Archaeological Excavations at the Copeland Site

This report summarizes a brief archaeological project conducted at the Copeland site (9Ge18) in Greene County, Georgia, during early July of 1991 (see Figure 1). The work was accomplished as part of an archaeological field school program through the University of Georgia Department of Anthropology. The site is located on part of the Oconee National Forest, and was partially supported by the U. S. Forest Service as part of their Challenge Cost Share program. The Copeland site is on the National Register of Historic Places and this project was done under agreement with the the State Historic Preservation Officer for Georgia. The field work was under the direction of the author.

The crew for both the fieldwork and the laboratory analysis consisted of Joy Beasley, Chriseda Cornett, Aaron Fischer, Kristin Greene, Richard Harris, Tommy Kisla, Jennifer Magis, Paul McIntosh, Jack Newsome, Kitzi Roberts, Sunny Valloton, and Christine Van Voorhies. I thank them for their hard work under sweltering conditions. The work was made possible by Jack T. Wynn, Forest Archaeologist with the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. He arranged permission for us to work on the site, provided support with the Challenge Cost Share program, and freely gave of his data from his 1988 excavations at the site. I thank him for his great help in our project. I also thank his assistant, Becky Bruce, for help in making the project run well. I thank Woody Williams for volunteering aid in excavation and project logistics. Finally, I thank Bob Hale for permitting us to cool off with late afternoon dips from his dock in nearby Lake Oconee. These made the heat a bit more bearable.