Archeological Survey of the Proposed Southwest Rome Bypass, Southern Segment, Floyd County, Georgia

An intensive archeological resources survey was conducted by Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. in Floyd County, Georgia, along the southern segment of the proposed Southwest Rome Bypass. The project consists of a 6.4 km (4.0 miles) long corridor running parallel to the Coosa River along Blacks Bluff Road and then cutting cross-country to US 411 and Booze Mountain Road. This project involves both widening of existing highway and new location right-of-way. A 1.9 km (1.2 mile) section crossing the Coosa River has been previously surveyed and is not included in this project. For this project the new right-of-way is 91 m (300 ft) wide and the added right-of-way for existing highway is 61 m (200 It) wide. Fieldwork was conducted over 6 person-days between February 1 and 2, 1994. All high probability areas (any areas with < 15% slope) along the proposed right-of-way were surface inspected and shovel tested on a 30 m interval. Low probability areas (areas with > 15 % slope) were surface inspected and randomly shovel tested. Sites were tested with a 10 m or 20 m interval shovel testing pattern. Surface survey and the excavation of 150 shovel tests resulted in recording three new sites and two artifact occurrences. All of the sites and occurrences are recommended ineligible to the National Register of Historic Places because poor preservation and lack of integrity of the sites severely limits the research potential of these sparse lithic and artifact scatters.