§ 13-6-203. Directory of Survey
(a) The President of the University of Arkansas shall appoint a Director of the Arkansas Archeological Survey who shall have a doctor of philosophy degree in anthropology with a specialization in archeology or the equivalent in training and experience who shall be responsible for the overall administration and coordination of the Arkansas Archeological Survey, and […]
§ 13-6-204. State Archeologist and other survey personnel
(a) (1) The President of the University of Arkansas shall appoint a State Archeologist who shall have a doctor of philosophy degree in anthropology with a specialization in archeology, or the equivalent in training and experience, and such other full-time or part-time employees as may be required to carry on the Arkansas Archeological Survey, all […]
§ 13-6-205. Appropriations — Disposition of funds
(a) Funds appropriated for the Arkansas Archeological Survey shall be by specific appropriation separate and distinct from funds appropriated for the University of Arkansas and shall be used exclusively for the purposes of the survey. (b) All expenditures of funds appropriated for the survey shall be made in accordance with and subject to the state […]
§ 13-6-206. Duties of University of Arkansas
(a) The University of Arkansas is to make available for study in connection with the Arkansas Archeological Survey the holdings of its museum which contains the world’s best and most extensive collection of Arkansas archeological material and the valuable collection of archeological and related literature held by its library. (b) The cooperation of the University […]
§ 13-6-207. Housing for survey
The University of Arkansas and cooperating institutions shall provide appropriate housing to the extent that it is available in the nature of laboratory and office space for Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel without cost to the survey.
§ 13-6-208. Participation in program — Contracts for and assignment of survey archeologists and personnel
(a) All public institutions of higher learning in Arkansas desiring to participate in the Arkansas Archeological Survey provided for in this subchapter may contract with the University of Arkansas for Arkansas Archeological Survey archeologists to be assigned to and in residence at the contracting institutions. (b) Any institutions desiring to be assigned a survey archeologist-in-residence […]
§ 13-6-209. Cooperation of state and local entities
All other state agencies, departments, and institutions, as well as county and city officials, are directed to cooperate in the activities described in this subchapter in order that a statewide focus shall be given the implementation of the Arkansas Archeological Survey created by this subchapter.
§ 13-6-210. Salvage work — Cooperative agreements
(a) In recognition of the fact that archeological materials and antiquities are destroyed or damaged in connection with the construction of public works such as highways and dams, the Arkansas Archeological Survey created by this subchapter shall include salvage work in advance of or coexistent with public construction and advice directed to the avoidance of […]
§ 13-6-211. Grants, donations, etc
(a) The President of the University of Arkansas System is authorized to accept grants, bequests, devises, gifts, and donations for purposes of a state program in archeological research and to expend them to that end. (b) The president’s full power to accept and hold title to interests in land for those purposes is recognized. (c) […]
§ 13-6-212. Repositories for archeological evidence
(a) The Arkansas Archeological Survey shall serve as the repository for copies of all archeological field notes, photographs, publications, or other records obtained through the use of state funds by whatever agency. (b) All archeological objects found through the efforts of the survey shall be deposited at the University of Arkansas museum, provided, archeological objects […]