SHPO Directory Application
Application to become a CPRC-designated cultural anthropologist in New Mexico.

SHPO Directory Application for Archaeologists
Application for CPRC approval to be included in the SHPO Directory

SHPO Directory Application for Architectural Historians
Form for architectural historians to apply for CPRC approval of their qualifications to be included in the SHPO Directory.

SHPO Directory Application for Cultural Anthropologists
Form for Anthropologists to apply for CPRC approval of their qualifications

SHPO Directory Application for Historians
Form for CPRC approval of an historian's qualifications to be included in the SHPO Directory.

SHPO Directory Application--Historic Architecture
Form for a consultant's qualifications to be approved by the CPRC for working on historic architecture.

Application for a Permit to Excavate Human Burial(s)
Application for a Permit to Excavate Human Burial(s) Located in any Unmarked Burial Ground (MS Word)

Application for an Annual Permit to Excavate Human Burials
Application for an Annual Permit to Excavate Human Burials Located in any Unmarked Burial Ground within the State of New Mexico (MS Word with instructions)

General Permit Application
In MS Word format

General Permit Application Instructions
In MS Word format

Mechanical Excavation Permit
Form of agreement to follow state law in the use of mechanical equipment to excavate a cultural site.

Permits to Conduct Archaeological Investigations
in PDF format

Project Specific Permit Application
in MS Word format

Architectural Historical Consultants
Individuals listed in the SHPO Directory of Qualified Supervisory Personnel under architectural history, historic architecture, or history.

Cultural Anthropologists
The following is a list of firms who employ individuals listed on the SHPO Directory of Qualified Supervisory Personnel under cultural anthropology.

Cultural Resource Consultants
The current list of consultants who hold General Archaeological Investigation Permits.

Cultural Properties on Private Land and Mechanical Excavation Permits
NMAC 4.10.14 describes procedures used to assist owners to preserve cultural properties and registered cultural properties situated on privately owned land and the procedures and standards to excavate an archaeological site on private land using mechanical earth-moving equipment.

Cultural Properties Protection Act
Cultural property protection laws for the state of New Mexico

Issuing Permits for Unmarked Human Burials
State law that applies to all unmarked burials whether on public or private lands.

NM Reburial Grounds Act
State laws affecting the reburial of unearthed human remains and funery objects.

Standards for Excavation and Test Excavation
NMAC 4.10.16 establishes standards and procedures to excavate archeological sites and areas of historic and scientific interest and to conduct test excavations of archaeological sites on land owned, controlled or operated by a department, agency, institution or political subdivision of the state.

Standards for Monitoring
in PDF format

Standards for Survey and Inventory
in PDF format

Unmarked Human Burial Rule Change
This rule places the responsibility of the cost of activities associated with unmarked burials on the permittee or the permittee's sponsor.