Report Abstracts

The Georgia DOT Staff Archaeologist has conducted an archaeological assessment of the above-referenced projects. This assessment, including field survey and sub-surface testing, located no archaeological sites.

No aboriginal cultural material was recovered from surface collection nor was any recovered from subsurface screened testing. Historic material was limited to scattered 20th century debris and recent illegal dumping.

An area stretching south from Kilkenny Road for a distance of approximately 300 m (1000 ft.) was examined along a north-south transect with a sequence of about 20 shovel tests spaced every 15 m (50 ft.). No cultural material was encountered in any of the shovel tests.

A cultural resource assessment survey was conducted of the proposed Genesis Point Marina, Bryan County, Georgia from December 1994 to January 1995. The Phase I archaeological investigation included a pedestrian survey of the 20 acre tract with systematic shovel testing at 30 meter intervals.

The Cultural Resource Inventory I and II of the proposed Georgia Power Vogtle - South Carolina Electric Transmission Line, Burke County, Georgia, resulted in the identification of four cultural properties and a single isolate.

Only one property was eligible based on both its prehistoric and historic archaeological resource elements.

Georgia Power Company [GPC], as licensee of the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant [VEGP], has undertaken cultural resource management [CRM] actions pertinent to siting and construction of four transmission projects associated with the VEGP. These projects are as follows.

Archaeological survey and background research was conducted for nine proposed fiber optic regenerator stations, seven areas in Georgia and two in Florida.

The proposed project would consist of a grade separation and bridge construction at the 24th Avenue intersection with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Crisp County. The bridge would be a 345-foot X 45foot structure with two 12-foot travel lanes, curb and gutter, sidewalks and retaining walls.

Most archaeologists working in Georgia and South Carolina recognize the past cultural importance of the Brier Creek region of Georgia, which served as a source area for high quality lithic raw material.