Please complete one form per site. Return completed forms to:
Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey
PA Historical & Museum Commission
Bureau for Historic Preservation
Commonwealth Keystone Building, 2nd Floor
400 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120-0093.
When your form has been processed, we will provide you with the P.A.S.S. number.
P.A.S.S. #________________
Your Name:_______________________________
Date:____________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
Phone Number:_____________________________________
Site Name:_____________________________________________________________________
Is the site Historic, Prehistoric, or Both?_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
What kinds of artifacts and/or features are present on the site?____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
Based on the artifacts and/or features, what time period(s) does the site date to?______________ _____________________________________________________________________________
Approximately how large is the site (in acres or square feet/meters)?_______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
County_______________________________________________________________________
Township______________________________________________________________________
Property Owner_________________________________________________________________
Owner's Address________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
Remember? Ask the landowner's permission before you collect artifacts
on private property. It is a violation of state law to collect artifacts
from state lands and a violation of federal law to collect artifacts from
federal lands! (over)
Site Location Map: Please use a USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map if possible.
You can photocopy the appropriate portion of the map, we do not need the
entire original quadrangle. Please remember to give us the name of the
map and to identify the site location clearly! Attach the map in the space
provided below, or enclose it with this form. Remember, an accurate location
is the single most important piece of information you can give us for any
archaeological site!
Artifact Illustrations: Please attach photographs or drawings of representative
artifacts from the site, remember to provide a scale. What raw materials
are the artifacts made of?
Additional Remarks: (Please tell us of any possible threats to this site from human or natural causes)