Data Recovery was conducted on a portion of a large archaeological site, designated Cultural Property GP-SN-08, Designated Work Area #2, located along Brier Creek in Screven County, Georgia during 1985. This work was performed by Garrow & Associates, Inc. for Georgia Power Company as part of the proposed Vogtle-Effingham-Thalmann Electric Transmission Line. This location contained stratified alluvial deposits dating from the Early Archaic Period to recent times. Eighty square meters were excavated in two separate excavation blocks. Human use of the area was characterized by a low diversity of performed tasks throughout prehistory. Intermediate and final stage biface reduction was a major activity conducted in the area. Other activities were indicated from the archaeological record, but the overall interpretation was that of repeated temporary habitation and not a base camp. Activity on Designated Work Area #2 was most intensive during the late-Middle Archaic Period. A Carbon-14 date of 3,790 B.C. +/-90 was obtained for the peak occupation. other components included Early Archaic side-notched and corner-notched traditions, Late Archaic stemmed traditions, Stallings Island Fiber-tempered ceramics, and later Woodland lithic and ceramic materials. The results of the investigations are detailed in this report.
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