2025-05-23 Draft ArchMonitorPlan

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proposed for road improvement prior to the start of ground disturbing activities for the project, to keep machinery from leaving the construction area and inadvertently impacting any features of Site 50-10-06-22632. The orange construction fencing will be placed at least 15 feet from the boundaries of Site 50-10-06-22632 and verified in writing to SHPD by the principal archaeologist prior to the start of work. 4)Archaeologist's Role: Field archaeologists have the authority to stop work immediately in the area of any findings so that documentation can proceed, and appropriate treatment can be determined. In addition, the archaeologist will have the authority to slow and/or suspend construction activities to ensure necessary archaeological documentation can be conducted. 5) Coordination Meeting: Prior to working on site, all on-site construction personnel shall receive sensitivity training and an orientation over the requirements of this plan, conducted by the archaeologist. The sensitivity training will include a brief discussion regarding the types of cultural deposits which may be encountered,where cultural deposits may be encountered,the steps to take if encountered, and will familiarize all personnel with the stipulations outlined herein. At this meeting the archaeological monitor will emphasize their authority to temporarily halt construction and state that all finds (including artifacts such as bottles) are the property of the landowner and may not be removed from the construction site. At this time, it will also be made clear that the archaeologist must be on-site during all subsurface excavation. The archaeologist will keep a log of the date and name of all persons who received the training and provide it to the Principal Archaeologist, Steele Jaques at ASM Affiliates,and Andrew Hirano, HDOT Design Project Manager following the completion of monitoring, to be included in the archaeological monitoring report as an appendix. 6) Laboratory Work: Laboratory work shall occur to further document any finds during the project and will be conducted in accordance with HAR § 13-13-279-5(6). Laboratory analysis of non-burial related finds will be tabulated, and standard artifact and midden recording will be conducted as follows. Artifacts will be documented as to provenience, measurements, weight, type of material, and presumed function. If specialists are required to satisfactorily identify, process, and/or document archaeological data, the Principal Investigator is responsible for ensuring this occurs. Scaled curation-quality photographs of all artifacts will be taken and included in the archaeological monitoring report. Faunal bone and shell midden materials will be sorted down to species, when possible, and then tabulated by provenience. As appropriate, collected charcoal material obtained within intact cultural deposits will be analyzed for species identification. Charcoal samples ideal for dating analyses will be subjected to wood identification prior to being sent to Beta Analytic,Inc. for radiocarbon dating.If appropriate, artifacts may be sent to the University of Hawaii-Hilo Geoarchaeology Lab for Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence analysis in order to identify and possibly geographically locate the source material. All analyzed samples, provenience information, and results will be presented in table form within the archaeological monitoring report.