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Antiquities Act

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000458

The Antiquities Act of 1906 provides for the protection of historic or prehistoric remains, or any object of antiquity, on Federal lands; establishes criminal sanctions for unauthorized destruction or appropriation of antiquities and authorizes scientific investigation of antiquities on Federal lands, subject to permit and regulations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000458
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoHistoric sites; Historic preservation
TranslationsSpanish: Ley de Antigüedades
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000458",
  "term": "Antiquities Act",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The Antiquities Act of 1906 provides for the protection of historic or prehistoric remains, or any object of antiquity, on Federal lands; establishes criminal sanctions for unauthorized destruction or appropriation of antiquities and authorizes scientific investigation of antiquities on Federal lands, subject to permit and regulations.",
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "historic sites",
    "historic preservation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "Ley de Antigüedades"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/antiquities-act/"
}

Record 454 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.