Our Projects and the Environment

Cultural Resource Digests

The Cultural Resources Digest, published by the New Jersey
Department of Transportation (NJDOT), summarizes information from professional studies in archaeology, history and historic architecture conducted during the development of transportation
projects.

The PDF format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and is available from our state Adobe Access page.

2011

• Way Station to Weigh Station: Truck Inspection Meets Archaeological Detection, Knowlton Township, Warren County, October 2011
  (pdf 1.2m)

2009

• Dennis Creek Landing Update: Remains of Earlier Bridge Discovered During New Jersey Route 47 Reconstruction, Dennis Township, Cape May County, October 2009
  (pdf 1.3m)



• The Stewart House and the Tompkins Tavern Site: Archaeology in Sussex County, Vernon Township, Sussex County, August 2009
  (pdf 585k)

2008

• When Potteries Flourished in Trenton, Transportation was Key, City of Trenton, Mercer County, April 2008
  (pdf 892k)



• In the South Jersey Tradition: Carl Adams and the Modern Boat Works, Galloway Township, Atlantic County, April 2008
  (pdf 454k)

• The Morgan Pottery, Road Widening Spares 18th Century Kiln Site, Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County, January 2008
  (pdf 470k)

2007

• West Mountain Road Bridge: New Life for a Historic Wooden Trestle, Sparta Township, Sussex County, June 2007
  (pdf 336k)

2006

• Life in the Slow Lane, Rowland's Mills: A Deserted Village, Readington Township, Hunterdon County, October 2006
  (pdf 595k

2005

• Dennis Creek Landing: A Hub of 19th Century Maritime Commerce, Dennis Township, Cape May County, July 2005
  (pdf 407k)

• Prehistoric and Historical, Archaeology in Downtown Hamburg, Hamburg Borough, Sussex County, July 2005
  (pdf 461k)



• The Lower Squankum Mill Site: Rise and Fall of a 19th Century Agricultural Enterprise, Howell Township, Monmouth County, July 2005
  (pdf 197k)



• The Delaware and Atlantic Railroad: An Early Line from the River to the Pines, Mansfield Township, Burlington County, July 2005
  (pdf 288k)

2004

• The Augusta Hill Road Bridge: A Second Chance for a Unique Structure, Frankford Township, Sussex County, May 2004
  (pdf 441k)