Geodataset Name:       SHPO_ALL_SITES_OCT19
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         35945

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Bureau of Archaeological Research
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     24000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  201910
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            201910
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SHPO_ALL_SITES_OCT19.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
SITEID	This is the official state site number assigned by the Florida Master Site File. The state site number is an eight character string containing a two character county code, a five character numeric code, and an optional single letter character suffix (suffix letter is generally used to indicate sites that are functionally or spatially related).
SITENAME	The site name as recorded at the Florida Master Site File. Usually the principal or best known name for a cultural resource. A site name of "NN" indicates no name has been designated for the site.
SITETYPE1	General archaeological site type, especially dealing with aspects of site setting, important structures or features that are present, cultural or settlement function, or relative density of material remains. More than one site type may be represented at the same site. If all six site type fields are populated, there is a possibility that more exist for the site and are recorded in the Site File database. Values in these fields are limited to a discrete list of possibilities used in the Site File database lookup table. Contact the Site File for more information.
SITETYPE2	See above
SITETYPE3	See above
SITETYPE4	See above
SITETYPE5	See above
SITETYPE6	See above
CULTURE1	Archaeological culture or subculture or historic context represented at the site. More than one culture or historic context may be represented at the same site. If all eight culture fields are populated there is a possibility that more exist for the site and are recorded the Site File database. Values in these fields are limited to a discrete list of possibilities used in the Site File database lookup table. Contact the Site File for more information.
CULTURE2	See above
CULTURE3	See above
CULTURE4	See above
CULTURE5	See above
CULTURE6	See above
CULTURE7	See above
CULTURE8	See above
SURVEVAL	Surveyor's evaluation of the cultural resource's eligibility for the National Register when the resource is considered as an independent entity, not as a component or "contributing property" to a potential district. Values in this field are limited to a discrete list of possibilities used in the Site File database lookup table. Contact the Site File for more information.
SURVEYNUM	The serial number assigned by the Site File to the manuscript produced by the project which identified or reexamined the cultural resource. Not all sites have an associated report or manuscript.
D_NRLISTED	Date that the site was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The field is blank if the FMSF database does not indicate the property is National Register listed.
SHPOEVAL	Evaluation of Florida's State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) concerning the eligibility of the resource for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. In Florida, the SHPO is the Director of the Division of Historical Resources, acting through staff in the Bureau of Historic Preservation (BHP). Generally the Site File database only contains evaluations made by the Compliance Review staff of BHP. Some properties may be listed on the NRHP without having been reviewed by Compliance Review staff. Therefore, an NR list date (indicating a property is NR listed) takes priority over a 'Not Evaluated by SHPO' value in this field. Values in this field are limited to a discrete list of possibilities used in the Site File database lookup table. Contact the Site File for more information.
PLOTTYPE	A value of 'NORM' in this field indicates that the site plot represents the actual boundary of the archaeological resource as recorded by the surveyor. A value of 'GV' (general vicinity) in this field indicates that the site plot DOES NOT represent actual site boundaries, but rather bounds an area within which the site is believed to be located.
HUMANREMNS	This item contains a 'YES' value if the type of site is a burial (Historic Burial, Prehistoric Burial, or Burial Mound) or if the Site File database indicates that human remains were observed at the site. All other sites have a blank value for this item. *IMPORTANT: A blank value for this item does NOT preclude the possibility of human remains being present at the site. It simply indicates that there is no record of human remains in the Site File electronic database. Note that records of historical cemeteries are kept in a separate Site File data layer and are not included with archaeological sites.
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on SITENAME
FGDLAQDATE	Date FGDL obtained data from source.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan
SHAPE.AREA	Area in meters
SHAPE.LEN	Perimeter in meters

The values for the attributes listed are compiled from the Florida Master Site File database. The database and paper files at the Site File site may contain several site forms (an original and updates) for an individual site. This attribute table contains a subset of all available site data. Contact the Florida Master Site File for additional information.

USER NOTES:

The archaeological site data are based on field reports which have been submitted by many and varied individuals, groups, institutions, and cultural resource firms. Submissions to the Site File are sometimes accepted from amateurs (non-archaeologists) as well as professionals. The site locations and attributes are only as accurate as the information submitted to the Site File by the site recorder. The accuracy of submitted information cannot always be verified. The absence of archaeological sites in this data layer does not preclude the existence of an unrecorded site in the field. In fact, only an estimated 10% of the sites in existence are recorded at the Site File.

This data set updates and replaces all previous versions of the Florida Master Site File archaeological sites data layer. This version incorporates newly recorded sites and updates of previously recorded site plots and attributes. Data from the Florida Master Site File are continually updated. On average, the Site File processes 800 additional archaeological site forms each year. This data layer is only current as of the date of this document. Contact the Florida Master Site File for updated data layers.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Polygon Feature Notes: Archaeological sites in this data set often overlap one another. In some areas large polygons may completely obscure smaller ones. For this reason it may sometimes be helpful to display only polygon boundaries or use a transparent polygon fill. Alternatively, a point layer may be created from the centroids of the polygons.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

FOR FDOT USE ONLY The locations of archaeological sites, historic structures, unmarked human burials, cemeteries, and other cultural features contained in this (and other) Site File data layers are for resource management, law enforcement, and research purposes only. State law protects archaeological remains on state owned and controlled lands (section 267.13, Florida Statutes). State law protects human burial sites on all lands (sections 872.02 and 872.05, Florida Statutes).

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing or distributing the materials. A note about data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our webpage at: http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:

Bureau of Archaeological Research: http://www.flheritage.com/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Source data were created by the Division of Historical Resources. The original boundary data are based on field recording forms and site plots submitted to the Site File, which were then hand drawn onto primary series, USGS 7.5', 1:24,000 scale quadrangles. These paper quadrangles with site locations marked were the source maps and are located at the Florida Master Site File. In APRIL 2008, the paper quadrangle maps were retired and this GIS data set now represents official site locations according to Site File records. Florida Master Site File site folders contain an Archaeological Site Form with descriptive location data and site maps provided by the site recorder. In the first phase of compiling the FMSF GIS data layers, site boundaries marked on the source maps were hand digitized by an outside contractor using AutoCAD and a digitizing tablet. The four corners (NAD27) of the source maps were used to place the reference system tics. The AutoCAD files were converted to Arc/Info files, converted into geographic coordinates and joined into a statewide coverage. The statewide coverage was then split into 67 county level Arc/Info coverages. The coverages were later converted to a statewide ArcGIS geodatabase in August 2003 and are now maintained in that format. In December 2014 the datum of the base data layer was translated from NAD27 to WGS84 using ArcGIS 10.2.1 and a composite transformation (NAD27 to NAD83 NADCON & NAD83 to WGS84 ITRF00). Additions, updates, and maintenance to the archaeological GIS data layers are performed by Site File staff using on-screen digitizing in ArcMap. A combination of scanned, georeferenced, 1:24,000 scale USGS quadrangles and ESRI world imagery map services are used as the base maps for the on-screen digitizing process. In addition some data has been imported from outside sources, primarily for Florida State Parks and Eglin Air Force Base. Process Date: Unknown When received by GeoPlan, the data was in the following projection: Geographic, Datum: WGS 1984 Units: Decimal Degrees. The shapefile was projected to Albers HARNin ArcToolBox using the following transformation: WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida -Reprojected to Albers HARN -Added DESCRIPT field based on SITENAME to attribute table -Added fields FGDLAQDATE -Upcased all fields in the attribute table -Changed file name to shpo_all_sites_jul19 from FloridaSites Process Date: 20191015 Dataset copied. Process Date: 20191018

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:

Bureau of Archaeological Research
BAR
R. A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough St.
Tallahassee, FL
32399-0250
(850) 245-6440


http://www.flheritage.com/
fmsfile@dos.state.fl.us
Vincent Birdsong or Dr. Marion Smith

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