LAC 25:I.191 – Indian Burial Sites as Landmarks

A. Indian burial sites and other cemeteries as defined in R.S. 8:1 et seq. may be declared to be and registered as state archaeological landmarks in accordance with the provisions of Subchapter C, §§143-149 inclusive. Failure of the commission or the state archaeologist to identify an Indian burial site or to designate an Indian burial site as a state archaeological landmark shall not alter the status of such site as a cemetery or burial ground within the meaning of R.S. 8:1 et seq., and other laws pertaining to places of interment of human remains.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 41:1601-1613.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission in LR 1:385 (September 1975).