[Greenbuilding] Green Death and Water Quality

[Jefro]

Sorry to prolong this somewhat off-topic thread, but perhaps this will 
wind it back around to green building.

What are the legalities of burial at home, rather than in a cemetery?  
Short of cremation and scattering ashes at home, that is---I'm thinking 
of actual burial in a secluded, sacred spot on our property.  We are 
going to all this trouble to root ourselves on this wonderful piece of 
land and secure it for future generations.  It seems sort of sad to then 
go back to the earth in some other spot, even if it is only a few miles 
away. 

I suppose one issue might be future sale of the property.  Hard as it is 
to imagine now, it is possible our great-grandchildren won't feel the 
same way about the property, and our continued presence may make it 
harder to sell.  (Is that a required real estate disclosure?)  Then 
again, with a green burial I imagine I'd be long gone at that point, 
although if a bone turned up during construction long in the future it 
could present an awkward legal situation for the current owner.  One 
friend of mine was building a house on the north coast of California 
this past spring in an area where archaeological studies are required, 
and they turned up a tiny fragment of bone that was determined to be a 
pinky bone from a native American.  It was probably 300 years old.  It 
ended up costing somewhere in the neighborhood of $40,000 (no typo) to 
clear the issue.  I know of someone else in a similar situation, but it 
turned out to be a bone from someone's long-dead dog, although it still 
cost a ton of cash to clear it up.

I am guessing this varies from state to state.  I don't expect to have 
to deal with the question for a long time yet, but it would be 
interesting to know if anyone else has researched this.

thanks