Borden No:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE INVENTORY FORM /
1. IDENTIFICATION
Temporary No:
Borden No. (updates only):
Site Name(s):
Assigned By:
Date Assigned: / SITE SUMMARY
New Site / Site Update
Non-permit / Permit Number:
General Site Type:

2. MAP REFERENCES

UTM Zone: Easting: Northing: / Other Map Name:
Source: GPS Digital Map Printed Map / Other Map Scale: 1:

3. LOCATION

Location:

Access:

Parcel Identifier (PID or PIN): / Street Address:
Legal Description:

4. SITE VISITS

Permit Number:
Issuing Agency: Archaeology BranchOGCNon-Permit
Permit Type: Inspection (S.14)Investigation (S.14)Alteration (S.12)Ministerial Order
Permit Holder:
Affiliation: / Date of Visit: yyyy/mm/dd
Site Visit Type: RecordingTestingMonitoringExcavationSurface CollectionPFRAlteration
Project Description:
Team Member Roles / Full Names and Affiliations
Recorder(s)
CompilerExcavatorField DirectorField SupervisorFirst Nations RepresentativeGovernment OfficialObserverPrivate CollectorReporterResearcherSurface CollectorTester
CompilerExcavatorField DirectorField SupervisorFirst Nations RepresentativeGovernment OfficialObserverPrivate CollectorReporterResearcherSurface CollectorTester
CompilerExcavatorField DirectorField SupervisorFirst Nations RepresentativeGovernment OfficialObserverPrivate CollectorReporterResearcherSurface CollectorTester
CompilerExcavatorField DirectorField SupervisorFirst Nations RepresentativeGovernment OfficialObserverPrivate CollectorReporterResearcherSurface CollectorTester
CompilerExcavatorField DirectorField SupervisorFirst Nations RepresentativeGovernment OfficialObserverPrivate CollectorReporterResearcherSurface CollectorTester

5. SITE TYPOLOGY(use typology in Site Form Guide, Appendix A)

Site Class / Type / Subtype / Descriptor(s)
PrecontactTraditional UsePostcontact / BuildingCeremonial/ReligiousCultural DepressionCultural MaterialCulturally Modified TreeEarthwork FeatureHabitation FeatureHuman RemainsLandmarkOther FeatureOther StructureRock ArtSubsistenceSubsistence FeatureTransportationTransportation Feature / Aboriginally LoggedAirBark StrippedBird HuntingCultural DepressionFishingLand Mammal HuntingMarineMonumental ArtOther Modified TreePetroformRailRock ArtSea Mammal HuntingShellfish HarvestingSubsurfaceSurfaceTrail
PrecontactTraditional UsePostcontact / BuildingCeremonial/ReligiousCultural DepressionCultural MaterialCulturally Modified TreeEarthwork FeatureHabitation FeatureHuman RemainsLandmarkOther FeatureOther StructureRock ArtSubsistenceSubsistence FeatureTransportationTransportation Feature / Aboriginally LoggedAirBark StrippedBird HuntingCultural DepressionFishingLand Mammal HuntingMarineMonumental ArtOther Modified TreePetroformRailRock ArtSea Mammal HuntingShellfish HarvestingSubsurfaceSurfaceTrail
PrecontactTraditional UsePostcontact / BuildingCeremonial/ReligiousCultural DepressionCultural MaterialCulturally Modified TreeEarthwork FeatureHabitation FeatureHuman RemainsLandmarkOther FeatureOther StructureRock ArtSubsistenceSubsistence FeatureTransportationTransportation Feature / Aboriginally LoggedAirBark StrippedBird HuntingCultural DepressionFishingLand Mammal HuntingMarineMonumental ArtOther Modified TreePetroformRailRock ArtSea Mammal HuntingShellfish HarvestingSubsurfaceSurfaceTrail
PrecontactTraditional UsePostcontact / BuildingCeremonial/ReligiousCultural DepressionCultural MaterialCulturally Modified TreeEarthwork FeatureHabitation FeatureHuman RemainsLandmarkOther FeatureOther StructureRock ArtSubsistenceSubsistence FeatureTransportationTransportation Feature / Aboriginally LoggedAirBark StrippedBird HuntingCultural DepressionFishingLand Mammal HuntingMarineMonumental ArtOther Modified TreePetroformRailRock ArtSea Mammal HuntingShellfish HarvestingSubsurfaceSurfaceTrail

6. CMTSUMMARY(summarize here and provide additional details in an attachedCMT Table)

Total # of CMTs:

CMT Remarks (include subtotals for each CMT descriptor):

7. FEATURESUMMARY(summarize here and provide additional details in an attached Feature Table)

Feature(s) / Length (m) / Width (m) / Diam (m) / Depth (m) / DBS from
(m) / DBS to
(m) / Shape / Orientation / Berm or Rim
AnthropomorphicCircularIrregularLenticularLinearOvalRectangularSemicircularSquareTriangularWheelZoomorphic / N-SE-WNW-SENE-SWNWNESWSENSEW / yesno
AnthropomorphicCircularIrregularLenticularLinearOvalRectangularSemicircularSquareTriangularWheelZoomorphic / N-SE-WNW-SENE-SWNWNESWSENSEW / yesno

Feature Remarks:

8. CULTURAL MATERIAL(summarize here and provide additional details in an attachedtable)

Type / Status / Details / Repository / Date
ArtifactDiagnostic ArtifactHuman RemainsOther / CollectedObservedReburiedRepatriated / yyyy/mm/dd
ArtifactDiagnostic ArtifactHuman RemainsOther / CollectedObservedReburiedRepatriated / yyyy/mm/dd
ArtifactDiagnostic ArtifactHuman RemainsOther / CollectedObservedReburiedRepatriated / yyyy/mm/dd

9. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURE

Archaeological Culture Name:

Diagnostic Materials:

Archaeological Culture Remarks:

10. CHRONOLOGY(mandatory for CMTs and trails)

FROM:
TO: / circabeforeafterexactly
circabeforeafterexactly / yyyy
yyyy / ADBPBC
ADBPBC / Method: Carbon 14Cross-datingDendrochronologyEthnographic SourceHistoric SourceOther
Source:

Chronology Remarks:

C14 / RCD
Unadjusted / RCD Unadjusted
Variation (+/-) / RCD
Lab Name / RCD
Lab No. / RCD
Adjusted / RCD Adjusted
Variation (+/-) / 13C/12C ratio or δ13C / Material, Taxonomy, Provenience of Sample

11. DIMENSIONS AND SITE BOUNDARIES

Length:
Width: / m
m / Direction N-SE-WNW-SENE-SWNWNESWSENSEW
Direction N-SE-WNW-SENE-SWNWNESWSENSEW / Dimensions based on: NaturalObservedArbitraryNatural and ObservedNatural and ArbitraryObserved and ArbitraryNatural, Observed and Arbitrary site boundaries
Dimensions Comments (describe in detail how site boundaries were established in all directions):

12. STRATIGRAPHY(provide additional details in an attached profile drawing or stratigraphy table)

Depth of Cultural Strata: / Minimum m / Maximum m
Stratigraphy Description:

13. CONDITION

Assessed By: / Assessment Date: yyyy/mm/dd
Disturbance / When / Cause of Disturbance / Condition Remarks

PastPresentFuture

/ Arch InvestigationCultivationDecayErosionGravel PitGrazingHydro DevelopmentIndustrial DevelopmentInsect InfestationLandscapingLoggingMiningNoneOtherPark DevelopmentPipelineRailwayRecreational UseRelic CollectingResidential DevelopmentRoad ConstructionSeismic LineTransmission LineVandalism
PastPresentFuture / Arch InvestigationCultivationDecayErosionGravel PitGrazingHydro DevelopmentIndustrial DevelopmentInsect InfestationLandscapingLoggingMiningNoneOtherPark DevelopmentPipelineRailwayRecreational UseRelic CollectingResidential DevelopmentRoad ConstructionSeismic LineTransmission LineVandalism
PastPresentFuture / Arch InvestigationCultivationDecayErosionGravel PitGrazingHydro DevelopmentIndustrial DevelopmentInsect InfestationLandscapingLoggingMiningNoneOtherPark DevelopmentPipelineRailwayRecreational UseRelic CollectingResidential DevelopmentRoad ConstructionSeismic LineTransmission LineVandalism
PastPresentFuture / Arch InvestigationCultivationDecayErosionGravel PitGrazingHydro DevelopmentIndustrial DevelopmentInsect InfestationLandscapingLoggingMiningNoneOtherPark DevelopmentPipelineRailwayRecreational UseRelic CollectingResidential DevelopmentRoad ConstructionSeismic LineTransmission LineVandalism

14.ENVIRONMENT

Lower Elevation m (asl) Upper Elevation m (asl)

Elevation Comments:

Microtopography (landform):

Minor Drainage:

Other:

15. TENURE/RESERVES

Type / Detailed Tenure Description
Provincial Jurisdiction / Crown LeaseEcological ReserveForestryGrazingHydroLand ReserveLicence of OccupationMineralsOil & GasParkRoadShort Tenure PermitWaterOther
Federal Jurisdiction / DNDIndian ReserveParkOther
Local Jurisdiction / ParkOther
Private Land / Private
Settlement Lands / Other

16. IMAGES

Submit at least one captioned imagethat best represents the site. Describe the remainder of the unsubmitted photographic collection below.

Type / Repository / Photographer / Storage or File Name / Date
Digital ImageAir PhotoCastPhotographRubbingSketchSlidesSonar PrintoutVideo / yyyy/mm/dd

Images Comments:

17. REFERENCES

Report Title(s) / Year / Author(s)

18. RECORDER’S RECOMMENDATIONS

19. GENERAL REMARKS

PLEASE CONSULT THE SITE FORM GUIDE AND VERIFY THAT...
Detailed Site Map (< 1:2000) is attached
Midrange Map (1:5000 to 1:15000) is attached (orthophoto preferred) with sites displayed as polygons
Maps include legend, north arrow, bar scale, and a datum point with UTM coordinates
Maps illustrateall sites in the vicinity, test locations, features, lot boundaries, areas of disturbance, etc.
Maps for site updates show both the previous boundary and revised boundary
ESRI shape files are included for all site boundaries (must be polygon—no lines or points)
Dimensions, mapped site boundaries, and shape file polygons all correspond
At least one image is attached in a Word doc; each image is captioned
Attachmentsinclude temp number, permit number, date, and space for Borden number
Attachments span the width ofa letter or legal sizepage and are <1MB(<5MB maps and photos)
CMT table is attached for all CMT sites

BC Archaeology Branch

Site Form revised March 2014