As used in this subchapter:
(1) (A) (i) "Archeological site" means a location containing the physical remains of human life or human activities that are no less than one hundred (100) years old.
(ii) An archeological site may but need not contain pottery, basketry, bottles, weapons, weapon projectiles, tools, structures or portions of structures, rock paintings, graves, and human skeletal remains.
(B) "Archeological site" includes all aboriginal mounds, forts, earthworks, village locations, burial grounds, historic or prehistoric ruins, mines, or caves that are or may be the source of a significant amount of artifacts;
(2) "Artifact" means a relic, specimen, or object of an historical, prehistorical, archeological, or anthropological nature that:
(A) May be found above or below the surface of the earth; and
(B) Has scientific or historic value as an object of antiquity, as an aboriginal relic, or as an archeological specimen; and
(3) "Field archeology" means the study of the traces of human culture at any land or water site by means of surveying, digging, sampling, excavating, or removing subsurface objects or going on an archeological site with that intent.
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