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DocuSign Envelope ID: 16F7E188 -42F5- 4144- AF1B- 934E4ACOFE59 <br />a. Documentation of Fieldwork <br />1. Site Forms <br />No materials will be accepted for curation without a complete OSA Site Form (see <br />Appendix C), including attached site map(s) and artifact catalog, on file at the OSA. Site <br />forms can be downloaded at http: / /archaeology.ncdcr.gov /programs /forms /. <br />2. Field Records <br />At least one paper copy and one digital scan of all original field documentation must <br />accompany each collection submitted for curation. The paper copy may be produced as <br />a photocopy or as a laser -print of a scan made at no less than 300 dpi. Original notes, <br />drawings, maps, and other forms of documentation also may be submitted for <br />permanent storage with the artifact collections. <br />All project field notes, correspondence, analysis sheets, feature records, etc., must be <br />complete, organized, and clearly labeled with the site number, author, and date. Field <br />notebooks or other bound records should be labeled on the exterior cover in permanent <br />marker. <br />Metal fasteners of any kind should not be affixed to paper records. For this reason, use <br />of spiral -bound notebooks for field notes is strongly discouraged. If original notes in this <br />form are to be submitted as documentation for curation, the spiral binding should be <br />carefully removed and the pages placed in a standard -size, acid -free folder. <br />3. Photographs and Photograph Catalogs <br />Digital photograph files should accompany each archaeological collection. The number <br />of images submitted should be commensurate with the amount of work undertaken at a <br />site. Minimally, an overall site view should be provided, along with images of any <br />identified features. For evaluation, data recovery, and research projects, all excavations <br />and identified features should be documented with photographs. <br />Images should be taken with a digital point -and -shoot or SLR camera that produces <br />images of no less than two megapixels. Images taken as RGB color digital tiffs are <br />preferred; jpeg images are acceptable. <br />All digital image files should be renamed using a standard naming format that includes <br />the site number, accession or catalog number, and image number (for example, <br />31 OR333_2017- 0033_IMG001). Please note that the periods in accession and catalog <br />numbers should be replaced with hyphens to avoid unexpected problems with <br />applications. If more than three photographs are to be submitted for a given accession <br />number, they should be contained in a subfolder named `Photographs' within the site <br />folder. <br />Prepare and submit a photo log of all photographic documentation. Image file names <br />should correspond to entries in the photo log. Information provided for each image <br />should include at a minimum photographer, date, direction, and description of subject. <br />Unlike text documents, copies of photograph files do not need to be printed. For older <br />collections, prints, negatives, and slides should be scanned prior to curation. Contact the <br />OSARC Laboratory Supervisor for recommendations prior to preparing and submitting <br />legacy photographic materials. <br />North Carolina Oce of State Archaeology — Archaeological Investigation Standard and Guidelines December 2017) Page 37 <br />