N.J. Admin. Code § Tit. 7, ch. 4, subch. 8, app 1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Appendix 1

APPENDIX 1

DOCUMENTARY AND INFORMANT SOURCES

For purposes of 7:4-8.4(c)1 i, this appendix sets forth documentary and informant sources to be consulted in the background research component of Phase I archaeological survey.

Informants include individuals with knowledge and/or information regarding the history and/or the prehistory of the area of the undertaking's potential impact, the types of archaeological resources previously identified or anticipated to exist, and the methods and tools appropriate to conduct all aspects of the investigation.

For most locations, a great deal of documentary information is accessible either without cost or for a nominal cost, including, for example, library collections of maps and other documents. Libraries and other repositories such as the New Jersey State Library and the Rutgers Library system possess vast amounts of information regarding New Jersey history.

All sources listed below will not be equally relevant to every archaeological survey. However, basic sources of information are critical to scoping and implementing a valid field testing program, and background research to focus survey efforts is frequently a cost saving measure. Therefore, sources which provide specific information about locations under investigation should be consulted in the background research phase of the investigation, and the information that they provide should be reflected in the field testing strategy and incorporated into the archaeological survey report. Sources include:

I. General sources available for research within the area of the undertaking's potential impact including:

(A) Files and maps at the Historic Preservation Office (HPO) including prior cultural resource and archaeological survey reports, architectural survey reports, and New Jersey and National Register-listed property files;

(B) New Jersey State Museum archaeological site records;

(C) New Jersey Pinelands Commission historic and archaeological site records;

(D) The holdings of the New Jersey State Library including early 20th century Statewide historic and archaeological surveys, detailed historic period maps, and state and county histories;

(E) Individuals knowledgeable about local history and/or prehistory;

(F) Researchers in other relevant fields who have worked in the project locality (including geologists, geographers, folklorists);

(G) University, regional, and local libraries;

(H) County and local historical societies, County Cultural and Heritage Commissions, Certified Local Governments, and municipal Historic Preservation Commissions;

II. Specific source information focusing on prehistory and prehistoric period sites including:

(A) Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey;

(B) Regional archaeological surveys;

(C) HPO historic context files for prehistoric periods;

(D) Individuals knowledgeable about local history and/or prehistory, including professional archaeologists with an interest in the region, avocational archaeologists, artifact collectors, inspection of museum and/or privately held artifact collections, and members of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey (ASNJ);

(E) Overviews of the region's natural environment and ecological evolution reconstructed through soil boring data, topographic, geologic, pedologic, hydrologic, environmental and climatic regional surveys;

III. Sources specifically focusing on the historic period and historic period sites including:

(A) Site specific studies and surveys for the area of the undertaking's potential impact and nearby locations;

(B) Regional and local histories and surveys and syntheses of the surveys and histories;

(C) Detailed historic period maps available at the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey State Archives, and at local and university libraries (including Sanborn and other insurance maps; older USGS and other government maps; land survey maps; county atlases; and New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) As-Built plans (available at NJDOT Headquarters), aerial photographs on file with the USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service), and the Department's Division of Science and Research;

(D) Members of the Society for Industrial Archaeology Roebling Chapter, Canal Society of New Jersey, and other associations with an interest in New Jersey history and archaeology;

(E) Professional journals which incorporate discussion of New Jersey history and archaeology;

(F) County and local historical societies;

(G) Architectural survey reports on file at the HPO;

(H) Deed and tax records (available from county courthouses and/or New Jersey Bureau of Archives and History);

(I) Wills and probate inventories (available from county courthouses and/or New Jersey Bureau of Archives and History);

(J) Newspapers;

(K) Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS);

(L) Historic American Engineering Record (HAER);

(M) Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS);

(N) Agricultural, industrial and civil Federal and State census records;

(O) City directories;

(P) Photographic collections; and

(Q) Municipal records regarding the initiation of municipal services (for example, for utilities such as water and sewer, and trash collection).

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 7, ch. 4, subch. 8, app 1

New Rule, R.2008 d.261, effective 9/2/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1428(a), 40 N.J.R. 4945(b).