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 a contractor yard, provisionally designated as the Option 1 Contractor Yard, a temporary facility proposed as a part of construction (Figure 1). The Option 1 yard will be a temporary-use facility that will serve as an equipment and material storage area during construction. Possible modifications to the yard include the installation of perimeter fencing, temporary lighting, and the laying of a bed of gravel to the existing ground surface. The yard will be returned to its original state following construction . Cardno archaeologists completed phase I survey of the proposed site for the Option 1 contractor yard in June 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. Cardno's archaeological survey of the proposed Option 1 contractor yard yielded no cultural remains in surface or subsurface contexts. One historic structure, a Quonset Hut formerly used as an aviation museum, was observed in the southern extent of the proposed contractor yard.
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