Transco-Williams Dalton Expansion Project: Archaeological and Historic Resources Survey of the Angus Farms Reroute, Bartow County, Georgia

Cardno, Inc. (Cardno) has completed archaeological and historic resources survey of part of the proposed Dalton Expansion Project, in Georgia. This letter details Cardno's findings and management recommendations specifically for one proposed reroute, herein designated as the Angus Farms Reroute (see attached oversized map). Cardno archaeologists completed phase I survey of the proposed area of the Angus Farms Reroute in July of 2016. Shovel tests were excavated at approximately 30-m intervals along transects spaced at roughly 30-m intervals. Shovel tests were not excavated in areas of severe slope, or in areas where streams, wetlands, or other bodies of standing water were present. Shovel tests were excavated to a maximum depth of 80 cmbs, or until culturally sterile clay subsoil was encountered. All soil was screened through .25-inch hardware fabric and artifacts were collected and kept separate by excavated provenience. A total of 149 shovel tests were excavated along the proposed reroute and within the workspace (see attached oversized map). An additional 18 shovel tests were no digs. On the proposed reroute, soils were very shallow and highly compacted, seldom exceeding 20 centimeters below the surface (cmbs). While no areas of exposed clay subsoil were observed during surface inspection, clay subsoil was encountered at relatively shallow depths(< 30 cmbs) across the entire proposed yard . The typical shovel test profile exhibited a brown clay loam layer of approximately 5-20 cm in thickness, overlying a layer of red clay that began anywhere between 10 and 30 cmbs. Cardno's archaeological survey of the proposed Angus Farms Reroute yielded no cultural remains in surface or subsurface contexts. One isolated find {IF), TS-556, was collected from the surface during a previous survey in the area and reported on in Addendum 3 (Lewis 2016). By definition, IFs are not considered eligible for the NRHP.