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Boundaries . Lines delineating the geographical extent or area of an historical resource. Building . A resource, such as a house, barn, church, factory, hotel, or similar structure, created principally to shelter or assist in carrying out any form of human activity. Also, used to refer to an historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn.

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California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS). That collection of Site Records, Historic Resource Inventory Forms, and all information on historical resources which has been acquired and managed by the State Office of Historic Preservation since 1975. This shall include the State Historic Resources Inventory, the California Archaeological Site Inventory, properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, California Registered Historical Landmarks, California Points of Historical Interest, and the California Register of Historical Resources.

Conservation Easement . A less than fee simple interest in real property recorded as a deed restriction which is designed to protect the historic, cultural, archeological, or ecological characteristics of a property. For purposes of the regulations in this chapter, it is interchangeable with the term “Preservation Easement.”

Cultural Heritage . Pertaining to the sum total of traditions, body of knowledge, etc., inherited as possessions, characteristics, or conditions expressing a traditional way of life subject to gradual, but continuous modifications by succeeding generations.

Cultural Resource. See Historical Resource.

Culture . A linkage of people possessing shared values, beliefs, and historical associations coupling social institutions and physical materials necessary for collective survival.