<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>NJDEP/DOIT/Bureau of GIS (Data Distribution)</dc:creator><dc:description>Archaeological Sites are locations of prehistoric or historic occupation or activity possessing archaeological value.This dataset includes a vector grid of approximately 1/2 mile cells indicating the presence of Archaeological Districts or Sites that: 1. Are National Historic Landmarks, 2. Are included in the New Jersey or National Registers of Historic Places, 3. Have been determined Eligible for inclusion in the registers through federal or state processes administered by the HPO, 4. Have been designated as Local Landmarks or Districts by local government, or 5. Have been identified through early 20th century state-wide archaeological survey, modern cultural resource survey, or other documentation on file at the HPO. The majority of features in the dataset represent categories 1, 2, and 3 above. HPO is still in the process of comprehensive digitizing for categories 4 and 5. This dataset is limited to the resources on-file at the HPO and does not include the comprehensive catalog of archaeological sites on file at the New Jersey State Museum or the New Jersey Pinelands Commission. Inclusion in this dataset does not preclude the existence of other archaeological districts or sites as yet unidentified, unrecorded, or undocumented.</dc:description><dc:format>ArcGIS DynamicMapLayer</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/0577a84f254b4494bc7d78f887e3aef7_56</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Bureau of GIS</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Archaeological Site Grid of New Jersey [New Jersey]</dc:title><dc:type>Web services</dc:type><dc:coverage>New Jersey</dc:coverage><dc:date>Last Modified: 2026-01-08</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>