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troutboy
Feb 5, 2009, 5:42 PM
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dingus wrote: Tree_wrangler wrote: (vandalizing an archaeological site, I'm curious - what does that mean? There is no other mention of it in your post.... DMT
Yep, there is. ARPA = Archaeological Resources Protection Act. ARPA-related is Park Service speak for damaging a designated archaeological site. Almost all rock shelters in NPS or Forest Service Jurisdiction are designated sites.
Digging to put in steps and a trail would fit. It is a Federal offense and entails serious fines and potential jail time, BTW. Although the most serious penalties are usually only applied to repeat artifact seekers, not ancillary damage from other activities.
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TO addrerss your other question D:
Almost every rock shelter in the Appalachians was inhabited by Native Americans. There are artifacts in many of them. A rock shelter is any overhanging area where the roof shelters the inhabitant from the elements. Imagine those shallow rock overhangs throught your homeland (TN, right ?) and you get the picture. They may be real caves where the inhabitant could get into total darkness, large shelters a hundred feet or more wide and tens of feet deep, or very small, barely small enough to stand or sit in.
Does that help ?
TS
(This post was edited by troutboy on Feb 5, 2009, 5:47 PM)
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Post edited by troutboy
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