMPs are developed to help meet the requirements under Section 106 of the NHPA. These plans provide detailed procedures and requirements to be implemented to resolve adverse effects to historic properties. CRMPs are often developed in conjunction with agreement documents (i.e. Memorandum of Agreement or PA).
Cultural Resource. Identification in the APE 13 3.1.1 Archaeological and Historic Resources 13 3.1.2 Ethnographic Resources 19 3.2 Determinations of Eligibility 21 3.2.1 Evaluation Criteria 21 3.2.2 Integrity Aspects 22 3.2.3 Making Recommendations of Eligibility 23 3.3 Effects Assessments 24 3.4 Artifact Curation Standards and Protocols 24 4. Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Procedures 25 4.1 Avoidance and Minimization Measures 25
Cultural Resource. Identification in the APE The implementing regulations for Section 106 require federal agencies to identify historic properties within the APE that may be affected by their undertakings through a “reasonable and good faith effort.” The federal agency must consider certain factors “in making the effort both reasonable in terms of intensity and scale, and carried out in good faith through its development and execution” (ACHP 2011), these factors include: • Considering past planning, research, and studies; • Considering the magnitude and nature of the undertaking and the degree of federal involvement; • Considering the nature and extent of potential effects on historic properties; and • Considering the likely nature and location of historic properties within the APE. The reasonable and good faith inventory effort for the Project will consider three broad resource categories: historic, ethnographic (including traditional cultural properties [TCPs]), and archaeological resources. Inventory methods for these resource types vary but will be consistent with the Secretary of the Interior (SOI) Standards for Identification (NPS 1983).
Cultural Resource. 1012 Evaluation. Report prepared under contract to URS Corporation Anchorage, Alaska for 1013 the U.S. Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Cultural Resource. Districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture (36 CFR 60.1), including artifacts, records, remains, and properties of traditional religious and cultural importance to an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization (§ 800.16(l)(l)). Emergency maintenance activities – defined as hazardous materials spills or situations of unplanned or unscheduled power outages or imminent outages that potentially threaten human life and property. Emergency actions include, but are not limited to, the repair or replacement of broken sewer, water or gas lines. The repair of prior damage to dirt access and spur roads, when such damage impedes access to the emergency work site by maintenance crews. Exempt maintenance activity – An activity that does not require dirt (ground) movement, such as, but not limited to, repairing, replacing or cleaning existing parts or equipment, ground disturbance within the fenced area of an existing substation above ground matt or fill, applying herbicides and sterilants, vegetation/danger tree removal (except Saguaro cacti) within ROW/easement using hand tools (e.g. chainsaws), driving on existing access roads with rubber tired vehicles, applying like-for-like (in- kind) repair or replacement of components on or within buildings and structures over 50 years in age, or maintaining and repairing buildings or structures less than 50 years old. Historic property – any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the NRHP maintained by the Secretary of the Interior (§ 800.16(l)(1). This term includes artifacts, records, and remains that are related to and located within such properties. The term includes properties of traditional religious and cultural importance to an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization and that meet the National Register criteria. Invited Signatory – is a party that has a responsibility under the terms of the PA and has been invited to sign giving them the authority to amend or terminate the PA. The refusal of any party invited to sign the PA, other than the Signatories, does not invalidate the PA. Isolate (Isolated Occurrence or Isolated Find) – is a cultural manifestation that does not meet the definition of a site as defined by the respective land managing agency, Arizona State Museum or THPO. Literature review – a literature and records search of existing archaeological a...
Cultural Resource. Locations of human activity, occupation, or usage that contain materials, 31 structures, or landscapes that were used, built, or modified by people. 32
Cultural Resource any tangible or observable evidence of past human activity, regardless of significance, found in direct association with a geographic location, including tangible properties possessing intangible traditional cultural values. Curation: The preservation of material remains that are excavated or removed during a survey, excavation, or other study of a prehistoric or historic resource, and associated records that are prepared or assembled in connection with the survey, excavation or other study. Days: Calendar days. Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places: In order to be eligible for the National Register the property must have been either formally determined as such in accordance with regulations of the Secretary of the Interior and/or meet the National Register criteria. Federal Agency(s): Any Federal entity with a statutory obligation to fulfill the requirements of Section 106 who has jurisdiction over an undertaking and takes legal and financial responsibility for Section 106 compliance in accordance with 36 CFR 800 Subpart B. The Federal Agency(s) has approval authority for the Undertaking and can commit the Federal agency to take appropriate action for a specific undertaking as a result of Section 106 compliance. Historic Property: Any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the Secretary of the Interior. This term includes artifacts, records, and remains that are related to and located within such properties. The term includes properties of traditional religious and cultural importance to an Indian Tribe and that meet the National Register criteria. Human Remains: The physical remains of a human body. ID Plan: Identification Plan Entitled Cultural Resources Work Plan: Proposed Port MacKenzie Rail Extensions Project, Port MacKenzie to Willow, Alaska STB Finance Docket No. 35095 (ID Plan) approved by the SHPO with comment on July 23, 2008.
Cultural Resource. Cultural resource, as used here, includes all aspects of the human environment that have historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural significance, including, but not limited to, historic properties, archaeological resources and data, Native American ancestral remains and cultural items, religious places and practices, historical objects and artifacts, historical documents, and community identity.
