Report Abstracts

9Ge175 is located on the east bank of the Oconee River at the southernmost end of Riley Shoals. The site is on a low, very narrow floodplain with a broad, flat terrace beginning a few meters to the east.

The 1985 excavation at the Scull Shoals mound site (9Ge4) consisted of 3 weeks of excavation confined entirely to the two mounds at the site. Two excavation units were placed in each. In the smaller Mound B, these units cleaned and expanded large potholes in the summit and north side.

Between November 16 and 20, 2020, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington), conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the proposed Merritt Land Holdings Development Tract in Chatham County, Georgia.

Between December 14 and 18, 2020, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the proposed development of the Old Augusta Road Corridor in Effingham County, Georgia.

Between December 28, 2020 and January 11, 2021 and on May 6, 2021, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the proposed development at the Interstate Center III Tract in Bryan County, Georgia.

Between March 16 and June 17, 2021 Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington), conducted intensive Phase II evaluations at three archaeological sites (9CH920, 9CH924, 9CH929) and an updated architectural survey of the Port Wentworth Highway 21 Development Tract in Chatham County, Georgia.