Cultural Resources Survey of the “Mock Springs” Guyed-Wire Tower Telecommunications Facility, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia Trileaf # 675014

In February 2021, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed self-support lattice communications tower located in Pulaski County, Hawkinsville, Georgia Latitude: 32° 12’ 01.80” N, Longitude: 83° 34’ 35.13” W. The project location is located within an agricultural field. Tillman Infrastructure LLC proposes the construction of a new guyed-wire telecommunications tower with a total height of 350 feet (106.67 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be situated within a proposed approximate 100 x 100-foot (30.5 x 30.5 meters) cell tower lease area. A proposed approximate 30 x 250-foot (9.1 x 76.20 meters) access and utility easement will travel generally southwest away from the lease area towards Vienna Highway. Additionally, three (3) 30- foot (9.1 meters) wide guy wire easements will extend approximately 250-feet (76.20 meters) north, southeast, and southeast away from the lease area. Total acreage of the new construction area is approximately 0.92 acres (0.37 Hectares). Project Archaeologist Colin Bean, M.A., under the direction of Trileaf, performed this survey in response to the planned use of the above-described parcel and the potential impacts that such use might represent to archaeological and architectural cultural resources. The Phase I cultural resource survey was designed to discover all prehistoric and historical period cultural resources that might be present within the project area. The field survey of the project area, which included a pedestrian survey, shovel testing, and visual inspection, found no evidence for the presence of archaeological or architectural properties in relation to the current project area’s Direct APE. Additionally, based on a map and survey form search using the resources of the Georgia State Historic Preservation Office GNAHRGIS GIS platform, inspections of the Georgia Archaeological Site Files (GASF 2020), as well as the resources of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) conducted by Colin Bean, M.A., Project Archaeologist of the Trileaf Corporation, on February 1, 2021 identified no NRHP-listed or NRHP-eligible historical resources located within the ¾-mile APE for visual effects. However, two (2) GNAHRGIS historical properties (55257 and 55259), were identified, with no prior determination of NRHP-eligibility, but included for inclusivity. Neither of these resources could be located in the field. A review of archaeological sites and surveys, conducted the GASF on February 9, 2021, identified no previously recorded archeological sites or archaeological surveys within 1-mile of the proposed project area. Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Historic Properties within the Direct APE and No Historic Properties within the ¾ -mile Visual APE. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area relative to those resources.