ABSTRACT
The National Register is the nation's official inventory of properties that merit preservation and it is grounded in statutory requirements that discourage adverse treatment of registered properties by any Federal agency or by any state, local or private agency using Federal funds, licenses or permits. In order for the National Register to successfully fulfill the task of inventorying the nation's cultural resources, it will understandably require a great deal of help from the archaeological community. The National Register and federal agencies are relying on the archaeological community to apply this criteria to decide what sites found in surveys are eligible for listing on the National Register. To fulfill the need for state resource inventories many states are preparing master plans of how they intend to complete their comprehensive surveys. Those states with a good working relationship between the State Historic Preservation Officer and the archaeological community have initiated long-range programs for comprehensive state surveys.
