PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE SURVEY

PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION

Identification and Location

SITE NAME	SITE NUMBER	UPDATE? Y / N

PUBLISHED REFERENCES (Including compliance reports.)

ER#

COUNTY	TWP.	NEAREST TOWN

Site Characteristics

SITE AREA SQUARE METERS BASIS: COMPUTED ON THE GROUND OR COMPUTED ON MAP

Basis for site boundary definition:

STRATIFIED? UNKNOWN NO

YES : TOP STRATUM VISIBLE OR BURIED UNDER STERILE

SITE DISCOVERY METHOD: (check primary one only) Previously Recorded (update)

Unknown

Collector interview

Collector interview with field check

Non‑systematic surface survey

Systematic surface survey

Systematic shovel testing

Remote sensing

Auger probing

Shovel testing

Systematic test units

Extensive excavation

POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIC PRESERVATION: (check one)

Unknown

None

Low potential for organic preservation

Conditions favorable for organic preservation, none documented

Organic material recovered, unknown quality of preservation

Organic material recovered, poor quality of preservation

Organic material recovered, good quality of preservation

SITE TYPE:

Prehistoric

Unknown function surface scatter less than 20m radius

Open habitation, prehistoric

Rockshelter/Cave

Quarry

Lithic Reduction

Village (including historic Indian)

Shell Midden

Earthwork

Petroglyph/Pictograph

Burial Mound

Cemetery

Other specialized aboriginal site

Isolated fluted point locus

Isolated find (diagnostic artifact)

Paleontological site

Path

Historic

Historic and Prehistoric

Domestic Site

Military Site

Industrial Site

Shipwreck Site

Commercial Site

Religious Site

Unknown/other/multiple types

Farmstead

SITE NUMBER OR KEY NUMBER OF ANY ASSOCIATED RESOURCES:

CHRONOLOGY (check all that apply)

Prehistoric

Unknown Prehistoric

Paleoindian

Early Middle Late

Archaic

Early Middle Late

Transitional Tradition

Woodland

Early Middle Late

Proto Historic

Historic

Unknown Historic

Contact‑Historic

1550-1600

1600‑1650

1650‑1700

1700‑1800

1700‑1725 1725‑1750

1750‑1775 1775‑1800

1800‑1900

1800‑1825 1825‑1850

1850‑1875 1875‑1900

1900‑

1900-1925 1925-1950

1950-1975 1975+

BASIS FOR CHRONOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION (check all that apply):

Diagnostic lithic artifacts

Ceramic types

Historical Documentation (attach bibliography)

Radiocarbon Dates (list below)

RADIOCARBON DATES	±

±

FEATURES? NONE FOUND YES (identify below) If count is not known, use a “P” for present.

Prehistoric

Quantity	Prehistoric Features
Present, Prehistoric
Bundle Burials
Burial Mound
Burials
Burned Areas
Cache Pits
Circular Houses
Cremation Burials
Earthworks
Extended Burials
Fish Weir
Flexed Burials
Hearth/Thermal Feature
House Pattern
Longhouses
Midden Areas
Ossuary
Other, Prehistoric
Path
Petroglyph/Pictograph
Postmolds
Quarry Pit
Semi-Subterranean Structures (e.g. Keyhole Structures)
Shell Heap
Stockade
Storage Pits/Trash Pits

Historic (Please include any associated features or buildings visible outside of the site areas)

Quantity	Historic Features
Present, Historic
Burial
Canal Bed
Canal Lock
Canal Tunnel
Cellar
Cemetery
Cistern
Dam
Ditch
Fenceline
Flower Garden/Bed
Fortification
Foundation
Ice House
Iron Furnace
Kiln
Midden
Millrace
Monument/Boundary Marker
Oil Well
Other, Historic
Oven
Pipeline
Pit
Posthole/Postmold
Privy
Quarry/Mine
Railroad
Road
Root Cellar
Shipwreck
Springhouse/Springbox
Standing Building or Structure
Still
Vat
Walk/Path
Wall
Water Well
Wharf

Artifacts (Complete inventories may be attached, but please complete the summaries below)

ARTIFACT DATA RECOVERY METHOD:

Non‑provenienced

Surface collection not representative of all	artifacts

Non‑controlled excavation (i.e.	artifact location not mapped	and/or not all artifacts collected)

Controlled surface collection

Controlled excavation

Representative sample of all artifacts (tools and/or

debitage, etc.)

Representative sample of tools only

Estimate based on surface collections and/or	excavation

Estimate based on informant interview

LITHIC MATERIALS FOUND ON SITE:

Quantity	Material
Argillite
Chalcedony
Chert/Flint
Crystal Quartz
Diabase
Diorite
English Flint
French Flint
Granite
Hematite
Hornfels
Ironstone
Jasper
Limestone/Dolomite
Metabasalt/Greenstone
Metasandstone
Onondaga Chert
Quartz
Quartzite
Rhyolite (Metarhyolite)
Sandstone
Shale
Siltstone
Slate
Steatite
Vanport Chert (Flint Ridge)
Unidentified

ARTIFACT CATEGORIES (Use the comments section to list any artifacts not categorize in these tables. Include either exact quantities or relative as follows:

B	Less than 25
C	25 - 50
D	51 - 100
E	101 - 200
F	201 - 400
G	401 - 800
H	801 or More
I	Present, Quantity Unknown
J	Present, Common

Prehistoric (Include quantity by material type if appropriate, using the LITHIC list above.

Examples:

D	Stone Debitage	52 rhyolite / 26 chert
2	Grooved Axes	sandstone

Quantity	Prehistoric Artifact Types	Material Type	Material Type
Adzes
Antler & Bone Artifacts
Bannerstones
Celts
Ceramics (Prehistoric)
Chipped Stone Tools
Clay Pipes (Prehistoric)
Cordage
Core
Fire Cracked Rock
Gorgets/Pendants/Non-Utilitarian Lithics
Grooved Axes
Ground & Polished Stone Tools
Hammerstones
Hoes
Human Bone
Netsinkers
Non-Artifactual Bone or Antler
Non-Artifactual Floral Remains
Non-Artifactual Shell
Pestles/Grinding/Pitted Stones
Shell Artifacts
Steatite Bowls/Fragments
Stone Debitage
Stone Pipes
Wooden Artifacts

Historic (Include Quantities by Group as appropriate from table below):

Material Class

Ceramic	Glass	Metal	Geological	Plastic	Biological	Composite
Functional Class	Architectural
Personal
Kitchen
Arms/Weapons
Activities
Industrial (Tools)
Electrical
Furniture
Unidentified

DIAGNOSTIC ARTIFACTS

Prehistoric Projectile Points (Include counts by material types, using the LITHIC list above.

Examples:

7	Broadspears	5 rhyolite / 2argillite
2	Lehigh/Snook Kill	chert

Quantity	Prehistoric Point Types	Material
-------------	Paleoindian Points	---------------
Pre-Clovis
Clovis
Mid-Paleo (Folsom)
Late Paleo (Plano)
Hardaway-Dalton
Fluted Point
-------------	Early Archaic Points	--------------
Palmer
Kirk Corner-notched
St. Charles
Thebes
Charleston
-------------	Middle Archaic Points	---------------
Bifurcate Points
Middle Archaic Notched/Stemmed Points
MacCorkle
Saint Albans
LeCroy
Otter Creek
Kanawha
Kirk Stemmed
-------------	Late Archaic Points	--------------
Piedmont Tradition
Laurentian Tradition
Steubenville
-------------	Transitional Tradition	---------------
Koens Crispin/Savannah River
Broadspears
Lehigh/Snook Kill
Perkiomen
Susquehanna
-------------	Early Woodland Points	---------------
Adena (Stemmed)
Meadowood
Helgramite
Orient
-------------	Middle Woodland Points	---------------
Raccoon Notched
Snyders
Basal Notched
Jacks Reef
Fox Creek
------------	Late Woodland Points	---------------
Triangles (Late Woodland)
-------------	Proto Historic Points	---------------
Triangles (Proto Historic)

Prehistoric Ceramic Types (Include counts by temper types - if not implied in name - using the LITHIC list above. Additional options include “grit” , “grog” or “shell.”.)

Quantity	Prehistoric Ceramics	Temper
------------	Early Woodland Ceramics	------------
Accokeek Ware
Adena Plain
Grit Tempered Flat Bottom
Half-Moon Cordmarked
Interior-Exterior Cordmarked Small Temper-Conical/Globular
Marcy Creek
Steatite Tempered
Vinette I (Interior-Exterior Cordmarked Large Temper-Conical/Globular)
------------	Middle Woodland/Middle to Late Woodland Ohio Valley Ceramics	------------
Abbott Zoned
Grit Tempered Exterior Cordmarked-Conical/Globular
Grit Tempered Net Impressed-Conical/Globular
Point Peninsula Series
Shell Tempered Net Impressed-Conical/Globular
Watson Cord Marked
-------------	Late Woodland Ceramics	------------
Blue Rock Valanced
Chance Series
Chautauqua Cordmarked
Clemson Island/Princess Point Series
Early Ontario Iroquois
Erie Series
Funk Incised
Keyser Cordmarked
Lancaster Incised
Mahoning Cord Marked
McFate Incised
McFate/Quiggle Undifferentiated
Meade Island Series
Minguannan Series
Monongahela (Undifferentiated)
Monongahela Cordmarked-Late Woodland
Monongahela Incised
Monongahela Plain
Monongahela Somerset Phase
Oak Hill Series
Overpeck
Owasco Series
Page Cordmarked
Potomac Creek Cord Impressed
Proto-Susquehannock
Quiggle Incised
Richmond Incised
Schultz Incised
Shenks Ferry (Undifferentiated)
Shenks Ferry Cordmarked
Shenks Ferry Incised (Blue Rock Phase)
Shenks Ferry Incised (Stewart Phase)
Shepard Cordmarked
Strickler Cordmarked
Susquehannock (Undifferentiated)
Townsend
Tribal Series
Washington Boro Incised
Whittlesey
Wyoming Valley Series

Historic Diagnostics (For comparable site data, using general diagnostic categories. More specific identification related to decoration, form, or markings should be included in the comments or site inventory).

Quantity	Historic Artifact
Ceramics
Whieldon
Creamware
Pearlware (All Decoration Types)
Transitional Whiteware
Ironstone
Chinese Porcelain
English Porcelain
American Stoneware (Blue and Gray)
European Stoneware

(white salt-glazed, English Brown, Rhenish, Fulham, Nottingham)
Redware (All types)
Basalt
European Redware (Jackfield, dry-bodied)
Tin-Glazed Earthenware
Yellowware (Rockingham)
Clay pipes
Glass
Blown Bottle Base
Machine-Made Bottle Base (Owen’s Scar)
Snapcase Bottle
Pressed Glass
Metal
Wrought Nails
Cut Nails
Wire Nails
Arms & Weapons
French Gunflint
English Gunflint
Gun parts
Ammunition
Miscellaneous
Coin
Button
Bead
Toy

Physical Data and Site Condition Instructions available. Please fill out as much as is known, especially those items that are measured or observed on site.

On site SOIL ASSOCIATION	SOIL MAPPING UNIT

Most common other mapped SOIL UNIT(S) within 500 meters	(may list two)

MAP ELEVATION	SLOPE PERCENTAGE	SLOPE DIRECTION

SLOPE BASIS MEASURED ON SITE ESTIMATED FROM SOIL SURVEY OR MAP

BEDROCK	Most predominant other BEDROCK(S) within 5 km	(may list two)

PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE	(If within 10 km of a Physiographic Province boundary, name

the neighboring PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE	)

TOPOGRAPHIC SETTI NG (check the one that best describes the setting):

Island

Beach

Floodplain

Rise in Floodplain

Terrace (Pleistocene along river)

Lower Hillslope

Middle Hillslope

Upper Hillslope

Stream Bench (along low order stream)

Hill/Ridge Toe

Upland Flat

Hilltop

Ridge Top

Saddle

IMMEDIATE VEGETATION PERCENTAGE OF SITE STILL INTACT

PRIMARY DISTURBANCE POSSIBILITY OF DESTRUCTION

Water Drainage Area Information Instructions available. Please fill out as much as is known, especially those items that are measured or observed on site. Distance to water is particularly critical.

SUBBASIN WATERSHED MAJOR STREAM	MINOR STREAM

NEAREST WATER: Distance M Elevation ft Direction Order Type

2ND NEAREST WATER: Distance M Elevation ft Direction Order Type

NEAREST PERENNIAL STREAM CONFLUENCE:

Distance M Elevation ft Direction Order below confluence

RELATIONSHIP OF FIRST AND SECOND WATER (check one)

Do not represent a stream confluence.

Site is located upstream from the confluence and between the 2 water sources.

Site is located upstream from the confluence, but not between the 2 water sources.

Site is located downstream from the confluence.

None of the above apply.

COMMENTS

ATTACHMENTS:

7.5 MIN USGS map with site boundaries indicated and quad name identified

Photographs or drawings of diagnostic artifacts with scale. Identify lithic material per artifact using description or key.

Site plans.

General site photographs or excavation photographs or drawings may also be included.

We encourage the inclusion of as many illustrations as possible.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION (CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED)

7.5 QUAD NAME	EDITION	UP	ACROSS

(Measure in centimeters from the bottom printed edge upward, and the right printed edge across)

-OR-

U.T.M. COORDINATES: ZONE	NORTHING	EASTING

OWNER	ADDRESS

TAX PARCEL ID	TAX MAP DATE

PRIVATE LANDOWNER PUBLIC LANDOWNER - FEDERAL STATE LOCAL

COLLECTION LOCATIONS

INFORMANTS

RECORDING REASON

Informant Interview/Amateur Survey

State or Federal Compliance Survey

PHMC Grant

Non‑PHMC institution affiliated research

PHMC Research

Other (Explain in 'Comments' section at end of form)

CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL REGISTER INCLUSION

SUBMITTED BY	ADDRESS

CITY	STATE	DATE

PHONE NUMBER	EMAIL ADDRESS

S.P.A. CHAPTER AFFILIATION

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS

Remember! Ask the landowner’s permission before you collect artifacts on private property. It is a violation of state law to collect artifacts on state lands and a violation of federal law to collect artifacts on federal lands.

Completed forms should be sent to:

Bureau for Historic Preservation

Commonwealth Keystone Bldg, 2nd Floor

400 North Street

Harrisburg. PA 17120-0093

SITE NAME _____________________ SITE NUMBER 36- - DATE .

2/2010

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PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE SURVEY

dstrattan

2010-03-08

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