Reconnaissance Archaeological Survey of the Housing Project Tract, Montezuma

This report presents the results of a brief archival and archeological survey of a cat 10 act tract of land on which the Housing Authority of Montezuma wishes to construct housing units. The purpose of the survey is to provide the Authority with a preliminary assessment of the archeological potential of the tract to aid in the Authority's decision of where to place the housing units. In essence, the Authority wanted to know early in the planning process if there were significant sites on the property. The Authority recognizes that this reconnaissance survey is not an intensive survey and thus was not intended to locate every site or comprehensively review cartographic and documentary records. The tract is located on a high terrace on the east side of the Flint River, just below Spring Creek (Figure 1). It is near the center of a peninsula formed by the intersection of the Flint River and Spring Creek, and thus does not extend to the edge of the terrace. The tract fronts on Drayton Road (County Road 84) and is directly across from its intersection with County Road 22. The east half is in pasture and the other half is in mature, partially timbered, hardwoods. The general area is rural and agricultural. Today, a few houses and a nursery lie across Drayton Road from the project area and a city sewage treatment plant lies to the north. First Salem Church and adjoining Travel Rest Church lie just off of County Road 22 about a quarter of a mile from the project area (Figure 1).