Step 2: Archaeological Impact Assessments:
Developing Requirements to Manage Site Impacts
To manage impacts to the archaeological site, the
archaeologists will have to know the site location,
the site significance and the extent of damage the
development will have on the site. These questions
are answered by a field study call an archaeological
impact assessment (or AIA). The AIA results in
recommendations to manage the expected site impacts
from property development.
The feasibility of recommendations will be
discussed with you before the archaeologist submits
the AIA to the Archaeology Branch. Common
recommendations include:
- Changing the building site or footprint to
reduce or avoid archaeological site impacts
impact
- Changing the construction technique to
reduce the degree of site impact (eg.
substituting an above ground basement or
building on pads and or pilings instead of
regular in ground foundation)
- Completing additional archaeological
excavations to recover information that will be
destroyed by development
- No further action when the values associated
with the site are insignificant
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