A postscript: the City of Annapolis has three criteria that the historic preservation commission considers when requiring an individual or organization to apply for a certificate of approval, without which their project cannot proceed. One of those is earth disturbance of more than fifty square feet, or the equivalent of two 5 ft by 5 ft excavation units. I found that to be a very handy and unambiguous criterion in making my recommendations to the commission.
 
 
 
James G. Gibb

Gibb Archaeological Consulting

2554 Carrollton Road

Annapolis, Maryland USA ?? 21403

443.482.9593 (Land) 410.693.3847 (Cell)

www.gibbarchaeology.org ? www.porttobacco.blogspot.com
 
On 01/10/12, Claire Freisenhausen<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
Wouldn't they be required to obtain a permit for archaeological excavations
in order to do the program? The city department in charge of that sort of
thing should be able to do something to prevent them from digging about
willy nilly. In a city as old as St. Augustine, and with the
archaeological potential it has there MUST be municipal regulations that
pertain to this. Has anyone thought to contact the City directly?

Claire Freisenhausen
Principal Investigator
CRM Lab Archaeological Services


On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Lucy Wayne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Actually the potential for finding things in St. Augustine is pretty high.
> It is the oldest city in the country (450 years) and is relatively compact
> still, so much of it is high potential archaeological zones. There are
> pretty good local regulations governing archaeology, but as the article
> says, the City Archaeologist can only control property the city owns or
> perhaps property in some sort of permitting stage.
>
> Lucy Wayne
> SouthArc, Inc.
> Gainesville, FL.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 4:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Reality TV Producer Planning to dig up Archaeological
> Resources on Private Land in St. Augustine, FL
>
> Wonder what they expect to learn by digging for artifacts? And given the
> low-probability of finding interesting material on demand, one wonders what
> will be introduced into the ground before the camera is in place.
>
>
>
> James G. Gibb
>
> Gibb Archaeological Consulting
>
> 2554 Carrollton Road
>
> Annapolis, Maryland USA ?? 21403
>
> 443.482.9593 (Land) 410.693.3847 (Cell)
>
> www.gibbarchaeology.org ? www.porttobacco.blogspot.com
>
> On 01/09/12, Jones, Joseph B<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This is something all archaeologists should be pretty concerned about, in
> my humble opinion:
>
>
> http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2012-01-05/crews-dig-backyards-tv-show-raising-objections-city-archaeologist#.TwtNrYHNk_Q
>