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     § 103.  Definitions.
        Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
     provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
     provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
     used in this title shall have the meanings given to them in this
     section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
        "Archaeological field investigation."  Extensive controlled
     excavation of an archaeological site to study the cultural
     history using professionally accepted means of sampling,
     removing and excavating archaeological specimens, also known as
     phase three archaeological research or data recovery.
        "Archaeological specimens."  All artifacts, remains, objects
     or any other evidence of historic, prehistoric or
     anthropological value, whether found above or below the surface
     of the earth.
        "Archaeological survey."  A visual inspection and limited
     sampling and excavation of an archaeological site to determine
     the characteristics and physical extent of a site, also known as
     phase one or phase two archaeological research.
        "Commission."  The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
     Commission of the Commonwealth.
        "Executive director."  The executive director of the
     commission.
        "Historic preservation."  The research, restoration,
     rehabilitation and other activities furthering the protection,
     enhancement, preservation or enjoyment of historic resources.
        "Historic property."  Any historical building, ground,
     monument or cultural remain committed by statute to the custody
     of the commission.
        "Historic resource."  A building, structure, object,
     district, place, site or area significant in the history,
     architecture, maritime heritage, archaeology or culture of this
     Commonwealth, its communities or the nation.
        "Pennsylvania Register of Historic Places."  A selected
     inventory of historic resources determined by the commission to
     be significant in the history, architecture, archaeology or
     culture of this Commonwealth, its communities or the nation.
        "Private historical organization."  An organization
     constituted to engage in professional or nonprofessional
     activities within the disciplines of history, archaeology,
     museum management, natural history, the arts or historic
     preservation on an academic, scholarly or popular basis.
        "Public officials."  Officers, agents and employees of the
     Federal Government, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any of its
     political subdivisions.
        "Qualified historical or archaeological society."  A private
     historical or archaeological organization or other historical
     society which satisfies the requirements provided in section 307
     (relating to qualified historical and archaeological societies).
        "Significant archaeological site."  An area of land which
     contains extensive evidence of previous prehistoric or historic
     human habitation or stratified deposits of animal or plant
     remains or manmade artifacts or human burials.
     (Nov. 28, 1995, P.L.647, No.70, eff. 60 days)

        1995 Amendment.  Act 70 amended the def. of "archaeological
     field investigation" and added the defs. of "archaeological
     survey" and "significant archaeological site."

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