This 1978 cultural resources survey report was prepared prior to construction of a new Ivylog Gap Road in Union County, north of Blairsville, Georgia, which has since been constructed. The approximately 6.5 mile road was surveyed. Most of the length was steep slopes, 30-50 degrees, which was visually examined. However in the gaps and saddles, the level ground was shovel tested. Five rock piles, two rock walls, including a probable field pond dam, and a prehistoric lithic scatter were discovered, all of them within a half-mile area of Anderson Knob. Three of the rock piles and one of the walls are situated on private property, and the lithic site is bisected along its long axis by a National Forest property boundary. Three of the sites were recommended for protection, and some re-adjustment of the road was done to accommodate the sites in the original alignment. Both old and new FS site numbers are presented in this report. A 1995 addendum provides comments and site forms for this report, and reports on a 1995 follow-up survey after the storm. No new sites were found, and none were endangered by the timber salvage operations.
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