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United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner of environment and conservation may cooperate with federal and state scientific bureaus on mutually beneficial work in the state.
United States — Tennessee
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A person employed under this chapter may enter and cross lands in the state, but must not damage private property.
United States — Tennessee
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It is an offense for a person to knowingly vandalize or disturb caves, cave materials, wildlife, artifacts, or entrance barriers without the owner’s prior permission.
United States — Tennessee
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A division of archaeology is established in the department, headed by the state archaeologist, and it is authorized to run a statewide archaeology program.
United States — Tennessee
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This section defines terms used in the chapter, including artifacts, burial grounds, burial objects, diving, excavation, field archaeology, human remains, site, submerged, surface collecting, and territorial waters.
United States — Tennessee
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Creates an eleven-member archaeological advisory council and requires staggered appointments, no salary, travel reimbursement, internal rulemaking, and regular reports.
United States — Tennessee
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Artifacts and materials recovered or acquired for this program belong to Tennessee and must be kept by the division of archaeology; the state archaeologist must safeguard them, may loan them for research or education, and human remains may not be publicly displayed.
United States — Tennessee
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Tennessee keeps the exclusive right to field archaeology on state-controlled sites, and most people need a permit from the state archaeologist before excavating.
United States — Tennessee
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Do not vandalize or damage protected sites and artifacts on state-owned or controlled land; violations are punished as Class A misdemeanors.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain public bodies, contractors, and anyone who finds or disturbs human remains must notify the listed authorities, cooperate with archaeology officials, and stop disturbing the site.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner must reserve certain state lands from sale after written notice from the state archaeologist, and the archaeologist must later file a release statement once the site or artifacts have been examined.
United States — Tennessee
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The section prohibits unauthorized digging, removing, trading, or damaging of artifacts and bans dumping waste in protected archaeological caves or sinkholes.
United States — Tennessee
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The commissioner may publicly designate qualifying archaeological sites and place them in the Tennessee register, but only with required written consent.
United States — Tennessee
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The division of archaeology may contract with corporations or organizations to conduct archaeology at sites, especially sites threatened by construction damage or destruction.
United States — Tennessee
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Certain unclassified misdemeanors become Class A misdemeanors, and certain unclassified felonies become Class E felonies. Division of archaeology employees may have police powers if properly commissioned and qualified by the commissioner of environment and conservation.
United States — Tennessee
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The transportation department is authorized and directed to make contracts and cooperative agreements and spend state and federal funds for archaeological survey, salvage, and preservation on lands and rights-of-way under its control.
United States — Tennessee
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The division of archaeology may accept and spend certain gifts and funds for the state archaeology program, and the department of environment and conservation may accept and hold title to land or interests in land for this chapter.
United States — Tennessee
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The division of archaeology may assist and support the Tennessee Archaeological Society’s programs when their purposes and aims coincide.
United States — Tennessee
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Representatives of Native American Indians may be present at excavation sites when Native American Indian human remains are being excavated or treated; notice must be given to the state archaeologist before removal work, and the department must set application procedures and representative limits by regulation.
United States — Tennessee
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Native American Indian human remains may not be publicly exhibited or displayed, except as evidence in a judicial proceeding.