(a) Field investigation means the study of the traces of human culture at any land or water site by means of surveying, digging, sampling, excavating, or removing surface or subsurface objects, or going on a site with that intent.

(b) Site means any aboriginal mound, homesite, earthwork, village location, burial ground, historic or prehistoric ruin, quarry, cave, or other location which is or may be the source of important archaeological data.

(c) Specimens means all relics, artifacts, remains, objects, or any other evidence of a historical, prehistorical, archaeological, or anthropological nature, which may be found on or below the surface of the earth, and which have scientific or historic value as objects of antiquity, as aboriginal relics or as archaeological samples.

SOURCE: GC § 13985.16 enacted by P.L. 12-126 (May 3, 1974).