This category includes transportation-related archaeological site preservation and interpretation, planning to improve identification, evaluation and treatment of sites, data recovery, research on sites, etc., which would have some benefit to the surface transportation system.
Allowable Uses
- Research on sites as part of another Transportation Enhancement project under a different category.
- Stand-alone archaeological planning and research projects related to transportation.
- Experimental projects in archaeological site preservation and interpretation.
- Planning to improve identification, evaluation, and treatment of archaeological sites.
Unallowable Uses
- Area wide archaeological inventories or studies unrelated to a surface transportation system, facility or improvement(s).
- Archaeological planning, research and data recovery associated with a planned local, State or Federal highway improvement project.
Budget Items for Consideration
- task background
- excavation
- artifact processing
- analysis
- curation of materials
- report management
- environmental documentation
Notes: Contingency amounts more than 10% over a two-year period must be accompanied by a detailed explanation.
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