AR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Easting And Northing, Total Station, Aerial Photography
23 Jan 2018
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Scientific inquiries: involve specific questions addressed through observation, testable hypotheses and predictions (academics, museum associates) Descendant community requests: to address specific questions raised by and relevant to them as stakeholders. Forensic investigations: where there is reason to believe human remains will be encountered require that the appropriate authorities are contacted: authorities are responsible for assessing the situation and deciding how to proceed. Cultural resource management (crm) investigations: to identify cultural resources and historic properties at proposed project development sites: an important component of project planning. Investigations are steered by the mandate of protection and management (want to avoid digging) Housing subdivisions and other land development projects. Ontario heritage act: illegal for anyone but a licensed archaeologist to dig an archaeological site (ministry of tourism and culture) Cemeteries act: prohibits disturbance of burial sites. Those who discover or have knowledge of a burial site must contact either the coroner or police immediately. Stage 1: background study and property inspection.
