Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc., of Athens, Georgia, completed a reconnaissance level archeological survey for the U.S. Forest Service in the Armuchee Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest, located in northwest Georgia. Selected timber stands totaling 378 ha (934 ac) in compartments 916, 920, 921, 922, and 929 were surveyed from April 4-8, 1994. Thirty-one newly recorded sites and two previously recorded sites were investigated. Eight isolated artifact occurrences were also noted. Site density was found to be one site per 8.4 ha (28.3 ac) or 11.9 sites per km2. Of the 33 sites recorded, five are recommended potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places because they are likely to yield further information important to the history and prehistory of the area (criterion d). The sites include four lithic scatters (one that also has a mining prospecting pit) and a mid-nineteenth century cemetery and twentieth century house site. The cemetery portion of the cemetery/house site is recommended potentially eligible under criteria c and d. The boundaries of these sites have been marked with orange triangles painted on trees surrounding the sites. The remaining 28 sites and eight artifact occurrences are recommended ineligible for the National Register and do not require any further work or attention. Management summary data is presented in Table 1.
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