What types of projects involve archaeological resources?
Any project that has the potential to affect archaeological resources through ground disturbing activities requires coordination by archaeological staff. Effects may occur through a range of diverse project plans, from installing/flaring guardrail, installation of highway signs, staging equipment, or even placement of capping fill as protection, to larger scale projects such as widening pavement, bridge replacement, highway realignments and other modernizations. All of these activities would require a minimum of preliminary work to ensure that cultural resources are not disturbed by project activity, and depending on the options and resources involved, could include limited excavation to large-scale data recovery if avoidance is not feasible. ODOT ARCHAEOLOGY: PROCESS AND PROCEDURES There are three levels of effort involved in assessing impacts to archaeological and cultural sites: Phase I: Projects that have a potential to affect archaeological resources initiate Phase I, which can co
