Kentucky Archaeological Registry Program: Is for Landowners who Care

If you know about an important archaeological site we would like to hear from you. Just print out (see below) and complete the archaeological site short survey form. We will do the rest and provide you with an archaeological site number from the Office of State Archaeology at the University of Kentucky. Because the official form is eight pages long, the Kentucky Archaeological Survey developed a shortened version for people who want to report sites, but who do not have the time or experience to complete the long form. We hope the archaeologial site survey short form will make it easier for you to report prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, and we thank you for your interest in preserving Kentucky's archaeological heritage.

The information you provide about the site and its location is strictly confidential. The Office of State Archaeology's site records are not open to the public and are avaialble for use only by professional archaeologists, researchers, and land managers/land-use planners. Reporting sites in no way jeporadizes site ownership nor does it mean that a recorded site must be open to the public for visitation. Recording a site contributes to our understanding of Kentucky's past and is a way to preserve the past for the future. Knowing where sites are means we can avoid destroying them inadvertently through construction or development: we cannot protect something if we do not know that it exists.

The form should be mailed to A. Gwynn Henderson, Coordinator, Kentucky Archaeological Registry, Kentucky Archaeological Survey, 1020-A Export Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-9854. If you have questions about completing the short form you can contact Gwynn by email at aghend2@uky.edu or by phone at 859/257-1919

The following are pdf files, you will need Adobe® Acrobat Reader to view them.

Instructions for Completing Short Archaeological Site Form

Archaeological Site Short Survey Form