Professional Field Recording Templates

Standard excavation level record for documenting each excavated level within a unit, including soil descriptions, cultural materials, and excavation methods.

Detailed record of individual archaeological features including morphology, fill descriptions, associations, and interpretive notes.

Detailed inventory form for cataloging historic-period ceramic artifacts, including ware type, decoration, vessel form, and temporal information.

General-purpose inventory form for cataloging non-ceramic, non-lithic artifacts including glass, metal, bone, shell, and other material classes.

Specialized inventory form for recording tin can attributes used in dating historic-period archaeological sites, including seam types, opening methods, and manufacturing details.

Standardized debitage analysis form for recording lithic reduction debris by material type, flake type, size grade, and platform characteristics.

Detailed inventory form for recording prehistoric stone tools, ground stone, and other formal tool types, including typological classification, metric attributes, and use-wear observations.

Standardized shovel test pit record for archaeological survey, documenting stratigraphy, soil descriptions, and cultural materials by level within each test.

Comprehensive photo log for documenting all photographs taken during fieldwork, including direction, subject, and associated records.

Cultural resource assessment form for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tower construction projects, supporting Section 106 compliance under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Daily field notes form for recording narrative observations, work accomplished, crew activities, and project logistics during archaeological fieldwork.

Daily monitoring report for cultural resource compliance during construction or ground-disturbing activities, documenting observations, finds, and recommendations.

Record form for documenting isolated archaeological finds (artifacts not associated with a site), including artifact description, environmental setting, and precise location.

Enhanced debitage analysis form with automated calculation fields for counts and weights by material type and size grade, providing real-time summaries during laboratory analysis.