Cultural Resources Survey of Portions of Chatooga Ranger District, White and Habersham Counties, Georgia Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests

At the request of the USDA Forest Service, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Garrow & Associates, Inc. conducted a reconnaissance level field survey for cultural resources on portions of nine forest compartments within the Chattooga Ranger District. The study areas are within White and Habersham counties and encompass approximately 1,098 acres. The survey areas are summarized in Table The purpose of the survey was to determine the effects of proposed logging activities on cultural resources listed on or potentially eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), pursuant to the criteria set forth in 36 CFR 60.4. Investigations included archival and literature research and an archaeological pedestrian survey with systematic subsurface testing. Fieldwork was completed during the spring of 1994. Eight sites were identified within the study areas. Four previously recorded sites, 9HM42, GA06-402, GA06-403, and GA06-462, were identified within the project area U from background research. Three of these sites were revisited and assessed. Site 9HM42 could not be relocated and probably was destroyed by recent road construction. The reconnaissance survey resulted in the discovery of five previously unrecorded archaeological sites, two modern trash scatters, and five isolated artifact finds. Components identified by the survey include Late Archaic, Early Woodland, undetermined prehistoric, nineteenth-century, and one undetermined historic. Six sites were recommended for additional testing to determine eligibility for the NRHP.