Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 4.10.8.13 - PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS STANDARDS Investigations on state land shall be performed by historic preservation professionals who have the academic background and professional experience to apply the theories, methods and practices of the discipline to enable independent, professional judgments to be made about the identification, evaluation, documentation, registration and treatment of cultural properties in New Mexico. Except as provided otherwise in this section, the CPRC adopts and applies the SOI standards when determining whether an applicant is able to perform competent, professional work in one or more of the historic preservation disciplines in New Mexico. The SOI standards define the academic degrees or comparable training, professional experience and the products and activities that together demonstrate proficiency in the discipline. In addition, the CPRC requires that the total professional experience include a minimum of 12 months of professional experience with cultural resources in New Mexico.
A.Archaeology. Archaeology is the study of past human lifeways through the systematic observation, analysis and protection of the material remains of human activities. The CPRC combines professional experience with archeological resources of the prehistoric and historic periods when determining whether an individual meets the minimum professional experience requirements for listing in the SHPO directory as principal investigator, project director or supervisory archaeologist. (1)Principal investigator and project director. Archaeologists serving as principal investigators or project directors shall meet the SOI standards for academic degrees or comparable training, professional experience and the products and activities that together demonstrate proficiency in prehistoric archaeology. The total professional experience shall include at least 12 months experience with archaeological resources in New Mexico at the supervisory level. The 12 months of experience shall demonstrate a relatively equal combination of archaeological fieldwork, laboratory analysis, report writing, as well as administrative or management experience. The CPRC may consider other experience to satisfy, in part, the 12-month New Mexico experience requirement on a case-by-case basis when the individual demonstrates that the experience is directly relevant to understanding the archaeological resources of New Mexico.(2)Supervisory archaeologist. Archaeologists serving as crew chiefs, field supervisors or field directors shall have a bachelor's degree in anthropology or archaeology or a degree in a closely related field as determined by the CPRC; at least one archaeological field school or 30 days of full-time excavation experience in lieu of the field school; and 12 months of professional experience with archaeological resources in New Mexico. The 12 months of experience shall demonstrate relatively equal combination of archaeological fieldwork, laboratory analysis and report writing. The CPRC may consider other experience to satisfy, in part, the 12-month New Mexico experience requirement on a case-by-case basis when the individual demonstrates that the experience is directly relevant to understanding the archaeological resources of New Mexico.(3)Field crew. Archaeologists serving as field crew including assistant archaeologists and archaeological technicians shall work at all times under the direct, physical supervision of a principal investigator, project director or supervisory archaeologist.(4)Historic archaeology. Historic archaeology is a specialization in archaeology that requires expertise in historic period sites and techniques of archival research.Historic archaeologists shall meet the SOI standards for academic degrees or comparable training, professional experience and the products and activities that together demonstrate proficiency in historic archaeology. The total professional experience shall include at least 12 months working with historic period archaeological sites and related resources in New Mexico. The experience in New Mexico shall include field and archival research, analysis and report writing. The CPRC may consider other experience to satisfy, in part, the 12-month New Mexico experience requirement on a case-by-case basis when the individual demonstrates that the experience is directly relevant to understanding the historic period resources in New Mexico.(5)Biological archaeology. Biological archaeology is a specialization in archaeology that requires expertise to record and interpret observations on human skeletal and dental remains to provide information on the biology and health of the people of New Mexico. Biological archaeologists shall meet the standards in 4.10.11 NMAC for academic degrees or comparable training and professional experience. Biological archaeologists shall have advanced training in human osteology or equivalent experience and a demonstrated ability to collect and record observations systematically on human skeletal and dental remains, including fragmentary remains, analyze the remains, and prepare reports.B.Architectural history. Architectural history is the study of the development of building practices through written records and design and the examination of structures, sites and objects in order to determine their relationship to preceding, contemporary and subsequent architecture and events. Architectural historians shall meet the SOI standards and shall include at least 12 months of experience in documenting the historic resources of New Mexico. Experience shall include research, writing, or teaching in New Mexico architectural history or restoration architecture.C.Historic architecture. Historic architecture is the practice of applying artistic and scientific principles to the research, planning, design and construction management of the built environment with specialized training in the principles, theories, concepts, methods and techniques of preserving historic buildings and structures. Professionals in historic architecture shall meet the SOI standards f and shall include at least 12 months experience in New Mexico. Experience shall include detailed investigations of historic structures, preparation of historic structure research reports and preparation of plans and specifications for preservation projects.D. Historic landscape architecture. Historic landscape architecture is the practice of applying artistic and scientific principles to the research, planning, design and construction administration of cultural landscapes and built environment landscapes with specialized training in the concepts, principles, theories, methods and techniques of preserving cultural landscapes. Professionals in historic landscape architecture shall meet the SOI standards and shall include at least 12 months in research, documenting and analysis of the historic and cultural landscapes of New Mexico and the development of landscape plans and specifications for landscape preservation projects.E.History. History is the study of the past through written records, oral history and material culture and the examination of that evidence within a chronological or topical sequence in order to interpret its relationship to preceding, contemporary and subsequent events. Historians shall meet the SOI standards and shall include at least 12 months in documenting the historic resources of New Mexico. Experience shall be demonstrated through research, writing, teaching, and interpretation of documents.F.Cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the description and analysis of cultural systems, which include systems of behaviors (economic, religious and social), values, ideologies and social arrangements. Cultural anthropologists shall meet the SOI standards and shall include at least 12 months of experience relevant to the understanding of ethnographic resources of New Mexico. Professional experience shall include experience in the use of ethnohistoric and ethnographic techniques including participant observation fieldwork among one or more contemporary ethnic groups and field surveys to identify and assess ethnographic resources that include historic and cultural places, and environmental features and places of value to Native American or other ethnic communities.G.Exceptions.(1) The CPRC reserves the right to consider the education, training and professional experience of any individual in exceptional situations and on a case-by-case basis when the individual's academic degrees or comparable training, professional experience and their products and activities together demonstrate exceptional proficiency in the appropriate discipline or position. (2) The CPRC may approve the participation of individuals to conduct field studies on state land without the direct supervision of a principal investigator, project director or supervisory archaeologist in exceptional situations and on a case-by-case basis when the studies are performed under a project-specific permit. Graduate students completing field work for a dissertation or thesis or volunteers documenting rock art under the aegis of an archaeological society may qualify for this exception. Individuals qualifying for the exception are not listed in the SHPO directory.4.10.8.13 NMAC - Rp, 4 NMAC 10.8.8 & 4 NMAC 10.8.9, 10/01/05, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 01, January 15, 2019, eff. 1/16/2019