
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 15, 1995                   TAG: 9501170072
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WILLIAMSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

BUILDING INSPECTORS AS ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Under a new ordinance, city planners will check for arrowheads and bits of clay pots as well as erosion control and room for automobile parking while inspecting building sites.

If the site map and the inspection hint at buried treasure, the city can require the developer to pay for a formal archaeological survey.

``The review will, in effect, be done by city staff. We won't be asking anyone to do any study that doesn't need to be done. We're not looking to tie up time or resources'' if no find is likely, said City Manager Jackson C. Tuttle.

Williamsburg became the second Virginia city, joining Alexandria, with a law protecting archaeological sites when City Council passed the bill Thursday.

The legislation is meant to fill the gaps between the scattered archaeological efforts of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the College of William and Mary and some private developers.

- Associated Press

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