CR Report for Mark L. Manley (HP-141028-010)

Archaeological survey of about 5.5 miles (28,900 ft) of firebreaks around the perimeter of seven wooded Parcels. On August 25, 2015 archeologist Tom Gresham conducted the requested Phase I survey of the project. He met with landowner Mark Manley at the property and they discussed the nature of the survey. Virtually all of the firebreaks are along woods edges, mostly where woods meet cultivated fields. Most of the firebreaks already exist and need refreshing. The survey relied on visual inspection. Three sites, all small scatters of historic period artifacts were recorded. As elaborated on attached sheets, One, site 9TH111, marks a former small house, but sites 9TH11 O and 9TH 112 are simply scatters of a few artifacts. We recommend that as highly disturbed sites, none can contribute important information, so all are recommended as Not Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The three sites are surface and plow zone scatters of artifacts that have been disturbed by decades of plowing and Silva culture. There are no remnant features (such as chimney or foundations) associated with the former house at 9TH111 and the surface scatters of artifacts at sites 9TH 110 and 9TH 112 are sparse, shallow and disturbed. The present documentation has largely exploited the research potential of the three sites. Gresham met landowner Mark Manley at about 8:00 a.m. on August 25 on his farm property. They discussed the methods Gresham would employ to conduct the survey, and Mr. Manley provided advice on how to get to the various parcels and informed Gresham about slight changes in the boundary of two of the wooded parcels (see attached map for precise location of surveyed firebreaks). The project entails the creation or refreshing of about 28,900 linear feet of fire break. Virtually all of the firebreaks will surround existing, lightly wooded parcels. The survey consisted of careful inspection of the ground surface along the lengths of the firebreaks. Mostly this meant inspection of cultivated field edges that were in mature crops (see Photographs 1 and 2) or old firebreaks that appeared as field roads (see Photographs 3 and 4). One length of firebreak follows the edge of a transmission line corridor. The wooded areas were all in slightly low-lying areas, ones with low probability of containing sites. The survey encountered three archeological sites, all small, sparse scatters folates nineteenth to early or mid-twentieth century artifacts