Esta ley dice que no puedes entrar a ciertos terrenos para buscar o quitar cosas antiguas, como objetos de hace más de 100 años. Eso incluye cosas como herramientas, huesos humanos o pinturas en rocas. Si lo haces, puedes enfrentar problemas legales.
Es como si alguien entrara a tu casa y empezara a mover tus cosas viejas sin permiso, ¡podría romper algo valioso!
Imagina que Juan y su amigo están explorando un parque antiguo y encuentran una vasija de cerámica. Sin saberlo, deciden llevarla a casa. Al hacerlo, están rompiendo la ley y podrían enfrentarse a multas o problemas legales.
Si violas esta ley, puedes enfrentar multas y cargos legales por dañar recursos arqueológicos.
SECTION 16-11-780. Prohibition on entering certain lands to discover, uncover, move, remove, or attempt to remove archaeological resource; definitions; penalty; exception. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Archaeological resource" means all artifacts, relics, burial objects, or material remains of past human life or activities that are at least one hundred years old and possess either archaeological or commercial value, including pieces of pottery, basketry, bottles, weapons, weapon projectiles, tools, structures or portions of structures, rock paintings, rock carving, intaglios, graves, or human skeletal materials. (2) "Archaeological value" means the value of the data associated with the archaeological resource. This value may be appraised in terms of the costs of the retrieval of the scientific information that would have been obtainable prior to the violation. These costs may include, but need not be limited to, the cost of preparing a research design, conducting field work, carrying out laboratory analysis, and preparing reports as would be necessary to realize the information potential. (3) "Commercial value" means the fair market value of the archaeological resource. When a violation has resulted in damage to the archaeological resource, the fair market value may be determined using the condition of the archaeological resource prior to the violation, to the extent its prior condition can be ascertained. (4) "Cost of restoration and repair" means the sum of the costs incurred for emergency restoration or repairs to an archaeological resource, plus those costs projected to be necessary to complete restoration and repair, which may include, but need not be limited to, the costs of the following: (a) reconstruction of the archaeological resource; (b) stabilization of
Debes dejarlo donde lo encontraste y no intentar quitarlo. Es ilegal remover objetos arqueológicos sin permiso.
Cualquier objeto que tenga más de 100 años y que tenga valor arqueológico o comercial, como herramientas o restos humanos.
Generalmente, áreas históricas o antiguas, como sitios de batalla o asentamientos, tienen un valor arqueológico. Es mejor investigar o consultar a un experto.
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