+++++it’s not just for pipelines. ANY sort of construction that MAY run through an area where there MIGHT be an arrowhead needs to have dozens of permits anymore+++++
Thank goodness that doesn’t apply to private construction in the 4 corners. You can’t put a shovel in the dirt around here without finding some Anasazi something or another. Pulling dirt from a hill behind a new building, uncovered a kiln buried in a small hillside with pottery shards up the wazoo. Left the kiln alone and grabbed dirt off to the side. My grandaughter found pottery walking around for years since she was 3 or 4 on the property to take to school for show and tell. And yes, the hill I was dragging dirt from is on my property too.
“You can’t put a shovel in the dirt around here without finding some Anasazi something or another.”
That’s very similar to here, except rather than Anasazi ruins, it’s Minbres era pottery.